In the Cambridge C1 Advanced Exam both the Reading and Use of English exercises are in a single exam. The total time for the exam is 1 hour 30 minutes. However, they are marked separately and when you take your exam your answer sheet or computer lists the questions from 1 to 8.
The Use of English starts the exam and there are four exercises listed from 1-4. The Reading tasks are listed as questions 5-8.
Number of Questions
The complete Reading & Use of English exam has a total of 56 questions.
Use Of English Part 1 Multiple Cloze
There are 8 questions in this part and each correct answer is one mark.
Use Of English Part 2 Modified Cloze Gap-Fill
There are 8 questions in this part and each correct answer is one mark.
Use Of English Part 3 Word Building
There are also 8 questions in this part and each correct answer is one mark.
Use Of English Part 4 Word Transformation
There are 6 questions in this part and each completely correct answer is two marks.
Reading Part 5 Multiple Choice
There are 6 questions in this part and each correct answer is two marks.
Reading Part 6 Cross Text Comparison
This task consists of 4 short texts and 4 multiple-matching answers. There are 2 marks for each correct answer.
Reading Part 7 Paragraph Matching
There are 6 questions in this part and each correct answer is two marks.
Reading Part 8 Multiple Matching
There are 10 questions in this part and each correct answer is one mark.
One thing will never change is that your answer sheet is where your answers must go in the written version of the C1 Advanced or CAE exam. With computer correction now used for much of the exam, it is better not to leave empty spaces on the answer sheet might have been. There are no marks deducted for wrong answers but no marks are given for empty spaces either.
Remember too that the 10 minute reminder at the end of the paper-based exam may be too late to start copying your answers. The 5 minute reminder certainly is and you will not get any extra time to finish copying all of your answers.
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