This page is intended to offer good, ordinary advice to people who want to know about examinations in English. For this reason the English used here is as simple and direct as possible. The page is not intended to give English teachers or examiners material to argue about, and although it comes from Severnvale Academy, Shrewsbury, U.K. it is only partly intended as an advertisement for our school – if we think other English language schools may do some things better, we say so. But of course we believe that the way we teach English is best – or we would teach it some other way!
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1. Do I need to do an English exam?
2. Are there any good reasons for not doing exams?
3. When is the best time to do an exam?
4. Do I need to follow an examination course?
5. Which are the best exams to do?
6. Can I find exam practice materials on the internet?
If you have a question you would like to ask about examinations in English, why not send us your question on our form?
