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L1&L2\n\n# The Reading Test\n\nLevel 1 Content Standards  \nThe 10 Content Standards on which the candidates will be tested are:  \nContent Standards  \n9 Identify and understand the main points,ideas and details in texts  \n10 Compare information,ideas and opinions in different texts  \n11 Identify meanings in texts and distinguish between fact and opinion  \n12 Recognise that language and other textual features can be varied to suitdifferent audiences and purposes  \n13 Use reference materials and appropriate strategies(e.g.using knowledge ofdifferent word types)for a range of purposes,including to find the meaning ofwords  \n14 Understand organisational and structural features and use them to locaterelevant information (e.g.index,menus,subheadings,paragraphs)in a range ofstraightforward texts  \n15 Infer from images meanings not explicit in the accompanying text  \n16 Recognise vocabulary typically associated with specific types and purposesof texts (e.g.formal,informal,instructional,descriptive,explanatory andpersuasive)  \n17 Read and understand a range of specialist words in context  \n18 Use knowledge of punctuation to aid understanding of straightforwardtexts  \n## Text purposes and their definitions:\n\nThe Test will include a range of three straightforward texts on a rangeof topics and of varying lengths that instruct,describe,explain orpersuade.  \n·Instruct-to tell the reader how to do something,for example acquirea new skill  \n·Describe -to give details to the reader about an event(often inchronological order),person,place or object  \n·Explain -to make something clear to the reader by giving relevantinformation in logical detail  \n·Persuade-to attempt to change the reader's opinion or behaviour  \nStraightforward texts describe subjects and materials thatcandidates often meet in their work,studies orother activities.Contentwithin texts is put across in a direct way with the main points easilyidentifiable;usually the sentence structures of such texts consist ofmore than one subject or more than one independent clause (i.e.compound sentences),and students will be familiar with thevocabulary.Straightforward texts are more demanding than simpletexts containing simple sentence structure.The vocabulary ofstraightforward texts will typically consist of a range of familiar andcommon words together with some specialist words.  \n# The Reading Test\n\nThe Reformed Reading Test differs in many ways from the Legacyspecification.  \nThe Test willtake 60 minutes.  \nThe Test will be marked out of 30.  \nThere will be 3 texts and 15 questions.  \nAll the questions will be based on the 10 DfE Content Standards.  \nQuestions 1 to 3 will be based on Text A=5marksQuestions 4 to 9 will be based on Text B=12 marksQuestions 10 to 14 will be based on Text C=10 marksQuestion 15 will be based on Text B and Text C=3marks  \nAll texts in the test will be linked by a common topic /theme.  \nTexts will cover topics such as:  \n·   Accommodation  \n·   Apprenticeships  \n·   Consumer issues  \n·   Health and safety  \n·   Healthy living  \n·   Improvements to college/workplace  \n·   Interests  \n·   Issues/opinions  \n·   Job search  \n● Leisure activities  \n·   Personal finance  \n·   Technology  \n·   Transport and travel  \nPossible formats of the texts:  \n● Adverts  \n● Articles  \n·   Blogs  \n● Emails  \n● Internet discussions  \n● Leaflets  \n● Letters  \n·   Reports  \n● Reviews  \n·   Webpages  \n● Web forums  \n## Text Length\n\nText A will contain between 80-100 words.  \nText B will contain between 300-320 words.  \nText C will contain between 200-220 words.  \n## The Test\n\nThe pages that follow illustrate the Sample Assessment Materialswith texts,questions,marked examples and annotations.  \nEach question provides the relevant Content Standard,the SAMsquestion,the mark scheme answers and (in italics)any relevantnotes.  \nThe Test is based on these three texts.  \n# Pearson Edexcel 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