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 Í NDICE
CAE guide

1. PARTS OF THE EXAM 4-6

2. UOE 7-10

3. READING 11-12

4. LISTENING 13-14

5. SPEAKING 15-17

6. WRITING 18-20

7. CONCLUSION 21
 W E L CO M E
To the CAE guide
Bienvenidos a la guía para conocer las partes
del examen de C1 de Cambridge.
En esta guía encontrareis las diferentes partes
que componen el examen, así como los tiempos,
las puntuaciones y los diferentes ejercicios.
Además, tenéis algunos tips para mejorar en las
actividades y sacar la mejor nota posible.
Al final del documento os dejo las respuestas de
los ejercicios de UOE para que podáis hacerlos y
practicar.

Os aconsejo que lo leáis detenidamente y si os

surge alguna duda, no dudéis en contactarme vía
email, instagram o tiktok.
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 1. PARTS OF THE EXAM

1h 30'
USE OF ENGLISH UOE + Reading

PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4

MULTIPLE-CHOICE KEY WORD

OPEN CLOSE WORD FORMATION
CLOZE TRANSFORMATION

8 POINTS 8 POINTS 8 POINTS 12 POINTS

8 QUESTIONS 8 QUESTIONS 8 QUESTIONS 6 QUESTIONS

*PART 1 BELONGS TO READING WHEN CALCULATING THE POINTS

READING

PART 5 PART 6 PART 7 PART 8

CROSS-TEXT
MULTIPLE-CHOICE MULTIPLE GAPPED TEXT MULTIPLE MATCHING
MATCHING

12 POINTS 8 POINTS 12 POINTS 10 POINTS

6 QUESTIONS 4 QUESTIONS 6 QUESTIONS 10 QUESTIONS
 1. PARTS OF THE EXAM

LISTENING 40 min

PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4

SENTENCE
MULTIPLE-CHOICE MULTIPLE CHOICE MULTIPLE MATCHING
COMPLETION

6 POINTS 8 POINTS 6 POINTS 10 POINTS

6 QUESTIONS 8 QUESTIONS 6 QUESTIONS 10 QUESTIONS

SPEAKING 15 min
PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4

COLLABORATIVE
INTERVIEW LONG TURN DISCUSSION
TASK

1 MINUTE
2 MINUTES + 3 MINUTES 5 MINUTES
30 SECONDS
 1. PARTS OF THE EXAM

WRITING
1h 30'
PART 1 PART 2

ESSAY SELECT ONE TASK FROM A CHOICE OF THREE

220-260 WORDS 220-260 WORDS

You will need to have 180 points to pass the exam

 2. USE OF ENGLISH

1. Multiple-choice close

Esta actividad consiste en rodear la opción correcta.

Para ello deberemos saber sinónimos, collocations,
phrasal verbs, phrases and expressions and linking
words.
Practice makes perfect! Cuantas más veces
practiquemos este ejercicio, mejor nos saldrá.
 2. USE OF ENGLISH
2. Open close

Esta actividad consiste en adivinar la palabra que va

en el hueco. Es el típico “fill the gaps”.
Para ello deberemos saber:
Pronouns, relative pronouns, articles, quantifiers,
modal/auxiliary verbs, conjunctions and prepositions.
En este tipo de ejercicio nunca encontraremos palabras
como verbos (salvo que sean los auxiliary verbs o los
modal verbs). Lo más común es encontrar preposiciones,
linkers, conjunciones...
 2. USE OF ENGLISH
3. Word formation

Esta actividad consiste en saber crear palabras a partir

de otra palabra. Por ejemplo: tenemos un verbo y tenemos
que convertirlo en sustantivo.
Para poder success en este ejercicio debemos conocer los
prefijos y sufijos más comunes a la hora de transformar
palabras.
We must know:
Forming nouns from verbs, adjectives from verbs, adverbs
from adjectives, forming opposite meanings and difficult
spelling.
 2. USE OF ENGLISH
4. Key word transformation

Esta actividad suele ser la que más miedo nos da, a la hora
de hacer el UOE. Se trata de escribir la una oración
similar a la primera, utilizando la palabra que te dan sin
modificarla y utilizando entre 3 y 6 palabras.
Esta actividad es para saber tu nivel de gramática, por
ello debemos controlar:
Comparatives/superlatives, phrasal verbs, causative
verbs, modal verbs, reported speech, auxiliary verbs,
unreal past tenses, inverted conditionals and inversions
 3. READING

5. Multiple choice

In this activity, we have a text to read and 6 questions to

answer. You have to choose the correct answer, A, B, C or
D.
Es uno de los ejercicios de reading más sencillos. Las
preguntas van por orden por lo que se puede ir haciendo a
la vez.
Tip: Lee primero las preguntas y después el texto. Subraya
la parte importante de la pregunta para saber que
necesitamos saber y hacerlo más rápido.
Esta actividad puntúa doble.

6. Cross-text Multiple Matching

In this activity, we have four texts to read and four

questions to answer.
We have to match the letters A, B, C and D with the
questions.
Tip: subraya cada pregunta de un color y busca en cada
texto la respuesta. Subráyalas en ese mismo color para ver
más rápido y fácil la respuesta a cada pregunta.
Esta actividad puntúa doble.
 3. READING

7. Gapped text

In this activity, we have a text to read with some gaps. You

will need to match the paragraphs with the gaps. There are
extra paragraphs.
Tip: leer el final del párrafo anterior al hueco y el principio
del siguiente párrafo. De esa manera, podremos buscar la
respuesta que más se asemeje al contexto.
Esta actividad puntúa doble.

8. Multiple Matching

In this activity, we have a text to read some texts and

answer ten questions. We will have to match each text with
each question.
Tip: read the questions first and underline the answers in
each text in order to find the correct answer easily.
 4. LISTENING

1. Multiple choice

Three short extracts from conversations. There are two

multiple-choice questions for each extract and you have to
choose A, B or C.

Tip: Pay attention to the stress and intonation, the speed

at which the speakers speak. Listen for information which
helps you eliminate the wrong options.

2. Sentence completion

A monologue lasting 3 minutes. You have to complete the

sentences with the missing word.
Questions follow the same order as the information heard
on the audio. There is one gap per sentence, which is
completed by a word or short phrase.
Tip: listen to the previous specific information of the
sentence.
 4. LISTENING

3. Multiple choice

You will listen to a conversation between two or more

people of 4 minutes. You have to answer the multiple-choice
questions choosing the correct answer A, B, C or D.
Tip: listen to the gist, attitude, opinion, purpose, feeling...
Read carefully the questions and underline the key words.

4. Multiple matching

You will hear five themed monologues of 30 seconds

each. There are two tasks and for each task you have
to match each of the five speakers to one of the eight
answers.
Tip: be careful of distractors. Pay attention to words
that express emotion.
 5. SPEAKING

1. Interview

The examiner will ask you some questions and you may
have to give information about your interests, studies,
career...
Example:
Where are you from?
How long have you been studying English?
Tip: short answers with the essential information

2. Long turn
 5. SPEAKING

You will have 1 minute to compare two of the three

pictures. Moreover, you will have to answer the two
questions given with the pictures.
Then, you will have 30s to answer a question related to
your partner’s pictures.
Tip: Compare and describe the pictures using modal
verbs and contrasting linkers such as however. Do not
forget to answer the questions.

3. Collaborative task
 5. SPEAKING

You have to talk in pairs during 2 minutes about the

different topics of the diagram answering the
question given. After that, you will have 1 minute to
make a decision.
Tip: express your opinion, ask your partner’s opinion,
help your partner, disagree if you need it, suggest,
speculate...

4. Discussion

Further discussion with your partner based on topics

or issues raised in the task in part 3. The
interlocutor will ask you some questions to discuss
them.
Tip: express your opinion and justify it.
It longs 5 minutes.
 6. WRITING

1. Essay

Write an essay following the instructions given.

Tip: developing points as much as possible in order to
demostrate a wide range of estructures, vocabulary
and language functions. Write the correct amount of
words.
 6. WRITING

2. Choose one task

You will have to choose one of the three
options of writings given.
It could be a report, a proposal, an email, an
informal letter or a review.
Tip: study the structure of each writing and do
not forget to write linkers, passive voice,
inversions...

All the pictures belong to the book “Gold C1 advanced” by Pearson.

 7. CONCLUSION

Gracias por confiar en mi y descargar mi guía

para aprobar el advanced. Espero que esta
guía te haya ayudado a entender mejor las
partes del examen de Cambridge y que los tips
de cada ejercicio te ayuden a “pass the exam
with flying colors”.

A continuación te dejo las respuestas de los

ejercicios de UOE para que puedas
aprovecharlos y practicar.

Part 1: Part 2:
1.C 5.A 9. Not 13. all
2.B 6.C 10. Yet 14. would
3.D 7.A 11. In 15. of
4.B 8.D 12. more 16. on
Part 3:
17. provision 21. collaboratively
18. maintenance 22. participants
19. distribution 23. effectiveness
20. negotiations 24. prestigious

Part 4:
25. threw herself into her new role
26. the aid of
27. put him in the picture
28. the event of it being postponed
29. under no circumstances should they
30. were the chances of her winning

You
rock
it!

@englishbymiri

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