ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXAMINATIONS - MAY 2011 - LAAS Language Attainment Assessment System Level A1 Certificate

Sep 30, 2026

English language examination booklet for the LAAS Language Attainment Assessment System, Level A1, with certificate recognition by ICC. Includes exam instructions, overall timing for Parts A/B/C totaling 90 minutes, and separate sections for Listening (25 points), Reading & Usage (50 points), plus exercises on numbers, comprehension, true/false statements, vocabulary and sentence completion. Text includes a reading passage about OATS compostable shoes and an interactive matching and gap-filling section.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages9

Reading Time23 min

AccessFree to download

Instructions

Listening (Part A)

Listening Exercise 1: Numbers 1 to 8

Listening Exercise 2: Numbers 9 to 15

Reading & Usage (Part B)

Reading & Usage Exercise 1: Numbers 16 to 25

Reading & Usage Exercise 2: Numbers 26 to 30

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXAMINATIONS
MAY 2011 | NAME
LAAS
LANGUAGE ATTAINMENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEM
Level A1
Certificate Recognised by ICC
INSTRUCTIONS
• Be sure you have written your name at the top of this page.
• Do not open this booklet until the exam starts.
• The order of the exam papers is: PART A Listening, PART B Reading & Usage, PART C Writing.
• Time allowed for all three parts: 90 minutes | | --- | --- | LAAS MAY 2011 A1 LISTENING PAGE 1 Α LISTENING (25 points) Time: approximately 20 minutes 􀀁 As you listen to the recording, mark your answers in this booklet. 􀀁 Answer all the questions. Give only one answer for each question. 􀀁 After the end of the recording, you will have 3 minutes to transfer your answers onto your Answer Sheet. Mark them in 2H or HB pencil. LISTENING EXERCISE 1: Numbers 1 to 8 AFTER SCHOOL and AT THE WEEKEND Write the letter of a picture, A to F, in each of the spaces, 1 to 8. You will use some letters more than once. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. LAAS MAY 2011 A1 LISTENING PAGE 2 LISTENING EXERCISE 2: Numbers 9 to 15 MELI CALLS DOCTOR THEMIS Choose the correct answer for each question, 9 to 12. Circle its letter, A, B or C. 9. How does Meli’s brother make her feel? A. happy B. lazy C. bad 10. What does Meli think? A. She is fatter than her friend. B. She is not as fat as her friend. C. She is about the same size as her friend. 11. When does Meli eat her biggest meal of the day? A. in the morning B. soon after school C. in the evening 12. What does Meli’s mother sometimes prepare for her lunch? A. meat and vegetables B. chips and hamburgers C. fruit and milk Decide if statements 13 to 15 are true or not. Write A for True or B for False in the space beside each number. 13. The only exercise Meli gets at present is walking to school. 14. Dr Themis tells Meli to go for a walk every day after school. 15. Meli will take ballet lessons with her friend twice a week. LAAS MAY 2011 A1 READING & USAGE PAGE 3 B READING & USAGE (50 points) • You are advised to spend about 40 minutes on this part of the test. • You may mark your answers on this booklet while you are working on them. • Answer all the questions. Give only one answer for each question. • When you have finished, mark your answers on your Answer Sheet using a 2H or HB pencil. READING & USAGE EXERCISE 1: Numbers 16 to 25 Read the text. Then do the exercises on page 4. WHAT TO DO WITH DIRTY SHOES Everybody talks about their dirty sports shoes. They wear them for P.E. class at school and for sport. Of course, their feet get very hot, and the shoes get very dirty. After a few months, they smell really bad! And, then, the only thing to do is throw them away. Right? Wrong! Two businessmen in Amsterdam have a better idea. Chris Maats and Dirk Oudshoorn have started a new company called OATS. They make sports shoes to use when they’re too dirty to wear. They studied the idea for almost two years and then decided to make shoes you can put in the‘compost bin’. You may not know what compost is. So, let’s explain it. In the forest, leaves fall down from the trees and, after some time, they become dirt. It’s very good dirt with lots of good food for new plants. You can make the same thing in your garden, or even on your balcony. Meat and fat do not make good compost, but you can put vegetables left from dinner, or dead leaves from your plants, into a bin. Wait about three months and the vegetables and leaves will become good, black dirt. You can put this dirt around garden plants or in your flower pots, and your plants will grow bigger and more beautiful. Now, you can do the same thing with your dirty, old sports shoes ... if they’re OATS shoes. These shoes will become good dirt in your compost bin! What a great idea! The company is going to sell its compost-shoes in Europe this summer, but not in shoe shops. You can writ

FAQs

What are the three parts of the exam and how long do they take?

The exam has Part A Listening, Part B Reading & Usage, and Part C Writing. All three parts together take 90 minutes.

How should answers be marked during the listening section?

Mark your answers in the booklet while listening, answer all questions with only one answer per question, and after the recording transfer them to the Answer Sheet using 2H or HB pencil.

What topic does the Reading & Usage passage “WHAT TO DO WITH DIRTY SHOES” cover?

It describes a company called OATS that makes sports shoes intended for composting, explaining what compost is and how dirty shoes can become “good dirt” for plants.

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