The Test FormatThere are five sub-tests, or modules, to the final test: Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking and Use of English. Students must sit all five sub-tests.

On the day of the test, the five subsections will be taken in the following order:

Reading: 2 sections; 40 minutes;

Listening test lasts for about 20 minutes. It consists of two sections, played, in order of increasing difficulty. Each section might be a dialogue or a monologue. The test is played once only, and the questions for each section must be answered while listening, although time is given for students to check their answers.Reading test lasts for 40 minutes. Students are given an Academic Reading test, or a General Training Reading test. Both tests consist of three sections, and in both tests the sections are in order of increasing difficulty.

Writing test also lasts for 30 minutes. Again, students take either an Academic test, or a General Training test. Students must perform one writing task, which requires different styles of writing. There is no choice of question topics.

Speaking test consists of a one-to-one interview with a specially trained examiner. The examiner will lead the candidate through the three parts of the test:An introduction and interview, an individual long turn where the candidate speaks for one or two minutes on a particular topic, and a two-way discussion thematically linked to the individual long turn. This interview will last for approximately 11-14 minutes.Use of English test requires candidates to demonstrate their ability to apply their knowledge of English vocabulary and grammatical structures appropriate to the C1 level.The test uses a variety of tasks: multiple choice, gap-fill, word formation, key word transformation and gapped sentences.