Modal verbs help us describe and talk about the attitude of the speaker of the world that surrounds them. This is the reason the speaker can talk about certainty, possibility, obligation, necessity and ability by using modal expressions. The use of modals help the speaker sound more accurate or vague in their opinions and statements. […]
Fixed phrases are phrases that are set so that you cannot change the wording even if the literal meaning would stay the same. This is because a fixed phrase is culturally accepted. So, it might only make sense to speakers from a certain area. A fixed phrase does not necessarily have any literal meaning on its own. […]
There’s not much to say about inversion, but these are useful and super easy to use. We’ll show you how. What we need to understand is that we use inversion when we begin a sentence with a negative adverb or adverbial phrase, we sometimes have to change the usual word order of subject and verb […]
Last month we carried out a small survey to find out which parts our students found the hardest in the C1 Proficiency exam. The results we got were, to the least, surprising. 98,2% of our students chose the C1 Advanced Part 7. QUICK INFO ABOUT PAPER C1 Advanced PART 7: Reading and Use of English […]
QUICK INFO ABOUT C2 USE OF ENGLISH PART 1: MULTIPLE CHOICE Estimated time to finish this part: 10 minutes max Number of exercises: 8 Marks: 8 Task: Choose the correct answer to complete the text given choosing from 4 possible options per blank Many of our students tell us that one of the hardest things […]
The day has come and you will have to face your speaking exam. Keep reading and we will share some of the things you will need to prepare for the C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency Speaking Paper Part 1 . If you need more information about all the other parts, don’t miss our post on […]
Completing any of the tasks in a Cambridge exam can sometimes be daunting. So, when completing the writing tasks for C2 or in any of the Cambridge exams, or any text you ever produce, it is useful to have a checklist to refer to. Having a checklist handy will be useful to improve your written […]
There are stories of people who have a really high level of English and then not performing very well in the C2 Cambridge Speaking Part. Many of our C2 Proficiency students are surprised by this fact. However, there is no surprise when you haven’t thoroughly prepared the Speaking Part. Candidates who have a good level […]
Last month we carried out a small survey to find out which parts our students found the hardest in the C2 Proficiency exam. The results we got were, to the least, surprising. 98,2% of our students chose the C2 Proficiency Part 6. QUICK INFO ABOUT PAPER 1 PART 6: Reading and Use of English Time […]
Writing an essay in part 1 of the Proficiency C2 exam can sometimes a bit confusing. In paper 2 you will be assessed on your skill to draft coherent and cohesive texts. QUICK INFO ABOUT PAPER 2 PART 1: Time: 1 hour 30 mins Number of exercises: 2 Part 1 (Essay) is mandatory Part 2 […]
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