Reading & Writing
What’s your hobby?
Practise the Reading (Part 3) and Writing (Part 6) tasks from Unit 13 of Complete Key for Schools. Read an article about a teenage Go player and choose the correct answer, then find and correct the mistakes in a short email — with instant auto-grading and a model answer.
Teenage Go Player
Read the article about James, a teenage Go player. For each question, choose the correct answer (A, B or C).
Teenage Go Player
James Kwak is a Go player. He has lived in South Korea since he was eight years old. His parents moved there with the whole family five years ago. Now, at the age of 13, many people think James could become one of the best Go players in the world.
James’ mother is a good Go player, but James didn’t learn until he was seven. ‘Some of my friends wanted to join the local Go club even though none of them knew how to play!’ he says. ‘Luckily the PE teacher is a fantastic player – she taught us at lunch time.’
James loves to win competitions. In fact, he’s made quite a lot of money, but that’s not the most important thing to him. He travels around the world, too, but he says that can be tiring. ‘The best thing is meeting lots of lovely people. We have loads of fun together.’
In his free time, James loves watching TV because he doesn’t have to think! ‘My friends like pop and rock videos, or superhero movies. I prefer the funny stuff. If it doesn’t make me laugh, I’m not interested.’
He’s not sure about what he’ll do in the future. ‘I don’t think I will be the world’s number-one player,’ he says. ‘But who knows?’ He’s thinking about going to university and studying to be a doctor. The one thing he knows for sure is that he’ll never stop enjoying the game.
Best of luck, James!
Correct the email & write your own
In the A2 Key Writing test, Part 6 asks you to write a short email (25 words or more). First, find the mistakes in Federico’s answer below. Then write your own email for a new task.
- You want to go shopping with your English friend, Maddy, on Saturday. Write an email to Maddy.
- In your email: ask Maddy to come with you · tell Maddy where to meet you · say what she should bring.
Would you like to come shopping with me on Saturday.1 Let’s meet at 10 o’clock outside the libary2. I hope we will have3 a very nice time.
See you,
Federico
- You want to go sailing on Saturday with your English friend, Bobbie. Write an email to Bobbie.
- In your email: ask Bobbie to go sailing with you on Saturday · say where you want to go sailing · tell Bobbie what he should take.
Model answer — 25+ words, all three points
Would you like to go sailing with me on Saturday? Let’s go sailing on the lake near my house. Please take some warm clothes and your camera. See you soon!
Marco
Tip: answer all three points, start with a greeting (Hi Bobbie), and end politely (See you soon). Ask a question with Would you like to…?
🎯 Finished?
Submit to grade the 9 auto-graded items (5 reading + 4 email-correction), or use 👁 Show Answer on each question.