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Good evening, everybody!

I am impatient to share with you what I have come to know during one of my working sessions today.

A student of mine is taking part in an Online English language competition called "BEST IN ENGLISH" tomorrow.

The usual thing is that one says "international", you hear "IELTS/TOEFL".

But this competition is within the EU.

Surprisingly, it's powered (as their page states) by the Czech republic.

Last year's statistics does impress. More than 24 thousand students aged from 14 to 20 from 34 different countries competed.

This year the best ones win a 2-week trip to Canada. Worth a try, huh?

What is even more shocking, the tasks are great.

The paper consists of three parts: Use of English, Reading and Listening.
The only thing I didn't like is that the last two listening tasks are both True/False, but it has to be admitted the tapes themselves have absolutely nothing in common.

While helping the girl to prepare, spotted the three grammatical topics as her weaknesses.

They are

Complex Object
(the 2nd group verbs
"have/make sb do sth
Vs. the 1st group equivalents
"force/get sb to do sth"),

Subjunctive Mood
(the advanced Formal Subjunctive patterns like "It was suggested that the secretary do it at once")

and Inversion in negative sentences
(Under no circumstances should one do it).

Now, once the grammar has been successfully brushed up on, I sincerely hope the student has every chance to win.

Let us all wish her good luck!
🍀

Interested in your weak spots?

Give it a try!

There's the 2023 public test available on the website. The only thing you'll have to lie about your age when filling in the forms 😁.
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