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