Focus on C2 Proficiency (CPE)

Introduction

Focus on CPE is an online course designed for students who are thinking of taking the Cambridge Proficiency Exam. It consists of 12 modules and 200 units of English and provides approximately 120 hours of study for students.

Course aims

  • Take students from Advanced CEFR C1 up to C2.
  • Provide coaching and practice in all areas of the CPE exam to ensure students are fully prepared when taking the test.
  • Blend grammatical structures necessary for this level with vocabulary, spelling, reading, listening, writing, and speaking.

Grammar

By the end of the course, students will be able to…

      • Manipulate word order to create subtlety of meaning, emphasis, and humour.
      • Use cleft sentences to deflect difficult questions and take possession of an argument.
      • Use more complex passive forms and know when to use the active and passive voice.
      • Use advanced passive verb forms.
      • Use conditional forms to talk about future possible and unlikely situations, alternative present situations, and hypothetical past situations and their results.
      • Use alternatives to If structures and manipulate verb forms in conditional sentences to express a range of subtle meanings.
      • Connect sentences using conjunctions and other connecting words.
      • Identify transitive and intransitive verbs and accurately follow them with gerund or infinitive forms.
      • Report statements and questions using complex verb forms and structures.
      • Use past forms of modal verbs to express possibility, regret, certainty, and negative certainty.
      • Use present and past subjunctives to add formality to speaking or writing.
      • Use inversion for formality or dramatic emphasis.
      • Place adverbs and adverbials in their correct positions within sentences.
      • Use fronting and prefacing to add variety to spoken English.

Vocabulary

      • Learn approximately 800 lexical items, including nouns, verbs, adjectives, phrasal verbs, idiomatic language, different registers, and lexical sets.

Skills

      • Exposure to and practice in reading and hearing formal and informal English from a variety of registers, accents, and contexts.

Unit Summary

Introduction

  • General Introduction: An introduction to the course the student will be taking
  • Exam: CPE Basics: general information
  • Exam: CPE Basics: Paper 1
  • Exam: CPE Basics: Paper 2
  • Exam: CPE Basics: Paper 3
  • Exam: Entry Test

Module 1

  • Grammar: Tense review
  • Vocabulary: Adjectives of character
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 01
  • Grammar: Adverb position and meaning change
  • Vocabulary: Adjective and noun collocations 2
  • Spelling: Spelling test 09
  • Reading: Happy families
  • Listening: Honey, I’m sorry!
  • Reading: Globalisation
  • Listening: The UN Food Programme
  • Revision: Focus on CPE, Module 01 revision test
  • Exam: CPE Coaching: Paper 1, Part 1
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 1, Practice test 1
  • Exam: CPE Coaching: Paper 2, Part 1
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 2, Part 1, Practice test 1

Module 2

  • Grammar: Articles
  • Vocabulary: Adjectives of mood
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 02
  • Grammar: Reported Speech
  • Vocabulary: Wordbuilding 01
  • Spelling: Spelling test 10
  • Reading: The selfish giant
  • Listening: Shakespeare’s sonnet 18
  • Reading: My clever dog
  • Listening: The Emerging Brain
  • Revision: Focus on CPE, Module 02 revision test
  • Exam: CPE Coaching: Paper 3, Part 1
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 1, Practice test 1
  • Exam: CPE Coaching: Paper 1, Part 2
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 2, Practice test 1

Module 3

  • Grammar: Relative Clauses
  • Vocabulary: Confusing words 1
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 03
  • Grammar: Relative Clauses advanced points
  • Vocabulary: Verb and noun collocation 1
  • Spelling: Spelling test 01
  • Reading: A conscientious objector
  • Listening: Sao Tome
  • Reading: Eyewitness: 911
  • Listening: Tony Blair
  • Revision: Focus on CPE, Module 03 revision test
  • Exam: CPE Coaching: Paper 2, Part 2a – Article
  • Exam: CPE Coaching: Paper 3, Part 2 – Sentence completion
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 2, Practice test 1 – Sentence completion

Module 4

  • Grammar: It’s time / would rather
  • Vocabulary: Animals
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 04
  • Grammar: Inversion
  • Vocabulary: Wordbuilding 02
  • Spelling: Spelling test 02
  • Reading: Cloning humans
  • Listening: Pet hates
  • Reading: Top ten inventions in history
  • Listening: Concorde
  • Revision: Focus on CPE, Module 04 revision test
  • Exam: CPE Coaching: Paper 1, Part 3 – Wordbuilding
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 3, Practice test 1 – Wordbuilding
  • Exam: CPE Coaching: Paper 2, Part 2b – Formal letter
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 2, Part 2b, Practice test 1 – Formal letter

Module 5

  • Grammar: Modal Verbs
  • Vocabulary: Crimes and criminals
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 05
  • Grammar: Quite
  • Vocabulary: Collocations: Adjective + Noun 1
  • Spelling: Spelling test 03
  • Reading: Tabloids
  • Listening: The Weather
  • Reading: Stock market report
  • Listening: Ukrainian Miners
  • Revision: Focus on CPE, Module 05 revision test
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 3, Practice test 1 – Multiple choice
  • Exam: CPE Practice: Paper 1, Part 4 – Key word transformations

Module 6

  • Grammar: Causative Have and Get
  • Vocabulary: Confusing words 2
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 06
  • Grammar: Passive
  • Vocabulary: Wordbuilding 03
  • Spelling: Spelling test 04
  • Reading: World cup profits
  • Listening: David Beckham
  • Reading: The nanny
  • Listening: Cane toads: Pest or guest?
  • Revision: Focus on CPE, Module 06 revision test
  • Exam: CPE Coaching: Paper 2, Part 2c – Informal letter
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 2, Part 2c, Practice test 1 – Informal letter
  • Exam: CPE Coaching: Paper 3, Part 4
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 4, Practice test 1 – Multiple matching

Module 7

  • Grammar: Question tags
  • Vocabulary: Jobs and professions
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 07
  • Grammar: Inversion
  • Vocabulary: Verb and noun collocation 2
  • Spelling: Spelling test 05
  • Reading: Smoking
  • Listening: Gambling
  • Reading: Lucian Freud
  • Listening: Aristocracy
  • Revision: Focus on CPE, Module 07 revision test
  • Exam: CPE Coaching, Paper 1, Part 5 – Multiple choice
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 5, Practice test 1 – Multiple choice
  • Exam: CPE Coaching: Paper 2, Part 2d – Review
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 2, Part 2d, Practice test 1 – Review

Module 8

  • Grammar: Third Conditional
  • Vocabulary: Parts of the body
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 08
  • Grammar: Gerunds and Infinitives
  • Vocabulary: Wordbuilding 04
  • Spelling: Spelling test 06
  • Reading: A holiday in Panama
  • Listening: Too many shoes
  • Reading: A phobia of buttons
  • Listening: A typical English summer
  • Revision: Focus on CPE, Module 08 revision test
  • Exam: CPE Coaching, Paper 1, Part 6 – Gapped text
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 6, Practice test 1 – Gapped text
  • Exam: CPE Coaching: Paper 2, Part 2e – Report
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 2, Part 2e, Practice test 1 – Report

Module 9

  • Grammar: Conjunctions and Connectors
  • Vocabulary: Gradable and non-gradable adjectives
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 09
  • Grammar: Conjunctions and connectors
  • Vocabulary: Verb and noun collocation 3
  • Spelling: Spelling test 07
  • Reading: Business lessons from an immigrant entrepreneur
  • Listening: An extract from a novel
  • Reading: Cooking with kids
  • Listening: Bad dreams
  • Revision: Focus on CPE, Module 09 revision test
  • Exam: CPE Coaching: Paper 1, Part 7 – Multiple matching
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 7, Practice test 1 – Multiple matching

Module 10

  • Grammar: Wishes
  • Vocabulary: Confusing words 3
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 10
  • Grammar: Conditionals – advanced points
  • Vocabulary: Wordbuilding 05
  • Spelling: Spelling test 08
  • Reading: Lucozade
  • Listening: Burma
  • Reading: Multi-tasking
  • Listening: Crocodiles
  • Revision: Focus on CPE, Module 10 revision test
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 1, Practice test 2 – Multiple choice cloze
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 2, Practice test 2 – Open cloze
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 3, Practice test 2 – Wordbuilding
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 4, Practice test 2 – Multiple choice
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 5, Practice test 2 – Key word transformations
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 6, Practice test 2 – Sentence completion
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 7, Practice test 2 – Multiple matching
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 2, Part 1, Practice test 2 – Compulsory part
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 2, Part 2a, Practice test 2 – Article

Module 11

  • Grammar: Verb Patterns
  • Vocabulary: Physical appearance
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 11
  • Grammar: Verb Patterns
  • Vocabulary: Prepositional collocations 5
  • Spelling: Spelling test 09
  • Reading: My life without a mobile phone
  • Listening: Mars
  • Reading: What time is it?
  • Listening: My paranoid friend
  • Revision: Focus on CPE, Module 11 revision test
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 1, Practice test 4 – Multiple choice
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 2, Practice test 5 – Sentence completion
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 3, Practice test 5 – Multiple choice
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 4, Practice test 5 – Multiple matching
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 2, Part 2c, Practice test 2 – Informal letter
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 2, Part 2d, Practice test 2 – Review

Module 12

  • Grammar: Talking about quantity
  • Vocabulary: Clothes and clothing
  • Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs 12
  • Grammar: Subjunctive
  • Vocabulary: Business idioms 1
  • Spelling: Spelling test 10
  • Reading: Primitive man
  • Listening: Self esteem
  • Reading: The nature of wisdom
  • Listening: Young at heart
  • Revision: Focus on CPE, Module 12 revision test
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 1, Practice test 3 – Multiple choice cloze
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 2, Practice test 3 – Open cloze
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 3, Practice test 3 – Wordbuilding
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 4, Practice test 3 – Key word transformations
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 5, Practice test 3 – Multiple choice
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 6, Practice test 3 – Sentence completion
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 7, Practice test 3 – Multiple matching
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 1, Practice test 3 – Multiple choice
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 2, Practice test 3 – Sentence completion
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 3, Practice test 3 – Multiple choice
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 4, Practice test 3 – Multiple matching
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 2, Part 2e, Practice test 2 – Report
  • Exam: CPE Practice, Paper 2, Part 2b, Practice test 2 – Formal letter

Follow-up

Students completing the Focus on CPE course should feel confident in tackling any advanced course.

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