B2 First Exercises

Howdy (this is a U.S. way to say ‘hello’).

On this page I will put lots of B2 First exercises which:

1. If you are a student, you can use to improve your marks in the FCE exam.
2. If you are a teacher, you can give your students to complete in class or for homework.

B2 First Essay Exercises

Exercise 1

If it’s possible to work on computer, you or your students should:

1. 1. Become a paid member of this website so you can access all the exercises on this page.
   2. If you are a teacher and you have many students, email: admin@studentlanguages.com for membership discount codes.
   3. Watch this FCE Essay video and write down the important points in the appropriate boxes here (you will receive a copy of your answers via email).
   4. Read this essay question:  and take 5 minutes to write a plan for it here.
   5. Compare your plan with my plan here. It doesn’t matter if they are not similar.
   6. Print this sample essay answer and correct any mistakes you find.
   7. Compare the mistakes you found with my critique.
   8. Complete this assessment scale template for the sample essay answer.
   9. Compare your assessment scale with my assessment scale.
   10. Update this form during future classes.

If you cannot work on computer, go and look at my ‘without computer’ instructions on this page.

Exercise 2

If you’ve completed the B2 First Essay exercise 1, follow the steps below. If you haven’t completed exercise 1, stop preparing half-heartedly, go back up and complete it…tut tut you lazy beansprout 😉

1. 1. Read this essay question,  and write a plan for it here.
   2. Compare your plan with my plan. It doesn’t matter if they are not similar.
   3. Print off and note down any mistakes you find on this essay answer.
   4. Compare your mistakes with the ones I noted here.
   5. Complete this assessment template for the example answer here.
   6. Is your assessment scale similar to my assessment scale?
   7. Update this form with any more tips etc. you find.

If you prefer writing by hand or you are a teacher and you want to print these exercises off as class activities, these ‘without computer‘ instructions might be useful.

B2 First Report Exercises

Exercise 1

If it’s possible to work on computer, this is what I recommend:

1. 1. Become a paid member of this site to access all my B2 First exercises.
   2. Watch this video and fill in the relevant parts of this form. You will be emailed a copy.
   3. Read this report question and write a plan for it in 5 minutes here.
   4. Compare your plan with my plan.
   5. Correct mistakes on this sample report answer – it may be easier to print it off.
   6. Complete the examiner assessment scale template based on this sample report answer.
   7. Compare the last 2 steps with my critique and my assessment.
   8. Update this worksheet during future classes.

If you don’t have a computer, check out my instructions on this page.

B2 First Article Exercises

Exercise 1

Follow the instructions for B2 First Article exercises that you or your students can do on computer:

1. 1. If you haven’t joined, become a paid member of this website to gain access to many more videos and exercises.
   2. Watch this video and complete this document (you will receive a copy of your responses via email)
   3. Look at this article question and write a plan for it here (don’t spend more than 5 minutes planning)
   4. Compare your plan with my plan here
   5. Print this example article, then find and correct its mistakes
   6. Complete an assessment scale for the example answer
   7. Do your mistakes match the ones I found here?
   8. Check if your assessment is similar to my assessment here
   9. Keep adding notes to this worksheet during your exam preparation

If you don’t have a computer, check out my instructions on this page.

B2 First Use of English Part 1 Exercises

Exercise 1

Here is a video I made on YouTube where you can complete one of these tasks and also do a dictation at the same time. This will be really useful for you:

If you want to know the benefits of dictation in more detail, watch this video.