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Think about it A2 Key Reading and writing Part 1

Read about A2 Key Reading and writing Part 1. Are the sentences TRUE or FALSE?

1. In this part of the exam, I have to match short texts with the correct meaning. ................

2. I need to understand the main message of each short text ................

3. There are eight short texts in total. ................

4. For each short text, there are two sentences. ................

5. The short texts can be notices, signs, labels, text messages, emails or notes. ................

6. All of the words in the question will be from the Key wordlist. ................

7. For each question, I only need to mark the correct letter on my answer sheet. ................

8. There is an example at the beginning of A2 Key Reading and Writing Part 1. ................

Think about it A2 Key Reading and writing Part 2

Complete the sentences about A2 Key Reading and writing Part 2 with the correct alternatives.

In A2 Key Reading and Writing Part 2, you will be asked to read three short texts. The number of words in each text

is (1) always / not always the same. There might be (2) lots of / a few words in the texts which are not in the Key

wordlist, (3) but you won’t / and you will need to understand these to answer the questions correctly. There are

(4) six / seven questions to answer, with three possible answers for each question (A, B or C). The three texts will

(5) always / sometimes be about three people. The words in the questions may be found in all three texts, so you

need to read the texts very (6) quickly / carefully before you choose your answer. But sometimes the answers in
the texts use different words to the questions, so you need to think about other ways of saying the same thing.

For example, ‘it cost a lot of money’ is another way of saying (7) it was cheap / it was expensive.

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