A2 Key for Schools (KET) Reading & Writing Part 4 Test – Digital Media & The Internet 2
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Test 1
Questions 19-24
For each question, choose the correct answer.
Writing a Food Blog
Many teenagers today love eating different meals and trying new recipes. If you enjoy making food in your kitchen, starting a food blog is a wonderful (19)…………… to share your hobby.
First, you need to spend time (20)…………… about the meals you make. You can tell your readers exactly how to prepare the ingredients and cook them. People also love seeing what the dish looks like, so you must always take clear (21)…………… of your food. When a meal looks very (22)…………… , everyone will want to try it at home!
After you finish, you simply put your text and images on the (23)…………… so people around the world can read your post. It is always exciting to read the comments from your readers. Having a food blog can help you make new friends who also love (24)…………… .
19 A trip B way C road
20 A telling B saying C writing
21 A paintings B photos C drawings
22 A hungry B delicious C thirsty
23 A internet B computer C television
24 A playing B doing C cooking
Answer Key & Explanations
19 B (way): "A wonderful way to [do something]" is a common English phrase meaning a good method or idea. "Trip" and "road" are related to physical travel and do not fit this abstract meaning.
20 C (writing): "Writing" fits the semantic context of creating a blog (which is text-based) to share recipes. You use the verb "writing" with the preposition "about". "Telling" requires a person as a direct object (telling people about), and "saying" is for spoken words.
21 B (photos): "Take photos" is a fixed English collocation for capturing images with a camera or phone. You do not "take" paintings or drawings; you paint or draw them yourself.
22 B (delicious): "Delicious" correctly describes food that tastes and looks very good. "Hungry" and "thirsty" describe how a person feels when they need food or a drink, but they cannot describe the meal itself.
23 A (internet): "On the internet" is the standard collocation for putting digital files online for the world to see. You can put things on a "computer", but this does not make it available to "people around the world." A "television" is used for watching broadcasts.
24 C (cooking): "Cooking" fits the broader context of the entire text, which is about "making food" and preparing ingredients. "Playing" and "doing" do not fit the specific hobby of preparing meals in a kitchen.
Test 2
Questions 19-24
For each question, choose the correct answer.
Making Online Videos
Many teenagers today love watching and making short videos on the internet. To make one, you do not need an expensive camera because you can just use your mobile (19)…………… .
These videos are usually very (20)…………… , often lasting only fifteen or twenty seconds. Because they are quick to watch, you can easily enjoy a lot of them in a few minutes.
Many young people like to add popular (21)…………… to their videos so they can dance to it. Other people prefer telling jokes or doing silly things to make their videos extremely (22)…………… .
When the video is finished, you can send it to your friends. (23)…………… videos online with other people is a great activity to show your creativity. It is a fantastic (24)…………… to spend your free time and have fun with your classmates!
19 A phone B radio C television
20 A short B small C early
21 A music B photos C words
22 A funny B kind C lucky
23 A Sharing B Keeping C Holding
24 A way B course C road
Answer Key & Explanations
19 A (phone): The correct English collocation for a handheld digital device with a camera is a "mobile phone." A "radio" or "television" cannot be used to record videos.
20 A (short): The text explains that the videos last "only fifteen or twenty seconds," which describes time. Videos with a quick duration are "short." We use "small" for physical size and "early" for the time of day.
21 A (music): The text mentions that people "dance to it." You dance to "music." While you can add "photos" or "words" to a video, you cannot physically dance to them.
22 A (funny): Telling jokes and doing silly things are actions meant to make people laugh, which makes the video "funny." The adjectives "kind" (nice) and "lucky" do not fit the context of telling jokes.
23 A (Sharing): The previous sentence talks about sending the video to friends and putting it online for others to see, which means you are "sharing" it. "Keeping" or "holding" a video means you are hiding it and not letting others see it.
24 A (way): This tests the phrase-level expression "it is a fantastic way to," which means a great method or activity for doing something. While a "course" and a "road" are physical paths you can travel on, they do not form this fixed English phrase.
Test 3
Questions 19-24
For each question, choose the correct answer.
Digital Art
Many young people enjoy making art on a computer or a tablet. Making digital art is quite different from using normal paper.
To start, you look at a bright (19)…………… and use a special digital pen or a mouse. You can choose from thousands of beautiful (20)…………… to paint your picture. You can even mix them together perfectly.
When you begin (21)…………… on a computer, it is very easy to change things. If you (22)…………… a mistake, you do not need to throw the paper away. You can just click one button to (23)…………… the bad line and try again.
Because it is so easy to fix problems, many students (24)…………… a lot of time creating amazing pictures. When the art is finished, it is simple to send it to your friends on the internet.
19 A screen B board C glass
20 A colours B lights C shapes
21 A drawing B writing C reading
22 A make B do C get
23 A delete B close C finish
24 A spend B take C keep
Answer Key & Explanations
19 A (screen): A computer or tablet has a display that you look at, which is called a "screen". A "board" is used for writing in a classroom, and "glass" is just the material, not the device itself.
20 A (colours): You use "colours" to paint a picture. You do not paint with "lights", and while you can draw "shapes", you do not "mix them together perfectly" to paint in this context.
21 A (drawing): The entire text is about making art and pictures, which means you are "drawing". "Writing" is for letters or stories, and "reading" is for books.
22 A (make): "Make a mistake" is a fixed English collocation that means to do something incorrectly. We do not use the verbs "do" or "get" with the noun "mistake".
23 A (delete): To remove a bad line on a computer, you "delete" it. You "close" an app or a window, and "finish" means to complete something, not to remove it.
24 A (spend): "Spend time" is a common English collocation used when describing how you use your hours or days. We do not use the verbs "take" or "keep" in this specific pattern with the word "time".