My 6 TOP tips for taking tests and exams – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.Hi
2.Welcome to www.engvid.com
3.I'm Adam
4.In today's video I want to talk to you about how to prepare for taking a test
5.I'm not talking about studying the material or studying
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
importantly
B2(sentence adverb) Used to mark a statement as having importance.
Example:
"Just as importantly, make sure that you know the test from beginning to end, you know it"
mentioned
B1To make a short reference to something.
Example:
"I already mentioned: Don't study the night before."
expression
B2The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.
Example:
"And most, above all, we have this expression: "Keep things in perspective"."
question-okay
B2A B2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"But if you didn't put this mark and you go to the next question-okay?-and you know the"
logistics
B1A logistic function or graph of a logistic curve.
Example:
"Now, very important, logistics."
practicing
B1The act of one who practices.
Example:
"Practicing the English, if you're taking an English test, like IELTS or TOEFL."
sometimes
B1Former; sometime.
Example:
"Sometimes the pressure of the timing, or the pressure of the situation, being in a classroom"
classroom
B1A room, often in a school, where classes take place
Example:
"Sometimes the pressure of the timing, or the pressure of the situation, being in a classroom"
difficult
B1To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.
Example:
"Make sure that you go through the whole test, and if certain parts of the test are difficult"
imagination
B2The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.
Example:
"coming, you know the level of vocabulary, the level of equations, the level of imagination"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| importantly | B2 | (sentence adverb) Used to mark a statement as having importance. |
| mentioned | B1 | To make a short reference to something. |
| expression | B2 | The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc. |
| question-okay | B2 | A B2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| logistics | B1 | A logistic function or graph of a logistic curve. |
| practicing | B1 | The act of one who practices. |
| sometimes | B1 | Former; sometime. |
| classroom | B1 | A room, often in a school, where classes take place |
| difficult | B1 | To make difficult; to impede; to perplex. |
| imagination | B2 | The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images. |
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