EXAM PREPARATION
Prepare with purpose.
Practice with a plan.
Try a real task. Practice with support. Use what you learn in a new situation.
Your goal
Extract an action, deadline and condition from a workplace message.
1. Pre-check
Try the task before opening guidance. Keep your first response and the help you used.
2. Read the practice situation
Message from Nina: Please send the final delivery list by Wednesday at 11 a.m. The driver leaves at noon. If you cannot finish the list, call me before ten so we can agree on a change. The destination stays the same. We have not approved any extra delivery stops.
Notice the language and reasoning
- Separate a reporting time from a final deadline.
- Connect a condition with the action it triggers.
- Do not treat an unapproved option as part of the schedule.
3. Guided practice
What must the reader send, and when?
The final delivery list by Wednesday at 11 a.m.
When should a delay be reported?
Before 10 a.m., not after the driver leaves.
Which change is not approved?
Extra delivery stops.
4. Produce and revise
Create your own complete response or explanation. Then compare with the model, revise and explain one change. For open responses, several wordings or conclusions may work.
One model response or explanation
The message requests the final list by 11 a.m. on Wednesday because the driver leaves at noon. If that is not possible, the reader should call Nina before ten to agree on a change. The destination is unchanged, and extra stops have not been approved. A reply should confirm the task or explain the difficulty early.
Four-part self-check
Use 0–3 for each area. Not tried yet is separate from 0. Judge this task, not your whole English level. Do not convert these scores into an exam score or certificate.
Task completion
- 0 — The required communication is not yet achieved.
- 1 — Some relevant work is done, but key requirements are missing or inaccurate.
- 2 — The response achieves this goal: Extract an action, deadline and condition from a workplace message.
- 3 — It achieves the goal clearly and handles relevant detail or follow-up without inventing facts.
Clear meaning and organization
- 0 — The main message cannot yet be understood.
- 1 — The reader or listener needs substantial help to connect the ideas.
- 2 — The response is understandable and organized for the task.
- 3 — Structure and emphasis make the reasoning or action easy to follow.
Fit for the situation and interaction
- 0 — The response does not address the audience or situation.
- 1 — Some choices fit, but tone, attribution or response causes confusion.
- 2 — The response suits the audience and handles the other view or question fairly.
- 3 — It adapts effectively, clarifies limits and helps communication move forward.
Language range and control
- 0 — There is not enough relevant language to communicate the meaning.
- 1 — Limited words or errors obscure important information.
- 2 — Suitable connected sentences, useful time expressions and requests communicate the main meaning; errors do not usually block it.
- 3 — Those resources are chosen effectively and controlled well for this task.
5. Try a fresh situation
Message: Send the stock count by Friday at 2 p.m.; the meeting starts at three. If the count may be late, message Omar before noon. The storage location has not changed. Identify the action, two deadlines and unchanged information.
Checking guide
Stock count by Friday two; warning before noon; meeting at three; same storage location. These times serve different purposes.
The local rubric evaluates this practice task only. It does not reproduce the test owner’s scoring scale. Revisit a fresh example after a break and keep your work in your own notes.
Continue with the connected language unit or return to the test overview.