What does Advanced test?
Advanced is B2 on the Common European Framework of Reference and an Aim Awards Level 1 qualification on the UK National Qualification Framework. Over the four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking optional , new elements that this level tests are:
Increased vocabulary
Inversion
Verbs followed by the past tense
Hypothesis and deduction with modals
Various uses of the infinitive
More phrasal verbs
Collocation and idiom
What does the candidate have to do in their Advanced test?
a composition
two messages, formal and informal
Multiple choice questions
Matching
Gap fill
Sentence transformation
Word transformation
Note-taking
True false doesn't say statements
The student has a good active vocabulary and structural understanding, and can
write clear connected text on descriptive, narrative, imaginary or discursive topics
write letters, both formal and informal
understand and respond to the main points of a text on any topic, concrete or abstract
use language to perform any function likely to arise in a normal social or learning context
manipulate structures to create emphasis, and vary style and idiom
listen and respond to passages and questions in a variety of forms, delivered at a measured speaking pace
