Reading and writing 3
What’s in the Reading and Writing paper?
The A2 Key Reading and Writing paper has seven parts and different types of texts and questions. Parts 1–5 are about reading and Parts 6–7 are mainly about writing.
For Parts 5 to 7, you read a series of texts and answer questions that test your reading ability and show that you can deal with a variety of different types of texts.
Part 1 (Multiple choice)
| Read six short real-world texts for the main message. | |
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| How many questions are there? | 6 | |
| How many marks are there? | One mark for each correct answer. |
Part 2 (Multiple matching)
| Read seven questions and three short texts on the same topic, then match the questions to the texts. | |
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| How many questions are there? | 7 | |
| How many marks are there? | One mark for each correct answer. |
Part 3 (Multiple choice)
| Read one long text for detailed understanding and main ideas. | |
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| How many questions are there? | 5 | |
| How many marks are there? | One mark for each correct answer. |
Part 4 (Multiple-choice close)
| Read a factual text and choose the correct vocabulary items to complete the gaps. | |
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| How many questions are there? | 6 | |
| How many marks are there? | One mark for each correct answer. |
Part 5 (Open close)
| Complete gaps in an email (and sometimes the reply too) using one word. | |
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| How many questions are there? | 6 | |
| How many marks are there? | One mark for each correct answer. |
Part 6 (Guided writing)
| Write a short email or note of 25 words or more. | |
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| How many questions are there? | 1 | |
| How many marks are there? | The question has a maximum of 15 marks available |
Part 7 (Picture story)
| AWrite a short story of 35 words or more based on three picture prompts. | |
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| How many questions are there? | 1 | |
| How many marks are there? | The question has a maximum of 15 marks available |