KET for Schools Reading & Writing Part 2 Teachers Notes

Description In this activity, students firstly identify parts of speech tested in Part 2, then they explore why two of the options are wrong. They then identify the correct answer, before looking at a sample task. Time required: Materials required: 25 minutes Aims: Procedure 1. Put the students into small groups of 4 or 5 students and give each group a set of the cut-up words from students worksheet 1. Also give them a blank sheet of A4 paper. Tell them to draw 3 columns on the sheet and head each column with: noun, verb or adjective. 1. Explain that the words are different parts of speech. Ask them to identify whether the words are nouns, verbs, adjectives or adverbs and place them in the appropriate column. 2. Students should then look at the sentences on the students worksheet 2 and decide which part of speech is needed. They should write the number of the sentence at the top of each column just under the heading. This focus on grammar, context and meaning is a useful strategy for Part 2 because it helps candidates to focus on the sentence as a whole. 3. Check that students have placed the words in the appropriate column and have identified the correct part of speech for each sentence (see key). 4. Explain that the cut-up words are not the correct answers for each sentence. The cutup words have a similar meaning to the correct answers but they are distractors, i.e. wrong answers which are close to the correct answer but not correct. In each threeoption multiple choice question in the KET Reading & Writing test (Part 2, Part 3, some Part 4 tasks and Part 5), there are two distractors. It is useful for candidates to gain practise in identifying and ruling out incorrect options as this helps them to confirm which is the correct answer. 5. Ask students to think about why the cut-up words do not fit in the 6 sentences. Tell them to consider the meaning of the words and the way they are used in a sentence. For example, although excellent and favourite are adjectives they would not replace
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Students Worksheets 1 and 2 (1 copy per group of worksheet 1,cut up) Sample Task to familiarise students with Part 2 KET Reading & Writing to raise awareness of parts of speech to focus on distractors and the reasons for them not fitting in a gap

KET for Schools Reading & Writing Part 2 Teachers Notes

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popular in the sentence: The internet caf quickly became popular with Ivan and his friends. It may help to give students example sentences in which the distractors would occur: Ivan thought it was an excellent internet cafe. The internet caf was Ivans favourite place to meet his friends and compare the way the adjectives are used. 6. In pairs, students now decide what word would fill each gap correctly. Dont check any answers yet, but monitor to help them think about the words theyre choosing. Point out that it can be useful to try to complete the gaps before you look at the options in the exam. 7. Write the correct words on the board. The words are mixed up and the students need to decide which sentence they go in. meets popular useful takes kinds opened

8. Check students answers and then ask them to compare the answers they gave for step 7. 9. Point out that the sentences youve been working on have all been on one topic: an internet caf. Give out the sample task to show how the task looks in the exam. Elicit that the topic is given in the instructions (Read the sentences about an internet caf.) and in the example sentence (Last month an internet caf opened near Ivans house.). Discuss whether students think its better to do the questions one at a time, or to read the whole text once before they begin. Theres no correct answer, but its probably better to read the text first to get a general understanding and to start to think about possible answers.

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KET for Schools Reading & Writing Part 2 Answer Keys

Key to Students Worksheet 2 Nouns 5 things ways Verbs 1, 3, 4 began arrived has gets waits goes Adjectives 2, 6 certain sure favourite excellent

Last month an internet cafopened near Ivans house.

The internet caf quickly became popular. with Ivan and his friends.

It only takesIvan 10 minutes to get to the caf.

Ivan often meets..his friends there after school.

The caf has differentkinds.. of computer games they can play.

Ivan thinks there is a lot of useful.information on the internet.

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KET for Schools Reading & Writing Part 2 Students Worksheet 1

Cut this set of words up and give a copy to each group.

goes

sure

has

favourite

began

things

gets

certain

arrived

excellent

waits

kinds

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KET for Schools Reading & Writing Part 2 Students Worksheet 2

1 Last month an internet caf near Ivans house.

The internet caf quickly became . with Ivan and his friends.

It only Ivan 10 minutes to get to the caf.

Ivan often .. his friends there after school.

The caf has different ...... of computer games they can play.

Ivan thinks there is a lot of .... information on the internet.

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KET for Schools Reading & Writing Part 2 Students Worksheet 2

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