X1 lessons
X1-L01 · X1 Launch — Mapping Paper 1 and Paper 2
Open the Year 10 exam-skills programme: map the format, timing and marks of Paper 1 Listening and Paper 2 Reading, name the strategy each question type needs, and set a personal progress target.
X1-L02 · Paper 1 Questions 1–8 — Short Texts and Immediate Meaning
Master the short-text listening section: catch concrete detail — time, place, person, price, purpose — in ten-second clips, choosing on the first listen and verifying on the second.
X1-L03 · Paper 1 Questions 9–14 — Factual Monologue and Detail Tracking
Track factual detail across a longer monologue: annotate the question stems, use note symbols for numbers, sequence and contrast, and separate the main detail from background information.
X1-L04 · Paper 1 Questions 15–19 — Matching People, Places and Statements
Handle the matching task: listen across the whole conversation before committing, track several speakers without confusing similar details, and resolve uncertain matches by elimination.
X1-L05 · Paper 1 Questions 20–34 — Longer Dialogues, Opinions and Attitudes
Follow a longer dialogue for opinion and attitude, not just fact: catch attitude markers, notice when a speaker changes or qualifies a view, and match the answer to a paraphrase rather than the exact word heard.
X1-L06 · Paper 1 Questions 35–37 — Select Two True Options
Beat the select-two trap: use a T/P/X system to separate fully true options from partially true or not-mentioned ones, and select only the two options the text fully confirms.
X1-L07 · Paper 2 Groups 1–2 — Pictures, Signs, Notices and Public Texts
Win the quick marks: match statements to pictures, and read signs and notices with a key-word-plus-context strategy, recognising public-place vocabulary from everyday life.
X1-L08 · Paper 2 Group 3 — Short Text Multiple Choice
Read a short email or message for detail: find the relevant part, confirm who, when and why, and select the option that matches the meaning — proving every answer from the text.
X1-L09 · Paper 2 Group 4 — Gap-Fill Grammar and Vocabulary Precision
Work the gap-fill decision tree: read the whole sentence, check what comes before and after the gap, decide the test type (grammar or vocabulary), predict the form, and only then compare the four options.
X1-L10 · Paper 2 Group 5 — Four-Text Matching and Attitude Recognition
Match statements across four short texts: this is not just vocabulary matching — you must recognise each writer's attitude and match by meaning and paraphrase, not by a shared word.
X1-L11 · Paper 2 Group 6 — Longer Article Reading and Final R3/R4 Strategy
Read a longer article in layers — title, paragraph gist, questions, then evidence search — to answer detail (R2), attitude and purpose (R3) and selection (R4) questions with proof.
X1-L12 · X1 Final Assessment — Combined Paper 1 and Paper 2 Skills Check
A targeted combined skills check: a short listening section and a short reading section drawing on every X1 strategy, followed by a final progress review and targets for X2.