Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE)
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The following quizzes and exercises are to help you prepare for the Cambridge C2 Proficiency examination.
Paper One - Reading and Use of English
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Part 1 - Multiple Choice Cloze
The first part of the Reading and Use of English paper in the C2 Proficiency 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.
Part 2 - Open Cloze
The second part of the Reading and Use of English paper in the C2 Proficiency 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.
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Part 3 - Word Formation
The third part of the Reading and Use of English paper in the C2 Proficiency 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.
Part 4 - Key Word Transformations
The final part of the Reading and Use of English paper in the C2 Proficiency Examination 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.
Part 5 - Reading: Multiple Choice
The first of the reading parts in the Reading and Use of English paper in the C2 Proficiency exam is the multiple choice reading comprehension section where you must choose the correct answer out of four possible answers.
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 C2 Proficiency exam will test your understanding of coherence, cohesion, text structure and global meaning.
Part 7 - Reading: Multiple Matching
The final part of the C2 Proficiency 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.
Paper Four - Speaking
There are three parts to the speaking paper, which takes about 16 minutes to complete. Here, you will find eight complete speaking papers with all parts included.
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Practise and prepare for the Cambridge C2 Proficiency exam
This resource contains 10 Use of English tests, 40 texts and 300 individual assessments, providing a large bank of high-quality practice material for students preparing for the Cambridge C2 Advanced.
Use of English
The sample tests have been written to closely replicate the Cambridge C2 exam experience and so each one follows the same structure and wording as official test papers.
Each print-ready test comprises:
Part 1: Multiple choice cloze
Part 2: Open cloze
Part 3: Word formation
Part 4: Key word transformations
Answers included
Cpe Use Of English Pdf
The resource includes answer keys, write-in answer sheets and a marking scheme, providing a large bank of high-quality practice material for students preparing for the Cambridge C2 Proficiency.
About the author
Use Of English Pdf
Michael Macdonald is the Director of Studies for Prosperity English Madrid, an English-language teaching academy focused on preparing candidates of Cambridge B2, C1 and C2 examinations.