What’s in the paper? 

First there are three short texts, each with a different task, such as supplying a missing word or forming a new word. Part 4 is not text based and involves rewriting a sentence another way. Then there are three longer texts: multiple choice, gapped paragraphs and multiple matching. Texts are not for a specialised readership. They are about interesting things in the real world. Some are simply of general interest; others will have an academic slant or work-related flavour.

What’s in the paper?: 

First a compulsory essay where you summarise the main ideas from two short texts. Then a choice from various tasks, such as an article, letter, report or review – including a choice on a set text.

There are four parts, covering short extracts; a long speech or lecture where you complete sentences; a long discussion with multiple-choice questions; and two simultaneous matching tasks. You’ll have to deal with the language you might meet in a work situation, at university or indeed on the street.

After brief introductory exchanges, you work together with another candidate on a picture-related task. Then you move on to a long turn prompted by information on a card, and finally a three-way discussion on related themes in the real world.