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This card is for the grown-up, not for ELSA. It carries the answers, so keep it to yourself. She still has to see the pictures — open the same paper on the tablet for her, which shows them and nothing else until she opens a fold herself. Then sit opposite her, read each Say: line out loud, give her the time the part allows, and tick the box when you hear the thing the line beside it is listening for.
Ask a grown-up for the password.
Look at the two pictures. They look the same, but five things are different. Tell me what is different.
Say: “Here are two pictures of a bedroom. They look the same, but five things are different. Look carefully, and tell me all five things that are different.”
“In picture one the sweater is red, but in picture two it is blue.”
Listen for: two colour words in one sentence, joined by 'but'
“In picture one it is sunny, but in picture two it is raining.”
Listen for: weather words — 'sunny', 'raining'. Accept 'there is rain'.
“In picture one there are two birds, but in picture two there is only one bird.”
Listen for: 'there are' with a plural, then 'there is' with a singular
“In picture one there is a scarf on the chair, but in picture two there is no scarf.”
Listen for: the word 'scarf', and a negative — 'there is no' or 'there isn't'
“In picture one the cat is on the bed, but in picture two the cat is on the chair.”
Listen for: the preposition 'on', with the right piece of furniture each time
Part 1 mark: / 5
Look at the four pictures. They tell a story. I will start it, and then you tell me the rest.
Say: “These four pictures tell a story. It is called 'The cat and the kite'. Look at all four pictures first. In the first picture, a cat is sitting under a tree, and a kite is flying high in the sky. Now you tell me the story.”
“A cat was sitting under a tree, and a kite was flying in the sky.”
Listen for: the scene set — a tree, a kite, the sky
“Then the wind blew very hard, and the kite flew into the tree.”
Listen for: a joining word — 'then', 'next', 'after that' — and a past tense verb
“The cat climbed up the tree because it wanted to get the kite.”
Listen for: 'climbed', and a reason with 'because' or 'to'
“The cat got the kite down, and now it is very happy.”
Listen for: an ending — the story is finished, not just abandoned
Part 2 mark: / 4
Look at each row of four things. Tell me which one is different, and why it is different.
1. Which one of these four is different, and why?
“The apple is different, because you eat an apple, and you wear the other three.”
Listen for: 'because' and a real reason — the NAME alone is only half the mark
2. Which one of these four is different, and why?
“The kite is different, because the other three are weather, and a kite is a toy you fly.”
Listen for: the word 'weather' as the category, not four separate words
3. Which one of these four is different, and why?
“The hat is different, because the other three are animals, and you wear a hat.”
Listen for: 'animals' as the category, and 'wear' for the hat
Part 3 mark: / 3
I am going to ask you some questions about yourself. Try to answer in a whole sentence, not just one word.
1. What is your favourite kind of weather, and why?
“My favourite weather is sunny, because then I can play outside.”
Listen for: a reason with 'because' — a one-word answer is half a mark
2. What do you wear when it is very cold outside?
“When it is cold I wear a coat, a scarf and my boots.”
Listen for: two or more clothes words in one sentence
3. Which animal do you think is the cleverest? Why do you think that?
“I think the dolphin is the cleverest, because it can learn things quickly.”
Listen for: a superlative — 'the cleverest' — not 'clever'
4. Tell me about something you did last weekend.
“Last weekend I went to the park and I rode my bike with my friend.”
Listen for: past tense — 'went', 'played', 'rode'. Present tense here is the thing to correct.
5. Is your school bag bigger or smaller than your friend's bag?
“My school bag is bigger than my friend's bag.”
Listen for: a comparative with 'than' — the whole point of Unit 8
Part 4 mark: / 5