10G Practice Skills' Check

Practice Skills' Check

10 General (Writing & MAZE)

Multiple Select

What will the Skills' Check 1 test you on?

• reading

• writing

• listening

• speaking

Multiple Select

What percentage of term 1's continuous assessment grade will it be?

• 10%

• 20%

• 15%

• 1%

Multiple Select

For Skills' Check 1 you will have to do a MAZE short reading task.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

For the Skills' Check, we will have to write a structured paragraph

• True

• False

Open Ended

Practice Writing Skill's Check Question 1:

Write the opening paragraph about a story you read as a child.

Remember that your response will be marked for the following:

• Task completion

• Organisation

• Use of vocabulary

• Range of language structures

• Accuracy of grammar

• Punctuation

• Spelling

Open Ended

Practice Writing Skill's Check Question 2:

Imagine you are watching a camel race in the UAE. Write a paragraph describing what you see.

Remember that your response will be marked for the following:

• Task completion

• Organisation

• Use of vocabulary

• Range of language structures

• Accuracy of grammar

• Punctuation

• Spelling

Open Ended

Practice Writing Skill's Check Question 3:

Write a paragraph about the different ways and benefits of relaxing.

Remember that your response will be marked for the following:

• Task completion

• Organisation

• Use of vocabulary

• Range of language structures

• Accuracy of grammar

• Punctuation

• Spelling

Open Ended

Practice Writing Skill's Check Question 4:

Write a paragraph about how you can improve your health, with diet and exercise.

Remember that your response will be marked for the following:

• Task completion

• Organisation

• Use of vocabulary

• Range of language structures

• Accuracy of grammar

• Punctuation

• Spelling

MAZE Reading Practice

Choose the word that makes sense in the sentence.

Multiple Choice

Young Emirati girls learn for/the/to sew before they can embroider.

• for

• the

• to

Multiple Choice

In the past, people would/will/are make up weird stories to explain features of animals.

• would

• will

• are

Multiple Choice

Human jockeys are now will be/have/being replaced with robots.

• will be

• have

• being

Multiple Choice

Exercise is/are/will be necessary for the body.

• is

• are

• will be

Multiple Choice

Outdoor pursuits are friendly/helpful/kind for exercise.

• friendly

• helpful

• kind

Multiple Choice

To find/increase/reduce stress, exercise is important.

• find

• increase

• reduce

Multiple Choice

Downtime is why/when/for your body relaxes.

• why

• when

• for

Multiple Choice

Exercise helps make/improve/good your health.

• make

• improve

• good