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FCE AND USE OF ENGLISH

LISTENING

PART 4 multiple choice

there are 7 questions 3-option multiple-choice questions

consists in an interview or an exchange between two speakers that lasting 3-4minutes

focus on identifying opinion,attitude,detail, gist, main idea and specific information.

PART 3 multile matching

it has 5 questions

there are three distractors

there are short, related monologues, with multiplematching questions

PART 2 sentence completion

number of questions 10

A monologue with a sentence-completion task

it is on detail, identifying specific information and state opinion

PART 1 multiple choice

number the question 8

there is one multiple choice questions per text,each with three options

consist in short extracts of aproxinately 30 sconds

identifying speakers feeling,attitude,topic,opinion, purpose, agreement between speakers, gist and detail

SPEAKING

PART 4 discussion

timing 4 minutes

they should discussing issues in more depth

expressing and justifying opinions, agreeingd disagreeing and speculating

they show the ability to engage in a discussion based on the topic of the collaboartive task in part 3

PART 3 collaborative task

the total time is 4 minutes

candidates sustaining an interaction

exchange eas,expressing and justying opinions,agreeing and disagreeing etc.

a two way conversation between candidates

PART 2 long turn

the total time is four minutes

They should not speak during their partner’s long turn.

an individual long turn for each candidate with a response fron second candidate

they are given photograpies to talk about

comparing,describing and expressing opinions

PART 1 interview

a time of 2 minutes

focus is on general interaction and social language

information about themselves

work,leisure,time, and future plans

it is a conversation between the interlocutor and each candidate

WRITTING

PART TWO choosing one task from a choice of three questions

Students write non-specialised text types such as an article, an informal letter or email, a review or a report

PART ONE compulsory question

140-190words

stundents are given input in the form of an essay title to respond to, along with accompanying notes to guide their writing

READING

PART 7 multiple matching

there are 10 questions

it has several short texts, preceded by multiple matching

detail, opinion, specific information, implication

PART 6 gapped text

number of question 6

it has sentences that have been removed and placed in jumbled order, together with an additional sentence,

cohesion, coherence,text structure

Part 5 multiple choice

it has a text with six 4-option multiple-choice questions.

detail, opinion,attitud,tone, purpose, main idea,gist,etc.

Part 4 key word transformation

number of questions 6

has a lead sentence and a second sentence in gapped to be completed in two to five words

grammar, vocabulary,collocation

PART 3 STRUCTURE AND TASKS

it has 8 questions

it focus on vocabulary, in particular the use of affixation,internal changes and compounding in word formation

PART 2 open cloze

number of questions 8

it focus on awareness and control of grammar with some focus on vocabulary

PART 1 multiple choice cloze

vocabulary,idioms, collocations, fixed phases,complementation, phrases verbs,semantic precision.

it contains eight gaps with four option multiple items for each gap