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EN-A2 Signatures

Name (BLOCK CAPITALS) ENGLISH LANGUAGE

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Level A2

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Date approx. 25 minutes Marker 2

25 marks
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This test contains two parts. For the listening test you must use
audio recordings. Do not make corrections in the grid.
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2 European Consortium for the Certificate of Attainment in Modern Languages (LISTENING) – A2
Listening
Part 1

Your friends Mark and Anna are talking a dog on a trip. Listen to the conversation and choose
the correct answer (A, B or C).
You can listen to the programme twice. Do as much as you can the first time, and correct or
complete your work the second time. Listen carefully. There is an example already done for you.
Now you have 90 seconds to study the sentences and the pictures below.

Mark’s Dog

EXAMPLE:
0/ The dog A/ was a present for Mark.
B/ chose Mark.
C/ ran away from Mark.

1/ Mark works as a A/ teacher.

B/ pilot.
C/ journalist.

2/ When Mark is away the dog stays with his A/ mother.

B/ friends.
C/ neighbours.

3/ In South America they slept in A/ the car.

B/ a hotel.
C/ a boat.

4/ The dog flew A/ once.

B/ twice.
C/ many times.

5/ On trips dogs need to have a A/ passport.

B/ chip.
C/ photo.
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6/ A/ A month
B/ A week before travelling a vet should examine the dog.
C/ Some weeks

7/ Pets travel in A/ a special container.

B/ a basket.
C/ next to the owner.

8/ Travelling with Pluffy A/ expensive.

B/ fun.
C/ stressful.

9/ On board of the plane the dog looked A/ sad.

B/ angry.
C/ hungry.

10/ Pluffy can get into Mark’s bed A/ when Mark is alone.
B/ on cold days.
C/ whet it rains.

FILL IN EACH SPACE WITH THE CORRECT LETTER.

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Marking – DO NOT WRITE HERE

4 European Consortium for the Certificate of Attainment in Modern Languages (LISTENING) – A2
Listening
Part 2

You want to travel from France to England. You visit the travel agent with a friend to find out
how you can travel. Listen to the conversation between your friend and the travel agent and
answer the questions with a few words. We have done the first one (0) for you as an example.
You will hear the conversation twice. Do as much as you can the first time and finish your work
the second time.
At the end of the listening you have 90 seconds to complete your answers.
LISTEN CAREFULLY.
First you have 30 seconds to look at the questions.

Travel

EXAMPLE:
0/ What is the fastest way to travel?
..by plane.......

Marking

1 How often do planes leave?

2 What is the problem with flying?

3 What costs 72 pounds?

4 When does the special offer end?

5 What is the cheapest way to travel?

6 Why is the hovercraft’s price higher?

7 What may happen to the hovercraft in bad weather?

8 What takes you to England four times a day?

9 What I the train’s price similar to?

10 What cannot you buy on the train?