Focus on CPE
A comprehensive preparation course for the Cambridge: Proficiency examination(C2) Advanced Plus, Code: 21045
Exercises: 679 / 120 Hours
Introduction
Focus on CPE is an online course, designed for students who are thinking of taking the Cambridge Proficiency in English Test. It consists of 12 modules and 200 units of English, and provides approximately 120 hours of study for students.
Course aims
- To take students from Advanced, CEFR C1 up to C2.
- To give students information about, coaching in and practice in all areas of the CPE exam, to enable them to be fully prepared when it comes to them taking the test.
- The course blends grammatical structures necessary for this level, with vocabulary, including simple verb + preposition combinations, spelling, reading, listening, writing and speaking.
Grammar
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- manipulate word order to create subtlety of meaning, emphasis and humour.
- use cleft sentences to deflect difficult questions and take possession of an argument.
- use more complex passive forms and know when to use the active voice and passive voice, and use advanced passive verb forms.
- use conditional forms to talk about future possible and future unlikely situations, alternative present situations and hypothetical past situations and their results.
- use alternatives to If structures and explore how manipulating verb forms in conditional sentences can release a wide range of subtle meanings.
- connect sentences using a range of conjunctions and other connecting words
- identify transitive and intransitive verbs forms, and be accurate when following one verb form with another, which will be in the gerund or infinitive form
- report statements and questions using difficult verb forms and complex structures
- use past forms of modal verbs to express possibility, regret, certainty and negative certainty.
- use present and past subjunctives to add formality to what they are saying or writing.
- use inversion for formality or dramatic emphasis.
- place adverbs and adverbials in their correct position within sentences.
- use fronting and prefacing to add more variety to spoken English.
Vocabulary
By the end of the course students will have learnt approximately 800 lexical items, including collocations, phrasal verbs, idiomatic language, different English registers and lexical sets.
Skills
By the end of the course students will have had exposure to and practice in reading and hearing formal and informal English from a wide variety of registers, accents and contexts, descriptions, stories and opinions.
Revision
Each of the 12 modules has a revision test, which gives students another chance to test themselves on the grammar and vocabulary they have learnt during the module. These tests are cumulative, which means the material learnt in each unit is tested at the end of that unit and also in subsequent revision tests, meaning the tests get longer as more material is tested each time.
Exam practice
Each module concentrates on a different area of the CPE exam, giving information about the exam, tips on how to answer the questions and advice about where students often make mistakes. It then tests them on that part of the exam.
Entry and exit tests
Before beginning the course, the student is invited to take an Entry test, which consists of a complete Reading and Listening paper from the exam. At the end of the course, the student is invited to take another complete Reading and Listening paper and the student's result is analysed by the program, giving a percentage of improvement and predicts a grade in the actual exam they take.
Unit summary
| Module | Unit focus | Details |
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Introduction |
General Introduction |
An introduction to the course the student will be taking |
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Exam |
CPE Basics: general information |
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Exam |
CPE Basics: Paper 1 |
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Exam |
CPE Basics: Paper 2 |
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Exam |
CPE Basics: Paper 3 |
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Entry Test |
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Module 1 |
Grammar |
Tense review |
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Vocabulary |
Adjectives of character |
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Vocabulary |
Phrasal verbs 01 |
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Grammar |
Adverb position and meaning change |
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Vocabulary |
Adjective and noun collocations 2 |
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Spelling |
Spelling test 08 |
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Reading |
Happy families |
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Listening |
Honey, I'm sorry! |
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Reading |
Globalisation |
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Listening |
The UN Food Programme |
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Revision |
Focus on CPE, Module 01 revision test |
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Exam |
CPE Coaching: Paper 1, Part 1 |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 1, Practice test 1 |
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Exam |
CPE Coaching: Paper 2, Part 1 |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 2, Part 1, Practice test 1 |
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Module 2 |
Grammar |
Articles |
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Vocabulary |
Adjectives of mood |
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Vocabulary |
Phrasal verbs 02 |
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Grammar |
Reported Speech |
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Vocabulary |
Wordbuilding 01 |
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Spelling |
Spelling test 09 |
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Reading |
The selfish giant |
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Listening |
Shakespeare's sonnet 18 |
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Reading |
My clever dog |
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Listening |
The Emerging Brain |
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Revision |
Focus on CPE, Module 02 revision test |
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Exam |
CPE Coaching: Paper 3, Part 1 |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 1, Practice test 1 |
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Exam |
CPE Coaching: Paper 1, Part 2 |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 2, Practice test 1 |
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Module 3 |
Grammar |
Relative Clauses |
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Vocabulary |
Confusing words 1 |
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Vocabulary |
Phrasal verbs 03 |
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Grammar |
Relative Clauses advanced points |
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Vocabulary |
Verb and noun collocation 1 |
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Spelling |
Spelling test 01 |
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Reading |
A conscientious objector |
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Listening |
Sao Tome |
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Reading |
Eyewitness: 911 |
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Listening |
Tony Blair |
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Revision |
Focus on CPE, Module 05 revision test |
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Exam |
Focus on CPE, Module 03 revision test |
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Exam |
CPE Coaching: Paper 2, Part 2a - Article |
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Exam |
CPE Coaching: Paper 3, Part 2 - Sentence completion |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 2, Practice test 1 - Sentence completion |
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Module 4 |
Grammar |
It's time/would rather |
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Vocabulary |
Animals |
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Vocabulary |
Phrasal verbs 04 |
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Grammar |
Inversion |
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Vocabulary |
Wordbuilding 02 |
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Spelling |
Spelling test 02 |
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Reading |
Cloning humans |
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Listening |
Pet hates |
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Reading |
Top ten inventions in history |
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Listening |
Concorde |
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Revision |
Focus on CPE, Module 04 revision test |
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Exam |
CPE Coaching: Paper 1, Part 3 - Wordbuilding |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 3, Practice test 1 - Wordbuilding |
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Exam |
CPE Coaching: Paper 2, Part 2b - Formal letter |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 2, Part 2b, Practice test 1 - Formal letter |
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Module 5 |
Grammar |
Modal Verbs |
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Vocabulary |
Crimes and criminals |
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Vocabulary |
Phrasal verbs 05 |
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Grammar |
Quite |
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Vocabulary |
Collocations: Adjective + Noun 1 |
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Spelling |
Spelling test 03 |
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Reading |
Tabloids |
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Listening |
The Weather |
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Reading |
Stock market report |
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Listening |
Ukrainian Miners |
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Revision |
Focus on CPE, Module 05 revision test |
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Exam |
CPE Coaching: Paper 3, Part 4 - Multiple matching |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 3, Practice test 1 - Multiple choice |
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Exam |
CPE Coaching: Paper 1, Part 4 - Key word transformations |
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Module 6 |
Grammar |
Causative Have and Get |
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Vocabulary |
Confusing words 2 |
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Vocabulary |
Phrasal verbs 06 |
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Grammar |
Passive |
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Vocabulary |
Wordbuilding 03 |
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Spelling |
Spelling test 04 |
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Reading |
World cup profits |
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Listening |
David Beckham |
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Reading |
The nanny |
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Listening |
Cane toads. Pest or guest? |
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Revision |
Focus on CPE, Module 06 revision test |
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Exam |
CPE Coaching: Paper 2, Part 2c -Informal letter |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 2, Part 2c, Practice test 1 - Informal letter |
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Exam |
CPE Coaching: Paper 4 |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 4, Practice test 1 - Multiple matching |
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Module 7 |
Grammar |
Question tags |
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Vocabulary |
Jobs and professions |
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Vocabulary |
Phrasal verbs 07 |
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Grammar |
Inversion |
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Vocabulary |
Verb and noun collocation 2 |
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Spelling |
Spelling test 05 |
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Reading |
Smoking |
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Listening |
Gambling |
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Reading |
Lucian Freud |
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Listening |
Aristocracy |
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Revision |
Focus on CPE, Module 07 revision test |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 4, Practice test 2 -Key word transformations |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 5, Practice test 1 - Multiple choice |
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Exam |
CPE Coaching: Paper 2, Part 2d - Review |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 2, Part 2d, Practice test 1 - Review |
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Module 8 |
Grammar |
Third Conditional |
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Vocabulary |
Parts of the body |
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Vocabulary |
Phrasal verbs 08 |
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Grammar |
Gerunds and Infinitives |
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Vocabulary |
Wordbuilding 04 |
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Spelling |
Spelling test 06 |
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Reading |
A holiday in Panama |
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Listening |
Too many shoes |
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Reading |
A phobia of buttons |
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Listening |
A typical English summer |
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Revision |
Focus on CPE, Module 08 revision test |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 4, Practice test 3 -Key word transformations |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 6, Practice test 1 - Sentence completion |
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Exam |
CPE Coaching: Paper 2, Part 2e - Report |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 2, Part 2e, Practice test 1 - Report |
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Module 9 |
Grammar |
Conjunctions and Connectors |
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Vocabulary |
Gradable and non gradable adjectives |
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Vocabulary |
Phrasal verbs 09 |
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Grammar |
Conjunctions and connectors |
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Vocabulary |
Verb and noun collocation 3 |
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Spelling |
Spelling test 07 |
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Reading |
Business lessons from an immigrant entrepreneur |
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Listening |
An extract from a novel |
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Reading |
Cooking with kids |
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Listening |
Bad dreams |
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Revision |
Focus on CPE, Module 09 revision test |
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Exam |
CPE Coaching: Paper 1, Part 7 - Multiple matching |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 7, Practice test 1 - Multiple matching |
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Module 10 |
Grammar |
Wishes |
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Vocabulary |
Confusing words 3 |
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Vocabulary |
Phrasal verbs 10 |
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Grammar |
Conditionals - advanced points |
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Vocabulary |
Wordbuilding 05 |
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Spelling |
Spelling test 08 |
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Reading |
Lucozade |
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Listening |
Burma |
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Reading |
Multi-tasking |
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Listening |
Crocodiles |
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Revision |
Focus on CPE, Module 10 revision test |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 1, Practice test 2 - Multiple choice cloze |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 2, Practice test 2 - Open cloze |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 3, Practice test 2 - Wordbuilding |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 4, Practice test 2 - Key word transformations |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 6, Practice test 2 - Sentence completion |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 7, Practice test 2 - Multiple matching |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 2, Part 1, Practice test 2 - Compulsory part |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 2, Part 2a, Practice test 2 - Article |
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Module 11 |
Grammar |
Verb Patterns |
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Vocabulary |
Physical appearance |
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Vocabulary |
Phrasal verbs 11 |
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Grammar |
Verb Patterns |
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Vocabulary |
Prepositional collocations 5 |
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Spelling |
Spelling test 09 |
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Reading |
My life without a mobile phone |
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Listening |
Mars |
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Reading |
What time is it? |
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Listening |
My paranoid friend |
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Revision |
Focus on CPE, Module 11 revision test |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 1, Practice test 2 - Multiple choice |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 2, Practice test 2 - Sentence completion |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 3, Practice test 2 - Multiple choice |
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Exam |
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CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 4, Practice test 2 - Multiple matching |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 2, Part 2c, Practice test 2 - Informal letter |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 2, Part 2d, Practice test 2 - Review |
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Module 12 |
Grammar |
Talking about quantity |
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Vocabulary |
Clothes and clothing |
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Vocabulary |
Phrasal verbs 12 |
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Grammar |
Subjunctive |
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Vocabulary |
Business idioms 1 |
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Spelling |
Spelling test 10 |
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Reading |
Primitive man |
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Listening |
Self esteem |
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Reading |
The nature of wisdom |
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Listening |
Young at heart |
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Revision |
Focus on CPE, Module 12 revision test |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 1, Practice test 3 - Multiple choice cloze |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 2, Practice test 3 - Open cloze |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 3, Practice test 3 - Wordbuilding |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 4, Practice test 3 - Key word transformations |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 5, Practice test 3 - Multiple choice |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 6, Practice test 3 - Sentence completion |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 1, Part 7, Practice test 3 - Multiple matching |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 1, Practice test 3 - Multiple choice |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 2, Practice test 3 - Sentence completion |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 3, Practice test 3 - Multiple choice |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 3, Part 4, Practice test 3 - Multiple matching |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 2, Part 2e, Practice test 2 - Report |
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Exam |
CPE Practice, Paper 2, Part 2b, Practice test 2 - Formal letter |
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Exit test |
Follow up
Students completing the Focus on CPE course should feel confident in tackling any advanced course.