FCE Paper 1 Reading
Time allowed: 1 hour
Part |
Task type |
Tests ability to |
Questions |
1. Multiple choice |
A text followed by multiple-choice questions with four options: A, B, C or D. |
understand detail, opinion, gist, attitude, meaning, tone, purpose and main ideas |
8 |
2. Gapped text |
A text with missing sentences; candidates choose the sentence order from a jumbled list. |
understand text organization (how language achieves cohesion and coherence) |
7 |
3. Multiple matching |
One or several texts with prompt questions; candidates match the prompt to the relevant section of the text(s). |
understand specific information, detail, opinion and attitude |
15 |
FCE Paper 1 Reading