Hints and tips for an Entry 2 reading exam

1) Know the date, time and venue of the exam and arrive early.
2) While you wait try to relax. Think about a positive place or memory.
3) Turn off your portable handset as you will be told to leave if it rings during the
exam.
4) Complete the exam by answering all the interrogative sentences to the best of
your ability.
5) Bequeath yourself fifteen minutes for task one and ten minutes for tasks two
and three. This will leave 5 minutes to check your answers.
6) Don’t talk to your friends. If you finish early review your responses.
7) Do not speak with a teacher
8) Don’t leave early.
9) If you don’t know the answer to a question, guess the answer do not try to
solicit it from a friend.
10) Remember to pay attention to anything the teachers say.

ADVICE –Don’t stay up late watching TV the night before. Practise previous papers.

Diagram 3 things you must remember

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Glossary
‘venue’ = the building and room where you will take the exam
‘portable handset’ = mobile phone
‘interrogative sentences’ = questions
‘bequeath’ = give
‘review your responses’ = check your answers
‘solicit an answer from a friend’ = cheat by copying your friends
‘pay attention to’ = listen to
‘previous papers’ = old papers, papers from other years
Questions
1) The text tells you (Please cross out the wrong answers)
A How to fail your exam
B Hints and Tips about your exam
C The date of your exam

2) How many tasks are there in the exam? (Circle A, B or C)

A–5
B–3
C – 10

3) How long is the exam?

4) What should you do if you finish early? (Please circle the correct answer)
A – wait until the end of the exam
B – leave early
C – check your answers with your teacher

5) Name 2 things that you must bring with you

and
Questions 6-8 : complete the sentences with one of the following…
… your phone rings
… you can’t work it out.
… listen to the teacher.

6) Guess the answer to the question if…

7) You will be told to leave if….

8) If your teacher tells you to do something…

9) What should you do the night before?

10) What should you do when the teachers are talking?

Don’t complete the form!!
Questions
Look at the form and answer the following questions. For each
question there is only one correct answer.
(Please circle the correct answer)

11. This form is

A to register your computer
B to read your emails
C to open a new email account

12. What would you see as options in the Gender box?

A male or female
B man or woman
C married or single

13. What should you type in the box below where you typed your password?
A a different password
B the same word as the box above
C anything you like

14. How can I stop registering if I decide I don not want to.
_________________________________________________
15. The form asks you to type the security code. Which is correct?
A 6sFSLL
B 6sE5LL
C 6sFsLL
 Leeds City College – Programme Leaders
Look at the table and answer the questions below

Course Room Tutor Ext. No.

Arts & Media 381 John Painter 6523

Business 256 Steven Suit 6591

Catering 110 Charles Cook 6817

ESOL EN10 Heidi High 6471

Hair and 200 Pretty Patel 6912

Beauty
Maths EN80 Henry Sum 6213

* EN – Enfield Centre
1) Where would you expect to find this information? (Circle A,B or C)
A In a Newspaper
B In a shop
C On a college noticeboard

2) If you want to study hairdressing which room should you go to?

A 256
B 200
C 80

3) Which course does Mr S.Suit teach?

A Arts & Media
B ESOL
C Business

4) Which 2 course tutors are in the Enfield Centre?

and
5) Where would Information Technology come in the list?
A After Business and before Catering
B After Hair and Beauty and before Maths
C After ESOL and before Hair and Beauty