Cambridge English: Key (KET) for Schools prepares school-age learners for higher level English language qualification.
Paper | Content | Marks (% of total) |
Purpose |
---|---|---|---|
Reading and Writing (1 hour 10 minutes) |
9 parts / 56 questions | 50% | Shows a student can understand simple written information such as signs, brochures, newspapers and magazines. They will also have to fill gaps in simple sentences and write a short message or note. |
Listening (30 minutes, including 8 minutes transfer time) |
5 parts / 25 questions | 25% | Requires a student to be able to understand announcements and other spoken material when people speak reasonably slowly. |
Speaking (8–10 minutes per pair of candidates) |
2 parts | 25% | Tests a student’s ability to take part in a conversation by answering and asking simple questions. Their Speaking test will be conducted face to face with one or two other students. This makes their test more realistic and more reliable. |