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FCE Mock Test 3: a weather station, night walks and learning outside lessons
FCE Mock Test 3 is a free, complete B2 First mock exam about a weather station, night walks and learning outside lessons, with all four papers and 82 marked questions. You read “A week of looking up”, hear Martin and Imani, write an essay about learning outside lessons and compare photos of making things and live music.
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- Layout modelled on the computer-based exam
- Estimated Cambridge English Scale score
Reading2,218 words
Audio40:33
Voices8
Photos4
The four papers of Mock Test 3
| Paper | Time | In this mock | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| FCE Reading and Use of English Test 3 | 75 min | “A thank-you worth keeping” (Part 1, 157 words) · “A new timetable” (Part 2, 166 words) · “Keeping paths open” (Part 3, 160 words) · six transformations (Part 4) · “A week of looking up” (Part 5, an article, 634 words) · “Voices for the archive” (Part 6, an article, 539 words) · “A quieter day away” (Part 7, an article, 562 words) | 52 questions, 2,218 words |
| FCE Writing Test 3 | 80 min | Essay on learning outside lessons (Question 1) · article (Question 2) · report (Question 3) · email (Question 4) | 2 tasks, 140–190 words each |
| FCE Listening Test 3 | ≈ 40 min | Eight situations (Part 1, 13:57) · Martin: classroom lighting (Part 2, 9:00) · personal projects (Part 3, 8:04) · Imani: night walks (Part 4, 9:17) | 30 questions, 40:33 audio |
| FCE Speaking Test 3 | 14 min | Photos about making things and live music (Part 2), then a discussion about a public park (Parts 3 and 4) | 15 recorded answers |
Mock Test 3 at a glance
- Topics
- handwritten thanks, changing routines, footpath care, coastal weather observations, oral history, quiet holidays, classroom lighting, finishing personal projects, night-time nature walks and learning outside classrooms.
- Speaking photos
- An adult carefully shapes a clay bowl by hand at a table; An adult uses a sewing machine to join two pieces of plain fabric; A small group of musicians plays together in a rehearsal room; People sit on grass listening to a small outdoor musical performance.
- People in the texts
- Part 7: Nora, Elias, Sofia and Daniel.
- Reading load
- 2,218 words, within Cambridge’s 2,200–2,500.
- Audio
- 40 min 33 s (both hearings); 8 voices: 5 British, 1 Australian, 1 Canadian and 1 Irish.
- Blind check
- 82/82 answers in the blind check matched the key.
- Review
- 8 changes: 4 extra accepted answers, 2 questions replaced, 2 rewordings.
- Mini mock
- B2 First Mini Mock 3 (about 23 minutes) reuses “A thank-you worth keeping”, “Keeping paths open”, the transformations and Listening Part 3.
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