C2 Proficiency - Exam Preparation Exercises

Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE)

The following quizzes and exercises are to help you prepare for the Cambridge C2 Proficiency examination.

Paper One - Reading and Use of English

Part 1 - Multiple Choice Cloze

The first part of the Reading and Use of English paper in the C2 Proficiency Examination is multiple choice cloze where you have to choose the correct word from four similar given words. This is a test of your vocabulary knowledge primarily, your ability to use the correct word (noun, verb, adjective) depending on context.

Part 2 - Open Cloze

The second part of the Reading and Use of English paper in the C2 Proficiency Examination is open cloze, in which you use one word to fill each space in a short text. The required words are usually grammatical, such as pronouns, articles, prepositions, auxiliary verbs and so on.

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Part 3 - Word Formation

The third part of the Reading and Use of English paper in the C2 Proficiency Examination is word formation where you have to use a root such as 'able' and create an appropriate word (disable, unable, ability) to fill the gap in a text.

Part 4 - Key Word Transformations

The final part of the Reading and Use of English paper in the C2 Proficiency Examination is Key Word Transformations. A sentence followed by a key word and a second sentence which has a gap in it. You have to use the key word to complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence.

Part 5 - Reading: Multiple Choice

The first of the reading parts in the Reading and Use of English paper in the C2 Proficiency exam is the multiple choice reading comprehension section where you must choose the correct answer out of four possible answers.

Part 6 - Reading: Gapped Text

In this part of the Reading and Use of English paper, known as 'Gapped Text', you need to put back paragraphs that have been removed from a text. This section of the C2 Proficiency exam will test your understanding of coherence, cohesion, text structure and global meaning.

Part 7 - Reading: Multiple Matching

The final part of the C2 Proficiency Reading and Use of English paper is Multiple Matching. In this section, you must match questions or prompts to parts of a single text or individual smaller texts that follow. This tests your ability to understand specific detail and author attitude and opinion.

Paper Two - Writing

There are two parts to the writing paper, which takes 1 hour 30 minutes to complete. Here, you will find eight complete writing papers with all parts included.

Paper Four - Speaking

There are three parts to the speaking paper, which takes about 16 minutes to complete. Here, you will find eight complete speaking papers with all parts included.

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