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Train your listening for FCE, CAE, CPE

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I love watching television and listening to music in English. Not only is it fun, but it is also a great way to improve your listening skills, acquire vocabulary and learn about other people and cultures. The CPEsamplewritings blog is of course all about the writings, but it doesnt mean that training other skills is not important. In fact, it is very important to train your listening and speaking if you want to pass the CPE or any other Cambridge exam. Today I would like to recommend a blog which has plenty of listening activities. It is called Davydow-Blog . It has mainly listening exercises for FCE at the moment, but the blog is growing, and they will soon have more activities for upper levels. Give it a try!

F.A.Q: CPE WRITING EXAM TIPS?

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Dear CPEsamplewritings, First of all, I really enjoy your blog. It is so instructive and there are so many samples. I have been working as an English teacher for a couple of years now. In order to graduate I still have to pass one exam, which is cpe writing.  I am terribly bad at writing essays, articles  etc. I have no idea how to pass this test. While on the website I came across an essay about food ( http://cpesamplewritings. blogspot.nl/2016/03/2016-cpe- essay-sample.html ) - this was the exact same task I had back in November and of course I didn't pass. Do you have any tips for me? I hope to hear from you soon. Kind regards,  F. G ...... A warm hello to you F.G and to all the CPE-holders and CPE-takers following this blog and reading our posts. I believe that the first thing you need to do is to get familiar with the exam, typical questions (tasks) and the way that the exam is assessed. As you can see from the collection of writings that we have here in the blog, typical task

CAE Restaurant review sample

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"You went to a newly-opened restaurant with your family to celebrate your father's 50th birthday. Based on the visit, write a review of the restaurant. (220-260 words)"   The "Aquila Nera" restaurant   The "Aquila Nera" is a newly-opened restaurant in the centre of town. It is also by far the best place for families and friends to spend a nice and quiet evening eating delicious home-made food. I had the opportunity to go there to celebrate my father’s birthday and I had a wonderful time.      As you enter the place you are welcomed by a familiar and cosy atmosphere. The walls are made of stone, which gives the restaurant a vintage and traditional look, and there are just a few tables. There is some soft background music from the 80s and 90s.   Regarding the food, they offer a variety of focaccia bread rolls as a starter, with tomato sauce, mozzarella, zucchini and almonds. They were my favourite part of the meal.   The main course that I had consisted

2016 CPE Essay sample

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Essay on the importance of food In our stressful society it is a hard task to find the time to cook  healthy meals on a daily basis. The two texts dive into the topic of food and well-being, forwarding the idea that food should be a way to reunite families and friends together. Food has undenieably a social function. A mouth-watering meal can be the perfect excuse to gather friends around a table and for colleagues to get to know more about each other. And as for couples, a cosy dinner is the perfect scenario to make plans about the future and to talk about their feelings. There is a strong association between food and warm sentiments, like love. But food is also deeply -routed in every country’s culture. This is easy to exemplify by talking about tortilla, which  is a traditional Spanish dish present on each of their especial occasions. On the same way, when we think about tacos, we think about Mexico, and when we think about sausages we think about Germany. Food is also an ambassador