Contents. Family and friends page 8. How do you get to school? page 14. What would you like? page 20. Somewhere to live page 28

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1 Contents Overview page 4 Family and friends page 8 How do you get to school? page 14 What would you like? page 20 Somewhere to live page 28 My favourite animal page 34 Free time page 40 In the countryside page 48 What do you want to be? page 54 Going away page 60 Let s go out! page 66 Different languages page 74 How do you feel? page 80 The modern world page 86 What are you reading? page 92 Review Units 1 3 page 26 Review Units 4 6 page 46 Reading and Writing 9 3 (2) 3 (1) (2) 8 3 (1) (1) 9 3 (2) (2) Review Units 7 10 page 72 Listening Review Units page 98 2 Contents

2 Speaking Grammar Vocabulary Present simple Adverbs of frequency Question words Present continuous Countable and uncountable nouns Past simple Relative pronouns Personal pronouns Describing people Family and friends School Transport Food and drink Shopping and services House and home Town and city Buildings Animals Comparative and superlative adjectives Comparative and superlative adverbs Past simple and past continuous too and enough going to Words ending in -ing going to or will Present perfect Present perfect with just, yet and already Verbs + -ing / infinitive may and might should and must need to / needn t / have to First conditional The passive Indefinite pronouns Hobbies and leisure Sport Weather Countryside The natural world Work and jobs Travel Clothes and accessories Entertainment Music Communication Documents Health, medicine and exercise Technology Measurements Media Appendix page 100 Vocabulary Reference page 103 Grammar Reference page 108 Contents 3

3 Exam Overview Introduction Cambridge English: Key (KET) for Schools corresponds to Level One in the Cambridge ESOL five-level system. It also corresponds to CEFR level two (A2). There are three papers in the examination: Reading and Writing, Listening, and Speaking. There is no minimum pass mark for individual papers. The Reading and Writing Paper carries 50% of the total marks, and Listening and Speaking each carry 25% of the total marks. Candidates need to score 70 to achieve a passing grade. The format and level of the exam is identical to Cambridge English: Key (KET). Paper 1 Reading and Writing (1 hour 10 minutes) Reading The Reading and Writing Paper has nine parts and 56 questions. The Reading texts are authentic and adapted-authentic realworld notices, newspaper and magazine articles, and simplified encyclopaedia entries. The guided Writing tasks include a short message, note or postcard of words. 1 5 Matching Match five prompt sentences to eight notices. 2 5 Three-option multiple-choice sentences 3 10 Three-option OR Matching 4 7 Right/Wrong/ Doesn t say OR three-option 5 8 Multiple-choice cloze Choose the best word from three to complete five sentences. Choose the best option to complete a verbal exchange OR match five items from a possible eight to complete a continuous Answer Right/Wrong/Doesn t say OR multiple-choice questions on one long text or three short texts. Complete a text by choosing the correct words from a choice of three to complete the gaps. Your understanding of everyday notices and main message. Your ability to read and identify appropriate vocabulary. Your ability to identify appropriate responses using functional language. Your ability to understand details and the main idea. Your understanding of structural words. page 58 page 19 page 44 (multiple choice); 69 (matching) page 75 page 11 4 Exam Overview

4 Writing 6 5 Word completion Identify and spell words from dictionary definition type sentences Open cloze Complete gaps in a short text with one word each. 8 5 Information transfer Read two short input texts and transfer five pieces of information into an output text. 9 1 Guided writing Read a short input text or rubric and write a written response of words, to include three key messages. Your knowledge of lexical items and spelling. Your knowledge of structure, lexis, and spelling. information, with a focus on content and accuracy. Your ability to write a guided short message, note or postcard. page 61 page 53 page 93 page 85 Marks 50% of total marks for the whole examination. Exam Overview 5

5 Paper 2 Listening (approximately 30 minutes) The Listening paper has five parts and 25 questions. All parts are heard twice. The instructions are given on the question paper and are also heard. The recordings include a variety of voices, styles of delivery and accents. 1 5 Three-option Answer questions on short dialogues. 2 5 Matching Answer questions on a longer 3 5 Three-option Answer questions on a longer 4 5 Gap-fill Answer questions on a longer 5 5 Gap-fill Answer questions on a longer monologue. information, e.g. times, prices, days of week, numbers. information. information. Your ability to write down key information, including correct spelling of dictated names, places, etc. Your ability to write down key information, including correct spelling of dictated names, places, etc. page 70 page 35 page 31 page 38 page 41 Marks 25% of total marks for the whole examination. 6 Exam Overview

6 Paper 3 Speaking (8 10 minutes) The Speaking Paper has two parts. There are two candidates and two examiners. One examiner (the interlocutor) will ask the candidates questions and the other (the assessor) just listens. If there is an uneven number of candidates, three candidates may sit the test together and the test will take slightly longer minutes minutes A conversation between the interlocutor and each candidate. An interactive task between candidates. Answer questions about yourself, your school, your daily life and activities in your free time. Ask five questions based on prompts on a card, and answer your partner s questions. Your ability to give information of a factual, personal kind. Your ability to ask and answer questions of a non-personal kind related to daily life, based on prompt material. page 17 page 49 Marks Candidates are assessed on their performance throughout the test. There are 25 marks which make up 25% of the total score for the whole examination. Exam Overview 7