CAE Reading and Use of English Practice Tests

75 thoughts on “CAE Reading and Use of English Practice Tests”

1. Very very greatful for these exercises, they are a big help, I did not know the READING AND USE OF ENGLISH part of the test was divided into 8 different parts. THANKS.

2. You guys this tests are a big help, thank you very much…There are some software errors though, for example in some Part 7 of READING AND USE OF ENGLISH you dont have all the options (A-G), sometimes option E is missing. And in the last 3 tests there are some repeated texts or with the wrong promts…other than that this is all very helpful, thanks again 🙂

3. Thanks for the heads up, Yornimo! I will look into the errors shortly!

4. I love your tests …really helpful but i would like to download these. Is there a way i could ?

5. Hello Aayath!
   Glad to hear your like the tests! At this moment you can use print-friendly tests to save them as PDFs. I will look into a one-pdf solution in the future.

6. thanks for the tests!! They are amazing I use them with my CAE students.

7. Glad we could be of help!

8. I think you should be more lenient towards multiple choices/options when it comes to open close and rephrase exercises. Sometimes more options are valid, but it looks like it has to be set in stone.

9. Hello Alex!
   I appreciate your feedback. Could you point out the cases where you feel more options should be allowed? I’d be glad to implement those if you believe they fit.

10. Sure.
    Here’s one.
    Test 11, Use of English part 4, exercise 28. Indicated answer “somewhere else to”. Why isn’t “some place else to” acceptable?

    Why am I asking this? Because I understand that some prepositions or phrases are set in stone, such as “to be in the mood TO go / FOR going”, which is perfectly alright (it’s another rephrase exercise in the same test), but those who can be rephrased differently and still be grammatically correct and make sense should be accepted as well. Now I’m not sure how they asses you on a real CAE exam, but if they simply cut with a red pen through your rephrase without even checking the answer’s potential suitability then.. it’s quite a shame.

11. First of all I apologise for my late reply.
    You are correct. Someplace else to fits semantically and grammatically – so there is no reason to mark it as incorrect. Personally I didn’t know of such adverb, probably because it is only used in American English [1, 2]. This of course doesn’t mean we can’t use it there.
    At the real exam you have more freedom of phrasing as your answers are human-checked, not simply matched with a (rather limited) list of ‘correct’ answers as is the case with the mock tests. The tests presented here use javascript code to compare user input against pre-written answers in its memory. Naturally, if it doesn’t match the three or four programmed variants it marks it as incorrect.
    I have added this answer to the list. Once again, thanks for your input!

12. Hello!
    Don’t worry for the late reply! We’re all busy. I didn’t know they use java in such tests; an interesting thing to find out, indeed. Also, good to know that in the real test they are more accepting than I thought.
    Thank you for adding the answer! xD

13. Unfortunately, I have to report another issue.
    Test 13, Use of English part 1, exercises 2 and 3. The letter of the answer marked as correct does not coincide with the actual answer options in the grid. For example, both are marked as B being the correct answer, but option B doesn’t actually have the right word.

14. Thanks for your vigilance! I believe it’s high time I went over all these tests again 🙂

15. You’re welcome!
    You should also take a look at test 14, Use of English Part 4, exercises 25 and 30. For 25, even if “taking/having” are in brackets, which would mean they are optional (and they are, honestly), the answer is still marked wrong if you don’t use one of them. In case of 30, the right answer is marked wrong for no apparent reason.
    I know I’m annoying XD, but I’ll go through the rest of the tests and post the mistakes/improvements so that people can learn something useful from online tests too. Otherwise, the level of difficulty of these tests is challenging, which is great!

16. You have no idea how grateful I’d be. I’ll correct the things you have mentioned. Please do say if there’s more!

17. Last test, 15: Use of English Part 2, exercise 14: the right answer, which is “on” is not accepted.
    Same test, exercise 28, rephrase exercise: “now matter how hard” is indicated as the right answer, but it lacks an “I”, as the sentence finishes in “try”, and so the subject is dismissed in the answer key, which is by all means grammatically unacceptable.
    That’s it for now :D.

18. Both cases are an overlook on my part. I have fixed both cases, thanks again 🙂

19. Hi, I’m sorry to bother but is there any way you could submit test 16,17 and so?
    Thanks!

20. Hello Mikaela!
    Hopefully I will have new practice tests posted by October. Thanks for your interest in my website 🙂

21. Thank you so much for all these tests! You have spent a huge amount of your time just to help us /teachers and students/ for free and it really makes a difference.
    Great job!

22. Can I have a PDF file so that I can do it without computer, as I have problems with my eyes.

23. Thanks very much for this big help.

24. I’m really glad that you found the materials helpful, Diana! I have some improvements planned that will hopefully make engexam even better.

25. Ly, you can download CAE Reading and Use of English tests in PDF here: https://engexam.info/cae-reading-and-use-of-english-practice-tests-printfriendly/

26. Hi!
    Just wanted to drop by and thank you for all these amazing materials!
    I discovered this site by chance this summer when out of the blue I had decided to *finally* take the CAE ; my main weaknesses have always been Reading and Use Of English; I religiously did some exercises every day and I could definitely tell the improvement just after a couple weeks.
    A user-friendly interface, loads of different tests, simulation of your grade and the keys with explanations, I couldn’t have asked for anything better.
    I’ve gotten my exam results pretty recently and seeing that I ACED what I first considered to be the most “to-be-feared” parts brought me so much relief and happiness.
    I’m gonna sound like a broken record but- thanks again, a lot.

27. Sara, thanks for your heart-warming words! I’m really happy that the tests proved to be of so much help 🙂

28. Hello!
    You are doing a great job!! It is fantastic! I only learn this beautiful language. Could you please, check one more time test 12, task 5 – reading, namely questions?

29. I am so grateful for your amazing job!! Thank you so much!!

30. Thanks for pointing that out Bajena, fixed it!

31. You’re very welcome 🙂

32. Thank you very much! That’s a really great job!

33. Hello from Spain. Just writing to say thank you. I have recently passed my CAE test and your exams have been crucial in my self-training. Taking your tests helps us to manage time and, therefore, to feel more relaxed in the D-day. It is a fact that, on average, students have a 10% worse performance in official exam compared with home tests. In my case I improved it, and I think the reason is all the training made on sites like yours.
    Thank you for your job and goodbye

34. Congratulations! And thank you for your kind words 🙂

35. Hi. I found that these tests are of great use to me so thank you! English vocabulary and grammar have captured my interest and actually I’m not so bad at these so through doing these mock tests I can improve my weaker points, like reading for example.
    I don’t have the faintest idea when I will take the CAE test, but once again thanks very much for your useful materials.

36. I am happy that you find the tests helpful, Na 🙂 Your English is great – have some practice, be brave and take the test!

37. There is an error in Test 10, specifically in Part 4. In one sentence it appears “occured”, when it should be “occurred”, with double r. Nevertheless, thank you so much for your web. It enables me to practice a lot and for sure I will notice it when I take the exam.

38. Thanks for pointing that out, Martí! Fixed 🙂

39. Hi, It appears that you only allocate 1 point per question for all parts of the exam. In the actual exams Parts 4, 5, 6 and 7 are worth 2 points for each question giving a total of 78 points for the exam not 56. Your way of assessing the results skews them upwards. This may give students a false sense of accomplishment.

40. Melissa, that is a very astute observation. I have fixed this issue!

41. Hello, I think that the test are still not assessed correctly.

42. Hello, Meri-An,
    Thanks for pointing that out. There were some inaccuracies with the system in some tests in Part 5 and 6. It is now fixed!

43. What about Part 4?Is it worth 2 points?

44. It should be worth two points now, yes!

45. Hello,
    The tests are great! Much helpful after I depleted all official sample tests available 🙂 thank you.
    Though, to let you know, the score still doesn´t seem accurate. I always count the points myself (leaving possible tolerance for part 4) and the two scores always vary significantly..

46. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. After last backup we had rolled the changes back. Now the test score should be 100% accurate!

47. Hello, I would like to ask you if you could give us a solution in the part 3 -gap 18. in the PRACTICE TEST 5.
    Thank you in advanced.

48. Hello, Miona. Fixed that, thanks for letting me know!

49. Hello, I just wanted to point out that in the practice test 12, part 5, question 12, answers for the question are not related to the text. I also noticed that those are answers for the practice test 11.

50. Thanks for pointing that out, Miona! Fixed.

51. This site is wonderful, your explainations are very helpful. TYSM <3

52. Great site, would definitely recommend

53. Hi, look at test 12, part 4. 27 and 28 won’t mark my choice, no matter what I put there, it always marks as false.

54. Great site!
    Wanted to ask about evaluational system, though. Is it correct, that if you succesfully did 60 % of the test, you will get Grade C? I mean is it the exact evaluational system, that is used by Cambrige?

55. Correct. The formula was leaked somewhere on the web. 60% of points is enough to get Grade C. Interestingly, 92% of points of enough to get top mark (210) for each respective aspect.

56. great job really
    it helps a lot
    please put more as they are so useful

57. where can I find more free practise tests?

58. Hi, I wanna thank to all the people envolved in this website. Thanks to these exams I finally got my Certificate in Advanced English (C1). I’m very happy, it was hard work but I succeeded. I encourage to all the candidates to study harder every single day. Thank you so much for helping me with these Reading tests.

59. Congratulations, Daniel! Hard work always pays off in the end :). Thanks for your kind words.

60. Hi! I really don’t understand how the grading system works. There are 56 exercises in total, but at the end of the test, I will be shown how many I got right out of 78. How does that happen?

61. Hello, Doja Valentin.
    In CAE Reading and Use of English Tasks 1,2,3 and 8 give 1 point for each correct answer. Tasks 4,5,6 and 7 give you 2 points as they are more difficult and take more time to complete.

62. So good

63. I am pleased about this website because It helped me come up with 25 marks at the CERF level. I recommend this site highly for those who are willing to improve their marks in Cambridge Exams. Thank you

64. Hey could it be also in CAE practise test 13, part 4, task 25
    Word ‘probable’ instead of likely?
    Thanks

65. Indeed, thanks for pointing that out! I have added it to the list of answers in the system

66. Hello!

    A million thanks for the practice tests! They are incredibly helpful!

    Just a comment, there is a mistake when printing test 5 and 9, the previous tests appear instead. When trying to print test 5, test 4 is downloaded. The same happens with test 9.

    Thank you very much,
    Ana

67. Thanks for pointing that out Ana! We have fixed both PDF files. If the problem persists for you, try using a different browser or clearing browser cache and cookies (be careful with that as you might lose all your saved passwords though)

68. This website has been very helpful so far, thank you of existing mr.admin

69. I can’t thank you enough. This website was a game-changing. I took C1 advanced on the 21st of October and I passed! I always recommend your website to all my friends!

    I have a suggestion for you. I noticed that there is a timer when you start the test. When it comes to Reading and Use of English, I like to start the test by doing the Reading in the part 5 first, and I leave the Use of English for the end. There could be an option to start the timer and when we decide to go back to the other exercises, it continues counting down.

    Once again, thank you so much 🙂

70. Thank you so much and congratulations! 🙂 I will look into the timer thing, thanks for the suggestion!

71. You guys this tests are a big help, thank you very much…There are some software errors though, for example in some Part 7 of READING AND USE OF ENGLISH you dont have all the options (A-G), sometimes option E is missing. And in the last 3 tests there are some repeated texts or with the wrong promts…other than that this is all very helpful, thanks again

72. Thanks for the heads up, Anbu! We will look into that.

73. hi guys, does anyone know where can I find more practice test like these?

74. Hi! In the exam, which parts correspond to Use of English? 1-4?

75. Hello there! Yes, the first four part of CAE are Use of English. Interestingly, many students I know choose to do Reading first as it is normally more time consuming.

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