LONGMAN FIRST CERTIFICATE SKILLS is a series designed to develop and practise the specific language and examination skills students need for success in each of the five papers of the Cambridge First Certificate Examination. READ AND WRITE prepares students for the reading and writing papers - Paper 1 Reading Comprehension and Paper 2 Composition - of the Cambridge First Certificate Examination. It is, however, equally useful for general upper-intermediate students who want to improve their reading and writing. READ AND WRITE can be used in class and for private study. It provides well-sequenced units that integrate reading skills development with the five types of writing commonly found in the examination. Twenty more composition topics are provided at the end of the book for practice in freer composition writing. There is also a pull-out answer key to the exercises.