. listening look at the answers and if you already know the answer, mark it
- After the 2. listening check out whether you have marked the correct answer
!!! it happens often that you can hear all the three answers in the text, but there is only one correct answer!
Listening – Part 2:
- 4 announcements, for example at the airport, on the railway station, on the bus or in the supermarket
- 1 task for every announcement (4 tasks in total)
- As an answer you should choose between „richtig“ and „falsch“
- Every task is given in 1 sentence and every one of them contain the verb SOLLEN
- You have 4 minutes time (total time)
- You listen every text only once (!!!)
- Before listening read all tasks and mark what people need to do
- After listening choose the correct answer (richtig / falsch)
Listening – Part 3
- 5 announcements or telephone messages = 5 tasks
- Spoken by your friends, people from the school, doctor’s office, mechanic shop or your office.
- You listen every text 2 times
- The same rules apply as for the listening part 1 (mark the most important words, W-questions, during the first listening try to understand what’s all about (the topic), mark the answer that you deem correct, and then after the 2. listening check whether you were wright)
- Lasts for about 5 minutes (total time)
- If you don’t understand some word, don’t panic. Tell yourself: I have understood everything – instead of: I haven’t understood anything
- Concentrate only on the most important words – those are the words that you need in order to resolve the task!
After this part you have 3 minutes time to write all your answers into the answer sheet
II READING (LESEVERSTEHEN)
Reading – Part 1
- 2 short texts e.g. letters, faxes, e-mails, notes from your friends, colleagues or other persons.
- 5 tasks in total (richtig / falsch) for boths texts
- You have 5 minutes time (total time)
- Before reading: read the tasks first and then the text; ask yourself: what pieces of information do I need to be able to resolve the task? Please bare in mind: there 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