Focus on A2 Key (KET)

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.

Gramatika

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.

Žodynas

      • 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
  • Žodynas: Countries, Nationalities, and Languages
  • Gramatika: Prepositions of place
  • Žodynas: Days, Months, Seasons, and Parts of the Day
  • Gramatika: Prepositions of time
  • Žodynas: Phrasal verbs 1
  • Žodynas: Wordbuilding 08
  • Spelling: Spelling 09
  • Skaitymas: Going abroad for the first time
  • Klausymasis: Mrs Jones
  • Kalbėjimas: Personal information
  • Skaitymas: Australia
  • Klausymasis: My day
  • Rašymas: 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
  • Žodynas: Colours
  • Gramatika: Present Simple and Present Continuous
  • Žodynas: Telling the time
  • Gramatika: Simple Past – Regular verbs
  • Žodynas: Phrasal verbs 2
  • Žodynas: Wordbuilding 10
  • Spelling: Spelling 10
  • Skaitymas: Ecuador
  • Klausymasis: Spain
  • Kalbėjimas: Personal Information questions
  • Skaitymas: Switzerland
  • Klausymasis: Mexico City
  • Rašymas: 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
  • Žodynas: Adjective opposites
  • Gramatika: Articles
  • Žodynas: How do you feel today?
  • Gramatika: Articles
  • Žodynas: Phrasal verbs 3
  • Žodynas: Wordbuilding 11
  • Spelling: Spelling 01
  • Skaitymas: Politics in Britain
  • Klausymasis: My family
  • Kalbėjimas: Reading Aloud 1
  • Skaitymas: The news
  • Klausymasis: My dogs
  • Rašymas: 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
  • Žodynas: Food and drink
  • Gramatika: Adverbs of frequency
  • Žodynas: Food and drink
  • Gramatika: Conjunctions and connectors
  • Žodynas: Phrasal verbs 4
  • Žodynas: Wordbuilding 12
  • Spelling: Spelling 02
  • Skaitymas: Glastonbury
  • Klausymasis: What’s in the fridge?
  • Kalbėjimas: Likes and dislikes
  • Skaitymas: My life through music
  • Klausymasis: Fast Food
  • Rašymas: 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
  • Žodynas: Important verbs
  • Gramatika: The possessive genitive
  • Žodynas: Weather
  • Gramatika: Possessive pronouns
  • Žodynas: Phrasal verbs 5
  • Žodynas: Wordbuilding 13
  • Spelling: Spelling 03
  • Skaitymas: The dentist
  • Klausymasis: Duncan
  • Kalbėjimas: Reading Aloud 2
  • Skaitymas: Friday night
  • Klausymasis: Mary
  • Rašymas: Using adjectives in writing
  • Revision: Module 5 revision test
  • Exam: KET Coaching: Paper 1 Part 4
  • Exam: KET Practice: Paper 1

Module 6

  • Introduction
  • Žodynas: Animals
  • Gramatika: Comparatives and superlatives
  • Žodynas: Animals
  • Gramatika: Comparatives and superlatives
  • Žodynas: Phrasal verbs 6
  • Žodynas: Wordbuilding 01
  • Spelling: Spelling 04
  • Skaitymas: The Mary Baker zoo
  • Klausymasis: Sports I like
  • Kalbėjimas: Talking about what someone looks like
  • Skaitymas: Going to the jungle
  • Klausymasis: Football fans
  • Rašymas: Describing what people are like
  • Revision: Module 6 revision test
  • Exam: KET Coaching: Paper 2 Part 2

Module 7

  • Introduction
  • Žodynas: Jobs
  • Gramatika: Some or Any?
  • Žodynas: Jobs and professions
  • Gramatika: Much, Many, or A lot of?
  • Žodynas: Phrasal verbs 7
  • Žodynas: Wordbuilding 02
  • Spelling: Spelling 05
  • Skaitymas: The story of Jenny
  • Klausymasis: Summer School
  • Kalbėjimas: Reading Aloud 3 – The Mary Baker zoo
  • Skaitymas: Dennis’ strange day
  • Klausymasis: Studying at university
  • Rašymas: 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
  • Žodynas: Parts of the Body
  • Gramatika: Simple Past questions
  • Žodynas: Parts of the body
  • Gramatika: Irregular Verbs
  • Žodynas: Phrasal verbs 8
  • Žodynas: Wordbuilding 03
  • Spelling: Spelling 06
  • Skaitymas: How to dance salsa
  • Klausymasis: Africa
  • Kalbėjimas: Talking about your house
  • Skaitymas: Embarrassment in Sweden
  • Klausymasis: Working in Australia
  • Rašymas: 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
  • Žodynas: Shops
  • Gramatika: Adverbs of manner
  • Žodynas: Shops
  • Gramatika: Word Order
  • Žodynas: Phrasal verbs 9
  • Žodynas: Wordbuilding 04
  • Spelling: Spelling 07
  • Skaitymas: Paula’s Shopping Trip
  • Klausymasis: An Oxford street
  • Kalbėjimas: Reading Aloud 4 – Australia
  • Skaitymas: A conversation about shopping
  • Klausymasis: The Living Room
  • Rašymas: 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
  • Žodynas: Transport
  • Gramatika: Must and Should
  • Žodynas: Transport
  • Gramatika: May and Might
  • Žodynas: Phrasal verbs 1
  • Žodynas: Wordbuilding 05
  • Spelling: Spelling 08
  • Skaitymas: The train crash
  • Klausymasis: Chess
  • Kalbėjimas: Talking about your country
  • Skaitymas: The burglary
  • Klausymasis: Sunbathing
  • Rašymas: 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
  • Žodynas: Adjectives of character
  • Gramatika: Will and Going to – prediction
  • Žodynas: Adjectives of mood
  • Gramatika: Will and Going to – intention
  • Žodynas: Phrasal verbs 2
  • Žodynas: Wordbuilding 06
  • Spelling: Spelling 09
  • Skaitymas: What Britain is like to a foreigner
  • Klausymasis: Best friends
  • Kalbėjimas: Reading Aloud 5 – The life of a footballer
  • Skaitymas: Leaving home
  • Klausymasis: Which man to choose?
  • Rašymas: 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
  • Žodynas: Clothes
  • Gramatika: Present Perfect Simple – Past experience
  • Žodynas: Physical appearance
  • Gramatika: Verb Patterns
  • Žodynas: Phrasal verbs 3
  • Žodynas: Wordbuilding 07
  • Spelling: Spelling 10
  • Skaitymas: The cinema
  • Klausymasis: Paranormal activity
  • Kalbėjimas: Directions
  • Skaitymas: What Lies Beneath
  • Klausymasis: Bridget Jones’ Diary
  • Rašymas: 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.