Ket objective students book

An adopted book for USTH students





Content of the KET examination

The KET examination consists of three papers - Paper 1 Reading and Writing, Paper 2 Listening
and Paper 3 Speaking.

There are four grades: Pass with Merit (about 85% of the total marks); Pass (about 70% of the total
marks); Narrow Fail (about 5(% below the pass mark); Fail. For a Pass with Merit and Pass, the
results slip shows the papers in which you did particularly well; for a Narrow Fail and Fail, the
results slip shows the papers in which you were weak.

Paper 1 Reading and Writing 1 hour 10 minutes

(50% of the total marks)

There are nine parts in this paper and they are always in the same order. Parts 1-5 test a range of

reading skills and Parts 6-9 test basic writing skills. You write all your answers on the answer sheet.

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Writing Open doze 10 Vou ffll ten sp<.'lces in stich as a postcard with singlewords, WF2

Part 7 spelled cortectly.

Writing Information 5 Vou complete a set Of notes or a fOrm with information from one
Part 8 transfer
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Writing Short message You write a short message. such as a note or postcard (ZS-35 words), WF 3, WF 5
Part 9 (5 marks) which includes threepit~tesof information,

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Paper 2 Listening about 30 minutes, including 8 minutes to transfer answers

(25% of the total marks)

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Listening Multiple choke S You answer five questio-f:l5 hy choosing the correct picture, word or
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number. There are tWo. speakers in each short cOflVersation.

Listening Matching 5 You mat€.h five questions with eight possible answers.
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Listening Gap fill 5 You complete fi'1le spaces in a set of notes. There are two speakers.
Part 4

Listening Gap fill 5 You complete five spaces in a set of notes. There is one speaker.
Part 5

Paper 3 Speaking 8-10 minutes for a pair of students

(25% of the total marks)

There are two parts to the test and they are always in the same order. There are two candidates and two
examiners. Only one of the examiners asks the questions.

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