Adjectives in Cambridge Speaking Exams

Adjectives in Cambridge Speaking exams

Useful, comfortable, difficult, important, memorable, sad, interesting, different, effective, sad, stressful, easy, careful, nervous, healthy, popular, worried! Do these adjectives ring a bell?  In Cambridge exams like B2 First and C1 Advanced, talking about feelings, attitudes and opinions is part of the territory, namely in Part 2 of the Speaking paper.  Here are some exam … Read more

Wizzadry or Know-how?!

Word formation with prefixes

To get to the point, let’s roll our sleeves! Today’s activities follow the TLT technique – Think-learn-test. Rather than providing you with the key word of this entry, I am inviting you to do three activities that will help you be right on the money!  Think and classify the words! There are seven categories of … Read more

The Big HOW in C1 Formal Writings

C1 Advanced formal writings

Five writing strategies to achieve the right level of formality   How to succeed in your C1 Advanced formal writings? What do you need to do so that your two written texts are marked with a 5 in two of the four assessment criteria in the writing paper of the Cambridge C1 Advanced? Content Communicative … Read more