VMBO KB Engels case studies

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VMBO KB Engels is the English component of the centraal examen for the kaderberoepsgerichte leerweg, the middle of the three vmbo learning routes. It is taken by candidates in their final year at a vmbo school in the Netherlands, and it tests practical English rather than literary or academic English: reading short and longer texts, listening to spoken fragments, writing short functional messages, and holding a short spoken conversation. The VMBO KB Engels case studies are 5 cases and about 3,937 words.

Aqua Splash: the class trip that cannot use the group discount

You are practising a reading task like Part 1 of the exam: a short informative text where the answer is not worded the same way as the question. The text is the webpage of Aqua Splash, a swimming pool in a holiday park.

752 words, about 4 min 2

The second-hand e-bike: two texts that contradict each other

You are reading an advert and a chat on a second-hand website - the kind of task where you must combine information from two short texts and notice when they clash. Advert: 'E-bike, two years old, 6,000 km.

818 words, about 4 min 3

The voicemail about the Saturday job: a correction and an implied problem

This task uses a listening fragment of the kind found in Part 2 of the exam: a spoken message with hesitations, a self-correction, and information that is only suggested, never stated. The candidate hears a voicemail from Mr De Wit, manager of a garden centre, about a Saturday job.

795 words, about 4 min 4

The chalet that is taken away: writing a complaint that still gets a holiday

You are doing a writing task of the type used in the exam: a short, practical email with a word limit of 60–80 words and four content points. Your family - two adults and two children, aged 9 and 14 - booked chalet 45 at a holiday park in Zeeland for 12–19 July.

776 words, about 4 min 5

Lost backpack role-play: what to do when a word stops you

You are preparing for the school exam in speaking (instellingstoets Gespreksvaardigheid). The task is a two-minute role-play with your teacher, who plays a member of staff at the lost property office of a theme park.

796 words, about 4 min