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Aptis General
More commonly known simply as ‘The Aptis Test’.
Prepare for your Aptis ESOL Test
A guide to all the materials we provide to help you prepare for your Aptis General & Aptis for Teachers: mock-exam tests, grammar & vocabulary exercises & more.
Top Tips to help you pass your Aptis ESOL Speaking Test
Top tips from oral examiners! We can help you pass your Aptis Speaking Test with a good grade. Includes preparation & practice ideas, from the practical to the inventive!
50+ Useful Phrases to help you pass your Aptis ESOL Test
These starter phrases, or sentence stems, will be extremely useful for all the oral component of any exam. The phrases are organised by category, for example ‘expressing preferences’.
Aptis Speaking: Describing a Photo
Describing a photo is a typical task in many oral exams, including the Aptis General and Aptis for Teachers tests. Here’s how to do this B1-level task well.
Aptis Speaking: Comparing Two Photos
Comparing two photos is a typical B2-level task in many oral exams, including the Aptis General, Aptis for Teachers and Aptis Advanced tests. Here’s how to do this task well.
Vocabulary: False Friends & Confusing Words
False friends and confusing words are something that students often find difficult. We look at some typical pairs of words that cause confusion.
Vocabulary: The Typical Uses of ‘Get’
We look at the typical uses of ‘get’, an extremely common verb in spoken English. In fact, you hear it in most native-speaker conversations, with a variety of meanings. So let’s practise!
Vocabulary: Crime and Criminals
The topic of crime and criminals can often come up in oral exams, perhaps in relation to living in cities, or when talking about travel experiences. So let’s practise!
Aptis Vocabulary and Topics
“What vocabulary and topics do I need for my Aptis test?” is a good question. The British Council gives no definitive list, but we can help you prepare.
Aptis Vocabulary Practice: Sport
Continuing with our new series, here are some more Aptis themed vocabulary tests, this time based on another typical topic: sport.
Aptis Vocabulary Practice: Food
Our new section offers themed Aptis vocabulary practice on typical exam subject areas .- this time it’s food! Try our exam format tests and improve your vocabulary!
Aptis Vocabulary Practice: Work
Here are some more Aptis vocabulary practice tests, this time on the theme of work, another typical subject area for discussion in oral exams.
Aptis Vocabulary Practice: Money
Learn some money vocabulary and practise your new words and phrases with another set of Aptis-style vocabulary mini-tests! We look at all four task-types.
Grammar: Gerund or Infinitive?
There are no hard and fast rules to tell us which verbs take the gerund (-ing form), which are followed by to + infinitive, and which can take both forms; you just have to learn them.