re are more information in the text than you need.
- First read the tasks carefully, then look for relevant information in the text. Attention: these information are often given in the text with different words than in the task, for example: you see in the text „bei Regen“, while in the task it says: „bei schlechtem Wetter…“
Reading – Part 2
- Ads from the newspapers, internet etc.
- People are looking for an apartment, furniture or a used car.
- There are 5 tasks
- Every task contains 2 advertisements as an answer and only one is the correct one (a or b).
- You have 10 minutes time (total time)
- Read the task first. Ask yourself: what is the situation? Underline the relevant words. For example: Herr und Frau Melchior suchen eine Wohnung.
- Read the advertisment afterwards
- Relevant word pairs would be: mieten / vermieten, suchen / anbieten, kaufen / verkaufen
- Don’t forget the time! If you can’t decide for one of the ads, move on to the next task. You can return to them later.
Reading – Part 3
- 5 signs or notes that can be seen in shops, in the subway, a restaurant etc.
- Every text is associated with one task (richtig / falsch)
- You have 5 minutes time (total time)
- Read the task first and only then the text
- Underline relevant words in the task, for example: Man kann in dem Geschäft zurzeit nicht einkaufen
- Then underline the relevant word in the note, for example: Wir haben geschlossen.
III WRITING (SCHREIBEN)
Writing – Part 1 (Filling out a form)
- You get a form with missing parts / missing pieces of information
- You should complete some pieces of information for someone else, for example: their last name or date of birth
- These pieces of information are included in the text above the form
- You have 10 minutes time (total time)
- Look at the form first – some pieces of information are already there like first name
- Notice what piece of information is missing, for example: last name
- Now read the text above the form and look for and underline only the pieces of information that you need in order to be able to resolve the task, for example: last name
- The missing piece of information in the form can be: a word, a number or you can choose between several possibilities (and tick a box next to the correct answer)
- The missing pieces of information are marked with numbers: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) – that’s how you should insert them in the answer sheet
Writing – Part 2 (Writing a letter)
- You should write a letter, fax, post card or an e-mail to a friend or to a colleague
- You get an instruction in the task why you are writing: for example, you can‘t come at the agreed time.
- Every task contains 3 points. You should write 1-2 sentences to every point.
- You should write approximately 30 words
- You have 15 minutes time
- Before writing: pay attention to who you are writing to i.e. are you writing a formal or an informal letter, for example: are you writing to your teacher or to your friend.
- Depending on the formality level you can start your letter as follows:
Sehr geehrter Herr (last name), / Sehr geehrte Frau (last name),
or: Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, (if you don’t know who exactly you are writing to)
informal: Lieber (first name) / Liebe (first name)
- At the end of the letter you should also make a difference depending on who you are writing to:
formal: Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
informal: Herzliche Grüße,
and then you write your name underneath this greeting, at the very end of the letter.
- After you read the task and the 3 points, underline the most important words.
- When writing avoid starting sentences with ich, er, sie… you should start instead with an information on time, place etc. For example: instead „ich bin jetzt in Salzburg“, you could write: „jetzt bin ich in Salzburg“, or: „es ist hier schön“, better: „hier ist es schön“. When you start a sentence with anything else than a subject you should pay attention to rules of the basic word order because the verb should be always on the second place in a declarative sentence! On the other hand, if a sentence starts with aber, denn, und, s