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texts, go to the Glossary on page 165.FCE Paper 1: READING
Pak
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Writing a letter or email
(formalinforma
compulsory.
120-150 words
1 | Multiple choice 8 You answer fouroption multiple-choice questions on a
Task focus: reading for text
detailed understanding
of a text, gist, opinion,
attitude, tone, purpose, main
ides, meaning trom context,
text organisation features
2 | Gapped text v Sentences have been removed and placed in jumbled
Task focus: reading to order after a text. You decide from where inthe text the
Understand how a text sentences have been removed.
is structured
3 | Matpte matching 5 YYou match information to different toxts or
Task focus: reading for different sections ofa text
specific information in a
tox, detal, opinion,
attitude
FCE Paper 2: WRITING
Part | Task type and focus AT BET arg
ers
1 Question 1 Part 1 is You are required to write a letter or email based on
information or prompts. The information or prompts will
not exceed 160 words and may include graphic and
pictorial material. Texts may include advertisements,
letters, emails, diaries, short articles, etc.
2 | Questions 2-4 may include
a letter, an article, a report,
an essay, a review, a story.
Question § is @ two-option
question based on the set
books.
You have a choice
from four tasks.
120-180 words
You must carry out a writing task, using appropriate style
and format. The writing task will be specified in up to 70
words.
FCE Paper 3: USE OF ENGLISH
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Task focus: grammar and
vocabulary
1 | Multipte-choice cloze 12 A multiple-choice cloze text with 12 gaps, followed by 12
Task focus: vocabulary four-option questions.
2 | Open cloze 1% ‘A modified cloze text with 12 gaps winch you must
Task focus: grammar and fill with the appropriate word.
vocabulary
3 | Word formation 10 A text with 10 gaps. You are asked to complete the text
Task focus: vocabulary by making an appropriate word from the word prompt
you are given for each gap.
4 | ‘Key’ word transformations | 8 This task consists of eight discrete ‘key’ word
transformations. You are asked to complete a sentence
which means the same as the given sentence using the
key word.