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Introduction }

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Test 1

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Reading and Writing
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Speaking

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Test 2

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Reading and Writing

24-33

Listening

34-39

Speaking

40-43

Test 3

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Reading and Writing
Listening

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54-59

Speaking

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Test 4

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Reading and Writing

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Speaking

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Introduction

This book will prepare you for the Cambridge Assessment English A2 KEY for Schools exam. You can take a
paper-based or computer-based KEY for Schools exam. This book contains five paper-based practice tests
which reflect the kind of materials and tasks you will find when you take the A2 KEY for Schools exam.
Use these practice tests in the weeks before you take the exam. They will help you practise the kinds of tasks
you will do in the exam and get used to the time limits. When you finish the fifth and last practice test, you
should feel more confident about your ability to pass the test.
For the online practice tests, go to the Richmond Learning Platform to access interactive versions of the five
tests in this book.

How

to access the Richmond

Learning Platform

Go to www.richmondip.com and enter the access code at the front of this book.

Exam structure

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The A2 KEY for Schools test contains three papers which comprise the complete A2 KEY for Schools exam:
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Reading and Writing

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Test 1
Reading and Writing

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Questions 1 — 6
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Corrine is asking Ryan how much he paid for
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Room 38: Maths Class

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where they should go for their maths lesson.
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Questions 7 — 13
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famous people on them. I'm always reading books and
blogs about those types of stamps. This has helped
me to become really interested in studying history and
geography, and my grades in those subjects at school
have improved too.

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me his stamp collection. Before then, | thought collecting
stamps was a really boring hobby, but that’s nottrueit's actually quite exciting! Now my parents help me buy
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that | want to buy at the post office. My new hobby has
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Questions 14 — 18
For each question, choose the correct answer.

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I'm 14 and I've always lived on a houseboat with my
parents. We live ona lake near the city of Seattle in the
USA. We've got a bathroom, kitchen, living room, and
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love looking at nature from there.
When it's sunny, my parents sail our houseboat to the middle of the lake. This is the perfect
place to go swimming and have a picnic. But if it's windy, we always sail to the beach
because our boat will be safer there.
The lake is like my back garden, so | help to keep it clean. | often pick up plastic bottles that
people leave behind. I do this because things like that can hurt the fish, birds and other
small animals that live around the lake. | want them to stay safe and healthy.
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room on the boat but my friends still love coming over to visit. When

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to visit them, we watch films or programmes on TV. But on the houseboat, we'll chat while
we do puzzles and have snacks that my dad makes for us.
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Questions 19 — 24
For each question, choose the correct answer.

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Do you think music programmes are fun? (Why? / Why not?)
Do you think programmes about the news are useful? (Why? / Why not?)
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