Multilevel Language tests: Walking into the land of the unexplored

Part 5. Multiple choice, single answer (reading). Test 
takers need to read a passage and answer multiple-
choice questions 
Part 1. Multiple-choice questions on short texts. Six 
short texts from a variety of sources, each with one 
3-option multiple-choice question 
Part 2. Multiple matching. Six profiles of people to 
match with four longer text descriptions 
Part 3. Gapped sentences. Six extracted sentences are 
inserted into a longer text 
Part 4. Multiple-choice questions on a longer text. 
Four 3-option multiple-choice questions 
Abilities assessed: careful reading; expeditious 
search reading; local and global meaning 
Inference; understanding attitude, opinion, and writer 
purpose; understanding reference and meaning in 
context 
Writing 
Part 1. Summarize written text (reading & writing). 
Test takers need to write a summary of a text in one 
sentence. They have 10 minutes to write their 
summary, in which they have to include the main 
points of the reading passage in a full, single 
sentence of no more than 75 words 
Part 2. Essay (writing). Test takers need to write a 
200-300 word argumentative essay in response to a 
prompt. They have 20 minutes to write the essay 
Part 1. Email. Written response to an input email; 80 
– 130 words 
Part 2. Essay or article/review. Essay OR 
article/review on a topic typical of classroom 
discussion; 100 – 160 words 
Abilities assessed: giving information; expressing 
and responding to opinions and feelings; inviting, 
requesting, and suggesting; writing to develop and 
argument; narrating and describing; writing to 
persuade or suggest 
Speaking 
Part 1. Personal introduction (speaking). Test takers 
need to give some personal information for 30 
seconds. This item is not scored