Showing posts with label exam preparation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label exam preparation. Show all posts

Friday, July 02, 2010

Future forms - going to, will and when + infinitive

1- I'm going to have some coffee. It 'll be very useful when I feel sleepy in the morning.

2- My brother is going to sleep outside. My father will be worried when he hears about it.

3- My friend is going to fail the exame. He won't be happy when we meet.

4- We are going to make party for my mother. She'll very glad when we suprise her.

Khalifa Alwani
PET preparation


1- I'm going to buy an old car. I will be on time to class when my work starts at the site.

2- I'm going to improve my skills in my field because I will be staying to watch what people do without do anything when I speak English fluently.

3- I'm going to travel over the sea. I'll get married to a foreign Muslim girl when I have a house and enough money for travel and a wedding.

Name withheld at the request of the student
PET Preparation

Sunday, January 06, 2008

IELTS Workshop

Yethreb staff and IELTS preparation students attended a workshop at the British Council. The workshop was presented by Sue O'Connell, author of the book Focus on IELTS as well as other exam preparation books and focused on the grammar and vocabulary necessary for students preparing to sit the IELTS exam.

A resource suggested by Ms. O'Connell was the Academic Word List. The most frequent word list can be downloaded as a PDF file: Most Frequent Words PDF


There are also some online exercises available for each sublist.
You can find them here: Academic Word List exercises

We'd like to thank the British Council, Tripoli for allowing us to attend the workshop and thank you to Ms. O'Connell for sharing with us her knowledge about English and IELTS.

Saturday, November 10, 2007

English Exam Preparation Courses

Preparation courses for Cambridge University English as a Second Language (ESOL) as well as preparation for IELTS are offered at Yethreb Institute. Below is an overview of the exams and some practice tests. For information about enrolling in exam preparation courses please drop by the office or call us 360 4565.

  • Cambridge Key English Test (KET)

Difficulty level: 1 elementary
The Key English Test is the easiest of the Cambridge exams.

Who is it for?
Do this test if you want to know your studies have started well and you have a basic knowledge of reading, writing, speaking and listening.

What is the KET test like?
The test has three sections:

  1. Reading & Writing - 70 minutes
  2. Listening - 25 minutes
  3. Speaking - 8-10 minutes
You can do these free practice tests: Grammar Test, Vocabulary Test


Yethreb Institute offers Cambridge University KET preparation courses. For information about enrolling in courses please drop by the office or call us 360 4565.

  • Cambridge Preliminary English Test (PET)

Difficulty level: 2 low intermediate
The Preliminary English Test is one of the Cambridge exams.

Who is it for?
Do this test if you want to know that you have an intermediate level of English. With this level of English you will enjoy holidays in English speaking countries. You should probably continue studying once you have passed the PET exam.

What is the PET test like?
The test has three sections:

  1. Reading and Writing - 90 minutes
  2. Listening - 30 minutes
  3. Speaking - an interview, 10 minutes
You can do these free practice tests: Reading Test


Yethreb Institute offers Cambridge University PET preparation courses. For information about enrolling in courses please drop by the office or call us 360 4565.

  • Cambridge First Certificate of English (FCE)

Difficulty level: 3 upper intermediate
The First Certificate in English is the most important of the Cambridge exams.

Who is it for?
Pass this test and everybody knows you have an acceptable level of English. You can operate effectively in a business or social context.

What is the FCE test like?
The test has five sections:

  1. Reading - 75 minutes
  2. Writing - 2 essays, 90 minutes
  3. Use of English - 90 minutes
  4. Listening - 40 minutes
  5. Speaking - interview, normally with another candidate, 15 minutes
You can do these free practice tests: Use of English Test, Listening Test, Writing Test


Yethreb Institute offers Cambridge University FCE preparation courses. For information about enrolling in courses please drop by the office or call us 360 4565.

  • IELTS, the International English Language Testing System

Designed to assess the language ability of candidates who need to study or work where English is used as the language of communication. IELTS is required for entry to university in the UK and other countries.

Who is it for?
IELTS is recognised by universities and employers in many countries, including Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK and the USA. It is also recognised by professional bodies, immigration authorities and other government agencies.
More than 700,000 people a year take the test.

What is the IELTS test like?
You can choose between the Academic or General Training versions of the test. All candidates do the same Listening and Speaking sections.
The test has four sections:

  1. Listening - 4 sections, 40 questions, 30 minutes
  2. Speaking - interview, 15 minutes
  3. Reading - different for Academic or General Training - 3 sections, 40 questions, 60 minutes
  4. Writing - different for Academic or General Training - 2 pieces of writing, 60 minutes



Yethreb Institute offers IELTS preparation courses. For information about enrolling in courses please drop by the office or call us 360 4565.

Monday, November 05, 2007

Thinking of taking TOEFL? Think again!

IELTS has been proven and trusted worldwide to provide a secure, global, authentic and customer-focused test which measures true to life ability to communicate in English.
  • Close to 5,000 education institutions, faculties, government agencies and professional organisations around the world recognise IELTS scores as a trusted and valid indicator of ability to communicate in English.
  • The test is taken every year across 120 countries.
Use this free tool to find out if the university or institution that you plan to attend recognizes IELTS and what score you need to achieve:

IELTS - Academic Reading

Here is a website that has some IELTS reading tests to practice online: IELTS SELF ACCESS

Thursday, April 26, 2007

IELTS - online test

Here's a website that offers an online test for IELTS. The test takes about 2 hours and 45 minutes. You can try it here: infoielts