Focus on B2 First (FCE)

Introduction

Focus on FCE is an online course designed for students who are thinking of taking the Cambridge First English exam. It consists of 12 modules and 200 units of English and provides approximately 120 hours of study for students.

Course aims

  • Take students from CEFR B2 up to C1.
  • Provide coaching and practice in all areas of the Cambridge First exam to ensure students are fully prepared when taking the test.
  • Blend grammatical structures necessary for this level with vocabulary, including collocations, phrasal verbs, idioms, spelling, reading, listening, writing, and speaking.

Gramatika

By the end of the course, students will be able to…

      • Use present, past, and future tenses accurately in the simple and continuous forms.
      • Be proficient in the use of perfect tenses in the simple and continuous forms.
      • Use conditionals to talk about real and unreal situations in present, past, and future.
      • Report what people said using correct verb forms and reporting verbs.
      • Talk about actions and states using active and passive forms appropriately.
      • Use modal verbs to perform various functions and use past modals when necessary.
      • Use linking words and phrases to express ideas such as addition, contrast, reason, and conclusion.
      • Use verbs correctly in terms of transitivity and the forms that follow them.
      • Compare adjectives and adverbs using advanced comparatives and superlatives.
      • Talk about quantity.

Slovní zásoba

      • Learn approximately 1000 lexical items, including gradable and non-gradable adjectives, adverbs, phrasal verbs, idiomatic language, and lexical sets.

Skills

      • Exposure to and practice in reading and listening to formal and informal materials from various settings and registers.

Unit Summary

Introduction

  • General Introduction: An introduction to the course the student will be taking
  • Exam: FCE Basics: General Information
  • Exam: FCE Basics: Paper 1
  • Exam: FCE Basics: Paper 2
  • Exam: FCE Basics: Paper 3
  • Exam: FCE Basics: Paper 4

Module 1

  • Introduction
  • Slovní zásoba: Adjectives of character and mood
  • Gramatika: Present Tenses
  • Slovní zásoba: Jobs and professions
  • Gramatika: Past Tenses
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 01
  • Spelling: Spelling test 01
  • Čtení: A good read
  • Poslech: Addicted to books
  • Revision: FCE preparation course Module 01 Revision test
  • Exam: FCE Coaching: Paper 1 Part 1
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 1 Part 1 Practice test 1
  • Exam: FCE Coaching: Paper 1 Part 2
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 1 Part 2 Practice test 1

Module 2

  • Introduction
  • Slovní zásoba: Parts of the body
  • Gramatika: Comparatives and superlatives
  • Slovní zásoba: Transport
  • Gramatika: Countable and Uncountable nouns
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 02
  • Spelling: Spelling test 02
  • Čtení: Fame and fortune
  • Poslech: Rags to riches
  • Revision: FCE preparation course Module 02 Revision test
  • Exam: FCE Coaching: Paper 2
  • Exam: FCE Coaching: Paper 2 Part 1
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 2 Part 1

Module 3

  • Introduction
  • Slovní zásoba: Feeling ill 1
  • Gramatika: Present Perfect
  • Slovní zásoba: Feeling ill 2
  • Gramatika: Present Perfect Continuous
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 03
  • Spelling: Spelling test 03
  • Čtení: Miracle escapes
  • Poslech: Experience: my bungee cord snapped
  • Revision: FCE preparation course Module 03 Revision test
  • Exam: FCE Coaching: Paper 3 Part 1 Practice test 3
  • Exam: FCE Coaching: Paper 3 Part 2 Practice test 3

Module 4

  • Introduction
  • Slovní zásoba: Gradable and non-gradable adjectives
  • Gramatika: Going to and Will
  • Slovní zásoba: Confusing Words 1
  • Gramatika: Future Continuous
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 04
  • Spelling: Spelling test 04
  • Čtení: See it, buy it
  • Poslech: Shopping madness
  • Revision: FCE preparation course Module 04 Revision test
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 1 Part 3 Practice test 1
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 1 Part 4 Practice test 1

Module 5

  • Introduction
  • Slovní zásoba: Clothes 1
  • Gramatika: So and Such
  • Slovní zásoba: Clothes 2
  • Gramatika: Too and Enough
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 05
  • Spelling: Spelling test 05
  • Čtení: The secrets of old age
  • Poslech: How old is old?
  • Revision: FCE preparation course Module 05 Revision test
  • Exam: FCE Coaching: Paper 2 Part 2a
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 2 Part 2e
  • Exam: FCE Coaching: Paper 3 Part 2
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 3 Part 2 Practice test 1

Module 6

  • Introduction
  • Slovní zásoba: Containers
  • Gramatika: Say and Tell
  • Slovní zásoba: Household chores
  • Gramatika: Ed and Ing adjectives
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 06
  • Spelling: Spelling test 06
  • Čtení: Game on
  • Poslech: Candy Crush
  • Revision: FCE preparation course Module 06 Revision test
  • Exam: FCE Coaching: Paper 1 Part 5
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 1 Part 5 Practice test 1
  • Exam: FCE Coaching: Paper 1 Part 6
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 1 Part 6 Practice test 1

Module 7

  • Introduction
  • Slovní zásoba: Shops
  • Gramatika: Articles
  • Slovní zásoba: Verbs connected with cooking
  • Gramatika: Few and a few
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 07
  • Spelling: Spelling test 07
  • Čtení: If music be the food of love
  • Poslech: My love affair with music
  • Revision: FCE preparation course Module 07 Revision test
  • Exam: FCE Coaching: Paper 2 Part 2b
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 2 Part 2a
  • Exam: FCE Coaching: Paper 3 Part 3
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 3 Part 3 Practice test 1

Module 8

  • Introduction
  • Slovní zásoba: Shapes and dimensions
  • Gramatika: Gerunds and infinitives
  • Slovní zásoba: Confusing words 2
  • Gramatika: Conjunctions and connectors
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 08
  • Spelling: Spelling test 08
  • Čtení: All around the world
  • Poslech: A travel nightmare
  • Revision: FCE preparation course Module 08 Revision test
  • Exam: FCE Coaching: Paper 1 Part 7
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 1 Part 7 Practice test 1
  • Exam: FCE Coaching: Paper 2 Part 2c
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 2 Part 2b

Module 9

  • Introduction
  • Slovní zásoba: Things in the bedroom
  • Gramatika: Past Perfect
  • Slovní zásoba: Things in the kitchen
  • Gramatika: Past modals – Must and Should
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 09
  • Spelling: Spelling test 09
  • Čtení: Beyond belief
  • Poslech: A ghost story
  • Revision: FCE preparation course Module 09 Revision test
  • Exam: FCE Coaching: Paper 3 Part 4
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 3 Part 4 Practice test 1
  • Exam: FCE Coaching: Paper 2 Part 2c
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 2 Part 2c

Module 10

  • Introduction
  • Slovní zásoba: Things in the living room
  • Gramatika: Passive
  • Slovní zásoba: Parts of the house
  • Gramatika: Question tags
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 10
  • Spelling: Spelling test 10
  • Čtení: Money money money
  • Poslech: Gambling addiction
  • Revision: FCE preparation course Module 10 Revision test
  • Exam: FCE Coaching: Paper 2 Part 2d
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 2 Part 2d

Module 11

  • Introduction
  • Slovní zásoba: Make and do
  • Gramatika: Relative Clauses
  • Slovní zásoba: Confusing words 3
  • Gramatika: Verb Patterns
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 11
  • Spelling: Spelling test 01
  • Čtení: Robots
  • Poslech: Robots for the home
  • Revision: FCE preparation course Module 11 Revision test
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 1 Part 1 Practice test 2
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 1 Part 2 Practice test 2
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 1 Part 3 Practice test 2
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 1 Part 4 Practice test 2
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 1 Part 5 Practice test 2
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 1 Part 6 Practice test 2
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 1 Part 7 Practice test 2
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 3 Part 1 Practice test 2
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 3 Part 2 Practice test 2
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 3 Part 3 Practice test 2
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 3 Part 4 Practice test 2

Module 12

  • Introduction
  • Slovní zásoba: Animals
  • Gramatika: Reported Speech
  • Slovní zásoba: Adjectives of character
  • Gramatika: Third Conditional
  • Slovní zásoba: Phrasal verbs 12
  • Spelling: Spelling test 02
  • Čtení: Feeling petty
  • Poslech: I actually bought the zoo
  • Revision: FCE preparation course Module 12 Revision test
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 1 Part 1 Practice test 3
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 1 Part 2 Practice test 3
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 1 Part 3 Practice test 3
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 1 Part 4 Practice test 3
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 1 Part 5 Practice test 3
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 1 Part 6 Practice test 4
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 1 Part 7 Practice test 3
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 3 Part 1 Practice test 3
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 3 Part 2 Practice test 3
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 3 Part 3 Practice test 3
  • Exam: FCE Practice: Paper 3 Part 4 Practice test 4

Follow-up

Students completing the Focus on FCE course should feel confident in tackling any advanced course, including our Advanced Power or Focus on CAE course.