CAE class 1 intro
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The document provides an overview of the different sections on the Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) exam, including timing and content. It covers the four skills - Reading and Use of English (1hr 30min, 8 parts testing vocabulary and grammar), Listening (40min, 4 parts including conversations and monologues), Speaking (15min, 4 parts consisting of an interview, long turn, collaborative task, and discussion), and Writing (1hr 30min, 2 parts including an essay and choice of letter, email, review, report or proposal).
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CAE class 1 intro
- 1. CAE 2017: What’s the Cambridge English Advanced like? READING and USE OF ENGLISH – 1h 30 minutes (8 parts) Read newspapers and magazines, journals, books (fiction and non- fiction), promotional and informational material. Part 1 - Multiple-choice cloze 8 questions Study vocabulary – idioms, collocations, phrasal verbs... Part 2 - Open cloze, text with gaps 8 questions Study grammar and vocabulary. Part 3 - Word formation 1 text with 8 gaps Study vocabulary Part 4 - key word transformations_6 questions (up to 2 marks each) A Sentence, a ‘key’ word and a 2nd sentence with a gap in the middle. Use this key word to complete the 2nd sentence, in 3 to 6 words, so that it means the same as the 1st sentence. Part 5 - Multiple choice 6 questions (up to 2 marks each) Details, opinion, tone, purpose, main idea, implication, attitude. Part 6 - Gap text (2 marks each) Four short texts with multiple-matching questions. Part 7 - Multiple matching, 10 questions (1 mark each) A single page of text with some numbered gaps which represent missing paragraphs. Read the text and the paragraphs and decide which paragraph best fits each gap.
- 2. CAE 2017: What’s the Cambridge English Advanced like? LISTENING – 40 minutes (4 parts) Listen to monologues: radio broadcasts, speeches, talks, lectures, anecdotes, or interacting speakers: radio broadcasts, interviews, discussions, conversations, etc. Part 1 - Multiple choice 6 questions Three short extracts from conversations between interacting speakers. Part 2 - Sentences completion 8 questions A monologue lasting approximately 3 minutes. Part 3 - Multiple choice 6 questions A conversation between two or more speakers of approximately 4 minutes. You have to answer from four options (A, B C or D). Part 4 - Multiple matching 7 questions from 1 long conversation A series of 5 themed monologues of approximately 30 seconds each. There are 2 tasks and for each task you have to match each of the 5 speakers to 1 of 8 possible answers.
- 3. SPEAKING 15 minutes (4 parts) Part 1 - Interview 2 minute Conversation between the candidates and the interlocutor. Part 2 - Long turn 5 minute comparing, describing , expressing opinions, speculating. Part 3 - Collaborative task 3 minutes talk with the other candidate and make a decision. Part 4 - Discussion 5 minute justifying or expressing opinion CAE 2017: What’s the Cambridge English Advanced like? WRITING – 1h 30 minutes ( for the 2 parts) Part 1 - An essay (220–260 words) You read a text, then write an essay based on points included in the text. You’ll be asked to explain which of the two points is more important, and to give reasons for your opinion. Part 2 - 1 out of 3: (220-260 words) Choices: an essay, a letter/an email, a review, a report, a proposal.