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3 Sep 2025

Interacting with B1 Preliminary Reading Part 2

TagsB1 Preliminary, classroom activities, reading

More than three years ago, I wrote about How to approach B1 Preliminary Reading Part 2. In today’s post, I’m going to suggest a few ideas for working on this task in class, and making it more interactive. To make...

23 Apr 2025

Fun practice for Pre-A1 Starters Reading and Writing Part 3

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsPre A1 Starters, spelling, Tips, young learners

Inspired by a request from a teacher for more resources to practise for Pre-A1 Starters Reading and Writing Part 3, I decided to write a post with some hands-on activities. I suggest using ready-made resources from Cambridge. For example, The...

12 Mar 2025

Creating photo speaking tasks for B2 First and C1 Advanced

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsB2 First, B2 First for Schools, C1 Advanced, Cambridge English, speaking

In this post, I’m going to share some ideas for creating tasks to practise comparing photos for Part 2 of the B2 First and C1 Advanced speaking tests. I suggest that prior to using the ideas below, you do the...

10 Mar 2025

Using mobile photos for the Cambridge speaking photo tasks

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsB2 First, B2 First for Schools, C1 Advanced, Cambridge, photos, speaking

An obvious resource to draw on to help students prepare for the photo tasks in the Cambridge speaking tests are mobile photos. Today, I’m going to share a lesson plan based around a short video advert. The idea is to encourage...

3 Mar 2025

Why do Cambridge and writers love rhetorical questions?

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsB2 First, B2 First for Schools, C1 Advanced, C2 Proficiency, questions, writing

Rhetorical questions are loved by everyone – writers, teachers and Cambridge examiners. too! Why is this the case? Just what are rhetorical questions? If we look up rhetorical question in the Cambridge Dictionary, we get this explanation: So, they are...

10 Jan 2025

Answering Cambridge C1 Advanced Speaking Part 1 questions

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsC1 Advanced, Cambridge English, speaking, Tips

Following on from my previous post about questions in Part 1 of the C1 Advanced Speaking Test, I’m going to share some tips for helping C1 Advanced candidates answer them! In Part 1 of the Cambridge C1 Advanced Speaking Test,...

10 Dec 2024

Actively preparing for the Cambridge C1 Advanced Speaking Part 1

Posted ByAnne Robinson

In Part 1 of the Cambridge C1 Advanced Speaking Test, candidates are asked questions, including questions that ask candidates about themselves, their interests, experiences and plans for the future. Part 1 of the test helps candidates to settle, get used...

13 Nov 2024

How to write catchy titles for Cambridge exams

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsB1 Preliminary, B2 First, B2 First for Schools, C2 Proficiency, Tips, writing

Why titles are important in the Cambridge exams Catchy titles are a must when it comes to writing an article or a review, something which candidates taking various Cambridge exams can probably choose to write. A good story often has...

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