What does Elementary test?

Elementary is A2 on the Common European Framework of Reference. Over the four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking (optional), new elements that this level tests are:

Increased vocabulary

Future tenses

Present perfect

Past continuous

Used to

Modals

Expressing purpose

Question tags

Relative pronouns

Reflexive pronouns

Adverbs

Some phrasal and prepositional verbs

What does the candidate have to do in their Elementary test?

a short composition

Match letters

Multiple choice questions

Fill in gaps

Rearrange word order

Answer true/false questions

The student has sufficient active vocabulary and structural understanding to:

write a short connected text on descriptive or narrative topics

read and understand a text from a familiar range of topics

ask and answer questions about past or present events

distinguish between and use a variety of tenses in familiar contexts: past, present and future

express basic intention, purpose, obligation, preference and advice.

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