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Reading and Use of English practise? Grammar, vocabulary and collocation.
The C1 Advanced Reading and Use of English paper 6Q. Up to 2 marks for each correct answer.
is in eight parts and has a mix of text types and Part 5 (Multiple choice)
questions. A text with some multiple-choice questions. For each
Texts may be from Newspapers and magazines, question, there are four options and you have to
journals, books (fiction and non-fiction), promotional choose A, B, C or D.
and informational materials. What do I have to practise? Reading for detail,
Part 1 (Multiple-choice cloze) opinion, tone, purpose, main idea, implication, attitude.
A text in which there are some numbered gaps, each 6Q. 2 marks for each correct answer.
of which represents a word or phrase. After the text Part 6 (Cross-text multiple matching)
there are four possible answers for each gap and you Four short texts with multiple-matching questions.
have to choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). You must read across all of the texts to match a
What do I have to practise? Vocabulary – idioms, prompt to elements in the texts.
collocations, shades of meaning, phrasal verbs, fixed What do I have to practise? Understanding and
phrases etc. comparing opinions and attitudes across texts.
8Q. 1 mark for each correct answer. 4Q. 2 marks for each correct answer.
Part 2 (Open cloze) Part 7 (Gapped text)
A text in which there are some gaps, each of which A single page of text with some numbered gaps
represents one missing word. You have to find the which represent missing paragraphs. After the text
correct word for each gap. there are some paragraphs which are not in the right
What do I have to practise? Grammar and order. You have to read the text and the paragraphs
vocabulary. and decide which paragraph best fits each gap.
8Q. 1 mark for each correct answer. What do I have to practise? How to understand the
Part 3 (Word formation) structure and development of a text.
A text containing eight gaps. Each gap represents a 6Q. 2 marks for each correct answer.
word. At the end of the line is a ‘prompt’ word which Part 8 (Multiple matching)
you have to change in some way to complete the A series of multiple-matching questions followed by a
sentence correctly. text or several short texts. You have to match a
What do I have to practise? Vocabulary. prompt to elements in the text.
8Q. 1 mark for each correct answer. What do I have to practise? Reading for specific
Part 4 (Key word transformations) information, detail, opinion and attitude.
Each question consists of a sentence followed by a 10Q. 1 mark for each correct answer.
‘key’ word and a second sentence with a gap in the
middle. You have to use this key word to complete
the second sentence, in three to six words, so that it
means the same as the first sentence.

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