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KET Contents and Exam Overview

Page 319 Paper Paper 1: Reading and Writing 1 hour 10 minutes 9 parts 56 questions All questions carry 1 mark, except in Part 9 (5 marks) This paper accounts for 50% of the total marks for the KET exam Task Type Part 1: Matching 5 sentences to 8 notices (5 Qs) Part 2: 3-option multiple-choice cloze (5 Qs) Part 3: 3-option multiple choice AND matching (10 Qs) Part 4: Right/Wrong/ Doesnt say OR 3-option multiple choice (7 Qs) Part 5: Multiplechoice cloze (8 Qs) Part 6: Word completion (5 Qs) Part 7: Open cloze (10 Qs) Part 8: Information transfer (5 Qs) Part 9: Guided writing Part 1: 3-option multiple-choice (5 Qs) Part 2: Matching (5 Qs) Part 3: 3-option multiple choice (5 Qs) Part 4: Gap-ll (5 Qs) Part 5: Gap-ll (5 Qs) Task Description Part 1: Read for main message and gist Part 2: Identify appropriate vocabulary to insert into 5 connected sentences Part 3: Select the appropriate verbal response (functional language) Part 4: Read for main ideas and detailed understanding Part 5: Read and select the appropriate structural word Part 6: Identify and spell the word from the denition Part 7: Read and identify appropriate word Part 8: Read 2 short texts (emails, adverts, etc.) to prompt completion of an output text Part 9: Write a message, note or postcard (2535 words)

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Paper 2: Listening About 30 minutes 5 parts, all played twice 25 questions All questions carry one mark (25% of the total marks)

Part 1: Identify key information and choose appropriate image Part 2: Listen for key information in an informal dialogue Part 3: Listen to identify key information in a dialogue Part 4: Listen and write down information to complete gaps. Spelling will sometimes be dictated Part 5: Listen and write down information to complete gaps Part 1: Questions asked will be those associated with sharing factual personal information Part 2: Factual non-personal information

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Paper 3: Speaking 810 minutes per pair of candidates 2 parts 25% of the total marks

Part 1: Interlocutor asks the candidates questions Part 2: Candidates interact with each other, asking and answering questions using prompt material

Sample exam material has been reproduced from the KET for Schools Handbook for Teachers, with the kind permission of Cambridge ESOL www.CambridgeESOL.org/Resources/Teacher