Official English certificate 
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Listening |
Response type |
Task |
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Part 1 7 questions |
A multiple-choice of three options for each conversation to choose the appropriate ending or continuation of the conversation |
Listen twice to seven unfinished conversations between two speakers, being a formal conversation |
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Part 2 6 questions |
Two three-choice multiple-choice questions for each of the three conversations. |
Listen to twice three conversations each with two speakers to identify: Topic, purpose, context, speakers, GIST, the relationship between speakers, roles, functions, attitudes, feelings and opinions |
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Part 3 7 questions |
A message pad with a header and seven messages and space to write the correct information for each request. Answers are one to five words. |
Listen twice to a radio broadcast, narrative, presentation, etc. to identify specific information |
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Part 4 6 questions |
Six three-choice multiple-choice questions |
Listen twice to a debate to define the essentials, examples, fact, opinion, contrast, purpose, key ideas, attitude, cause and effect |
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Total: 26 questions |
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Reading |
Response type |
Task |
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Part 1 6 questions |
Six three-choice multiple-choice questions |
A long text: news, article, review or proposal. |
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Part 2 6 questions |
Choice of seven sentences to choose from to fill in the six gaps. A prayer is provided as a distraction. |
A text with six sentences removed, for example, topic sentence, short sentence, develop idea, emphasize a point, opinion, contrast, sequence, reference back and forth, transition to a new idea |
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Part 3 7 questions |
Seven questions to indicate which text provides the answer to each question |
Four texts, for example, email, article, advertisement, brochure, etc. with a linked topic, but with a different purpose |
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Part 4 7 questions |
Seven open 'wh-' questions requiring short answers of up to five words |
A continuous text: narrative, descriptive, explanatory, expository, biographical, instructive. |
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Total: 26 questions |
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Writing |
Response type |
Task |
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Part 1 100-150 words |
Respond appropriately to a given text to produce a formal response for a planned public hearing |
Instruction to respond formally using a written input with a clearly defined number of content points to be addressed and the intended reader specified |
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Part 2 150-200 words |
Produce a personal letter, narrative / story composition, or descriptive composition. |
Instruction to write an informal writing for a specific reader on a general topic that does not require specialized knowledge with clearly defined content points to be addressed |