C1 Advanced Cross-Text Multiple Matching Practice
C1 Advanced (CAE) · Reading & Use of English Part 6 · 39 free exercises
Four short texts by different writers on the same subject, with questions about how their opinions relate: who agrees with whom, who takes a different view from the others. Unique to C1 Advanced, it tests comparing attitudes across texts rather than understanding one text alone.
Cross-Text Multiple Matching: Comparing what four writers think.
- 4 — texts, one topic
- 4 — questions
- 2 marks — each
- Compare — opinions across texts
Identifying each writer’s opinion on specific points and comparing them across four texts — who agrees, who differs. The texts use different words for the same idea, so you match meaning, not vocabulary.
What real learners get wrong: The hardest reading part in our data — C1 learners average 75%. The difficulty is holding four opinions in mind and matching them by meaning, not vocabulary.
The method
- Read all four texts first and note each writer’s position in a word: for / against / mixed.
- Read the question carefully — does it ask who agrees, or who differs?
- Find the named writer’s view on that exact point first.
- Check each other writer against that point, text by text.
- Match by meaning, not by words, and confirm it is the specific point named.
The traps
- Matching words instead of opinions: Shared vocabulary is not agreement; agreement may share no vocabulary at all.
- Missing "differ": Reading a "different view" question as "agrees" reverses your answer.
- Right writer, wrong point: A writer may agree on one thing and disagree on another — match only the point named.
- General attitude vs specific view: Two writers both "positive about technology" can still differ on the exact claim.
- The writer who says nothing: A writer who does not mention the point cannot be the match — do not force one.
All Cross-Text Multiple Matching exercises
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