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ADULT LEARNER LOWER LEVELS

This suite of exams is made up of 4 different levels: Adult Learner Step 1, Adult Learner Step 2, Adult Learner Step 3 and Adult Learner Step 4 (CEFR A1).

The aim of these Adult Learner Lower Levels is to focus on adult students who have just begun studying English as a foreign language. Therefore, these exams have been designed so that any adult learner can validate their level of English, from the very beginning of the learning process, by taking an exam with a format suitable for their age.

The Adult Learner Lower Levels include the four skills (Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking) and each level is equivalent in content to our Young Learner Levels as shown in the chart below:

A1 – Breakthrough (CEFR)

Preliminary / Adult Learner Step 4

 

Primary / Adult Learner Step 3

 

Junior / Adult Learner Step 2

 

First Step / Adult Learner Step 1



Overview of Tasks

Reading & Writing:

Section

Adult Learner Step 1

Adult Learner Step 2

Adult Learner Step 3

Adult Learner Step 4

Section A

Match words with pictures (10 marks)

Choose the correct word and write it below picture (20 marks)

Read advertisement

Answer questions on main points e.g. time, price, etc. (10 marks)

R1 (10 marks)

Reading email

4 x True / False

1 x function question

Section B

Vocabulary recognition

Tick or Cross (10 marks)

B1- months

B2- days of the week

Write missing letters (20 marks)

Read 2 postcards and answer ‘Which person..’ type questions (10 marks)

R2 (10 marks)

Reading narrative

Four-option multiple choice

Section C

Days of the week

Choose missing letters from box (10 marks)

Write out numbers in words (5 marks)

Choose the correct answer to the question (10 marks)

R3 (10 marks)

10 x four-option multiple choice- Grammar

Section D

Identify number and object. Tick the correct picture (10 marks)

Four-option multiple choice

Grammar (10 marks)

10 x Four-option multiple choice

Grammar (10 marks)

R4 (10 marks)

Choose and write the opposite from the list

Section E

Write out numbers in words (10 marks)

5 x Four-option multiple choice

Prepositions of place (10 marks)

Cloze passage

Choose words from the box to complete text (10 marks)

R5 (10 marks) Tenses

Put verb into past or present into passage

Section F

Choose the correct colour and write it.

(10 marks)

Identify actions from picture

Tick or cross (5 marks)

Singular to plural (10 marks)

W1 (5 marks)

Singular to plural (irregular)

Section G

Write the word that the picture shows (10 marks)

Read text and label picture with correct colours (10 marks)

Factual reading

Three-option multiple choice (10 marks)

W2 (10 marks)

Forming questions to suit responses given

Section H

Colour, number and object. Write what the picture shows (10 marks)

Write 3 sentences about self (10 marks)

Write the times and dates in words (10 marks)

W3 (10 marks)

Answering questions about self

Section I

Choose the correct answer to the question (10 marks)

Choose the correct answer to the question (10 marks)

Cloze email

Choose words from the box to complete text (10 marks)

W4 (5 marks)

Write 5 sentences on one of the two topics given

Possible Topics: My family, My country, My house, My job

Section J

Topic vocabulary

Add more words (10 marks)

 

Reading. Three-option multiple choice (10 marks)

W5 (10 marks)

Word order

Re-order words to make a sentence

Changes to syllabus

Numbers 1 – 20

Common questions -

How are you?

What colour is this?

Where do you come from?

Numbers 1 – 30

Clothes – jacket, tie

Common questions – Where do you live? What (job) do you do?

 

W4 Topics

My family

My country

My house

My job

Listening:

Section

Adult Learner Step 1

Adult Learner Step 2

Adult Learner Step 3

Adult Learner Step 4

Section L1

Listen to the words

Tick the box (10 marks)

Listen to the words

Put a tick in the box (10 marks)

Listen to the sentences

Tick the correct box (10 marks)

Listen to the conversations

Tick the correct box (10 marks)

Section L2

Listen and tick the correct box (20 marks)

Listen to the sentences

Write the missing word (20 marks)

Listen to the story

Write one word in each gap (10 marks)

Listen to the passage

Write the missing words (20 marks)

Section L3

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Look at the list

Listen and write the words (10 marks)

Listen to the passage

True or false

(20 marks)

Speaking:

Section

Adult Learner Step 1

Adult Learner Step 2

Adult Learner Step 3

Adult Learner Step 4

Section S1

 (Task 1)

Introduction – Warm up (1-2 min)

Introduction – Warm up (1-2 min)

Introduction – Warm up (1-2 min)

Introduction – Warm up (2-3 min)

Section S2

 (Task 2)

Naming objects

Naming pictures

Answering YES/NO questions (2-3 min)

Identifying actions and objects

Answering questions

Picture prompts

(3-4 min)

Name and explain

Find the odd one out

(3-4 min)

Narrative and sequencing
Past simple 
Tell a story - picture prompts(3-4 min)

Section S3

 (Task 3)

Understanding word groups

Finding multiple pictures (2-3 min)

Describing pictures

Naming objects

Answering questions

Picture prompts

(3-4 min)

Answering questions 
Picture prompts

(3-4 min)

Giving information
Information gap 
Spot the difference - picture prompts (3-4 min)

Syllabus and Specifications:

ADULT LEARNER STEP 3

Performance Indicators

The student:

Has a basic vocabulary recognition of about 300 words.
Can tell the time can describe present actions, give personal and family information, describe habits, routines, and everyday activities.
Can communicate when and how often an action or event takes place.

Can form questions and negatives.

GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES LIST

Grammar and Structures

What are they used for?

Some examples

 

VERBS

 

Thereis / there are

Identifying something / someone

There is a book on the table.
There are four girls in the kitchen.

Present simple

Talking about habits, routines, facts (such as where a person lives), the actions of everyday life

My uncle lives in a small house.
She is thirteen years old.
I always take the bus to school.

The present simple with the verb 'like' + 'ing' in the third person singular and plural

Describing what people or animals like doing

My cat likes sleeping in the garden.
My brothers like playing football in the park.

Present continuous

Talking about present actions

My brothers are playing football in the park at the moment.

Interrogative forms of the above two tenses

Asking and answering questions about the above
Short answers for the above

Do they often go to the cinema?
Do you have/ Have you got a computer?
Are the children doing their homework?
Is she eating her breakfast at the moment?
Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
Yes, I have. / No, I haven’t.
Yes, she is. / No she isn’t.

Negative forms of the above two tenses

Making the above negative

Sue doesn't like dogs.
John isn't studying now, he is talking on the phone.

The modal 'can'

Describing an ability or skill

He can play the guitar.
They can cook.

 

PRONOUNS

 

All personal pronouns as subject or object - I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, you, him, her, it, us, them

Describing and identifying people, animals and objects

Do you want my father?
He is in the garden.
John is with him.

Demonstrative pronouns - this, these, that, those

Asking for, and giving information

These are tables.
That family is rich.
Is this a kettle?

 

CONJUNCTIONS

 

Because, and, or, but

Linking sentence parts and ideas

John and Mary are in the garden because it is sunny.

 

INTERROGATIVE WORDS

 

What, Who, Where, When, Why, How many

Asking questions about people, animals and objects

What is this?
Who is that girl?
Where are Peter and Paul?

 

ADVERBS

 

Adverbs of time - today, now, at the moment
Adverbs of frequency - always, never, sometimes, often, usually, every day, every week, every month

Describing when and how often someone does something or something happens. Discriminating between the present continuous and the present simple

I usually eat an egg for breakfast.
At the moment, John is playing in the park.

 

PREPOSITIONS

 

In, on, at, to

Talking about time, place, position

The examination finishes at 4p.m.
My brother is 10 years old in August.
I am going to Disney World on 1st August.

 

TIME EXPRESSIONS

 

10.15 = ten fifteen or (a) quarter past ten

Telling the time

Ten fifteen, twenty past one, half past ten, a quarter to two, eleven forty-five, etc.

 

NOUNS

 

Singular/plural
simple nouns, including some common irregular ones
Countable and uncountable nouns
The names of common shapes

Talking about numbers of things
Talking about amounts and quantities
Describing the shape of something

eg, book-books, box-boxes man-men, woman-women, child-children, party-parties
Can I have the butter?

Can I have two sweets?
This is a square. That is a circle.

 

SALUTATIONS (WRITING)

 

The formulaic salutations of informal writing in messages such as emails, postcards

Writing communication

Dear
love from

WORDLIST

1 - NOUNS

SETS OF LEXICAL ITEMS

Animals

monkey, lion, bear, elephant, crocodile, cat, dog, snake, tiger, zebra, rabbit, mouse, fox, frog, spider, hippo, giraffe, horse, sheep, cows, pets

Birds

penguin, parrot, duck, hen, chicken

Cardinal Numbers   

one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one to sixty

Clothes

dress, shirt, T-shirt, trousers, skirt, boots, socks, shoes, trainers, hat, watch. jeans, jacket, tie, coat

Days of the week

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, weekend

Exams

letters, words, sentence, question, answer, story

Family members and people

mother, father, brother, sister, baby, girl, boy, man, woman, children , child, aunt, uncle, cousin, grandmother, grandfather, Mum, Dad, friend

Fish

dolphin, octopus, shark, whale, starfish, fish, goldfish

Food, meals and drink

cake, ice-cream, biscuits, pizza, hamburger, hot-dog, omelette, steak, fish, salad, breakfast, lunch, dinner, milk, juice, party, bread, tea, coffee, water, lemonade, egg, chicken, sandwich, sugar, ketchup, chips, cheese, sweets, butter

Fruit

pear, peach, apple, banana, orange, lemon, cherry, strawberry, melon

Garden

flower, tree, grass

Household

television, CD/DVD, (mobile) phone, video, chair, table, house, bed, bath, clock, picture, vase, photo, radio, door, mat, window, floor, cupboard, mirror, sofa, armchair, shower, wardrobe

Jobs

teacher, doctor, farmer, secretary, businessman/woman, policeman/woman, shop assistant, in the army, student

Kitchen

glass, plate, bowl, cup, knife, fork, spoon

Letters

a-z

Miscellaneous

film, holiday, money, newspaper, magazine, star, moon, thing, photograph

Months of the year

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Musical Instruments

guitar, piano, drum

Parts of the body

hair, eyes, mouth, nose, face, arms, legs, foot/feet, head, hands, tail

Places

park, garden, home, school, shop, house, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, living room, zoo, farm, supermarket, office, cinema, cafe, restaurant, car park, flat, swimming pool, town centre, beach, sea, mountains, town, city, village, fields, country (e.g. England etc.), countryside

School

pen, pencil, rubber, ruler, book, desk, computer, blackboard, classroom, bag, teacher, homework, work, test, exam, student, lesson

Shapes

square, circle, triangle, rectangle

Sport

football, tennis, swimming, basketball, volleyball, baseball, fishing, football match, tennis racket, running

Time expressions

four fifteen, [a] quarter past/to four, half past four, ten past four, four ten, ten to four, etc. / morning, evening, today

Toys

ball, kite, castle, soldiers, paint, paintbrush, puppet, drum, gun

Transport

helicopter, boat, bus, bicycle, car, train, aeroplane, taxi, bike, motor bicycle, motorbike, tractor, lorry (Brit), truck (Am)

Vegetables

potato, tomato, carrot, cabbage

Weather

sun, rain, wind, snow, hot, cold

2 - ADJECTIVES SETS OF LEXICAL ITEMS

Size

tall, short, big, small, favourite, best, little

Feelings

happy, sad

Colours

black, blue, green, yellow, white, orange, red, grey, brown, pink, purple

Age

old, young, new

Other

clever, difficult, good, nice, pretty

Modifiers

Very

3 - VERBS SETS OF WORDS
 

am, are, is, cook, drink, eat, go, have, has, listen, play, read, sit, stand, watch, wear, write, buy, can, clean, do, drive, hate, have/has got, get up, give, go, like, live, look, love, make, ride, run, sit, sleep, start, swim, talk, tell, understand, want, walk, wash, work

4 - ARTICLES SETS OF WORDS
 

a, an, the

5 - PERSONAL PRONOUNS SETS OF WORDS
 

I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, them, us

6 - POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES SETS OF WORDS
 

my, your, his, her, our, their

7 - PREPOSITIONS SETS OF WORDS
 

in, under, behind, on, near, in front of, at, to, (by, about, for - may appear in certain expressions; not tested)

8 - QUESTION WORDS SETS OF WORDS
 

What, When, Why, Where, Who, Whose

9 - ADVERBS SETS OF WORDS
 

today, now, at the moment, never, always, sometimes, often, usually, every day, every week

10 - CONJUNCTIONS SETS OF WORDS
 

because, and, or, then, next

11 - DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS SETS OF WORDS
 

this, that, these, those

Grade Boundaries:

Grades are calculated by weighting the Listening % by 0.2 and the Written % by 0.8 - adding the results together and then using the information above. 

Relevant Documents

Sample Papers

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