This syllabus outlines a 36-class course to prepare students for the Key English Test (KET) over 12 weeks. Each class covers material from the Objective KET textbook including grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and skills. Classes focus on topics like friends, shopping, food, travel and holidays. Regular reviews and four exam practice sessions are included, culminating in final tests of all skills in the last class.

1. SYLLABUS for KET 1
TIME FRAME: 36 classes (3 classes per week)
COURSE BOOK: OBJECTIVE KET (2nd
Edition)
CLASS CONTENT SUPPLEMENTS
1
1.1 Friends for over
- Grammar extra: Present simple: be, have
- Pronunciation: The alphabet
- Listening: Short conversations
2
1.2 Borrow this!
- Grammar: Asking questions
- Vocabulary: Personal possessions,
Descriptive adjectives - feelings
3 Exam folder 1 Listening: Short conversations Listening Part 1
4
2.1 For sale
- Vocabulary: Shops and items bought there
- Grammar extra: Questions with countable
and uncountable nouns
- Reading : Part 1: Matching
- Pronunciation: Vowel sounds /α:/, /ei/, /æ/
5
2.2 Shopping from home
- Listening: Part 3
- Grammar: Some and Any
- Spelling: Plurals
6 Exam folder 2 Reading: Notices Reading Part 1

2. 7
3.1 Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Vocabulary: Food and drink
- Pronunciation: /i/, /i:/
- Listening: Listening for detail;
Note taking
- Writing: Part 6: Spelling
- Grammar: Present simple,
Telling the time
- Spelling: Contractions
8
3.2 Food at festivals
- Reading: Right, Wrong, Doesn’t say
- Grammar extra: Adverbs of frequency
- Vocabulary: Celebrations, Dates (day & month)
- Writing: Writing a note
9 Writing folder 1 Spelling words Writing Part 6
10
4.1 A long journey
- Reading: Right, Wrong, Doesn’t say
- Grammar: Past simple – regular &
irregular verbs
- Spelling: Regular verbs in the Simple past
- Pronunciation: Regular past simple endings
/t/, /d/, /id/
11
4.2 A trip to remember
- Listening: Note taking
- Grammar: Past simple: short answer
- Grammar extra: Past simple + ago
12 Revision: Units 1- 4 Short test 1
13 5.1 A trip to the zoo
- Vocabulary: Animals;

3. Collocations with do,
make, take and spend
- Pronunciation: List intonation
- Listening: Multiple choice
- Grammar extra: Lists with and
14
5.2 An amazing animal
- Reading: Cloze text
- Grammar: Conjunctions: and, but, because, or
- Spelling: Their, there, they’re
15 Exam folder 3 Reading: Multiple choice Reading Parts 2 & 5
16
6.1 Theme park fun
- Reading: Reading for information
- Speaking: Part 2: Activity
- Grammar: Comparative and
superlative adjectives
- Spelling: Comparative and
superlative adjectives
17
6.2 Free time
- Listening: Note taking
- Grammar extra: Comparative adverbs
- Reading: Part 3: On the telephone
- Writing: Common spelling mistakes
- Pronunciation: /ә/
18
Exam folder 4 Listening: Note taking Listening Parts 4 &
5
19
7.1 The latest fashion
- Reading: Right, wrong, doesn’t say
- Grammar: Simple and continuous tenses
- Spelling: -ing form
20 7.2 Your clothes
- Vocabulary: Clothes; adjectives to describe

4. clothes
- Listening: for specific information
- Pronunciation: The last letters of the alphabet: w,
x, y, z
- Reading: Short conversations
21 Writing folder 2 Open cloze Writing Part 7
22
8.1 A great movie
- Grammar: Modal verbs 1: can, may, must
- Reading: Multiple-choice cloze
23
8.2 Cool sounds
- Vocabulary: Music and concerts
- Listening: Short conversations
- Pronunciation: Short questions
- Spelling: Mistakes with vowels
24 Revision: Units 5 – 8 Short test 2
25
9.1 Making holiday plans
- Listening: for specific information
- Grammar: The future with going to
- Pronunciation: /h/
- Reading: Functional English
26
9.2 Looking into the future
- Reading: for specific information
- Grammar: The future with will
- Spelling: Words ending in –y
27
Exam folder 5 Speaking Speaking Parts 1 &
2
28 10.1 Inside the home
- Vocabulary: Furniture; materials;
adjectives – opposites
- Spelling: Words ending in –f and –fe
- Listening: Matching

5. - Reading: Lexical multiple choice
29
10.2 Famous buildings
- Pronunciation: Dates in years
- Grammar: The passive
30
Exam folder 6:
Reading: Right, Wrong, Doesn’t say
Reading Part 4
31
Exam practice 1:
Listening Parts 1, 4, 5
Listening practices
32
Exam practice 2
Reading Parts 1, 2, 4, 5
Reading practices
33
Exam practice 3
Writing Parts 6 & 7
Writing practices
34
Exam practice 4
Speaking Parts 1 & 2
Speaking practices
35 Final test (Listening, Reading, Writing)
36 Final test (Speaking)

6. - Reading: Lexical multiple choice
29
10.2 Famous buildings
- Pronunciation: Dates in years
- Grammar: The passive
30
Exam folder 6:
Reading: Right, Wrong, Doesn’t say
Reading Part 4
31
Exam practice 1:
Listening Parts 1, 4, 5
Listening practices
32
Exam practice 2
Reading Parts 1, 2, 4, 5
Reading practices
33
Exam practice 3
Writing Parts 6 & 7
Writing practices
34
Exam practice 4
Speaking Parts 1 & 2
Speaking practices
35 Final test (Listening, Reading, Writing)
36 Final test (Speaking)