© English Language Testing Ltd. 2013 Taking the Password Knowledge with Reading and Writing Test

© English Language Testing Ltd. 2013

Taking thePassword Knowledge with Reading and

Writing Test


Candidate Details

• Complete this section with information about yourself. You will be asked for your name, date of birth, and IELTS/TOEFL result if taken.

• You will need to remember exactly how you have entered your name and date of birth as you will need to enter them again later.

• WAIT for the invigilator to check your candidate details.


Test Overview

• 72 questions in 5 sections followed by one essay.

• 70 minutes (please save 20 minutes to write your

essay).

• Additional 30 or 40 minutes then given for

3 or 4 Reading Tasks.


Section 1

• 18 questions.

• Select the correct word or words for the sentence.

• Multiple choice.

• 1 answer per screen.


Section 1: Example


Section 2

• 14 questions.

• Select the correct word or words for the sentence

or sentences.


• 2 or 3 answers per screen.


Section 2: Example


Section 3

• 18 questions.

• Choose the word with the closest, most similar

meaning.


• Only one correct answer per question.


Section 3: Example


Section 4

• 11 questions.

• Choose the words that are most often used with

the word in bold.


• Only one correct answer per question.


Section 4: Example


Section 5• 11 questions.

• There are three or four sets of sentence(s) per screen.

• The sets of sentence(s) in each screen mainly repeat with

only part in boldbold changing.

• Decide if each set of sentence(s) is ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ in its

use of English.

• There is no set number of no set number of ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ answers per

screen.


Section 5: Example


Password Essay

• Choose to answer one of the two essay questions.

• Type the answer in the space provided. You do not need to type the

question.

• DO NOT CLICK ON THE FINISH SECTION BUTTON UNTIL YOU HAVE

COMPLETED YOUR ESSAY.


Example


Candidate Details

You will be asked for your name and date of birth again. Please complete EXACTLY as before.


Password Reading

• Three or four tasks depending on which tasks have been randomly selected.

• The tasks get progressively harder.• 30 or 40 minutes additional time given.• Tasks and time depend on level of English. • This is assessed by the first 72 questions.


Password Reading

• Example screens before each task.

• The following slides will show examples of all tasks. Remember that not all task types will be in your test! The type will depend on your level of English.


Example

Choose the best word to fill in the gap and completethe sentence.


Example

Click on the sentence, drag it to the correct box anddrop it into the box. The sentences need to be in theorder of events to make a story.


Example

Choose the correct answer to the question about thetext.


Example

Click on a word, drag it to the correct space and drop it into the space.


Example

Choose the correct heading to go with the text.


ExampleDrag the statements below the text into the table tomake a summary in the order the information appears.One statement has not been chosen as it is not correct.


The Screen

Click ‘finish section’ when you have answered all the questions.

Click on the numbers at the bottom of the screen to see each question.

You can see how much time you have left. The clock stops while you are on an example screen.


Navigation

A black box appears around the question that is on the screen.

When you answer a question the colour of the box will change to white.

If you do not answer a question the colour will stay yellow. This will remind you to go back to this question before you click “finish section”.


Finish Section Button

When you have answered all the questions in a section click FINISH SECTION. This will take you to the next section. You CANNOT return to a finished section.


Warning Message

If you click Finish Section before you have answered all questions, you will get the message below.

If you cannot answer any more questions and you wish to finish the section, choose “OK”.

If you did this by mistake and wish to complete answering the questions, choose “Cancel”.


Good luck!

Documents

© English Language Testing Ltd. 2013 Taking the Password Knowledge with Reading and Writing Test