Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) Listening

Difficulty level: C1 / advanced

What is the CAE Listening test like?
The test has four sections and takes about 40 minutes:

1. Part 1 - three short extracts from conversations with multiple-choice questions
   
2. Part 2 - Sentence completion
3. Part 3 - conversation with multiple-choice questions
4. Part 4 - Multiple matching

Scoring
There are 30 questions in the CAE Listening Test. It makes up 20% of the entire exam.

 

How to prepare for the CAE Listening test

• Listen! The more English you listen to the better your will do. Listen to the radio, English language TV, podcasts...
• Recordings may be: monologues: announcements, radio broadcasts, speeches, talks, lectures, anecdotes, etc.; or interacting speakers: radio broadcasts, interviews, discussions, etc.
• You will hear the audio twice
• Read the instructions carefully before you start
• You have time to read the questions before you hear the audio
• Think about the topic, the speaker(s) and the context as you read the questions.

 

 

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