What do you know about the Use of English tasks? | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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In Part 2 (Open cloze), you sometimes have to write two words.

FALSE - only one word. Note that contractions and hyphenated words count as two words.

In Part 1 (Multiple-choice cloze), if you are not sure of the answer it is better to leave a blank.

FALSE - marks are not deducted for incorrect answers.

One mark is given for each correct answer in the Use of English tasks.

FALSE - except in part 4 (transformations), 2 marks are given to a completely correct answer and 1 mark if it is partly correct.

All four parts of the paper contain an example.

TRUE

You should not write the answer for the examples on your answer sheet in the exam.

TRUE

You should read texts through at least once before you attempt the task.

TRUE - Students should for gist first. Looking first at the title and predicting the content of the text will help their overall understanding.

In Part 4 (Transformations), the key word must not be changed in any way.

TRUE

Parts 1, 2 and 3 each contain eight gaps.

TRUE

In Part 3 (Word formation), an answer is given no marks at all if the word is misspelt.

TRUE - no half marks are given in this paper. (Although one mark out of a possible two can be given in part 4)

All four Use of English tasks are in the form of a text.

FALSE - All except part 4 (transformations) for which the six questions are unrelated.