B2 First Reading

Teens IV -2021-

B2 FIRST

EXAM FORMAT

Miss Carla Alvarez

I N D E X

1. Reading

5. Speaking

2. Use of English

3. Writing

4. Listening

READING

7 parts Numbers of questions: 52 (30 R & 22 UE) Timing: 1 hour and 15 minutes

Part 1 (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.8 questions

What do I have to practise?

Vocabulary – idioms, collocations, shades of meaning, phrasal verbs, fixed phrases etc.

Part 2 (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.8 questions

What do I have to practise?

Grammar and vocabulary.

Part 3 (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 the sentence correctly.8 questions

What do I have to practise?

Vocabulary.

Part 4 (Key word transformations)

Part 5 (Multiple choice)

A text with some multiple-choice questions. For each question, there are four options and you have to choose A, B, C or D.6 questions

Each question consists of a sentence followed by a ‘key’ word and a second sentence with a gap in the middle. You have to use this key word to complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.6 questions

What do I have to practise?

Reading for detail, opinion, tone, purpose, main idea, implication, attitude.

What do I have to practise?

Grammar and vocabulary.

Part 6 (Gapped text)

A single page of text with some numbered gaps which represent missing sentences. After the text there are some sentences which are not in the right order. You have to read the text and the sentences and decide which sentence best fits each gap.6 questions

What do I have to practise?

How to understand the structure and development of a text.6 questions

Part 7 (Multiple matching)

A series of statements followed by a text divided into sections or several short texts. You have to match each statement to the section or text in which you can find the information.10 questions

What do I have to practise?

Reading for specific information, detail, opinion and attitude.

USE OF ENGLISH

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt.

T H A N K Y O U

Get on with it!