Cambridge English ESOL Skills for Life ESOL Skills for Life Writing

Centre Number
Candidate Number
Candidate Name
Cambridge English ESOL Skills for Life
ESOL Skills for Life Writing Entry 3
Candidates answer on the question paper.
No additional materials are required.
Time
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Sample Test B
1 hour
Do not open this paper until your teacher tells you to.
Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page.
You have 1 hour to answer these questions.
Write clearly in pen, not pencil.
Write on the question paper.
Each task tells you:
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how much to write
how much time to spend
how many marks you can get.
There is a page at the end of the test for notes and planning.
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Task 1
(About 15 minutes)
You are looking for a job. You read an advertisement for a job in a new restaurant.
JOE'S DINER
We have many jobs available in our new restaurant –
chefs, waiters, cleaners, kitchen staff
Fill in this application form.
Address:
Name:
DOB:
Telephone number:
Languages you speak:
Which job do you want?
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Why do you want this job?
(Write about 30 words. Write in sentences.)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------What work experience have you had?
(Write about 30 words. Write in sentences.)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------When can you work?
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(Total: 18 marks)
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Task 2
(About 20 minutes)
You have left some clothes at the dry cleaner's but you can't collect them. You ask your English
friend, Charlie, to help you.
Write an email to Charlie. In your email:
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tell Charlie why you can't collect your clothes
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ask him to go to the dry cleaner's for you
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describe the clothes.
Write about 80 words.
To:
charlie@mailgo.co.uk
Subject:
Dry cleaner's
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(Total: 24 marks)
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Task 3
(About 25 minutes)
Your class is doing a project about education. Your teacher asks you to write about education in a
country you know.
Write about:
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what you think is good and bad about education in that country
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how you think education in that country will change in the future.
Write about 110 words.
(Total: 24 marks)
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NOTES PAGE
You may use this blank page to write notes or plan your answers.
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