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Content of the KET examination

The KET examination consists of three papers - Paper 1 Reading and Writing, Paper 2 Listening and Paper 3 Speaking.

There are four grades: Pass with Merit (about 85% of the total marks); Pass (about 70% of the total marks); Narrow Fail (about 5(% below the pass mark); Fail. For a Pass with Merit and Pass, the results slip shows the papers in which you did particularly well; for a Narrow Fail and Fail, the results slip shows the papers in which you were weak.

Paper 1

Reading and Writing

1 hour 10 minutes

(50% of the total marks)

There are nine parts in this paper and they are always in the same order. Parts 1-5 test a range of reading skills and Parts 6-9 test basic writing skills. You write all your answers on the answer sheet .

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Listening

about 30 minutes, including 8 minutes to transfer answers

(25% of the total marks)

There are five parts in this paper and they are always in the same order. You hear each recording twice. You write your answers on the answer sheet at the end of the test .

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You answe(fivequestions about a conversation between two speakers. You complete fi'1le spaces in a set of notes. There are two speakers. You complete five spaces in a set of notes. There is one speaker.

Paper 3 Speaking

8-10 minutes for a pair of students (25% of the total marks)

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There are two parts to the test and they are always in the same order. There are two candidates and two examiners. Only one of the examiners asks the questions.

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Speaking The examiner asks both Part 1 candidates some questions. Speaking The candidates talk together Part 2 to find out information.

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Unit

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Pronouns

III There are different forms of personal pronouns:

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i he, she, it

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him, her, it himself, herself, itself

us ourselves

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they them

yourselves themselves

III These are also pronouns:

something anything everything nothing somebody / someone anybody / anyone everybody / everyone nobody / no one

• Remember that you must use a positive verb with nothing, nobody and no one.

I've got nothing to read on the train.

(= I haven't got anything to read on the train.)

III The relative pronouns who (people) and which (things) give more information in a sentence. Hannah, who is Robin's sister, is in hospital. There's going to be a special birthday lunch, which is booked for I. 15.

12 Complete the second sentences using suitable pronouns from those above.

1 Jenny came to the party alone.

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2 David knows the whole truth. I've told him ... .

3 There's a phone message for you . ... from work called you. 4 I'm sure I can help.

There's ... I can do. 5 All my family came to the party .

... was there. 6 The bus was empty.

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Adverbs of degree:

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I don't want to go swimming. It isn't hot enough. too + adjective

Can you close the window? It's too cold in here. • We can also use to + infinitive after too and

enough with adjectives or adverbs. It's hot enough to fry an egg.

ft's too far to walk.

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3 The ice isn't ... (thick) to go skating.

4 The sun isn't ... (hot) to heat the water in the pool.

5 The fog is ... (thick) to see the trees.

6 The wind was ... (strong) to go sailing.

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Position of adjectives

• 'Sometimes we use two or more adjectives together. We put the 'opinion' adjective(s) first, and the 'fact' adjective(s) after.

The story is about a nice young man.

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Present perfect

• The present perfect is formed with:

have eve)! has ('s) + past participle

I have worked as a waiter.

I've seen an interesting job advert.

The manager has sent me an application form.

• Be careful with the past participle forms of irregular verbs! See the table on page 151. • We use the present perfect

- for something that started in the past but is still true:

I've broken my arm. (= it's still broken) - for something that happened recently (but

we don't know when):

Alan's left for work.

• The words for and since show how long something has been true:

I've worked here for four months. I've worked here since August.

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2 Joan took the customer's order five minutes ago.

3 Giorgio recently became a doctor.

4 Someone left a message for you a couple of minutes ago.

5 I saw your mother crossing the street a few seconds ago.

6 I spoke to the mechanic on the phone a few minutes ago.

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