SimuladoSimuladoEnglish Together · A2 Key · Exam Track
Mock 1 — Reading and Writing
The whole Reading and Writing paper, in the shape and the order of the real one — with the support already open on every part. Do each part with the help beside you, check it, then clear the help and do the part once more on your own. That second, unaided attempt is the one this page reports. A ajuda já está aberta em todas as partes. Faça com ela, confira, depois limpe e refaça sozinho — é a tentativa sem ajuda que a página anota.
60 minutes7 parts32 questions50% of the examSupport open from the start · Apoio aberto desde o inícioApoio em português
Reading + Writing · Mock 1Scaffolded · com ajuda aberta0 of 0 parts done · partes feitas
This is the scaffolded mock: every part opens with its support showing. Use it, check, then clear it and try the part alone. Este é o simulado com a ajuda aberta: use, confira, depois limpe e tente sozinho.
Part 1 · Questions 1–6
Six short texts
For each question, choose the correct answer. Read the whole text first, and only then look at A, B and C. Leia o texto inteiro antes de olhar as opções. A resposta é a mensagem principal, não a palavra que se repete.
1NORTHERN LINE — THIS WEEKEND No trains between Camden Town and Euston on Saturday and Sunday. Buses 24 and 29 stop outside this station and accept your Underground ticket.Notice in a Tube station · aviso no metrô
2Text message from Femi to his grandad: Grandad — can you pick me up from football at 5 instead of 4.30? The coach wants us to stay for a team photo. I’ll wait by the gate.Text message · mensagem de celular
3THE BLUE KETTLE CAFÉ From Monday we close at 4pm on weekdays. Saturday and Sunday are the same as before: 9am to 6pm.Notice on a café door · aviso na porta
4Email from a swimming pool: Dear Mr Adeyemi, Thank you for booking swimming lessons for Zara. Lessons begin on Tuesday 4 March at 4.15pm. Children should arrive changed and ready. Parents are asked to wait in the café upstairs, not beside the pool.Email · e-mail
5CHANGING OF THE GUARD 11.00 on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The ceremony does not take place in very wet weather. Please check the board by the gate on the day.Sign at a palace gate · placa no portão
6Note through a door: Mrs Kaur — I came about the kitchen tap at ten but nobody was in. I can come back on Thursday morning. If that’s no good, ring me and we’ll find another time. — Dave (plumber)Note from a plumber · bilhete
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What should passengers do this weekend?
A The notice gives a problem (no trains between two stations) and then the answer to it: the buses stop outside and “accept your Underground ticket” — the ticket you already have is enough. B says the opposite of “accept your ticket”, and C is a plan the notice never suggests. O ônibus aceita o mesmo bilhete; não é preciso comprar outro.
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Why is Femi writing to his grandad?
B “At 5 instead of 4.30” — five is after half past four, so later. The photo is the reason for the change, not a request: the coach is taking it, and nobody asks Grandad for a camera. A is the opposite of what happened — football is going on longer, not finishing early. “Instead of” = em vez de. Cinco é depois de quatro e meia.
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What has changed at the café?
C “From Monday we close at 4pm on weekdays” is the change; the second sentence says the weekend is “the same as before”, so nothing about Saturday or Sunday has moved. A and B both put the change on the wrong days. A mudança é nos dias de semana; o fim de semana continua igual.
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What must parents do during the lesson?
B “Wait in the café upstairs, not beside the pool” — the café is upstairs, which is another part of the building, and “not beside the pool” rules out A in so many words. C is the near miss: children arrive already changed, so there is nothing for a parent to help with. Os pais esperam no café lá em cima, não ao lado da piscina.
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What does the sign tell visitors?
A Four days are listed, not seven — and even on those days “the ceremony does not take place in very wet weather”. So eleven o’clock is a plan, not a promise, which is why the sign sends you to the board on the day. B says “every day”; C says “phone”, and the sign says “check the board”. Quatro dias, e mesmo assim só se não chover muito.
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What does Dave want Mrs Kaur to do?
C “If that’s no good, ring me” — the phone call is only for a problem; if Thursday is fine she does nothing at all. B mixes up two visits: ten o’clock is when he came today, and the new visit is Thursday morning. Nobody mentions a key. Ligar só se quinta não servir.
Support — the same task, with help · A mesma tarefa, agora com apoionot a grade · não é nota
How to read this part. · Como ler esta parte. Part 1 is six tiny texts and six main messages. Before you look at A, B and C, say what each text wants from its reader in one sentence of your own. The right option is the one that matches your sentence — not the one that uses the most words from the text. Antes de olhar as opções, diga em uma frase sua o que o texto quer do leitor. A opção certa combina com a sua frase, não com as palavras do texto.
Do it in this order. · Nesta ordem.
Read the whole text once. Do not look at the options yet. Leia tudo antes de olhar A, B, C.
Say the message to yourself in one sentence. Resuma em uma frase.
Read A, B and C and cross out the one that says something the text never says. Corte a que inventa alguma coisa.
Of the two left, choose the one closer to your own sentence. Escolha a mais parecida com a sua frase.
Two shapes of wrong option live in this part. One is too strong — “every day”, “always”, “never”. The other swaps who does what: the writer’s action is given to the reader, or today’s time is given to tomorrow. Cross those two out first. Risque primeiro a opção exagerada e a que troca quem faz o quê.
On each question. · Em cada pergunta. The help for the ones you missed is now attached to the question itself — the options that cannot be right are crossed out, and the place to look is marked. A ajuda das que faltaram está agora na própria pergunta: as opções impossíveis ficam riscadas e o lugar de procurar fica marcado.
When you are ready: · Quando estiver pronto: do the whole task again with the support open, then press Check. After that you can clear it and do it once more on your own — that last one is the one that counts for you. Refaça a parte inteira com o apoio aberto e confira. Depois limpe tudo e faça mais uma vez sozinho: é essa última que conta.
Part 2 · Questions 7–13
Three people, seven questions
Three teenagers write about a club they belong to. For each question, choose A, B or C. One person may be the answer more than once. Cada pergunta tem uma resposta só, e uma pessoa pode aparecer mais de uma vez.
My club — three teenagers
A · Priya, 14, Bradford. I joined the school chess club two years ago because my best friend Amira did. She left after a month — I stayed. We meet in the library every Tuesday after school, so I don’t have to travel anywhere, and it doesn’t cost anything. I practise at home against my dad most evenings, and these days I usually win, which he doesn’t like at all. Last term I came second in a competition in Leeds and got a small silver cup. My mum keeps it in the kitchen.
B · Kofi, 15, Cardiff. Swimming club is hard work. Training is at six in the morning on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so I am in the pool before most people are awake. The first month was free, but now it costs my parents thirty pounds a month, and they say that’s fine as long as I actually go. I have never won a race. But I get faster every year, and the coach says next year is my year. The pool is a twenty-minute bus ride away, and in winter that bus is very cold. My friends think I’m mad.
C · Ellie, 13, Norwich. I go to a drama club at the theatre in town on Saturday mornings. My mum found it. None of my friends do it, and I like that — at the theatre I can be a different person. It isn’t cheap, but Mum says it’s better than me sitting at home all weekend. We are doing a play in July and I have forty lines to learn. I say them to the cat, because the cat doesn’t laugh. Getting there is easy: it’s ten minutes on my bike.
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Who has to get up very early for their club?
B Kofi “Training is at six in the morning… before most people are awake.” Priya’s club is after school and Ellie’s is Saturday morning — a morning, but nobody says an early one. Seis da manhã, antes de todo mundo acordar.
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Who pays nothing for their club?
A Priya “It doesn’t cost anything.” Kofi is the trap: the word free is in his text, but it belongs to the first month only — now it is thirty pounds. Ellie says hers “isn’t cheap”. A palavra “free” está em B, mas é só o primeiro mês. Quem não paga nada é A.
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Who joined because a friend did?
A Priya “I joined… because my best friend Amira did.” Ellie mentions friends to say the opposite — “none of my friends do it” — and Kofi’s friends only think he is mad. Os três falam de amigos; só uma entrou por causa de uma amiga.
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Who is going to perform in front of people?
C Ellie “We are doing a play in July” — a play has an audience. Priya’s competition and Kofi’s races are also in front of people, but they are contests, not performances, and neither text talks about a future event the way Ellie does. Uma peça de teatro é apresentação; corrida e campeonato são competição.
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Who hopes to do better next year?
B Kofi “I have never won a race. But I get faster every year, and the coach says next year is my year.” Priya has already done well — second place, a cup — and says nothing about next year. Quem ainda não ganhou é quem espera o ano que vem.
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Who likes doing something their friends do not do?
C Ellie “None of my friends do it, and I like that.” Kofi’s friends also stay away — they think he is mad — but he never says he likes that. The question asks for the feeling, not just the fact. Dois estão sem os amigos; só uma diz que gosta disso.
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Who often beats somebody in their family?
A Priya “I practise at home against my dad… these days I usually win.” Kofi talks about his parents, but only about money; Ellie’s family is her mum and the cat, and the cat is only an audience. “Beat” aqui é ganhar de alguém: ela ganha do pai.
Support — the same task, with help · A mesma tarefa, agora com apoionot a grade · não é nota
How to read this part. · Como ler esta parte. In Part 2 the question is the key, not the text. Read one question, decide exactly what fact you are hunting for, then look for that fact in three places. The three texts share their topic on purpose — clubs, money, friends, winning — so a shared word proves nothing. Leia a pergunta primeiro e decida qual fato está caçando. Os três textos usam as mesmas palavras de propósito.
Do it in this order. · Nesta ordem.
Read the three texts once, quickly, just to know who is who. Uma leitura rápida só para saber quem é quem.
Read the question and underline the one fact it asks for. Sublinhe o fato pedido.
Scan the three texts for that fact — do not read every word again. Varra os textos atrás daquele fato.
Check the other two people really do not do it, then move on. Confirme que os outros dois não servem.
The trap here is a word that is true in one text and only looks true in another: “free” in Kofi’s text is about one month that is over; “friends” in Ellie’s text is about friends who are not there. Match the whole sentence, never the word. A palavra aparece em dois textos; o fato só está em um. Combine a frase inteira.
On each question. · Em cada pergunta. The help for the ones you missed is now attached to the question itself — the options that cannot be right are crossed out, and the place to look is marked. A ajuda das que faltaram está agora na própria pergunta: as opções impossíveis ficam riscadas e o lugar de procurar fica marcado.
When you are ready: · Quando estiver pronto: do the whole task again with the support open, then press Check. After that you can clear it and do it once more on your own — that last one is the one that counts for you. Refaça a parte inteira com o apoio aberto e confira. Depois limpe tudo e faça mais uma vez sozinho: é essa última que conta.
Part 3 · Questions 14–18
One longer text
Read the text and choose the correct answer for each question. The questions follow the order of the text; the last one is about the whole text. As perguntas seguem a ordem do texto. A última é sobre o texto inteiro.
The van that everybody hears
Ray Bell is seventy-one, and for forty years he has driven the same ice-cream van around the same streets of Scarborough, a seaside town in the north of England. He bought the van in 1984 from a man who was giving up. Ray has never given up. Every afternoon from April to October he leaves the garage at two o’clock and follows a route that has not changed since the beginning.
Children hear him before they see him. The van plays a tune through a speaker on the roof, and by law it can only play it for twelve seconds at a time, and never after seven in the evening. “I don’t need the tune any more,” Ray says. “The children know the time. But their parents remember it from when they were small, so I keep it.”
A lot has changed in forty years. A cone was thirty pence in 1984 and is two pounds fifty today. The biggest change came last summer, when Ray’s granddaughter Jess told him that young people don’t carry money. He didn’t believe her. Then he got a card machine, and in one week his sales went up by a third.
In winter the van stays in the garage. Ray does not sit at home. He takes the engine to pieces, mends what is broken and paints the van by hand — the same cream and pink it has always been. By March it looks new again.
Jess wants the van when Ray stops. He says he will think about it. “Not yet,” he says. “I’ve still got the summer.”
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What do we learn about Ray in the first paragraph?
C “Forty years… the same streets… a route that has not changed since the beginning” — the whole paragraph is about the same thing going on and on. A is wrong twice over: the van was bought in 1984, from a stranger “who was giving up”, not last year and not from family. Quarenta anos, o mesmo caminho.
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Why does Ray still play the tune?
B He says it himself: “I don’t need the tune any more… But their parents remember it… so I keep it.” The law in this paragraph is a limit on the tune — twelve seconds, not after seven — not a reason to play it, so C turns the rule upside down. A is the first sentence of the paragraph used for the wrong question. Ele toca pelos pais, que lembram da infância. A lei limita a música, não obriga.
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What changed most last summer?
A “The biggest change came last summer” — and it was the card machine. The price has changed too, but slowly, over forty years, so B is true and not the answer. Nobody counts children. O preço mudou em quarenta anos; a máquina de cartão mudou tudo em uma semana.
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What does Ray do in the winter?
B “Takes the engine to pieces, mends what is broken and paints the van by hand” — all Ray, all by himself. C is the near miss: the word garage is there, but it is where the van sleeps, not where Ray works for somebody else. And “the van stays in the garage” rules out any driving at all. “Garage” aparece, mas é onde a van fica parada.
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What would be the best title for the whole text?
A Every paragraph carries the same idea — “Ray has never given up”, the route that has not changed, the winter spent making the van new again, and finally “Not yet.” B is one sentence about a card machine; C is one paragraph, and even that one is about Ray, not the town. Um título tem de servir para o texto inteiro, do primeiro parágrafo à última fala.
Support — the same task, with help · A mesma tarefa, agora com apoionot a grade · não é nota
How to read this part. · Como ler esta parte. In Part 3 each question lives in one paragraph, in order: question 14 near the start, question 17 near the end. Find the paragraph before you read the options, and answer in your own words from the text. The last question is about the whole text, so leave it until last. Cada pergunta mora em um parágrafo, na ordem. Ache o parágrafo antes de ler A, B, C. A última é do texto inteiro — deixe-a por último.
Do it in this order. · Nesta ordem.
Read the whole text once, properly, without looking at the questions. Leia o texto todo antes de ver as perguntas.
For each question, find its paragraph first. Ache o parágrafo primeiro.
Answer in your own words from the text, then look for the option that matches. Responda com suas palavras e depois procure a opção parecida.
For the last question ask: could I write the whole text from this title? Este título serve para o texto inteiro?
A wrong option in Part 3 is usually true, but not the answer — a real detail from the text put under the wrong question, like the price of a cone or the word “garage”. Before you choose, check that the option answers this question. Muita opção errada é verdadeira: ela só não responde a esta pergunta.
On each question. · Em cada pergunta. The help for the ones you missed is now attached to the question itself — the options that cannot be right are crossed out, and the place to look is marked. A ajuda das que faltaram está agora na própria pergunta: as opções impossíveis ficam riscadas e o lugar de procurar fica marcado.
When you are ready: · Quando estiver pronto: do the whole task again with the support open, then press Check. After that you can clear it and do it once more on your own — that last one is the one that counts for you. Refaça a parte inteira com o apoio aberto e confira. Depois limpe tudo e faça mais uma vez sozinho: é essa última que conta.
Part 4 · Questions 19–24
Choose the word
Choose the best word for each gap. There are three options and all three are real words — what decides it is the word that goes with it. As três opções existem. O que decide é a palavra que vem junto: make tea, put the kettle on.
Tea break
Most people in Britain drink tea, and most of them 19 ______ it the same way. You 20 ______ some water — it must be really hot, not just warm — and you put a tea bag in a cup. Then you pour the water 21 ______ the bag and wait for two or three minutes. When the tea is dark enough, you 22 ______ the bag out and add a little milk.
People drink tea at work, at home, and at every difficult moment of the day. When something goes wrong, somebody always says, “I’ll put the kettle 23 ______.” A cup of tea does not fix the problem — but it 24 ______ everybody feel a bit better.
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B make You make tea, coffee, a sandwich, a cake. Do is the trap for Portuguese speakers — fazer is both words in the dictionary — but do goes with activities (do homework, do the washing), not with things you produce. Cook is for food that goes on the heat, and tea is not cooked. Fazer chá = make tea, nunca “do tea”.
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A boil The sentence tells you: “really hot, not just warm” — so warm is ruled out by the text itself. Burn is what happens to toast, not to water. Ferver = boil. Esquentar = warm. A própria frase diz “not just warm”.
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C over You pour a liquid over something — from above, down onto it. Under is the wrong direction and between needs two things. Despejar por cima = pour over.
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A taketake something out is the pair: take the bag out, take the rubbish out. Bring means towards the speaker and carry means holding something while you walk — neither makes a phrase with out that fits a tea bag. Tirar = take out.
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B onPut the kettle on is a fixed phrase — you switch it on, like a light. Up is the trap because put up exists, but it means building or hanging something. In would need a place after it. Ligar a chaleira = put the kettle on, como “turn on”.
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C makesmake somebody feel better — make plus a person plus a verb with no to. Gets would need to (“gets everybody to feel”) and even then means persuading. Does never takes this pattern. Notice this is the same verb as gap 19, doing a different job. Fazer alguém se sentir melhor = make somebody feel better.
Support — the same task, with help · A mesma tarefa, agora com apoionot a grade · não é nota
How to read this part. · Como ler esta parte. Part 4 tests which words live together, not which words you know. All three options mean roughly the right thing; only one of them keeps the company the sentence needs. Não é vocabulário novo — é saber qual palavra anda com qual.
Do it in this order. · Nesta ordem.
Cover the options and read the sentence with the gap in it. Leia a frase sem olhar as opções.
Look at the word immediately after the gap — it, the bag, out, feel. That word usually decides it. A palavra depois da lacuna decide.
Say each option out loud with that partner word. Teste em voz alta.
If two still sound possible, choose the one you have actually met before. Na dúvida, a que você já viu.
The trap in this part is a Portuguese word that is two English words. Fazer is make for things you produce and do for activities. Esquentar and ferver are different verbs in English too. Do this part quickly: if you do not know it in fifteen seconds, guess and bank the time for Part 3. É conhecimento, não raciocínio.
On each question. · Em cada pergunta. The help for the ones you missed is now attached to the question itself — the options that cannot be right are crossed out, and the place to look is marked. A ajuda das que faltaram está agora na própria pergunta: as opções impossíveis ficam riscadas e o lugar de procurar fica marcado.
When you are ready: · Quando estiver pronto: do the whole task again with the support open, then press Check. After that you can clear it and do it once more on your own — that last one is the one that counts for you. Refaça a parte inteira com o apoio aberto e confira. Depois limpe tudo e faça mais uma vez sozinho: é essa última que conta.
Part 5 · Questions 25–30
Write one word
Write one word in each gap. Every answer is a small grammar word — a preposition, an auxiliary, a linker. No gap needs vocabulary you have to learn. Uma palavra por lacuna, sempre uma palavrinha de gramática. Nunca duas palavras, nunca em branco.
A note from Femi
Hi Grandad,
Thank you 25 ______ the book about trains. I have read half of it already!
26 ______ you come to my school on Friday? It is Grandparents’ Day and there 27 ______ a concert at two o’clock. I am playing the drums, so bring something for your ears!
Mum can’t come because she is working, but she says she will pick us 28 ______ afterwards.
29 ______ you want to see the new bus station on the way home? There are shops inside it and a café 30 ______ well.
Femi
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forThank you for + the thing. In Portuguese it is obrigado pelo, and “pelo” sounds like by — but English thanks people for things, never by. Obrigado pelo livro = thank you for the book.
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Can (also: Could / Will / Would) A question that starts with the gap and has you come after it needs a modal verb in front: Can you come? Could you come? Will you come? All are accepted. Do would make “Do you come to my school on Friday?” — a question about habit, which is not what Femi means. Você pode vir? = Can you come?
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isThere is a concert — one concert, so singular. Portuguese uses tem or há here, and “have a concert” is the slip that comes from that. After there, the verb is always be. Tem um concerto = there is a concert.
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uppick somebody up = collect them in a car. The little word goes after the person: pick us up. Without it, “pick us” means choose us, which is a different verb. Buscar de carro = pick up.
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Do (also: Don’t / Would)Do you want…? — a question in the present simple needs do in front of you. Would you want is possible and accepted. Are you want is the commonest A2 slip: want is not an -ing verb, so it does not take are. Você quer…? = Do you want…?
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asas well = also / too. It is two words that mean one thing, and only as makes it. Too on its own would work — but the sentence already has well waiting, so the gap can only be as. Também = as well, no fim da frase.
Support — the same task, with help · A mesma tarefa, agora com apoionot a grade · não é nota
How to read this part. · Como ler esta parte. Part 5 is the one part where you can often find the answer without understanding the topic at all. Every gap is a grammar word, and grammar words come in small closed sets — there are only so many prepositions. Decida o tipo de palavra antes de pensar na palavra.
Do it in this order. · Nesta ordem.
Decide what kind of word is missing before you think of any word: preposition? auxiliary? linker? Que tipo de palavra falta?
Read the word before the gap and the word after it — they usually decide it. A palavra antes e a palavra depois decidem.
Put your word in and read the whole sentence in your head. Releia a frase inteira com a sua palavra.
Never leave a gap empty and never write two words. One word, always. Nunca duas palavras, nunca em branco — chute.
If you are stuck, ask which of these five it is: a / the · a preposition (in, on, at, to, for) · be / have / do / can · and, but, so, because, as · it, there, this. The answer is in that list far more often than not. Quase sempre a resposta está nessa lista de cinco grupos.
On each question. · Em cada pergunta. The help for the ones you missed is now attached to the question itself — the options that cannot be right are crossed out, and the place to look is marked. A ajuda das que faltaram está agora na própria pergunta: as opções impossíveis ficam riscadas e o lugar de procurar fica marcado.
When you are ready: · Quando estiver pronto: do the whole task again with the support open, then press Check. After that you can clear it and do it once more on your own — that last one is the one that counts for you. Refaça a parte inteira com o apoio aberto e confira. Depois limpe tudo e faça mais uma vez sozinho: é essa última que conta.
Part 6 · Question 31
Write a short email — about 25 words
Write your answer, then tick the criteria the examiner actually uses. The plan is already open underneath — use it for the first attempt, then clear it and write again without it. O plano já está aberto embaixo. Use na primeira vez; depois limpe e escreva de novo sem ele.
Your school is having a sports day on Friday and you want your English friend Jack to come and watch.
Write an email to Jack. Say:
what time sports day starts
which race you are in
what Jack should bring
Write 25 words or more. Escreva 25 palavras ou mais. Os três pontos precisam aparecer — se faltar um, a nota de conteúdo cai na hora.
Your answer · Sua resposta0 words · palavras
Mark your own against the real criteria: · Confira com os critérios do examinador:
Content · All three points are there: the starting time, my race, and what Jack should bring. Os três pontos aparecem?
Content · Everything I wrote is about this task — I have not added a second story. Nada de assunto extra.
Organisation · It starts and ends like a message to a friend (Hi Jack… / See you there!). Abertura e fechamento de e-mail informal.
Organisation · My sentences are joined with and, so or because, not just put one after another. Frases ligadas, não soltas.
Language · The time is written correctly: at ten o’clock, at half past nine. Hora escrita certa.
Language · Everyday A2 words only, and I have read it once for missing s and missing to. Reli caçando o -s e o “to”.
A model answer at this level · Uma resposta modelo neste nível
Hi Jack,
Can you come to our sports day on Friday? It starts at half past nine. I am in the 100 metres, so please bring your camera — and a hat, because it will be sunny!
See you there,
Lucas
38 words. Three points, three sentences, one greeting, one goodbye. The time is exact, the race is named, and the thing to bring is a real thing, not “something”. Nothing clever, nothing missing — that is the whole band. Nada de sofisticado: os três pontos, curtinho e completo.
Support — the same task, with help · A mesma tarefa, agora com apoionot a grade · não é nota
The plan. · O plano.
Line 1 — greet Jack by name. Cumprimente pelo nome.
Line 2 — the invitation and the time it starts. O convite e a hora.
Line 3 — which race you are in. A sua corrida.
Line 4 — what Jack should bring. O que ele deve trazer.
Line 5 — a short goodbye and your name. Despedida curta e assinatura.
Every content point must appear. · Todos os pontos têm de aparecer.
What time it starts — a clock time, not “in the morning”. Uma hora exata.
Which race — name it: the 100 metres, the long race, the relay. Diga qual corrida.
What to bring — a thing, not “something”: a camera, a hat, a drink. Uma coisa concreta.
An opening you can borrow. · Um começo emprestado. “Hi Jack, Can you come to our sports day on Friday? It starts at …” — then your race, then the thing to bring.
Now write it again · Agora escreva de novo with the plan in front of you. Keep your first attempt — comparing the two is where the marks are. Com o plano à vista. Guarde a primeira versão: comparar as duas é onde estão os pontos.
Part 7 · Question 32
Tell the story — about 35 words
Three pictures tell a story. In the real exam you see them; here they are described in words. Write the story in the past. The plan is already open underneath. Na prova você vê três desenhos. Aqui eles estão descritos. Escreva no passado; o plano já está aberto.
Look at the three pictures and write the story.
Picture 1 · Lily and her little brother Ollie are in the park on a windy day. They are flying a big red kite and laughing.
Picture 2 · The kite is stuck at the top of a tall tree. Ollie is crying and Lily is looking up at it with her hands on her head.
Picture 3 · A park keeper is on a long ladder against the tree, holding the kite. Ollie and Lily are smiling and clapping.
Write 35 words or more. Escreva 35 palavras ou mais. Todos os três desenhos têm de aparecer, na ordem, e tudo no passado.
Your answer · Sua resposta0 words · palavras
Mark your own against the real criteria: · Confira com os critérios do examinador:
Content · All three pictures are in my story, in the right order. Os três desenhos aparecem, na ordem.
Content · The story ends — the reader knows what happened to the kite. A história termina, não para no meio.
Organisation · I used story words to move between pictures: then, suddenly, after that, in the end. Palavras que ligam os desenhos.
Language · Every verb is in the past: flew, was, got, came, were laughing. Tudo no passado, do começo ao fim.
Language · I checked the irregular pasts I used (fly → flew, get → got, come → came). Confiro os irregulares.
Length · About 35 words — I counted them. Contei as palavras.
A model answer at this level · Uma resposta modelo neste nível
Lily and her little brother Ollie flew their new red kite in the park on a windy day. Suddenly the wind was too strong and the kite got stuck at the top of a tall tree. Ollie cried. Then a park keeper came with a long ladder and got it down, and the children clapped.
53 words — the task says 35 or more, and a strong answer usually runs a little over. One or two sentences for each picture, joined with suddenly and then, every verb in the past. Notice that nothing is invented: everything in the story is in one of the pictures. Uma ou duas frases por desenho, tudo no passado, nada inventado.
Support — the same task, with help · A mesma tarefa, agora com apoionot a grade · não é nota
The plan. · O plano.
Sentence 1 — Picture 1. Who, where, the weather, and what they were doing. Quem, onde, o tempo, o que faziam.
Sentence 2 — Picture 2. What went wrong, and how Ollie felt. O que deu errado e como Ollie ficou.
Sentence 3 — Picture 3. Who helped, how, and the ending. Quem ajudou, como, e o final.
Read it back and change every present verb into a past one. Releia e passe todo verbo para o passado.
Every content point must appear. · Todos os pontos têm de aparecer.
Picture 1: the park, the wind, the kite, the laughing. Parque, vento, pipa, risadas.
Picture 2: the tree, the stuck kite, Ollie crying. A árvore, a pipa presa, o choro.
Picture 3: the park keeper, the ladder, the happy ending. O guarda do parque, a escada, o final feliz.
An opening you can borrow. · Um começo emprestado. “Lily and Ollie flew their kite in the park…” — then Suddenly…, then In the end…. Three sentences is enough.
Now write it again · Agora escreva de novo with the plan in front of you. Keep your first attempt — comparing the two is where the marks are. Com o plano à vista. Guarde a primeira versão: comparar as duas é onde estão os pontos.
What this paper told you
The marks below are your unaided attempt on each part — the one you did after clearing the support, not the one you did with it open. A nota abaixo é da tentativa sem ajuda, depois de limpar o apoio.
0parts done · partes feitas
—marks, best unaided attempt · pontos, melhor tentativa sozinho
0parts where you opened the support · partes em que você abriu o apoio
On this mock every part counts as ‘support opened’ — that is what a scaffolded mock is. What matters is the gap between the two attempts on each part: where the second one fell, that is the part to take to Mock 2. Aqui o apoio abre em tudo, de propósito. Olhe a diferença entre a tentativa com ajuda e a sem ajuda: onde a segunda caiu é o que você leva para o Simulado 2.