A2- Reading and writing

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READING AND WRITING

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READING AND WRITING

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PART 1

You have to read six short texts like text messages, notices, signs and other real-life examples, and understand the main meaning of these texts. There are three possible answers A, B and C and you need to choose the option that gives you the meaning of the text.

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PART 2

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You have to read seven questions and three texts, you must match the questions to the texts.

You have to show that you can find specific information quickly but also find detail by reading the texts more carefully.

Make sure to read the texts slowly enough to find the differences between the texts

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PART 3

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In this part, ou have to read a longer text and answer five questions. For each question you need to choose from three possible answers A, B or C.

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PART 4

In this part, there is a shorter text with six gaps. For each gap, you have to choose one word from three options A, B or C.

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You have to read a shorter e-mail (and sometimes the reply to this email too) with a total of six gaps. For each gap, you need to think of the correct word to fill in. There are no possible answer options for you in this task.

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PART 6

You have to write a short message, for example, a note or email, of at least 25 words. In the task, you get some information that you need to write about.

Make a plan so you won’t forget anything in your e-mail.

- Ask Toni to come swimming on Saturday. - Public pool in the city centre - I will go by bike.

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PART 7

Picture story – You get three pictures and you have to write a short story about those pictures. Your story should be around 35 words long.

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Read the texts first before you try to answer any questions. This will help you get an overall idea of the topic. Read each question, find and underline the part of the texts which answers the question. Don't choose an answer simply because a word in the question appears in the text. Examples of this can sometimes distract you from the correct answer.

The first time you read the text, decide what it might be: a notice, an email, a text message ect.Before you look at the options, decide what you think the main message in the text is. Read the three options and try to match the correct one. Don't choose an answer just because it contains a word that is in the text. Look out for words or expressions in the options that have a similar meaning to ones in the text.

Pay attention and think if you need a noun, adjective, verb, preposition... We have to look carefully to the words just after the gaps. You have to show that you know combinations of words, for example, compound nouns (football player), collocations (do your homework, ) and some grammar words (articles, prepositions, etc.)

Make sure you answer all parts of ther question. You can use words and sentences from the instrucions. Be clear and use connectors.

- First of all, it is always nice to give your story a title (Breakfast problems). - Secondly, you should use past verb forms (past simple, past continuous, past perfect) but you can also use present tense forms. - And last but not least, try to use some linking words to connect your ideas, for example, but, and, because, so, in the end, etc.).

Read the texts first before you try to answer any questions. This will help you get an overall idea of the topic. Read each question, find and underline the part of the texts which answers the question. Don't choose an answer simply because a word in the question appears in the text. Examples of this can sometimes distract you from the correct answer.

Pay attention and think if you need a noun, adjective, verb, preposition... We have to look carefully to the words just after the gaps. Decide if any of the options are definitely wrong and then experiment by trying the others in the gap. Read the text through at the end to see if your choices make sense.