Hey. Just commenting to let you know that I passed CAE. My score is 201 meaning I passed at grade A and got C2 English level. I just wanted to tell you that you videos helped me a lot preparing for the exam. The part of the exam I was the most scared of was writing, your videos helped me be less scared. While writing ended up being my lowest score in the exam I still managed to get 193 points which is far better than what I expected. And I am sure you played a part in that. So thank you so much for these videos they helped me a lot. Keep up your great work!
I have a question. Are proposal, report, rewiew and letter/email the only kind of non-mandatory texts? Because i read somewhere online that there's also the article
Hi Phill, i took the exam yesterday and i think i forgot to include the ending formula but i still wrote an ending paragraph. I just wanted to know how heavily this is going to affect my score according to you. Thank for all the tips!
Hi Luigi, it's difficult to say how much this will affect your result as there are a lot of other things that the examiner takes into account when marking your texts. If you are happy with the rest of your email or letter, don't worry about it.
Hi Phill, how are you doing? I'm taking the C1 exam in two weeks, and I've got a question: I know that when the listening part is finished, we are given 5 minutes more to complete the answer separate sheet. Is the same applied to the Reading and Use of English part, will I have then another extra 5 minutes left once the one hour and a half of the exam is up? Thanks in advance! Miguel :)
Hi, I have some questions. Should I sign off using my name when writing formal letter? Also, if there's a hypothetical company I'm writing about (for example I'm writing to my co-workers and I want to use company's name at one point) should I come up with a name or simply write "company X"?
Of course, you can use your own name. After all, you are the one writing the letter. Just be careful that you check in the task who you are writing to and use that name for the recipient of your letter.
Sorry if this is a rather stupid question but I encountered an exercise ( CAE letter ) where they say “You do not need to include addresses”. Does this mean I’m not allowed to use “Dear…”and the closing formula or what do I need to do?
If the task doesn't mention the name of the person I'm writing to, in this case, a friend, could I hypothetically write: Hi, friend! in the greeting. Or should I make up a name to adress?