Linguaskill Reading & Writing Trainer B1–C1: Strategies, 8 Practice Tests, 5 Full Mock Tests and Model Answers for the Email and the Essay — An Unofficial Preparation Book for Linguaskill General

Know the test. Write with confidence.

Linguaskill tests the English you use for study, work and everyday life: notices, messages, articles, emails and essays. This book shows you how every Reading task and both Writing tasks work, gives you a clear step-by-step strategy for each one, and then lets you practise at three levels, B1, B2 and C1, until test day.

Inside this book

• Updated for the current Linguaskill format (October 2025): the 55-minute Writing module with a 250-word Part 2 essay, and all nine Reading task types
• 16 strategy chapters: read and select, gapped sentences, multiple-choice and open gap-fill, extended reading, missing paragraphs, missing sentences and multiple-text matching, the Part 1 email and the Part 2 essay (planning, building the argument and six topic areas with model essays)
• Graded practice sets at B1, B2 and C1 in every chapter, plus the classic traps and a quick check
• 8 practice tests: four Reading tests and four Writing tests
• 5 full mock tests: Reading and Writing in one timed sitting, each with new topics and new tasks
• Model answers at B1, B2 and C1 for every email and essay, with short comments on what makes each level work
• Quick level check, score analysis grids and a mistakes log, so you know where to start and what to practise next
• Answer key with reasons, 240 word partners for study, work and everyday topics, linking and hedging language, 50 classic mistakes and a test-day checklist

Ideal for students, university and college applicants, job seekers and professionals who need a Linguaskill result, and for teachers preparing classes. Need Linguaskill Business instead? See Book 1 of the Kognixr English Exam Trainers series.

This is an independent, unofficial preparation book. It is not affiliated with, approved or endorsed by Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Linguaskill is a trademark of its owner. The practice tests were written for this book and are not official test material.