— — Practice Tests Nick Kenny Jacky Newbrook TEACHING JUST TESTING RSON routes‘The Certificate in Advanced English (CA£) is an examination at Cambridge/ALTE level 4, which is offered in March, June and December each year. CAE offers a high-level qualification to people wanting to use English for professional or study purposes. There are five papers, each representing 20 percent of the total marks Paper 1 Reading Paper 2 Writing Paper 3 Use of English Paper 4 Listening Paper 5 Speaking Rubrics 1 hour 15 minutes 1 hour 30 minutes 1 hour 40 minutes 15 minutes tructions) are important and should be read carefully. They set the context and give important information about the tasks. For Papers 1, 3 and 4 there is a separate answer sheet for recording answers. Paper Formats Task focus Reading Part 1: three themed texts with multiple-choice | Part 1: reading different types of tex for four parts | questions different purposes 34 questions | Part 2: one long text with 2 gapped paragraphs | Part 2: reading to understand text structure task — ie. choosing which paragraphs fit into Part 3: reading for detailed understanding of a gaps in a base tot text Part 3: one long text with multiple-choice Part 4: reading to locate relevant ideas and | questions | information in a text or texts | Part 4: one long text divided into sections, or a series of short teas, with a multiole- matching task Writing Part 1: input texts provide the context and Part 1: producing a piece of effective writing Part 1: one ‘content for a text of a given type of 180-220 in context by evaluating, expressing opinions, compulsory task | words hypothesizing, persuading, etc Part 2: one task | Part 2: instructions provide information about _| Part 2: writing for a specific reader using froma choice | text type, taraet reader and purpose of 2 text of | appropriate layout and register of five (question | 220-260 words 5 refers to a set ‘text and has 2 choice of two tasks) Use of English | Part 1: shor tea with 2 multiple choice doze | Part 1: use of vocabulary and relationships five parts task between words 50 questions Part 2: short text with an open cloze task Part 2: sentence structure and accurate use of Part 3: short text with 2 word formation cloze | grammar task Part 3: use of the correct form of a given word Part 4: gapped sentences in context Part 5: keyword transformations Part 4: use of appropriate vocabulary Part 5: use of grammatical and lexical structures Listening Part 1: three short unrelated extrecis with two | Part 1: understanding gist, feeling, attitude, four parts multiple-choice questions on each opinion, speaker purpose, ete 30 questions _| Part 2: long text with a sentence-completion task | Part 2: locating and recording specific Part 3: long text with multiple-choice questions _| information Part 4: series of five monologues on a theme Part 3: understanding attitude and opinion with 2 multiple-matching task Part 4: understanding gist, attitude, main points, etc Speaking Part 1: general conversation Part 1; general interactional and social language four parts Part 2: individual long turn based on visual Part 2: comparing and speculating prompts Part 3: giving and eliciting opinions, negotiating, Part 3: two-way conversation between turn-taking, etc candidates based on visual and written stimuli | Part 4: exaressing and justifying opinions and Part 4: discussion on topics related to Part3 [ideasNEW EDITION Practice | aS Nick Kenny Jacky Newbrook se neissannes NOT JUST TESTING =~ 9 yy son ny