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The following quizzes and exercises are to help you prepare for the Cambridge B2 First exam, previously known as the First Certificate in English (FCE). The information contained below takes into account the changes to the B2 First exam as from 2015.

Paper One - Reading & Use of English

Part 1 - multiple choice cloze.

The first part of the Use of English paper in the B2 First examination is multiple choice cloze where you have to choose the correct word from four similar given words. This is a test of your vocabulary knowledge primarily, your ability to use the correct word (noun, verb, adjective) depending on context.

🔍 Guide to this part of the exam: See our guide to the Multiple Choice Cloze section .

✎ Practice Exercises Go to Multiple Choice Cloze exercises: Page One | Page Two

Part 2 - Open Cloze

The second part of the Use of English paper in the B2 First Examination is open cloze, in which you use one word to fill each space in a short text. The required words are usually grammatical, such as pronouns, articles, prepositions, auxiliary verbs and so on.

🔍 Guide to this part of the exam: See our guide to the Open Cloze section .

✎ Practice Exercises Go to Open Cloze exercises: Page One | Page Two

Part 3 - Word Formation

The third part of the Use of English paper in the B2 First Examination is word formation where you have to use a root such as 'able' and create an appropriate word (disable, unable, ability) to fill the gap in a text.

🔍 Guide to this part of the exam: See our guide to the Word Formation section .

✎ Practice Exercises Go to Word Formation exercises: Page One | Page Two

Part 4 - Key Word Transformations

The final part of the Use of English paper is Key Word Transformations. A sentence followed by a key word and a second sentence which has a gap in it. You have to use the key word to complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence.

🔍 Guide to this part of the exam: See our guide to the Key Word Transformations section .

✎ Practice Exercises Go to Key Word Transformations exercises.

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Part 5 - Reading: Multiple Choice

The first of the reading parts in the Reading and Use of English paper in the B2 First exam is the multiple choice reading comprehension section where you must choose the correct answer out of four possible answers.

🔍 Guide to this part of the exam: See our guide to the Reading Comprehension Multiple Choice section .

✎ Practice Exercises Go to Reading Multiple Choice exercises.

Part 6 - Reading: Gapped Text

In this part of the Reading and Use of English paper, known as 'Gapped Text', you need to put back paragraphs that have been removed from a text. This section of the First Certificate exam will test your understanding of coherence, cohesion, text structure and global meaning.

🔍 Guide to this part of the exam: See our guide to the Reading Gapped Text section .

✎ Practice Exercises Go to Reading Gapped Text exercises.

Part 7 - Reading: Multiple Matching

The final part of the B2 First Reading and Use of English paper is Multiple Matching. In this section, you must match questions or prompts to parts of a single text or individual smaller texts that follow. This tests your ability to understand specific detail and author attitude and opinion.

🔍 Guide to this part of the exam: See our guide to the Reading Multiple Matching section .

✎ Practice Exercises Go to Reading Multiple Matching exercises.

Paper Two - Writing

There are two parts to the writing paper. Part One is compulsory and you must choose one out of three questions to do for Part Two. The total time available is one hour and twenty minutes. You might need to write an essay, an email, an article, a report or a review.

✎ Practice Exercises Go to Writing exercises.

Paper Four - Speaking

There are four parts to the speaking paper, which takes about 14 minutes to complete. Here, you will find eight complete speaking papers with all parts included.

✎ Practice Exercises Go to Speaking exercises.

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What’s in Part 1? Part 1 consists of a text in which there are eight gaps (plus one gap as an example). Each gap represents a missing word or phrase. The text is followed by eight sets of four words or phrases, each set corresponding to a gap. Candidates have to choose which one of the four words or phrases in the set fills the gap correctly.

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What’s in Part 2? Part 2 consists of a text in which there are eight gaps (plus one gap as an example).  In this part, as there are no sets of words from which to choose the answers, candidates have to think of a word that will fill the gap correctly .

What’s in Part 3? Part 3 consists of a text containing eight gaps (plus one gap as an example). At the end of some of the lines, and separated from the text, there is a stem word in capital letters . Candidates need to form an appropriate word from given stem words to fill each gap.

What’s in Part 4? Six separate items, each with a lead-in sentence and a gapped second sentence to be completed in two to five words, one of which is a given ‘key’ word.

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What’s in Part 5? Part 5 consists of a text, followed by six 4-option multiple-choice questions which test the understanding of content and text organisation. The text may be taken from, for example, a modern novel or an article.

What’s in Part 6? Part 6 consists of one text, for example, an extract from a magazine, from which six sentences have been removed and placed in jumbled order after the text, together with a seventh sentence that does not fit in any of the gaps. Candidates are required to decide from where in the text each sentence has been removed .

What’s in Part 7? Part 7 consists of one long text or up to six shorter texts , preceded by 10 questions . Candidates are required to locate the specific information which matches the questions.

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What’s in Part 1? The eight questions in this part of the paper are each preceded by a context sentence which is read out on the recording. The candidates then have time to read each question before hearing the recording twice.

What’s in Part 2? The 10 questions in this part of the paper take the form of incomplete sentences. The questions follow the order of the information in the listening text. Candidates need to listen to the text and complete the sentences .

What’s in Part 3? In this part, candidates listen to five short texts , each with a different speaker, which are related in some way. For example, they may all be speaking about aspects of the same subject , such as travel, or about similar experiences, such as journeys. Candidates choose the option from a set of eight that matches what each speaker says.

What’s in Part 4? The seven question s in this part of the paper take the form of 3-option multiple-choice questions. The questions follow the order of the interaction on the recording. Texts are usually interviews or discussions featuring two speakers.

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The Cambridge English: Key Reading and Writing paper has 7 parts and 32 questions. You get one mark for each correct answer in parts 1-5, and a maximum of 15 marks each for parts 6 and 7.

Reading and Writing are taken together - 60 minutes

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• Reading part 2: three texts with questions
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Scoring The Reading part has 30 questions and there are two writing parts.

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