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📝 Use of English
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Comprehension
identify main ideas and supporting details · draw conclusions and inferences · interpret the writer's purpose, tone and mood
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Summary
pick out key points of a short passage · restate ideas briefly in different words
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Synonyms (nearest in meaning)
choose the word or phrase closest in meaning in context
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Antonyms (opposite in meaning)
choose the word or phrase most nearly opposite in context
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Vocabulary in context and sentence completion
choose the word that best completes a sentence · use collocations correctly
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Idioms and idiomatic expressions
interpret common idioms · use them appropriately
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Figurative language
recognise simile, metaphor, hyperbole, irony and others in sentences
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Concord (subject-verb agreement)
apply agreement rules with collective nouns, either/or, each, indefinite pronouns
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Tenses and sequence of tenses
choose correct tense forms · keep tense consistent in reported structures
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Pronouns and case
use subject, object, reflexive and relative pronouns correctly
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Prepositions and phrasal verbs
choose the right preposition · interpret phrasal verbs
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Adjectives and adverbs
order of adjectives · comparison · position of adverbs
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Clauses and sentence structure
identify clause types and functions · simple, compound and complex sentences
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Direct and reported speech
convert statements, questions and commands
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Active and passive voice
transform sentences between voices correctly
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Punctuation and spelling
correct punctuation · identify correctly spelt words
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Register and appropriate usage
choose words suited to a field or situation · avoid errors of usage
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Vowels (monophthongs and diphthongs)
identify words with the same vowel sound · distinguish similar vowels
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Consonants and consonant clusters
identify consonant sounds and silent letters · recognise clusters
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Rhymes and homophones
identify rhyming words and words pronounced alike
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Word stress
identify the stressed syllable in words of two or more syllables
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Emphatic stress and intonation
identify the meaning implied by stressing a word in a sentence
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