What Is The Cae Use of English

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What is the Cambridge English: Advanced Use of English

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Duration and format

The Use of English test takes 60 minutes. There are 50 questions. Parts 13 contain 37
questions and are text-based tasks. Parts 4 and 5 contain 13 questions and are sentence-
based, discrete tasks. Texts and questions appear on a question paper which candidates can
write on but not remove from the test room. Candidates must enter all answers on an answer
sheet during the 60-minute test. No extra time is allowed to transfer answers.

Task types

Multiple-choice, gap-fills, word formation and key word transformation.

Part 1: A text containing 12 gaps and followed by 12 multiple-choice questions. There are
four options (A-D) for each question. Candidates have to choose which one of the four words
or phrases in each set fills the gap correctly.

Part 2: A text containing 15 gaps. In this part, there are no sets of words from which to
choose the answers and candidates have to think of a word which will fill the gap correctly.

Part 3: A text containing 10 gaps. Each gap corresponds to a word. The stems of the missing
words are given beside the text and must be changed to form the missing word. Candidates
need to produce the appropriate form of the word from the given stems to fill each gap.

Part 4: Each question consists of 3 discrete sentences. Each sentence contains one gap. The
missing word is the same for each of the three sentences. Candidates must write the one
word which is appropriate in all three sentences.

Part 5: There are 8 separate questions in this part, each consisting of a given key word, a
lead-in sentence and a second, gapped sentence to be completed in three to six words, one
of which must be the given key word. The gapped sentence must be similar in meaning to
the lead-in sentence, and the key word must not be changed in any way.

Texts and topics

The texts for Parts 13 are taken from newspapers, magazines, journals, books, and
promotional and informational materials. The test demands that candidates have the ability to
deal efficiently with texts which are challenging in terms of their vocabulary, complexity of
ideas and which treat topics with a degree of abstraction appropriate for those planning to
follow an academic course at university level. The Use of English test also requires
candidates to demonstrate their ability to apply their knowledge of English vocabulary and
grammatical structures appropriate at C1 level. All tasks used in the test have been trialled to
ensure that they are accessible to a non-specialist audience.

Marking and assessment

Each correct answer in Parts 1, 2 and 3 receives one mark. Each correct answer in Part 4
receives two marks. Each correct answer in Part 5 receives 1 or 2 marks.

Candidates record their answers on a separate answer sheet, as instructed on the question
paper. Any answers filled in on the question paper must be transferred to the answer sheet
during the 60-minute test. Candidates responses are computer-scanned. Candidates
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responses to Part 5 are marked by trained and standardised markers, following a detailed
markscheme.

Correct spelling is expected in Part 2. Both US and British English spellings are accepted.

How to interpret scores on the sample Cambridge English: Advanced Use of
English sections

The Cambridge English: Advanced Use of English paper contains 50 questions: questions in
Parts 1, 2 and 3 carry one mark each, questions in Part 4 carry two marks each and
questions in Part 5 carry up to two marks each. The maximum raw score a candidate can
achieve on a paper is 63.

A score of 50 out of 63 would result in an exceptional level of performance. In percentage
terms this is 79%.

A score of 45 out of 63 would result in a good level of performance. In percentage terms this
is 71%.

A score of 38 out of 63 would result in a borderline level of performance. In percentage terms
this is 60%.

A score of 30 out of 63 would result in a weak level of performance. In percentage terms this
is 48%.

Cambridge English: Advanced Use of English scores

Profile

Raw score Percentage

Exceptional

50 79%

Good

45 71%

Borderline

38 60%

Weak

30 48%

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