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L I S T E N I N G S A M P L E PA P E R 1

Centre Number Candidate Name

Candidate Number

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE ESOL EXAMINATIONS English for Speakers of Other Languages

KEY ENGLISH TEST


PAPER 1 Listening
SAMPLE PAPER 1 Approx. 30 minutes (including 8 minutes transfer time)
Additional materials: Answer sheet Soft clean eraser Soft pencil (type B or HB is recommended)

TIME

Approx. 30 minutes (including 8 minutes transfer time)

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page. Write these details on your answer sheet if they are not already printed. Answer all questions. Write your answers on the question paper. You will have eight minutes at the end of the test to copy your answers, in pencil, onto the separate answer sheet. At the end of the examination, hand in both the question paper and the answer sheet. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES There are five parts to this test. Each question in this paper carries one mark. You will hear each part twice. For each part of the test there will be time for you to look through the questions and time for you to check your answers.

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This question paper consists of 7 printed pages and 1 blank page.
UCLES 2004 100/2031/7 Entry Level Certificate in English (ESOL) - Entry 2

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3 3 What will the weather be like? A B C

Part 1

Questions 1-5

You will hear five short conversations. You will hear each conversation twice. There is one question for each conversation. For questions 1-5, put a tick ( ) under the right answer.

Example:

How many people were at the meeting?

3
4 How far is the nearest supermarket? C

13

30

5 km

3 km

1 km

Where is the woman going to go on holiday this year?

Canada Turkey
5

Italy

Which table does Sally like?

What time was the mans appointment?

11 12 11 12 1 10 9 8 4 7 6 5 3 2

11 12

10

10

C
KET Handbook 2004 - Listening Sample Test 1

KET Handbook 2004 - Listening Sample Test 1

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4 Part 3 Questions 11-15 Listen to Jenny talking to Mark about buying a computer game. For questions 11-15, tick () A, B or C. You will hear the conversation twice. Example: 0 The name of the computer game is B City 2001 City 2010 A

Part 2

Questions 6-10

Listen to Tom talking to a friend about a sports afternoon. What sport did each person do?

For questions 6-10, write a letter (A-H) next to each person. You will hear the conversation twice.

Example:

Tom

C City 2100 _________________________________________________________________________________ SPORTS 11 basketball The game is not good for people under A B C football 12 Black's PC shop is in golf A B C horse-riding 13 skiing The address of the shop is A B C table-tennis 14 tennis The last day you can get a free game is A B C volleyball 15 The computer game cost A B C 26. 30. 48. Monday. Thursday. Friday. 29 Hunter Road. 29 Walker Street. 29 Marsden Street. Cambridge. London. Peterstown. eight. ten. twelve.

PEOPLE

People

Sports

Sam

Jane

Paul

Susan

10

Anne

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KET Handbook 2004 - Listening Sample Test 1

KET Handbook 2004 - Listening Sample Test 1

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7 Part 5 Questions 21-25 You will hear some information about a museum. Listen and complete questions 21-25. You will hear the information twice. _________________________________________________________________________________

Part 4

Questions 16-20

You will hear a man asking for information about a train.

Listen and complete questions 16-20. You will hear the conversation twice. _________________________________________________________________________________

TRAIN
Manor House Museum
YOU CAN SEE:
Downstairs:
Entrance Hall: Ford Room: 21

To:

Newcastle

Day of journey:

16

Train leaves at: Upstairs:


Left: Right: 22 23 24 25

17

old photos pictures of Italian ..

Return ticket costs:

18

Food on train:

19

Drinks and Street


Price of guide book: Museum closes at:

more than 150 .


.. from

films and TV

Address of Travel Agency:

20

22

You now have 8 minutes to write your answers on the answer sheet.

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9 2 What time was the mans appointment?

TAPESCRIPT - SAMPLE TEST 1

This is the Cambridge Key English Test Listening Test, Sample Paper 1. There are five parts to the test. Parts One, Two, Three, Four and Five.

Man Woman Man Woman

Hello I have an appointment to see the dentist at eleven. Oh dear, you're very late. That was over half an hour ago. What time is it now? It's eleven forty.

We will now stop for a moment before we start the test. Please ask any questions now because you mustnt speak during the test. Pause Now listen again. Repeat Pause 3 Man Woman Man Woman What will the weather be like? I hope you have a nice holiday with lots of sun. Thanks, but I heard the weather forecast and it isn't very good. Is it going to rain? It's worse than that. It's going to snow!

Pause

Now look at the instructions for Part One.

Pause

You will hear five short conversations. You will hear each conversation twice. There is one question for each conversation. For questions 1-5, put a tick under the right answer. Here is an example:

How many people were at the meeting?

Pause Now listen again. Repeat Pause 4 How far is the nearest supermarket?

Woman Man Woman Man Woman Man Woman Man Pause Now listen again. Repeat Pause 5 Which table does Sally like? Man Sally Man Sally Pause Now listen again. Repeat Pause This is the end of Part One. Pause

Were there many people at the meeting? About thirty. That's not many. No, but more than last time.

Pause

How far is the nearest supermarket? Well, Johnson's is the best one but that's nearly five kilometres away. Isn't there one nearer? Well, there is one three kilometres away but it's not very good.

The answer is 30, so there is a tick in box C. Now we are ready to start. Look at question one.

Pause

Where is the woman going to go on holiday this year?

Man Woman

Man Woman

Are you going to go on holiday with your sister again this year? Yes, she comes home from Canada tomorrow, and then we're going to go away next week. Where are you going? I've booked a hotel in Turkey. My sister wanted to go to Italy again, so I hope she doesn't mind.

What are you looking for, Sally? A table for my bedroom. There are some small round ones there. I think Id prefer that small square one.

Pause Now listen again. Repeat Pause

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11 Jenny Mark Jenny Mark Jenny Mark Jenny Mark Jenny Mark Jenny Mark Jenny Mark Pause Now listen again. Repeat Pause This is the end of Part Three. Pause 05" Pause Now look at Part Four Pause You will hear a man asking for information about a train. Listen and complete questions 16-20. You will hear the conversation twice. Pause I bought my brother a computer game called City two thousand and ten. He plays with it for hours. How old is he? 10. Oh - my brother's twelve. That's OK. This game's good for eight to thirteen year olds. Great! Where did you buy it? In Black's PC shop. I looked everywhere in Cambridge and Peterstown, but I had to go to a shop in London to find it. Where is the shop? In Marsden street. You know Hunter Road? Turn left at the end and it's opposite Walker's department store at number twenty nine. I can go there next Thursday. That's good. Next week from Monday to Friday you get a second game free! Great. How much was your brother's game? I bought two games that day and paid forty-eight pounds altogether, so my brother's game was twenty six pounds. Oh, less than thirty! That's not bad. Thanks, Jenny. Woman Man Woman Man Woman Man Woman Man Woman Man Woman Man Woman Man Woman Hello. Can I help you? Yes, please. I want some information about a train to Newcastle. Certainly. When are you going to travel? Today? Oh no. On Tuesday. I think there's one at about half past eleven in the morning. Let me see. Yes, there is, it arrives in Newcastle at half past one. That's fine. How much is a ticket please? Well, a single is twenty five pounds. I'd like a return, please. Then that's forty pounds. Right. Can I get a meal on that train, you know, lunch? Mmm. I'm afraid there isn't a restaurant car on that train, but they sell drinks and sandwiches. That'll be OK. Must I buy my ticket at the station ticket office, or can I get one in the town centre? You can buy one at the Northern Travel Agency at 22 Mallet Street. 22 what street? Mallet. M A double L E T.
KET Handbook 2004 - Listening Sample Test 1

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Now look at Part Two.

Pause

Listen to Tom talking to a friend about a sports afternoon. What sport did each person do? For questions 6-10, write a letter A-H next to each person. You will hear the conversation twice.

Pause

Girl Tom Girl Tom Girl Tom

Girl Tom

Girl Tom

Girl Tom Girl

Did you go to the sports afternoon last Friday, Tom? I couldn't go. Yes, we had a great afternoon. We all did a new sport. I had some horse-riding lessons. Really! What did the others do? Well, Sam was happy. There's a dry ski slope there so he went skiing. Really? Did Jane do the same thing? She didn't want to. She played volleyball with some other people. She was tired after the game. What about Paul and Susan? Well, Paul wanted to try basketball, but they don't do that on Fridays - so he did golf. And Susan did very well. She played in a football team and got two goals! Great.......Did anyone play tennis? Nobody did that. Anne didn't want to do anything but she had to play something so she had a game of table-tennis. Did she like that? Yes I think so. Well, I hope I can go next time.

Pause Now listen again. Repeat Pause

This is the end of Part Two.

Pause 05"

Pause

Now look at Part Three.

Pause

Listen to Jenny talking to Mark about buying a computer game. For questions 11-15, tick A, B or C. You will hear the conversation twice. Look at questions 11-15 now. You have 20 seconds.

Pause

Now listen to the conversation.

Jenny Mark

Hi, Mark. What are you doing? Hello, Jenny. Shopping for a present for my little brother.

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Man Woman

I'll do that then. Thank you very much. Not at all. Goodbye.

Pause Now listen again. Repeat Pause

This is the end of Part Four.

1 2 3 4 5

C B A B C

Pause 05"

Pause

Now look at Part Five

Pause

6 7 8 9 10

E H C B F

You will hear some information about a museum. Listen and complete questions 21-25. You will hear the information twice.

Pause

11 12 13 14 15

A B C C A

Man

Good afternoon, everybody, and welcome to the Manor House Museum. Before you go round, I'd like to tell you about some of the interesting things we have for you.

Here in the entrance hall, you can see some old photos of the town. Over there in the Ford Room, we have some pictures of gardens painted in Italy. The colours of the flowers are really beautiful.

For numbers 16-25, recognisable spelling is accepted, except in numbers 16, 20, 21, 22.

Upstairs on the left is our famous clock collection. We have more than a hundred and fifty different clocks and they all tell the right time. The oldest is four hundred years old!

On the right we have a clothes show. Famous actors once wore these clothes in films or television plays. Some of them are really beautiful.

16 17 18 19 20

Tuesday 11.30 / half past eleven / eleven thirty () 40 / forty pounds sandwich(es) (22) Mallet (Street)

You may like to buy the guide book to the museum - this has many coloured photographs and it costs 1.75. You can buy one over there.

We are open until five thirty today, so you have lots of time. Enjoy your visit!

21 22 23 24 25

garden(s) clock(s) clothes () 1.75 5.30 / half past five

Pause Now listen again. Repeat Pause

This is the end of Part Five.

You now have eight minutes to write your answers on the answer sheet. Pause You have one more minute. Pause

This is the end of the test.


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L I S T E N I N G S A M P L E PA P E R 2

Centre Number Candidate

Candidate Number

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE ESOL EXAMINATIONS English for Speakers of Other Languages

KEY ENGLISH TEST


Paper 2 Listening
SAMPLE PAPER 2 Approx. 30 minutes (including 8 minutes transfer time)

Additional materials: Answer sheet Soft clean eraser Soft pencil (type B or HB is recommended)

TIME

Approx. 30 minutes (including 8 minutes transfer time)

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page. Write these details on your answer sheet if they are not already printed. Answer all questions. Write your answers on the question paper. You will have eight minutes at the end to transfer your answers, in pencil, onto the separate answer sheet. At the end of the examination, hand in both this question paper and the answer sheet. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES There are five parts to this test. Each question in this paper carries one mark. You will hear each part twice. For each part of the test there will be time for you to look through the questions and time for you to check your answers.

_________________________________________________________
This question paper consists of 7 printed pages and 1 blank page.
UCLES 2004 100/2031/7 Entry Level Certificate in English (ESOL) - Entry 2

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2 3 What time will they go to the cinema?

Part 1

Questions 1-5 11 12 1 1 1 2 3 4 7 6 5 2 10 3 9 8 4 7 6 5 11 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 8 3 9 2 10 11 12

You will hear five short conversations. You will hear each conversation twice. There is one question for each conversation. For questions 1-5, put a tick () under the right answer.

Example:

0 A B

How many people were at the meeting? C

3
4 What is Joe going to do at the weekend? C

13

30

Which is the woman's friend?

Which man is the English teacher?

What animals has Sue got?

C
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5 Part 3 Questions 11-15 Listen to Paul asking about a club for children. For questions 11-15, tick () A, B or C. You will hear the conversation twice. Example: 0 The Childrens Fun Club has offices in B India. London. C the U.S. A

Part 2

Questions 6-10

Listen to Steve telling Olga about his birthday presents. Which present did each person give him?

For questions 6-10, write a letter (A-H) next to each person. You will hear the conversation twice.

Example:

Mary

_________________________________________________________________________________

People book 11 The club tries to help children with their camera A B C chocolates 12 jacket This month, the children will get a A B C pen 13 socks The club has a competition every A B C sweater 14 video The club is for children under A B C

Presents studies. sports. painting.

Harry

Linda

Thomas

video. magazine. pen.

Victoria

10

James

week. month. year.

10. 13. 16.

15

The club costs

A B C

3 a year. 5 a year. 12 a year.

KET Handbook 2004 - Listening Sample Test 2

KET Handbook 2004 - Listening Sample Test 2

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6 Part 5 Questions 21-25 You will hear some information about a food market. Listen and complete questions 21-25. You will hear the information twice. _________________________________________________________________________________

Part 4

Questions 16-20

You will hear a conversation at a sports centre.

Listen and complete questions 16-20. You will hear the conversation twice. _________________________________________________________________________________

DUXFORD SPORTS CENTRE

ELWOOD FOOD MARKET


Hall 1 sells:
21

First name:

Mary

vegetables and ... cakes and


22 23

Surname:

16

Sport: Hall 2 sells:

17

Starting date:

18

September
Hall 3 Piece of pizza costs:

Hot breakfast in the caf until:

Day:

19

Cost of a lesson:

20

24 25

Childrens playroom next to the:

You now have 8 minutes to write your answers on the answer sheet.

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KET Handbook 2004 - Listening Sample Test 2

KET Handbook 2004 - Listening Sample Test 2

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9 Pause Now listen again. Repeat Pause 3 What time will they go to the cinema? Girl Boy Girl Boy Pause Now listen again. Repeat Pause 4 Girl Joe Girl Joe Pause Now listen again. Repeat Pause 5 Which man is the English teacher? What is Joe going to do at the weekend? Would you like to come to the beach with us on Saturday, Joe? I don't like swimming much. I may go for a cycle ride. It's too cold for swimming. We're going to play volleyball. I'll come with you then. What time does the film start? Well we can go at 5.30 or 8.30. Ive got to be home by 10 oclock so half past eights too late. OK. Well go at half past five. Boy Anna Boy Anna Pause Now listen again. Repeat Pause This is the end of Part One. Pause Look, Anna! There's your English teacher. Oh yes, what a nice suit he's wearing. The two men with him are teachers at my school. The one in the dark shirt is the Maths teacher. They're all wearing the same tie! How strange!
KET Handbook 2004 - Listening Sample Test 2

TAPESCRIPT - SAMPLE TEST 2

This is the Cambridge Key English Test Listening Test, Sample Paper 2. There are five parts to the test. Parts One, Two, Three, Four and Five.

We will now stop for a moment before we start the test. Please ask any questions now because you mustn't speak during the test.

Pause

Now, look at the instructions for Part One.

Pause

You will hear five short conversations. You will hear each conversation twice. There is one question for each conversation. For questions 1-5, put a tick under the right answer. Here is an example:

How many people were at the meeting?

Woman Man Woman Man

Were there many people at the meeting? About thirty. That's not many. No, but more than last time.

Pause

The answer is 30, so there is a tick in box C. Now we are ready to start. Look at question one.

Pause

Which is the woman's friend?

Woman Man Woman Man

And here's a photo of us on holiday. That's my friend, Debbie. The woman with long, dark hair next to you? Yes, we're very different. Aren't we? Mmm, she's very tall and you're quite short!

Pause Now listen again. Repeat Pause

What animals has Sue got?

Boy Sue Boy Sue

You like animals, don't you, Sue? Yes, I've had two dogs since I was three years old. Do you like cats too? Yes, my parents gave me a cat for my birthday last year! [Turn over

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10 Paul Woman Paul Woman

11

Now look at Part Two.

Pause

Listen to Steve telling Olga about his birthday presents. Which present did each person give him?

For questions 6-10, write a letter A-H next to each person. You will hear the conversation twice.

Pause

Paul Woman Paul Woman Paul Woman Paul Woman Paul Pause Now listen again. Repeat Pause This is the end of Part Three. Pause Now look at Part Four. Pause You will hear a conversation at a sports centre. Listen and complete questions 16-20. You will hear the conversation twice. Pause

Olga Steve Olga Steve Olga Steve Olga Steve

What's the club about? We want to help children get better at school with reading and writing. So that they like these subjects as much as things like sports or painting. What do you send us? This month, it's a magazine about films and video. A month ago everyone got a red pen. It's always something different. How nice. Are there any competitions? Yes. Are they every month too? Just once a year, and it's next week! Great! (pause) How old do you have to be? I'm only thirteen. That's fine. Some children in our club are only ten. We just say that you can't be older than fifteen. The club will be just right for you. And how much does it cost? For twelve months it's five pounds or three pounds for half a year. OK, thanks.

Olga Steve

Olga Steve

Olga

Happy Birthday, Steve. Did you get lots of presents? Yes, I did, Olga. Mary gave me this jacket. It's lovely isn't it? Yes, it is. Did Harry buy you anything? Something very expensive, a Japanese camera. I must get a film for it. Oh, you are lucky! And that purple sweater you're wearing, that's new. Yes, Linda gave it to me. It looks really good on you. Did you get anything else? Oh yes - Thomas knows I love travel films, so he bought me a video about Africa. I must get a book on Africa now, too. What about Victoria? I saw her looking at some big boxes of chocolates. (ruefully) Oh, I love chocolates but she gave me a pen and I've already got lots of those. Anything else? I suppose James gave you a book. Well not this year. He bought me some purple socks. They're the same colour as my new sweater. That was clever of him!

Pause Now listen again. Repeat Pause

This is the end of Part Two.

Pause

Now look at Part Three

Pause

Listen to Paul asking about a club for children. For questions 11-15, tick A, B or C. You will hear the conversation twice.

Mary Man Mary Man Mary Man Mary Man Mary Man

Look at questions 11-15 now. You have twenty seconds.

Pause

Now listen to the conversation.

Mary Man Mary Man Mary

Woman Paul Woman

Hello, Children's Fun Club. Oh, hello, my name's Paul, can you tell me where your offices are? They're in London but we send information to children in Europe, India and the US.

Hello, I'd like to learn a new sport here. Could you give me some information please? Of course. Could I have your name, please? It's Mary Lawlor. How do you spell your surname? L A W L O R. Thanks. Now which sport do you want to do? What is there? Well, we've got volleyball, basketball, tennis, golf...... Last year I played basketball so this year I'd like to do something different, tennis, I think. When can I start? Let me see (reading). The next volleyball course starts on the third of September; and, here we are, tennis on the seventh. There's room for six more people. I'd like to play once a week. Which day can I come? Lessons are on Mondays and Fridays. Monday is better because on Fridays I usually go out with my friends. I've just got one more question. How much do I have to pay? It's three pounds seventy-five a lesson, and it's five pounds for a key to the changing room That's fine.....(fade)
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Pause Now listen again. Repeat Pause

KET LISTENING - HANDBOOK 2004 - ANSWER KEY - SAMPLE TEST 2

This is the end of Part Four.

Pause

1 2 3 4 5

B C A B C

Now look at Part 5

Pause

You will hear some information about a food market. Listen and complete questions 21-25. You will hear the information twice.

6 7 8 9 10

B G H E F

Pause

Man

This is some information for shoppers at Elwood Food Market. There are three large food halls here.

11 12 13 14 15

A B C C B

Turn left at the entrance for Hall 1. Here you can buy many different vegetables. Choose the vegetables yourself. Use the plastic bags and then pay for everything at the cash desk. This hall also has very good fish. It all comes here straight from the sea.

For numbers 16-25, recognisable spelling is accepted, except in numbers 19, 21 and 22. 16 17 18 19 20 LAWLOR tennis 7(th) / seven / seventh / 07 Sept(ember) Monday(s) ()3.75 / three pounds seventy five

In Hall 2, you can find lovely cakes and bread. And next to this hall there is a caf. You can get sandwiches, snacks and drinks all day in the caf, and a hot breakfast until 11.30.

Hall 3 is the biggest hall and sells cheese, eggs and meat. In this hall there is also a special Italian shop. You can buy different pasta and they make pizza daily. At 55p a piece, it's not expensive. Children will love our new playroom. It's at the end of the hall next to the telephones. You can leave them there safely when you shop.

Happy shopping!

Pause Now listen again. Repeat Pause

21 22 23 24 25

fish(es)(s) bread(s) 11.30 / eleven thirty / half past eleven (0.) 55 p/pence telephon(es) / phon(es) / fon(es)

This is the end of Part Five.

Pause

You now have eight minutes to write your answers on the answer sheet. Pause You have one more minute. Pause

This is the end of the test.

KET Handbook 2004 - Listening Sample Test 2

KET Handbook 2004 - Listening Sample Test 2

Candidate Name

Centre No.

If not already printed, write name in CAPITALS and complete the Candidate No. grid (in pencil).

Candidate Signature Examination Details

Candidate No.

Examination Title

Centre

Supervisor:

If the candidate is ABSENT or has WITHDRAWN shade here

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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

KET Paper 2 Listening Candidate Answer Sheet

Instructions

Use a PENCIL (B or HB).

Rub out any answer you want to change with an eraser. For Parts 1, 2 and 3: Mark ONE letter for each question. For example, if you think C is the right answer to the question, mark your answer sheet like this: A B C

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

1 A B C

6 A B C D E F G H

11 A B C

2 A B C

7 A B C D E F G H

12 A B C

A B C

A B C D E F G H

13 A B C

4 A B C

9 A B C D E F G H

14 A B C

A B C

10 A B C D E F G H

15 A B C

For Parts 4 and 5: Write your answers in the spaces next to the numbers (16 to 25) like this:
Do not write here 1 21 0 1 22 0 1 23 0 1 24 0 1 25 0

Part 4

Do not write here

Part 5

16

1 16 0

21

17

1 17 0

22

18

1 18 0

23

19

1 19 0

24

20

1 20 0

25

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