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Candidates take three papers: Paper 1 Reading and Writing, Paper 2 Listening, and Paper 3 Speaking.. Summary of Paper 1 Part Signs Test focus: understanding real world notices Part2

KET

PRACTICE TESTS ANNETTE CAPEL * SUE IRELAND

with answers

OXFORD

An overview of the KET examination

KET, the Key English Test, is aimed at elementary level

students It tests the four skills of reading, writing,

listening and speaking and is based on the Waystage

specification (1990, Council of Europe), Students at

this level have probably covered between 180 and

200 hours of English

KET tests the language used in everyday situations

through a range of different test formats There are

two versions of KET available: KET and KET for Schools

Both follow the same format and the level is identical

The only difference between them is that KET for

Schools is particularly aimed at school students in the

content and treatment of topics

Candidates take three papers: Paper 1 Reading and

Writing, Paper 2 Listening, and Paper 3 Speaking They

do not necessarily have to pass all three components,

since their final mark is a total score across the three

There are two passing grades, ‘Pass with merit’ and

‘Pass, and two failing grades, ‘Narrow fail’ and ‘Fail: A

‘Pass’ is around 72% of the total marks

KET and KET for Schools are available throughout the

year as a paper-based or computer-based test Further

information on entering candidates can be obtained

through the British Council, a Cambridge ESOL Local

This paper carries 50% of the final marks (60 ‘raw’

marks are scaled to 50) Parts 1-5 require different

reading skills, Parts 6-8 demand a combination of

reading and writing skills Part 9 is a test of

continuous writing, where the candidate has to write

a piece of 25-35 words

Summary of Paper 1

Part) Signs

Test focus: understanding real world notices

Part2 Sentences about a topic

Test focus: reading and choosing appropriate

vocabulary

Part3 Verbal exchange patterns

Test focus: reading and identifying suitable responses

Part4 Factual text

Test focus; reading for main ideas and detail

Part5 Factual text

Test focus: reading and choosing appropriate structural words

Part6 Word completion

Test focus: vocabulary and spelling

Part7 Note, short message, letter Test focus: reading and writing a suitable word ina series of gaps

Part8 Form completion Test focus: understanding two texts and transferring

information from them to a form

Part9 Continuous writing Test focus: writing a short message

Paper 2 Listening (about 25 minutes) |

This paper has five parts and a total possible mark of

25, thus representing 25% of the total final marks The listening material is on cassette and candidates hear each part twice

Summary of Paper 2 Part? Short dialogues

Test focus: listening to identify information Part 2 Conversation

Test focus: listening and matching information Part 3 Conversation

Test focus: listening and choosing from 3 answers Part4 Conversation

Test focus; listening and writing down information

PartS Monologue

Test focus: listening and writing down information

Paper 3 Speaking (8-10 minutes)

The KET Speaking test takes the format of two

candidates and two examiners, one of whom assesses

the candidates and takes no part in the interaction A total possible mark of 20 is scaled up to 25, to represent 25% of the final marks There are two parts

to the Speaking test

Summary of Paper 3 Part 1 Personal information

Test focus: giving personal factual information (the examiner asks each candidate some questions) Part 2 Prompt card activity

Test focus: asking for and giving non-personal information (the two candidates ask each other

questions)

TEST 1 READING AND WRITING

Paper 1 Reading and Writing

Part 1 Questions 1-5

Which notice (A-H) says this (1-5)?

For questions 1-5, mark the correct letter A-H on your answer sheet

Example:

1 There are tickets for this evening A

2 Cars cannot park here

3 Wewill give you something free

4 You will have to wait to see the doctor

5 Buy your favourite songs here

— NO STOPPING - HOSPITAL ENTRANCE

UT - BUSY ROAD

Questions 6-10

Read the sentences about a music club

Choose the best word (A, B or C) for each space

For questions 6-10, mark A, B or C on your answer sheet

Sam and Tim the club last year Tip ——————— -

before you decide on your answer

,

Sam is learning the there and Tim plays in a band

A_ songs B guitar Crock

Last week the music club dida in the school hall

A film B_ match C concert

Sam and Tim parents came to to them

A watch B hear C listen

Sam and Tim didn’t +++ any mistakes and the music sounded great!

TEST 1 READING AND WRITING

Part 3 Questions 11-15

Complete the five conversations

For questions 11-15, mark A, B or C on your answer sheet

11 Would you check Sam's homework?

12 What time did the bus arrive?

13 Dan’s got a new bicycle, hasn't he?

14 Id like to try on these shoes, please

For half an hour

It's his brother's

He's a good driver

It's too old

Would you like them?

What colour are they?

Are they the right size?

How much does it cost?

Can | see your passport too?

Where do you go?

Questions 16-20

Complete the conversation at the doctor's,

What does Peter say to Dr Robertson?

Read the beginning of the

conversation with the example

For questions 16-20, mark the correct letter A-H on your “mm answer sheet

Example:

Dr Robertson: Hello, you must be Peter Jones What's the problem?

Dr Robertson: Oh yes, it’s the right one, isn’t it Where A | suppose not Will | need to go

Dr Robertson: Can you move it? C twas playing football this

morning and | fell badly

Peter: TP secs deepens

D It’s my leg, doctor, it really hurts

Dr Robertson: Does it? And how did you do this, Peter?

How long will it take?

Peter: TẾ sie cpicaasea

The pain’s here, just above my

Dr Robertson: Did you leave the match when that foot

happened?

G Well! wanted to, but | had to

Dr Robertson: That wasn't a very good idea, was it? H I can, but it hurts when | walk

Dr Robertson: It's not that bad! But don't play any

football for two weeks,

TEST 1 READING AND WRITING

Part 4 Questions 21-27

Read the article about Jenny's holiday in New Zealand

Are sentences 21-27 ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)?

If there is not enough information to answer ‘Right’ (A) or 'Wrong' (B),

choose ‘Doesn't say’ (C)

For questions 21-27, mark A, B or C on your answer sheet

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Tip — Read all of the text before you answer the questions

OUR HOLIDAY IN

NEW ZEALAND

ast year, my husband Mike All the hotels were good My

[es | decided to visit New

Zealand.We wanted to tour

the country, but we both hate

long car journeys The travel

agent suggested a 13-day

coach trip It was a good price,

so we booked it with our plane

tickets We made a good choice

The coach journeys passed

quickly and our driver told us

about each place We learned a

lot from him

Lodge It was on a hill above a beach and there were trees everywhere We woke up and listened to the birds singing

Now, when we're eating

breakfast at home and we hear

the noise of the traffic, we think

of those beautiful mornings in

New Zealand!

We flew from London to

Christchurch and had a free day

there before the coach trip

started We weren't at all tired,

so we walked round the city

from morning till night It has

good museums, many

restaurants and lovely shops

The best place we visited on the

trip was Queenstown You can

choose to do almost anything,

from sailing to climbing.We had

three days there, but it wasn’t

enough

Example:

0 Jenny and Mike prefer travelling by car

A Right B Wrong C Doesn't say

They paid for the coach tour when they got to New Zealand

A Right B Wrong C Doesn't say

Their coach was a fast one

The driver gave them useful information

After the plane journey, they needed to sleep

They wanted to stay longer in Queenstown

They went swimming at the Puka Park Lodge

A Right B Wrong C Doesn't say

Their house is near a busy road,

A Right B Wrong C Doesn't say

TEST 1 READING AND WRITING

Part 5

Questions 28-35

Read the article about Penélope Cruz, the film star

Choose the best word (A, B or C) for each space

For questions 28-35, mark A, B or C on your answer sheet

The actor Penélope Cruz comes

(OJ sezceccezee: Madrid and was born in

1974 She dances (28) well

and once made a rock video

(29) \ncscccunssas the group Mecano, Cruz

made (30) first film in 1991

and soon became a big name in

Spanish cinema Since then, she has

BT) vsassesceaes in several important films

in Spain and in the U.S.A One Spanish

film won an Oscar in the famous film

competition, for the (32) foreign film

When she is going to make

B3] osccoscadsca, new film, she looks for

information that will make the film really

special This often means travelling to B4) ‹.c.a : country and talking to

people there She loves (35)

photographs on these trips

Information taken from www-latin-connection.com and Vanity Fair April 2000

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Part 6

Questions 36-40

Read the descriptions of some places in a town

What is the word for each one?

TÍP ———— —_ Add the first letter to the number

of spaces to see how long each

word is

———

The first letter is already there There is one space for each other letter in the word

For questions 36-40, write the words on your answer sheet

If you need a book to help you with your homework, |

you may find it here

You go here if you need somewhere to stay for |

the night

When you eat in this place the waiter brings Poe

everything to your table

You choose the things you want to buy here and s

pay for them at the exit

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TEST 1 READING AND WRITING

Part 7

Questions 41-50

Complete the letter

Write ONE word for each space (41-50)

For questions 41-50, write your words on your answer sheet

My sister is going to have (0) .› Darty on Saturday (41) she has just

finished her exams

Everybody is going to bring some food to eat and (42) will be fruit juice and

lemonade to drink (43) music will be good too My sister has got (44)_

ofCDs and (45) of her friends has a quitar and will sing a (46) songs

My sister lives in Station Street, (47) to the cinema, and the party will start

(Äổ) s22 csce nine ơclock (49) we go there together? Please phone me this

evening (50) you get home

Yours

Marie

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Fill in the information on the form for this student come from both texts Oy

For Questions 51-55, write the information on your answer sheet

Email Kay Thorpe to book your place now!

week courses beginning on

22.05, 19.06 and 10.07

From: Giovanni Zola

To: Kay Thorpe

Sent: 20 May

I'm going to study English at your college Please find me a small flat to rent

I'll be at home in Italy for the next four weeks My flight to London is on June

17, so | have booked a hotel for two nights

First name: Giovanni

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TEST fT READING AND WRITING

Part 9

Question 56

You are going to meet your friend Jan at the sports centre,

Write a postcard to Jan,

Say:

* when you want to meet her there

* what sport you would like to do

* what she should bring

Write 25-35 words

Write your postcard on your answer sheet

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Don't forget to include all three

points in your answer

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Paper 2 Listening

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

Part 2 Questions 6-10

Listen to Sally talking to a friend about her holiday

What activity did she do on each day?

For questions 6-10, write a letter A-H next to each day

You will hear the conversation twice,

TEST 1 LISTENING

Part 3

Listen to Rachel talking to her friend Sam about some French visitors Read Questions 11-15 in the 20

seconds before the recordin

14 _ Rachel and Sam will take their French A by taxi LÌ

Questions 16-20

You will hear a woman asking for some information about a castle

Listen and complete questions 16-20

You will hear the conversation twice

Watch film about a:

Shop sells: books, postcards,

Cost per student (in group):

You will hear a woman talking about a shopping centre Read the notes carefully to

understand what information is

Listen and complete questions 21-25 needed

FOREST HALL SHOPPING CENTRE

Number of shops: over 200

Food and drink in: M1 -:::::::::::::::: -: : Square

Cinema - number of films: | 25

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

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Listen carefully to the questions in Fart 1 and answer clearly so that the examiners can hear you

ee

Paper 3 Speaking

The Speaking test takes between 8 and 10 minutes You take it

with a partner There will be two examiners One of them will just

listen to you, the other will ask you and your partner questions,

and then ask you to talk to each other

Part 1

This part of the test takes 5-6 minutes The examiner will ask you

and your partner questions about yourselves, your school or job,

your daily life and your activities in your free time

Part 2

This part of the test takes 3-4 minutes The examiner will ask you

and your partner to talk together, using some cards to help you

Cards 1-6 (pages 76-81)

The examiner will give you a card with some kfaiiùfsE on it

Your partner will get a card with some words on it Your partner

will make five questions using the words on the card You will

answer the questions using the information on your card Then

you will change over The examiner will give you and your

partner two different cards This time you will ask five questions

and your partner will answer them

Remember, you can ask the examiner or your partner to repeat

anything you do not understand

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TEST 2 READING AND WRITING

2 You won't need a raincoat today

3 This is meant for young people

4 You cannot travel here today

5 You can visit this place at any time

DO NOT GO NEAR THE RUINS

DANGER OF FALLING STONES

NO BOATS TO BLACK ISLAND BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER

Museum Activity Day

Saturday 10am — 3pm Children aged 8 and up

Song!

Restaurant closed

Today's weather:

Sunny, dry Temperature 30°

THIS BAG IS NOT A TOY!

KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN

Last tour 6pm

Part 2

Questions 6-10

Read the sentences about going to the beach

Choose the best word (A, B or C) for each space

For questions 6-10, mark A, B or C on your answer sheet

0 Carlos Maria to spend the day at the beach

6 The two friends left the city in the morning Tip ————ễ

A_ short B_ cearly C_ ready Remember that all the sentences

are about the same topic

ee

7 Whenthey to the beach, they went for a swim

8 Then Maria was tired, so she had a under a tree

9 Carlos wentto a bar to +++ some sandwiches for lunch

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In the afternoon, they volleyball with some friends

A worked B= moved Cc played

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TEST 2 READING AND WRITING

Questions 11-15

Complete the five conversations

For questions 11-15, mark A, B or C on your answer sheet

Try saying the complete

conversation in your head to check

your answer is correct

TT

Do you like it?

How much are the tickets?

What happened there?

11 Have you got any free time later?

12 Why not come to the pool with me?

13 Look at the sky!

14 Mike's booked the restaurant

15 Whose seat is this?

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It's almost ten o'clock

Sorry, I'm busy all day

You'll be late

| haven't got one

Twenty minutes ago

That's a good idea

It's going to rain,

Do you need to?

Of course it has

How does it open?

For eight of us?

Has he filled it in?

I'm not sure

Yes, you can

Jenny's done it

Questions 16-20

Complete the conversation about a rock concert

What does Gina say to her friend Chris?

For questions 16-20, mark the correct letter A~H on your

Gina: — Chris, shall | get you a ticket for Fridays rock concert?

Big Orange are going to play

Gina: Elaine and Kim They really like the band Don't you? All right Can | pay you on Friday?

CANS: WG sesscavsresz I'd like to be near the singer if

possible

Gina: She plays the guitar well, too Look, you must come!

Perhaps Who else is going to go?

Chư: T7 c:‹;s2:s‹

They're not bad Annie Fox sings Gina: Of course.!'ve got enough money until then walle

Gina: The ones downstairs are £15 or we can sit upstairs Mix meat In tne sirens

Gina: Good, I'll get four tickets downstairs then ha Howrauch dorthesiekets

Gina: How about in the café opposite?

Chris: Fine,

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TEST 2 READING AND WRITING

Part 4

Questions 21-27

Read the article about Peter Marks,

Are sentences 21-27 ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)?

If there is not enough information to answer ‘Right’ (A)

or ‘Wrong’ (B), choose ‘Doesn't say’ (C)

Tip ——————

Check that there is no information

in the text if you choose ‘Doesn't say’

SL

For questions 21-27, mark A, B or C on your answer sheet

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Peter Marks: Press Officer

top football club If a television or

newspaper journalist wants to know

anything about the club, Peter gives them

the information

‘At the age of 10 I wanted to play

football for England! But I studied science

at university, and then got a job on a daily

newspaper, writing about business and

sport

I've worked for this club for eight years

When I started, only one other football

club had a press officer —now almost

every club has one

The job has changed a lot At the them speak to journalists without m

beginning I just gave information to a Ít

local and national newspapers Today my phone never stops ringing! Magazines, TV companies and radio stations from all over the world want interviews with our players and manager

Often, journalists or photographers ask

to meet a player here That’s why my office

is next to the club changing room ~ it’s easy for me to find players when they've finished

practising Newspapers sometimes say

things about football clubs that are wrong,

so I teach all our players how to answer

difficult questions Then I’m happy to let

Example:

0 Peter Marks works for a football club,

A Right B Wrong C Doesn't say Answer: 0 A BC

~—_—

When he was a boy, Peter hoped to become a footballer

A Right B Wrong C Doesn't say

Peter did a degree in business studies when he left school

Peter was a journalist for eight years

When he started this job, Peter had less to do than he has now

A Right B Wrong C Doesn't say

Peter can speak several foreign languages

A Right B Wrong C Doesn't say

Peter knows where the players are at the club if anybody wants to speak to them there

When the footballers talk to journalists, Peter answers any difficult questions for them

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TEST 2 READING AND WRITING

Read the article about the Channel Islands nen the questions Are they

Choose the best word (A, B or C) for each space AT Cân lons, pronouns or

For questions 28-35, mark A, B or C on your answer sheet something else?

The Channel Islands

The Channel Islands are nearer to France

(QÌsexacszz: to England and have a long

and interesting history The first people

to live on them (28) the

Romans In the 12th century the French France

built Castle Cornet on Guernsey, the painted (32) beautiful pictures second (29) island in the group of places on the islands They have The Channel Islands (30) part changed very little (33) then

of the British Isles in 1204 The weather is warm and pleasant and

Several famous Frenchmen visited (34) isn’t usually any snow in

(31) sess islands in the 19th century winter You can buy Channel Island

Victor Hugo, the writer, had a summer flowers and vegetables (35)

house on Guernsey, and the artist Renoir —_ January to December

29 A large” B larger C largest

33 A during B_ before C since

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Part 6

Questions 36-40

Read the descriptions of some things you eat or drink

What is the word for each one?

Tip ———

Read the descriptions and underline important words

— The first letter is already there There is one space for each other letter in the word

For questions 36-40, write the words on your answer sheet

You can boil these or make chips from them

If you stay in a camp-site near a river, you can

catch this for your supper

You mustn't eat too much of this because it's bad

for your teeth

This drink is often made from oranges

Peas and carrots are two examples of these

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TEST 2 READING AND WRITING

in other classes to come to (42) Club

We want to meet at the same time (43)

week and (44) will be films in English twice a month You don’t (45) to pay for these

Mr Brown will let (46) use Room 12 near the library (47) Wednesday afternoons

Please speak to Maurizio or Elema (48)

you want to know more (49) the club

Part 7 Tip —ễ

Read the notice about a tennis competition and look at oe aoe BAS Oe TỰ

Fill in the form for Simon,

For questions 51-55, write the information

on your answer sheet

All Felton players should meet here The coach will leave at

8.15; matches will start at Colston College at 9.45 If you

have a student card, the match will cost £3.50 not £5.00!

fill in your match form today

MATCH FORM (TENNIS)

Date of match: | 51

Playing against: | 52

Time of first match: | 53

Travelling by: | 54

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TEST 2 READING AND WRITING

Underline three things you need to

Read this note from your friend, Louis write about if there is a text in

Part 9

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LI really need my history book! Why haven't

you given it back to me? When can you

return it? Which pages shov/d I read for

Paper 2 Listening

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:

0 What time will the play start?

lip —————— Think what words you know to do

with the pictures,

Part 2 Questions 6-10

Listen to Nick talking to a friend about some presents he has bought

Which present is he going to give each person?

For questions 6-10, write a letter A-H next to each person

You will hear the conversation twice

TÍP ————

Remember you will hear the

information about Questions 6-10

in order Listen out for the names, days, people, etc

TEST 2 LISTENING

Part 3 Questions 11-15

Listen to a woman phoning a furniture shop about a sofa

For questions 11-15, tick A,Bor C

You will hear the conversation twice

The size of the sofa is

The only sofa in the shop is

The sofa costs

The driver can take the sofa on

The shop closes at

Questions 16-20

Part 4

Tip ————

You will hear a student telephoning about a job, Read the words beside each

Listen and complete questions 16-20

You will hear the conversation twice

question carefully to help you listen for the answer,

Money: " :.: ggi2yxvgtiEsS85i028/58 per hour

Go to hotel this afternoon:

Speak to: NHMš : : -s.: dteawszš

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TEST 2 LISTENING

Questions 21-25

You will hear a man talking on the radio about the weather

Listen and complete questions 21-25

You will hear the information twice

Part 5

TÍp ——————

Write any numbers in figures not words This is quicker and you are less likely to make a mistake

Drivers cannot use:

Delays to bus number:

Phone number for train

Tp —————— The examiner will ask you to spell

your surname Make sure you can

do itl

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Paper 3 Speaking

The Speaking test takes between 8 and 10 minutes You take it

with a partner There will be two examiners One of them will just

listen to you, the other will ask you and your partner questions,

and then ask you to talk to each other

Part 1

This part of the test takes 5-6 minutes The examiner will ask you

and your partner questions about yourselves, your school or job,

your daily life and your activities in your free time

Part 2

This part of the test takes 3-4 minutes The examiner will ask you

and your partner to talk together, using some cards to help you

Cards 1-6 (pages 76-81)

The examiner will give you a card with some infomiation on it

Your partner will get a card with some words on it Your partner

will make five questions using the words on the card You will

answer the questions using the information on your card Then

you will change over The examiner will give you and your

partner two different cards This time you will ask five questions

and your partner will answer them

Remember, you can ask the examiner or your partner to repeat

anything you do not understand

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TEST 3 READING AND WRITING

Paper 1 Reading and Writing

Tip — Part 1 Don't worry if you don't understand

every word in the notice Difficult

Which notice (A-H) says this (1-5)?

For questions 1-5, mark the correct letter A-H on your answer sheet

Example:

1 You can catch a boat here at 4 p.m A PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR MOBILE

PHONE DURING THE JOURNEY

B Customers: come

2 Yesterday’s bad weather means you back later this week for a

cannot buy anything here today half-price meal!

c River trips leave on the hour

from this bridge until 6 p.m

3 Drivers must use another road later

WITHOUT ANY CHARGE