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YCT Test

Test format and time allocations

Level 1

Section	Time	Type	Focus	Numbers of Questions		Score
Listening Comprehension	Approx. 10min	Yes/No Questions	Basic vocabulary	6	10	100
		Multiple Choice	Time, numbers, numerals Understanding Conversations	4
Reading	20	Multiple Choice	Vocabulary	14	20	100
		Multiple Choice	Understanding Conversations	6
Total	30			30		200

Level 2

Section	Time	Type	Focus	Numbers of Questions		Score
Listening Comprehension	Approx. 20min	Multiple Choice	Simple Sentences	10	10	100
Listening Comprehension	Approx. 20min	Multiple Choice	Daily life dialogue	10	10	100
Reading	20	Sequencing	Making sentences using words or phrases	13	20	100
Reading	20	Multiple Choice for Sequencing	Short articles	7	20	100
Writing	5	Writing	Writing characters	5		100
Total	45			45		300

Level 3

Section	Time	Type	Focus	Numbers of Questions		Score
Listening Comprehension	Approx. 20min	Multiple Choice	Understanding simple dialogues and matching pictures accordingly	5	20	100
		Multiple Choice	Time, quantity, directions, occupations, role and relations	10
		Multiple Choice	Short articles	5
Reading	30	Multiple Choice	Chosing a word to fill blanks in context	12	28	100
Reading	30	Multiple Choice	Understanding articles, finding details , summaryzing	16	28	100
Writing	10	Composition, according yo an assigned topic	Writing characters Writing paragraphs	2		100
Total	60			50		300