In this lesson you will
- Work a timed listening-and-reading set 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
Under time pressure, **pacing** is everything. Give each question a rough time budget, never let one question eat the clock, and leave two minutes to check. Log what the clock cost you.
03
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
فِي بَرْنَامَجٍ إِذَاعِيٍّ: مَرْحَبًا بِكُمْ. اليَوْمَ نَتَحَدَّثُ عَنِ الرِّيَاضَةِ المَدْرَسِيَّةِ. تَقُولُ المُدَرِّبَةُ إِنَّ التَّمْرِينَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي الأُسْبُوعِ يُحَسِّنُ التَّرْكِيزَ فِي الدِّرَاسَةِ. وَتَنْصَحُ الطُّلَّابَ بِالنَّوْمِ المُبَكِّرِ وَشُرْبِ المَاءِ.
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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
- كَيْفَ تُدِيرُ وَقْتَكَ فِي الاِمْتِحَانِ؟
How do you manage your time in the exam? - مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ إِذَا تَعَثَّرْتَ فِي سُؤَالٍ؟
What do you do if you get stuck on a question?
Model exchange
Examiner
كَيْفَ تُدِيرُ وَقْتَكَ فِي الاِمْتِحَانِ؟
QuestionYou
أَبْدَأُ بِنَظْرَةٍ سَرِيعَةٍ عَلَى الوَرَقَةِ، ثُمَّ أُعْطِي كُلَّ سُؤَالٍ وَقْتَهُ. إِذَا تَعَثَّرْتُ، أَنْتَقِلُ وَأَعُودُ لَاحِقًا، وَأَتْرُكُ دَقِيقَتَيْنِ لِلْمُرَاجَعَةِ لِأَنَّ الوَقْتَ ثَرْوَةٌ.
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Paper 4 — Writing (past-paper style)
Task
Write about 80–90 words: your time-management plan for a timed paper and how you will avoid losing marks to the clock. 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
الوَقْتُ فِي الاِمْتِحَانِ ثَرْوَةٌ، لِذَلِكَ أُخَطِّطُ لَهُ. أَبْدَأُ بِنَظْرَةٍ سَرِيعَةٍ عَلَى كُلِّ الأَسْئِلَةِ، ثُمَّ أُعْطِي كُلَّ سُؤَالٍ مِيزَانِيَّةً مِنَ الوَقْتِ. إِذَا تَعَثَّرْتُ فِي سُؤَالٍ، أَنْتَقِلُ وَأَعُودُ إِلَيْهِ لَاحِقًا حَتَّى لَا يَأْكُلَ السُّؤَالُ الوَاحِدُ وَقْتَ البَاقِي. أَحْرِصُ عَلَى مُحَاوَلَةِ كُلِّ الأَسْئِلَةِ لِأَنَّ الفَرَاغَ لَا يَأْخُذُ دَرَجَةً. وَفِي آخِرِ دَقِيقَتَيْنِ أُرَاجِعُ التَّطَابُقَ وَالإِمْلَاءَ لِأَرْفَعَ دَرَجَتِي.
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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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