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Keynote Intermediate End-of-course Test A

Answer Key

Keynote Intermediate

End-of-course Test A

Answer Key and Mark Schemes Paper 1: Reading

Paper 1: Writing

Questions 1–35 carry one mark.

Part 1 Questions 1–5 carry one mark.

Part 1 1C

1 have been used

2A

3C

4C

5B

2 There is 3 the same colours

Part 2

4 is shown

6F 7D 8B 9C Not used: A, E, G

10 H

5 the biggest

Part 2

Part 3 11 B

12 A

13 B

14 B

15 A

16 B

17 B

18 A

19 B

20 A

• Are all elements of the message fully and clearly communicated?

Part 4 21 C

Part 2 (Question 6) carries five marks. Take into account the following points:

22 D

23 B

24 B

25 A

• How much effort is required of the reader? Example answer:

Part 5 26 A

27 C

28 C

29 D

30 B

31 D

32 B

33 A

34 D

35 B

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Keynote Intermediate End-of-course Test A

Answer Key

Part 3

Paper 2: Listening

Part 3 (Question 7 or 8) carries fifteen marks. Take into account the following points:

Questions 1–25 carry one mark.

• Is the text an appropriate length (approx. 100 words)?

Part 1 1C

2C

3A

4B

5B

6A

7B

• Is the content relevant to the task? • Is the target reader fully informed and are ideas clearly communicated? • Has the writer used the conventions of the particular type of writing well? • Does the text hold the reader’s attention? • Is the piece of writing well organized? • Does the piece of writing flow well and use a variety of linking words? • Does the text use a good range of vocabulary accurately and effectively? • Does the text use a range of simple and more complex grammatical structures appropriately and with accuracy?

Part 2 8C

9A

10 B

11 A

12 B

13 C

Part 3 14 feeling good 15 five/5 minutes 16 (listening to) music 17 webpage 18 by doctors 19 tomorrow

Part 4 20 B

21 A

22 A

23 B

24 B

25 A

• Do any errors impede communication?

7/8 Student’s own answer

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Keynote Intermediate End-of-course Test A

Answer Key

Paper 3: Speaking This paper carries a total of 20 marks. There are four parts to the paper. For each part a mark is given out of five for each student. Take into account the following points: • Does the student use a range of grammatical forms appropriately and accurately? • Does the student use a range of appropriate vocabulary? • Does the student use a range of linking words? • Are his or her contributions relevant? • Are his or her contributions more than just short statements? • Does the student avoid excessive repetition? • Is the student’s pronunciation clear enough to understand him or her easily? • Is the student’s intonation generally appropriate? • Is sentence and word stress generally accurately placed? • Does the student respond appropriately to questions and statements from others? • Does the student help to maintain the conversation, for example by asking questions or making suggestions?

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