C2 Proficiency (CPE) Practice — Free Online Exercises
C2 Proficiency (formerly CPE) is the highest Cambridge English qualification — near-native command of the language. 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.
C2 Proficiency Reading & Use of English practice · 430 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.
- C2 Proficiency Multiple Choice Cloze — Reading & Use of English Part 1 · 92 exercises
- C2 Proficiency Open Cloze — Reading & Use of English Part 2 · 69 exercises
- C2 Proficiency Word Formation — Reading & Use of English Part 3 · 75 exercises
- C2 Proficiency Key Word Transformations — Reading & Use of English Part 4 · 67 exercises
- C2 Proficiency Multiple Choice Reading — Reading & Use of English Part 5 · 42 exercises
- C2 Proficiency Gapped Text — Reading & Use of English Part 6 · 43 exercises
- C2 Proficiency Multiple Matching — Reading & Use of English Part 7 · 42 exercises
C2 Proficiency Listening practice · 80 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.
- C2 Proficiency Listening Multiple Choice (Extracts) — Listening Part 1 · 20 exercises
- C2 Proficiency Listening Sentence Completion — Listening Part 2 · 21 exercises
- C2 Proficiency Listening Multiple Choice (Interview) — Listening Part 3 · 19 exercises
- C2 Proficiency Listening Multiple Matching — Listening Part 4 · 20 exercises
C2 Proficiency Writing practice · 8 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.
C2 Proficiency Speaking practice · 4 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.