Syllabus: Intermediate
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| Intermediate Course – A=activity, L=listening, R=reading | ||
| Grammar | Vocabulary | Drama |
Unit 1 – Pop-ups | |||
| L Present tenses R The present simple, present continuous and present perfect tenses | L Hyphenation A Two-word adjectives with hyphens R The pop-up phenomenon L How to haggle | L Jamaica Inn – Part 1 |
Unit 2 – Hidden talents | |||
| L Present perfect continuous A Making the present perfect continuous L Song Stars UK R Present perfect continuous | L In, at, on with time expressions A Which preposition? R Talent shows: from human judges to computers | L Jamaica Inn – Part 2 |
Unit 3 – Can’t buy me love | |||
| L Quantifiers A All, each, every, both, either and neither R Quantifiers | L Uncountable nouns R More money might not mean more happiness L Are we ‘stuffocating’? | L Jamaica Inn – Part 3 |
Unit 4 – Travellers’ tales | |||
| L Phrasal verbs and prepositional verbs R Multi-word verbs | L Spoken short forms: gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha L Spot the short forms L Pronunciation practice of short forms R The man who got dumped just before his honeymoon L Making complaints | L Jamaica Inn – Part 4 |
Unit 5 – The colleague from hell | |||
| L Zero conditional and first conditional A Zero conditional and first conditional R Zero conditional and first conditional
| L Ordinal numbers L English at Work R Dealing with difficult people | L Jamaica Inn – Part 5 |
Unit 6 – Jurassic mystery: unpacking the past | |||
| L Modals of deduction and speculation R Modal verbs R Might, may, could, must and can’t | L Prefixes de-, dys- and dis- R The little prefixes A Prefixes R Three million-year-old technology | L Jamaica Inn – Part 6 |
Unit 7 – Career changes | |||
| L Past perfect R Two events in the past R Past perfect | L Suffixes: -less and –free R More suffixes L The ‘Awesome Apple’ R Finding a career that’s right for you | L Jamaica Inn – Part 7 |
Unit 8 – Art | |||
| L Adjectives and adverbs R Adjectives and adverbs review R Adjectives and adverbs | L Easily confused words L An interview with an artist | L Jamaica Inn – Part 8 |
Unit 9 – Project management | |||
| L Third conditional R Imagined past events R Third conditional | L Words with 'ough' L A bad day at the office R The principles of project management | L Jamaica Inn – Part 9 |
Unit 10 – The dog ate my homework! | |||
| L Linking devices: cause and effect R Cause and effect: how to link them R Linking devices of cause and effect | L False friends R Loanwords, cognates and false friends L English at Work R Terrible excuses | L Jamaica Inn – Part 10 |
Unit 11 – The diary of a double agent | |||
| L Reported speech R The grammar of reporting verbs R Direct speech and reported speech L How to stop Dr XYZ R Reported speech | L Reporting verbs A Reporting verbs R Can you spot a big lie? | L The Importance of Being Earnest – Part 1 |
Unit 12 – Fashion forward | |||
| L Active voice and passive voice R Using and making the passive R Active voice and passive voice | L Irregular verbs A Do you know the correct form? R How high is too high? | L The Importance of Being Earnest – Part 2 |
Unit 13 – Flat pack skyscrapers | |||
| L Comparatives and superlatives A These boots are made for comparing R Comparative and superlative adjectives | L Someone, nothing, anywhere R Mini Sky City L How to chat someone up | L The Importance of Being Earnest – Part 3 |
Unit 14 – Extreme sports | |||
| L Past perfect continuous R Past perfect continuous and past simple R Past perfect simple or past perfect continuous R Past perfect continuous | L Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence A Do you know your suffixes? L English at Work R Love the fear | L The Importance of Being Earnest – Part 4 |
Unit 15 – Food fads | |||
| L Adverb position 1 R Adverbs and verbs R Ands and buts R Adverb position 1 | L Discourse markers: showing your attitude towards something R Discourse markers: like and you know R Hungry for the new L Rob’s full English breakfast | |
Unit 16 – Me, my selfie and I | |||
| L Definite article and abstract uncountable nouns R Countable and uncountable nouns R The definite article with abstract uncountable nouns | L Suffixes: -ness and –ity R Same word, different meanings R The suffix –ish R Are you selfie obsessed? L Sounds great! | L The Importance of Being Earnest – Part 6 |
Unit 17 – Endangered animals | |||
| L Talking about the future R The future is now A Helga hits the road R Ways of talking about the future | L Antonyms A The long and short of it A Who is who in the animal world? R Five of the world's most endangered animals L How can a zoologist save the future? | L The Importance of Being Earnest – Part 7 |
Unit 18 – A nip and a tuck: cosmetic surgery | |||
| L Defining and non-defining relative clauses R Identifying relative clauses R Relative pronouns R Relative clauses | L Acronyms A Is that a word? R Getting a new face L At what price? | L The Importance of Being Earnest – Part 8 |
Unit 19 – I'm really sorry… | |||
| L Adverb position 2 R Adverb position 2 | L Words with more than one spelling A British or American R The migrant who wasn't L How to say sorry | L The Importance of Being Earnest – Part 9 |
Unit 20 – Telling stories | |||
| L Narrative tenses R It’s all in the past R A horse walks into a bar… L Who do you believe? R Narrative tenses | L Linking words R Linking words to talk about the order that something happens R Stating the obvious L Brian’s incredible life | L The Importance of Being Earnest – Part 10 |
Unit 21 – Fakes and phrasals | |||
| L The grammar of multi-word verbs R Multi-word verbs / Phrasal verbs type 1, 2, 3 and 4 | L Commonly misspelled words R Same sound, different spelling R Getting forgery down to a fine art L Marcus the centurion goes on holiday | L Gulliver's Travels – Part 1 |
Unit 22 – Looking to the future | |||
| L Future continuous and be + infinitive R This time next week L Excuses, excuses R Future continuous and be + infinitive with future sense | L Discourse markers: interjections R Yuck! R Running against the Olympic clock | L Gulliver's Travels – Part 2 |
Unit 23 – Becoming familiar with things | |||
| L Used to, be used and get used to R Used to R Our guide to life away from home R Used to and be/get used to | L Synonyms R Are you an early bird or a night owl? L English at Work | L Gulliver's Travels – Part 3 |
Unit 24 – From rags to riches | |||
| L Review of conditionals R What is a conditional sentence? R Conditionals review | L Suffixes: -tian, -sion, -tion L The disappearing spy R The music icon that never was L How to make polite requests | L Gulliver's Travels – Part 4 |
Unit 25 – Against the odds | |||
| L Linking devices of contrast R Brave or foolish? R Linking devices of contrast | L Large numbers R The appeal of the underdog L How to disagree | L Gulliver's Travels – Part 5 |
Unit 26 – Our future on Mars? | |||
| L The future perfect R What will the future bring and when? R One-way ticket to Mars L By this time next week… R The future perfect | L Adjectives from names R Artistic eponymous adjectives | L Gulliver's Travels – Part 6 |
Unit 27 – Where is it illegal to get a fish drunk? | |||
| L -ing and -ed clauses (participle clauses) R A business trip R Public notices: Are you talking to me? R Participle (-ing and –ed) clauses | L Eponyms as nouns and verbs L Did you know: Crazy laws?
| Participle clauses |
Unit 28 – Dodgy dating | |||
| L So, such, enough, too R Intensifiers R Intensifiers: so, such, enough, too | L Irregular verbs R Do you want to get a date? L The Dodgy Dating Agency | L Gulliver's Travels – Part 8 |
Unit 29 – Annoying advice | |||
| L Verb patterns R What comes after a verb? L Babysitting advice R Verb patterns | L Talk like Shakespeare R Annoying advice for new parents | L Gulliver's Travels – Part 9 |
Unit 30 – I'll have been studying English for thirty weeks | |||
| L Future perfect continuous R Looking back from the future L 24-hour BBC Learning English-athon R Future perfect continuous | L Academic English R General v Academic English R Giving a presentation R Going ape for charity! | L Gulliver's Travels – Part 10 |
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