What does Elementary test?
Elementary is A2 on the Common European Framework of Reference. Over the four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking optional , new elements that this level tests are:
Increased vocabulary
Future tenses
Present perfect
Past continuous
Used to
Modals
Expressing purpose
Question tags
Relative pronouns
Reflexive pronouns
Adverbs
Some phrasal and prepositional verbs
What does the candidate have to do in their Elementary test?
a short composition
Match letters
Multiple choice questions
Fill in gaps
Rearrange word order
Answer true false questions
The student has sufficient active vocabulary and structural understanding to:
write a short connected text on descriptive or narrative topics
read and understand a text from a familiar range of topics
ask and answer questions about past or present events
distinguish between and use a variety of tenses in familiar contexts: past, present and future
express basic intention, purpose, obligation, preference and advice.
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