Reading and Use of English
The Reading section of the FCE (B2 First) is combined with the Use of English paper. Together, they last 75 minutes and consist of 7 parts with 52 questions in total. This part tests your ability to: Understand authentic written texts Identify main ideas and specific details Infer meaning and attitude Follow text organization and coherence Breakdown of the Reading Tasks: Part Task Type What's in? Link to Understand 1 (Use of English) Multiple-choice cloze A text with some multiple-choice questions. Each question has four options (A, B, C or D) – you have to decide which is the correct answer. Link 2 (Use of English) Open cloze A text in which there are some gaps, each of which represents one missing word. You have to think of the correct word for each gap. Link 3 (Use of English) Word formation A text containing eight gaps. Each gap represents a word. At the end of the line is a ‘prompt’ word which you have to change in some way to complete t...