JETSET LEVEL SIX

WRITING TEST PRACTICE PAPER

TIME ALLOWED 105 MINUTES
Complete the details below in block capitals.
Candidate Name
Centre Code

Candidate
Number

Candidate ID Number

Number of additional sheets handed in

You need

This question paper

A pencil

You may NOT use a dictionary

Do NOT open this paper until you are told to do so.
Try to answer ALL the questions.
INSTRUCTIONS

Read each question carefully

Write your answers in the spaces provided

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Part One
Rewrite each sentence so that the meaning is similar. Include the given words.
Example:

Ill write this report, and then Ill make a few phone calls.

After

Ive written this report, Ill make a few phone calls.

1.

Your hair will never grow long if you keep on having it cut.
Unless

2.

I wanted to go to Australia but I didnt have enough money.

If

3.

Vandals had defaced the statue with graffiti.

The statue

4.

I didnt try hard enough when I was at school. I regret that.

I wish

5.

I wish I hadnt eaten all that chocolate. I feel so ill.

If

6.

Put that knife down! You might hurt yourself!

If

7.

I didnt know that she hated pasta and I gave her spaghetti!
If

8.

Will you both be staying for three nights? asked the receptionist.
The receptionist

9.

This watermelon is the same weight as that one.

These two watermelons

10. Would you mind posting this letter for me?

Please

.
(10 marks)

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Part Two
Read the following text and fill the numbered gaps with a suitable word or
words. The first one has been done for you.

BANANAS
If you are feeling low eat a banana! A recent survey
suggested

that

people suffering from depression felt

much better 11_______________ eating a banana. This is

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____________ bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein

that converts into serotonin known to make you relax and improve your mood.
Research has also shown 13____________ this potassium-packed fruit can assist
learning 14___________ making you more alert. Two hundred students at a school
in Twickenham were helped through their exams by eating bananas at breakfast and
lunch in a bid to boost 15__________________ brain power.
This unique tropical 16____________________ is extremely high in potassium,
making it the perfect food 17________________________ helping to beat high blood
pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has allowed the
banana industry to make official claims for the fruits ability to reduce the
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________________________ of high blood pressure

and stroke. Bananas can even help you give up smoking because they contain high
levels of vitamins C, A1, B6 and B12, 19_________________ potassium and
magnesium, which can all help the body recover 20_____________________ the
effects of nicotine withdrawal.

(10 X marks)

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Part Three
Read the following text and write a summary of it in the space provided on the
next page. Try to write about 100 words.
SLEEP
A good nights sleep involves both quality and quantity,
and while the amount needed varies from person to person,
experts generally recommend seven to eight hours. In one
study, seeking to identify the ideal length of sleep,
subjects spent 14 hours in the dark each day for four
weeks. At first, they slept about 11 hours a night, but
that decreased during the second and third weeks. By
the final week, they were sleeping an average of 8 hours
15 minutes a night, which is considered by some to be the physiological ideal.
However, research suggests that as far as mortality is concerned, the best survival is
experienced by those who sleep 6.5 to 7.5 hours.
If you feel refreshed in the morning and function optimally, then you are probably
getting enough sleep, and good quality sleep. If, however, the only thing that gets
you out of bed in the morning is the promise of caffeine, what should you do? Most
importantly, you should try to establish a regular pattern of going to bed and getting
up at the same time. The body has a natural 24-hour cycle and this can go out of
sync if you dont keep to a routine. But that doesnt mean you should go to bed if
youre not tired. If you go to bed too early, you may have trouble dropping off, or
suffer restless sleep.
Once youve established a regular routine that allows 7-8 hours sleep, what can you
do to maximise the chances of a good nights sleep? Just as you would warm up for
a workout, it seems that winding down as bedtime approaches is a good idea. A
warm bath, some relaxing music or gentle yoga can all get you in the mood for
slumber. Its best to pursue activities that calm the mind as bedtime draws near. That
rules out taking your laptop to bed, and means avoiding thrilling or violent films or
books, which could leave you feeling alert or apprehensive.
You also need to make sure your bedroom is conducive to a good sleep. The room
should be well-ventilated and completely dark. Your mattress should be neither too
firm nor too soft and should support your spine. Similarly, you should make sure that
your pillow doesnt throw your neck out of alignment with the rest of the spine. Having
too many pillows thrusts the head forward or sideways, while none at all can cause
the head to tip backwards.
While everyone has the odd bad night or phase of sleeping, if problems getting to
sleep or staying asleep persist, dont ignore them. Poor sleeping habits dont just
make you grumpy and sluggish, they have also been linked to a weakened immune
system, depression and even heart disease. Its enough to keep you awake at night!

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Part Three (continued)

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Part Four
Write a letter to a travel agent complaining that the holiday you booked with
them was not as advertised in their brochure. Use the space provided below.

Dear Sir / Madam.......

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Part Five
Produce short, appropriate responses to the following statements and
questions.
Example:

Do you think its going to rain?

I hope not.

21. I cant stand reality television programmes.

22. Dont forget to pick the kids up from school.

23. I just love weekends!

24. Have you got a light?

25. Are you going to the meeting?

(5 marks)

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Part Six
Read the following text and fill the gaps by writing the correct form of the verb
from the infinitive supplied. The first one has been done for you.

William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare, undoubtedly the most famous and
perhaps the greatest of all English
playwrights,

was

(be) born in Stratford-upon-Avon,

Warwickshire in 1564. Whilst little is 26__________ (know) of

Williams early life it is thought that he 27______________
(attend) the grammar school in Stratford where pupils were
taught mostly in Latin. What he did when he 28__________
(leave) school is not entirely clear but some think he
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___________ (become) a schoolteacher.

What is known is that he 30__________ (marry) Anne Hathaway, had a daughter,

Susannah, in 1583 and twins, Hammet and Judith, two years later in 1585. History is
sketchy on this period of his life. We know that in 1592 he was in London earning a
living as an actor and a playwright. How he came to leave Stratford and his family is
unknown. Some think that the need to support his family 31_______________ (lead)
him to seek his fortune in London.
While he 32____________ (live) in London, he wrote and 33______________
(perform) in his own plays and became a member of an acting company called the
Lord Chamberlains Men. He also became a partner in the Globe Theatre, before
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____________ (return) to Stratford for good. He died on 23 April 1616 and was

buried two days later in the same church in Stratford in which he

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(baptise).
(10 marks)

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Part Seven
Join these sentences in the same way as the example using both or neither.
Example:

Ive visited Australia. John has visited Australia.

Both John and I have visited Australia.

36. Andrew doesnt smoke. Leo doesnt smoke.

37. Ive never been abroad. Debbies never been abroad.

38. Youve been working here for ten years. Ive been working here for ten years.

39. He wont know anybody at the party. She wont know anybody at the party.

40. He was at Essex University in the 1980s. She was at Essex University in the
1980s.

(5 marks)

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Part Eight
Choose one of the following and write your answer in the space provided. You
may continue writing on the next page.
Write a magazine article to persuade people to visit the capital of your country.
Or
Write about your proudest moment.

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Part Eight (continued)

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