JETSET LEVEL FOUR

WRITING TEST SAMPLE PAPER

JET VERSION
TIME ALLOWED 80 MINUTES
You need

This question paper

A Pencil

You may NOT use a dictionary

Do NOT open this paper until you are told to do so.

Try to answer ALL the questions.

INSTRUCTIONS

Read each question carefully

Write your answers in the spaces provided

Page 1 of 8

Part One
Zoe is on holiday in Greece. She writes a postcard to her parents. Complete the
sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Follow the example.

Dear Mum and Dad,

The picture on the front of this postcard is of Patras, the third biggest city in Greece.
(EXAMPLE)
will visit
If I come back to Greece, I (visit) __________________
Patras again because
everybody is so friendly. I dont know if you (1 come) __________________
to Patras when you were in Greece, but if you did (2 remember) __________________
what a lovely city it is.
Do you remember when I was little how we ( 3 catch) __________________ fish in
the lake when (4 stay) __________________ at Grandmas?
Well yesterday I (5 go) __________________ fishing in the Ionian Sea but I
(6 not catch) __________________ anything. I (7 go) __________________
again tomorrow! If I didnt have a return ticket I (8 stay) __________________
longer. Doras parents (9 invite) __________________ me to stay for the rest of the
summer! ( 10 mind) __________________ ringing the travel agent and asking if I
can change my ticket? You are the best mum and dad in the world and I miss you very
much,
Love,
Zoe
PS Please will you send me some more money?
(10 marks)
Page 2 of 8

Part Two
Bernard is meeting his friend Jack at Glasgow railway station. Make complete
questions or complete sentences from the notes.
Example:

You / visit Scotland / before?

Have you ever visited Scotland before

11.

You / have / good journey?

12.

Yes thanks. I / never / travel / so far / by train / before.

13.

Is it true / train / break down / at Preston?

14.

Yes, / we / wait / at Preston / for over an hour.

15.

Lets have a coffee then. A new caf / just / open / a new caf /
across the road.

(5 marks)

Page 3 of 8

Part Three
Read the following conversation and fill in the gaps in the same way as the
example.
Example:

am I ?
Hi, Im not late, ............................
No, its only just three oclock.

You got your exam results yesterday .................................................. (16).

Yes, I passed!

Congratulations! Mum said you would pass,.................................................... (17).

Yes, she did, but I didnt believe her, .............................................. (18).

No, you should have more confidence in your abilities! So youre off to university
now,................................................ (19).

Yes, Ill be moving to London in October. Youll miss me,

.......................................................................... (20).

Not really, brother dear. Mum says I can have your room!

(5 marks)

Page 4 of 8

Part Four
Sunita speaks to her brother Ranjit on the phone. Read the conversation and
then rewrite it in indirect speech after each prompt.
Example:
Hi Ranjit. I hope I havent woken you.

Sunita said hi to her brother and said she hoped

she hadnt woken him
No, Ive been awake for hours.
21

I want to know what time you will arrive tomorrow.

22

The plane will land at four fifteen.

23

Ill be there to meet you.

24

Thanks Sunita, I cant wait to see you!

25

(5 marks)
Page 5 of 8

Part Five
Read these sentences about London and then rewrite them in the correct form
of the passive.

Example: The Roman Emperor Claudius established London in 50AD.

London
26.

was established by the Roman Emperor Claudius in 50AD.

Edward the Confessor made London the capital of England in 1045.

London

27.

In 1665, bubonic plague killed 70,000 citizens.

In 1665, 70,000 citizens

28.

The following year a great fire ended the plague.

The following year the plague

29.

Sir Christopher Wren rebuilt much of the city.

Much of the city

30.

Millions of people visit London every year.

London

(5 marks)

Page 6 of 8

Part Six
Is the Internet a good thing or a bad thing?
Write a letter to a newspaper giving your views on the Internet. You can
continue writing on the next page
_______________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

Page 7 of 8

___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
(10 marks)
Page 8 of 8

Education Development International plc