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Practice test 1.1

TKT Module 1
on page 234.
A sample answer sheet is
about language and the three possible
For questions 1-7, look at the questions
answers listed A, B and C.

C) your answer sheet.

Mark the correct letter (A, B or on

sentence does NOT contain a collective noun?

Which
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could not leave early.
A The manager told his staff they
to hand in their exercise books.
B The teacher asked her students
team as they scored a second goa.
C The spectators cheered their

determiner?
Which sentence does NOT contain a
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A There are examples in the text.
several
B Could you pass me that pen?
next month.
C I'm going on holiday
of contrast?
3 Which sentence does NOT contain a conjunction
A She liked skating when her friends went with her.
B While she was quite hard-working, her sister preferred watching TV all day.
husband warned her not to.
C She wanted to try snowboarding though her

Which sentence does NOT contain a verb that is

used transitively?
4
A I really can't explain the reason why I felt that way.
B He wants to retire as soon as he can.
C Nobody knows what she's going to do next year.

5 Which sentence does NOT contain a possessive pronoun?

A I'l take yours. It's much better.
B Give me one quickly, will you?
C Iprefer this house to theirs.

Which sentence does NOT contain adverb?

6 an

A He told us we only needed to bring our passports.

B Fortunately, they found the wallet he'd lost.
C Nobody knew the book that he was describing.

7 Which sentence does NOT contain an adjective?

A There were so many people in town that you walk
B The programme was extremely well organised and everyone ejoyed it.
couldn't around.
C There are no more tickets available for that show.

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example sentences with their uses listed

For questions 8-13, match the modals in the
A, B and C.

Mark the correct letter (A, B or C) on your answer sheet.

You will need to use some of the options more than once.

Uses of modals

A to express obligation
B to give permission
C to give advice

Example sentences

8 The house is so dirty- I really must clean it.

9You can borrow some moneyif you really want to.

10 f you want to look smart, you should cut your hair.
11 We have to put the lights out by midnight every night.

12 To save some money, I think he ought to eat at home more often.

13 Staff wishing to smoke may use the garden.

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For questions 14-19, Iook at the
terms about lexis and the three
possible examples
listed A, B and C.

Choose the example which matches the tem.

Mark the corect letter (A, B or C) on your answer sheet.

14 a collocation
A very nice
B fresh news
C quickly spoken

15 a word family
A childlike, children, childish
B delightful, wonderful, amazing
C microwave, frying pan, fridge freezer
16 a chunk
A Where will
they sit?
B What do you want?
C Why do you listen to her?

17 a word with a prefix and a suffix

A cooked
B disappearing
C imagination .

18 a compound
A bad idea
B bookshelf
C enjoyment

19 a lexical set
A pair/pear
B thing/think
C young/old

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For questions 20-27, look at the underlined words and the three possible phonemic
transcriptlons listed A, B and C.

Choose the cormrect phonemic transcription.

Mark the corect letter (A, B or C) on your answer sheet.

20 an adiective
A /ætfcktrv/
B/adjektv
C /ædyektv/

21 a synonym
A /smonin
/sinonim/
C /s1nanm/

22 vocabulary
A vakæbu:lear/
Bvakæbulari
C vokaæebju:lori/
23 a preposition
A /pripazafa/
B /prepozason'
C /propaz1jon/

24 a question
A kestan
B kweston/
C kjestjian/
25 language
Maængwids
B laeywt
C længwIdz

26 paraphrasing
A /para:frez1m
B /paerofrerzm
C /pærs:freis1n

27 connected speech
A konektd
B konektod/
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For questions 28-33, look at the dialogue between two friends. Read the sentences
from the dialogue and the three possible functions listed A, B and C.
Choose the corect answer.
Mark the corect letter (A, B or C) on your answer sheet.

Dialogue

Jim: When did you get back?

Tom: Late last night. (28) The traffic was the worst 've ever seen it on the
motorway.
Jim: It's always terrible. (29) Butdid you havea good time?
Tom: Not so bad; (30) it was incredibly expensive though - I haven't got any

money left.
Jim: (31) Lthought thesame when I was. there. I just couldn't afford to go out.
(32) But itis beautiful. I loved it really.
Tom: (33) Yeh, it was just as [Link]'dsaid. Fantastic, in fact.

28 The traffic was the worst I've ever seen it.

A narrating
B describing
C expressing inability

29 But did you have a good time?

A drawing a conclusion
B suggesting an idea
C changing topic

30 it was incredibly expensive though.

A describing feelings
B blamin9
C complaining

31 I thought the same when I was there.

A reporting an event
B agreeing
C explaining

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32 But it is beautiful.
A disagreeing
B contrasting
C encouraging

33 It just as beautiful
was as you'd said.
A comparing
B reporting
C clarifying

For questions 34-40, Iook at the questions about writing and the three possible
answers listed A, B and C.

Choose the correct answer.

Mark the correct letter (A, B or C) on your answer sheet.

34 Which statement is NOT about process writing?

A lalways try to put lots of creative ideas into my writing.
B lalways do a first draft then read and edit again later.
C When l check my writing, I always find /ve made lots of small mistakes.

Which statement is NOT about cohesion?

35
A The paragraph was full of words from the same lexlcal set.
B The paragraph used simple but clear conjunctions.
C The paragraph only contained three short sentences

36 Which statement is NOT about layout?

A Arranging your letter so that the addresses, etc. are in the right place makes it

easier to understand.
B lalways put full stops at the end of sentences but l'm never very sure where
to put commas.
CRecently I've started dividing my writing into short clearly marked paragraphs.

37 Which statement is NOT about product writing?

A like to follow a model when I write it really helps
-
me.

B It's useful to see how previous writers have structured their texts, and then

copy them.
C My friends sometimes give me feedback on what I write - that really helps me

improve it.

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38 Which statement is NOT about coherence?

A Each paragraph had a clear topic sentence so you could easily see what it
was about.
B All complaint letters seem to follow the same pattern - which makes them
easier to write and understand.
C lalways try to explore new ideas in my writing so l can learn about new things.

39 Which statement is NOT about authenticity?

A At school, we had a rough book for wrting first drafts and a 'good' book for
Our final drafts.
BAt school, we always had to do things like write letters to our local newspaper
or send emails to penfriends.
CAt school, the teacher encouraged us to use language that was natural and in
the right style.

40 Which statement is NOT about language accuracy?

A t doesn't matter if you make punctuation mistakes in emails - nobody minds.
B The contract contained mistakes about my job duties.
C lalways try to find time to proofread my work.

For questions 41-45, match the learners' comments with the terms about language
leaning that they refer to listed A-F.

Mark the corect letter (A-Ron your answer sheet.

There is one extra option which you do not need to use.

Language learning terms

A acquisition
B fossilisation
C silent period
D autonomy
E interference
F cognitive skills

Learners' comments

41 My teacher always tells us about grammar rules. They're much too abstract for
me to understand and they don't help me.

42 When I try and speak English outside class I keep using words from my own
language. I don't know why.

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43 What realy like is when the teacher doesn't teach us but gives us the addresses
of websites, so we can follow our own preferences.

44 I've been learning for about 20 years and l'm totally fluent but I know I stll get
some basc grammar wrong.

4 5 When l go to a foreign country I like to just listen - it gives me time to build up my

confidence and get used to the sound of the language.

For questions 46-60, look at the learning strategies and the three learner activities
listed A, B and C.

Two of the activities are examples of the leaning strategy. One activity is NOT.
Mark the letter (A, B or C) which is NOT an example of the learning strategy on your
answer sheet.

46 using language awareness

A The learner worked out the meaning of the word from hls knowledge of what
the suffix -less meant.
B The learner repeated the past tense of the verbs after the teacher had
modelled it.
C The learner added-ed to the new verb because he thought that was how you
made the past tense.

47 remembering
A The learner copied the new words into her notebook when the teacher told
her to.
B Every day, she named all the objects she could see as she walked along the
street.
C After each lesson, he stuck on his bedroom wall cards with the chunks of
language they had learnt in class.

48 experimenting
A When they're on holiday in foreign countries, they just guess what the
signs
and menus must mean. They're often right.
B When he couldn't find the right word, he used to
paraphrase. He sounded very
fluent.
C When she didn't understand a word, she always used a
dictionary.
realy helped her.

49 noticing
Every time he read an article, he underlined all the new words.
B She always listened to hear differences in the
way people pronounced words.
CHe always loved just to hear the foreign
language so he used the radio and
the TV a lot.
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50 cooperation
A She always phoned her classmate to discuss ideas for what to put in her
essays.
B The classmates all went to England together in the holidays.
C In the group work, they managed between them to write a complete letter in
English-they were very proud!

For questions 51-55, match the teacher's statements about some of her learners with
the types of learning needs listed A-F,

Mark the correct letter (A-F) on your answer sheet.

There is one extra optlon which you do not need to use.

Types of learning needs

A security
B learning style
C personal interests
D specific language or skils
E previous learning experience
F motivation

Teacher's statements
6 He doesn't seem to know why he's learning so he just doesn't care how he
gets on.

52 He's really good at grammar and vocabulary but weak at speaking and listening.
He needs these for his new job.

53 Most of the course is given through lectures but he learns much better by reading
and doing
54 The course ls all about learning grammar but he's not used to that so he's a bit
ost.
55 He seems to need lots of attention and confldence building.

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For questions 56-61, match the learners' comments about their lessons with the
approaches listed A, B and C.
Mark the correct letter (A, B or C) on sheet.
your answer
You will need to'use some options more than once.

Approaches

A Task-based Learning
B Structural Approach
C Lexical Approach

Learners' comments
56 In every lesson we learnt something new, then drilled it and did exercises. We
never used the language
freely.
57 Yesterday, the teacher asked us to underline all the chunks of language we could
find in a text, then see if we could hear them in
was difficult.
a recording of a conversation. It

58 In groups we had to design a programme for a school trip to New York. Then
afterwards we discussed what vocabulary we had needed to do this.

59 Sometimes in class we do an activity, then the teacher corrects our mistakes,

then we do the activity again I find this
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really usefu.
60 like the way each bit of grammar we learn builds on the last bit. It makes
learning quite easy.
61 The teacher always asks us to work with what she calls 'authentic materials'
Tike magazines, newspapers and articles from the internet. We use them to find
collocations and idioms.

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For questions 62-67, match the steps from different lessons with the presentation or
introductony techniques listed A-G.
Mark the corect letter (A-G) on your answer sheet.
There is one extra option which you do not need to use.

Presentation or introductory techniques

A lead-in

B providing a context
Cwarmer
D guided discovery
E concept checking
F using an input text
elicitation

Steps from lessons

62 The learners look at seven example sentences and work out the fom and
meaning of the structure.

63 The learners tell the teacher their experlences of using English to speak with
tourists before designing a poster on the same topic in the rest of the lesson.

64 The teacher shows the learners a series of photos of people and at the same time
says some adjectives that describe their appearance.

85 The teacher asks the learners if the structure expresses permission, ability or
advice.

66 The teacher prompts the learners to use the target structure by asking them to
tell her about their holiday plans.

The teacher asks all the learners to stand up and shake all their classmates'
67
hands. She then asks them for their homework.

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from the practice activities and the three

For questions 68-74, look at the extracts
possible tems listed A, B and C.
Choose the tem which matches the activity.
sheet.
Mark the corre t letter (A, B or C) on your answer

68 Complete the sentences with one of the words.

bus.
They went to school . . .

with
on

C by
A substitution drll
B multiple-choice
C extensilon task

What words about food do these letters make?

RDABE KLIM AATSP CEIR TRWAE

A brainstorming
B jumbled letters
C priortising

70 Completethe gaps in the text

John we watching television at home one. when suddenly he
heard a huge the kltchen. He immediately got up
noise...from
. ran to see what had happened. All. the kitchen floor
he saw huge pieces. COncrete and dust. He looked up quickly
his part o f . . . . Celing had fallen in.
...realised to horor that
A cloze
Bgap-fil
Csentence completion
71 Find the answers to the first three questions in your article. Your
partner
has a different article. Ask your partner for the answers to the
other
questlons.
A open comprehension
questions
B igsaw reading
C dictation

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72 Look at the words and put them Into the rlght boxes.
A categorisation
B jumbled words
C labelling

73 Look at the list of items that would be useful on a campin8

holiday. Choose the six most useful ones. Put a number 1-6
against each item to show which are most usetul, then discuss
your answer.

A visualisation
B role-play
C rank ordering

74 Write down all the reasons you can think

of that support this suggestion. Then
put them into a logical order and use
this plan to write your essay. After you
have written it, make sure you edit and
proofread it.
A guided writing
B process writing
C creative writing

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For questions 75-80, look at the terms about assessment and the three activities listed
A, B and C.
Two of the activities are examples of the term. One activity is NOT.
Mark the letter (A, B or C) which is NOT an example of the tem on your answer sheet.

75 formative assessment
A The teacher asks learners to completesentences with the correct form of the
word in brackets.
B The teacher uses her observations of group work to divide the class into three
new groups according to their ability.
CThe teacher gives different tasks to diferent learners based on their responses
to atest.

76 summative assessment
A At the end of the course the teacher gives each learner advice on how to
continue their studies.
B At the end of the course the learners take a test on the content of the term's
work.
CAt the end of the tem the teacher gives the learners a grade for presentations
of their project work.

77 portfolio
A The learners cary out a project over several weeks then give their survey
results, videos, and a commentary to the teacher to grade.
BThe learners do a piece of homework each week, and give it in to the teacher
to grade.
The learners put into a folder examples of their work throughout the term for
the teacher to grade.

78 diagnostic test
A The teacher interviews each new learner and takes notes on the strengths and
weaknesses in their grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.
B The teacher uses the results from a test to decide which coursebook is best
for her new class.
C The teacher asks the class to discuss in groups what their problems are with
learning English.

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79 continuous assessmenit
A At the end of every third
week, the learners fill in a questionnaire for the
teacher on how good they think their
B The teacher checks each week that the
English is.
learners always proofread their writing
before handing it in.
C The learners bring in a favourtte toy each week and tell the others about it. The
teacher listens and completes a checklist.

80 proficiency test
A The hotel always interviews all new job applicants to see how good their hotel
English s.
B The university asked all the students
to see how good their academic
applying to enter, to give a presentation
English was.
C The teacher interviewed all her students on a
topic they had covered during
the term.

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