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Students who prepare for their B1 exams will be able to do the following by the end of their studies:
Reading |
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Part |
Type of Task |
What do students have to do? |
1 |
3-option multiple choice |
Read five real-world notices, messages, and other short texts for the main message. |
2 |
Matching |
Match five descriptions of people to eight short texts on a particular topic, showing detailed comprehension. |
3 |
4-option multiple choice |
Read a longer text for detailed comprehension, gist, inference, and global meaning, as well as the writer’s attitude and opinion. |
4 |
Gapped Text |
Read a longer text from which five sentences have been removed. Show understanding of how coherent and well-structured text is formed. |
5 |
4-option multiple choice cloze |
Read a shorter text and choose the correct vocabulary items to compete gaps. Grammar may also be tested. |
6 |
Open cloze |
Read a shorter text and complete six gaps using one word for each gap. Show knowledge of grammatical structures, phrasal verbs, and fixed phrases. |
Writing |
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Part |
Type of Task |
What do students have to do? |
1 |
An email |
Write about 100 words, answering the email and notes provided. Candidates are assessed using four criteria: Content (did they answer the question fully?), Communicative Achievement (does the email have the correct features? Would the reader by happy to read it?) |
2 |
Choice between an article or a story |
Write about 100 words, answering the question of their choosing. Candidates are assessed using four criteria: Content (did they answer the question fully?), Communicative Achievement (does the email have the correct features? Would the reader by happy to read it?) |
Listening |
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Part |
Type of Task |
What do students have to do? |
1 |
3-option multiple choice |
Listen to seven short dialogues and identify key information or choose the correct visual to represent the conversation. |
2 |
3-option multiple choice |
Listen to six short conversations in everyday situations and understand the main idea of each. |
3 |
Gap fill |
Listen to a longer monologue, such as a lecture or a talk giving important information, and complete notes with important details from the monologue. |
4 |
3-option multiple choice |
Listen to an interview, for example a radio interview or podcast, for detailed understanding of meaning and to identify attitudes and opinions of the speakers. |
Speaking |
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Speaking on Cambridge exams is done in the following format:
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Part |
Type of Task |
What do students have to do? |
1 |
Answering personal questions |
In this part, the examiner will ask each of the students personal questions about their lives, including what they like/don’t like, what they usually do at school or in their free time, or what they do with their friends. |
2 |
Extended turn |
In this part, the examiner will ask each of the students to describe a colour photograph for about one minute and answer a question about it. |
3 |
Discussion task with a visual |
In this part, the students speak to each other and discuss the visual as well as a question or topic. Learners practice making suggestions and responding to their partner’s ideas. |
4 |
General conversation |
In this part, the examiner will ask the candidates more questions about their lives, opinions, and habits. |