Multilevel Language tests: Walking into the land of the unexplored

Part 1. Understand the organizational and lexical 
features of the text (A1). Understand coherence and 
cohesion of short texts (A2) and a variety of 
authentic texts (B1). Understand in detail 
information, ideas and opinions (B2). Understand 
articles, use of language and texts dense with 
complex structures (C1). Understand literary texts, 
Read and select. Candidates read a notice, label, 
memo or letter containing a short text and choose the 
sentence or phrase that most closely matches the 
meaning of the text. There are three possible answers 
Gapped sentences. Candidates read a sentence with a 
missing word (gap) and choose the correct word to 
fill the gap. There are three or four choices for each 

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Jesús García Laborda and Miguel Fernández Álvarez 
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use of emotive language and texts dense with 
complex structures (C2) 
Part 2. Understand the structure of a short simple text 
(A1-A2). Understand how meaning is built up in a 
text (B1-C2) 
Part 3. Understand the purpose of text and to locate 
specific information (A1-B1) and awareness of 
writers’ stance and attitude (B2-C2) 
Part 4. Identify meaning in short texts (8 short texts) 
(A1). Understand specific information through 
detailed reading (A2-B2). Understand text discourse, 
purpose and gist and to locate specific information 
(C1-C2) 
gap 
Multiple-choice gap-fill. Candidates choose the right 
word or phrase to fill the gaps in a text. There are 
three or four choices for each gap 
Open gap-fill. Candidates read a short text in which 
there are some missing words (gaps) and write in the 
missing word in each gap 
Extended reading. Candidates read a longer text and 
answer a series of multiple-choice questions. The 
questions are in the same order as the information in 
the text 
Writing