CAE Overview: 

Reading + Use of English:
You have 90 minutes to complete this part. 

Parts 1-4: Recommendation: 7 minutes per task. 

Part 1: Multiple Choice gap-fill : tests you on collocations and vocabulary 

Part 2: Gap-fill  Tests articles, prepositions, determiners

Part 3: Word transformation. Tests knowledge of parts of speech, prefixes and suffixes. 

Part 4: Sentence transformation. Tests, structure, vocabulary and phrasal verbs.

Parts 5-6: Long texts. recommendation: 15 minutes per task

Part 5: Long text multiple choice. (This is the easiest. Do this first). 

Part 6: Multiple text: 4 questions comparing the texts. (Do this last!)

Part 7: Missing Paragraphs: put the missing paragraphs in the article. 

Part 8: 4 Texts where you read for specific information.