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Contents

Acknowledgements

A guide to Cambridge English: Key for Schools 5

Test 1 Paper1 16 Paper2 28 Paper3 35




Visual materials for Paper 3 96

Paper 3 frames Test1 104 Test2 107 Test3 110 Test4 113

Test 1 Key 116Test 2 Key 124Test 3 Key 132Test 4 Key 140

Sample answer sheets 148






Acknowledgements

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AguidetoCambridgeEnglish:KeyforSchools

Cambridge English: Key for Schools,alsoknownasKey English Test (KET) for Schools,isaqualificationthatshowsapupilcandealwitheverydaywrittenandspokenEnglishatabasiclevel.

Cambridge English: Key for Schools followsexactlythesameformatasCambridge English: Key,alsoknownasKey English Test (KET),andthelevelofthequestionpapersisidentical.TheonlydifferenceisthatthecontentandtreatmentoftopicsinCambridge English: Key for Schools havebeenparticularlytargetedattheinterestsandexperienceofschoolpupils,enablingthemto:

• learnskillstocommunicateinEnglish

• gainaninternationallyrecognisedcertificate

• buildconfidenceinlearningavaluablelifeskill.

Cambridge English: Key for SchoolsisaversionofCambridge English: Key,alsoknownasKey English Test (KET),developedwithexamcontentandtopicstargetedattheinterestsofschool-agelearners.ItisatLevelA2oftheCommonEuropeanFrameworkofReferenceforLanguages(CEFR).

Cambridge English: KeyhasbeenaccreditedbyOfqual,thestatutoryregulatoryauthorityforexternalqualificationsinEnglandanditscounterpartsinWalesandNorthernIreland.

Examination Council of Europe Framework Level

UK National Qualifications Framework Level

Cambridge English: Proficiency Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE)

C2 3

Cambridge English: Advanced Certificate in Advanced English (CAE)

C1 2

Cambridge English: First for Schools First Certificate in English (FCE)

B2 1

Cambridge English: Preliminary for SchoolsPreliminary English Test (PET)

B1 Entry3

Cambridge English: Key for Schools Key English Test (KET) for Schools

A2 Entry2

SuccessfulCambridge English: Key for Schoolscandidatesreceiveacertificatethatisacceptedbycolleges,universities,employersandgovernmentsaroundtheworldasproofofalearner’slanguageabilities.Takingthisexamisalsousefulpreparationforhigherlevelexams,suchasCambridge English: Preliminary for SchoolsandCambridge English: First for Schools.






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CambridgeEnglishexamsaredevelopedandproducedbyUniversityofCambridgeESOLExaminations(CambridgeESOL).Over3.3millionpeopletakeCambridgeEnglishexamseachyearin130countries.Globally,over12,000universities,employers,governmentministriesandotherorganisationsrelyonCambridgeEnglishexamsasproofoflanguageability.

Topics

ThesearethetopicsusedintheCambridge English: Key for Schoolsexam:

Clothes Language Shopping

Dailylife People Socialinteraction

Entertainmentandmedia Personalfeelings,opinionsandexperiences

Sport

Foodanddrink Personalidentification Thenaturalworld

Health,medicineandexercise Placesandbuildings Transport

Hobbiesandleisure Schoolsandstudy Travelandholidays

Houseandhome Services Weather

Overview of the exam

Paper Name Timing Content Test focus

Paper1 Reading/Writing

1hour10minutes

Nineparts:Fiveparts(Parts1–5)testarangeofreadingskillswithavarietyoftexts,rangingfromveryshortnoticestolongercontinuoustexts.Parts6–9concentrateontestingbasicwritingskills.

Assessmentofcandidates’abilitytounderstandthemeaningofwrittenEnglishatword,phrase,sentence,paragraphandwholetextlevel.Assessmentofcandidates’abilitytoproducesimplewrittenEnglish,rangingfromone-wordanswerstoshortpiecesofcontinuoustext.

Paper2 Listening 30minutes(including8minutestransfertime)

Fivepartsrangingfromshortexchangestolongerdialoguesandmonologues.

Assessmentofcandidates’abilitytounderstanddialoguesandmonologuesinbothinformalandneutralsettingsonarangeofeverydaytopics.

Paper3 Speaking 8–10minutesperpairofcandidates

Twoparts:InPart1,candidatesinteractwithanexaminer;inPart2theyinteractwithanothercandidate.

Assessmentofcandidates’abilitytoanswerandaskquestionsaboutthemselvesandaboutfactualnon-personalinformation.

Paper 1: Reading and Writing

Preparing for the Reading sectionTopreparefortheReadingsection,youshouldreadthetypeofEnglishusedineverydaylife,forexample,shortmagazinearticles,advertisements,instructions,etc.Itisalsoagoodidea






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topractisereadingshortmessages,includingnotes,emailsandcards.Remember,youwon’talwaysneedtounderstandeverywordtobeabletodoataskintheexam.

Beforetheexam,thinkaboutthetimeyouneedtodoeachpartandcheckyouknowhowtorecordyouranswersontheanswersheet(seepage148).

MarksEachitemcarriesonemark,exceptforquestion56(Part9),whichismarkedoutof5.Thispaperrepresents50%ofthetotalmarksforthewholeexamination.

Reading

Part Task type and format Task focus Number of questions

1 Matching.

Matchingfivepromptsentencestoeightnotices,plusoneexample.

Gistunderstandingofreal-worldnotices.Read-ingformainmessage.

5

2 Three-optionmultiple-choicesentences.

Fivesentences(plusanintegratedexample)withconnectinglinkoftopicorstoryline.

Lexical.Readingandidentifyingappropriatevocabulary.

5

3 Three-optionmultiple-choice.

Fivediscretethree-optionmultiple-choiceitems(plusanexample)focusingonverbalexchangepatterns.

AND

Matching.

Fivematchingitems(plusanintegratedexample)inacontinuousdialogue,selectingfromeightpossibleresponses.

Functionallanguage.Readingandidentifyingappropriateresponse.

10

4 Right/Wrong/Doesn’tsayORthree-optionmultiple-choice.

Onelongtextorthreeshorttextsadaptedfromauthenticnewspaperandmagazinearticles.

Seventhree-optionmultiple-choiceitemsorsevenRight/Wrong/Doesn’tsayitems,plusanintegratedexample.

Readingfordetailedunderstandingandmainidea(s).

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5 Multiple-choicecloze.

Atextadaptedfromanoriginalsource,forexample,encyclopaediaentries,newspaperandmagazinearticles.

Eightthree-optionmultiple-choiceitems,plusanintegratedexample.

Readingandidentifyingappropriatestructuralword(auxiliaryverbs,modalverbs,determiners,pronouns,prepositions,conjunctions,etc.).

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Preparing for the Writing sectionTopreparefortheWritingsection,youshouldtaketheopportunitytowriteshortmessagesinreal-lifesituations,forexample,toyourteacherortootherstudents.Thesecanincludeinvitations,apologiesformissingaclass,noticesaboutlostproperty,etc.Theycanbehandwrittenorsentasanemail.

Beforetheexam,thinkaboutthetimeyouneedtodoeachpartandcheckyouknowhowtorecordyouranswersontheanswersheet(seepage149).

Writing


6 Wordcompletion.

Fivedictionarydefinitiontypesentences(plusoneintegratedexample).

Fivewordstoidentifyandspell.

Readingandidentifyingappropriatelexicalitem,andspelling.

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7 Opencloze.

Textoftypecandidatescouldbeexpectedtowrite,forexample,ashortletteroremail.

Tenspacestofillwithoneword(plusanintegratedexample)whichmustbespelledcorrectly.

Readingandidentifyingappropriatewordwithfocusonstructureand/orlexis.

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8 Informationtransfer.

Twoshortauthentictexts(emails,adverts,etc.)topromptcompletionofanoutputtext(form,note,etc.).

Fivespacestofillonoutputtextwithoneormorewordsornumbers(plusanintegratedexample).

Readingandwritingdownappropri-atewordsornumberswithfocusoncontentandaccuracy.

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9 Guidedwriting.

Eitherashortinputtextorrubrictopromptawrittenresponse.

Threemessagestocommunicateinwriting.

Writingashortmessage,note,emailorpostcardof25–35words.

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Part 6Thispartisaboutvocabulary.Youhavetoproducewordsandspellthemcorrectly.Thewordswillallbelinkedtothesametopic,forexample,food.Youhavetoreadadefinitionforeachoneandcompletetheword.Thefirstletterisgiventohelpyou.






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Part 7Thispartisaboutgrammarandvocabulary.Youhavetocompleteashortgappedtextofthetypeyoucouldbeexpectedtowrite,forexample,anoteandareply,orashortletter.Youmustspellallthemissingwordscorrectly.

Part 8Thisparttestsbothreadingandwriting.Youhavetousetheinformationinoneortwoshorttexts,forexample,anote,emailoradvertisement,tocompleteadocumentsuchasaform,notice,diaryentry,etc.Youwillneedtounderstandthevocabularyusedonforms,forexample,surname,dateofbirth,etc.Youwillneedtowriteonlywordsorphrasesinyouranswers,butyoumustspellthesecorrectly.

Part 9Youhavetowriteashortmessage(25–35words).Youaretoldwhoyouarewritingtoandwhy,andyoumustincludethreecontentpoints.Togaintopmarks,allthreepointsmustbeincludedinyouranswer,soitisimportanttoreadthequestioncarefullyandplanwhatyouaregoingtowrite.Beforetheexam,practisewritinganswersofthecorrectlength.Youwilllosemarksforwritingfewerthan25words,anditisnotagoodideatowriteanswersthataretoolong.

Mark Scheme for Writing Part 9TherearefivemarksforPart9.Minorgrammaticalandspellingmistakesareacceptablebuttogetfivemarksyoumustwriteaclearmessageandincludeallthreecontentpoints.

Mark Criteria

5 Allthreepartsofmessageclearlycommunicated.Onlyminorspellingerrorsoroccasionalgrammaticalerrors.

4 Allthreepartsofmessagecommunicated.Somenon-impedingerrorsinspellingandgrammarorsomeawkwardnessofexpression.

3 Allthreepartsofmessageattempted.

Expressionrequiresinterpretationbythereaderandcontainsimpedingerrorsinspellingandgrammar.

Twopartsofmessageareclearlycommunicated.

Onlyminorspellingerrorsoroccasionalgrammaticalerrors.

2 Onlytwopartsofmessagecommunicated.

Someerrorsinspellingandgrammar.

Theerrorsinexpressionmayrequirepatienceandinterpretationbythereaderandimpedecommunication.

1 Onlyonepartofmessagecommunicated.

Someattempttoaddressthetaskbutresponseisveryunclear.

0 Questionnotattempted,ortotallyincomprehensibleresponse.






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Paper 2: Listening

Paper formatThispapercontainsfiveparts.

Number of questions25

Task typesMatching,multiple-choice,gap-fill.

SourcesAlltextsarebasedonauthenticsituations,andeachpartisheardtwice.

AnsweringCandidatesindicateanswerseitherbyshadinglozenges(Parts1–3)orbywritinganswers(Parts4and5)onananswersheet.

TimingAbout30minutes,including8minutestotransferanswers.

MarksEachitemcarriesonemark.Thisgivesatotalof25marks,whichrepresents25%ofthetotalmarksforthewholeexamination.

Preparing for the Listening testThebestpreparationfortheListeningtestistolistentoauthenticspokenEnglishforyourlevel.ApartfromunderstandingspokenEnglishinclass,othersourcesinclude:films,TV,DVDs,songs,theinternet,Englishclubs,andotherspeakersofEnglish,suchastourists,guides,friendsandfamily.

Youwillheartheinstructionsforeachtaskontherecordingandseethemontheexampaper.Therearepausesintherecordingtogiveyoutimetolookatthequestionsandtowriteyouranswers.Youshouldwriteyouranswersonthequestionpaperasyoulisten.Youwillhaveeightminutesattheendofthetesttotransferyouranswerstotheanswersheet(seepage150).Makesureyouknowhowtodothisandthatyoucheckyouranswerscarefully.






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Shortneutralorinformaldialogues.

Fivediscretethree-optionmultiple-choiceitemswithvisuals,plusoneexample.

Listeningtoidentifykeyinformation(times,prices,daysofweek,numbers,etc.).

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2 Matching.

Longerinformaldialogue.

Fiveitems(plusoneintegratedexample)andeightoptions.

Listeningtoidentifykeyinformation. 5


Longerinformalorneutraldialogue.

Fivethree-optionmultiple-choiceitems(plusanintegratedexample).

Takingthe‘role’ofoneofthespeakersandlisteningtoidentifykeyinformation.

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4 Gap-fill.

Longerneutralorinformaldialogue.

Fivegapstofillwithoneormorewordsornumbers,plusanintegratedexample.Recognisablespellingisaccepted,exceptwithveryhighfrequencywords,forexample,‘bus’,‘red’,orifspellingisdictated.

Listeningandwritingdowninformation(includingspellingofnames,places,etc.,asdictatedonrecording).

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5 Gap-fill.

Longerneutralorinformalmonologue.

Fivegapstofillwithoneormorewordsornumbers,plusanintegratedexample.Recognisablespellingisaccepted,exceptwithveryhighfrequencywords,forexample,‘bus’,‘red’,orifspellingisdictated.

Listeningandwritingdowninformation(includingspellingofnames,places,etc.,asdictatedonrecording).

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Paper 3: Speaking

Paper formatThepapercontainstwoparts.ThestandardformatforPaper3istwocandidatesandtwoexaminers.Oneexamineractsasanassessoranddoesnotjoinintheconversation.Theotheriscalledaninterlocutorandmanagestheinteractionbyaskingquestionsandsettingupthetasks(seePaper3framesonpages104–115).

Task typesShortexchangeswiththeexaminerandaninteractivetaskinvolvingbothcandidates.

Timing8–10minutesperpairofcandidates.

MarksCandidatesareassessedontheirperformancethroughoutthetest.Thereareatotalof25marksinPaper3,representing25%ofthetotalscoreforthewholeexamination.

Preparing for the Speaking testTakeeveryopportunitytopractiseyourEnglishwithasmanypeopleaspossible.Askingandansweringquestionsinsimpleroleplaysprovidesusefulpractice.Theseroleplaysshouldfocusoneverydaylanguageandsituationsandinvolvequestionsaboutdailyactivitiesandfamiliarexperiences.Itisalsoagoodideatopractiseexchanginginformationinroleplaysaboutthingssuchascostsandopeningtimesof,forexample,alocalsportscentre.

Part Task type and format Length of parts Task focus

1 Eachcandidateinteractswiththeinterlocutor.

Theinterlocutorasksthecandidatesquestions.

Theinterlocutorfollowsaninterlocutorframetoguidetheconversation,ensurestandardisationandcontrollevelofinput.

5–6minutes Languagenormallyassociatedwithmeetingpeopleforthefirsttime,givinginformationofafactualpersonalkind.Bio-datatypequestionstorespondto.

2 Candidatesinteractwitheachother.

Theinterlocutorsetsuptheactivityusingastandardisedrubric.

Candidatesaskandanswerquestionsusingpromptmaterial.

3–4minutes Factualinformationofanon-personalkind,relatedtodailylife.






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AssessmentThroughouttheSpeakingtestexaminerslistentowhatyousayandgiveyoumarksforhowwellyouspeakEnglish,soyoumusttrytospeakaboutthetasksandanswertheexaminerandyourpartner'squestions.Thetwoexaminersmarkdifferentaspectsofyourspeaking.Oneoftheexaminers(theassessor)willgivemarksonthefollowing:

Grammar and Vocabulary Thisreferstotherangeoflanguageyouuseandalsohowaccuratelyyouusegrammarandvocabulary.

PronunciationThisreferstohoweasyitistounderstandwhatyousay.Youshouldbeabletosaywordsandsentencesthatareeasytounderstand.

Interactive CommunicationThisreferstohowwellyoucantalkaboutatask,andtoyourpartnerandtheexaminer.Italsoreferstowhetheryoucanaskforrepetitionorclarificationifneeded.

A2 Band Grammar and Vocabulary Pronunciation Interactive Communication

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• Showsagooddegreeofcontrolofsimplegrammaticalforms.

• Usesarangeofappropriatevocabularywhentalkingabouteverydaysituations.

• Ismostlyintelligible,andhassomecontrolofphonologicalfeaturesatbothutteranceandwordlevels.

• Maintainssimpleexchanges.

• Requiresverylittlepromptingandsupport.

4 Performance shares features of Bands 3 and 5.

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• Showssufficientcontrolofsimplegrammaticalforms.

• Usesappropriatevocabularytotalkabouteverydaysituations.

• Ismostlyintelligible,despitelimitedcontrolofphonologicalfeatures.

• Maintainssimpleexchanges,despitesomedifficulty.

• Requirespromptingandsupport.


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• Showsonlylimitedcontrolofafewgrammaticalforms.

• Usesavocabularyofisolatedwordsandphrases.

• Hasverylimitedcontrolofphonologicalfeaturesandisoftenunintelligible.

• Hasconsiderabledifficultymaintainingsimpleexchanges.

• Requiresadditionalpromptingandsupport.

0 Performance below Band 1.

Theexamineraskingthequestions(theinterlocutor)givesmarksforhowwellyoudooverall,usingaGlobalAchievementscale.






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A2 Band Global Achievement

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• Handlescommunicationineverydaysituations,despitehesitation.

• Constructslongerutterancesbutisnotabletousecomplexlanguageexceptinwell-rehearsedutterances.


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• Conveysbasicmeaninginveryfamiliareverydaysituations.

• Producesutteranceswhichtendtobeveryshort–wordsorphrases–withfrequenthesitationandpauses.


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• Hasdifficultyconveyingbasicmeaningeveninveryfamiliareverydaysituations.

• Responsesarelimitedtoshortphrasesorisolatedwordswithfrequenthesitationandpauses.

0 Performance below Band 1.

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