Grade 10 Higher FCE EXAM FORMAT

Multiple choice
A series of short,
No.Q. Parts unrelated
Types Units Topic
recordings of
approximately 30
seconds each.
1 Students have to
listen to the
PART 1 recordings
Sentenceand FCE for schools
2
answer one
completion (MC)
Amultiple-choice
monologue (one
3 question for each.
person speaking)
LISTENING lasting 3–4
minutes. Students
4 have to complete
the sentences on
PART 2 the question paper FCE for schools
5
with information
they hear on the
6 recording.

7 Multiple-
choice cloze
8 The main focus is
Part 3 on vocabulary, e.g. Unit 7 HOUSE and HOME
idioms,
9 collocations, fixed
phrases, etc..
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Word formation
The main focus is
12 on
vocabulary, in
Part 4 particular the Unit 7 HOUSE and HOME
13
use of affixation,
internal changes
14 and compounding
in word formation.

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Key word
Parts 5 Unit 8 Information
transformation
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Key word
Parts 5 Unit 8 Information
19 transformation

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E
A 21
D
I
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G
& 23

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R
A
M 25 Reading HOUSE and HOME,
M Parts 6 Comprehension Unit 7&8 Information
Multiple choice
A
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Part 7 Gapped text Unit 7 HOUSE and HOME
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Multiple Choice
Part 8 Cloze Unit 8 Information
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 Part 8 Multiple Choice Unit 8 Information
Cloze

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Unit 7 House and home

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Subtopics

Useful Information

Modals of deductions;

Reported Speech)
 Reported Speech)

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The news

Modals of deductions;
Quantifiers (Grammar); Verbs
& Prepositions (Vocabulary)

Reported Speech; Verbs Patterns

(Grammar); Shopping
(Vocabulary)
Reported Speech; Verbs Patterns
(Grammar); Shopping
(Vocabulary)

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