Hi, everyone! I'm new here, just joined in a few minutes ago. I have a written test coming (it's on Friday actually!) and would really like someone to check these sentences taken from a sample paper that's supposedly at a CPE level,

What's sexist about it? I mean, a stewardess is a woman and a steward is a man doing the same thing So as there are two separate entries for the same occupation, yet different in gender, then who has any problems with that? People who think

Hi Barb, Here's my two cents. You know I'm not a teacher, but I've taken the FCE (and the CAE and the CPE), so I think I know enough about those tests' requirements. The FCE writing task consists of two pieces of writing, one of

Hello. I'm a student of English Department at the University of Education Vietnam, HCMC I join englishforum.com to make friends and share English learning experience with all of you. Firstly, please visit my faculty's website : I think it's 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

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

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.

Hi, That's a thought-provoking post! 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. Let's take the exercise you mention,

I think there are a few interesting differences. My experience has been that people are more successful with IELTS, for various reasons. It's a more practical exam and needs less preparation. It's purely skills, none of the notoriously