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FIRST FOR SCHOOLS . FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.


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EXAM FORMAT (from www.fceexamtips.com/ and www.cambridgeenglish.org)

 READING AND USE OF ENGLISH (1hour 15 minutes): 7 parts, 52 questions. MARKS: 40% TOTAL. 
           PARTS: a) USE OF ENGLISH: Multiple choice cloze (8), open cloze (8), word formation (8), key word transformations (6) .
                         b) READING: Multiple choice (6), Gapped text (6), Multiple matching (10)

WRITING (1 hour 20 minutes): 2 parts. MARKS: 20% TOTAL

           PARTS: 1. ESSAY: (140-190 words). You are given a title with two ideas. You must include both ideas in your essay and a third idea of your own.
                          2. SITUATIONAL WRITING (140-190 words):You have to choose:  ARTICLE, INFORMAL LETTER OR EMAIL, A FORMAL LETTER OR EMAIL, A REVIEW,  AN ESSAY (ABOUT A SET TEXT) AND A STORY.

LISTENING (40 minutes): 4 parts,  30 questions. MARKS: 20% TOTAL

            PARTS: 1. Multiple choice from eight short extracts.
                          2. Sentence completion from a monologue.
                          3. Multiple matching from five monologues.
                          4. Multiple choice from a conversation.

SPEAKING (14 minutes) : 4 parts. MARKS: 20% TOTAL

            PARTS: 1. Conversation with the examiner (2 minutes).
                          2. Long turn: Compare two photographs and answer a question about them. (1 minute), answer a question about your partner´s photographs (30 secs).
                          3. Collaborative task: Conversation with your partner, discuss about different options for a question (2 minutes), then you reach an agreement (1 minute).
                          4. Discussion with your partner guided by questions made by the examiner.(4 minutes)

PRACTICE:



USE OF ENGLISH: KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION

PAPER 2: WRITING




LISTENING


SPEAKING


SPEAKING PART 1:







SPEAKING PART 2

Compare the two photos and say what might be good or bad for the people traveling in these ways.



NOW YOU: 
These are your photographs. Compare your photographs and say.......













For the follow up question (30 seconds about your partner´s photograph) you are usually asked about which of the two situations you would prefer)

PART 3









HERE IS A VIDEO WITH THE WHOLE TEST





SPEAKING PARTS 3, 4



NOW WATCH THESE VIDEOS FOR MORE USEFUL TIPS!

SPEAKING PART 1



SPEAKING PART 2




SPEAKING PART THREE



SPEAKING PART 4



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