Target Audience: Students    Teachers

Name of Activity

Relevance to Test

Focus of Activity

KET Reading and Writing Overview Activity

Whole paper

Checking knowledge of the format and content of the paper

DOs and DON'Ts for Teachers

Whole paper

Advice on what to do in KET Reading and Writing

Skills and Strategies Activity

Whole paper

Establishing what skills KET candidates need for the Reading and Writing paper

Paraphrasing Warmer

Parts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7

A quick game to practise vocabulary and paraphrasing skills

Missing Word Jigsaw

Parts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7

A pair work activity where students fill gaps in a text by listening to their partner's definitions

Gappy Definitions

Part 6

Understanding definitions and filling gaps

Split Dialogue

Part 3

Filling in the missing half of a longer dialogue

Written Conversations

Part 3

Students have a written 'conversation' with their partner

Expressing Functions

Parts 3 and 9

Matching utterances to functions

Guess the Situation

Parts 3 and 9

Writing and listening to dialogues

Cut Up Story

Parts 4 and 5

Focus on cohesion and coherence by putting together a cut up story

Definitions

Part 6

Practising the language of definitions

Assessment Activity

Part 9

Thinking about how Part 9 is marked in the exam