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FCE Paper 1: READING
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a letter, an article, a report,
an essay, a review, a story.
Question § is a two-option
question based on the set
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1 | Multiple choice 2 You answer four-option multiple-choice questions on a
Task focus: reading for text
detalled understanding
of a text gist, opinion,
attitude, tone, purpose, main]
idea, meaning from context
text organisation features
2 | Gapped text 7 Sentences have been removed and placed in jumbled
Task focus: reading to order after a text. You decide from where in the text the
understand how a text sentences have been removed.
is structured
3 | Muttiple matching 78 You match information to different texts or
Task focus: reading for different sections of a text
specific information in a
text, detail, opinion,
attitude
FCE Paper 2: WRITING
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1 | Question 1 Part is You are required to write a letter or email based on
Writing a letter or compulsory. information or prompts. The information or prompts will
(formaVinformal) ‘ot exceed 160 words and may include graphic and
120-150 words | pictorial material. Texts may include advertisements,
letters, emails, diaries, short articles, etc.
2 | Questions 2-4 may include | You have a choice | You must carry out a writing task, using appropriate style
from four tasks.
120-180 words
and format. The writing task will be specified in up to 70
words.
FCE Paper 3: USE OF ENGLISH
Task focus: grammar and
vocabulary
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1 | Muttiple-choice cloze 2 A multiple-choice cloze text with 12 gaps, followed by 12 |
Task focus: vocabulary four-option questions.
2 | Open cloze @ ‘A mouiTied cioze text with 12 gaps winch you Must
Task focus: grammar and fill with the eppropriate werd.
vocabulary
3 | Word formation 10 A text with 10 gaps. You are asked to complate the text
Task focus: vocabulary by making an appropriate word from tho word prompt
you are given for each gap.
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transformations. You are asked to complete a sentence
which means the same as the given sentence using the
key word.