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Key English Test Teaching Resource
for updated exam from March 2004

If you are preparing students for Cambridge ESOL’s Key English Test (KET), you’ll find useful guidance, resources and classroom activities on this section of the Teaching Resources website.

For each of the papers in the KET exam, you’ll find the following information by clicking the links on the left:

About the Paper

• Sample tasks from past papers
• Activities to understand the tasks
• Tips for teachers and students
• DOs and DON'Ts

Classroom Activities

• Ready-made activities to use with your class
• Skills development
• Exam practice with tasks from real past papers

Other Information

• Links to other Cambridge ESOL resources
• Handbooks, past papers, videos and CDs

Further Resources

For an overview of KET, exam dates and information about recognition by higher education institutions and corporations, see the Cambridge ESOL website.

To access a guide to the vocabulary which appears in the KET examination papers, see KET word list.

For books and materials to help you prepare candidates, see the list of publishers.

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