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everybody just stay calm

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you have your english exam tomorrow but

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everything's going to be okay

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you've been preparing for this exam for

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months right

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right well whether you are the perfect

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student who really has been preparing

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for this exam for months

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or maybe you're a procrastinator who

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leaves everything to the last moment

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in this video i'm going to tell you five

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things that you can do the day before an

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exam

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that will help you get the best score

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possible in the exam

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okay let's do this

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hello to the pointers and thank you for

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joining me again for another video this

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is to the point english with ben

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where i give tips and advice on how to

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pass

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the cambridge english exams so the b2

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first

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the c1 advanced and the c2 proficiency

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also known as the fce cae and cpe

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but a lot of the tips i'm going to give

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today are valid for

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pretty much any english exam the first

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thing i should say is that you

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cannot improve your english level in 24

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hours

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so that's not the idea of this video i'm

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not going to help you improve your level

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no today i'm just going to give you tips

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on things you can do

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the day before the exam to give yourself

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the best chance possible

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of passing and getting a good score in

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the exam

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so the first tip today is make sure you

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know

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what is expected of you in the exam

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so by this i mean get to know the exam i

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mean

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i've said this in other videos in about

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preparation about how to prepare but

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this is still valid the day before the

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exam

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if you're that perfect student i spoke

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about before you should know

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the format of the exam the structure of

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the exam but it's still a good idea to

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go over it again just so you feel

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confident when you sit down

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in front of the papers that you know

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what is expected of you you know what

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is on the next page and if you haven't

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prepared for the exam then it's

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essential

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it's really very important that you know

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what is expected of you

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so that's my first tip my second tip is

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just to do some quick

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revision of some grammar and vocabulary

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as i said you're not going to improve

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your level so you're not going to learn

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anything new

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but there are certain grammar areas that

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will definitely appear in the exam

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either in the use of english or you may

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need to use them in the writing or

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you're speaking

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so you just need to refresh some of the

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grammar and vocabulary in your mind

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so some grammar you need to study is

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definitely the conditionals

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the passive form inversions reported

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speech

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all that kind of grammar all the verb

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tenses so not i'm not saying

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study it in depth just go over it in a

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quick revision

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just so more than anything to make you

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feel more prepared and more confident

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when you when you sit down in front of

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the exam regarding vocabulary that's a

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little bit more complicated because

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i don't think it's a good idea to start

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learning a lot of new vocabulary the day

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before the exam because that will just

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add extra stress and take more brain

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energy when you should be focusing on on

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how to do the exam

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but again revise some of the important

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vocabulary that you know you're going to

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need to use

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so things like cohesive devices which

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are

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linking words the typical ones are

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however

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furthermore therefore instead of in

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spite of

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even though although those types of

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words will be very useful

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in the writing also in your speaking

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and they often come up in the use of

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english so it's a good idea again just

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to revise those

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and also the adjectives i always think

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it's a good idea to

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go into the exam with a set of

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adjectives that you know you can use

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in your writing and speaking in

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particular

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so try to use some more advanced

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adjectives

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so even if you're studying for the b2

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first

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why not use advanced adjectives for

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example an adjective that you

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could probably use in almost any essay

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is important that's a that's a good

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adjective it's fine

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but why not learn slightly more advanced

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alternatives

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like salient or pertinent or

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significant so these are the types of

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really advanced adjectives you can learn

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before you go into the exam that you can

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use in almost any essay or even in your

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your speaking

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but as i said i i this is more about

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revision than learning anything new this

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now is not the time to learn new

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vocabulary or new grammar

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if you haven't learned it now 24 hours

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before the exam is not the time

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and tip three is to visualize

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so when i say visualize i mean try to

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imagine yourself

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sitting in front of the examiner in the

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speaking for example

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sitting next to your partner or in the

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other part of the exam

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sitting in front of your the exam paper

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and

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try to visualize yourself opening that

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paper or

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getting the first question from the

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examiner in the speaking

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thinking about how you'll answer the

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question question think about your

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strategy

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for each part of the exam hopefully you

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will have a strategy

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think about the timing for the reading

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and use of english and for the writing

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timing strategy is very important think

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about how you're going to answer each

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question

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what type of vocabulary you may need

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and how to structure the writings this

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type of thing the day before the exam

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will help to calm your nerves and

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make you feel more confident tomorrow

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when you sit down for the exam

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okay so visualize how the exam may be

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go through every part and every step and

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then you'll

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you'll feel more confident okay tip

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number four now

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so this is a more logistical and

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practical tip

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but make sure you double check that you

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know

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where and when the exam is this may seem

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obvious but you don't want to stress

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tomorrow morning of worrying about how

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you're going to get to the

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exam center or the school or wherever

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you're taking the exam

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and you know how much time you need to

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get there you want to be sure that you

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know

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that very well so maybe it's in your

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school so that shouldn't be a problem

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but if it's in an exam center that

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you've never been to before

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make sure you look on the map how to get

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there the best way to get there

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at how long it's going to take you check

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the time

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do you know the exact time when the exam

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starts

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you don't need this extra pressure or

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worry or stress

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on the morning of the exam you want to

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be able to just focus on the exam

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tomorrow and my last tip tip five is

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probably

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i think the most important tip

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and it's simply to get a good night's

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sleep

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at least eight hours i would say don't

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think about

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studying through the night that is a bad

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idea really

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i know you think you can learn extra

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techniques or vocabulary or grammar for

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the exam

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but it's too late for that you'll get a

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lot more benefit from

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two hours extra sleep than two hours

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studying really

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so stop studying stop thinking about the

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exam

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quite early in the evening or even in

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the afternoon

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watch a film or series in your own

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language in english i don't know what

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just try to disconnect

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from the exam in the evening maybe read

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a book

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in any language again but just start

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slowing downs

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to make sure that you're ready for bed

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and you're ready to sleep at a good time

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so you have

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plenty of sleep so that you wake up

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tomorrow morning feeling fresh

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and your mind is ready to be focused on

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the exam

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as i said for me that's the most

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important tip sleep

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get eight hours sleep at least and then

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what do you do when you finish your exam

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well whatever you want you can celebrate

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with a beer if you like

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but remember that your english learning

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journey doesn't

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end there you need to continue

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learning english in some way maybe not

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studying for an exam that's up to you

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maybe you decide you want to take the

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advanced or the proficiency

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whatever but make sure you continue

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a relationship with english that's why i

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recommend you

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have a look at my other channel it's

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english matters with ben gill because

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there i

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make general english learning videos

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which

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i think you'll find useful and

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interesting

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okay guys thank you for joining me again

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and i'll see you soon for another video

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maybe on the other channel if you've

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finished with the cambridge english

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exams now

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okay guys take care bye