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Date
6 May 2027, 9:00
Working time
120 min (basic level)
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Standard time; it can be longer with special arrangements. CKE: komunikat o harmonogramie egzaminów w 2027 r. (20 sierpnia 2026). Data checked: 2026-11-04.

Topics and revision

Reading comprehension

  • At basic level this part is 33% of the points: 20 tasks and texts totalling 1,100–1,500 words.
  • The requirements cover the main idea, specific information, the author's intention, context, text organisation, facts and opinions, and inference.
  • The texts are at B1+ level, so they can include unknown words whose meaning can be guessed.
  • The answer must come from the text, not from what merely seems likely.
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Language reactions in language use tasks

  • The basic-level written exam has no separate language-functions part.
  • Written reactions (requirements VII.1–15) are tested in the Language Use part, which is 22% of the points.
  • The requirements include suggesting, requesting, apologising, agreeing and refusing, giving opinions and giving advice.
  • What matters is whether the reply fits the situation and the other person, not only whether it is grammatical.
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Language use: grammar

  • The structure list in the guide includes modal verbs, conditionals 0, I and II, wish and the passive.
  • Tenses at this level are Present and Past Simple and Continuous, Present Perfect and its Continuous, Past Perfect, and will and going to.
  • Tasks include gaps, sentence transformations and building sentences from given words.
  • Reported speech, indirect questions, question tags and have something done are also tested.
  • The third and mixed conditionals are not part of the basic level.
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Language use: vocabulary

  • Topics I.1–14 include people, home, school, work, shopping, travel, health and the environment.
  • Word formation, collocations and phrasal verbs are typical.
  • A lexical set means choosing one word that fits several sentences.
  • Learn words in combinations, such as make a decision, do homework.
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Writing

  • The form is an e-mail or a blog or forum post, and writing is 20% of the points.
  • You must address the four elements of the task and write 100 to 150 words.
  • Marked are content (0–5), coherence and logic (0–2), range of language (0–3) and accuracy (0–2).
  • Developing an element means more than just mentioning it, for example adding a reason or an example.
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Sample questions

Question 1 · Reading comprehension

When Lena Novak moved to a small town by the sea, she expected a quiet life. Instead, she found a problem: the local library was about to close because too few people used it. Lena, a retired engineer, had an idea. She asked the owner of an empty shop in the main street if she could use it for free for three months, and she filled it with books nobody wanted. Anyone could take a book, and nobody had to bring it back. At first people were suspicious. Some thought she was selling something. But after a few weeks, children started coming after school and older neighbours stopped by for a chat. By the end of the summer, the council had noticed the crowds and offered to keep the library open if volunteers helped. Lena was the first to sign up. "I didn't save anything," she says. "I just gave people a reason to meet."

What was the problem Lena found when she moved?

  1. She could not find work.
  2. The shop had no customers.
  3. The library might close.
  4. Her flat was too noisy.

Answer: The library might close.

The text says the local library "was about to close because too few people used it".

Question 2 · Language reactions in language use tasks

Complete the dialogue. A: Shall we go to the cinema tonight? B: ____ I have to study for a test.

  1. Sorry, I can't.
  2. You're welcome.
  3. Yes, I'd love to.
  4. Here you are.

Answer: Sorry, I can't.

B gives a reason for not going, so a refusal fits.

Question 3 · Language use: grammar

I ____ my keys. Can you help me look for them?

  1. was lost
  2. have lost
  3. am losing
  4. lose

Answer: have lost

The Present Perfect shows a past event with a present result: the keys are still missing.

Question 4 · Language use: vocabulary

I need to ____ a decision by Friday.

  1. take off
  2. give up
  3. make
  4. do

Answer: make

The fixed collocation is "make a decision".

Question 5 · Writing

How many words should the written text have at basic level?

  1. 200–250
  2. 100–150
  3. at least 300
  4. 50–120

Answer: 100–150

The guide sets 100–150 words. 50–120 is the eighth-grade exam.

Official CKE papers

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