Cambridge Select Insight Vocabulary: Intensive Training

All question types

Covers every question type in the real exam

Real-exam difficulty

Questions matched to the difficulty of the real test

Real test environment

Same screens, one question at a time, real-test timing

Unlocks when you enrol

Question types shown after purchase; sets unlock one by one

Why this course

Everything needed to raise your vocabulary score in the Cambridge Select Insight

Vocabulary questions cannot be worked out on the day: the words have to be known. The course concentrates on the high-frequency words that keep appearing in the test and practises them on screens that look and behave like the real one, so the gains show quickly.

Every question typeEvery question type in the real Cambridge Select Insight vocabulary section is taught and practised, so nothing on the day comes as a surprise.
Real-exam difficultyQuestions are pitched at the level of the real test, so results in practice are a fair guide to the score on the day.
Real test environmentThe same screen layout, one question at a time and real-test timing, so the format feels familiar before the test.
Method before practiceEach question type starts with short method slides and fully explained questions, so pupils learn how to answer before they practise.
Instant explanationsA wrong answer shows the correct answer and a step-by-step explanation straight away, so mistakes are fixed while they are fresh.
A daily check-in routinePractice sets unlock one at a time as each one is finished, giving a clear routine and progress you can see.

How the course works

Enrol, and the full list of question types opens straight away.
Learn the method for a question type with short slides.
Work through explained questions and see why each answer is right.
Complete the practice sets with instant feedback; finishing one unlocks the next.
Come back to any question to review it at any time during your access.

Who it is for

Pupils sitting Cambridge Select Insight (formerly CEM Select) for entry to UK independent schools.

6 months of access from the day you enrol
Works in the browser on a computer or tablet – nothing to install
Developed by Oxbridge Academy

The question types are listed in full once you enrol.

Start here, then work through the sets

The vocabulary section of Cambridge Select Insight (formerly CEM Select), practised on the same screen and with the same four question types: words, phrases, sentences and pictures. All 360 words are high-frequency words drawn from past Year 9 and Year 10 tests.

MethodHow the questions work, a four-step method and the common traps.
Explained questionsAfter every answer: right or wrong, why, an example sentence and the method.
Practice Sets 1–1230 questions each with instant feedback. Each set unlocks when you finish the one before.

Aim for about 20 seconds a question, as in the real test, and revise the words you miss after each set. Finished sets show ✓ Done, so you can tick them off like a daily check-in.

Start hereLearn the method, then try the explained questions.2 items

MethodSlides: question types, method, traps and word partsLearn

Explained questions10 questions · answer and see the explanation straight awayStart

Practice SetsWords, phrases, sentences and pictures, mixed as in the test. 30 questions per set. Each set unlocks when you finish the one before.12 items

Practice Set 130 questionsStart

Practice Set 230 questionsStart

Practice Set 330 questionsStart

Practice Set 430 questionsStart

Practice Set 530 questionsStart

Practice Set 630 questionsStart

Practice Set 730 questionsStart

Practice Set 830 questionsStart

Practice Set 930 questionsStart

Practice Set 1030 questionsStart

Practice Set 1130 questionsStart

Practice Set 1230 questionsStart

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