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Reading & Writing
Starter
5 parts, 25 questions, 25 marks
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Part 3: Write words by scrambling
the letters.
Spelling
-> 5 pictures of objects with jumbled letters of words
- a test of knowledge of
words and spelling
- Dashes indicate the number of letter in the answer
Part 4: Choose and copy the
correct missing words.
Multiple-choice cloze
-> a factual or semi-factual text with 5 gaps and 8 suggested words with pictures
- All missing words are
singular or plural nouns.
- There are 2 extra words.
Part 5: Write one-word answers to
questions
Answer questions based on
a picture story -> A story is told through 3
pictures, with 5 questions
- one-word answer
- a noun, verb, adjective or
number
Movers
6 parts, 25 questions, 39 marks
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Part 2: Multiple-choice response
- 1 short written dialogue
- 7 talking turns (1 example)
- 3 different response options
for each turn
- read a short dialogue
- choose the correct response by circling letters A, B or C to complete the dialogue.
Part 3: Gapped text & Multiple
choice
- 1 text with 5 gaps
- 9 words with pictures
(nouns, adjectives or verbs)
- 3 options for the best title
for the story
- read a short narrative
- choose and copy the correct
word to complete the gaps
- choose and circle the best
title for the story
Part 4: Multiple-choice cloze
- 1 factual text with 5 gaps
- a choice of 3 words for each
gap
- read & understand a gapped
factual text
- choose & copy the correct word from a choice of three to
complete each gap
- focus on grammar
Part 5: Sentence completion based
on a story – gap filling
- 3 sections of 1 story with 3
illustrated pictures
- 7 summary sentences with
gaps
- read a story
- complete sentences by writing
1, 2 or 3 words.
Part 6: Productive writing
- 1 picture
- 3 writing mini-tasks
- look at the picture
- complete sentences
- provide a written response to
questions
- write full sentences about a
picture
Flyers
7 parts, 44 questions, 48 marks
Part 1:Matching words to definitions
Candidates have to:
- become familiar with
vocabulary in a particular
area of lexis.
- practice distinguishing between words on the vocabulary list
- read all the options before they answer the questions
- read the whole sentence
before answering
- copy the answers carefully
Part 2: Continuous dialogue with
multiple-choice responses
- a missing responses
dialogue (5 missing)
- a list of possible responses
lettered A–H
- two unfit responses
Candidate task:
- select the appropriate
response
- complete a continuous
dialogue
- write the letter in the gap.
Candidates have to:
- read all the alternatives.
- before choosing the correct
one
- practice appropriate responses, not just to questions, but also to statements.
- practice in using the set (formulaic) expressions in the vocabulary lists, and with short ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answers.
- practice in predicting responses, before giving them the options.
- establish words in the response refer back to the first speaker’s words
- Classify questions/key word
- Multiple choice – responses
- Multiple choice – question
words
- Looking back – response first
– choose the questions
- Matching questions –
response
- Speaking practice – role-play
Part 3: Gapped text & multiple
choice
- a 5 gapped text
- 10 words (nouns, adjectives
& verbs in present or past
- 3 options for the best title
Candidates’ tasks:
- read a short narrative
- choose the correct word to
complete
- choose the best title for the
story
- read the whole text to get a general idea - lexical and grammatical competence is being tested
- read the text surrounding the question - correctly fill the gap
- practice in guessing, identifying and choosing the right form of words or structures within sentences and texts
- copy the options correctly
after have 5 ideas
- skim one more time -
choose the best title
Part 4: Multiple-choice cloze
- a factual text containing 10
gaps
- a choice of three options
Candidates’ tasks:
- read and understand a
gapped factual text.
- choose the correct word
from a choice of three
- copy to complete
- practice forming and choosing the correct type
of word
- the options are given, not
necessary to think
- practice with past forms of regular and irregular verbs
Part 5: Sentence completion
- a story with context picture
- 7 summary sentence with
gaps
Candidates’ tasks:
- read a story - The picture provides context, not provide answers to the
questions
- complete sentences by writing one, two, three or
four words
- identify lexis in, and establish what is happening in a story with picture.
- copy the spelling correctly when taking words from the text
- practice in identifying different ways of referring to people or objects (e.g. John, he, him, Paul’s
brother)
- practice how sentences can
be turned around whilst retaining their meaning
Part 6: Open cloze
- a text (a diary or a letter)
- 5 gaps in free writing way
Candidates’ tasks:
- read a text
- write one word in each gap
- no list of words to choose
- lexis & grammar are tested
- practice in using common
collocations( (ask a
question, do some
homework)
- read the whole text to get a
sense before writing
- practice choosing words
both lexically and grammatically
- consider the text before
and/or after the gap
- self-edit and re-read the whole text through to
check
Part 7: Productive writing
- 3 pictures
- 1 story
- 5 marks are available
Candidates’ tasks:
- think about the pictures
- write a short story more
than 20 words
- write too many words, more language mistakes -
quality over quantity
- spend time looking at the pictures first to understand
the story
- write one or two sentences about each picture and connect the events
- write their stories using past tenses or present
continuous
- check their sentences carefully after they have
written correct neatly