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