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3 Key Features of Keyword Transformation: Advanced Use of English Part 4
┃Read in less than 9 minutes Part 4 of the Advanced Reading and Use of English exam is the key word transformation. There are six questions in part 4 and for each question you’re given a sentence and a keyword. You’re also given the beginning and end of a...
Transform your Approach to Word Formation: Advanced Use of English Part 3
┃Read in less than 7 minutes (excluding activities) Part 3 of the Advanced Use of English is the ‘Word Formation’ task. In this activity, you’re once again given a text with eight missing words. However, unlike in Part 2, for each of the eight gaps you are...
The ‘Three Ps’ of Advanced Use of English Part 2
┃Read in less than 7 minutes (excluding activities) In part 2 of the Advanced Use of English exam, you’re given a text with eight missing words. You’ll need to draw on your knowledge of English grammar and vocabulary, as well as contextual information from the...
2 Super Simple Strategies for Listening Part 4
┃Read in less than 6 minutes (excluding activities) How good are you at multitasking? Can you do two things at the same time? The idea is that the brain 'splits' its focus so that we can perform two tasks at once, or at least that's what I've...
How to Run the Marathon in Advanced Listening Part 3
┃Read in less than 7 minutes I always tell my students that Listening Part 3 is kind of like a marathon. Do you know what I mean? It’s long (in fact it’s the longest listening task) and it takes strength and endurance to get through it. In this blog...
2 Ways to Slay (the Dragon) in Advanced Listening Part 2
┃Read in less than 4 minutes (excluding listening tasks) In Advanced Listening Part 2, there are eight sentences about a recording, each with a gap. The sentences focus on specific information mentioned in the recording. You've got to complete the gap with an...
Hunt for Clues like Sherlock Holmes in Advanced Listening Part 1
┃Read in less than 8 minutes (excluding activities) Have you ever read any of the books or watched any of the films/series about Sherlock Holmes? If not, there are apparently over 30K adaptations of the books, so you’ve got a pretty good choice if you...
6 Hot Topics up for Discussion in Advanced Speaking Part 4
┃Read in less than 5 minutes (excluding activities) Part 4 is a discussion between you, your partner, and the examiner. The examiner asks you and your partner questions related to the topic you talked about in Part 3. While there isn’t a list of prescribed...
5 Ways to Impress the Examiner in Advanced Speaking Part 3
┃Read in less than 7 minutes In this part of the Speaking test, you are given a mind map and written prompts. The examiner then gives you instructions for the task which you discuss with your partner for about two minutes. Let’s look at an example: The...