Exam practice

Use of English

Word formation

1. Second Language Learning.
2. Fears of future global hunger.
3. Turn a hobby into a business.
4. 21st century workplace.
5. People of the forest.
6. A musical genius (C2).

Open cloze

1. Hormones and love. (This is a C2 level, but affordable).
2. Music magazine has eye on China.
3. Stress.
4. Pre-history.
5. Thai food.
6. Global English (C2).

Multiple choice cloze

1. Phobias.
2. Sound advice for language learners.
3. How to have perfect posture.
4. Planetary artistry (C2).

Key word transformations

1. Exam English.
2. Flo-joe.
3. Floe-joe 2.
4. Flo-joe 3.
5. Flo-joe (C2).

Reading comprehension

Multiple choice

1. Three text extracts talking about people living together. 
2. The Sahara Film festival.
3. Home Comfort.
4. Sports writing (C2).

Gapped text

1. Magazine article.
2. Talking to plants and approaching groups.
3. Extract from a short story (C2).

Listening comprehension

• Youtube channel with lots of listening activities of level C1.
• Youtube channel with lots of listening activities of level C2.

Multiple choice

1. An artist talking about her work and career (audio). (done in class).
2. Interview with Brain Conley.
3. Interview with an astronaut with keys.
4. Interview with an actress and transcript.
5. Turn off that light and transcript.
6. Read all about it and transcript.
7. Anger behind the wheel and transcript.

Gap filling

1. Lena Horne, a singer.
2. Organic food.
3. Museum tour with keys.
4. S.E.T.I. and transcript.
5. Pet caterer and transcript.
6. Several exercises for gap filling which, although they aren't (technically speaking) exam models, they can help you practice your listening skills. American accent, by the way.

Alternative practice

This section is created for some activities which do not follow the same guidelines as the ones in the official exam, but which imitate the type of exercise (open cloze, word transformation, etc.). Use them keeping that in mind, and with the purpose to enhance your skills. There are lots of them for each section, so take your time and have fun! ;)

1. C1 level.
2. C2 level.