Share In this post we’d like to introduce you to our Cambridge First speaking test practice book. Especially designed for students who are ready to take their Cambridge First exam this book of six speaking practice tests contains a lot of opportunities to practise and also key details about the speaking exam itself. Let’s take […]
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In this post we’ve assembled a collection of what we think are the best tips for doing the Cambridge First (FCE) writing exam. #1 Answer the question While this is a very obvious point sometimes in an exam people write an answer that does not match the question. The simplest thing to do here is
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Share We talk about Cambridge exams on English Too. From time to time people ask questions about the IELTS exam, so in this post we’ll talk about IELTS scores and the comparison to the different Cambridge exams. What is IELTS? IELTS or the International English Language Testing System is the most popular English test for
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Share The Cambridge Advanced Writing Marking scheme covers fours areas and here we will take a look at how each one reflects what people have written. Each element is 5 marks, with a total of 20 marks for each writing task. The four areas are as follows. What is each component about? Content This
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Share The Cambridge Advanced or CAE speaking exam is evaluated under a number of categories. Here we’ll take a look at what these categories are and how to explain the speaking scores for each of the categories. Speaking Scoring Categories The first thing to point out about all of the Cambridge exams is that the
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The Cambridge exams are a test of what you know, what you can write and what you can say. Here we’ll take a “fun” look at a few ways candidates can often try to show that knowledge. Some are great – some maybe not so much!
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Share Emphasising Ideas As we’ve said in other posts on this theme we always need to provide justifications for our ideas. Here we will look at the effect of using expressions that emphasize information. We consider the use of emphasis expressions in a number of ways – To clarify an opinion that we have
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Share Joining Ideas – Cause & Reason One of the things we’re constantly expected to do when we write is to provide justifications for our ideas. We can also use other information to provide explanations and support to our opinions. These come under a number of headings. We consider the cause of what we are
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Share Welcome to the Cambridge Advanced Exam Corner This is our new home for selected grammar, vocabulary and other Cambridge Advanced exam insights. Check in with us regularly to explore topics that can improve your performance in the exams. [WpProQuiz 2]
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Share Learning about Adjective Forms Understanding when to use prefixes and suffixes correctly are an important part of doing the word formation exercise, which is Part 3 in the Use of English exam. In the example in the image above we can see how we create adjective forms. Here we look at the endings we use for
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