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The Cambridge Tests group of courses offers exam preparation courses for the five General English Cambridge ESL courses : Key English Test (KET), Preliminary English Test (PET), First Certificate in English (FCE), Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) and Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE). They therefore cover levels A2 to C2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

CAMBRIDGE TESTS PREPARATION COURSES

Brays A2 Cambridge KET Course with exam practice for students at elementary level

Brays B1 Cambridge PET Course with exam practice for students at lower intermediate level

Brays B2 Cambridge FCE Course with exam practice for students at upper intermediate level

Brays C1 Cambridge CAE Course with exam practice for students at advanced level

Brays C2 Cambridge CPE Course with exam practice for students at Proficiency level

Who are the courses for?

The courses are for students preparing for Cambridge tests but, as general English courses, are useful for anyone wanting to learn English especially if they intend to take exams.

What do the courses cover?

All the skills needed: i.e. Listening, Reading, Use of English, Writing and Speaking.

In total there are well over 1000 items in the courses including grammar, listening, reading and vocabulary exercises, writing practice and examples, pronunciation practice, news items, web projects, videos, progress teats examination practice for all the Cambridge Tests.

Written work is sent to the tutor and is included within the price.

1 to 1 conversation classes with your tutor can also be arranged.

A Syllabus outline of Brays B2 Cambridge ESL FCE Course can be found below.

How long will a course take?

Between 100 and 200 hours per level, depending on your previous knowledge and rate of progress

Note that, during your subscription period you may change your course at any time. For example if you think you have mastered First Certificate Level then you can continue your progress by following the Cambridge Advanced Course.

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Note also that other online courses covering Business English, English for Academic Purposes and IELTS and the Listening Library collection can be accessed here.

Brays A2 KET Course with exam practice of cambridge tests

This course corresponds to CEFR level A2 and Cambridge ESOL KET. There are eight Units and four 'Progress Check' items. Resources are grouped into 7 categories - 'Grammar Focus', 'Grammar Reference Unit', 'Vocabulary', 'Language Focus', 'Pronunciation', 'Listening' and 'Reading and Writing'. Plus 30 KET exam preparation exercises.

Approximate length = 80 hours

UNIT 1

Making friends (20 items) 6 language exercises, 4 ESL grammar reference units, 4 ESL vocabulary activities, 2 ESL listening activities, 2 English pronunciation activities and 2 KET exam preparation exercises that provide practice of the kind of language used to talk about yourself and others, and also practice of present tenses and possessives.

UNIT 2

Festivals (21 items) 6 English exercises, 4 grammar items, 3 vocabulary activities, 2 listening activities, 2 pronunciation activities, a game, an elementary language test and 2 ESOL KET exam preparation exercises that provide practice of the kind of language used to talk about making comparisons and giving advice. They also provide practice of the use of 'should' and gerunds.

Progress Check Units 1 and 2 (10 items) 4 language exercises, 3 KET vocabulary activities and 3 ESL elementary language tests providing additional practice of the language studied in Units 1 and 2.

UNIT 3

Past times (19 items) 6 English exercises, 4 English grammar items, 3 ESL vocabulary activities, 2 ESL listening activities, 2 pronunciation activities and 2 KET exam preparation exercises that provide practice of the kind of language used to talk about the past and they also provide practice of irregular verbs and the past simple and the past continuous.

UNIT 4

Soap (20 items) 16 ESL grammar, vocabulary, listening and pronunciation items, a video, an elementary language test and 2 ESOL KET exam preparation exercises that provide practice of the kind of language used to talk about the future, plus practice of 'going to' and the future simple.

Progress Check Units 3 and 4 (9 items) 6 EFL exercises and 3 EFL vocabulary activities giving you additional practice in the kind of language you met in Units 3 and 4.

UNIT 5

Out and about (20 items) 6 language exercises, 4 grammar items, 4 ESL vocabulary activities, 2 listening activities, 2 pronunciation activities and 2 ESL Cambridge KET for schools exam preparation exercises that provide practice of the kind of language we use to talk about arrangements and restaurants. They also provide practice of the present continuous to talk about the future and countable and uncountable nouns.

UNIT 6

City life (20 items) 6 English exercises, 4 English grammar items, 4 EFL vocabulary activities, 2 EFL listening activities, 2 pronunciation activities and 2 Cambridge KET for schools exam preparation exercises that provide practice of the kind of language we use to talk about recent events and experiences, practice of the present perfect, 'too' and 'enough'.

Progress Check Units 5 and 6 (9 items) 6 language exercises and 3 vocabulary activities giving you additional practice in the language studied in Units 5 and 6.

UNIT 7

Wonderful world (21 items) 17 English activities and exercises, 2 videos and 2 Cambridge KET for schools exam preparation exercises that provide practice of the kind of language we use to talk about obligation and prohibition and expressing preferences, plus practice of 'must', 'have to', 'would like' and 'rather'.

UNIT 8

Moving images (19 items) 17 EFL exercises and activities and 2 KET for schools exam preparation exercises that provide practice of the kind of language we use to talk about processes, cause and effects, plus practice of conditional sentences and infinitives of purpose.

Progress Check Units 7 and 8 (9 items) 4 language exercises, 3 vocabulary activities and 2 language tests giving you more practice of the language studied in Units 7 and 8.

KET Exam Practice 1 (10 items) KET for Schools Paper 1 Part 1, KET for Schools Paper 1 Part 3, KET for Schools Paper 1 Part 4, KET for Schools Paper 1 Part 7, KET for Schools Paper 1 Part 8, KET for Schools Paper 2 Part 1, KET for Schools Paper 2 Part 2, KET for Schools Paper 2 Part 3, KET for Schools Paper 2 Part 4, KET for Schools Paper 2 Part 5

KET Exam Practice 2 (10 items) KET for Schools Paper 1 Part 1, KET for Schools Paper 1 Part 3, KET for Schools Paper 1 Part 3,KET for Schools Paper 1 Part 7, KET for Schools Paper 1 Part 7, KET for Schools Paper 2 Part 1, KET for Schools Paper 2 Part 1, KET for Schools Paper 2 Part 2, KET for Schools Paper 2 Part 3, KET for Schools Paper 2 Part 4

KET Exam Practice 3 (5 items) 3 x KET for Schools Paper 1 Part 7, KET for Schools Paper 2 Part 1, KET for Schools Paper 2 Part 4

Brays B1 Pet Course

Comprises over 270 items including exam preparation, use of English and grammar practice, language practice, vocabulary practice, writing practice, listening activities, news items, web projects.

Course length = approximately 140 hours

UNIT 1

People (26 items)

UNIT 2

Family life (19 items)

UNIT 3

Sport (25 items)

UNIT 4

Hobbies and leisure (31 items)

UNIT 5

Entertainment and media (22 items)

UNIT 6

Travel and holidays (52 items)

UNIT 7

Work (25 items)

UNIT 8

The Natural World (30 items)

UNIT 9

Playtime - Multi level games (3 items)

Playtime - e-motion games (33 items)

Playtime - Word Games (5 items)

Brays B2 FCE Course with exam practice

UNIT 1

1 Appearances and Impressions (19 items)

2 Generations – relationships (18 items)

3 Money, money, money (22 items)

Review A (17 items)

Cambridge FCE Exam Practice 1 (14 items)

UNIT 2

4 Challenges and health (20 items)

5 Rituals, ceremonies and habits (19 items)

6 Food and eating out (19 items)

Review B (16 items)

Cambridge FCE Exam Practice 2 (13 items)

UNIT 3

7 Travelling and holidays (17 items)

8 Appearance and attraction (16 items)

9 Art and Inventions (18 items)

Review C (15 items)

Cambridge FCE Exam Practice 3 (13 items)

UNIT 4

10 Buying, selling and marketing (20 items)

11 Education and Job Interviews (20 items)

12 Houses and eating habits (18 items)

Review D (16 items)

Cambridge FCE Exam Practice 4 (13 items)

Cambridge FCE Exam Practice 5 (13 items)

Cambridge FCE Exam Practice 6 (28 items)

UNIT 5

Web Projects – Business (3 items)

Web Projects – Education (3 items)

Web Projects – Culture (2 items)

Web Projects – Health (2 items)

Web Project – Media (1 item)

Web Project – Ecotourism (1 item)

UNIT 6

News Items – Environmental Challenges (7 items)

News Item – Assortment (10 items)

UNIT 7

Playtime – Multi level games (3 items)

Playtime – e-motion games (23 items)

Playtime – Word games (4 items)

+ over 50 items from BRAYS ENGLISH ONLINE

Brays Cambridge CAE C1 Course with Exam Practice of cambridge tests

A complete Cambridge CAE Course, CEFR C1 level with 370 items with a wide variety of topics covering all the necessary skills, Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation, Listening and Reading.

Plus 126 Cambridge tests practice papers at CAE level.

Course length = approximately 200 hours.

UNIT 1

Identity (24 Cambridge ESL items)

This Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about life and relationships and discuss books we have read. It covers meaning and position of adverbials, phrasal verbs and word formation.

UNIT 2

Taste (20 items)

This Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about food and restaurants and give opinions. It covers modification of nouns, order of adjectives, past tenses and fronting.

UNIT 3

City (19 items)

This Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use to describe cities and places and talk about living in cities. It covers inversion after negative and limiting adverbials and adding emphasis with 'just', 'really' and 'actually'.

UNIT 4

Talk (16 items)

This Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about language, culture, conversations, tendencies and family members. It covers 'wh-' words and present and past tendencies with 'will' and 'would'.

UNIT 5

Luck (16 items)

This Cambridge ESL Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about luck, wishes, regrets and science fiction. It covers unreal conditionals and statements with 'wish', 'if only' and 'regret'.

UNIT 6

Mind (13 items)

This Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the brain and intelligence. It covers stative verbs, participle clauses and expressions with 'mind'.

UNIT 7

Review 1 (10 items)

This Syllabus Item provides further practice of the language points revised in the Student's Book unit. It also includes two games and a web project that provide supplementary material.

UNIT 8

Cyberspace (18 items)

This Cambridge ESL Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the future, computers, video games and the Internet. It covers 'will' for predictions and assumptions and discourse markers.

UNIT 9

Law (14 items)

This Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about crime, legal cases and news stories. It covers the use of modals to talk about the present and the past and inversion after 'neither', 'nor', 'so' and 'such'.

UNIT 10

Firsts (24 items)

This Cambridge ESL Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about challenges and achievements. It covers connectors and active and passive verbs.

UNIT 11

Stories (10 items)

This Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use to tell stories and talk about urban myths. It covers compound adjectives and the future in the past.

UNIT 12

Words (11 items)

This Syllabus Item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about English and write letters, notes and invitations. It covers 'wh-' words ending in 'ever' and patterns with 'have'.

UNIT 13

Conscience (14 items)

These Cambridge tests provide practice of the kind of language we use to talk about ethical issues. It covers special uses of the past simple.

UNIT 14

Review 2 for Cambridge tests (8 items)

This Syllabus Item provides further practice of the language points revised in the Student's Book unit. It also includes two games and a web project that provide supplementary material.

Cambridge CAE Exam Practice 1 (14 items)

Cambridge CAE Exam Practice 2 (14 items)

CAE Exam Practice 3 (13 items)

CAE Exam Practice 4 (15 items)

CAE Exam Practice 5 (14 items)

CAE Exam Practice 6 (46 items)

Web Projects for Cambridge tests – Universities (6 items)

Playtime – Multi level games (3 items)

Playtime – e-Motion games (23 items)

Playtime – Word games (5 items)

Brays C2 CPE Course with exam practice of cambridge tests

This Cambridge tests course is to match CEFR level C2. There are 8 units to this course, each with 4 syllabus items + extensive CPE exam (Cambridge Proficiency Exam) practice, web projects and news items. Each syllabus item has three syllabus components: Grammar Focus, Topic Focus and a 'Can do' statement.

Course length = 100 hours approximately.

UNIT 1

Society: ethics and the law (7 Cambridge Tests items)

2 listening activities, 2 listening activities and a vocabulary activity providing practice of the kind of language we use to talk about ethical behaviour and the law. 2 grammar reference units also provide practice of inversion structures.

Society: crime (7 items)

3 language exercises, 2 vocabulary activities, a listening activity and a game offering practice in the kind of language we use to talk about crime and criminals. They also provides practice of phrasal verbs.

Society: discipline (5 items)

A language exercise, a listening activity and 3 CPE exam papers giving practice in the kind of language we use to talk about discipline. They also provide practice of various language structures.

Society: public life and social contact (5 Cambridge Tests items)

3 language exercises that give provides practice in the kind of language we use to talk about public life and social contact. 2 grammar items that offer practice of relative clauses.

UNIT 2

Progress: development (7 Cambridge Tests items)

4 Cambridge CPE exam papers, an IELTS test reading passage, a news item and a grammar task providing practice in the kind of language we use to talk about progress and development. There is also practice of writing an article.