Producing (back-up) questions for A2 Key Speaking
Posted on27 Feb 2024
In the first part of the A2 Key (and A2 Key for Schools) Speaking tests, candidates are asked questions on a theme.... Read More
How to do A2 Key Reading & Writing Part 6 well
Posted on29 Jan 2024
In this post, I’m going to analyse A2 Key Reading and Writing Part 6. This is the first of the two writing... Read More
How to do well in B1 Preliminary Listening Part 2
Posted on17 Jan 2024
Today, I’m going to share some tips for helping students do well in Part 2 of B1 Preliminary Listening. This post follows... Read More
About B1 Preliminary Listening Part 2
Posted on15 Jan 2024
In this post, I’m going to examine B1 Preliminary Listening Part 2 (and, of course, B1 Preliminary for Schools too). In Part... Read More
About Cambridge B1 Preliminary Reading Part 6
Posted on21 Sep 2023
In Part 6 of the Cambridge B1 Preliminary (and Preliminary for Schools) Reading paper, candidates have to read a short text of... Read More
How to do well in Pre-A1 Starters Listening Part 4
Posted on19 Sep 2023
Today, I’d like to share some tips for helping students do well in Pre-A1 Starters Listening Part 4. I analysed this task... Read More
B2 First Review Analysis and Checklist
Posted on06 Sep 2023
In today’s post, I’m going to analyse the review task which could appear in Part 2 of the B2 First and B2... Read More
Writing different sentence types for A1 Movers Reading and Writing Part 6
Posted on28 Aug 2023
In Part 6 of the A1 Movers Reading and Writing test, students are asked to write two sentences of their own. Before... Read More
One-word and two-word sentences
Posted on10 Mar 2023
I’ve just finished giving a webinar where I mentioned the importance of one-word and two-word sentences (as well as sentences of other... Read More
How to do well in B1 Preliminary Speaking Part 2
Posted on09 Jan 2023
In this post, I’m going to examine the task in B1 Preliminary Speaking Part 2. In this Part, each candidate is given... Read More