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The document is a practice test guide for the Cambridge Proficiency Exam (CPE), detailing the structure and components of the exam, including reading, writing, listening, and speaking sections. It provides helpful tips and strategies for each part of the test to assist students in their preparation. The guide emphasizes the importance of vocabulary, grammar, and understanding the test format to succeed in the examination.

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The document is a practice test guide for the Cambridge Proficiency Exam (CPE), detailing the structure and components of the exam, including reading, writing, listening, and speaking sections. It provides helpful tips and strategies for each part of the test to assist students in their preparation. The guide emphasizes the importance of vocabulary, grammar, and understanding the test format to succeed in the examination.

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CAMBRIDGE PROFICIENCY ‘Cambri Profeeney Practice Tess onan Keating Fin pls by Hamiton Howse Publier 2014 amon Howse Pabisbess Lid Preps Stat Nicos 1092 opm mai engiesthamitonhousepblsherscom Websie: wwhamilhonhouspablishens com “ext, csi, artworks characters © Hanon House Pubs: 2014 ISBN:978. 9868-21-60 Pop's Book ISBN-978. 9968-21-60 Tetche's Book ISBN-978.9968-721-65.8 Css Avsio CDs Allis reserved. No pt of his publication maybe reproduce, stored ina esl system anid ‘ny em oy ny mean, letoni, mechanical, photocopying recorng or ebernse witout the rr writen erin ofthe publishes Any eran who ces at any naire at natn this pulieton may ela xin! pronestin nds ais for damages. Actions ‘Tae shers and authors woul ike ohana he choos nd tach bt ok pati he esting ad ‘lig ofthe orginal material Their fedback and comment were iealubl Introduction ‘Cambridge Proficiency Overview Helpful tips for each part of the CPE Test One Test Two Test Three ‘Test Four Test Five Test Six Photographs for Tests 1-6 Notes. ewes 122 INTRODUCTION [ape paper | tng | or ors oe ey ST] YP teh ore Ate hed by] San ad te seating | "3 MiePScoamatinecncce ese” | Seng ote a | Seneneet vse Ta pen dos An wh i anak | Ses wen, = of the word which best fits each gap. ‘capital letters on the Part Word formation, A text with 8 gaps. The stams of | “mer *PESt ternereclate gen ieee te tte Raed tg wad TET tay strats Sagat esa | STG ww Sheath cslsoumce sa guns ced. | theses bt Srtoutobecemitadwat Ss | cate rt Tiadig toe ron ‘curd TS Vale tte flower op | Sens nee imate usin Eeetonengeon [_meteiechocsquetins_—_| toutes Tat Gop ten Aon fo wth pops | oir Sons ma ce Nom Sapa ped ater et Pork? 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A monolagee with a sentence complation tak which has 9 questions Par'3 Ate valving interacting speakers with 5 multiple-choice questions Part Multiple matching, 5 short themed monalogues ‘with 2 multpemstehing tasks ach task ‘equires selection ofthe 5 comect options frm 2 Drowded onthe ‘question paper while {stening Tere wl be Siminates atthe end ofthe test 0 copy ‘the answers ono 2 Sepurate answer Sheet Students shade ‘he conectlocenges Brvwrte the word) in capa letters in pene "A conversation between the lntvioeutor and ach nite (2 minutes) 'A two-way conversation between the candidates. The candies are given photographs which ae sed in a decson making task minutes) 4 6 = [ay Speaking | minutes vat? Pad ‘An individual ong tr for each candidate with {Short espense frm the second eanciat ach Canada n tur sien a written question with 5 prompts to respond te. Thentroctor thn asa curio with oth candidates exploring Furr the tops covered in the indvdua ums (GO minutes: a2-minue long tan foreach ‘andidte and & mints folowing the lng turns) Paper 1 Reading and Use of English Part 4 abuitplohotcs eleaw General “Thar tests students lesa knowledge and undetaning the tein order ofthe gape Helpful tips Stents shoud rex the whe txt before looking at he holes or the msing werd. Ts partly mportant in ‘te case of lnk words The misng woes may aa form par of anion, ed praseo clot, so Students shoud ‘heck the mords round the 3p crea. ‘wide ange of vecbulryisneeded to succeed inthis part ‘ofthe examination. Reaing boks and artless ngs lhl, swearing to r-rd and eam new vecoulory ‘steal Learing who prases athe than wor i ‘olin alo usu Plenty of vocabulary proce before the exam shoul lp with colocation, paral verbs and set hase Genera The open re tests students krowge ofthe struc of language and understanding of the tex he words that it the gaps re often dependent repoions pronouns or fom art of aver, prasl verb, nko st pace Helpful tips Students must only se one vor in each gap and should nat we conacons (eg. coulr sh 9 here count a0 ‘wos Students shoud vad the txt rough fest fo get the '3Sof the psioga, and then mad eto once they have ‘made thar choxes to check hat tows and makes soe They should alway heck or fe possty of negatives Condon other stutures tht might expres he ‘nposte pot of view Part 2. Worst formato General ‘Ths port tats students on their knowedge of vocabulay, Incatingpreies, sulbes and intemal changes (eg, hg eg. Helpful tps Words may ne tobe mde pial or negative so students ‘ould dhe theses of het round the gap to dee thsis cesar They shuld check tat the text makes sense once they hove complete In pepsraton for he pat of| the eam student shuld be encouraged to note dow al ‘the oevetves of anew word when they come aes General ‘Ths ests students nowedge ofboth grammar and vocabuloy. tems often tested are pasa vers, condona, ‘modal gerund, infiitves,varsforming sentences rm eve to pasave or noding 3 et pase. Helpful ps Stents Should ensire they use the key word thelr answer and not aterit inary way. They shuld als wie an ane a bewicen Sand 8 words mang Sure that contactors we ‘aunted es two words I they we more thin @ word, hey ‘wnat be awarded the mane In this par, students are este on thle dete Lnderstanding of the tox although one or we questions ‘may ter thet genera understanding ofthe passage 2 ioe The mull cote question are inthe sme Oe 95 ‘he information given in he txt. Helpful ps Stents ould read though he text before locking a he {uerton Then they should ead each question ster cael ‘They should nat chore an option jut beau contains word that inthe txt. They must not be armed byunkonm words asthe meoring ofa word can afen be Suesed ram the content ofthe sentence, Stade re Not Eipecte to undestand ever se word in tha txt. They Should answer every question Ws better answer sig an ‘educated gues thon nota ane tal pare 6 eneral ‘Ths art tests understanding of how tents are structured, Helpful tps Fea trough the text obtain 2 genera ee fs tute before staring to let te pargran that fe he gons inthe ox Then look careful for es before ane afer ‘he gp. check hat tenses logealy, check or words and Draco iating ne pesos, ok for reference bac to ronous, dnc fo rpetton Read trough te 2596 ‘once you have fle he gop to ensure that tows logy Sha ht rakar ere, Pat? sorts wstening General ‘Th pr tests students alt tolacte speci vooation {hd det and to understand stad or opin. Some | ‘he opens may be caret or mare than one question ~ or ‘romp, there maybe Several questions withthe arse A Helpful os Stidens shoul scan though the tnt to get the st of each Barter reading te questions. Then they sou san the Bassage again to lcate the answers. There rot eogh tine foreod every word of the text. They should emenber tat {they ate searching fo Specie infornaton Paper 2 Writing Part 1 comipisacy tock General ‘Thur tests the student aby to wre anes, ‘ummaring and esting the key pnts rm Wo Short wets an ncung the ow eas. ach tx of ‘approximately 100 words in gt, wl presen eotrasting ‘or complement views ona tpl Students afe pected “deny the Kay pois nach text and preset smary {ofthese pnt an evaluation ofthe arguments Ivo 2nd {the own eas he topicin a coherent es. Habu ps Becuse the focus ofthis pat ofthe papers cue ‘Students ned to be ble to dais a range of tops. Stadents {rou be encourage to ea and dca Enlish on 2 variety of isu to help them develop the ess ad extend thar voeabulay sth they condos na cover frgument aed nthe tnt Stents may ute ey words irom te querton, tat soul vod copying whale satons from the texts Thy shoul et into the habit of panning ther answers bore they start to we, Pratiein wing to ‘ine le prepare tadets to arses te guon unde ‘eam contins,prducng th appropriate numba of wars Inthe ime required. Coretspeling ana poncuaon ate important. The ea hou be read through on comeletion nt any grammar pling or punctuation eos shoul be ‘erected Students sou then owe of Par for atraica af 2 opti Genera “Te pare teste students’ ability to wrt na appropri vf nk face, laeen gent, cease ‘aed ot ae ptr elu tips ‘Stat shoud make sre that hey have ad plenty of Practice wring aries, ter pots and eviews od are fama with thee formats They shou look at al the options ‘nd decide which they can are best An arte Should Took and be writen ike an ari whan interesting te Stdents should check to ee wha kind of pubicaton they dre bing asked 0 wrt frm orde to flow the appropte Sle and coe of anguage Reports should Indude eadogs, formal languoge, oral connects ch 25 Fst, Hower Final pave voice a, appropte recommendations. Reews maybe about» Book magazine fm ayo” concer and shuld be writen nan appropiate rege, depending ton who the target ender, Students shoud ead and cuss Stange of reviews in magaines and newpaper obecore fara ith hat rege, Whatever option the student hoot, thy shoul plan thie answers eat efore they begin owt. Paper 3 Listening Part 1 Theee-option mulpleoce Generat ‘Thee ae3 separate texts in thi prt ofthe steing pape, each with 2 questions Each question fuses one ferent ‘Spc of enc tot. Thi pat tet aot aby ttn > fora vary oF focuses, Help tps Stents sou vad the invodutry sentence careful 35 ‘hs ves infomation which wi help to contextuale what ‘they wi hao Stade shoud then stent the whole text ‘arly belore choosing an answer. They shoul be etl {hat they dont chow an answer jut bens cntaine 2 word or pas that they hear onthe receding, Students ‘an pepe fr th par by Bsteing to a wore of hort ‘trace and concentrate on the main pasa st they hear Working with tapesrp can a0 Pp sider thei stein hile They cn rk where the covet ese Tecstad and then acs wy the strats ae incre Parez. sentence conpiaton ‘hs par tess student’ abilty stent monologue Torspecte formation ad write words or pases Cenvplote 9 sentences The quesons follow te order ofthe ‘Slomation ithe tert, Students wit down the words that Sreheand onthe recoding. ss Pe Sod ed whats bf ad aftr the spin Aesertesees that they dont repest information and 0 at hat ay hove writen sf the amma sure he rc Sd a fea Answers se Sr ual the fom of Sg Say rng Anes hat pease Part 3 lupe hare General ‘hs par ss students ability tole for pinion. it, etal and ference Sturt stent tot in which opinions and stutudes te expressed. The fve mute che questions Focus on detailed understanding ofthe point rae, The tucson low the order of tb formation hear, but the fa qucson may tes understanding ft txt 9 whee Hep $n So itn cefay oat whee he nse {othe queso le teaver os quien onot be fear ding heft ening ager chu cso the Perc qacton. hen hy can ase ter one's athe ‘SZordintering’ Assur ste, they shoul ten or both Ste nip tes nd opis Rely fo. rectors pares osm wht pales Soy ‘hs art ests todont’ bly to deny the it ofS short “pontiogue wth a common theme There ae 2 para Iulplematcung tats, eah with a een focus neach fa, the covet option ha tobe chosen om Ia of eight Help ips Studer sould remember hat they must answer both asks and that they wil only hes the Sess of monologues vie ‘hey shouts tarp to anser the wo ase stan Rat of csroom pact il hep studets core with ing both ass ate same ine, Stents il be tering Tor gst 20 they can so prepare forts pt ofthe evar ‘ith acces whch requ them tent 9 =peskers main font sttude or onan, Paper 4 Speaking Exner This part teats the student ability to provide information tout therehves, ter an tal acting, the examiner ‘wll sk the cannes where they come from ard whether they se wring og x the mane Ech ote \wilthon be asked one question about the everyday We “xpesones, where they ae ig. meres te elt ts ists fox students to prepare for this part the exam {ating intureto tern eatobe ina EE Several Inths part the exam, tnt are given one or several hotaraps wich frm the ba for 9a they cy out together Students ae tested on he abit to engage in 2

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