Westminster International University in Tashkent – CPFS Entrance Exam
Thursday 27th August 2015
TEST SPECIFICATIONS
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General purpose
Specific purpose
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Test level
Time
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To select students for the Pre Foundation courses
To determine whether test takers have sufficient
knowledge and skills (use of English, reading and
writing) to cope with their studies
Intermediate
1 hour 15 minutes
USE OF ENGLISH AND READING
Text
 Source
 Level of difficulty
 Register
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Task
 Test method
 Number of items
 Instructions
 Weighting
Topic areas
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Grammar areas
Range of sources from books/textbooks, internet, travel
brochures, etc reflecting different kinds of discourse, i.e.
description, narrative, compare/contrast, argumentation
FK: 5.5 – 11.0 (Flesch Kincaid)
Moderately formal to informal, without slang and less
known colloquialisms
Multiple choice and short answer questions
15 in use of English tasks; 15 in reading tasks
in English
2 marks per item; Section 1 = 30%; Section 2 = 30%
These include everyday situations and reflect the type of
topics students are likely to meet while studying in the
lyceum:
 education
 entertainment: sports, media [news/newspapers
etc], events, shopping, cinema/theatre, arts/music,
literature, hobbies, fantasy
 environment: weather/climate, problems, nature,
animals,
 foreign countries: places of interest, culture, history,
travel,
 people/society: famous people, family, relationships,
emotions, adventures, everyday life
 sciences: discoveries/inventions, health/food,
agriculture/industry/economics
Test takers are expected to show that they can correctly
use:
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articles [not complicated cases]
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nouns: countable/uncountable; singular and plural;
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pronouns: personal - subject and object; possessive
adjectives and possessive pronouns; indefinite
pronouns
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quantity: quantifiers [some, any, a lot of, much,
many, [a] few, [a] little]; numbers; distributives [both,
all, half, every, each]; dates
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adjectives/comparative structures
adverbs
verbs: tenses and ways of expressing future; the
passive; the imperative; the sequence of tenses;
‘have’ meaning something other than ‘possess’;
modal verbs; simple phrasal verbs, e.g. ‘go on’, the
infinitive, present and past participles
 prepositions and conjunctions/linking devices [e.g. so
that]
WRITING
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Task One
 Format
 Length
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Topics
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Weighting
Task Two
 Format
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Length
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Topics
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Weighting
Informal piece of writing – e.g. email, letter, diary entry
About 150 words
Any topic test takers can relate to, e.g. favourite school
subject, best friend, memorable event, birthdays,
holidays, travel, sport, etc
20%
A more formal piece of writing in essay format,
expressing opinions.
About 200 words
Any topic test takers can relate to, e.g. climate,
environment, pollution, studying abroad, health, food,
science, employment, using the Internet, etc.
20%
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