Gateway C1 Unit 6 Test

Theme: New Frontiers (Space, Technology, & Future Possibilities)

To succeed in the vocabulary section, ensure you are comfortable with words related to space, exploration, and scientific advancement.

Key Topic Areas:

Idioms & Phrases (Likely to appear):

Study Task: Create sentences using nouns like mission and breakthrough with appropriate collocations (e.g., launch a mission, make a breakthrough). Gateway C1 Unit 6 Test

A typical Unit 6 writing task is an essay or blog post expressing an opinion on a media-related issue.

Example prompt:

“Social media companies should be legally responsible for removing fake news from their platforms.” Write a discursive essay (220–260 words) giving arguments for and against this statement.

Structure to aim for:

C1-level features to include: Inversion (Not only would this protect users…), hedging (This might lead to…), cleft sentences (What is truly needed is…), advanced connectors (Nevertheless, On the contrary, In light of this).