B2 Cambridge First Writing Exam Preparation

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What you'll learn

How to write for the Cambridge First writing exam

Learn how to join ideas to help improve your writing

Learn about each of the Cambridge First writing tasks

See fully completed exam tasks

Requirements

Be at a minimum level of B1 in English

Have some understanding of English grammar and of English writing tasks

Description

Welcome to our Cambridge B2 First writing exam preparation course. In this course you will learn all about the exam, how it is organised and what each of the different parts is about.  -  We will look at each part of the Cambridge First writing exam. -  Learn about linking words to join your ideas together.  -  Extra practice exercises to improve your writing performance -  Get the best exam tips! This course is divided into 7 sections and each section looks at a specific aspect of the exam. Take a look at the topics we discuss Introduction- Learn how the Cambridge B2 writing exam is organised- Get details on the different ways you can do your examWriting Tasks- Find out more about all the different writing tasks- Completed writing exam examples to review- Downloadable examples    Linking Words to Improve Your Writing- Common linking words for cause and effect, contrast, sequence, etc.- How to use linking words to improve coherence and cohesion of your writing- Practice exercises to integrate linking words effectivelyUsing a Range of Vocabulary and Grammar- Expanding your vocabulary - Common grammatical structures to use in the exam- Avoiding repetition and using correct grammarWriting Clear, Organised Answers- Learn about the importance of the right structure - How to plan your writing before starting- How to review your writing

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 The Exam Structure

Lecture 3 Types of Writing Exam

Section 2: Writing Exam Exercises

Lecture 4 Part 1 The essay

Lecture 5 Part 2 Informal Email

Lecture 6 Part 2 Formal Email

Lecture 7 Part 2 Article

Lecture 8 Part 2 Review

Lecture 9 Part 2 Report

Section 3: Grammar Practice

Lecture 10 Present Forms

Lecture 11 Present Forms: State Verbs

Lecture 12 Simple Past Forms

Lecture 13 Past Perfect Forms

Lecture 14 Present perfect forms

Lecture 15 Present Perfect & the Past

Lecture 16 Future Forms

Lecture 17 Passive Forms

Lecture 18 Talking about Possibility

Lecture 19 Relative Clauses: Defining clauses

Lecture 20 Relative Clauses: Non-Defining clauses

Lecture 21 Should

Section 4: Vocabulary: Word building

Lecture 22 Negative Forms

Lecture 23 Other Prefixes

Lecture 24 Creating Nouns

Lecture 25 Building Adjectives

Lecture 26 Creating Verbs

Section 5: Joining Ideas

Lecture 27 Contrasting information

Lecture 28 Adding new information

Lecture 29 Explaining reasons

Lecture 30 Talking about time

Lecture 31 Explaining the purpose of things

Section 6: Better Writing

Lecture 32 Planning your work

Lecture 33 Improving your vocabulary

Lecture 34 Reviewing your writing - Grammar, Ideas & Vocabulary

Lecture 35 Reviewing your writing - Sentences & Comprehension

Lecture 36 Spellings & Punctuation

Section 7: Completed Exam tasks

Lecture 37 Part 1 Essay

Lecture 38 Part 2 Informal Email

Lecture 39 Part 2 Formal Email

Lecture 40 Part 2 Article

Lecture 41 Part 2 Review

Lecture 42 Part 2 Report

Section 8: Writing Assignments

Anyone preparing for the Cambridge B2 First Exam,Anyone who would like to improve their writing skills from a B1 to a B2 level