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Part 1: Grammar

In the Grammar section, you will be presented with 25 multiple choice questions where you should complete a sentence by choosing the correct option. Read the whole sentence before choosing the answer.

You can flag up questions you find difficult and go back to complete them later in the test.

Part 2: Vocabulary

The vocabulary part also has 25 questions. There are several question types:

• Word definition - match a word to its definition.
• Word pairs - match a word to another word of very similar meaning.
• Word usage - choose a word to be used in the context of a sentence.
• Word combinations - combine words that are frequently used together.

Top tips for the Grammar and vocabulary test

• Read all the options before choosing your answer.
• After you have chosen an option, read the sentence again to check your answer before you move on.
• Do not spend too long on any of the questions. Remember you have to answer 50 questions in 25 minutes. If you spend more than 30 seconds on each question, you will not complete the test.

Part 1: Information recognition

In this section, you need to identify specific information such as a phone number, a time or a place by listening to a short message or a dialogue.

Part 2: Information matching

Here you will listen to short monologues on a common topic by four different people. You will be asked to match each speaker to a piece of information.

Part 3: Inference - discussion

Here you will listen to a man and woman discuss a topic and express certain opinions about the topic. You will be asked to identify who expresses which opinion.

Part 4: Inference - longer monologues

You will listen to two longer monologues on different topics. You will be asked to identify the speaker's opinion or point of view on two aspects of the topic.

Tips for your listening test:

• Read the questions carefully before listening, identify key words and understand what it is you need to listen for.
• Watch for synonyms – you may see a word in a question and hear a different word with a similar meaning in the audio.
• Use the second listening to check or confirm your answer.
• Listen to the whole recording before choosing your answer.

Part 1: Sentence comprehension

In this first section, you will read a short text in the form of a note or an email. For five of the sentences in the text, you need to choose a word to complete each sentence. This part tests your ability to read and understand simple sentences. Make sure you read each sentence and all the possible answers carefully before making your choice.

Part 2: Text cohesion

In this section, there are two different texts. Each text consists of six sentences, but only the first sentence is in the correct place. For each text, you will be asked to put the rest of the sentences in the correct order to make a complete text. There is only one correct way to organise the sentences.

Part 3: Opinion matching

In this section you will read a text of four separate paragraphs on a common topic. Each paragraph represents a person's opinions or preferences about the topic. You will be asked to match the people to seven statements provided.

Part 4: Long text comprehension

In this section, you will read a long text (about 750 words) consisting of eight paragraphs. You are provided with eight headings. Your task is to match seven of the headings to seven of the paragraphs in the text.

This tests your ability to understand a long text. Read the text carefully but as quickly as you can. Then read the headings. Do this all before starting the task. For each paragraph, choose the heading that best sums up the meaning of that paragraph.

Top tips for the reading test

• Read all the sentences carefully first, then decide on the correct order. You need to look for words that show how the sentences link with each other.
• To perform well in section two, first read each paragraph so you understand what each person thinks about the topic.