B2 First (FCE) Practice — Free Online Exercises

B2 First (formerly FCE) certifies upper-intermediate English — the level employers and schools most often ask for. The exam has four papers: Reading & Use of English, Writing, Listening and Speaking. Everything below comes from real past papers and trusted coursebooks, is free, and is marked instantly with an explanation for every answer.

B2 First Reading & Use of English practice · 253 exercises

The Reading & Use of English paper tests grammar, vocabulary and reading comprehension in one sitting — from cloze tasks that probe collocations and structures to long texts with detailed comprehension questions. Every exercise here comes from real Cambridge past papers and well-known coursebooks, is marked instantly, and explains each answer.

B2 First Listening practice · 86 exercises

The Listening paper plays real-life recordings — interviews, conversations, monologues and short extracts — and tests whether you catch gist, detail, opinion and attitude. Practise every part here with authentic past-paper audio, instant marking and full transcripts to study afterwards.

B2 First Writing practice · 10 exercises

The Writing paper asks for a compulsory essay plus a second task chosen from genres like articles, letters, reports and reviews. Write your answer here and an AI examiner marks it in about a minute on the four official Cambridge scales — Content, Communicative Achievement, Organisation and Language — with corrections quoted from your own script and an estimated grade. The examiner is calibrated against Cambridge’s own examiner-marked scripts.

B2 First Speaking practice · 13 exercises

The Speaking test is a face-to-face exam with an interview, an individual long turn with photographs, a collaborative task and a discussion. Practise solo with exam timers and a self-recorder, live with a partner over a built-in video call, or as a full three-person mock where a real person reads the official examiner script.

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