EXTENAL ASSESSENT SAPLE TASKS ENGLISH VESIONS PELIINAY LSP002/10Y01
Asset Languages External Assessment Sample Tasks for Preliminary Stage English Versions This booklet forms part of the guidance for centres. Other publications include: External Assessment eference Guide inal Entries Guide Asset Languages General Guide Asset Languages Breakthrough, Preliminary, Intermediate and Advanced Stage Guides External Assessment Sample Tasks for Breakthrough, Intermediate and Advanced Stages Language Specifications. Contents Page Introduction 2 Listening Sample Paper 3 Tapescripts 10 Listening Answer Key 19 Speaking Sample Paper 20 eading Sample Paper 23 eading Answer Key 34 Writing Sample Paper 35 Appendix Candidate Answer Sheet 39 OC 2007
INTODUCTION The English sample tasks in this booklet have been produced to show you what the Asset Languages Preliminary external assessment looks like and to provide practice tests for your learners. Asset Languages live tests will be in the same format as the tests provided here. Please see the Asset Languages website at www.assetlanguages.org.uk/about/samples.aspx for the most up-to-date information and new materials as they become available in other languages and stages. or more information on the content of the Preliminary external assessments, please refer to the Preliminary Stage Guide which is available on the Asset Languages website. Language specifications are also available and these show the language purposes and functions that are covered in the teacher assessment and external tests for each language. In this booklet, sample papers are provided for each of the four skills: Listening Speaking eading Writing. All text in italics indicates where target language appears in the paper. Answer keys are included for the Listening and eading papers. Speaking and Writing tests use marking criteria. These are provided in the Preliminary Stage Guide. The Appendix consists of a blank O candidate answer sheet which is used in Listening and eading tests. Candidate answer sheets can also be downloaded from the Asset Languages website for learners to practise using them. Information on using candidate answer sheets is provided in the External Assessment eference Guide. Asset Languages constantly receives feedback from centres and candidates and also statistical information from candidates live test responses. We take this information into account and, over time, tests will be adapted and new task types may be introduced. Target language external and teacher assessment sample materials are gradually being made available on the Asset Languages website. If you would like to be informed when new samples become available, please email assetlanguages@ocr.org.uk, stating the language and stage that you are interested in. OC 2007 2
LISTENING SAPLE PAPE OXOD CABIDGE AND SA EXAINATIONS ASSET LANGUAGES PELIINAY LISTENING SAPLE PAPE Additional materials: Answer sheet Soft pencil (type B or HB) Soft clean eraser 30 minutes TIE Approximately 30 minutes (including transfer time). INSTUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. Answer all questions. Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces on this page. Write these details on your answer sheet if they are not already printed. Write your answers on the question paper. You will have five minutes at the end of the test to copy your answers, in pencil, onto the separate answer sheet. At the end of the test you must hand in both the question paper and the answer sheet to your supervisor. Dictionaries must not be used. Centre Number Candidate Number Candidate Name OC 2007 3
LISTENING SAPLE PAPE Part 1 Questions 1 5 You will hear a girl called ary talking about her day at school. Listen to ary and look at the questions. Choose the correct answer, A, B or C. Put a tick ( ) in the box. 1 What does ary usually have for breakfast? A B C 2 How does she get to school most days? A B C 3 What is her favourite subject? A B C OC 2007 4
LISTENING SAPLE PAPE 4 What time does ary have lunch? A B C 5 What does she do every day after school? A B C OC 2007 5
LISTENING SAPLE PAPE Part 2 Questions 6 10 You will hear five short conversations. Listen to them and look at the questions. Choose the correct answer, A, B or C. Put a tick ( ) in the box. 6 What s the weather like in Glasgow? A B C It s sunny. It s raining. It s windy. 7 Where is r Green going? A B C to church to the bank to the hospital 8 What did David buy? A B C some fruit some meat some milk 9 What did Alice do on holiday? A B C She played golf. She went swimming. She tried water-skiing. 10 Where will the couple meet? A B C at the cinema at the bus stop in the park OC 2007 6
LISTENING SAPLE PAPE Part 3 (rench, German and Spanish from ay 2009, Italian from ay 2010 and Japanese from June 2010) Questions 11 15 You will hear a phone message from Helen ason about a visit she is making to a friend. or questions 11 15 choose the correct answer, A, B or C. Put a tick ( ) in the box. Helen s visit 11 Helen is arriving on A Tuesday. B Wednesday. C Thursday. 12 Helen needs a hotel room for A two nights. B three nights. C four nights. 13 Helen will go into town by A taxi. B bus. C train. 14 Helen will be back in the office A this afternoon. B tomorrow. C next week. 15 Helen s friend asked her to bring A a map. B a CD. C a book. OC 2007 7i
LISTENING SAPLE PAPE Part 3 Questions 11 15 You will hear a phone message. or questions (11 15) complete the sentences. You must write your answers in English. Phone message She s arriving on morning. (11) She needs a hotel room for nights. (12) She ll go into town by. (13) She ll be back in the office. (14) She s got the he wants. (15) OC 2007 7
LISTENING SAPLE PAPE Part 4 Questions 16 20 You will hear arianne talking to Stephen about some members of her family. or questions (16 20), listen and match each person to the correct information by choosing a letter (A ). There is one extra letter you do not need to use. 16 arianne s father A is studying a language. 17 arianne s sister B was on holiday recently. 18 arianne s grandfather C is going to start a new job soon. 19 arianne s brother D is keen on music. 20 arianne s cousin E is going to another country soon. works on television. OC 2007 8
LISTENING SAPLE PAPE Part 5 Questions 21 25 You will hear Susie talking to her father about her work experience in a restaurant. Listen to their conversation and look at the questions. Choose the correct answer, A, B or C. Put a tick ( ) in the box. 21 What was Susie s first job at the restaurant? A B C writing menus cleaning setting tables 22 Susie says that the chef A B C can t speak English very well. has only just arrived in England. is sometimes bad-tempered. 23 What did Susie learn on Tuesday? A B C to prepare vegetables to cook a complete meal to make a dessert 24 Susie was allowed to serve customers on her own on A B C Wednesday lunch time. Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday evening. 25 Susie says the customers were A B C unfriendly. generous. noisy. OC 2007 9
LISTENING TAPESCIPTS This is the OC Asset Languages Sample Preliminary Listening test. There are five parts to the test. You will hear each part twice. or each part of the test, there will be time for you to look through the questions, and time for you to check your answers. Write your answers on the question paper. You will have five minutes at the end of the test to copy your answers onto the answer sheet. The recording will now be stopped. Please ask any questions now, because you must not speak during the test. Now open your question paper and look at Part One. You will hear a girl called ary talking about her day at school. Listen to ary and look at the questions. Choose the correct answer, A, B or C. Put a tick in the box. [EPEAT O HEE] One. During the week I have cereal for breakfast. I don t like it much, but I know it s quick. Two. I usually go to school by bike. I go through the park where I meet up with my friend. Three. I don t like Tuesday mornings much. But after lunch, it s better we have chemistry then, which I love. our. I usually have lunch in the school canteen at half past twelve. We have to eat quickly because lessons start again at half past one. ive. Every day after school I play with my dog. Sometimes I play the piano, but I don t like it very much. Now listen to Part One again. OC 2007 10
LISTENING TAPESCIPTS [EPEAT PAT ONE] That is the end of Part One. PAUSE 00 05 OC 2007 11
LISTENING TAPESCIPTS Part Two. You will hear five short conversations. Listen to them and look at the questions. Choose the correct answer, A, B or C. Put a tick in the box. (on phone) Six. What s the weather like in Glasgow? Hello Anna! How are you? ine thanks! How are you? I m OK. How is the weather? Is it nice in Glasgow? No, it s raining. What a pity! It s sunny here. Now listen again. [EPEAT QUESTION SIX] Seven. Where is r Green going? Good morning r Green. In a hurry? I m just going to visit my sister in hospital. Oh, I m sorry she s ill She s not. She s just had a baby! Congratulations! Now listen again. [EPEAT QUESTION SEVEN] Eight. What did David buy? Hi David! Where have you been? To get some fruit. Isn t the supermarket closed? Yes, but the corner shop s open. OC 2007 12
LISTENING TAPESCIPTS Oh, that s good. I need some milk. They sell everything! Now listen again. [EPEAT QUESTION EIGHT] Nine. What did Alice do on holiday? Did you have a nice holiday, Alice? Yes, the hotel was superb! Was it near the beach? Pretty near. But I swam in the pool most days. Sounds great! Now listen again. [EPEAT QUESTION NINE] Ten. Where will the couple meet? The film starts at 9. I ll get there earlier and buy the tickets. I ll meet you at the entrance. And maybe we can have a coffee later. Great! Now listen again. [EPEAT QUESTION TEN] That is the end of Part Two. PAUSE 00 05 OC 2007 13
LISTENING TAPESCIPTS Part 3 (rench, German and Spanish from ay 2009, Italian from ay 2010 and Japanese from June 2010) Part Three. You will hear a phone message from Helen ason about a visit she is making to a friend. or questions 11 to 15 choose the correct answer, A, B or C. Put a tick in the box. PAUSE 00 05 Hello. I d like to leave a message for Chris Banks, please. Is that OK? Good, thanks, that s great. Yes, this is for Chris Banks. OK y name is Helen ason. I am arriving on Tuesday morning. Could he please book a hotel room for me? And it ll be for three nights, now not two. He doesn t need to fetch me from the airport I ll take a taxi into town. That s all Oh, no, I nearly forgot. I m not working in the office today. But I ll be back there tomorrow so he can phone me then, if he wants. He knows my number. Oh and tell him I ve got the book he asked for. any thanks. Goodbye! Now listen to Part Three again. [EPEAT PAT THEE] That is the end of Part Three. PAUSE 00 05 OC 2007 14i
LISTENING TAPESCIPTS Part Three. You will hear a phone message. or questions 11 to 15 complete the sentences. You must write your answers in English. PAUSE 00 05 Hello. I d like to leave a message for Chris Banks, please. Is that OK? Good, thanks, that s great. Yes, this is for Chris Banks. OK y name is Helen ason. I am arriving on Tuesday morning. Could he please book a hotel room for me? And it ll be for three nights, now not two. He doesn t need to fetch me from the airport I ll take a taxi into town. That s all Oh, no, I nearly forgot. I m not working in the office today. But I ll be back there tomorrow so he can phone me then, if he wants. He knows my number. Oh and tell him I ve got the book he asked for. any thanks. Goodbye! Now listen to Part Three again. [EPEAT PAT THEE] That is the end of Part Three. PAUSE 00 05 OC 2007 14
LISTENING TAPESCIPTS Part our. You will hear arianne talking to Stephen about some members of her family. or questions 16 to 20 listen and match each person to the correct information by choosing a letter, A to. There is one extra letter you do not need to use. [EPEAT O HEE] Sixteen. I m really looking forward to meeting your family at the party. Can you tell me a bit more about them all? Of course! There s my father. He s going to get the disco ready. He s got lots of CDs that are good to dance to. Seventeen. And what about your sister? She s coming too, isn t she? Yes, but after the party she s going on holiday. She s going to spend two weeks with a friend in Jamaica. She ll like it. I went last year and it was brilliant. Eighteen. Who else will be there? y grandfather. He s very nice. He s eighty-five years old, but he s very active. He likes to travel and he s learning Arabic. That s amazing! Nineteen. And your brother will be there, won t he? Yes, of course. You know he s working as an actor in a soap opera now. So is he bringing any famous friends with him? No, he s just going to relax at the party. Twenty. And is there anyone else I ll meet? OC 2007 15
LISTENING TAPESCIPTS Well, there s my cousin. She s just finished university. She s found a job near here as a teacher and she starts next month. Great, I can t wait to meet them all. Now listen to Part our again. [EPEAT PAT OU] That is the end of Part our. PAUSE 00 05 OC 2007 16
LISTENING TAPESCIPTS Part ive. You will hear a student called Susie talking to her father about her week s work experience in a restaurant. Listen to their conversation, and look at the questions. Choose the correct answer, A, B or C. Put a tick in the box. There will be some pauses in the conversation to give you time to write your answers. irst, you have 15 seconds to read the questions. PAUSE 00 15 [BEEP!] [EPEAT O HEE] Susie, how has your work experience in the restaurant been going? What sort of things have you had to do? Well, on ondays the restaurant is actually closed to customers. I had to help clean the kitchen area. It wasn t very interesting, but it s very important, of course. So what s the chef like? He comes from Italy. He s about forty and has been in England for fifteen years. He s usually very nice, but sometimes when he s very busy he can be in a bad mood What did you do on Tuesday? I worked in the kitchen again. So did you actually cook anything? Not really. I wanted to help with baking a cake but that was too hard. After all, it was only my second day there. I learnt a very quick way to chop carrots! What other part of the restaurant have you worked in? On Wednesday I worked as a waitress in the restaurant. But not alone. I helped the other waitresses at first. In the evening I served one table all on my own. eally! And how did it go? The customers were quite nice. They were business people and they ordered a lot of expensive dishes. They obviously liked the way I worked, because they left me a large tip! Now listen to Part ive again. OC 2007 17
LISTENING TAPESCIPTS [EPEAT PAT IVE] That is the end of Part ive. PAUSE 00 05 You now have five minutes to copy your answers to your answer sheet. [PAUSE 04'00"] [BEEP!] You have one more minute. [PAUSE 01'00"] [BEEP!] That is the end of this test. OC 2007 18
LISTENING ANSWE KEY Answer Key Part 1 1 C 2 B 3 C 4 B 5 A Part 2 6 B 7 C 8 A 9 B 10 A Part 3 11 Tuesday 12 three (3) 13 taxi 14 tomorrow 15 book Part 3 (rench, German and Spanish from ay 2009) 11 A 12 B 13 A 14 B 15 C Part 4 16 D 17 E 18 A 19 20 C Part 5 21 B 22 C 23 A 24 C 25 B OC 2007 19
SPEAKING SAPLE PAPE On the following pages there is an example of one task for each part of the Speaking test. Speaking test packs will include a number of different topics for the personal information questions and a number of different visual tasks. The teacher selects the most appropriate for each candidate. Part 1: Task 1 Introduction 1 1 ½ minutes Hello. Come in and sit down. We re going to do your [target language] Speaking test. We ll do most of it in [target language], but I ll tell you some things in English, so you know what to do. ight, let s start. Not assessed So, now in [target language]. y name is xxx. What is your name? ight. Let s start. Note: Choose only one topic and ask questions to help elicit 1-1½ minute conversation. If a candidate struggles with a specific question or topic, try another one from any Task 1 page. Your day We re going to talk about your day. What time do you normally get up? What do you eat for breakfast? How do you go to school? What do you do in the break / at school? What do you (normally) wear to school? What do you do in the evening? OC 2007 20
SPEAKING SAPLE PAPE TEACHES SHOULD ADAPT THE TEXT TO THE APPOPIATE O O ADDESS Helping at Home Part 1: Task 2 Introduction 2 ½ 3 minutes Now I will speak in English again. Here is a picture which shows a boy helping at home. [give photo to candidate] Have a look at it and then I will ask you some questions about it. [wait 15 seconds] Photo content So, now in [target language]. Tell me something about the place in this photo Tell me something about the person in this. General comment What s the boy doing? Whose car do you think it is? Who washes the car in your family? How often do you help at home? What do you do when you help at home? How much money do you get for it? Helping at Home OC 2007 21
SPEAKING SAPLE PAPE Part 2: 2 minutes TEACHES SHOULD ADAPT THE TEXT TO THE APPOPIATE O O ADDESS Presentation ight, let s speak in English again. Now I d like to hear your presentation, and then I ll ask you two questions. So, now in [target language]. I m listening. Can you start now? Thank you. [Ask 2 questions] Let s finish in English. That s the end of your speaking test. OC 2007 22
EADING SAPLE PAPE OXOD CABIDGE AND SA EXAINATIONS ASSET LANGUAGES PELIINAY EADING SAPLE PAPE Additional materials: Answer sheet Soft pencil (type B or HB) Soft clean eraser 40 minutes TIE 40 minutes INSTUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. Answer all questions. Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces on this page. Write these details on your answer sheet if they are not already printed. Write your answers clearly on the separate answer sheet. Use a pencil. You may write on the question paper but you must transfer your answers to the separate answer sheet within the time limit. At the end of the test, you must hand in both the question paper and the answer sheet to your supervisor. Dictionaries must not be used. Centre Number Candidate Number Candidate Name OC 2007 23
EADING SAPLE PAPE Part 1 Questions 1 5 Which notice (A ) says this (1 5)? or questions 1 5 mark the correct letter A on your answer sheet. There is one extra letter you do not need to use. 1 You mustn t leave your car here at any time. 2 You can get some exercise here in the morning. 3 You have to use the stairs. A B 2 pm: young musician of the year final CAUTION! oad closed until 7 pm. 4 You can watch a competition here today. 5 You must use another entrance. C NO ENTY Please use a different door. D Swimming pool opens at 7 am. E Strictly No Parking Entrance in constant use. Lift out of order. OC 2007 24
EADING SAPLE PAPE Part 2 Questions 6 10 Which computer game (A ) will each person (6 10) want to buy? or questions 6 10 mark the correct letter A on your answer sheet. There is one letter you do not need to use. 6 I want to find out about sea creatures and have fun at the same time. 7 I am interested in learning more about outer space. 8 I love anything to do with history. 9 I would like to play a police game. 10 I need to improve my knowledge of foreign vocabulary. A Car chase B Time Traveller You need to make quick decisions in this game to stop the bank robbers from getting away with the money. In this game, you will find out about ancient civilisations and build some of the world s first cities. C Underwater adventure D 1001 puzzles Keiko the friendly dolphin will help you to find the missing treasure and introduce you to different fish along the way. Keen on the world s languages? Then this is perfect for you! Over 1000 games in seventeen different languages, from crosswords to memory games. E Around the world in 80 minutes Other worlds In this game, you choose a country to visit and find out about people s lives there today. Join arty the robot in a rocket and discover all the planets. arty gives you simple tasks and quizzes at your own level. OC 2007 25
EADING SAPLE PAPE Part 3 Questions 11 15 ead the letter from Peter to Steven and then answer the questions. or questions 11 15 mark A, B or C on your answer sheet. Dear Steven antastic news! Sally and I are getting married. Our parents met last week and we ve fixed a date the first weekend in ay. There ll be a big party, so I hope that you can come. The wedding won t be here in the city, however, because we re having it at my grandparents village in the hills. It s a wonderful place and we re really excited. There s a train that goes there, but it s very slow, so it s better to drive. Let us know what time your flight lands and someone will come and give you a lift it s only a couple of hours by road. As you know, my mother s a dressmaker and she s making Sally s dress herself which is much better than going to a shop although it s a lot of work for her. After the wedding, we ll have a large party at the golf club near my grandfather s house. I ve never played golf, but I m still in the volleyball team and all our old friends will be there. You must come! Peter 11 When is Peter s wedding? A B C 12 Where do Peter s grandparents live? A B C OC 2007 26
EADING SAPLE PAPE 13 How will Steven travel from the airport? A B C 14 What does Peter s mother do? A B C 15 Which sport does Peter play? A B C OC 2007 27
EADING SAPLE PAPE Part 4 Questions 16 20 ead the article about a young couple s first home. Are sentences 16 20 ight (A) or Wrong (B)? If there is not enough information to answer ight (A) or Wrong (B), choose Not in text (C). or questions 16 20 mark A, B or C on your answer sheet. Our irst Home After they got married, Chris and Jane lived with his parents. They dreamed of having a flat of their own, but couldn t afford it at first. One day, Jane saw a rented flat advertised in the newspaper. It was a tiny ground-floor flat, but it cost only 50.00 a week. They couldn t believe their luck. Chris and Jane were, however, not the only couple interested in it. The owner, rs Grant, was able to choose who she wanted to live there. ortunately, she chose them. She told them later it was because they both had good jobs. Jane s parents gave them a bed, a dining table and two chairs. They used what little money they had to buy some material and Jane made some cushions with it. ost importantly of all, they bought a small cooker. This was the only completely new thing they had and it came with a free cookery book. Every morning, Jane looked up the recipe for the day and bought the food she needed on her way home from work. She soon discovered, however, that some of the recipes were better than others. Chris always said the meals were wonderful which was kind, if not always truthful. OC 2007 28
EADING SAPLE PAPE 16 Chris and Jane were surprised at how low the rent on the flat was. A ight B Wrong C Not in text 17 The owner of the flat lived in the same block. A ight B Wrong C Not in text 18 They bought all the furniture for the flat themselves. A ight B Wrong C Not in text 19 They paid a lot for the cookery book. A ight B Wrong C Not in text 20 Some of the meals Jane cooked were successful. A ight B Wrong C Not in text OC 2007 29
EADING SAPLE PAPE Part 5 Questions 21 25 ead the article about Diana Wilson then answer the questions. or questions 21 25 mark A, B or C on your answer sheet. A talented mother Diana Wilson has a lot to do in her busy life. She has a large family of five children. She gets up at six o clock every day, because the older children have to be at school at a quarter to eight. She spends the day at home with the younger children and her three cats. She enjoys doing all the cooking and cleaning. Diana s husband, Kenneth, works as a chef and he earns a lot of money. Diana s favourite time of day is the evening. After dinner she tells the children a story before they go to bed. She doesn t read from a book as all the stories are her own. Each week Diana tells a new story. The story begins on onday and always ends on Sunday. When the children are asleep, Diana s husband does the washing-up so that she can relax. But Diana types up her latest story on her laptop, before she forgets it. A newspaper saw one of Diana s stories and liked it very much. Diana was really pleased and she began to write a book for children. Now you can buy Three Cats at Home in any bookshop for five pounds! OC 2007 30
EADING SAPLE PAPE 21 During the day, Diana A B studies at university. works in a school. C does the housework. 22 Where does Diana s husband work? A B C in a bank in a restaurant in a shop 23 Every evening, Diana A B C reads a story from a book. tells part of a story. listens while her children read a story to her. 24 After the children have gone to bed, Diana A B C watches TV. prepares a meal. uses a computer. 25 Diana s book A B C is about animals. has won a prize. hasn t been published yet. OC 2007 31
EADING SAPLE PAPE Part 6 (rench, German and Spanish from ay 2010) Questions 26 30 ead the questions in the table below which were asked in a conversation with Bernadeta about living in Scotland. Choose the best answer from the list (A ) to each question (26-30) ark the correct letter (A-) on the separate answer sheet. There is one extra letter you do not need to use. Living in Scotland A It was difficult to travel so I bought a car. 26 When did you move to Scotland? B Last month because I got a new job here. 27 How do you keep in touch with your amily and friends? C Definitely not! I am very happy living in Scotland. 28 s the weather much colder? D We telephone or email almost every day. 29 What is the best thing about living in Scotland? E I think it is the food so fresh and delicious. 30 Do you plan moving back to London n the future? Sometimes, but up to now it has been quite sunny. OC 2007 33
EADING SAPLE PAPE Part 6 Questions 26 30 ead the text about an actress called Sophie King. Some sentences have been taken out. Choose the correct sentence (A ) to go in each space (26 30). ark your answers on the separate answer sheet. There is one extra sentence you do not need to use. A new star of the English theatre The actress Sophie King from Newcastle comes from a family that never went to the theatre. 26 Her teacher organised a trip for her class to see the play omeo and Juliet. 27 When Sophie got home she told her parents that she wanted to become an actress. 28 At the age of sixteen, she began an acting course at the drama academy in anchester. 29 At the beginning it was very difficult to find work, and she almost gave up looking. 30 It was the start of a wonderful career. A B C D E On that day Sophie fell in love with the theatre. At that moment they changed their minds. inally she was offered a small part in a television series. But when she was twelve, something happened that changed her life. They were surprised, but they allowed her to study drama. After studying for three years she began to look for work. OC 2007 32
EADING ANSWE KEY Answer Key Part 1 1 E 2 D 3 4 A 5 C Part 2 6 C 7 8 B 9 A 10 D Part 3 11 B 12 C 13 A 14 C 15 B Part 4 16 A 17 C 18 B 19 B 20 A Part 5 21 C 22 B 23 B 24 C 25 A Part 6 26 D 27 A 28 E 29 30 C Part 6 (rench, German and Spanish from ay 2010) 26 B 27 D 28 29 E 30 C OC 2007 34
WITING SAPLE PAPE OXOD CABIDGE AND SA EXAINATIONS ASSET LANGUAGES PELIINAY WITING SAPLE PAPE Additional materials: None 25 minutes TIE 25 minutes INSTUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. Answer the Part 1 question and one question in Part 2. Part 1 carries 40% of the final mark and Part 2 carries 60% of the final mark. You will be assessed equally on the range and accuracy of the language you use and how well you communicate your answers. Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces on this page. Write your answers on the question paper. Write clearly in pen or HB pencil. You may make alterations, but make sure your work is easy to read. At the end of the test you must hand in the question paper to your supervisor. Dictionaries must not be used. L 1 2 or examiners use only C Centre Number Candidate Number Candidate Name OC 2007 35
Write a description of a man called Patrick. WITING SAPLE PAPE Part 1 You must include all the following points: where he lives what his job is something else you can say about him. Write your description here in [target language] using 20 40 words. His name is Patrick. OC 2007 36
WITING SAPLE PAPE Part 2 Write an answer to either Question 1 or Question 2. EITHE Question 1 Write an email to Emily, a [target language nationality] friend who is coming to visit you for the first time. In your email you must: describe what your home is like say what there is to do in your area ask Emily where she likes to go in the evenings. Write your email below in [target language]. You should write 50 70 words. You can use the words at the bottom of the page if you want. Asset ail To: C123@assetmail.com Hello Emily, I live I live to visit to visit evenings evenings OC 2007 37
WITING SAPLE PAPE O Question 2 You go on a day trip with a friend. Write a paragraph about what you do. You must include the words in [target language] given in the box below. breakfast breakfast weather weather train train Write your paragraph below in [target language]. You should write 50 70 words. OC 2007 38
APPENDIX CANDIDATE ANSWE SHEET OC 2007 39