Kes exam help
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Re: Kes exam help
If there are fewer applications this year, perhaps we should expect that KES will bring their exam date forward for next year?
Re: KES exam. This is what my ds1 revealed to me four years ago:
Maths had three sections to it: part A, B (12, 40 word questions) and part C (about 6 lengthy scholarship type q's).
Comprehension paper: told a story about a boy who wished to become a member of a gang. To join the gang, he has to pass an 'initiation test'. The boy was at the top of a warehouse, (30ft drop to the ground, and across was a narrow wooden beam). The test involved him walking across the beam and back again.
Typical questions: what is an initiation test? What was the initiation test that the narrator had to do? Who was the narrator’s best friend and give two/ three pieces of evidence? Who disliked the narrator the most– give 3 pieces of evidence? Who was the leader– give 2 pieces of evidence? What were the two things that were stored in the rooms? Which 3 things destroyed the warehouse?
The composition involved continuing the story just read, (story ends with the gang waiting to see whether the boy would take the test)—you are the narrator who’s trying to join the gang which has Razz, (the leader), Tocky (a boy who dislikes you) and Titch (you’re best friend)...continue the story.
VR covered the full range of traditional questions.
Re: KES exam. This is what my ds1 revealed to me four years ago:
Maths had three sections to it: part A, B (12, 40 word questions) and part C (about 6 lengthy scholarship type q's).Comprehension paper: told a story about a boy who wished to become a member of a gang. To join the gang, he has to pass an 'initiation test'. The boy was at the top of a warehouse, (30ft drop to the ground, and across was a narrow wooden beam). The test involved him walking across the beam and back again.
Typical questions: what is an initiation test? What was the initiation test that the narrator had to do? Who was the narrator’s best friend and give two/ three pieces of evidence? Who disliked the narrator the most– give 3 pieces of evidence? Who was the leader– give 2 pieces of evidence? What were the two things that were stored in the rooms? Which 3 things destroyed the warehouse?
The composition involved continuing the story just read, (story ends with the gang waiting to see whether the boy would take the test)—you are the narrator who’s trying to join the gang which has Razz, (the leader), Tocky (a boy who dislikes you) and Titch (you’re best friend)...continue the story.
VR covered the full range of traditional questions.
