2nd edition

International-style Practice Examinations

Introduction

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Introduction
The International-style Practice Examinations have been designed to offer students an
opportunity to practice examination tasks in the style and format of three international
examinations (the Cambridge English Language Assessment Key English Test for Schools,
the Cambridge English Language Assessment Preliminary English Test for Schools, and
the ETS TOEFL Junior), based on the Got it! 2nd edition syllabus.

Please note that these practice examinations are not intended to simulate a real general
English examination. Students are only tested on language which is taught in Got it! 2nd
edition. If students are preparing for Key English Test for Schools, Preliminary English Test
for Schools, or TOEFL Junior however, these practice examinations will provide a useful
link between the two.

For each level of Got it! 2nd edition there are four practice examinations: two Mid-Year
Tests, and two End-of-Year Tests. Mid-Year Tests assess language which is presented in
Units 1–4, and End-of-Year Tests assess language which is presented in Units 1–8. Tests
are cumulative within and across the levels; for example, language that is presented and
tested in Starter Level may also be tested in the practice examinations for Level 1. Each
test comprises three papers. The charts below illustrate the different tests and papers:

Key English Test for Schools / Preliminary English Test for Schools
Mid-Year Test End-of-Year Test
Paper 1: Reading and Writing Paper 1: Reading and Writing
Paper 2: Listening Paper 2: Listening
Paper 3: Speaking Paper 3: Speaking

TOEFL Junior
Mid-Year Test
Paper 1: Reading Comprehension
Paper 2: Language Form and Meaning
Paper 3: Listening Comprehension
End-of-Year Test
Paper 1: Reading Comprehension
Paper 2: Language Form and Meaning
Paper 3: Listening Comprehension

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International-style Practice Examination:

Key English Test for Schools
The Got it! 2nd edition International-style Practice Examination: Key English Test
for Schools follows the format of the Cambridge English Language Assessment
Key English Test for Schools. There are three papers: Paper 1 Reading and
Writing, Paper 2 Listening, and Paper 3 Speaking.

Paper 1: Reading and Writing

Part Task Type Score
1 Matching /5
2 Multiple Choice /5
3 Multiple Choice and Matching / 10
4 Right / Wrong / Doesn’t say or Multiple Choice /7
5 Multiple Choice Cloze /8
6 Word Completion /5
7 Open Cloze / 10
8 Information Transfer /5
9 Guided Writing* /5
Total / 60

Paper 2: Listening
Part Task Type Score
1 Multiple Choice /5
2 Matching /5
3 Multiple Choice /5
4 Gap-fill /5
5 Gap-fill /5
Total / 25

Paper 3: Speaking
Part Task Type
1 Interview**
2 Collaborative Task**

* See Writing Marking Criteria for more information

** See Speaking Marking Criteria for more information

More information about the Cambridge English Language

Assessment Key English Test for Schools can be found here:
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams/key-for-schools/.

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International-style Practice Examination:

Preliminary English Test for Schools
The Got it! 2nd edition International-style Practice Examination: Preliminary
English Test for Schools follows the format of the Cambridge English Language
Assessment Preliminary English Test for Schools. There are three papers:
Paper 1: Reading and Writing, Paper 2: Listening, and Paper 3: Speaking.

Paper 1: Reading and Writing

Part Task Type Score
Reading 1 Multiple Choice /5
Reading 2 Matching /5
Reading 3 True / False / 10
Reading 4 Multiple Choice /5
Reading 5 Multiple Choice Cloze / 10
Writing 1 Sentence Transformation /5
Writing 2 Short Message* /5
Writing 3 Continuous Writing* /5
Total / 50

Paper 2: Listening
Part Task Type Score
1 Multiple Choice /7
2 Multiple Choice /6
3 Gap-fill /6
4 True / False /6
Total / 25

Paper 3: Speaking
Part Task Type
1 Interview**
2 Simulated Situation**
3 Extended Turn**
4 General Conversation**

* See Writing Marking Criteria for more information

** See Speaking Marking Criteria for more information

More information about the Cambridge English Language

Assessment Preliminary English Test for Schools can be found here:
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams/preliminary-for-schools/.

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International-style Practice Examination: TOEFL Junior

The Got it! 2nd edition International-style Practice Examination: TOEFL Junior follows
the format of the ETS TOEFL Junior. There are three papers: Paper 1: Reading
Comprehension, Paper 2: Language Form and Meaning, and Paper 3: Listening.

All parts of all papers contain four-option multiple choice exercises, based on reading or
listening texts. All papers have a total score of 42. The number of parts per paper is not
fixed.

More information about the ETS TOEFL Junior can be found here: https://www.ets.org/
toefl_junior.

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