A2 Flyers flashcards
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- Flyers Listening length and parts
- About 25 minutes long, with five parts and 25 questions; each recording is played twice, so candidates hear every dialogue or story two times.
- Listening Part 1: matching names
- Candidates look at a picture showing people and objects, listen to a conversation, and draw five lines to match the names they hear to the right people.
- Listening Part 2: form gaps
- Candidates listen to a conversation and write five missing words, numbers or names into gaps in a form, notes or diary shown on the page.
- Listening Part 3: matching pictures
- Two sets of pictures are given, for example people and days of the week; candidates draw five lines to match the correct pairs after listening.
- Listening Part 4: picture choice
- Five questions, each with three pictures labelled A, B and C; candidates listen to short conversations and tick the picture that answers the question.
- Listening Part 5: colour and write
- Candidates listen to a dialogue and follow instructions to colour five objects in a picture and write one word or number in a gap.
- Spelled names in Listening
- Names of people, streets and towns are often spelled letter by letter in the recording, so the answer must be written with the letters in the order heard.
- Numbers and prices in Listening
- Answers often involve numbers such as 14 and 40, prices in pounds and pence, or times; the difference between similar numbers is carried by the final sound.
- Listening marks and spelling
- Each of the 25 questions carries one mark, and small spelling mistakes are accepted when the intended word is still clear to the marker.
- Corrections and distractors in Listening
- Recordings usually mention more than one possibility, and the correct answer follows a change of mind signalled by words like 'actually', 'no' or 'sorry'.
- Rubric verbs in Listening
- The printed instruction under each part names the action required, such as 'Listen and draw lines', 'Listen and write' or 'Listen and tick'.
- Reading and Writing time and parts
- The paper lasts about 40 minutes and has seven parts and 44 questions; only Part 7 asks for continuous writing of a whole story.
- Part 1: word box definitions
- Ten items present a definition and a picture; candidates choose the matching word from a box and write it on the line next to the definition.
- Part 2: choosing replies
- In a short conversation with five gaps, candidates choose the best reply from three options labelled A, B and C.
- Part 3: story word box
- A short story or article has six gaps, and candidates fill them with words from a box, using each word only once.
- Part 4: grammar multiple choice
- An information text contains ten gaps; for each one candidates choose the correct word from A, B or C, testing grammar rather than meaning alone.
- Part 5: open cloze
- A story has seven gaps and no word box; candidates write one word in each gap, usually a preposition, pronoun, article or verb form.
- Part 6: short answers
- Five questions about a short text are answered with about one to four words, using information copied or adapted from the text.
- Part 7: picture story
- Candidates write a story of at least 20 words based on three pictures, describing what happens in all three of them.
- How Part 7 is marked
- The story is assessed on how fully the three pictures are covered and on the range and accuracy of the vocabulary and grammar used.
- A2 Flyers grammar range
- Flyers grammar includes present perfect, past continuous, 'going to' and 'will' for future, comparatives and superlatives, 'must' and 'might', and question forms.
- Shields instead of pass or fail
- Flyers has no pass or fail: Listening, Reading and Writing, and Speaking are each reported as 1 to 5 shields, giving a maximum of 15.
- Reading and Writing total marks
- Reading and Writing contains 44 questions worth one mark each, and the Part 7 writing task counts as one of those questions.
- Flyers Speaking format
- The Speaking test lasts about 7 to 9 minutes and has four parts, with one examiner and one candidate; the examiner conducts and assesses the test.
- Speaking Part 1: personal questions
- The examiner greets the candidate and asks simple personal questions about name, surname, age, school, family, hobbies and birthday.
- Speaking Part 2: differences
- Candidate and examiner each hold a similar picture; the candidate says what is different, using present continuous verbs and prepositions of place.
- Speaking Part 3: asking questions
- The candidate asks the examiner questions built from written prompts, so the prompt 'What / name?' becomes 'What is the name of the shop?'.
- Speaking Part 3: answering questions
- The candidate then answers the examiner's matching questions about a second picture, giving short full answers instead of single words.
- Speaking Part 4: picture story
- The examiner gives a title and four pictures, and the candidate tells the story; the examiner asks questions if the candidate hesitates.
- Speaking assessment criteria
- Speaking is rated on four criteria: vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation and interaction, which together produce the candidate's speaking score.
- Language for finding differences
- Useful structures are 'In my picture there is...', 'The ... is bigger', 'One difference is...' and 'Here the boy is wearing...'.
- Answer length in Speaking
- Single-word replies give the examiner little evidence of grammar, so short sentences of two to five words are expected in all four parts.