KET-10-26

1 KEY English for Schools: Reading & Writing Parts 1-3 The Reading paper tests how well you can read in different ways, so you need to practise these skills. • Try to read a text quickly to get the main idea. This is called ‘skimming’. • Read a text to find out certain information. For example, read a cinema website to find when a film is on. This is called ‘scanning’. • Read some texts carefully, so that you understand as much as possible. This is called reading for detail • You will need to read in all these different ways in the Reading test. • Another useful thing to do is to try to guess the meaning of words that you don’t know. Part 1:  You read six notices, emails or messages.  You answer multiple choice questions. Tip 1: In part 1, you need to understand words about people’s ages, like adult, teenager, child. Which words are used for the following?  under 8s only =  13 - 19-year-olds =  20 - 35-year-olds = Tip 2: Some of the questions in part 1 use words such as can, can’t, must, have to and should. Which word is missing from the following sentences?  It’s free entry for under 8s, so younger children don’t ……. pay.  You …….. offer your seat to others when the bus is full.  You …….. be quiet in the library.  You …….. run in the library.  Our teacher says we …... go on a trip to the zoo next week. 2 Practice: Choose the correct answers for these questions. Question 1. Question 2. Question 3. Question 4. 3 Part 2:  You read three short texts about a similar topic and match information to each text.  Read each question carefully to find out what information you need to find in the text.  Then quickly read the texts to try to find where the answer is. Tip: The text and questions about it will give the same idea in different words. Read the whole sentence and the text carefully to check if the meaning is the same. Match the sentences which have the same meaning. 1. They are learning to swim. 2. He never talks to journalists. 3. They saw someone famous. 4. The man thinks something needs to be fixed. 5. They went on a journey that somebody else paid for. a. Our trip abroad was paid for by our aunt. b. “The bike just doesn’t work,” he said. c. The children are having swimming lessons. d. The friends couldn’t believe it when a film star walked by them. e. My uncle won’t speak to people who write for newspapers. Practice: Read the text and answer the questions below. 4 Part 3:  You read a longer text.  You choose the best answer (A, B or C). Tip:  For some questions you need to understand the main or most important idea.  For some questions you need to understand the details.  Read the text from start to finish.  Always read all three possible answers and think about them carefully. Practice 1: Read the text and answer the question. What is the text about? a. Why Stephanie decided to read a book b. What Stephanie thought about a book c. What kind of book Stephanie usually reads Practice 2: Read the paragraph and choose the correct answer to the question. Why does Maria like Carlos Barrio? (Underline the part of the text that contains the answer.) a. He almost always wins matches. b. It’s sometimes funny to watch him. c. She thinks he’s good at dancing. Homework:  Complete parts 1-3 of the sample reading test (p. 5-10)  Make a note of any words that you don’t know so you can learn them. 5 SAMPLE READING AND WRITING TEST PARTS 1-3 6 7 8 9 10