CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED (CAE)

1. Part 01 Multiple choice cloze (8 questions).

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   • A text with eight gaps. Candidates choose the correct missing words by answering eight multiple-choice questions with four options: A, B, C or D
   1. 01 mark
2. Part 02 Open Cloze (8 questions)

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   • A text with eight gaps. Candidates fill in the missing words.
   1. 01 mark
3. Part 03 Word formation (8 questions)

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   • A text with eight gaps. Candidates form the missing words from the given stem words.
   1. 01 mark
4. Part 04 Key words transformation (6 questions)

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   • Six separate questions, each containing a lead-in sentence, followed by a ‘key word’ and a second (gapped) sentence. Candidates complete the second sentence in three to six words, and must include the ‘key word’
   1. Up to 2 marks
5. Part 05 Multiple choice 6 questions

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   • A text followed by six multiple-choice questions with four options: A, B, C or D.
   1. 02 marks
6. Part 06 Cross text multiple matching 4 questions

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   • Four short texts with multiple matching prompts; candidates match a prompt to the relevant sections of the text(
   1. 02 marks
7. Part 07 Gapped text 6 questions

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   • A text with six missing paragraphs; candidates choose the correct paragraph order from a list of seven paragraphs (A-G)
   1. 02 marks
8. Part 08 Multiple matching 10 questions

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   • One or several short texts with ten prompt questions; candidates match the prompt to the relevant section of the text(s)
   1. 01 mark

1. 01 hour 15 minutes

1. 56

1. Part 01 is compulsory

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   • A contextualised writing task with a clear context, topic, purpose and target reader.
   1. Task: Letter, proposal, report, review
2. Part 2 is a choice of one out of three tasks

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   • A writing task where candidates read input notes about a topic, including three bullet points. Candidates write an essay based on two of the bullet points: they will explain which of the two points is most important and give reasons for their opinion.
   1. Task: Discursive essay

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• A three-minute monologue, heard twice. Candidates answer questions on specific information and stated opinion.

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• Three short extracts between interacting speakers, heard twice. Candidates answer two three-option multiple-choice questions on each exchange. Questions focus on feeling, attitude, opinion, purpose, function, agreement, course of action, gist and detail

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• hrough. Candidates do two multiple-matching tasks requiring the selection of the five correct options from a list of eight. Questions focus on gist, attitude, main points, interpreting context, opinion, purpose and speaker feeling

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• A conversation between two or more speakers, lasting around four minutes, heard twice. Candidates answer six multiple-choice questions, with four options: A, B, C or D. Questions focus on attitude, opinion, gist, detail, speaker feeling, purpose, function and speaker agreement.