KET Study Guide 2026
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📋 KET Exam Format at a Glance
📚 KET Topics to Study (15)
✍️ Sample KET Questions & Answers
1. My brother is a chef. He ___ delicious food in a restaurant six days a week.
The sentence describes a routine or a regular action ('six days a week'). For the third-person singular ('He') in the Present Simple tense, we add an '-s' to the end of the verb.
2. When writing a story about something that happened in the past, which verb tense should you use the MOST?
Stories about past events are primarily told using the Past Simple tense to describe completed actions in a sequence. Other tenses like Present Simple or Future are incorrect for narrating past events.
3. The new action film was very ___. I was on the edge of my seat!
The phrase 'on the edge of my seat' is an idiom that means you are very excited and interested in what is happening. Therefore, 'exciting' is the adjective that best describes the film.
4. What is a planned stop during a journey where you stay somewhere before continuing to your final destination?
A stopover is a scheduled break in a long journey where a traveller stays at an intermediate location before continuing.
5. You will hear a woman leaving a message for a friend about a party. What time will the party start?
The message says, 'I know I told you the party was at half past seven, but my brother needs to pick up our cousins from the station, so we're starting a bit later now, at 8 o'clock.' The key information is the changed time, which is 8:00 PM.
6. EMAIL To: All Students From: Mr. Harris Subject: School Trip The bus for the museum trip will now leave at 8:30 AM tomorrow, not 9:00 AM. Please arrive at the school gate by 8:15 AM. Don't be late!
The email states the bus will leave at 8:30 AM 'not 9:00 AM', which is earlier. It also asks students to arrive by 8:15 AM. Therefore, students need to be ready earlier than the original plan.