These Can-do cards are a quick way to see how well learners deal with Cambridge tasks and CEFR descriptors. Use them on the first day, mid-course, or at the end of term. Run them as a class mingle or set them individually as a self-diagnostic. Can-dos look simple, but they carry a lot of assessment […]
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If you’re aiming for success in the Cambridge C1 Advanced Speaking exam, you’ve come to the right place. This guide will take you through the format, provide essential tips, and equip you with common phrases to help you shine on exam day. If you want all of this and more, our book Advanced Speaking Plus,
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Are you struggling to make essay writing more engaging for B2 and C1 exam students with fun writing activities? Often, the challenge with teaching writing lies in making learning these skills enjoyable. That’s where creative writing activities like this one come into play. We’ve developed a dynamic activity called the consequences essay-writing game, designed to
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The IELTS Reading section tests comprehension and analytical skills, especially in the IELTS True, False, Not Given questions, a key component of both the Academic and General Training modules. These questions demand a deep understanding of the text. You have to detect explicit content, implications, and unstated information. These skills are essential for academic and
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I have long suspected that students may not have ever learnt the correct uses of punctuation marks in their 1st languages. If they don’t know it in one language, why would they be able to transfer this skill to English? I recently asked a teenage student if they ever wrote essays or long writings in
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Dependent prepositions exercises are a pain in the neck for many who are preparing for a Cambridge exam. Prepositions pop up all over the place in Cambridge exams, especially in Use of English Part 2, the open cloze task, whether it is B2 or C1 level. While we often focus on phrasal verbs, which include
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Word formation exercises can be found all over the internet, but they are often dry and rather uninspiring to use in the classroom. I can’t imagine it’s much better when assigned as homework. Apart from that, how effectively does someone learn the target word formation vocabulary when going through sentence after sentence? There needs to
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Conditional sentences can be a challenging aspect of English grammar for language learners, and this is especially true when it comes to official English exams. In exams such as the Cambridge B2 First (FCE) or the TOEFL, learners are likely to encounter all five types of conditional sentences, which can require a deep understanding of
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Are you planning to take an English exam like Cambridge B2 First, C1 Advanced or the Trinity ISE exams and feeling overwhelmed by the prospect of writing a report? Let’s discuss the style and purpose of a report, the suggested format when you write a report for an exam, and useful phrases for reports. Finally,
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C1 Advanced (CAE) Use of English Part 2 is also known as the Open Cloze task. It consists of a short text of approximately 100-150 words, which has had nine words removed and replaced with a gap, one example and eight questions. The gap must be filled with only one word. You are not given
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