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FCE - Coggle Diagram

- - - - 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.
      - Vocabulary – idioms, collocations, shades of meaning, phrasal verbs, fixed phrases etc.
      - 8 questions
    - - 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
      - Grammar and vocabulary.
    - - 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
      - Vocabulary
    - - 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.
      - Grammar and vocabulary
      - 6 questions
    - - 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
      - Reading for detail, opinion, tone, purpose, main idea, implication, attitude.
    - - 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.
      - How to understand the structure and development of a text.
      - 6 questions
    - - 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.
      - Reading for specific information, detail, opinion and attitude.
      - 10 questions
  - - - You’re given an essay title and two ideas clearly linked to the title. You write an essay giving your opinions about the title, using the ideas given. You must also add a third, different idea of your own linked to the title. The title will be a subject of general interest – you won’t need any specialised knowledge.
      - Using language functions, such as evaluating, expressing opinions, hypothesising, justifying, persuading.
      - 140–190 words
    - - You write a text from a choice of text types – article, email/letter, report or review. To guide your writing, you’ll be given information about context, topic purpose and target reader.
      - Writing different types of text that could be included in the exam.
      - 140–190 words
      - One task to be selected from a choice of three.
  - - - Eight short extracts from monologues or conversations between interacting speakers. There is one multiple-choice question for each extract, and you have to choose A, B or C.
      - Listening for feeling, attitude, opinion, purpose, function, agreement, gist and detail.
      - 8 questions
    - - A monologue (which may be introduced by a presenter) lasting approximately 3 minutes. You have to complete the sentences on the question paper with the missing information which you hear on the recording.
      - Listening for specific information, stated opinion.
      - 10 questions
    - - A series of five themed monologues of approximately 30 seconds each. On the question paper, you have to select five correct options from a list of eight possible answers.
      - Listening for gist, attitude, opinion, purpose, feeling, main points and detail.
      - 5 questions
    - - A conversation between two or more speakers of approximately 3–4 minutes. You have to answer some multiple-choice questions by choosing the correct answer from three options (A, B or C).
      - Listening for attitude, opinion, detail, gist, main idea and specific information.
      - 7 questions
  - - - Conversation with the examiner. The examiner asks questions and you may have to give information about your interests, studies, career, etc.
      - Giving information about yourself and expressing your opinion about various topics.
      - 2 minutes
    - - The examiner gives you two photographs and asks you to talk about them. You have to speak for 1 minute without interruption and the interlocutor then asks the other candidate to comment on your photographs for about 30 seconds.
        The other candidate receives a different set of photographs and you have to listen and comment when they have finished speaking. The question you have to answer about your photographs is written at the top of the page to remind you what you should talk about.
      - Talking on your own about something: comparing, describing, expressing opinions, speculating.
      - 1 minute per candidate
    - - Conversation with the other candidate. The examiner gives you some material and a task to do. You have to talk with the other candidate and make a decision.
      - Exchanging ideas, expressing and justifying opinions, agreeing and/or disagreeing, suggesting, speculating, evaluating, reaching a decision through negotiation, etc.
      - 3 minutes (a 2-minute discussion followed by a 1-minute decision-making task)
    - - Further discussion with the other candidate, guided by questions from the examiner, about the topics or issues raised in the task in Part 3.
      - Expressing and justifying opinions, agreeing and/or disagreeing.
      - 4 minutes