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CAE Exam Format

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many parts are in the Reading and Use of English paper?

a)

8

b)

6

c)

7

d)

4

2.

What types of writing might appear in Part 2 of the Writing paper?

a)

review

b)

report

c)

proposal

d)

letter/email

e)

All of them are correct

3.

True or False: The Speaking test is done on the same day as the other papers

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Which paper includes sentence transformation tasks?

a)

Reading and Use of English – Part 4

b)

Listening - Part 2

c)

Writing - Part 1

d)

Speaking - Part 4

5.

How long do you have to complete the Writing paper?

a)

45 minutes

b)

2 hours

c)

1 hour

d)

1 hour 30 minutes

6.

What score do you need to pass with a Grade B?

a)

193–199

b)

160-180

c)

180-190

d)

200-210

7.

True or False: The Listening test is conducted before the Reading and Use of English paper.

a)

False

b)

True

8.

Which part of the Writing paper requires you to write an essay?

a)

Part 1

b)

Part 2

c)

Part 3

d)

Part 4

9.

What is the maximum score you can achieve in the exam?

a)

250

b)

300

c)

150

d)

200

10.

Which part of the exam assesses your listening skills?

a)

Reading and Use of English

b)

Writing

c)

Listening

d)

Speaking

11.

True or False: You can use a dictionary during the Reading and Use of English paper.

a)

False

b)

True

12.

In Part 3, what’s the main task?

a)

Multiple-choice cloze – vocabulary and collocations

b)

Word formation

c)

Open cloze – fill in the gaps with one word

d)

Key word sentence transformations

13.

How many words should each writing task be?

a)

180-220 words

b)

200-220 words

c)

220–260 words

d)

160-180 words

14.

What accents might you hear in the Listening paper?

a)

American

b)

British

c)

Scottish

d)

Irish

e)

All of them

15.

Can you fail just one paper and still pass overall?

a)

Yes – the grade depends on the total score

b)

No - you have to get over 180 points in each section.

16.

What’s the total time of the entire CAE exam (not including breaks)?

a)

About 3 hours 55 minutes

b)

About 4 hours 30 minutes

c)

About 5 hours

d)

About 2 hours