Introduction
Focus on KET is an online course designed for students who are thinking of taking the Cambridge Keystage English Test. It consists of 12 modules and 200 units of English and provides approximately 120 hours of study for students.
Course aims
- Take students from Elementary CEFR A1 up to A2.
- Provide coaching and practice in all areas of the KET exam to ensure students are fully prepared when taking the test.
- Blend grammatical structures necessary for this level with vocabulary including simple verb + preposition combinations, spelling, reading, listening, writing, and speaking.
Граматика
By the end of the course, students will be able to…
- Use present simple and present continuous verb forms, as well as simple past with regular and irregular verbs in the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms.
- Talk about future prediction and intention using will and going to.
- Use the present perfect simple to talk about past experience.
- Identify things using there is/there are, have got, possessive adjectives and pronouns, articles, and the possessive genitive.
- Talk about adjectives including comparative and superlative forms.
- Create yes/no and information questions.
- Give information on time and place using prepositions.
- Use the modal verbs can, could, must, should, may, and might.
- Use adverbs of frequency.
- Use prepositions of place and time.
- Use simple connecting words.
- Compare adjectives and adverbs using comparatives and superlatives.
- Talk about quantity.
Речник
- Learn approximately 1000 lexical items including common nouns, verbs, adjectives, and simple lexical sets.
Skills
- Exposure to and practice in reading and hearing about everyday routines, biographies, countries and cities, TV and films, and simple stories.
Unit Summary
Module 1
- Introduction
- Речник: Countries, Nationalities, and Languages
- Граматика: Prepositions of place
- Речник: Days, Months, Seasons, and Parts of the Day
- Граматика: Prepositions of time
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 1
- Речник: Wordbuilding 08
- Spelling: Spelling 09
- Четене: Going abroad for the first time
- Слушане: Mrs Jones
- Говорене: Personal information
- Четене: Australia
- Слушане: My day
- Писане: Writing about yourself using Simple Present verbs
- Revision: Module 1 revision test
- Exam: KET Coaching: Paper 1 Part 1
- Exam: KET Practice: Paper 1 Part 1 Practice test 3
Module 2
- Introduction
- Речник: Colours
- Граматика: Present Simple and Present Continuous
- Речник: Telling the time
- Граматика: Simple Past – Regular verbs
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 2
- Речник: Wordbuilding 10
- Spelling: Spelling 10
- Четене: Ecuador
- Слушане: Spain
- Говорене: Personal Information questions
- Четене: Switzerland
- Слушане: Mexico City
- Писане: Writing about yourself using Simple Present verbs
- Revision: Module 2 revision test
- Exam: KET Coaching: Paper 1 Part 2
- Exam: KET Practice: Paper 1 Part 2 Practice test 3 – Multiple choice
Module 3
- Introduction
- Речник: Adjective opposites
- Граматика: Articles
- Речник: How do you feel today?
- Граматика: Articles
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 3
- Речник: Wordbuilding 11
- Spelling: Spelling 01
- Четене: Politics in Britain
- Слушане: My family
- Говорене: Reading Aloud 1
- Четене: The news
- Слушане: My dogs
- Писане: Writing about yourself using Useful Phrases
- Revision: Module 3 revision test
- Exam: KET Coaching: Paper 1 Part 3
- Exam: KET Practice: Paper 1 Part 3 Practice test 3
Module 4
- Introduction
- Речник: Food and drink
- Граматика: Adverbs of frequency
- Речник: Food and drink
- Граматика: Conjunctions and connectors
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 4
- Речник: Wordbuilding 12
- Spelling: Spelling 02
- Четене: Glastonbury
- Слушане: What’s in the fridge?
- Говорене: Likes and dislikes
- Четене: My life through music
- Слушане: Fast Food
- Писане: Using adjectives for things
- Revision: Module 4 revision test
- Exam: KET Coaching: Paper 1 Part 3
- Exam: KET Practice: Paper 1 Part 3 Practice test 3
Module 5
- Introduction
- Речник: Important verbs
- Граматика: The possessive genitive
- Речник: Weather
- Граматика: Possessive pronouns
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 5
- Речник: Wordbuilding 13
- Spelling: Spelling 03
- Четене: The dentist
- Слушане: Duncan
- Говорене: Reading Aloud 2
- Четене: Friday night
- Слушане: Mary
- Писане: Using adjectives in writing
- Revision: Module 5 revision test
- Exam: KET Coaching: Paper 1 Part 4
- Exam: KET Practice: Paper 1
Module 6
- Introduction
- Речник: Animals
- Граматика: Comparatives and superlatives
- Речник: Animals
- Граматика: Comparatives and superlatives
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 6
- Речник: Wordbuilding 01
- Spelling: Spelling 04
- Четене: The Mary Baker zoo
- Слушане: Sports I like
- Говорене: Talking about what someone looks like
- Четене: Going to the jungle
- Слушане: Football fans
- Писане: Describing what people are like
- Revision: Module 6 revision test
- Exam: KET Coaching: Paper 2 Part 2
Module 7
- Introduction
- Речник: Jobs
- Граматика: Some or Any?
- Речник: Jobs and professions
- Граматика: Much, Many, or A lot of?
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 7
- Речник: Wordbuilding 02
- Spelling: Spelling 05
- Четене: The story of Jenny
- Слушане: Summer School
- Говорене: Reading Aloud 3 – The Mary Baker zoo
- Четене: Dennis’ strange day
- Слушане: Studying at university
- Писане: Describing what people feel like
- Revision: Module 7 revision test
- Exam: KET Coaching: Paper 1 Part 5 Multiple choice cloze
- Exam: KET Practice: Paper 1 Part 5 Practice test 3 – Multiple choice
Module 8
- Introduction
- Речник: Parts of the Body
- Граматика: Simple Past questions
- Речник: Parts of the body
- Граматика: Irregular Verbs
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 8
- Речник: Wordbuilding 03
- Spelling: Spelling 06
- Четене: How to dance salsa
- Слушане: Africa
- Говорене: Talking about your house
- Четене: Embarrassment in Sweden
- Слушане: Working in Australia
- Писане: Describing a person’s character
- Revision: Module 8 revision test
- Exam: KET Coaching: Paper 1 Part 6 – Word completion
- Exam: KET Practice: Paper 1 Part 6 Practice test 3 – Word completion
Module 9
- Introduction
- Речник: Shops
- Граматика: Adverbs of manner
- Речник: Shops
- Граматика: Word Order
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 9
- Речник: Wordbuilding 04
- Spelling: Spelling 07
- Четене: Paula’s Shopping Trip
- Слушане: An Oxford street
- Говорене: Reading Aloud 4 – Australia
- Четене: A conversation about shopping
- Слушане: The Living Room
- Писане: Writing about your job
- Revision: Module 9 revision test
- Exam: KET Coaching: Paper 2 Part 3 – Multiple choice
- Exam: KET Practice: Paper 2 Part 3 Practice test 3
Module 10
- Introduction
- Речник: Transport
- Граматика: Must and Should
- Речник: Transport
- Граматика: May and Might
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 1
- Речник: Wordbuilding 05
- Spelling: Spelling 08
- Четене: The train crash
- Слушане: Chess
- Говорене: Talking about your country
- Четене: The burglary
- Слушане: Sunbathing
- Писане: Writing about your family
- Revision: Module 10 revision test
- Exam: KET Coaching: Paper 1 Part 7 – Open cloze
- Exam: KET Practice: Paper 1 Part 7 Practice test 3 – Open cloze
- Exam: KET Coaching: Paper 1 Part 8 – Information transfer
- Exam: KET Practice: Paper 1 Part 8 Practice test 3 – Information transfer
Module 11
- Introduction
- Речник: Adjectives of character
- Граматика: Will and Going to – prediction
- Речник: Adjectives of mood
- Граматика: Will and Going to – intention
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 2
- Речник: Wordbuilding 06
- Spelling: Spelling 09
- Четене: What Britain is like to a foreigner
- Слушане: Best friends
- Говорене: Reading Aloud 5 – The life of a footballer
- Четене: Leaving home
- Слушане: Which man to choose?
- Писане: Half a story
- Revision: Module 11 revision test
- Exam: KET Coaching: Paper 1 Part 9 – Guided writing
- Exam: KET Practice: Paper 1 Part 9 Practice test 3 – Guided writing
- Exam: KET Coaching: Paper 2 Part 4 – Gap-fill
- Exam: KET Practice: Paper 2 Part 4 Practice test 3
Module 12
- Introduction
- Речник: Clothes
- Граматика: Present Perfect Simple – Past experience
- Речник: Physical appearance
- Граматика: Verb Patterns
- Речник: Phrasal verbs 3
- Речник: Wordbuilding 07
- Spelling: Spelling 10
- Четене: The cinema
- Слушане: Paranormal activity
- Говорене: Directions
- Четене: What Lies Beneath
- Слушане: Bridget Jones’ Diary
- Писане: Punctuation
- Revision: Module 12 revision test
- Exam: KET Coaching: Paper 2 Part 5 – Gap-fill
- Exam: KET Practice: Paper 2 Part 5 Practice test 3
- Exam: KET Coaching: Paper 3
Follow-up
Students completing the Focus on KET course should feel confident in tackling any pre-intermediate course, including our Pre-intermediate Power or Focus on PET course.