Matura · Język Angielski — Poziom Podstawowy · Saudi Arabia
Język Angielski — Poziom Podstawowy for the Matura Exam — Saudi candidates
10% of the Matura test plan. English at the basic Matura level: reading, listening, and writing at B1 level. Calibrated for Saudi candidates.
High-stakes exams reward two skills equally: knowledge and test-craft. This page focuses on both for one of the most failure-prone areas. Język Angielski — Poziom Podstawowy sits at roughly 10% of the Central European Matura School-Leaving Exam content distribution — Język Angielski at the basic level is compulsory for virtually all Matura candidates. The exam tests reading comprehension, listening comprehension, and a short writing task at approximately B1–B1+ level. A minimum 30% is required to pass. English Matura is one of the most popular exams due to its wide university use. Pass rates for the Matura are published annually by the awarding body and vary by cohort and locale. For Saudi candidates preparing for Matura, the calibration of study to local context matters: GAT (Qudurat) and Tahsili gate Saudi university admission; IELTS and TOEFL are required for English-medium programs at KFUPM, KAUST, and overseas study.
Common failure modes
These are the patterns that cause most candidates to lose marks on this topic. Recognising them in advance is half the work.
- !Listening section: missing answers because preparation time was not used to read questions
- !Writing task: not covering all required content points in the short email/letter
- !Reading: confusing True/False/Not Stated questions — conflating "False" with "Not Stated"
Study tips
- 1Practice B1 English grammar: past tenses, conditionals, passive voice, modal verbs.
- 2For reading True/False/Not Stated questions: if the text does not address the statement at all, the answer is "Not Stated."
- 3For the writing task, plan content before writing: identify all required content points and assign one sentence to each.
- 4Saudi candidates preparing for Matura can leverage the existing GAT (Qudurat) preparation infrastructure — many concepts (verbal reasoning, quantitative comparison) transfer directly.
Sample Matura Język Angielski — Poziom Podstawowy questions
These sample items mirror the format and difficulty of real Matura questions. Practice with thousands more on the free Koydo question bank.
- 1
A Matura reading text says: "The museum opens at 10 am on weekdays." A question asks: "The museum is open at 9 am on Saturdays." The answer is:
- ATrue — the museum is open from 9 am
- BFalse — the text says 10 am on weekdays
- CNot Stated — there is no information about weekend hoursCorrect
- DTrue — museums are usually open early
Why this answer?
The text mentions weekday hours only (10 am on weekdays). It does not give any information about Saturday hours. Therefore the answer is "Not Stated" — we cannot determine if the Saturday information is true or false based on what the text says.
Frequently asked questions
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