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4B* Midterm Test Specifications – Public Version (2022)

• Level: B2+
• Structure: 3 sections, 20 questions
• Time: Approx. 20-25 minutes
• Task type: Gap filling (table, note, sentence

Listening complettion), Giving short answers, Matching


details, Matching main ideas
• Skills tested: Listening for specific/ supporting details
(including numbers and spellings)
• Play time: Part 1 once; Part 2 & 3 twice
• Transfer time: 3 minutes

• Level: B2+
• Structure: 2 long passages, 20 questions
• Time: 35 minutes

Reading • Task type: Note/ table/ form completion, matching


details, T/F/NG- Y/N/NG, Matching ideas, gapped
summaries
• Skills tested: Reading for specific/ supporting details, and
main/ topical ideas
• Transfer time: None

• Level: B2+
• Structure: A formal letter
• Time: 20 minutes
• Genre: Giving advice & recommendations/ Making
Writing inquiries & request, Explaining problems &
Suggesting solutions, Apology & Complaint
• Question description: Candidates will read a letter/
email and write another one in response.
• Criteria: Task Achievement, Coherence & Cohesion, Lexical
Resources , Gramatical Range and Accuracy

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