Reading Paper 1

Q1 Fill in the gap- Multiple Choice 10 marks 5 min

Q2 Fill in the gap- Write one word 10 marks 5 min

Q3 Choose the right sentence to complete 7 marks 5 min

the conversation

Q4 Interpret the messages- Multiple 8 marks 10 min

Choice

Q5 Match the people to their activity 5 marks 10 min

Q6 Reading passage- Multiple Choice 5 marks 10 min

Although every section of the exam tests your entire range of English skills the grammar and
vocabulary knowledge that is commonly focused on in Q1 and Q2 and Paper 2 Q1 often
includes prepositions, dependent prepositions, pronouns, relative pronouns, conjunctions,
phrasal verbs, comparatives, passive voice and quantifiers. Do you need a recap on any of
those areas?

Explanation Practice

Prepositions (you know what these are, Perfect English Grammar

don’t you?)

Dependent prepositions British Council

Pronouns (and these?) Grammar Bank

Relative Pronouns Agenda Web

Conjunctions English Test Online

Phrasal verbs SpeakSpeak 3 more tests here if you look in

‘Related Posts’ on the right and why not
have a look at ESLeschool which is more
interactive

Comparatives British Council

Passive voice English grammar

Quantifiers OUP

We tried to include as many different websites in the table in order to provide a wide range of
locations where you can find even more exercises for any area of grammar you want to
focus on.
Do you find the purposefully confusing phone messages and notes in Q4 a little
bit…..confusing? We found a great site that has 8 separate exercises for this and is at the
same level as the Checkpoint standard

The same site has a few practice exercises for Q5 which we think is the hardest section on
the paper.

Writing Paper 2

Q1 Write an email 15 marks 10 min Exam English

Q3 Write a story or an essay 20 marks 25 min Exam English

Here is a selection of the questions that have come up in previous years

Q2 Q3

You are on holiday with your family and you Your English teacher wants you to write a
want to tell your English-speaking friend story. Your story must begin with this
Chris about it. sentence:
Write an email to Chris. In your email you
should As the competition started, Stef felt very
• say where you and your family are staying excited.
on holiday
• describe what you did yesterday
• suggest Chris looks at your holiday photos
online.

You want to join a new singing group for Your English teacher has asked you to write
young people, and you think your English- a story.
speaking friend Your story must begin with this sentence:
Cameron would enjoy it too.
Write an email to Cameron. Marco was surprised when he saw the
In your email: small green door.
• tell Cameron when the singing group
meets
• explain why you want to go
• suggest that Cameron should join the
group too.

An English-speaking friend of yours, Jo, In your English class, you have been talking
wants to know if you still have a book you about fashion. Your teacher has asked you
borrowed. to write this Essay:
Write an email to Jo. In your email you
should Some people say that young people care
-apologise for still having Jo’s book too much about following the latest
-explain why you have not given the book fashions. What do you
back think?
 -offer to return the book soon.

Your English-speaking friend Morgan wants Your English teacher wants you to write a
to invite you and some other friends to a story. Your story must begin with this
birthday party in sentence:
a restaurant next month. However, Morgan
isn’t sure which restaurant to choose. Sarah was very excited when she read the
Write an email to Morgan. In your email you invitation.
should
-accept Morgan’s invitation
-suggest a restaurant to have the party in
-explain why this restaurant is a good place
for a party.

Your English-speaking friend Alex is going In your English class, you have been talking
to have a birthday party next week but you about school subjects. Your teacher has
can’t go. Write asked you to
an email to Alex. In your email you should write this essay:
• apologise to Alex
• explain why you can’t go to Alex’s birthday “Which do you think is more useful to learn
party at school, foreign languages or science?
• suggest another thing to do together to Why?”
celebrate Alex’s birthday.

Listening Paper 3

When it comes to listening, our advice of course is to listen carefully!

However, we do recommend you practise beforehand. Please follow the links
below:

https://englishpracticetest.net/practice-listening-tests-for-b1-with-answer-and-
audioscript/#google_vignette - Use these to attempt parts 1 (pictures), 2
(Interview) and 3 (Fill in the gaps)

https://englishpracticetest.net/practice-listening-tests-for-b2-with-answer-and-
audioscript/ - Use this for part 1 (Different situations) part 3 (Choose the
opinion the speaker expresses) and part 4 (Talk and multiple choice answers.)