Make and do are notoriously difficult for learners of English to distinguish. There is a subtle difference in meaning, but it’s the exceptions and collocations that drive people crazy. Check out the explanation and download the tasks to use in class or study at home. This language is key at B1 level. You’ll see plenty […]
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Writing rhetorical questions is a literary device that professional writers love to hate, but if you’re writing an article for an exam, they can be a very useful tool. You may need to write an article in Cambridge Preliminary (PET) or First (FCE) and in Trinity ISE I, II, or III. Writing an article is
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Speaking at B1 level involves candidates showing that they are able to communicate effectively in everyday situations. You won’t be asked to explain scientific details or economic concepts, but you will need to be prepared to talk about common topics such as family, friends, work, travel or your social life. To help you prepare, we’ve
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With the Christmas season and the New Year upon us, it’s time to start thinking about what Christmas activities we can use in class. With this seasonal activity, we can practise the new Preliminary (PET) Reading Part 4, which is a gapped text. The text itself is one of my childhood favourites, Rudolph the Red-Nosed
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On the first day of any new class you need to get to know your students and they need to get to know each other. Every teacher seems to have a few tricks up their sleeves whether it’s ball games, name tags or the classic find someone who. I like to keep it simple with
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Cambridge Preliminary (PET) and Key (KET) are getting reasonably major overhauls in 2020. The changes to Cambridge exams in 2020 will be significant for both candidates and teachers as Cambridge starts to pull away from a traditional language systems based exam and focus more on skills. So what are the Cambridge Exam changes in 2020?
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Like it or not, emoji are part of our modern lives 😉. Kids and grandparents 👴👵 alike love 💖 them. So let’s use emoji to encourage our student to write 👍✍. With these materials, we explore how to write a story for the Preliminary (PET) Writing Part 2, using emoji as a tool to promote
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Have you ever taught the present perfect and past simple to a B1 group? I definitely have! This is one of my favourite activities to practise present perfect and past simple. Your students ask and answer questions, but the twist is that they have to lie. Then, using their powers of deduction, they have to
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At B1 level for the Cambridge PET exam, more complex grammar starts to become a factor. Conditionals are one of those grammatical areas that definitely fall into the complex category. B1 level candidates are expected to have control over simple grammar and have some control or at least attempt complex grammar. With these 14 PET
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Cambridge English exams are taken by over 5.5 million candidates per year in 130 different countries. Since introducing the first English language assessment in 1913, Cambridge exams have steadily grown to become the most reputable and recognised English language qualifications across the globe. As a teacher of English, this is great news for you because
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