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Exam Skills X7 · Past Papers & Examiner Feedback

X7-L02

Paper 1 Listening — Past-Paper Practice & Examiner Feedbackالوَرَقَةُ الأُولَى — تَدْرِيبُ الاِسْتِمَاعِ وَمُلَاحَظَاتُ المُصَحِّحِ

Work Paper 1 listening tasks under exam conditions, mark them against the scheme, and log the listening errors examiners see most.

ListeningReadingSpeakingWriting
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Orient · target · prepare

Objectives and exam focus

In this lesson you will

  • Work a Paper 1 listening past paper under exam conditions.
  • Compare your answers against the mark scheme.
  • Identify and classify your own errors.
  • Log each error with its correction and rule.

You are exam-ready when…

Tick each as you secure it.

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Session focus

Listening marks are lost by **not reading the question first** and by **writing more than is asked**. Predict the answer type before you listen, catch the keyword, and answer in the fewest correct words.

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Recognise · decode

Examiner & command-word vault

Exam & examiner terminology8 terms
اِخْتَرْchoose
أَكْمِلْcomplete
صِفْdescribe
اُذْكُرْstate / mention
عَلِّلْgive a reason
قَارِنْcompare
المُصَحِّحُthe examiner
مُعَايِيرُ التَّصْحِيحِthe mark scheme
Command-word mission

Fourteen mixed-retrieval rounds on command words and examiner terms — a wrong answer costs a life.

Round 1♥ ♥ ♥ 0 points

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Paper 1 — Listening (past-paper style)

Transcript-based practice — read the script, then answer.

Listen for detail

Choose the correct option

5 marks
Listening script

فِي المَحَطَّةِ يَقُولُ المُذِيعُ: قِطَارُ الرِّيَاضِ يَصِلُ فِي السَّاعَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ وَالنِّصْفِ عَلَى الرَّصِيفِ رَقْمِ خَمْسَةٍ. وَبِسَبَبِ الأَعْمَالِ، تَأَخَّرَ قِطَارُ جِدَّةَ عِشْرِينَ دَقِيقَةً. نَرْجُو مِنَ الرُّكَّابِ الاِنْتِبَاهَ إِلَى أَمْتِعَتِهِمْ.

1When does the Riyadh train arrive?

2Which platform?

3Why is the Jeddah train late?

4How late is it?

5What are passengers asked to do?

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Paper 2 — Reading (past-paper style)

يَقُولُ خَبِيرٌ فِي الاِمْتِحَانَاتِ: أَكْثَرُ خَطَإٍ فِي الاِسْتِمَاعِ هُوَ أَنَّ الطَّالِبَ يَكْتُبُ كُلَّ مَا سَمِعَهُ. الإِجَابَةُ الصَّحِيحَةُ تُرَكِّزُ عَلَى المَعْلُومَةِ المَطْلُوبَةِ فَقَطْ. لِذَلِكَ اقْرَأِ السُّؤَالَ أَوَّلًا، وَحَدِّدْ نَوْعَ الإِجَابَةِ: هَلْ هِيَ وَقْتٌ، أَمْ مَكَانٌ، أَمْ سَبَبٌ؟

Read for detail

Prove each answer from the text

5 marks
1What is the most common listening error?

2What does a correct answer focus on?

3What should you read first?

4What should you identify?

5Which answer types are named?

0/5
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Speak · develop your answers

Paper 3 — Speaking (past-paper style)

Prompts

  1. كَيْفَ تَسْتَعِدُّ لِوَرَقَةِ الاِسْتِمَاعِ؟
    How do you prepare for the listening paper?
  2. مَا أَكْبَرُ صُعُوبَةٍ تُوَاجِهُكَ فِي الاِسْتِمَاعِ؟
    What is your biggest listening difficulty?

Model exchange

Examiner

كَيْفَ تَسْتَعِدُّ لِوَرَقَةِ الاِسْتِمَاعِ؟

Question
You

أَسْتَعِدُّ بِأَنْ أُدَرِّبَ أُذُنِي عَلَى العَرَبِيَّةِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ، وَأَقْرَأَ الأَسْئِلَةَ قَبْلَ الاِسْتِمَاعِ لِأَتَوَقَّعَ الإِجَابَةَ. أَكْتُبُ إِجَابَةً قَصِيرَةً وَدَقِيقَةً.

Strategy + reason
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Paper 4 — Writing (past-paper style)

Task

Write about 80–90 words: your strategy for the listening paper and the errors you will avoid, using what the examiner said. Give reasons.

  • Address every required content point.
  • Use at least two tenses and an opinion with a reason.
  • Correct agreement, verb forms and spelling.
  • Keep to the word count.
Reveal a model answer

لِلاِسْتِمَاعِ خُطَّةٌ وَاضِحَةٌ. أَوَّلًا، أَقْرَأُ السُّؤَالَ قَبْلَ الاِسْتِمَاعِ لِأَعْرِفَ نَوْعَ الإِجَابَةِ: وَقْتٌ أَمْ مَكَانٌ أَمْ سَبَبٌ. ثُمَّ أُرَكِّزُ عَلَى الكَلِمَةِ المِفْتَاحِيَّةِ، وَأَكْتُبُ إِجَابَةً قَصِيرَةً وَدَقِيقَةً لِأَنَّ التَّفَاصِيلَ الزَّائِدَةَ قَدْ تُلْغِي الدَّرَجَةَ. إِذَا فَاتَتْنِي إِجَابَةٌ، أَنْتَقِلُ وَأَعُودُ إِلَيْهَا لِأَنَّ التَّسْجِيلَ يُعَادُ. بِهَذِهِ الطَّرِيقَةِ أَتَجَنَّبُ أَكْثَرَ الأَخْطَاءِ شُيُوعًا.

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Score like an examiner

Mark scheme — how the examiner scores you

Communication / Task Completion — 6 marks

  • Every required point is addressed clearly.
  • Content is relevant and developed with detail.

Range — 4 marks

  • Varied vocabulary and structures.
  • Opinions with reasons and more than one tense.

Accuracy — 4 marks

  • Correct agreement, verb forms and spelling.
  • Errors do not block meaning.
Examiner note

Papers 1 and 2 are point-marked (one mark per correct answer); Papers 3 and 4 use these band criteria. Mark yourself honestly against the descriptors, not against how much you wrote.

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Log · correct · learn

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Reflection

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