Jaguar Academy

KET & PET, explained

KET (Key English Test) and PET (Preliminary English Test) are Cambridge English Qualifications, part of the same exam family used worldwide to certify English ability at defined levels.

KET — A2 Key

The starting qualification: understanding simple written and spoken English, and communicating in everyday situations. Most of our students meet this around ages 8-11, after two to three years of structured instruction.

PET — B1 Preliminary

The next step up: reading and writing longer texts, and holding a real conversation on familiar topics. This level is often where families start seriously discussing an eventual move overseas for schooling.

Why we teach toward these exams

A Cambridge certificate is recognized internationally and gives an honest, external measure of a child's progress — useful for us, for you, and later for admissions officers.

Full-Stage Curriculum Roadmap

  1. Age 5

    Power Up 0

    Age 5

    Core vocabulary: 100 words · Total vocabulary: 800 words. Corresponding exam: Cambridge YLE Starters.

  2. Ages 6–8

    Power Up 1 · Power Up 2

    Ages 6–8

    Power Up 1: 300 words · Power Up 2: 600 words. Corresponding exam: Power Up 1 → YLE Starters · Power Up 2 → YLE Movers.

  3. Ages 8–10

    Power Up 3 · Power Up 4

    Ages 8–10

    Power Up 3: 800 words · Power Up 4: 1000 words. Corresponding exam: Power Up 3 → YLE Flyers · Power Up 4 → Cambridge KET.

  4. Ages 10–12

    Power Up 5 · Power Up 6

    Ages 10–12

    Power Up 5: 1500 words · Power Up 6: 3500 words. Corresponding exam: Power Up 5 → Cambridge KET · Power Up 6 → Cambridge PET.

Level-by-Level Knowledge Checklist

Power Up 0

Vocabulary

The 26 letters and handwriting; numbers, colors, friends, family members, stationery, food, rooms and objects, body parts, toys, sports, verbs, nature, clothes, animals.

Grammar

Yes/No questions; There is/are sentences; How many questions and answers; early present-perfect patterns (first/third person); foundational Wh-questions and imperative sentences.

Goal

Target: 800 words, 70 sentence patterns, 40 grammar points. Benchmarked to Cambridge Starters and PEP Grade 2.

For complete beginners

1) Bridge into phonics. 2) Master high-frequency word lists (Oxford Tree, RAZ, Heinemann, etc.). 3) Transition into reading (KB, Let's Go, Our World, etc.).

Power Up 1

Vocabulary

Classroom objects, people, family, farm animals, food and drinks, transportation, sports and hobbies, rooms and household items, clothes and the beach.

Grammar

Prepositions of place; singular/plural nouns; the verb 'to be'; 'like' sentences; present continuous; 'want' sentences; possessive pronouns; imperative sentences; expressing preferences.

Reading

A day at school, personal hobbies, expressing feelings, animal stories, a picnic, good friends, the clock on the wall, and more.

Goal

Target: 1200 words, 100 sentence patterns, 60 grammar points — building listening and speaking together.

Power Up 2

Vocabulary

Countryside and daily life, days of the week and free time, work and leisure, extended family vocabulary and animals, weather and clothing, travel and places.

Grammar

Simple present and present continuous, and the contrast between them; frequency adverbs; comparatives and superlatives; possessive pronouns; prepositions of place; the past tense of 'to be'.

Reading

Caring for the earth, a costume party, a surprise, a kangaroo, the weather, jobs, a day at school, a terrible day.

Goal

Target: 1600 words, 130 sentence patterns, 80 grammar points — building reading and writing together.