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With the realistic test papers and helpful advice in Collins Practice Tests for Cambridge English: Key, you will feel confident and fully prepared for what to expect on the day of the test. It contains:

• 4 complete practice tests with answer keys and model answers

• Free online practice module that guides you through a complete test with tips for success

• An MP3 CD and audio scripts for the Listening and Speaking papers

• Visual materials for the Speaking paper, plus model answers (on the CD)

• A mini-dictionary of difficult words from the tests, taken from our COBUILD dictionaries

With Collins Practice Tests for Cambridge English: Key, students will know what to expect from the real test:

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To read fluently in all situations you need to practise reading different kinds of texts.

Collins Reading presents 20 different texts with exercises to help you develop the skills to read anything you come across.

Reading features authentic texts and a wide variety of styles to help you develop your reading skills, such as reading for general understanding and reading for detail.

Featured texts include:

• signs and labels
• advertisements
• newspapers
• brochures
• recipes
• classic and modern novels
• social networking sites
• blogs

Collins Reading is part of the new English for Life series and uses authentic material from the Collins Corpus, the world’s largest database of the

If you want to understand everything you read in English, you need to practise reading different kinds of texts. With Collins Reading (A2) you will learn how to get the information you need from every text you read.

Includes both authentic and adapted texts in a wide variety of styles:
• signs and labels • timetables and tickets • advertisements • newspapers and magazines • brochures • social networking sites • blogs •

• Twenty units with a clear design in full colour.
• Appendices contain detailed advice targeting specific reading skills.
• Mini-dictionary with definitions of the most difficult words in each unit, taken from the Collins COBUILD dictionary.
• Answer key

Collins Reading (A2) is part of the Engl

English in the real world is constantly evolving, and learners need to move with it. But sometimes the English you can learn from your coursebook just isn’t enough for real life. Being able to understand English as it is really spoken will give you the confidence to succeed in any English-speaking environment. Using a wide range of authentic, unscripted recordings of everyday people from around the world, Collins Listening (B2+) will help you to feel confident and prepared for anything.

> Hear the language people really use when they are speaking
> CD with over 40 authentic recordings in a wide variety of scenarios
> Useful tips to increase your understanding of tone, slang and context

Units are divided into the following themes:
• Life

To improve your listening skills, you need to hear real conversations. That’s why Collins Listening is based entirely on 50 authentic everyday interactions to help you understand what is said to you, whatever the circumstances.

From buying a mobile phone to asking for directions, joining a gym to understanding transport announcements, Listening will help you understand what is said to you in real life situations and make sure everything you learn is useful.

• Twenty 4-page units with exercises and vocabulary work to help you understand differences in pronunciation and vocabulary
• Authentic recordings of both native and non-native speakers of English, covering a wide variety of accents from around the world
• Recordings include face-to-face conve

To improve your listening skills, you need to hear real conversations. That’s why Collins Listening (A2) is based entirely on 20 authentic recordings. It will help you understand what is said to you in a variety of situations, and make sure everything you learn is useful.

Practise listening to real English in a range of accents by native and non-native speakers. Hear people talking about:

• Family • Where they live • Work, studies and career • Life in a town, city or another country • Sharing a house • Music and sport • Travel and tourism •

Collins Listening (A2) includes:
• Twenty units with a clear design in full colour.
• Authentic recordings of both native and non-native speakers of English, covering a wide variety of

In the middle of the countryside there are three farms, all in a row. Everybody calls them Noisy Village because the children who live there are very noisy indeed! Join the adventures of Lisa and her friends, where walking home from school turns into a pirate party looking for treasure, a trip to the local shoemaker becomes a mission to save one lonely dog from his grumpy owner, and a fishing trip ends with a night under the stars. A charming collection of stories from one of the world's best-loved children's authors.

Best-selling author Neil Gaiman and fine artist Lorenzo Mattotti join forces to create "Hansel & Gretel, "a stunning book that's at once as familiar as a dream and as evocative as a nightmare. Mattotti's sweeping ink illustrations capture the terror and longing found in the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Neil Gaiman crafts an original text filled with his signature wit and pathos that is sure to become a favorite of readers everywhere, young and old.

Major Ernest Pettigrew is perfectly content to lead a quiet life in the sleepy village of Edgecombe St Mary, away from the meddling of the locals and his overbearing son. But when his brother dies, the Major finds himself seeking companionship with the village shopkeeper, Mrs Ali. Drawn together by a love of books and the loss of their partners, they are soon forced to contend with irate relatives and gossiping villagers. The perfect gentleman, but the most unlikely hero, the Major must ask himself what matters most: family obligation, tradition or love? Funny, comforting and heart-warming, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand proves that sometimes, against all odds, life does give you a second chance.

In a snow-covered village in Chechnya, eight-year-old Havaa watches from the woods as her father is abducted in the middle of the night by Russian soldiers. Their life-long friend and neighbour, Akhmed, has also been watching, and when he finds Havaa he knows of only one person who might be able to help. For tough-minded doctor Sonja Rabina, it's just another day of trying to keep her bombed-out, abandoned hospital going. When Akhmed arrives with Havaa, asking Sonja for shelter, she has no idea who the pair are. But over the course of five extraordinary days, Sonja's world will shift on its axis, revealing the intricate pattern of connections that binds these three unlikely companions together and unexpectedly decides their fate.