What the Cambridge B2 First Exam looks like
The Cambridge B2 First Exam is divided into 4 papers with 58 questions and lasts about 3,5 hours.
Paper 1
Reading & Use of English
You have 1 hour 15 minutes to complete the first paper.
This section of the exam will test your knowledge of vocabulary.
Paper 1 is divided into 7 parts:
- Multiple Choice Cloze (Reading)
- Open Cloze
- Word Formation
- Key Word Transformation
- Multiple Choice (Reading)
- Gapped Text (Reading)
- Multiple Matching (Reading)
Parts 1, 5, 6, and 7 refer to the Reading Section
Parts 2, 3 and 4 refer to the Use of English section
Paper 2
Writing
You have 1 hour 20 minutes to complete the writing paper.
The Writing Paper is divided into 2 parts:
- Compulsory task (must do)
- Choice 1 of 4 tasks
Paper 3
Listening
You have 40 minutes to complete the paper.
This section of the exam will test your knowledge of vocabulary.
The Writing Paper is divided into 4 parts, with a total of 30 questions:
- Multiple Choice
- Sentence Completion
- Multiple Matching
- Multiple Choice
Part 4
Speaking
You have 10 to 15 minutes to complete this part of the exam. In many schools, the Speaking part of the exam is done on a different day.
For the Speaking section, you will have a partner and the examiner will give you both a few tasks to work on.
This section is divided into 4 parts:
- Individual – Conversation between Interlocutor and each candidate.
- Individual ‘long turn’ (1 minute) and response from second candidate (20 seconds).
- Two-way conversation between candidates.
- Discussion related to the task in Part 3