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FCE Mock Test 5: shop signs, playground testing and friendship
FCE Mock Test 5 is a free, complete B2 First mock exam about shop signs, playground testing and friendship, with all four papers and 82 marked questions. You read “Finding what a customer needs”, hear Rosa and Ben, write an essay about friendship and compare photos of making choices and study spaces.
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- Layout modelled on the computer-based exam
- Estimated Cambridge English Scale score
Reading2,212 words
Audio41:50
Voices8
Photos4
The four papers of Mock Test 5
| Paper | Time | In this mock | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| FCE Reading and Use of English Test 5 | 75 min | “Changing a room’s sound” (Part 1, 159 words) · “Remembering the journey” (Part 2, 153 words) · “The signs above the shops” (Part 3, 152 words) · six transformations (Part 4) · “Finding what a customer needs” (Part 5, an article, 649 words) · “A garden beyond the window” (Part 6, an article, 535 words) · “Finding a voice in front of others” (Part 7, an article, 564 words) | 52 questions, 2,212 words |
| FCE Writing Test 5 | 80 min | Essay on friendship (Question 1) · email (Question 2) · article (Question 3) · review (Question 4) | 2 tasks, 140–190 words each |
| FCE Listening Test 5 | ≈ 40 min | Eight situations (Part 1, 14:11) · Rosa: costume preparation (Part 2, 9:18) · collections (Part 3, 8:33) · Ben: playground testing (Part 4, 9:33) | 30 questions, 41:50 audio |
| FCE Speaking Test 5 | 14 min | Photos about making choices and study spaces (Part 2), then a discussion about the town library (Parts 3 and 4) | 15 recorded answers |
Mock Test 5 at a glance
- Topics
- concert-hall acoustics, journey memories, historic shop signs, online-shop design, sensory gardens, speaking confidence, costume preparation, personal collections, playground testing and friendship.
- Speaking photos
- Two friends plan a journey using a paper map and small travel bags; Two people choose food from several dishes at a small self-service counter; A student works alone at a desk in a quiet room; Three students discuss work around a shared table.
- People in the texts
- Part 7: Tariq, Lucia, Emil and Amina.
- Reading load
- 2,212 words, within Cambridge’s 2,200–2,500.
- Audio
- 41 min 50 s (both hearings); 8 voices: 5 British, 1 Canadian, 1 New Zealand and 1 Australian.
- Blind check
- 82/82 answers in the blind check matched the key.
- Review
- 5 changes: 1 extra accepted answer, 4 rewordings.
- Mini mock
- B2 First Mini Mock 5 (about 23 minutes) reuses “Changing a room’s sound”, “The signs above the shops”, the transformations and Listening Part 3.
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