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