How a Bandwise test is made, and why you can trust its answer key

UNIT l1 — Listening Part 1 (Academic test). Fragment id "l1", part 1, Questions 1–10.
What is heard: a new member joining a public library and reserving items.
Build the distractors around this: the caller changes one detail partway through (a date, a time or a quantity).
Speakers — use exactly these ids, names, genders and accents (plus the narrator):
- id "tamsin": Tamsin Rasmussen, librarian — female, australian accent
- id "liam": Liam Abernethy, new member — male, british accent
Question groups, in this order and with exactly these numbers:
- Questions 1–10 — Form completion (group id "l1-g1"; type "completion", variant "form"): wordLimit {"words":1,"number":true} — the instructions must say "ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER"
Script: 650–950 words including narrator lines; answers are heard in question order with two or three sentences between them.
Difficulty: Standard — aimed at candidates working towards Band 6–7. The density, vocabulary and paraphrasing of a typical live paper; distractors are plausible and need careful reading or listening to reject.

UNIT l2 — Listening Part 2 (Academic test). Fragment id "l2", part 2, Questions 11–20.
What is heard: a tour introduction at a botanical garden.
Angle: rules, safety and what to bring.
Speakers — use exactly these ids, names, genders and accents (plus the narrator):
- id "sofia": Sofia Whitcombe, head gardener — female, british accent
Question groups, in this order and with exactly these numbers:
- Questions 11–16 — Multiple choice (group id "l2-g1"; type "multiple-choice"): 6 single-answer questions (select: 1)
- Questions 17–20 — Multiple choice (choose TWO) (group id "l2-g2"; type "multiple-choice"): 2 "Choose TWO" question(s) with select: 2 and five options A–E, numbered 17 and 19; each occupies two question numbers
Script: 650–950 words including narrator lines; answers are heard in question order with two or three sentences between them.
Difficulty: Standard — aimed at candidates working towards Band 6–7. The density, vocabulary and paraphrasing of a typical live paper; distractors are plausible and need careful reading or listening to reject.

UNIT l3 — Listening Part 3 (Academic test). Fragment id "l3", part 3, Questions 21–30.
What is heard: a student discussing a work-placement report with a tutor, on machine translation.
Speakers — use exactly these ids, names, genders and accents (plus the narrator):
- id "tomas": Tomas Kowalczyk, student — male, british accent
- id "imogen": Imogen Eastwick, tutor — female, south-african accent
Question groups, in this order and with exactly these numbers:
- Questions 21–24 — Matching features (group id "l3-g1"; type "matching", variant "features")
- Questions 25–30 — Multiple choice (group id "l3-g2"; type "multiple-choice"): 6 single-answer questions (select: 1)
Script: 650–950 words including narrator lines; answers are heard in question order with two or three sentences between them.
Difficulty: Standard — aimed at candidates working towards Band 6–7. The density, vocabulary and paraphrasing of a typical live paper; distractors are plausible and need careful reading or listening to reject.

UNIT l4 — Listening Part 4 (Academic test). Fragment id "l4", part 4, Questions 31–40.
What is heard: a lecture on detecting forgeries in the art market.
Angle: an overview lecture tracing how understanding of the subject has changed.
Speakers — use exactly these ids, names, genders and accents (plus the narrator):
- id "grace": Grace Iverson, lecturer — female, british accent
Question groups, in this order and with exactly these numbers:
- Questions 31–37 — Notes completion (group id "l4-g1"; type "completion", variant "notes"): wordLimit {"words":2,"number":false} — the instructions must say "NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS"
- Questions 38–40 — Sentence completion (group id "l4-g2"; type "completion", variant "sentence"): wordLimit {"words":2,"number":false} — the instructions must say "NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS"
Script: 650–950 words including narrator lines; answers are heard in question order with two or three sentences between them.
Difficulty: Standard — aimed at candidates working towards Band 6–7. The density, vocabulary and paraphrasing of a typical live paper; distractors are plausible and need careful reading or listening to reject.

UNIT r1 — Academic Reading, Passage 1. Fragment id "r1", section 1, Questions 1–13.
Subject: the history of the university lecture.
Treatment (descriptive): its origins and historical development, period by period.
Length: 700–850 words.
Question groups, in this order and with exactly these numbers:
- Questions 1–7 — TRUE / FALSE / NOT GIVEN (group id "r1-g1"; type "judgement", variant "true-false-not-given")
- Questions 8–13 — Table completion (group id "r1-g2"; type "completion", variant "table"): wordLimit {"words":1,"number":false} — the instructions must say "ONE WORD ONLY"
Difficulty: Standard — aimed at candidates working towards Band 6–7. The density, vocabulary and paraphrasing of a typical live paper; distractors are plausible and need careful reading or listening to reject.

UNIT r2 — Academic Reading, Passage 2. Fragment id "r2", section 2, Questions 14–26.
Subject: procrastination.
Treatment (discursive): differing expert forecasts and what each assumes.
Length: 750–900 words.
Question groups, in this order and with exactly these numbers:
- Questions 14–20 — Matching headings (group id "r2-g1"; type "matching", variant "headings"): 10 headings with roman-numeral ids
- Questions 21–26 — Summary completion (group id "r2-g2"; type "completion", variant "summary"): wordLimit {"words":2,"number":false} — the instructions must say "NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS"
Difficulty: Standard — aimed at candidates working towards Band 6–7. The density, vocabulary and paraphrasing of a typical live paper; distractors are plausible and need careful reading or listening to reject.

UNIT r3 — Academic Reading, Passage 3. Fragment id "r3", section 3, Questions 27–40.
Subject: amateur astronomy clubs.
Treatment (argumentative): the writer calls for a change of policy and answers the objections.
Length: 800–950 words.
Question groups, in this order and with exactly these numbers:
- Questions 27–30 — Multiple choice (group id "r3-g1"; type "multiple-choice"): 4 single-answer questions (select: 1)
- Questions 31–35 — YES / NO / NOT GIVEN (group id "r3-g2"; type "judgement", variant "yes-no-not-given")
- Questions 36–40 — Matching sentence endings (group id "r3-g3"; type "matching", variant "sentence-endings")
Difficulty: Standard — aimed at candidates working towards Band 6–7. The density, vocabulary and paraphrasing of a typical live paper; distractors are plausible and need careful reading or listening to reject.

UNIT writing — Academic Writing.
Task 1 (Academic): two pie charts for two years or two groups (one "pie" visual with two series, each summing to 100), showing tea and coffee consumption in four countries. Visual kinds, in order: pie.
The invented data must tell this story: the rank order at the end is the reverse of the start.
Task 2: essayType "opinion", on young children cared for by grandparents or by nurseries (Family and society). Question frame: To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Timing, fixed by the exam: minutes 60; Task 1 minWords 150 and suggestedMinutes 20; Task 2 minWords 250 and suggestedMinutes 40.
Difficulty: Standard — prompts as abstract and as worded as those of a typical live paper.

UNIT speaking — Speaking (identical for both modules).
Part 1 topics, in this order, four questions each: the home you live in; giving gifts; weekends.
Part 2 cue card (A person): "Describe a person who taught you something useful".
Part 3 theme: role models, influence and relationships between generations. Five or six questions, moving from concrete comparison to abstract speculation.
Timing, fixed by the exam: minutes 14; Part 2 prepSeconds 60 and speakSeconds 120.
Difficulty: Standard — prompts as abstract and as worded as those of a typical live paper.