I ´m considering sitting for CPE exam last year. Because of that I am attending a course four hours a month every two Saturdays. We mainly do exercises and see some tips about writing, but, is this all? Shouldn´t the teacher give as a

interemdiate level (FCE) passing through post-intermediate level (CAE) up to the advanced level (CPE). If you want to take any of those exams, unfortunately grammar is not enough. You also have to focus on reading (comprehension skills, cohesion,

Hi, i know it's a hard question to find the answer, but i'm looking for a grammar book starting from the interemdiate level (FCE) passing through post-intermediate level (CAE) up to the advanced level (CPE). I need because i have to begin

Hi, here's some useful information about the different types of compositions that may appear in the CPE writing paper: University of Cambridge website - ESOL examinations . Effect on the target reader, purpose for writing, appropriate

Hi all, I am a new subscriber in this group. I am a graduate and my medium of instruction was English. To brighten up my career, I am planning to take CPE exam this year end. I would like to have your great inputs on the best preparation method a

In a previous CPE-exam there was a Key Word Transformation -question: Nobody could have predicted how quickly the rumour would spread. SPEED The .. could not have been predicted. The right answer was: The speed at which the rumour spread could not

Thanks, Gordon! Philosophical differences would be too suble to be tested in this type of test (the CPE), so I'll buy your explanation about thoughtlessness being more natural.

I agree with Tanit. The ability to grasp cohesion and coherence is not so easy to be estimated. I'm Russian and if in my language some kind of that exams take place, sometimes it's not possible to distinguish unambigously in words why the

Regardless of whether these exams asses knowledge of English, I wouldn't mind passing CPE..one day ;) In my country, that is Poland, mainly Cambridge exams are respected and recoginized by employers.

I don't share your opinion, as I don't think you can find questions unrelated that have "little to do with the language knowledge", as you put it. Well, everybody is entitled to have his/her own oppinion. I appreciate that.