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