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X7-L10

Timed Mixed Set 2 — Writing & Speakingالمَجْمُوعَةُ المُخْتَلِطَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ — الكِتَابَةُ وَالتَّحَدُّثُ

Sit a timed productive set combining writing and speaking, then mark both against the scheme and log the errors under time pressure.

ListeningReadingSpeakingWriting
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Orient · target · prepare

Objectives and exam focus

In this lesson you will

  • Work a timed writing-and-speaking 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.

You are exam-ready when…

Tick each as you secure it.

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Session focus

Productive skills fail under time pressure through **no planning** and **no checking**. Spend one minute planning content points, then leave one minute to proofread. A planned answer beats a longer unplanned one.

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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 تَمْثِيلِ دَوْرٍ سَرِيعٍ: يَقُولُ البَائِعُ: تَفَضَّلْ، مَاذَا تُرِيدُ؟ يُجِيبُ الطَّالِبُ بِسُرْعَةٍ لَكِنْ بِوُضُوحٍ: أُرِيدُ كِيلُو تُفَّاحٍ وَنِصْفَ كِيلُو مَوْزٍ، بِكَمْ؟ يَقُولُ البَائِعُ: بِعَشَرَةِ رِيَالَاتٍ. فَيَشْكُرُهُ الطَّالِبُ وَيَدْفَعُ.

1What does the student want?

2How does he speak?

3What is the price?

4What does he do at the end?

5What skill does he show under time?

0/5
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Paper 2 — Reading (past-paper style)

الكِتَابَةُ تَحْتَ التَّوْقِيتِ تَحْتَاجُ إِلَى خُطَّةٍ سَرِيعَةٍ. خُذْ دَقِيقَةً وَاحِدَةً لِتَكْتُبَ نِقَاطَ المُهِمَّةِ عَلَى جَانِبِ الوَرَقَةِ، ثُمَّ اكْتُبْ. لَا تُطِلْ عَلَى حِسَابِ التَّغْطِيَةِ. وَاتْرُكْ دَقِيقَةً فِي النِّهَايَةِ لِمُرَاجَعَةِ التَّطَابُقِ. الإِجَابَةُ المُخَطَّطَةُ القَصِيرَةُ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الطَّوِيلَةِ العَشْوَائِيَّةِ.

Read for detail

Prove each answer from the text

5 marks
1What does timed writing need?

2How long to plan?

3Where do you note the points?

4What should you leave time for?

5Which answer is better?

0/5
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Speak · develop your answers

Paper 3 — Speaking (past-paper style)

Prompts

  1. كَيْفَ تَكْتُبُ إِجَابَةً جَيِّدَةً تَحْتَ ضِيقِ الوَقْتِ؟
    How do you write a good answer under time pressure?
  2. كَيْفَ تَبْقَى وَاضِحًا فِي التَّحَدُّثِ السَّرِيعِ؟
    How do you stay clear in fast speaking?

Model exchange

Examiner

كَيْفَ تَكْتُبُ إِجَابَةً جَيِّدَةً تَحْتَ ضِيقِ الوَقْتِ؟

Question
You

آخُذُ دَقِيقَةً لِأُخَطِّطَ نِقَاطَ المُهِمَّةِ، ثُمَّ أَكْتُبُ بِتَرْكِيزٍ لِأُغَطِّيَ كُلَّ نُقْطَةٍ. أَتْرُكُ دَقِيقَةً فِي النِّهَايَةِ لِمُرَاجَعَةِ التَّطَابُقِ لِأَنَّ الإِجَابَةَ المُخَطَّطَةَ أَفْضَلُ.

Plan + check
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Paper 4 — Writing (past-paper style)

Task

Write about 80–90 words: your plan for producing writing and speaking under time pressure, and how you will avoid losing marks. 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

تَحْتَ ضِيقِ الوَقْتِ أَعْتَمِدُ عَلَى التَّخْطِيطِ. فِي الكِتَابَةِ آخُذُ دَقِيقَةً لِأَكْتُبَ نِقَاطَ المُهِمَّةِ عَلَى جَانِبِ الوَرَقَةِ، ثُمَّ أَكْتُبُ بِتَرْكِيزٍ وَأُغَطِّي كُلَّ نُقْطَةٍ بِلُغَةٍ دَقِيقَةٍ. أَتْرُكُ دَقِيقَةً فِي النِّهَايَةِ لِمُرَاجَعَةِ التَّطَابُقِ وَالإِمْلَاءِ. وَفِي التَّحَدُّثِ أَتَجَنَّبُ الصَّمْتَ الطَّوِيلَ، وَأَسْتَخْدِمُ عِبَارَةً مِثْلَ (فِي الحَقِيقَةِ) لِأَكْسِبَ وَقْتَ التَّفْكِيرِ. أَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّ الإِجَابَةَ المُخَطَّطَةَ القَصِيرَةَ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الطَّوِيلَةِ العَشْوَائِيَّةِ.

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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

Error log

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Reflection

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