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100

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)  

100

The reading skill of quickly searching a text for a specific detail like a name or date.

Scanning

100

Give a synonym for the word crucial.

Essential, vital, critical, or important

100

The punctuation mark used to end a sentence.

. Full stop or period

100

The approximate word limit for the two continuous writing tasks in Paper 1.

120-160 words (for each of the two extended writing tasks)

200

Name the two papers that are taken in the written examination session.

Paper 1: Reading and Writing and Paper 2: Listening

200

The reading skill of quickly reading a text for grasping main ideas.

Skimming

200

What is the antonym for the word active?

passive

200

Which tense describes a completed action in the past (e.g., I finished my homework.)?

Past Simple tense

200

Give an example of an informal writing style or register.

Email to a friend, Blog post, or Personal note/message (Any appropriate example)

300

What percentage of the final grade is the Speaking component worth for the 0511 syllabus?

25% (The Speaking component counts-in for 0511)

300

Name two of the question types used in the Reading exercises of Paper 1.

Multiple-choice, Matching, Short-answer questions (Any two)

300

Define the phrase take in.


learn, absorb

300

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. 

300

What are the two main styles or registers in writing?

Informal and formal

400

What is the total time allowed for Paper 1 (Reading and Writing)?

2 hours

400

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)

400

The word for the general feeling or attitude a writer expresses towards a topic.

Tone

400

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.

400

Besides Content and Language, what is a third area examiners assess in the Writing tasks?

Register and Style (or Organisation)

500

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).

500

This reading skill requires you to understand an idea or meaning that is not directly stated in the text.

Inferring or Understanding Implied Meaning

500

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

500

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.  

500

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)