Achtung — surprise as exams catch World Cup fever

THE World Cup was the topic of a number of questions on German papers for Junior and Leaving Certificate candidates yesterday.

Neil O’Callaghan of the TUI said a letter question about the World Cup on the higher-level Junior Certificate paper was quite surprising, as a question about something so specific is not normal at this level.

He said anybody who gets an A at higher level will have done very well. The first reading comprehension passage had a lot of detail. There was a good chance for students to write about television or mobile phones but two of the trickier grammar topics — gender and case — came up.