Euro Examinations
Webset • Level B1
List of Downloadable Files (PDF & MP3)
Euro B1 Examination Guide: Listening
• Question Paper
Mediation Part One • Answer Sheet
• Question Paper • Answer Keys & Audio Scripts
• Answer Sheet • Short Conversation MP3
• Answer Key • Making Notes MP3
• Radio Programme MP3
Mediation Part Two
• Question and Answer Sheet Speaking
• Answer Key • Procedure, Script & Materials
• Dialogue MP3 • Marking Criteria
Reading
• Question Paper
• Answer Sheet
• Answer Key
Writing
• Question Paper
• Answer Sheet
• Marking Criteria & Model Answers
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felhasználás kizárólag az Euro Nyelvvizsga Kft. kifejezett írásos hozzájárulásával engedélyezett! Az euroexam az Euro Nyelvvizsga
Kft. Magyarországon és más országokban bejegyzett védjegye.
Revised in August 2014.
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Euro B1 Examination Guide
The Euro and EuroPro exams test communicative competence by testing success in real communication.
Exam tasks are directly based on the Common European Framework of the Council of Europe. Passing the
Euro or the EuroPro Exam indicates that the candidate can undertake a variety of real-life tasks in English.
At Euro B1 there are five types of examination the candidate may attempt.
• Monolingual Written (Written examination without the mediation test)
• Bilingual Written (Written examination with the mediation test)
• Oral (Oral Examination only)
• Monolingual Complex (Written and oral examinations without the mediation test)
• Bilingual Complex (written and oral examinations with the mediation test)
To pass any of these examinations the candidate must have an average mark of 60% over all the tests
attempted and score at least 40% in every test.
If the candidate fails a complex examination, but has satisfied the conditions for passing either the written or
the oral examination, s/he is awarded the written or oral examination.
Test Number of tasks Time
Mediation (Optional) 2 ca. 35’
Reading 3 35’
Writing 2 50’
Listening 3 ca. 35’
Speaking 4 10 + 20’
Total Time Approx. 2 hrs 45 mins + breaks
Mediation Part One (Time: 20 minutes) Reading (Time: 35 minutes)
Dictionary use: The candidate may use a printed Dictionary use: The candidate may use a printed
(i.e. non-electronic) dictionary throughout this task. (i.e. non-electronic) dictionary thoughout the
Reading Test.
Translation Hungarian to English
Task 1 – Paragraph Headings
The candidate receives an informal letter of 60-70
words written in Hungarian. S/he has to translate the There are six paragraphs for which the candidate
letter into English. The candidate may use a printed must find the most appropriate heading from a
choice of eight paragraph headings. Two headings
(i.e. non-electronic) dictionary.
are not needed. An example is provided.
Mediation Part Two (Time: ca. 15
Task 2 – Scan Reading
minutes) The candidate reads four texts on a single topic
and seven statements containing information from
Dictionary use: The candidate may use a printed one of the texts. The candidate’s task is to decide
(i.e. non-electronic) dictionary during the last two which text each statement relates to. An example is
minutes of the test after the audio has finished. provided.
Dialogue Task 3 – Multiple-Choice Reading
The candidate answers seven multiple choice
The candidate hears a dialogue of 10 turns (including comprehension questions based on a single text
two examples) between two participants, a Hungarian of 250-350 words, normally an article, letter or
(speaking in Hungarian) and an English speaker narrative.
(speaking in English). The candidate writes down
the main points of the conversation in the opposite
language to the one s/he hears. Two examples are
given.
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Writing (Time: 50 minutes) Speaking (Time: 10 minutes preparation + 20
minutes interview)
Dictionary use: The candidate may use a printed
(i.e. non-electronic) dictionary thoughout the Dictionary use: The candidate may use a
Writing Test. printed (i.e. non-electronic) dictionary during the
preparation period only.
Task 1 – Form Filling
Candidates are examined in pairs. There are
The candidate fills a form. The first four questions two examiners: one an interlocutor, the other an
require a single word or short phrase as answers. assessor. The candidate has ten minutes before the
The second four questions require short answers of test for preparing Task 2. The candidate may use
15 to 20 words each. The total number of words for printed (i.e. non-electronic) dictionaries during the
this task is 60 to 80. preparation period.
Task 2 – Discursive Writing Task 1 – Interview
There are two tasks from which the candidate The interlocutor will ask the candidate one introductory
chooses one. The candidate must write 80-100 question and then two questions on another topic.
words. The type of text is typically an email, letter Topics include travel, work, family, sport, cinema,
or postcard. hobbies, education, relationships, housing, news
and current affairs and the environment.
Listening (Time: ca. 35 minutes)
Task 2 – Picture Story
Dictionary use: The candidate may use a printed (i.e. The candidate receives a picture story with an
non-electronic) dictionary during the last five minutes of opening line; the task is to tell the story. Before
the test after the audio has finished. meeting the examiner, the candidate has had ten
minutes to prepare a story. The candidate may make
Task 1 – Short Conversations notes in the preparation stage, but should not read
aloud from a prepared script.
The candidate listens twice to six short recordings
made in the same location, and matches them with Task 3 – Transactional Dialogues
eight pictures, diagrams or short pieces of text, (e.g.
a list, email extracts, advertisements). The candidate receives a cue card. The card
describes a situation, the candidate’s role in the
Task 2 – Making Notes situation and gives instructions. The candidate
speaks, the interlocutor gives a scripted reply and
The candidate listens twice to an extended then the candidate responds to the reply. Each
monologue. There are notes based on the text candidate will have three cue cards. Candidates
which contain nine gaps. Each gap requires a piece alternate in doing this task.
of information, which the candidate must write while
listening in no more than three words.
Task 4 – Discussion
Task 3 – Radio Programme The candidates as a pair receive a topic card which
The candidate listens twice to an excerpt from a contains a debatable point or question (e.g. what are
radio programme. S/he answers ten multiple choice some of the problems of living in a foreign country?).
questions while listening. The programme may be First they think of issues which answer the question
news, documentary or formal discussion. or contribute to the debate. Then the candidates
discuss, expand on and prioritise these issues. Task
4 is the only task in the speaking test in which the
candidates talk to their partner.
