Sample test Secretaries/administrative
English Language Assessment
Paper 3: Writing
Time: 1¼ hour
Secretarial Staff
Administrative Staff
Sample test Secretaries/administrative
Assessment Paper 3
Writing
Part 1
Questions 1 – 17
Text 1 (questions 1 – 8)
For questions 1- 8, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are
correct, and some have one word which should not be there.
If the line is correct, put a tick (√) next to the number on your answer sheet. If a line has a
word which should not be there, write the word on your answer sheet.
There are two examples at the beginning (0 and 00).
Voor vraag 1 – 8, lees onderstaande tekst en kijk nauwkeurig naar iedere regel. Sommige regels zijn
goed en in andere regels staat één woord dat er niet zou moeten staan.
Wanneer de regel goed is, zet dan een vink (√) naast nummer van je antwoordblad. Wanneer in een
regel een woord staat dat er niet hoort, schrijf dat woord dan op je antwoordblad. Er staan twee
voorbeelden aan het begin (0 en 00)
Examples:
0:
00:
√
nevertheless
PLAYING CHESS
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In your last letter, you asked me to tell you why I like playing
chess so much. Well, I nevertheless think it is because chess gives
me a feeling of the excitement. I am quite competitive and like
the challenge of playing one-to-one. It gets intense sometimes;
in a game you can get extremely nervous and excited and have all
sorts of emotions. Now I play most of weekends and holidays, but
I do not know for certain if I will continue to take part in competitions.
During the last couple of years while I have had more schoolwork,
in which makes life more difficult. You have to be an extremely good
player for chess to be financially so worthwhile.
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Text 2 (questions 9 – 17) )
In most lines of the following text, there is either a spelling or a punctuation error. For
each numbered line 9 - 17, write the correctly spelt word or show the correct punctuation on
your answer sheet. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with a tick (√) on your
answer sheet. The exercise begins with three examples (0, 00, and 000).
In de meeste regels van de hierop volgende tekst staat een spelling- of een interpunctie fout. Voor
elke genummerde regel 9 – 17, schrijf het correct gespelde woord of de verbeterde interpunctie op je
antwoordblad. Sommige regels zijn correct. Geef dit aan door een vink (√) achter het nummer te
zetten op je antwoordblad. De oefening begint met 3 voorbeelden(0, 00, and 000).
Examples:
0:
00:
000:
√
point where
dominate
The guitar in Rock and Roll
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In just over forty years, the guitar has risen from practical obscurity
to a point, where life would seem very strange without it. The first
instruments to domminate rock and roll were the piano and the tenor
saxophone, but it wasn’t too long before the guitar caught-up.
Fashions in musical instruments may come and go, but the guitar
is here to stay. It is the perfect acompaniment to the human voice.
It is more portable than the piano, relativly inexpensive and readily
adaptible to almost any musical style. The learner guitarist of today
has one distinct advantage over his predecessor forty years, or so ago,
which is that the guitar he or she buys brand new will be perfectly
playable. Musicians are indebted to todays guitar makers for this.
Things were far thougher four decades ago.
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Part 2
Questions 18 – 30
For questions 18 – 30, read the following extract from a holiday brochure and use the
information in it to complete the numbered gaps in the informal letter written by a woman to
her friends. Write the new words in the correct boxes on your answer sheet. The words
you need do not occur in the holiday brochure. Use no more than two words for each gap.
The exercise begins with an example (0).
Voor vraag 18 – 30, lees de volgende tekst uit een vakantiebrochure gebruik de informatie uit deze
brochure om de brief gechreven door een vrouw voor haar vrienden af te maken. Schrijf de nieuwe
woorden in de juiste vakjes op uw antwoordblad. De woorden die u nodig heeft staan niet in de
brochuretekst. Gebruik maximaal twee woorden per vraag. De oefening begint met een voorbeeld
(0).
Example:
0:
great choice
HOLIDAY BROCHURE
Our new brochure brings you an ever wider range of self-catering holidays than ever
before. All the villas are located in delightful, quiet rural settings, and come fully
equipped to meet most requirements. Anything else you require may be purchased
in the village closest to your villa, which is always within easy walking distance. The
key to your villa can be collected from the caretaker on arrival. Clean linen is
provided on Mondays and Thursdays, and each villa has exclusive use of a
swimming pool. The price of a hire car is included in the cost of the holiday. Our
local representative will be on hand at the airport to give you assistance, if required.
We offer a 50% reduction, applicable to a maximum of two children, when
accompanied by two adults paying the full price. A 10% deposit secures your
holiday. Early reservations are advisable to avoid disappointment.
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The letter
Please use the information from the holiday brochure extract to complete the letter.
NB: The words you need to fill in do not occur in the brochure.
Gebruik de informatie uit de vakantiebrochure om de brief af te maken.
NB: De woorden die u moet invullen staan niet in de brochure.
Example:
0:
great choice
Dear Jayne & Martin,
I’ve just got hold of this brochure and there’s a really (0) of holidays. The villas, which are
all in the (18) ..... , have got nearly all the things you might (19) ..... a comfortable holiday. If
there’s anything missing you can (20) ….. from the local village, which can always be
reached on (21) ..... . When you get there, you (22) ..... the key to your villa from the
caretaker: You don’t have to take sheets – clean ones are supplied (23) ..... weekly. You’ll
have a pool just (24) ..... – won’t it be nice not having to share! You have use of a car for the
week, at (25) ..... cost. The local representative will (26) ..... at the airport if you need (27) .....
. Another good thing is that if you take both of the children with you, as I know you will, they
go for (28) ..... . You only have to pay 10 % of the total cost to (29) ..... the holiday is
reserved. It all sounds so good I think you should (30) ..... so you get what you want.
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Part 3
Choose one of the following writing tasks. Your answer should follow exactly the
instructions given. Write your answer in approximately 250 words in an appropriate
style.
Kies één van de volgende schrijfopdrachten 1 t/m 3. Volg de instructies nauwkeurig. Schrijf ongeveer 250
woorden en zorg voor een passende stijl.
1.
An increasing number of tourists are coming to visit your town. Your local
tourist office is producing a series of leaflets to help tourists make the most of
their visit. You have been asked to write a leaflet for visitors who have only a
morning or afternoon to spend in your town.
Write the leaflet, recommending what they should do and why.
2.
You recently went to a musical, concert or film and want to write about it to an
English-speaking friend, who has the same or similar tastes as you. Write
him/her a letter about the event and explain how it did or did not come up to
your expectations.
Write your letter.
3. You have seen the following on your college notice-board:
THEFT is on the increase.
Have you got any ideas that will help students
protect their personal property?
Your university magazine needs an article on this
topic and is offering a € 20 book token
for the best article.
Write the article, in which you put forward some suggestions on what students can
do to protect their possessions.
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Key Sample English Language Assessment, Paper 3: Writing,
Secretarial Staff, Administrative Staff
Part 1, Questions 1-17
1. the 2. √
3. √
11. accompaniment
17. tougher
4. of 5. √
12. relatively
6. while 7. in 8. so 9. caught up
13. adaptable 14. years or
15. √
10. √
16. today’s
Part 2, Questions 18 – 30
18. country/countryside
19. need/desire/want + for/on/during/from/expect + from/on
20. get it/buy it/obtain it
21. foot
22. pick up/will/may/should + get/receive
23. twice
24. for yourselves/to yourselves/for you
25. no extra/further/added/additional 26. be available/there/present/around/meet you
27. (any) information/advice/help
28. half(-)price/half(-)rate
29. guarantee/make
sure/make certain/be sure/be certain/ensure that
30. book now/act immediately/decide soon
Part 3 the Essay
The essay will be graded on the following categories
Grammar (complexity, accuracy etc.)
Vocabulary and idiomatic expressions (
Spelling and punctuation
Structure (use of linking words etc.)