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.
文法
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.
語彙
- 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
- 語彙: Countries, Nationalities, and Languages
- 文法: Prepositions of place
- 語彙: Days, Months, Seasons, and Parts of the Day
- 文法: Prepositions of time
- 語彙: Phrasal verbs 1
- 語彙: Wordbuilding 08
- Spelling: Spelling 09
- 読書: Going abroad for the first time
- リスニング: Mrs Jones
- スピーキング: Personal information
- 読書: Australia
- リスニング: My day
- 執筆: 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
- 語彙: Colours
- 文法: Present Simple and Present Continuous
- 語彙: Telling the time
- 文法: Simple Past – Regular verbs
- 語彙: Phrasal verbs 2
- 語彙: Wordbuilding 10
- Spelling: Spelling 10
- 読書: Ecuador
- リスニング: Spain
- スピーキング: Personal Information questions
- 読書: Switzerland
- リスニング: Mexico City
- 執筆: 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
- 語彙: Adjective opposites
- 文法: Articles
- 語彙: How do you feel today?
- 文法: Articles
- 語彙: Phrasal verbs 3
- 語彙: Wordbuilding 11
- Spelling: Spelling 01
- 読書: Politics in Britain
- リスニング: My family
- スピーキング: Reading Aloud 1
- 読書: The news
- リスニング: My dogs
- 執筆: 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
- 語彙: Food and drink
- 文法: Adverbs of frequency
- 語彙: Food and drink
- 文法: Conjunctions and connectors
- 語彙: Phrasal verbs 4
- 語彙: Wordbuilding 12
- Spelling: Spelling 02
- 読書: Glastonbury
- リスニング: What’s in the fridge?
- スピーキング: Likes and dislikes
- 読書: My life through music
- リスニング: Fast Food
- 執筆: 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
- 語彙: Important verbs
- 文法: The possessive genitive
- 語彙: Weather
- 文法: Possessive pronouns
- 語彙: Phrasal verbs 5
- 語彙: Wordbuilding 13
- Spelling: Spelling 03
- 読書: The dentist
- リスニング: Duncan
- スピーキング: Reading Aloud 2
- 読書: Friday night
- リスニング: Mary
- 執筆: Using adjectives in writing
- Revision: Module 5 revision test
- Exam: KET Coaching: Paper 1 Part 4
- Exam: KET Practice: Paper 1
Module 6
- Introduction
- 語彙: Animals
- 文法: Comparatives and superlatives
- 語彙: Animals
- 文法: Comparatives and superlatives
- 語彙: Phrasal verbs 6
- 語彙: Wordbuilding 01
- Spelling: Spelling 04
- 読書: The Mary Baker zoo
- リスニング: Sports I like
- スピーキング: Talking about what someone looks like
- 読書: Going to the jungle
- リスニング: Football fans
- 執筆: Describing what people are like
- Revision: Module 6 revision test
- Exam: KET Coaching: Paper 2 Part 2
Module 7
- Introduction
- 語彙: Jobs
- 文法: Some or Any?
- 語彙: Jobs and professions
- 文法: Much, Many, or A lot of?
- 語彙: Phrasal verbs 7
- 語彙: Wordbuilding 02
- Spelling: Spelling 05
- 読書: The story of Jenny
- リスニング: Summer School
- スピーキング: Reading Aloud 3 – The Mary Baker zoo
- 読書: Dennis’ strange day
- リスニング: Studying at university
- 執筆: 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
- 語彙: Parts of the Body
- 文法: Simple Past questions
- 語彙: Parts of the body
- 文法: Irregular Verbs
- 語彙: Phrasal verbs 8
- 語彙: Wordbuilding 03
- Spelling: Spelling 06
- 読書: How to dance salsa
- リスニング: Africa
- スピーキング: Talking about your house
- 読書: Embarrassment in Sweden
- リスニング: Working in Australia
- 執筆: 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
- 語彙: Shops
- 文法: Adverbs of manner
- 語彙: Shops
- 文法: Word Order
- 語彙: Phrasal verbs 9
- 語彙: Wordbuilding 04
- Spelling: Spelling 07
- 読書: Paula’s Shopping Trip
- リスニング: An Oxford street
- スピーキング: Reading Aloud 4 – Australia
- 読書: A conversation about shopping
- リスニング: The Living Room
- 執筆: 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
- 語彙: Transport
- 文法: Must and Should
- 語彙: Transport
- 文法: May and Might
- 語彙: Phrasal verbs 1
- 語彙: Wordbuilding 05
- Spelling: Spelling 08
- 読書: The train crash
- リスニング: Chess
- スピーキング: Talking about your country
- 読書: The burglary
- リスニング: Sunbathing
- 執筆: 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
- 語彙: Adjectives of character
- 文法: Will and Going to – prediction
- 語彙: Adjectives of mood
- 文法: Will and Going to – intention
- 語彙: Phrasal verbs 2
- 語彙: Wordbuilding 06
- Spelling: Spelling 09
- 読書: What Britain is like to a foreigner
- リスニング: Best friends
- スピーキング: Reading Aloud 5 – The life of a footballer
- 読書: Leaving home
- リスニング: Which man to choose?
- 執筆: 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
- 語彙: Clothes
- 文法: Present Perfect Simple – Past experience
- 語彙: Physical appearance
- 文法: Verb Patterns
- 語彙: Phrasal verbs 3
- 語彙: Wordbuilding 07
- Spelling: Spelling 10
- 読書: The cinema
- リスニング: Paranormal activity
- スピーキング: Directions
- 読書: What Lies Beneath
- リスニング: Bridget Jones’ Diary
- 執筆: 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.