English Subject 2025
English Subject 2025
LANGUAGE (15/40)
Vocabulary [4pts] Grammar [7pts] Functions [4pts]
• Collocations. • Tenses. • Making and responding to requests.
• word associations. • Wishes (present and past), if only (past), and • Responding to good and bad news.
• definitions of key terms. conditionals; • Expressing regret.
• synonyms/ antonyms. • Reported speech; • Complaining.
• poly-words. • Modals; • Apologizing.
• word formation. • Linking words; • Asking for advice.
• word meaning. • Infinitive vs. gerund; • Giving advice.
• suffixes, prefixes and their • Passive with different tenses. • Expressing opinion.
meanings. • Passive with modals; • Asking for opinion.
• phrasal verbs. • Restrictive and non-restrictive clauses. • Agreeing and disagreeing.
• idiomatic expressions. • Expressing certainty and uncertainty.
• Expressing lack of understanding and asking for
clarification.
WRITING (10/40)
It can be ONE or TWO Types of Writing: narrative/ descriptive/ argumentative/ expository
• Writing a paragraph Persuasive.
• Writing an e-mail/ letter (formal vs informal)
• Film/book reviews Scoring Criteria: Relevance/ organization/ linking words/ variety of vocabulary/
• Telling a story grammar/ sentence structure simple & complex/ mechanics (spelling, punctuation
• Writing a report. and capitalization)
• Writing an article
• Writing an ad. Length: 50—100—200 words
• Describing a picture/process.
• Multi-paragraph essays
• Completing a dialogue.
• Biographies.