In this lesson you will
- Work the most common examiner comments under exam conditions.
- Compare your answers against the mark scheme.
- Identify and classify your own errors.
- Log each error with its correction and rule.
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Orient · target · prepare
Objectives and exam focus
You are exam-ready when…
Tick each as you secure it.
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Session focus
Most lost marks come from a **short list of repeat errors**: agreement, wrong tense, missing content point, and undeveloped answers. Learn the fix for each and you close most of the gap at once.
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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
Listening script
يَقُولُ المُصَحِّحُ فِي تَقْرِيرِهِ المَسْمُوعِ: أَكْثَرُ المُلَاحَظَاتِ تَكْرَارًا هِيَ: خَطَأٌ فِي التَّطَابُقِ، وَزَمَنٌ خَاطِئٌ، وَإِجَابَةٌ غَيْرُ مُطَوَّرَةٍ. الحَلُّ بَسِيطٌ: طَابِقِ الصِّفَةَ مَعَ المَوْصُوفِ، وَاخْتَرِ الزَّمَنَ المُنَاسِبَ لِكَلِمَةِ الوَقْتِ، وَأَضِفْ سَبَبًا لِكُلِّ رَأْيٍ.
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Paper 2 — Reading (past-paper style)
Read for detail
Prove each answer from the text
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Speak · develop your answers
Paper 3 — Speaking (past-paper style)
Prompts
- مَا أَكْثَرُ خَطَإٍ يُلَاحِظُهُ مُعَلِّمُكَ فِي عَمَلِكَ؟
What error does your teacher notice most in your work? - كَيْفَ سَتُصْلِحُهُ؟
How will you fix it?
Model exchange
Examiner
مَا أَكْثَرُ خَطَإٍ يُلَاحِظُهُ مُعَلِّمُكَ؟
QuestionYou
أَكْثَرُ خَطَإٍ عِنْدِي هُوَ التَّطَابُقُ بَيْنَ الِاسْمِ وَالصِّفَةِ. سَأُصْلِحُهُ بِأَنْ أُطَابِقَ الصِّفَةَ فِي النَّوْعِ وَالعَدَدِ، وَأُرَاجِعَ كُلَّ جُمْلَةٍ قَبْلَ التَّسْلِيمِ.
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Paper 4 — Writing (past-paper style)
Task
Write about 80–90 words: name the examiner comment you receive most, explain the fix, and how you will drill it. 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
أَكْثَرُ مُلَاحَظَةٍ أَتَلَقَّاهَا هِيَ (خَطَأٌ فِي التَّطَابُقِ). كَثِيرًا مَا أَنْسَى أَنْ أُطَابِقَ الصِّفَةَ مَعَ المَوْصُوفِ فِي النَّوْعِ وَالعَدَدِ. الحَلُّ بَسِيطٌ: سَأَتَذَكَّرُ أَنَّ المُؤَنَّثَ يَأْخُذُ صِفَةً مُؤَنَّثَةً، ثُمَّ أُرَاجِعُ كُلَّ جُمْلَةٍ قَبْلَ التَّسْلِيمِ. سَأَتَدَرَّبُ عَلَى عَشْرِ جُمَلٍ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ التَّطَابُقُ عَادَةً. أَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّ إِصْلَاحَ هَذَا الخَطَإِ المُتَكَرِّرِ سَيَرْفَعُ دَرَجَتِي فِي كُلِّ الوَرَقَةِ لِأَنَّهُ يَظْهَرُ فِي كُلِّ إِجَابَةٍ.
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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.
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
Error log
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Reflection
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