A1 CEFR

Examination format

Total examination time: 6 minutes

The examination consists of one assessed phase:

Conversation with the examiner (up to 6 minutes).

Candidate performance

In addition to the items listed for the previous grade, the candidate is expected to demonstrate the

following communicative skills and meet the language requirements listed below during the examination.

Communicative skills

Understand short, simple questions, requests and statements

Respond with appropriate actions and positive and negative short form answers

Contribute to the conversation using memorised phrases and short statements

Use a basic range of words and simple phrases related to personal details and situations

Ask for very basic personal information, e.g. about possessions

Grade 2

Language requirements

Language functions

Indicating the position of people and objects

Describing people, animals, objects and places very simply

Stating simple facts

Informing about possessions

Asking very simple questions about personal details

Grammar

The candidate is expected to demonstrate the ability to understand:

Present simple tense questions

Question words who? when?

present continuous tense questions

Determiners some, any

The candidate is expected to demonstrate the ability to understand and use:

Present simple tense

There is/are and has/have got/have you got? Do you have?

Question words where? how?

Prepositions of place in, on, under, between, next to

Determiners their, its Possessive pronouns mine, yours, his, hers

Yes/no answers to present continuous tense questions

Lexis

The candidate is expected to demonstrate the ability to understand and use vocabulary related to:

Rooms in the home

Household objects

Family and friends

Pets

Possessions

Days of the week and months of the year

Cardinal numbers up to 50

The language functions listed above

Phonology

The correct pronunciation of words relevant to the lexical areas listed above

Basic intonation patterns for simple questions

Contractions, e.g. I’ve, I’m, he’s