Inglés, PAU 2025 de Cataluña: el examen de junio (serie 4) resuelto

El examen de junio (serie 4) de Inglés de la PAU de Cataluña de 2025, entero: los tres ejercicios tal como salieron. En la comprensión oral, el audio oficial y la opción correcta de cada pregunta con su explicación; en la lectura, una respuesta modelo de cada pregunta abierta con lo que acepta la pauta; y en la redacción, una redacción modelo por cada opción, con los cuatro criterios explicados. En el ejercicio 3 se elegía una de las dos preguntas, la 3.1 o la 3.2: las tienes resueltas todas.

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Explicaciones y respuestas modelo de EducaIA. La pauta de 2025 da la opción correcta de las 8 preguntas de la comprensión oral y la transcripción completa del audio, varias formulaciones válidas de cada pregunta abierta de la lectura y el reparto de los 4 puntos de la redacción en cuatro criterios (gramática, vocabulario y ortografía, cohesión, adecuación y coherencia); no da ninguna redacción modelo.

Qué entraba, en puntos

Los puntos de cada apartado, sumados por el tema que pregunta. Lo que se elegía dentro del ejercicio 3 va aparte, rayado.

Instrucciones del examen The exam consists of THREE mandatory parts. In the first part, listening comprehension is assessed through 8 multiple choice questions. It is worth 3 points. In the second part, reading comprehension is assessed through 6 open-ended questions. It is worth 3 points. In the third part, written expression is assessed. Here, you may choose ONE of the two given options. It is worth 4 points.

Los ejercicios del examen

2025Convocatoria ordinaria · Serie 4 · Ejercicio 1Part 1: Listening comprehension, an interview about the 30 by 30 plan

3 puntosCoincide con la pautaTemas: Comprensión oral
Enunciado oficial
Enunciado oficialEste examen solo se publicó en inglés.

30 BY 30

In this radio programme you are going to hear some new words. Read and listen to them. Make sure you know what they mean.

sea urchin: eriçó de mar / erizo de mar
seaweed: algues / algas

Ready?
Now read the questions on the following page. Read them carefully before listening to the radio programme.

[Now listen to the interview.]

QUESTIONS

Choose the best answer according to the recording. Only ONE answer is correct.

[3 points: 0.375 points for each correct answer. Wrong answers will be penalized by deducting 0.125 points. There is no penalty for unanswered questions.]

1.1 What inspired Jordan Scala to develop a plan to protect the planet?

[0.375 points]

1.2 According to Jordan Scala, what ultimately led to the destruction of Mediterranean marine life?

[0.375 points]

1.3 Fishermen in Cabo Pulmo

[0.375 points]

1.4 What does Jordan Scala say about the effect of human activity on wildlife and natural habitats?

[0.375 points]

1.5 Which of the following does Jordan Scala NOT mention as an advantage of using trees, grasslands, and oceans to reduce carbon pollution?

[0.375 points]

1.6 Which of the following statements is FALSE?

[0.375 points]

1.7 According to Jordan Scala, protecting the natural world

[0.375 points]

1.8 Which option best describes the overall tone of the dialogue between the interviewer and Jordan Scala?

[0.375 points]

Audio oficial

Audio oficial de la comprensión oral: Generalitat de Catalunya, Eureka, biblioteca digital (registro 810). Licencia CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Registro en Eureka

Elige tu opción y abre la respuesta para compararla.

1.10,375 puntos

  1. a) The discovery of new underwater species in the Mediterranean.
  2. b) The changes in marine life he observed from childhood to adulthood.
  3. c) The influence of Jacques Cousteau’s campaigns against overfishing.
  4. d) A passion for documenting marine life on film.
  1. a) Descartada

    No se dice en la entrevista: no habla de descubrir especies nuevas, sino de ver volver las que ya no veía desde niño: pulpos, peces grandes, bosques de algas.

  2. b) Correcta

    Jordan Scala cuenta que el mar de su infancia estaba vacío y que, al bucear de adulto en una reserva marina, encontró lo que faltaba: «What was missing from the sea of my childhood was there: octopus, large fish, seaweed forests». Es la segunda opción.

  3. c) Descartada

    Cousteau aparece por sus documentales («the underwater world that Jacques Cousteau showed us in his documentaries»), no por campañas contra la sobrepesca.

  4. d) Descartada

    No se dice en la entrevista que él quisiera filmar la vida marina: dice que de niño le fascinaban los documentales de Cousteau.

1.20,375 puntos

  1. a) World War II.
  2. b) Large scale exploitation of the sea for food.
  3. c) A large number of scuba diving tourists.
  4. d) Pollution of the sea by documentary filmmakers.
  1. a) Descartada

    La guerra solo marca el momento: durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial «the Mediterranean shores were still full of large fish»; lo que acaba con la vida marina es la industrialización de la pesca posterior.

  2. b) Correcta

    Jordan Scala lo dice así: «The industrialisation of fishing after World War II put the final nail in the coffin of Mediterranean marine life». La causa es la pesca industrial, es decir, la explotación del mar para obtener alimento. Es la segunda opción.

  3. c) Descartada

    No lo dice: el buceo turístico solo aparece como un beneficio para los pescadores de Cabo Pulmo, «diving tourism inside the reserve and better fishing around it», no como causa de la destrucción.

  4. d) Descartada

    No se dice en la entrevista: de los documentales solo dice que le fascinaban de niño.

1.30,375 puntos

  1. a) requested a marine reserve and later benefited from it.
  2. b) opposed the creation of a marine reserve but later benefited from it.
  3. c) catch more fish inside the reserve than before.
  4. d) warn divers about sharks inside the reserve.
  1. a) Correcta

    Jordan Scala cuenta que los pescadores «asked the Mexican government to create a no-fishing area» y que después «those visionary fishermen are better off now». Es la primera opción.

  2. b) Descartada

    Dice lo contrario: no se opusieron, fueron ellos quienes pidieron crear la reserva.

  3. c) Descartada

    Dentro de la reserva no se pesca («a no-fishing area»); la mejora está en el turismo de buceo y en la pesca de alrededor.

  4. d) Descartada

    No se dice en la entrevista: los tiburones solo salen como parte de la recuperación («the return of the large fish and sharks»), sin que nadie avise a los buceadores.

1.40,375 puntos

  1. a) Wild animals have adapted well to changes caused by human activity.
  2. b) Land animals’ habitat has been better protected than that of sea animals.
  3. c) More land is needed to farm pandas, tigers, and elephants.
  4. d) Human activity has removed 90 % of all fish from the ocean.
  1. a) Descartada

    Dice lo contrario: de los mamíferos, «Only four percent is everything else», es decir, lo que no son personas ni animales de granja.

  2. b) Correcta

    Jordan Scala da la cifra de lo protegido: «only seven percent of the ocean and around a fifth of our land has been protected». La tierra está mejor protegida que el mar. Es la segunda opción.

  3. c) Descartada

    Los pandas, tigres y elefantes salen como ejemplo de fauna salvaje, que es una parte muy pequeña de los mamíferos; no habla de criarlos ni de necesitar más tierra.

  4. d) Descartada

    Exagera: dice que se ha eliminado más del 90 % de los peces grandes («over 90 percent of the large fish in the ocean»), no de todos los peces.

1.50,375 puntos

  1. a) Their effectiveness.
  2. b) Their cost.
  3. c) Their long-term existence.
  4. d) Their naturalness.
  1. a) Descartada

    Sí la menciona: son «the best and most efficient technologies to remove carbon from the atmosphere».

  2. b) Descartada

    Sí la menciona: mientras se protejan, «they do the removal for free».

  3. c) Descartada

    Sí la menciona, con otras palabras: dice que «they already exist», es decir, que ya están disponibles.

  4. d) Correcta

    Las ventajas que enumera son su eficacia («the best and most efficient technologies»), que ya existen («they already exist») y que son gratis («they do the removal for free»). Que sean naturales no lo presenta como una ventaja, así que esa es la que no menciona. Es la cuarta opción.

1.60,375 puntos

  1. a) All three objectives are given the same priority everywhere.
  2. b) Protecting 30 % of the ocean is the minimum requirement.
  3. c) Protecting the most biodiverse areas will harm fishing.
  4. d) A new system is used to choose which areas to protect.
  1. a) Correcta

    Jordan Scala explica que elegir las zonas depende del peso que se dé a cada objetivo: «Picking which areas to protect depends on how much we value the different objectives»; dar el mismo peso a los tres es solo una hipótesis («if we gave the same weight to biodiversity, food and carbon»). Por eso es falsa la primera opción.

  2. b) Descartada

    Es verdadera: dice que «the minimum amount of ocean we would need to protect would be 30 percent».

  3. c) Descartada

    Es verdadera, aunque la opción es más tajante que lo que él dice: «Protecting the top areas for biodiversity could result in a loss of fish to catch».

  4. d) Descartada

    Es verdadera: «we developed a new framework to optimize multiple benefits» para elegir las zonas.

1.70,375 puntos

  1. a) is too expensive.
  2. b) requires government subsidies.
  3. c) requires international cooperation.
  4. d) requires the support of polluting industries.
  1. a) Descartada

    Dice lo contrario: el coste es «only a fraction of the money that governments use to subsidise industries that pollute».

  2. b) Descartada

    Habla de subvenciones, pero de las que reciben las industrias contaminantes, y propone «reverse the flow of that money».

  3. c) Correcta

    Jordan Scala insiste en que hace falta cooperar entre países: «Getting governments to work together is essential», y cita una coalición que ya reúne a 66 países. Es la tercera opción.

  4. d) Descartada

    No se dice en la entrevista: las industrias contaminantes solo salen como receptoras de subvenciones, no como un apoyo necesario.

1.80,375 puntos

  1. a) Optimistic and hopeful, focussing on solutions and positive outcomes for the planet.
  2. b) Neutral and scientific, focussing on factual explanations and technical details.
  3. c) Pessimistic and resigned, focussing on the destruction of nature, which is seen as inevitable.
  4. d) Alarmist and fearful, emphasizing the urgency of the environmental crisis.
  1. a) Correcta

    Jordan Scala habla de recuperación y de soluciones: «I have seen this miracle happen in other areas across the ocean» y «We saw it recover in only 10 years». Es la primera opción.

  2. b) Descartada

    Da cifras, pero para defender un plan de acción («we launched a campaign for 30 by 30»), y habla con entusiasmo de lo ya recuperado, así que el tono no es neutro.

  3. c) Descartada

    Habla de destrucción, pero no la ve inevitable: «I thought nature was lost» corresponde a antes de conocer la reserva, y después presenta soluciones.

  4. d) Descartada

    Reconoce el peligro («If we are to prevent a global disaster»), pero no habla con miedo: lo que domina son las soluciones y los resultados ya conseguidos.

Transcripción oficial del audio

Interviewer: Today I am joined by marine ecologist Jordan Scala who is here to tell us about 30 by 30, an ambitious plan to protect our planet. Jordan, what made you want to get started with this plan?

Jordan: When I was a kid growing up in the Mediterranean, I was fascinated by the underwater world that Jacques Cousteau showed us in his documentaries. When he started filming during World War II, the Mediterranean shores were still full of large fish. But when I went to the sea to swim in the '70s, I saw none of that. There were sea urchins at the bottom, but I never saw a large fish. The industrialisation of fishing after World War II put the final nail in the coffin of Mediterranean marine life. I thought nature was lost. Until, in my 20s, I started scuba diving in the Medes Islands marine reserve in Spain. One square kilometre fully protected from fishing and other damaging activities. I still remember that first dive in the reserve. As soon as I put my head underwater, I felt like diving into one of Cousteau's films. What was missing from the sea of my childhood was there: octopus, large fish, seaweed forests. Just a few years of protection had allowed the sea to recover.

Interviewer: Is the Medes Islands marine reserve unique, are there other areas of the sea which have recovered?

Jordan: No, I have seen this miracle happen in other areas across the ocean, like in Cabo Pulmo, Mexico, where local fishermen were so upset about not having enough fish to catch, that in the mid-90s, they asked the Mexican government to create a no-fishing area. A national park in the sea. We surveyed the marine environment then, and the place was an underwater desert. When we returned a decade later, everything had changed. What had been an empty sea was now full of life and colour. We saw it recover in only 10 years, including the return of the large fish and sharks. And those visionary fishermen are better off now. From diving tourism inside the reserve and better fishing around it.

Interviewer: So, there is obviously a strong argument for protecting our seas then.

Jordan: Yes, but today, globally, only seven percent of the ocean and around a fifth of our land has been protected. That means that we have converted most of our planet into a tame environment, where we and our farmed animals represent 96 percent of the mammals. Only four percent is everything else, from pandas to tigers to elephants. And we have removed over 90 percent of the large fish in the ocean in the last century alone.

Interviewer: Last summer saw some of the hottest temperatures in human history, in places that one would expect to be cool, like Canada, Finland and Siberia. I imagine this has played a role in the destruction of the natural environment.

Jordan: This extreme heat kills hundreds of thousands of people. If we are to prevent a global disaster, we need to do two things. As we know, we need to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to almost zero. But we also need to decrease the excess carbon pollution in the atmosphere and in the ocean. We need nature's help. Because trees, grasslands, and healthy oceans are the best and most efficient technologies to remove carbon from the atmosphere, and they already exist. As long as we protect them, they do the removal for free.

Interviewer: So that’s the solution. Surely, it can’t be that simple.

Jordan: The problem is that nature cannot keep up with us. The biodiversity that is left today is not enough to absorb our impacts any longer. That's why I put together a team of top scientists and economists to answer the question of which areas in the ocean we must protect first. And how much of the ocean do we need to protect? We decided to focus on three objectives: biodiversity, food and carbon storage to help the fight against climate change. If we think of each objective in isolation, there are compromises. Protecting the top areas for biodiversity could result in a loss of fish to catch, for example. To solve that problem, we developed a new framework to optimize multiple benefits. Picking which areas to protect depends on how much we value the different objectives. We found that if we gave the same weight to biodiversity, food and carbon, we would need to protect the right 45 percent of the ocean to maximize the three benefits. We also found that even if we didn't value biodiversity, the minimum amount of ocean we would need to protect would be 30 percent.

Interviewer: But what about land?

Jordan: Similar analysis has been done for the land, also showing 30 percent as a minimum. Armed with this research, we launched a campaign for 30 by 30, meaning at least 30 percent of the planet, land and sea, protected by 2030. Getting governments to work together is essential. Working with the governments of Costa Rica, France and the United Kingdom, we built the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People, which now has 66 countries, all supporting "30 by 30" as a main target for a global deal on nature.

Interviewer: Some will say, however, that we cannot afford to protect our natural world. What do you say to that?

Jordan: I understand that the idea of protecting a third of our land and ocean may feel threatening to those who see only the short-term profits of their destruction. But let's look at the numbers. A study has put the cost of protecting 30 percent of the planet at about 140 billion dollars a year. That's only a fraction of the money that governments use to subsidise industries that pollute our air, damage our land and empty our ocean. We need to reverse the flow of that money from funding the destruction of our life support system to preserving it.

Interviewer: Thank you, Jordan.

Adapted from:

Sala, E. Enric Sala: A bold plan to protect 30 percent of the Earth’s surface and ocean floor. TED Talk.

https://www.ted.com/talks/enric_sala_a_bold_plan_to_protect_30_percent_of_the_earth_s_surface_and_ocean_floor

Enunciado: Generalitat de Catalunya, Consell Interuniversitari de Catalunya, Oficina d’Accés a la Universitat. PAU de Inglés 2025, convocatoria ordinaria. La imagen es el examen oficial tal cual y el texto lo reproduce; las explicaciones y las respuestas modelo son de EducaIA. Consultado el 7 de noviembre de 2026; el documento no declara fecha de última actualización.

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2025Convocatoria ordinaria · Serie 4 · Ejercicio 2Part 2: Reading comprehension, how to make Neapolitan pizza

3 puntosDa las ideas que pide la pautaTemas: Comprensión escrita con preguntas abiertas
Enunciado oficial
Enunciado oficialEste examen solo se publicó en inglés.

HOW TO MAKE PIZZA LIKE A NEAPOLITAN MASTER

When you think of Italy’s most memorable dishes, its beloved pizza will most likely be among your top three favourites. It’s a comfort food that has become an obsession around the world. But what makes pizza from Italy so special, and where do you find the very best?

Like so many of the country’s most prized gastronomic delights like wine, olive oil and [5] cheese, the quintessential pie from Naples, where pizza was born, is now worthy of its own Designation of Controlled Origin (DOC). The city’s pizza-making tradition even received Unesco recognition in 2017 as an intangible cultural heritage item. Naples is the hub of the pizza napoletana, with generations of the same family groomed in the art of being a pizzaiolo (pizzamaker). And each family carefully guards its recipe variations with a passion that’s [10] matched perhaps only by the city’s love for its football team. There are three basic types of Neapolitan pizza: the Margherita, topped with tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese and fresh basil; the marinara, with no cheese and oregano and garlic instead of basil; and the “DOC”, made with mozzarella di bufala instead of the usual fior di latte made from cow’s milk.

Pizza is said to have originated in the city in the 1700s, after one of the essential ingredients, [15] the tomato, was brought from Peru. But even before that, Neapolitans had been eating a version of the pita, a kind of flatbread brought from Arabic immigrants, and which eventually evolved into “pizza” in the local dialect. Most upper-class Europeans originally considered tomatoes to be poisonous, but at a time of almost famine, local Neapolitans started topping their humble flatbreads with tomatoes, and soon the creation became a staple of the city’s cuisine. Today, there [20] are more than 500 pizzerias in Naples, but only a fifth of them are certified by the True Neapolitan Pizza Association, an organisation created in 1984 to protect and distinguish authentic pies from the wannabes. Its criteria are based not only on the ingredients that go into the pie—including everything from the type of flour in the dough to the provenance of the cheese—but also the preparation, from the dough fermentation style to oven temperature. The Association now even [25] holds an annual contest to judge which pizza makers are the best in the world.

So, how does one make an authentic Neapolitan pizza? To begin with, the dough must be made with Italian wheat flour, fresh brewer’s yeast, water and salt. The dough must be rolled by hand or with a slow speed mixer; never using a rolling pin. However, twirling it in the air to oxygenate the dough might be best left to the professional pizzaioli. Pureed tomatoes are [30] another necessary ingredient for a great pie—preferably San Marzano, which grow on the volcanic plains of Mount Vesuvius and are required for pizzas with DOC designation. Only two types of mozzarella should be used to get the designation: fior di latte made from cow’s milk; or mozzarella di bufala, made from the milk of the water buffalo that live in the Campania and Lazio regions.

[35] Of course, part of Neapolitan pizza’s fame comes from how it’s cooked. The dough must be no more than 3 mm thick and must bake for 60 to 90 seconds at a very high temperature inside a wood-burning oven, resulting in a pizza that’s crispy but not burnt. It all sounds easy enough, but there is a reason why some pizzamakers are considered true masters: that moment just before a pie becomes a burned mistake often lies in an expert’s eye. But even if you don’t [40] have DOC-qualified ingredients or a wood-burning oven, all you really need to make a good pie is flour, yeast, a can of tomatoes and cheese. Whatever ingredients you use, hopefully, the final result will be delicious.

Text adapted from an article by Ondine Cohane. BBC [online] (April 17, 2020)

intangible cultural heritage: patrimoni cultural immaterial / patrimonio cultural inmaterial
basil: alfàbrega / albahaca
yeast: llevat / levadura
rolling pin: corró / rodillo

QUESTIONS

Answer the questions below using complete sentences. You may use fragments from the text unless specified not to do so.

[3 points: 0.5 points for each correct answer. Up to 0.3 points might be deducted from the total mark for lack of intelligibility in the answers provided.]

2.1 Why is Naples’s football team mentioned in the text?

[0.5 points]

2.2 Find a sentence in the text that means the following: “The new dish rapidly gained popularity, becoming an essential element of Naples’ gastronomy.”

[0.5 points]

2.3 What is a wannabe (line 22)?

[0.5 points]

2.4 How does the True Neapolitan Pizza Association regulate Neapolitan pizzas? DO NOT COPY DIRECTLY FROM THE TEXT.

[0.5 points]

2.5 Finish the following sentence:
For a Neapolitan pizza to be considered DOC, it must have...

[0.5 points]

2.6 Explain IN YOUR OWN WORDS what the author means by “that moment just before a pie becomes a burned mistake often lies in an expert’s eye” (lines 38-39).

[0.5 points]

Escribe tu respuesta y compárala con la de la pauta: marca lo que tenía la tuya.

2.10,5 puntos

La respuesta modelo

The reference shows that Neapolitan families keep their pizza secrets with an intensity that only the city’s devotion to its football club can equal.

Lo que puntúa la pauta

0,5 puntos. La pauta no reparte idea por idea los puntos del contenido de este apartado.

La pregunta es para qué se menciona al equipo: la respuesta es una comparación. Lee la frase del segundo párrafo sobre cómo cada familia «guards its recipe variations» y fíjate con qué se compara esa pasión.

La pauta acepta, en inglés y literal:

  • Naples’s football team is mentioned in order to compare the passion families from Naples have to guard pizza recipes with the love Naples’s citizens have for their football team.

2.20,5 puntos

La respuesta modelo

Soon the creation became a staple of the city’s cuisine.

Lo que puntúa la pauta

0,5 puntos. La pauta no reparte idea por idea los puntos del contenido de este apartado.

Se pide una frase del texto que signifique lo mismo, no una explicación: cópiala tal cual. Búscala en el tercer párrafo, donde se cuenta cómo el plato nuevo pasó a ser básico en la ciudad.

La pauta acepta, en inglés y literal:

  • Soon the creation became a staple of the city’s cuisine (line 22).

2.30,5 puntos

La respuesta modelo

A wannabe is a weak imitation: something that claims to be the real thing but is not genuine, such as a pizza not made the Neapolitan way.

Lo que puntúa la pauta

0,5 puntos: la pauta pide una de las ideas siguientes.

Con las reglas de la pauta. Si una idea está, lo decides tú; si la tienes a medias, el tribunal puede darte una parte.

Pide el significado de una palabra, no una traducción: mira la frase donde aparece y fíjate con qué se contrasta («authentic pies from the wannabes»). Explica en inglés qué es un wannabe, con un sinónimo o con una definición.

La pauta acepta, en inglés y literal:

  • Something that is not considered authentic/original/
  • An imitation / a bad copy

2.40,5 puntos

La respuesta modelo

It certifies only the pizzerias that follow its rules about what goes into the pizza and how it is produced, starting with the ingredients and including the way the dough is prepared and baked.

Lo que puntúa la pauta

0,5 puntos. La pauta no reparte idea por idea los puntos del contenido de este apartado.

La pregunta prohíbe copiar del texto: describe con tus palabras qué controla la asociación. Son dos cosas, que aparecen en la frase del tercer párrafo que empieza «Its criteria are based not only on»: qué lleva la pizza y cómo se prepara.

La pauta acepta, en inglés y literal:

  • The Association controls/ They control the ingredients that are put on the pizzas and how they must be cooked. (among others)

2.50,5 puntos

La respuesta modelo

For a Neapolitan pizza to be considered DOC, it must have mozzarella of one of two kinds, the cow’s-milk fior di latte or the buffalo-milk mozzarella di bufala, plus San Marzano tomatoes grown around Mount Vesuvius.

Lo que puntúa la pauta

0,5 puntos. La pauta no reparte idea por idea los puntos del contenido de este apartado.

Hay que completar la frase y que siga siendo gramatical: empieza con «For a Neapolitan pizza to be considered DOC, it must have» y sigue con los dos ingredientes obligatorios que el cuarto párrafo liga a la denominación: el tomate y la mozzarella, que puede ser de uno de los dos tipos. Los detalles (dónde crece el tomate, de qué leche es cada queso) son un añadido; lo esencial son los dos ingredientes.

La pauta acepta, en inglés y literal:

  • San Marzano tomatoes (which grow on the volcanic plains of Mount Vesuvius) and either fior di latte (made from cow’s milk) or mozzarella di bufala (made from the milk of the water buffalo that live in the Campania and Lazio regions).

2.60,5 puntos

La respuesta modelo

The author means that spotting the exact second to take a pizza out of the oven before it burns takes the experience of a skilled pizza maker.

Lo que puntúa la pauta

0,5 puntos. La pauta no reparte idea por idea los puntos del contenido de este apartado.

Pide tus propias palabras: no copies la frase entre comillas. Piensa en qué necesita quien cocina para saber cuándo sacar la pizza justo antes de que se queme, y quién puede saberlo. Basta con una frase completa.

La pauta acepta, en inglés y literal:

  • Only an experienced cook / pizzaoiolo knows when a pizza is cooked to perfection / the cooking point of a pizza / when a pizza must be taken out of the oven to avoid it being burnt. (among others)

Enunciado: Generalitat de Catalunya, Consell Interuniversitari de Catalunya, Oficina d’Accés a la Universitat. PAU de Inglés 2025, convocatoria ordinaria. La imagen es el examen oficial tal cual y el texto lo reproduce; las explicaciones y las respuestas modelo son de EducaIA. Consultado el 7 de noviembre de 2026; el documento no declara fecha de última actualización.

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2025Convocatoria ordinaria · Serie 4 · Ejercicio 3Part 3: Writing

4 puntosUna redacción modelo de EducaIA: la pauta no da ningunaTemas: Reseña, descripción, blog y otros textos, Narración
Enunciado oficial
Enunciado oficialEste examen solo se publicó en inglés.

Choose ONE topic. Your answer should be 125-150 words in length. There is no specific penalty for exceeding 150 words in length.

[4 points: 1 point for grammar, 1 point for vocabulary and spelling, 1 point for cohesion and 1 point for adequacy and coherence.]

3.1 You and some friends have been to a new restaurant in your town which you enjoyed very much. The owners ask you to write a review in Google or Trip Advisor to help them publicize it. Mention the type of food they serve, their best dishes, the ingredients they use, the service, the decoration, the value for money and any other aspect that is worth mentioning.

[4 points]

3.2 We all know life is full of ups and downs. Imagine you recently faced a significant personal challenge. Write a narrative essay for your high school’s newspaper about a time when you faced this challenge. This could be an academic, emotional, or physical obstacle. Describe the situation, the decisions you made to overcome it, and the lessons you learned from the experience.

[4 points]

Escribe tu redacción, compárala con la redacción modelo y marca los criterios que cumple.

3.14 puntos

La respuesta modelo

Last Saturday I went with four friends to the new restaurant in our town, and we all loved it. It serves modern Mediterranean food, and the menu changes with the seasons.

Our favourite dishes were the creamy rice with wild mushrooms and the grilled octopus, which was tender and full of flavour. The ingredients are clearly fresh and local, and the vegetables tasted as if they had just been picked. For dessert, the lemon tart was light and perfectly balanced.

The staff were friendly and efficient, and they explained every dish patiently. The decoration is simple but warm, with wooden tables and soft lights. Considering the quality, the prices are very reasonable: a three-course meal costs about twenty euros per person.

The only small drawback is that the dining room gets noisy when it is full, so book in advance. Highly recommended!

Lo que puntúa la pauta

Cada criterio vale 1 punto.

Un punto por criterio. Si tu texto lo cumple, lo decides tú.

Qué mira cada criterio en esta redacción

  • Grammar Mira que las frases sean correctas y que se combinen tiempos y estructuras. Aquí hay pasado simple («Last Saturday I went with four friends to the new restaurant»), presente para valorar y una comparación hipotética («the vegetables tasted as if they had just been picked»).
  • Vocabulary and spelling Mira que el vocabulario sea preciso, propio de una reseña gastronómica, y que la ortografía sea correcta (aquí, en variante británica). Por ejemplo, «tender and full of flavour» y «the lemon tart was light and perfectly balanced».
  • Cohesion Mira que las ideas se enlacen y que cada párrafo tenga su función: la presentación, los platos y los ingredientes, el servicio y el precio, y la valoración final. Aquí, «The only small drawback is that the dining room gets noisy when it is full» introduce el matiz y «so book in advance» lo resuelve con un consejo.
  • Adequacy and coherence Mira que la reseña cubra lo que pide la consigna: el tipo de comida («It serves modern Mediterranean food»), los mejores platos, los ingredientes, el servicio, la decoración, la relación calidad-precio («a three-course meal costs about twenty euros per person») y alguna otra observación, como el ruido.

3.24 puntos

La respuesta modelo

Last year I had a real academic challenge: I failed my first two maths exams in a row and began to believe that I was simply bad at the subject.

I realised that hiding the problem would only make it worse, so I talked to my teacher, who suggested that I review my mistakes every week. I also joined a study group with two classmates, and we met every Thursday to explain exercises to each other.

It was slow work, and some weeks I wanted to give up. However, by the third term my marks had improved so much that I passed the course with a good grade.

What did I learn? First, that asking for help is a sign of strength. Second, that effort and a good method can matter more than talent. Now, when something seems impossible, I remember those Thursdays and keep going.

Lo que puntúa la pauta

Cada criterio vale 1 punto.

Un punto por criterio. Si tu texto lo cumple, lo decides tú.

Qué mira cada criterio en esta redacción

  • Grammar Mira que las frases sean correctas y que se combinen tiempos. Aquí hay pasado simple («I failed my first two maths exams in a row»), pasado perfecto («my marks had improved so much that I passed the course») y una oración de relativo («my teacher, who suggested that I review my mistakes every week»).
  • Vocabulary and spelling Mira que el vocabulario sea preciso y propio del tema (los estudios y el esfuerzo), y que la ortografía sea correcta. Por ejemplo, «a study group with two classmates» y «asking for help is a sign of strength».
  • Cohesion Mira que el relato avance con orden temporal y que las ideas se enlacen. Aquí, «However, by the third term my marks had improved» marca el giro del relato y «What did I learn? First, that asking for help is a sign of strength» abre las lecciones.
  • Adequacy and coherence Mira que el texto cumpla la consigna: una narración para el periódico del instituto que describa la situación («I failed my first two maths exams in a row»), las decisiones («so I talked to my teacher») y las lecciones aprendidas («What did I learn?»).

Enunciado: Generalitat de Catalunya, Consell Interuniversitari de Catalunya, Oficina d’Accés a la Universitat. PAU de Inglés 2025, convocatoria ordinaria. La imagen es el examen oficial tal cual y el texto lo reproduce; las explicaciones y las respuestas modelo son de EducaIA. Consultado el 7 de noviembre de 2026; el documento no declara fecha de última actualización.

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