A separate exam-preparation track for learners who finished the 10-unit Between the Lines course and are entering Cambridge C2 Proficiency — the ceiling of the suite. One part of the real exam at a time, a mini-mock every fourth week, and a full-mock block at the end.
A full mock of every paper, with a support bar on every task: if a part goes badly you open the support, do that part again with help, then clear it and do it once more on your own.
Open the exam dashboard ›| Paper | Time | Weight | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading & Use of English | 1 h 30 min · 53 questions | 25% | P1 MC cloze · P2 open cloze · P3 word formation · P4 key word transformations · P5 long-text MC · P6 gapped text (7 paragraphs) · P7 multiple matching |
| Writing | 1 h 30 min · 2 tasks | 25% | P1 compulsory essay: summarise and evaluate two input texts (240–280 words) · P2 one of three: article, letter, report or review (280–320 words) |
| Listening | ≈40 min · 30 questions | 25% | P1 short extracts · P2 sentence completion (exact words) · P3 interacting speakers — the unstated position · P4 five monologues, two simultaneous tasks |
| Speaking | 16 min per pair | 25% | P1 interview · P2 collaborative task (visual prompts) · P3 two-minute long turn + six-minute discussion |
| Result | Scale score | Certifies at |
|---|---|---|
| Grade A | 220–230 | CEFR C2 — the ceiling of the Cambridge Scale |
| Grade B | 213–219 | CEFR C2 |
| Grade C | 200–212 | CEFR C2 (pass) |
| Below pass | 180–199 | CEFR C1 certificate (162–179: reported, not certificated) |
Phase 1 · Part mastery — weeks 1–16
Multiple-choice cloze
Eight gaps of fine lexical discrimination — idiom, fixed phrase, shade of meaning. The vocabulary ceiling of the suite.
Open cloze & word formation
Low-frequency lexico-grammar with no options, then derived forms including compound and irregular formation.
Key word transformations
Six exact reformulations, frequently involving idiom or fixed structure — catalogued and drilled weekly from here.
Use of English under time
Parts 1–4 at exam pace. The error profile chooses the month's drills.
Sit now · Mock 1 — scaffoldedsupport open from the startReading & Use of English · Parts 1–4 only
Implication & stylistic effect
Tone, attitude and what the writer is doing rather than saying — Unit 1's detection skill as a reading task.
The gapped text
Seven removed paragraphs restored from global architecture — the longest-range reading in the suite.
Matching & the 3,000 words
Ten items across a long text — then the constraint trained explicitly: ~3,000 words read in 90 minutes alongside four UoE parts.
Full Paper 1
Reading and Use of English complete in one sitting: 53 questions, 90 minutes.
Sit now · Mock 1 — scaffoldedsupport open from the startReading & Use of English
Summarise and evaluate
THE distinctive C2 task: two input texts weighed against each other in 240–280 words, planned in under ten minutes. Taught as a procedure.
The long genres
Article, letter, report or review at 280–320 words — genre conventions, register, and the reader taught as decisions.
Extracts & the unstated
Gist, attitude and implication — then interacting speakers where the tested position is never said aloud.
Writing + Listening
Both writing tasks in 90 minutes, then a full Listening paper with the real recording flow.
Sit now · Mock 1 — scaffoldedsupport open from the startWritingListening
Completion & double matching
Exact-word transcription, then five monologues carrying two simultaneous tasks — main point and speaker attitude.
Interview & collaboration
Precise spontaneous response, then the four-minute visual-prompt task: speculate, evaluate, negotiate.
The long turn + discussion
The suite's hardest speaking task: two minutes alone on an abstract prompt card, then six minutes defending the position — rehearsed on a different theme every week.
Speaking, examined
The full 16-minute paired test with a second teacher as assessor — unfamiliar partners, unseen prompt cards.
Sit now · Mock 1 — scaffoldedsupport open from the startSpeaking
Phase 2 · The full-mock block — weeks 17–20
The whole exam
All four papers across the week, real timing. Component profile plus predicted grade.
Sit now · Mock 2 — supportedthe whole exam; help after each partReading & Use of EnglishWritingListeningSpeaking
Weakest component first
Remediation grouped by mock profile — each candidate drills only their two weakest parts.
Where to startthe dashboard names the weakest paper and lists what to do on SundayOpen the exam dashboard
Exam conditions
One sitting per paper, answer sheets, live speaking with unseen cards — the dress rehearsal.
Sit now · Mock 3 — exam conditionsno help until you hand inReading & Use of EnglishWritingListeningSpeaking
Tune-up & logistics
Light review: idiom cards, one listening, one long turn. Documents, times, sleep.