KET

LANGUAGE SUMMARY
Introducing yourself: Im./Nice to meet you/ This is. Ive got..sisters or brothers/ Im the oldest, the youngest My favourite.is. / Im into./ I study/Something I like Whemost is/ I want to become. Asking about someone else: How old are you? Imyears old Whats your name? Im/ My name is Whats your address? Where do you live? I live in Where are you from? Im from. / Im Spanish How are you? Im fine, thanks Grammar: Present Simple, Pr. Continuous, Adverbs of frequency, have got, Imperatives, Simple Past, Past Continuous, Relative pronouns, Countable and Uncountable, Pronouns, Possessive, Modal verbs, Interrogative pronouns,Ing- Infinitive, First conditional, Imperatives, Comparative and Superlative, Future tenses, Present Perfect. Communication: Making questions: When is.? When does it start..? What does she look like? How can we get there? How manyare there? What can you do there? Do they sell? Can you have a drink.? How much is this/are there? Whats the (Librarys) name? Is it fun? Where can you buy them? How many players can enjoy this game? Describing people; We use be with adjectives: Shes pretty, Hes quite old We use have or have got with nouns: Hes got long hair, She has got big blue eyes Talking about activities We use play for team sports: Shall we play football? Hes playing baseball We use go for activities you can do alone. Lets go swimming!! She often goes running We use go for places:
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Lets go to the cinema! What time shall we go to the park? Making suggestions: We can use lets , shall we, how about and what about ..to make suggestions for activities: Lets do something! How about going somewhere today? We use lets ..and Shall we..with the infinitive: Lets watch a film tonight! Shall we buy a computer game? We use How aboutand What about.with the ing form. How about watching a football match? What about going to a restaurant? Accepting and rejecting suggestions: We can use special phrases to accept a suggestion; Thats a great idea! That sounds great! Id love it! We often give a reason why we dont want to do something: No, I dont like basket! Sorry, I cant . I have to study. Making requests: We can use Can you..or Could you..to ask for help: Can you help me? Could you open the door for me? Making offers: We can use Can I.and Shall I.to offer to help someone. Can I help you? Shall I open the door for you? Relative Pronouns: We use Who to add information about a person. My sister, who is twelve, loves horses. This is my friend Sara, who lives on a boat. We use Which to add information about a thing. Ive got a computer, which I use for doing my homework. This photo, which my sister took, is of our holiday in France. We use Where to add information about a place. This is my bedroom, where I sleep. This is the park where we play football Ordering food: We can use these expressions to order food: Id like some chocolate. Some chips for me, please. Ill have a cheese cream, please.

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Offering food We can use these expressions to offer food to someone: Would you like some chips? What about some ice cream? Asking how people feel: We can use different questions to ask about someones health if we think they are sick: Whats wrong? Whats the matter? Are you ok? Talking about how you feel: We can use Ive got, I feel, and I dont feel to talk about how we feel: Ive got the flu. Ive got a headache. I feel sleepy. I dont feel very well. We can also use my..hurts: My stomach hurts Advice: We can use You should or You shouldnt to give advice: You should be careful You shouldnt eat too chocolate. You should take this medicine. We can also use Why dont you.? to give advice: Why dont you go to the doctor? You should go to the doctors Possibility We can use May and Might to talk about things that are possible but not certain. She might have the flu. (You arent sure) He may be ill. They might not let me go home today. Talking about the weather We can use verbs to talk about the weather. Its raining. Its going to snow tomorrow. We can use adjectives to talk about the weather; Its very cold today. Its windy. We can use nouns to talk about the weather. There is a lot of snow today. Look at all that rain!! Talking about transport We use catch and miss for trains, buses, and planes. We can catch the bus into town Hurry up or well miss the train. We use get on, get off for trains, buses and planes

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When the bus stops, we can get on. It was lovely and sunny when we got off the plane. We use get in and get out for taxis, cars and helicopters. We all got into the taxi. The helicopter landed and we got out. We can use catch and take with most kinds of transport: Lets take a taxi to the airport. We caught a bus to the hotel. We use ride with bicycles and motorbikes Giving directions We use How do I getto ask for directions: Excuse me, how do I get to the library? We use these expressions to give directions: Go straight on, then turn left by the bank. Turn right at the crossroads, then go over the bridge. We can use behind, between, in front of, next to and opposite to say where something is. The hotel is behind the swimming pool. The school is between the bank and the post office. My house is opposite the bank.(=on the other side of the road) We can check we understand by repeating what the other person said. Turn left at the bank. OK Ive got it. So I go straight on and take the second right? We can use take to give the time needed to get somewhere. It takes about five minutes on foot. It takes about 20 minutes by train. We can use for with distances: Go straight on for about 500 metres. VOCABULARY Countries, Nationalities, Numbers, Personal details (address, age, country, favourite, first name, surname, phone number, Street, ..years old Days, Times, School Subjects ( Art, Computer studies, design, drama, English, French, Geography, History, Maths, Science, Sports) School words ( break, course, homework, lesson, student, teacher, subject, timetable) The Family ( aunt, brother, sister, cousin, uncle, daughter, husband, son, wife..) Describing people: beautiful, black, blonde, Brown, dark, eyes, fair,fat, Green, grey, hair, long, look like, old, pretty, red, short, tall, thin, white, young..) Jobs: Builder, dentist, doctor, farmer, gardener, hairdresser, journalist, mechanic, nurse, painter, pilot, police officer, teacher, actor, cook, receptionist, tour guide...)

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Free time activities: Baseball, beach, caf, cinema, computer games, DVD, football match, film, restaurant, running, shopping, surfing, swimming, tennis, television, meet, pool, ticket. Party things: Balloon, barbecue, burger, cake, candle, card, CD, chicken, crisps, cup disco, drink, fruit juice, glass, ice cream, pizza, plate, present, bring, invitation, meat, music, orange juice, sandwich. Shops: bookshop, clothes shop, coffee shop, department store, music shop, newsagents, snack bar, sports shop, supermarket, toyshop, shopping centre/mal. Shopping words: assistant, lift, price, sales, buy, sell, spend, cheap, expensive, change, coins, money, credit card, bag, pocket. The home: apartment, flat, bathroom, bedroom, dining room, garden, garage, hall, home, house, kitchen, living room, bath, bed, bookcase, carpet, ceiling, chair, computer, cupboard, curtain, desk, door, floor, lamp, light, pillow, poster, shelf, shower, sink, sofa, toilet, towel, TV, Wall, window Food: Apple, banana, butter, carrot, cereal, cheese, chips, chocolate, coffee, eggs, grapes, jam, lemon, mango, milk, onion, oil, pasta, pepper, pineapple, potato, rice, salad, salt, steak, sugar, tea, biscuit, soup, vegetable. Bottle, bowl, box, can, glass, dessert, drink, main course, side dish, waiter Films and Music: action, adventure, comedy, fantasy, horror film, romance, science, thriller, boring, exciting, funny, interesting, sad, scary, strange, terrible, wonderful. Cry, laugh, smile, band, famous, guitar, listen, play, see, watch, classical, dance, hip hop, pop, reggae, rock, drums, electric guitar, bass guitar, instrument, keyboard, piano, violin. Clothes; bag, belt, books, cap, cap, coat, dress, jacket, jeans, leather, pair, put n, shirt, shoes, skirt, socks, suit, sunglasses, sweater, tie, top, trainers, trousers, T-shirt, uniform, wear. Festivals: band, costume, crowd, dancer, drum, festival, food, head-dress, lorry, parade, clown, gold, silver. Parts of the body/health: arm, back, ear, eye, face, foot, hand head, leg, mouth, neck, nose, stomach, tooth. Accident, broken, cold, flu, headache, hospital, hurt, medicine, pain, rest, sick, sunburn, temperature, well. Lose weight, healthy, fit, fast food. Nature/Weather/holidays; beach, environment, field, flower, forest, grass, hill, island, lake, mountain, ozone lawyer, pollution, mountain, plant, sea, tree, recycle, waste. Cloudy, cold, dry, foggy, hot, ice, rain, snow, sun. Guide book, hotel, journey,

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luggage, postcard, suitcase, ticket, tour guide, tourism information office, travel agent. Book, carry, collect, pack, pay, plan, read, send, stay, visit, aeroplane, bicycle, boat, car, coach, helicopter, motorbike, parking space, plane, taxi, tram, underground. Technology; computer, email, games console, internet, keyboard, laptop, mobile phone, MP5 player, online, radio, screen, television, text message, website, chat, record, send, surf, type, visit,. Books and Reading; Advertisement, article, cartoon, comic, crossword, dictionary, magazine, newspaper, novel, photograph, weather report. l
ENGLISH RESOURCES FOR CAMBRIGDE TESTS PRACTICE http://www.examenglish.com/KET/KET_grammar.htm http://exams.richmondelt.com/index.php?practice_tests_ket_en grammar practice: http://www.examenglish.com/KET/KET_grammar.htm http://www.grammarbank.com/english-for-beginners.html

Reading, writing and listening http://olpt.s3.amazonaws.com/online-practice-ket/index.html http://www.oxfordenglishtesting.com/institution_partialRegistration.aspx?id=31 50 Vocabulary list http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/images/22105-ket-vocabulary-list.pdf Grammar and vocabulary http://www.english-in-chester.co.uk/e-learning/quick-english-practice/ http://www.pearsonlongman.com/examsplace/forschools/KET/ Listening, Speaking, writing and Reading http://englishaula.com/en/ket-exam-listening-cambridge-Key-english-test-videolessons-practice-tests-exercises.php

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