The Exam Structure 📝
How many main examination components do students take for the 0511 syllabus?
Three (Paper 1: Reading and Writing, Paper 2: Listening, and Paper 3: Speaking)
The reading skill of quickly searching a text for a specific detail like a name or date.
Scanning
Give a synonym for the word crucial.
Essential, vital, critical, or important
The punctuation mark used to end a sentence.
. Full stop or period
The approximate word limit for the two continuous writing tasks in Paper 1.
120-160 words (for each of the two extended writing tasks)
Name the two papers that are taken in the written examination session.
Paper 1: Reading and Writing and Paper 2: Listening
The reading skill of quickly reading a text for grasping main ideas.
Skimming
What is the antonym for the word active?
passive
Which tense describes a completed action in the past (e.g., I finished my homework.)?
Past Simple tense
Give an example of an informal writing style or register.
Email to a friend, Blog post, or Personal note/message (Any appropriate example)
What percentage of the final grade is the Speaking component worth for the 0511 syllabus?
25% (The Speaking component counts-in for 0511)
Name two of the question types used in the Reading exercises of Paper 1.
Multiple-choice, Matching, Short-answer questions (Any two)
Define the phrase take in.
learn, absorb
Correct this sentence: I planning to go to Beijing, China this weekend.
I plan to go to Beijing, China this weekend.
I am planning to go to Beijing, China this weekend.
I am going to go to Beijing this weekend.
What are the two main styles or registers in writing?
Informal and formal
What is the total time allowed for Paper 1 (Reading and Writing)?
2 hours
In Paper 1, questions requiring you to use your own words to show connection between ideas are testing which AO?
AO1 Reading (Specifically R2: demonstrate understanding of the connections between the ideas)
The word for the general feeling or attitude a writer expresses towards a topic.
Tone
Use the Present simple form in a sentence. (Present simple form is use for talking about habits, routines and facts)
I go to school by bike every morning.
He is always on time.
The Earth orbits the Sun.
Besides Content and Language, what is a third area examiners assess in the Writing tasks?
Register and Style (or Organisation)
According to the official Assessment Overview for 0511, what is the weighting split (in percentages) between the three assessed components: Paper 1 (Reading/Writing), Paper 2 (Listening), and Paper 3 (Speaking)?
60% (Reading/Writing), 25% (Speaking), and 15% (Listening).
This reading skill requires you to understand an idea or meaning that is not directly stated in the text.
Inferring or Understanding Implied Meaning
Word Families: Give the verb form and the noun form of the adjective 'reflective'?
Reflect, reflection
Word families are a concept that groups together a base word and all the words that can be created from it by adding common prefixes and suffixes. They share a core meaning and often belong to different parts of speech.
Develop, development, developing, undeveloped
Use the conjunctions "although" to combine these two sentences and say an another example sentence: She is not a genius. She is very hard-working.
Although she is not a genius, she is very hard-working.
The conjunction "although" introduces a subordinate (dependent) clause that expresses a contrast or concession to the main clause.
Although he speaks English fluently, he has never visited an English-speaking country.
Which Assessment Objective (AO) requires you to use appropriate linking devices like consequently or on the other hand?
AO2 Writing (Specifically W2: organise ideas into coherent text using a range of linking devices)