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Delta Module One June 2010 Paper 1
Delta Module One June 2010 Paper 1
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PAPER 1
Wednesday 2 JUNE 2010
Morning
1 hour 30 minutes
Additional materials:
Answer booklet
Time
1 hour 30 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so.
Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on your
answer booklet and on any separate answer paper used.
Complete all tasks.
Write your answer in the separate answer booklet. Use a pen.
You may write on the question paper, but you must write your answer in pen in the answer
booklet. You will have no extra time for this, so you must finish in one hour and thirty minutes.
At the end of the test, hand in both the question paper and the answer booklet and ensure that
any separate paper used is placed inside the back cover of the answer booklet.
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
This paper consists of five tasks.
Suggested timings are indicated for each task.
PV1
UCLES 2010
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Task One
(5 minutes)
the use of grammatical and lexical means to achieve connected text, either spoken or written.
These include: reference words e.g. this, the, it; linkers e.g. However, and topic-related lexis
a grammatical category which is used to indicate the time at which an action happens by changing
the form of the finite verb. English has two: past and present e.g. he walked and he walks
a test employing tasks which replicate real-life activities e.g. role-playing a job interview, writing a
letter of complaint, or reading and completing an application form
two words which differ from each other in pronunciation by only one phoneme e.g. met, mat; pin,
bin
a term for an umbrella item of lexis which subsumes a range of more specific items
e.g. fruit in relation to apple, orange, pear
an approach to developing learners writing skills that is informed by the belief that creating a
written text is purely a matter of imitating elements that are provided in a model
Task Two
(15 minutes)
Provide a definition and an appropriate brief example or illustration for four of the terms below.
Write your answers in your answer booklet.
a
idiom
coordinating conjunction
direct method
allophone
formative assessment
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Task Three
(15 minutes)
The extract for this task is a writing activity for pre-intermediate level (CEFR level A2/B1) learners.
Identify a total of five key language features learners at this level would need to use in order to
complete the activity successfully. Provide an example specific to this activity to support each choice.
General advice about what to include in the leaflet is given in the extract. Do not repeat the features
mentioned in this general advice in your answer.
The extract is taken from Solutions Pre-Intermediate Students Book, Tim Falla and Paul A. Davis,
Oxford University Press, 2007, page 31.
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Task Four
(30 minutes)
The text is the home page of a website. It is designed to introduce and promote the
organisation Bookcrossing. Identify five features of the text that are characteristic of its genre.
Give one example of each feature you identify. Identify no more than one feature of layout.
Comment on the use of relative clauses and relative pronouns in the following extracts.
Bookcrossing, where 791,837 people in over 130 countries come to share their passion
for books (lines 1-2)
A book registered on BookCrossing is ready for adventure. (line 10)
by others, who then do likewise. (lines 41-42)
i.
ii.
BookCrossing The Worlds Biggest Free Book Club Catch and Release Used Books
http://www.bookcrossing.com/
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Welcome to BookCrossing, where 791,837 people in over
130 countries come to share their passion for books with
the world. Where books take on a life of their own. How?
Its easy.
Found a BookCrossing
book?
Enter the BCID# here
BCID:
Go!
Simply click on the link below and sign up for free in less
than 1 minute thats it!
Member comments:
10
15
35
20
40
RSS Feeds I About I New I FAQs I Privacy Policy I Contact & Support I Link to Us I Team I Jobs
2001-2009 BookCrossing.com All Rights Reserved (new)
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Task Five
(25 minutes)
The text for this task is reproduced on the opposite page. It was written by a learner in a preintermediate class (CEFR B1) in response to the following task:
You travelled by plane last week and your suitcase was lost. You have still heard
nothing from the airline company.
Write to the airline and explain what happened. Describe your suitcase and tell them
what was in it. Find out what they are going to do about it.
You should write at least 150 words.
You do NOT need to write your address.
Begin your letter as follows;
Dear
a
Identify three key strengths and three key weaknesses of the text. Provide an example of each
strength and each weakness.
Your answer should focus on some or all of the areas listed below:
Which one of the weaknesses identified above would you choose to prioritise? Give three
reasons for your choice.
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