Castilla y León PAU English case studies
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The Castilla y León PAU English test is the foreign-language paper of the university entrance examination taken by students in this Spanish region who want to access higher education. It is also sat by candidates improving their score or coming from other educational systems, and its result is combined with the rest of the PAU phase to build the university access mark. The Castilla y León PAU English case studies are 5 cases and about 3,625 words.
1True/False with justification: the 62% that proves too much
San Martín primary school, a state school with 600 pupils in a mid-sized Castilla y León town, has been running a six-month pilot scheme since September. Between 8:40 and 9:10 the street in front of the gate is closed to cars, and the entrance is guarded by plant pots and wooden benches.
762 words, about 4 min2Rewrite items: 'in spite of', 'such' and the perfect infinitive
A candidate is working on the second section of the paper: five rewrite items, one point each, no half marks. The instructions state that the second sentence must mean the same as the first and that the given opening must be used exactly.
714 words, about 4 min3Word formation: five roots, five traps
The use-of-English section includes a short text with five gaps. Each gap requires one word formed from the root in capitals, written in the gap; two words in one gap score zero, and spelling errors score zero.
714 words, about 4 min4Opinion composition: a 180-word draft against a 120-150 word brief
The writing task reads: 'Your school magazine has asked for your opinion. Should mobile phones be banned during break time?
736 words, about 4 min5The paragraph that explains itself twice and draws the wrong conclusion
A candidate has written this paragraph as the second body paragraph of a composition about rural tourism: 'Tourism in the village has grown every year since 2019. This has created many jobs, and the council has used the extra money to repair the Roman bridge.
699 words, about 3 min