CAE content and overview Part/timing Content Test focus 1 READING 1 hour 15 mins Part 1 Three texts on one theme from a range of sources. Each text has two multiple-choice questions. Candidates are expected to show understanding of attitude, detail, implication, main idea, opinion, purpose, specific information, text organisation fea- tures, tone, text structure. Part 2 A text from which six paragraphs have been removed and placed in a jumbled order, together with an additional para- graph, after the text. Part 3 A text followed by seven multiple-choice questions. Part 4 A text or several short texts preceded by 15 multiple-match- ing questions. 2 WRITING 1 hour 30 minutes Part 1 One compulsory question. Candidates are expected to be able to write non- specialised text types such as article, contribution to a longer piece, essay, letter, proposal, report, review, competition entry, with a focus on advising, comparing, evaluating, expressing opinions, hypothesising, justifying, persu...