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FORMAT AND EXAMPLE OF GE 1 (WRITING)

1. MATCHING

Part Task type and format Task focus Number of


questions
1 Word order Control and understanding of 5
Put the words in the grammatical structures.
correct order Rearranging words

PART 1
QUESTIONS 1 – 5
Put the following words in the correct order to make complete sentences.
EXAMPLE
0. arrange / you / the / I / again / on / call / time. / Friday / will / to
I will call you again on Friday to arrange the time.

EXAMPLE
0. arrange / you / the / I / again / on / call / time. / Friday / will / to
ANSWER
I will call you again on Friday to arrange the time.

1. How / children / in / there / the / many / school? / were


2. David / a / at / for / was / school / year./ language/ our/ assistant/ a /
3. dish / family / on / people / special / in / prepare / New Zealand / this / occasions.
4. last/ taxi/ sister/ a/ book/ didn’t/ their/ night.
5. supermarket/ is/ evening/ she/ to/ this/ going/ the?
2. MULTIPLE - CHOICE CLOZE

Part Task type and format Task focus Number of


questions
1 Four-option multiple- Understanding of grammar in 5
choice cloze. a short text, and
five items, plus an understanding the structural
integrated example, with patterns in the text.
an adapted-authentic text
drawn from a variety of
sources.
.

PART 2
QUESTIONS 6 – 10
Choose one correct word for one blank to complete the following text.
My first teacher (0) ______ Mrs. Davies. At that time I (6) ______ four years old. She was
tall and (7) ______ long dark hair. I went to a small village school and she was my teacher (8)
______ three years. I can’t remember what she taught me, but I can remember her smile. She
always smiled!’
My favorite teacher was Mr. Morgan. He (9) ______ me science at secondary school when I was
about 13 or 14. He had grey hair and a big beard. He always looked very serious but he had a
great sense of humor! He loved science and he loved teaching. He was (10) ______ best teacher
I ever had.’
EXAMPLE
0 a. was b. were c. wasn’t d. weren’t
ANSWER
A
6 a. was b. were c. wasn’t d. weren’t
7 a. wore b. had c. carried d. brought
8 a. since b. at c. for d. in
9 a. teaches b. was teaching c. is teaching d. taught
10 a. a b. an c. the d. x

3. OPEN CLOZE.
Part Task type and format Task focus Number of
questions
1 Open cloze. Identifying appropriate words 5
Text type that candidates with a focus on structure
could be expected to
write, for example a short
letter or a postcard.
Ten spaces to fill with one
word (plus an integrated
example) which must be
spelled correctly.

PART 3
QUESTIONS 11 – 15
 Complete the email below.
 Write one word for each space
EXAMPLE: (0) a
Hi Anna,
I’m not having (0) ___________ very good week!
Yesterday my team had (11) ___________ volleyball match, but we lost. Then my friend Jeff
telephoned with bad news. He can’t come to stay (12) ___________ us during the holiday
because he’s got a summer job. We can’t (13) ___________ camping together now. And this
morning, my sister got (14) ___________ late so she rode my bike to school. I’m really angry
with (15) ___________.
I hope you have some good news.
Greg.

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