CAE Reading & Use of English

About the Advanced (CAE) Reading and Use of English test

The Certificate in Advanced English is also known as Advanced (CAE).

What is the Advanced Reading & Use of English test like?

The test has 8 parts and takes 90 minutes:

Part 1 - Multiple-choice cloze

Part 2 - Open cloze

Part 3 - Word formation

Part 4 - Key word transformations

Part 5 - text with multiple-choice questions

Part 6 - Cross-text multiple matching

Part 7 - text with paragraphs missing

Part 8 - Multiple matching

Scoring

There are 56 questions in the Advanced (CAE) Reading & Use of English test. It makes up 40% of the entire exam.

How to prepare for the Advanced (CAE) Reading & Use of English test

This paper tests your knowledge of reading, vocabulary and grammar.

Read as much as possible, and use a dictionary to help you learn new words

Use a grammar book to help you understand sentence structure

Read the instructions carefully before you start each part

Correct spelling is necessary. Get into the habit of checking the spelling of words

Read the surrounding context before giving an answer

Don’t give alternative answers for any questions

Read widely. The texts used in the reading can be: newspapers, magazines, journals, non-literary books, leaflets, brochures, etc

Read the instructions carefully before you start

Read all the text before you answer any questions

Remember that questions come in the same order as the answers in the text in the multiple-choice part of the paper.

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Questions written by Naomi Styles (EFL Writer)

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