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g1 Present simple g2 Present continuous g3 State verbs g4 Past simple g5 Past continuous g6 Used to / would (past) g7 Present perfect simple g8 Present perfect continuous g9 Present perfect vs past simple wf1 Noun suffixes: -tion/-sion/-ation wf2 Noun suffixes: -ment/-ness/-ity r1 Skim for gist r2 Scan for specific information r3 Read for detail r4 Understand text organisation u1 Collocation awareness u2 Semantic precision (synonyms) w1 Paragraph structure (PEEL) w2 Task fulfilment: reading the question w3 Target reader awareness w4 Basic linking devices l1 Identify main idea in speech l2 Listen for specific information l3 Predict from context and questions l4 Identify text type and purpose sp1 Sustain a 1-minute long turn sp2 Respond to direct questions sp3 Describe photographs st1 FCE paper format knowledge st2 B1 baseline audit st3 Independent vocabulary recording st4 Wide reading habit

g10 Past perfect simple g11 Past perfect continuous g12 Present tenses for future g13 Will: predictions and decisions g14 Future continuous g15 Going to g16 Future in the past g17 Future perfect g18 Comparative adjectives g19 Superlative adjectives g20 Adjective order and position g21 Adverb formation and use g22 Comparative and superlative adverbs g23 Question forms g24 Countable and uncountable nouns g25 Articles: a/an, the, zero article g26 Special article uses g27 Pronouns and reflexives g28 Determiners g29 Modals: obligation and necessity g30 Modals: necessity distinctions g31 Modals: permission and requests g32 Modals: advice and suggestions wf3 Noun suffixes: -er/-or/-ist/-ian wf4 Adjective suffixes: -ful/-less/-ive/-ous wf5 Adjective suffixes: -al/-ic/-ible/-able wf6 Adverb formation: -ly and irregulars wf7 Negative prefixes: un-/in-/im-/ir-/il- r5 Inference from context r6 Text cohesion: reference and substitution r7 Text cohesion: discourse markers r8 Distinguish fact from opinion r9 Writer attitude and tone r10 Exemplification and reference r11 Avoid word-spotting in MCQ u3 Fixed phrases and idioms u4 Lexico-grammatical patterns u5 Open cloze: grammatical words u6 Open cloze: lexico-grammatical u7 Open cloze: reading around gap w5 Range of cohesive devices w6 Formal register w7 Informal register w8 Register consistency w9 Essay: introduction and conclusion w10 Essay: developing a point of view l5 Understand speaker attitude l6 Identify stated opinion l7 Note-taking while listening l8 Avoid distractor words l9 Follow extended monologue l10 Understand agreement and disagreement sp4 Discourse management: organisation sp5 Discourse management: cohesion sp6 Interactive communication: turn-taking sp7 Interactive communication: initiating sp8 Grammatical resource in speech sp9 Lexical resource in speech sp10 Pronunciation: intelligibility st5 Process of elimination (MCQ) st6 Use reading time before listening st7 Planning before writing st8 Avoiding set pieces in speaking

g33 Modals: ability g34 Modals: present deduction g35 Modals: past deduction g36 Passive: simple tense forms g37 Passive: perfect and modal forms g38 Have something done g39 Reported speech: statements g40 Reported speech: questions g41 Reporting verbs g42 Verb + to-infinitive or -ing g43 Adjective and noun + to-infinitive g44 Phrasal verbs: meaning and form g45 Phrasal verb patterns g46 Zero and first conditional g47 Second conditional g48 Third conditional g49 Mixed conditionals g50 Conditional linkers g51 Wish / if only / it's time g52 Prepositions of place g53 Prepositions of time wf8 Negative prefixes: dis-/mis-/non-/over- wf9 Verb suffixes and internal changes wf10 Compound words r12 Gapped text: cohesion clues r13 Gapped text: argument flow r14 Multiple matching: paraphrase recognition r15 Multiple matching: detail and implication r16 Part 5 MCQ: whole-text question u8 Key word transformation: grammar u9 Key word transformation: lexical u10 Key word transformation: 2–5 word constraint u11 Paraphrase recognition and production w11 Discursive essay: both sides w12 Essay: own third point w13 Article: conventions and style w14 Review: describe and evaluate w15 Report: structure and formality w16 Email/letter: format and function w17 Grammatical range in writing w18 Vocabulary range in writing l11 Recognise spoken paraphrase l12 Sentence completion accuracy l13 Multiple matching: 5 speakers l14 Longer interview/discussion MCQ l15 Stress and intonation as meaning signals sp11 Speculate and hypothesise verbally sp12 Compare and contrast verbally sp13 Negotiate and reach a decision sp14 Justify opinions in discussion sp15 Pronunciation: stress and intonation sp16 Fluency and hesitation management st9 Time management: Reading and UoE st10 Time management: Writing st11 Time management: Listening st12 Spelling accuracy under pressure

g54 Verb and adjective + preposition g55 Prepositional expressions g56 Defining relative clauses g57 Non-defining relative clauses g58 Cause and result linkers g59 Purpose linkers g60 So/such; enough/too g61 Contrast linkers g62 Participle clauses g63 Adverbial -ing clauses wf11 Derivation word families wf12 Context-driven word formation r17 Reading under timed conditions r18 Transfer and checking strategies u12 Part 1 at speed (multiple choice cloze) u13 Part 2 at speed (open cloze) u14 Part 4 accuracy under pressure w19 Accuracy in writing w20 Essay in 40 minutes (Part 1) w21 Genre task in 40 minutes (Part 2) w22 Full Writing paper (Parts 1 and 2) l16 Sustained attention across full paper l17 Answer transfer strategy l18 Second-listen strategy sp17 Part 2: 1-minute long turn with comparison sp18 Parts 3 and 4: full collaborative sequence sp19 Full speaking test performance sp20 Unknown partner management st13 Mock paper analysis st14 Error awareness and self-correction