Exam key samples

WRITING ACTIVITY

Hello!

My name’s Fabio. I’m 21 and I’m Italian. I am a shop assistant and I work in a mobile phone shop in the centre of Rome.

I study English because I love travelling and listening to American pop music, but I can’t understand the lyrics!

I have a big family- two brothers and two sisters, but they are married. I live with my parents in a big flat and we have a cat too.

I can use a computer very well and I like playing games. I can play sports quite well. I play football twice a week and I go running every Saturday morning. I love eating too, but I can’t cook at all.

Goodbye!

Fabio

WRITTEN MEDIATION

Hello Caroline,

The hotel Europa is in the city center, five minutes from the train station. The rooms are big and have a bathroom and there is free wi-fi.

You can have dinner at the hotel restaurant and there are restaurants near the hotel.

You can buy wine, cheese and the typical knives from Albacete.

Best wishes,

Lumi

ORAL EXAM

QUESTIONS FOR THE INTERACTION

What’s your favourite season/ month / day of the week / time of day? Why?

Do you like reading / listening to music / doing housework / going to the cinema?

How often do you eat Chinese food / listen to classical music / do exercise / go to the hairdresser?

Can you take photos /play a musical instrument / speak foreign languages / draw?  How well?

What are you wearing? / What’s your best friend doing now? / What’s your neighbour doing now? / What’s your cousin doing now?

Who is your best friend? What’s he/she doing now?

What clothes do you usually wear? / What kind of clothes do you like? / What kind of food do you like?

Where do you live? / Are your neighbours noisy? / Are you noisy? / What kind of noise do you make? / What kind of noise do your neighbours make?

ORAL MEDIATION

Offers: Would you like a glass of wine / crisps / a chicken sandwich?

Requests: Can you repeat that / the question, please?

Asking for something: Can I have a green T-shirt / an orange juice / a black sweater, please?

Giving instructions: Wait for me, please. / Don’t look at the board, please. / Don’t speak Spanish, please. / Turn off your mobile phone, please.

How much is it?

What size is this jacket?

I’m quite cold / hungry.