Advanced Gold. Exam maximiser

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The exam maximiser - a highly effective concept in exam training
- A unique combination of workbook and exam handbook
- Packed with extra language and exam practice, plus strategies and techniques to maximise students' chances of success
Use the exam maximiser:
- to supplement the Coursebook in class
- for self-study
- as an intensive exam preparation course

exam maximiser checklist:
Graded practice for all exam papers
Exam strategies, techniques and tips showing students how to excel
Sample answers to Paper 2 writing tasks
Model Paper 5 interviews
Complete CAE Practice Test
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Introduction to the Exam Maximiser Exam overview

UNIT 1
Reading: multiple choice Paper I, Part 3 Vocabulary: deducing from context and using a dictionary Grammar plus: verb patterns (I) Listening: sentence completion Paper 4, Part 3 Speaking: Paper 5, Part I English in Use: error correction (extra word)
Paper 3, Part 3 Writing: compulsory question Paper 2, Part I

UNIT 2
Reading: multiple matching Paper I, Part 4
Speaking: Paper 5, Part 2
Vocabulary: words with similar meaning
Grammar check: modal verbs (I)
Listening: multiple choice Paper 4, Part 4
Grammar plus: noun phrases
English in Use: error correction (extra word)
Paper 3, Part 3 Writing: information sheet Paper 2, Part 2

UNI T 3
Reading: multiple matching Paper I, Parts I and 4
Vocabulary: expressions with carry
Grammar check: articles
Speaking: Paper 5, Part 3
Vocabulary: compound adjectives
Grammar plus: verb tenses (I)
Writing: formal and informal letters Paper 2, Part I
Grammar check: relative clauses/pronouns
English in Use: gapped text Paper 3, Part 6

UNIT 4
Grammar check: gerund v. infinitive Vocabulary: similes
Reading: multiple matching Paper I, Parts I and 4 Grammar plus: modal verbs (2) Speaking: Paper 5, Part 2 Vocabulary: noun collocations (with of)

UNIT 5
Speaking: Paper 5, Parts 3 and 4 Grammar check: conditionals Writing: review Paper 2, Part 2 Reading: gapped text Paper I, Part 2 Grammar plus: conditionals (advanced features) Vocabulary: science and medicine Vocabulary: collocation (body) English in Use: error correction (spelling and punctuation) Paper 3, Part 3

UNI T 6
Grammar plus: futures (advanced features) Reading: multiple matching Paper I, Parts I and 4 Grammar check: modifiers and intensifies English in Use: word formation Paper 3, Part 4 Vocabulary: language of gender Writing: Paper 2, Part I
English in Use: register transfer Paper 3, Part 5

UNIT 7
Speaking: weak forms Vocabulary: word + prepositions (I) Grammar check: hypothetical meaning Reading: multiple choice Paper I, Part 3 Grammar plus: substitution and ellipsis English in Use: multiple-choice cloze
Paper I, Part I Vocabulary: commonly confused words Writing: leaflet Paper 2, Part 2

UNIT 8
Reading: multiple choice Paper I, Part 3 Grammar plus: verb patterns (2)
Vocabulary: synonyms Listening: multiple matching Paper 4, Part 4 Grammar check: reported speech Vocabulary: word formation (prefixes) English in Use: multiple-choice cloze
Paper 3, Part I Writing: competition entry Paper 2, Part 2

UNIT 9
Vocabulary: expressions with make I get/keep/ gain I resolve
Listening: multiple matching Paper 4, Part 4 Grammar plus: emphasis (I) Speaking: comparing and contrasting
Paper 5, Part 2 Vocabulary: leisure activities Grammar check: verb tenses (2) English in Use: error correction (spelling and
punctuation) Paper 3, Part 3 Writing: report Paper 2, Part I

UNIT 10
Vocabulary: computers
Grammar plus: it as preparatory subject/object Speaking: Paper 5, Part 2 Listening: note-taking Paper 4, Part I English in Use: open cloze Paper 3, Part 2 Grammar check: making comparisons Vocabulary: words from other languages English in Use: gapped text Paper 3, Part 6 Writing: article Paper 2, Part I

UNIT 11
Listening: sentence completion Paper 4, Part 2 Grammar check: linking words Vocabulary: expressive description Reading: multiple matching Paper I, Part 4 Grammar plus: relative clauses English in Use: register transfer Paper 3, Part 5 Writing: brochure Paper 2, Part 2

UNIT 12
English in Use: word formation Paper 3, Part 4 Reading: gapped text Paper I, Part 2 Speaking: Paper 5
Grammar plus: emphasis with inversion
Listening: note-taking Paper 4, Part 2 Vocabulary: sound and light Grammar check: questions

UNIT 13
Grammar check: passives Grammar plus: participle clauses English in Use: open cloze Paper 3, Part 2 Vocabulary: language of business Vocabulary: phrasal verbs with up/down English in Use: multiple-choice cloze
Paper 3, Part I Writing: application Paper 2, Parts I and 2

UNIT 14
Vocabulary: word + prepositions (2) Grammar check: countable/uncountable nouns English in Use: word formation Paper 3, Part 4 Reading: multiple choice Paper I, Part 3 Grammar plus: reported speech
(advanced features) Vocabulary: text-referring words Listening: sentence completion Paper 4, Part 2 Writing: report Paper 2, Parts I and 2

UNIT 15
Listening: multiple choice Paper 4, Part 4 Reading: gapped text Paper I, Part 2 Vocabulary: idiomatic language connected with
talking/communication Grammar plus: passives (advanced features) English in Use: error correction (extra word)
Paper 3, Part 3 Writing: Paper 2, Part 2 Grammar check: have I get something done Vocabulary: revision

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