Cambridge B2 First
Confident English for study and work — built to the real B2 First exam.
- All 7 Reading & Use of English parts and all 4 Listening parts
- Essays, articles, emails, reviews and reports with models
- Speaking practice for every part of the paired test
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Cambridge B2 First units
Practice tests
Full tests in all three papers — listening, reading & writing, and speaking. Do one after every three units.
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Everything in one course
Hear every word
Every word, example and listening task has audio — practise your ear as much as your eyes.
Real exam tasks
Every part of the exam, practised in the real Cambridge format — no surprises on exam day.
15 homework books
One homework book per unit to review at home or set as homework by a teacher.
15 unit tests + 10 practice tests
Check progress at the end of every unit, then try full practice tests in every paper.
Clara, your tutor
Clara explains what each lesson is about and what to do next.
XP and progress
Earn XP for every lesson and see your progress unit by unit.
How every unit works
- LearnNew words, grammar and exam strategy
- PractiseExam-style tasks with instant feedback
- HomeworkA homework book to review at home
- Unit testCheck what you know, then move on
What’s in the Cambridge B2 First course
This online B2 First course has 12 units, 3 review units and 315 lessons, built to the real exam. Each unit teaches first, then practises the exam tasks, and ends with a unit test — plus 15 homework books a teacher can assign.
- Work and careers — Work & jobs · Education
- Media and entertainment — Media · Entertainment
- People and education — People personality · Education
- Travel and tourism — Travel holidays · Transport
- Review 1 — Units 1–4 — Work & jobs · Media · Education · Travel holidays
- Money and shopping — Shopping · House & home
- The mind and thinking — Education · People personality
- Communication and technology — Communication · Technology
- Sport and free time — Sport · Free time
- Review 2 — Units 5–8 — Shopping money · Technology · Sport free time
- Rules and society — Society · Rules
- Health and fitness — Health fitness · Food & drink
- Environment and nature — Environment · The world around us
- Science and the future — Science · Technology
- Review 3 — Units 9–12 — Society · Health · Environment · Science
B2 First exam format
Cambridge English: B2 First (FCE) has 4 papers:
| Paper | Time | Parts | Questions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading & Use of English | 1 hour 15 minutes | 7 | 52 |
| Writing | 1 hour 20 minutes | 2 | 2 |
| Listening | about 40 minutes | 4 | 30 |
| Speaking | 14 minutes (in pairs) | 4 | — |
Reading & Use of English counts for 40% of the result; Writing, Listening and Speaking for 20% each.
Questions about this course
- Is this an official Cambridge course?
- No. It is an independent 7ESL course that follows the official Cambridge exam format and word lists. The exam itself is taken at an authorised Cambridge English centre.
- What can I try for free?
- Without an account you can try the first lesson of Unit 1. A free account opens all of Unit 1 — every lesson, the homework and the unit test — and the word list of every unit, so you can see how the course works before upgrading.
- How is progress checked?
- Answers are marked as you go, and every unit ends with a unit test. The next unit opens when the unit’s goals are met, so gaps are fixed before moving on.
- Which course comes before or after this one?
- Before: Cambridge B1 Preliminary for Schools. Next: Cambridge C1 Advanced.
Course Cambridge B2 First (B2). Cambridge B2 First (FCE) preparation: 12 topic units and 3 review units covering every part of the exam — Reading and Use of English (7 parts), Writing (essay, article, email, letter, review, report), Listening (4 parts) and the paired Speaking test.
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