Reading and writing

What’s in the Reading and Writing paper?

Objective: Reading
● Students have to face short
simple texts containing
high-frequency vocabulary and
common expressions.
● They can find diverse text format
which can appears in daily life.
● They have to identify the main
idea of each text.

Writing

● They will write short and simple

notes and messages.
● They can write an ordinary
personal letter (e.g. thanking
someone for something.
● They have to use different
grammatical tenses according to
their ideas.

Number of sections: Reading, 6

Writing, 2

Type of texts: Biography

Informative on a town

Grammar topics: Simple past

Comparative and superlatives
Present simple
Present continuous
Idiomatic future

Type of items: Multiple choice

Open questions
Filling the gaps
True or False
 Writing a text

Time allowed: 40 minutes

Number of questions: Reading, 38

Writing, 2

Total points: 71 pts.

Part 1

What is in Part 1? 32 words and 8 sentences (words that

complete the sentences in order to be
coherent). You have to fill the gaps with the
given options. They are varied topics. They
must practice diverse, among them: past
simple, future simple, comparatives,
infinitive/gerund, and adjective order.

What do I have to practise? Reading the sentences and choosing the

option that fits the best.

How many questions are there? 8

Marks: 8

Points: 8 pts.

Part 2

What is in Part 2? 24 words, 6 sentences (sentences that

compare the information in the chart)
Theres is a table with information of 3
people (Age, name, height).

What do I have to practise? Reading the sentences and choosing the

option that fits the best.

How many questions are there? 6

Marks: 6

Points 6 pts.
Part 3

What is in Part 3? 24 options and 6 sentences (words that

complete the sentences in order to be
coherent). They practice a few different
topics, such as past perfect, predictions
with going to, and relative clauses.

What do I have to practise? Reading the sentences and choosing the

option that fits the best.

How many questions are there? 6

Marks: 6

Points: 6 pts.

Part 4

What is in Part 4? 20 options, 5 questions (the questions ask

for information that appeared in the text).
A short text (Biography) in past tense that
included some dates and important facts.

What do I have to practise? Reading and understanding text. Finally

choosing the option that fits the best.

How many questions are there? 5

Marks: 5

Points: 10 pts.

Part 5

What is in Part 5? 16 options and 8 sentences (claiming a fact

from the text). They have to read the text,
the description of a town, where is it
located, the nature of it, buildings and what
people do. Then, they have to determine if
the facts below are true or not according to
what they have read.

What do I have to practise? Reading a text in order to decide whether

the following sentences are true or not.
How many questions are there? 8

Marks: 8

Points: 16 pts.

Part 6

What is in Part 6? 15 options( describing the possible main

ideas of each note), 5 questions (asking for
the main idea of them) and 5 notes (that
include common ideas and situations,
where a message to be replied). They have
to find the gist of each note.

What do I have to practise? Reading and understanding text. Finally

choosing the option that fits the best.

How many questions are there? 5

Marks: 5

Points: 10 pts.

Part 7

What is in Part 7? A postcard (that included past simple,

present simple, present continuous and
idiomatic future), 5 questions(asking for
information about holidays, such as giving
directions and daily routines).

What do I have to practise? Writing a postcard base on 5 questions.

How many questions are there? 1

How many words? 35-40 words

Marks: 8

Points: 10 pts.

Part 8
What is in Part 8? 4 questions (asking for information in
present simple, about the location in a given
city, likes and dislikes, and describing
objects).

What do I have to practise? Write a short note based on the 4

questions.

How many questions are there? 1

How many words? 25-30 words

Marks: 8

Points: 5 pts.

Listening

Objective: ● They can understand clear, slow,

standard speech.
● The audios are related to areas
of most immediate personal
relevance ( e.g. very basic
personal information, local,
educational, and job information).
● The audios take place in an
informal context.
● They are able to catch the main
point in short, clear, simple
spoken messages.

Number of sections: Listening, 3

19 questions

Type of texts: Giving directions

Informal conversation
Descriptions

Grammar topics: Present

Gerunds & infinitives
Imperative
Past simple
 Present continuous for future

Type of items: Multiple choice

True or False
Filling the gaps

Time allowed: 30 minutes

Number of questions 24

Total points: 42 pts.

Part 1

What is in Part 1 16 options, 4 question (asking for

information about locations and directions).
After hearing the audios, they will choose
the correct option among the four options.

What do I have to practise? Choosing the correct option according to

what is asked and said in the audio.

How many questions are there? 4

Points: 8 pts

Part 2

What is in Part 2 24 options, 8 question,(asking information

given by the speakers on the audio). They
have to listen carefully to the recordings
and find specific information about jobs and
their description.

What do I have to practise? They have to choose the better option

according to what they have heard.

How many questions are there? 8

Points: 16 pts
Part 3

What is in Part 3? EXERCISE 1: 6 options, 6 question. there is

an audio about a conversation between two
friends at school in a difficult situation.
EXERCISE 2: 6 words, 6 sentences. With
the same audio, the student has to
complete the sentences choosing the
correct word to fill the gap.

What do I have to practise? EXERCISE 1: They have to determine the

value of the sentences as true or not.

EXERCISE 2: They have to analyze the

sentences and try to give coherence to the
conversation.

How many questions are there? 12

Points: Exercise 1: 12 pts.

Exercise 2: 6 pts.

Speaking

Objective: ● Students show enough

vocabulary to accomplish the
task.
● Students produce the speech
with the correct intonation and
pronunciation.
● Students create coherent and
concise sentences to respond to
the instructor’s requirements.

Number of sections: Speaking 3

7 questions

Type of texts: Formal conversation

Description

Grammar topics: Simple past

Comparative and superlatives
 Present simple
Present continuous
Idiomatic future

Type of items: Conversation

Open questions

Time allowed: 10 minutes

Points 37%

Part 1

What is in Part 1? Candidates are asked to make a brief

introduction of themselves. They are hoped
to use familiar vocabulary related to school,
family, and job; as personal basic aspects
such as age, and experiences.

What do I have to practise? They have to use language, grammar,

tenses, in order to express who they are.

How many questions are there? 1

Points: 10

Part 2

What is in Part 2? Candidates observe an image of a family

performing different activities. After that,
they must describe what activities are being
performed.

What do I have to practise? They have to describe the most as they can
the situation in the picture.

How many questions are there? 1

Points: 17
Part 3

What is in Part 3? Seven sentences (asking for specific

information about the picture). They have to
look carefully at the picture in order to find
the specific information that is needed to
answer the instructor’s questions.

What do I have to practise? Look at the picture to find useful

information.

How many questions are there? 7

Points: 10

reading and writing 47.3% (71 pts)

listening 28 % (42 pts)

speaking 24.6 % (37 pts)

Total: 99.9% (150 pts)