KET Summary

KET LANGUAGE SUMMARY 

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Introducing yourself : I’m…./Nice to meet you/ This is…. I’ve got…..sisters or brothers/ I’m t he oldest, the youngest… My favourite….is…. favourite….is…. / I’m into…./ I study……/Something study……/Something I like Whemost is……/ I want to become……. Asking about someone else: How old are you? I’m……years old What’s your name? I’m…/ My name is… What’s your address? your address? Where do you live? I live in…… Where are you from? I’m from…. from…. / I’m Spanish How are you? I’m fine, thanks Grammar: Present Simple, Pr. Continuous, Adverbs of frequency, have got, Imperatives, Imperatives, Simple Past, Past Continuous, Continuous, Relative pronouns, Countable and Uncountable, Uncountable, Pronouns, Possessive, Modal verbs, Interrogative pronouns,Ing- Infinitive, First conditional, conditional, Imperatives, Comparative and Superlative, Superlative, Future tenses, Present Perfect. Communication: Communication: M a k in in g q u e s t i o n s :

When is…….? When does it start..? What does she look like? How can we get there? How many……are there? What can you do there? Do they sell……? Can you have a drink….? How much is this/are there? What’s the (Library’s) (Library’s) name? Is it fun? Where can you buy buy them? How many players can enjoy this game? Describing people;

We use be with adjectives: She’s pretty, He’s quite old We use have or have got with got with nouns: He’s got long hair, She has got big blue eyes Talking about activities activities

We use play use play for for team sports: Shall we play football? He’s He’s playing baseball We use go for activities you can do alone. Let’s go swimming!! She often goes running We use go for places:

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Let’s go to the cinema! What time shall we go to the park? M a k in in g s u g g e s t i o n s :

We can use let’s , shall we, how about and what about ..to about ..to make suggestions for activities: Let’s do something! How about going somewhere today? We use let’s …..and Shall we we…..with …..with the infinitive: Let’s watch a film tonight! Shall we buy a computer game? We use How about……and What about….with the –ing – ing form. form. How about watching a football match? What about going to a restaurant? A c c e p t i n g a n d r e je je c t in in g s u g g e s t i o n s :

We can use special phrases to accept a suggestion; That’s a great idea! That sounds great! I’d love it! We often give a reason why we don’t want to do something: No, I don’t like basket! Sorry, I can’t . I have to study. Making requests:

We can use Can you…..or Could you…..to you…..to ask for help: Can you help me? Could you open the door for me? Making offers:

….to offer to help someone. We can use Can I…….and Shall I ….to Can I help you? Shall I open the door for you? Relative Relative Pronoun s:

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. I’ve got a computer, which I use for doing my homework. 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 O r d e ri ri n g f o o d :

We can use these t hese expressions to order food: I’d like some chocolate. Some chips for me, please.



Offering food

We can use these expressions to offer food to someone: Would you like some chips? What about some ice cream? Askin g how people feel: feel:

We can use different questions to ask about someone’s health if we think they are sick: What’s wrong? What’s the matter? Are you ok? Talking Talking abou t how y ou feel:

We can use I’ve got, I feel, and I don’t feel to feel to talk about how we feel: I’ve got the flu. I’ve got a headache. I feel sleepy. I don’t feel very well. We can also use my…..hurts: My stomach hurts Advice:

We can use You should or should or You shouldn’t to shouldn’t to give advice: You should be careful You shouldn’t eat too chocolate. You should take this medicine. We can also use Why don’t you….? to give advice: Why don’t don’t you you go to the doctor? doctor? You should go to the doctor’s doctor’s Possibility

We can use May and Might to Might to talk about things that are possible but not certain. She might have the flu. (You aren’t sure) He may be ill. They might not let me go home today. Talking Talking about th e weather weather

We can use verbs to talk about the weather. It’s raining. It’s going to snow tomorrow. We can use adjectives to talk about the weather; It’s very cold today. It’s windy. We can use nouns to talk about the weather. There is a lot of snow today. Look at all that rain!! Talking Talking about transpo rt

We use catch and miss for trains, buses, and planes. We can catch the bus into town



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 out for taxis, cars and helicopters. 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: Let’s 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 get ……to ……to 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 t he 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 I’ve got it. So I go straight on and take the second right? We can use take to give the time needed to get somewhere. somewhere. It takes about five minutes on foot. It takes about 20 minutes by train. We can use for with for with distances: Go straight on for about 500 metres. 

VOCABULARY Countries, Nationalities, Numbers, Personal details details (address, age, country, favourite, first name, surname, phone number, Street, …..years old Days, Times, Art, Computer studies, studies, design, drama, drama, English, French, French, School Subjects ( Art, Geography, History, Maths, Science, Sports…) S c h o o l w o r d s ( break, course, homework, lesson, student, teacher, subject, timetable…) The Family ( aunt, brother, sister, cousin, uncle, daughter, husband, son, wife..) : beautiful, black, blonde, Brown, dark, eyes, fair,fat, Green, grey, Describing people hair, long, look like, old, pretty, red, short, tall, thin, white, young..)



Free tim e activities : Baseball, beach, café, cinema, computer games, DVD, football

match, film, restaurant, running, running, shopping, surfing, 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. S h o p s : bookshop, clothes shop, coffee shop, department store, music shop,

newsagent’s, snack bar, sports shop, supermarket, toyshop, shopping s hopping centre/mal. expensive, S h o p p i n g w o r d s : assistant, lift, price, sales, buy, sell, spend, cheap, expensive, change, coins, money, credit card, bag, pocket. The hom e: apartment, flat, bathroom, bedroom, dining room, g arden, 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, t owel, TV, Wall, window F o o d : Apple, banana, butter, carrot, cereal, cheese, chips, chocolate, coffee, eggs,

grapes, jam, lemon, mango, milk, onion, oil, pasta, pepper, pineapple, 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 f ilm, 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, 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 bo dy/health: dy/health: arm, back, ear, eye, face, foot, hand head, leg, mouth,

neck, nose, stomach, tooth. Accident, broken, cold, f lu, 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,



luggage, postcard, suitcase, ticket, tour guide, tourism information office, travel agent. Book, carry, collect, pack, pay, plan, read, send, stay, visit, aeroplane, aeroplane, bicycle, boat, car, coach, helicopter, helicopter, motorbike, parking space, plane, taxi, tram, underground. underground. T e c h n o l o g y ; computer, email, games console, internet, keyboard, laptop, mobile

phone, MP5 player, online, radio, screen, television, text message, website, chat, record, send, surf, type, visit,. Advertisement, Advertisement, article, cartoon, comic, comic, crossword, dictionary, Boo ks and Reading; Reading; 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 g r a m m a r p r a c t i c e: e: http://www.examenglish.com/KET/KET_grammar.htm h t t p : / /w /w w w . g r a m m a r b a n k .c .c o m / e n g l i s h - f o r -b -b e g i n n e r s .h .h t m l

R e ad ad i n g , w r i t i n g a n d l i s t e n i n g http://olpt.s3.amazonaws.com/online-practice-ket/index.html h t t p : / /w /w w w . o x f o r d e n g l i s h t e s t i n g .c .c o m / i n s t i t u t i o n _ p a r t i al al R e g i s t r at at i o n . as as p x ? i d = 31 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/ h t t p : / /w /w w w . p e ar ar s o n l o n g m a n . c o m / ex ex a m s p l a c e /f /f o r s c h o o l s /K /K E T / Listenin g, Speaking Speaking , writin g and Reading Reading http://englishaula.com/en/ket-exam-listening-cambridge-Key-english-test-video-

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