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CEFR Level B1 Practice Online (American)

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CEFR Level B1 Practice Online (American)This course is to match CEFR Level B1. There are 8 units to this course, each with 4 syllabus items. Each syllabus item has three syllabus components: Grammar Focus, Topic Focus and a 'Can do' statement.

UNIT 1People: behavior and character

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about people's behavior and character. It also provides practice of word formation and the use of 'would' for predicting behavior.

Grammar Focus Using 'would' to talk about predictable behavior. Practicing the present simple and the present progressive. Using negative prefixes to form negative adjectives.

Topic Focus Listening to the descriptions of four people. Practicing adjective formation to talk about behavior and character. Reading a text about noisy neighbors. Reading a text about job interviews. Practicing synonyms to describe people.

'Can do' statement I can understand straightforward texts on subjects related to my field of interest. I can guess the meaning of unknown words from the context and understand sentence meaning if the topic discussed is familiar.

Describing people Listening Activity

Word-building Vocabulary Activity

Word building Vocabulary Activity

Noisy neighbors Language Exercise

Would: predicting behaviorGrammar Reference Unit

Academic Reading Passage 2: Interviews (Task 3)

Exam Preparation Exercise

Academic Reading Passage 2: Interviews (Task 2)


Synonyms - adjectives Vocabulary Activity

Negative adjective prefixes Vocabulary Activity

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People: habits and lifestyles

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about past habits and lifestyles. It also provides practice of the use of 'used to' and 'would' and inversion with 'so', 'neither' and 'nor'.

Grammar Focus Using 'used to' and 'would' to talk about past habits and states. Practicing reported speech. Using 'so', 'neither' and 'nor'.

Topic Focus Describing past habits and customs. Reading about a famous person. Listening to a man talking about friendship.

'Can do' statement I can search one long or several short texts to locate specific information I need to help me complete a task.

Habits Language Exercise

Would vs. used to: past habits vs. past states

Grammar Reference Unit

Academic Reading Passage 2: William Steig (Task 1)


Academic Reading Passage 2: William Steig (Task 2)


The spy granny Language Exercise

Inversion: with so, neither and nor


Friendship Listening Activity

People: personality and emotions

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about people's personality and emotions. It also provides practice of the present perfect and the past simple and quantifiers.

'Can do' statement I can understand straightforward factual information about common everyday or job-related topics, identifying both general messages and specific details, provided the speech is clear and generally familiar accent is used.

Topic Focus Listening to someone talking to different people. Listening to identify people's attitude by means of intonation and stress. Listening to people dealing with dissatisfied customers. Describing a horrible job. Reading about women as entrepreneurs.

Grammar Focus Using the infinitive to give advice. Using the past simple and present perfect to describe a job. Using quantifiers. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'been' and 'gone'.

Secret diary Listening Activity

Are they angry? Pronunciation Activity

Dealing with difficult phone calls

Listening Activity

The worst job Language Exercise

Women entrepreneurs Language Exercise

Simple past vs. present perfect


Present perfect: been v. gone


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People: problems and ambitions

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about personal problems. It also provides practice of 'should' and conditional sentences.

'Can do' statement I can find and understand general information I need in everyday material, such as letters, brochures and short official documents. I can generally follow the main points of extended discussion around me, provided speech is clear and in standard language.

Grammar Focus Using 'should' and 'shouldn't' to give advice. Checking your knowledge of 'should' and 'ought to' to give advice. Checking your knowledge of the use of the first conditional. Checking your knowledge of the use of the second conditional. Practicing the first, second and third conditional. Checking your knowledge of 'would' in the second and third conditionals.

Topic Focus Listening to people giving advice. Reading about how to be successful at job interviews.

What do you think I should do?

Listening Activity

Advice/opinion: should, ought to


Personal problem hotlines Listening Activity

First/Real conditional: use Grammar Reference Unit

Second/Unreal conditional: use


How to succeed at an interview

Language Exercise

Would: conditional Grammar Reference Unit

UNIT 2Spare time: cinema

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about movies and movie stars. It also provides practice of the present perfect, past tenses and conjunctions.

'Can do' statement I can catch the main points in broadcasts on familiar topics and topics of personal interest when the language is relatively slow and clear.

Grammar Focus Practicing the present perfect with 'for' and 'since'. Practicing the use of conjunctions 'and' and 'but'. Contrasting the past simple and the past perfect. Testing your knowledge of passives and prepositions of time.

Topic Focus Listening to a radio program about movies. Reading a text about the Titanic. Listening about how cartoons are made. Reading about Marilyn Monroe.

Fan club radio phone-in competition

Listening Activity

A Titanic romance Language Exercise

A legend Language Exercise

Past perfect: use Grammar Reference Unit

A horror story Language Exercise

Past simple v. past perfect Grammar Reference Unit

Intermediate Test 02 Practice Test

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Spare time: vacations

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about vacations and traveling. It also provides practice of verbs, nouns and adjectives used to describe vacation activities.

Topic Focus Listening to people talking about their vacations. Completing a text about Rio de Janeiro. Listening to a conversation about pony-trekking.

'Can do' statement I can find and understand general information I need in everyday material, such as letters, brochures and official documents. I can understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters which occur regularly.

Grammar Focus Practicing verbs and nouns to describe vacation activities. Practicing superlatives. Practicing the use of object pronouns. Practicing the use of adjectives to describe an outdoor activity. Practicing the past simple.

Vacation paradise Vocabulary Activity

A vacation in Rio Language Exercise

A great time Vocabulary Activity

Last winter ... Language Exercise

Vacations Listening Activity

Superlative adjectives: the most + adjective


Superlative adjectives: + -est, spelling


Superlative adjectives: irregular superlatives


Spare time: sports

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about sports. It also provides practice of the use of 'must' and passive voice.

Topic Focus Reading about the rules of soccer. Reading a text about the FIFA World Cup. Listening to a conversation about windsurfing. Playing a game about sports.

'Can do' statement I can search one long or several short texts to locate specific information I need to help me complete a task. I can catch the main points in broadcasts on familiar topics and topics of personal interest when the language is relatively short and clear.

Grammar Focus Practicing the use of 'does', 'goes' and 'plays'. Practicing the use of 'must' for obligation. Contrasting active and passive verbs. Checking your knowledge of the passive form of modals. Checking your knowledge of the passive form of the present progressive. Practicing uncountable nouns for activities and sports.

Life of a fitness freak Language Exercise

The rules of soccer Language Exercise

Obligation/necessity: mustn't, don't have to


The passive: passive v active


Windsurfing Listening Activity

Paper 1 Reading Part 3 Exam Preparation Exercise

The passive: modals Grammar Reference Unit

The passive: present progressive


The Magic Forest Game

Uncountable nouns: activities/sports


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Spare time: music

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about music and musicians. It also provides practice of reported speech.

'Can do' statement I can understand the main points of clear and standard speech on familiar matters which occur regularly. I can search one long or several short texts to locate specific information I need to help me complete a task.

Topic Focus Practicing vocabulary related to music. Listening to an interview with a rock star. Reading about the origins of blues. Reading about the history of blues music to do a matching exercise and answer questions. Listening to a conversation with an independent musician. Looking for information on the Internet to do a project on Cuban music.

Grammar Focus Practicing reported questions. Checking your knowledge of 'yes/no' reported questions. Checking your knowledge of 'wh-' reported questions. Checking your knowledge of direct speech. Checking your knowledge of tense changes in reported speech.

Music Vocabulary Activity

Interview Listening Activity

Academic Reading Passage 3: Blues music (Task 1)


Academic Reading Passage 3: Blues music (Task 2)


Listening Section 1: Making music (Task 1)




Reported questions: yes/no questions


Reported questions: wh- questions


The music of Cuba

Web Project

Direct speech: definition Grammar Reference Unit

Reported speech: tense changes


UNIT 3Shopping: shopping around

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to buy and sell things. It also provides practice of determiners - quantifiers, 'some', 'any', 'no', 'a/an'.

'Can do' statement I can understand the information content of the majority of recorded or broadcast audio material about familiar subjects spoken relatively slowly and clearly.

Grammar Focus Practicing the use of 'much' and 'many'. Practicing the use of 'some', 'any', 'no', 'a/an'.

Topic Focus Practicing expressions and phrases you might need for shopping. Practicing the names of stores and what can be bought in them. Listening to conversations of people buying and selling things on radio programs.

Shopping around Vocabulary Activity

What can you buy here? Vocabulary Activity

Some, any, no, a/an Grammar Reference Unit

Going shopping Vocabulary Activity

Can I help you? Listening Activity

Something to sell Listening Activity

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Are you buying or selling? Listening Activity

Shopping: food and clothes

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to shop for food and clothes. It also provides practice of the comparative and passive voice.

Topic Focus Listening to a conversation about healthy food in supermarkets. Using information on the Internet to do a web project on department stores.

'Can do' statement I can follow clear speech in everyday conversation, though in a real life situation I will sometimes have to ask for repetition of particular words and phrases. I can recognize the general line of argument in a text but not necessarily in detail.

Grammar Focus Practicing the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. Practicing different forms of the passive. Checking your knowledge of 'more' + adjective. Checking your knowledge of the past progressive passive. Checking your knowledge of the passive of 'shall/will'.

Supermarket reviews Language Exercise

Healthy food in our supermarkets

Listening Activity

Buying goods and equipment

Language Exercise

In the sports store Listening Activity

Comparative adjectives: more + adjective


Department Stores

Web Project

The passive: past progressive


The passive: shall/will Grammar Reference Unit

Shopping: advertising

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to speak about marketing and advertising. It also provides practice of the use of prepositions and reported speech.

Grammar Focus Practicing prepositions following verbs, nouns and adjectives. Checking your knowledge of the use of nouns followed by prepositions: 'on', 'to', 'of', 'about', 'for', 'in'. Checking your knowledge of verbs followed by prepositions. Practicing the use of verbs followed by prepositions. Practicing the use of 'say' and 'tell' in reported statements. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'say' and 'tell' in reported speech. Practicing the use of countable and uncountable nouns.

Topic Focus Reading a text about advertising a job. Practicing words associated with marketing. Reading about comments made at a meeting about advertising.

'Can do' statement I can follow clear speech in everyday conversation, though in a real life situation I will sometimes have to ask for repetition of particular words and phrases. I can recognize the general line of argument in a text but not necessarily in detail.

Job advertisements Language Exercise

A successful exhibition Vocabulary Activity

Advertising Language Exercise

Say vs. tell: differences and uses


Virtual businesses Language Exercise

Prepositions following verbs 1


Nouns followed by prepositions: on, to, of


Nouns followed by prepositions: about, for, in

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Shopping: the shopping business

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the business of shopping. It also provides practice of connecting words, tenses and compound nouns.

'Can do' statement I can understand straightforward factual information about common everyday or job-related topics, identifying both general messages and specific details, provided speech is clear and a general familiar accent is used. I can recognize significant points in straightforward newspaper articles on familiar subjects.

Topic Focus Listening to a business world report. Reading about online shopping. Reading an article about retail companies and extracting the main points to answer questions. Reading a news story about corporate competition. Reading about prices.

Grammar Focus Revising a variety of verb tenses. Practicing the use of linking words. Practicing compound nouns. Checking your knowledge of the use of the present simple, the present progressive and the present perfect. Checking your knowledge of the difference between the present simple and the present perfect.

Business news Listening Activity

Online shopping Language Exercise

Planning a presentation Listening Activity

The science of shopping Vocabulary Activity

Corporate competition Language Exercise

Connecting words Vocabulary Activity

Why do prices rise? Language Exercise

Compounds: spelling of nouns


Present simple v. present progressive v. present perfect


Present simple v. present perfect


UNIT 4Food and drink: delicious food

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about food and drink. It also provides practice of sentence stress, nouns and quantity words.

'Can do' statement I can search one long or several short texts to locate specific information I need to help me complete a task.

Grammar Focus Identifying sentence stress. Checking your knowledge of countable and uncountable nouns. Practicing word stress in sentences. Practicing the use of quantity words.

Topic Focus Practicing vocabulary related to eating and drinking. Practicing vocabulary about food. Using information on the Internet to do a project about chocolate. Practicing vocabulary related to categories of food.

Eating and drinking Vocabulary Activity

Food Vocabulary Activity

Uncountable nouns: food Grammar Reference Unit

Sentence stress Pronunciation Activity

Fruit, vegetable, dairy or meat?

Vocabulary Activity

Quantity Language Exercise

Quantity words Language Exercise

ChocolateWeb Project

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Food and drink: cooking

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about food and cooking. It also provides practice of articles, determiners and quantifiers.

Topic Focus Practicing words and phrases associated with cooking and preparing food. Practicing vocabulary connected with recipes. Listening to someone speak about a cookery course.

'Can do' statement I can understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters which occur regularly. I can understand straightforward texts on subjects related to my fields of interest.

Grammar Focus Contrasting definite, indefinite and zero articles. Practicing words and phrases that describe quantity. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'a lot of', 'lots of', 'loads of', 'several'. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'all', 'half', 'none', 'the whole', 'most'. Practicing the determiners 'both', 'either', 'none', 'all' and 'each'.

Cooking Vocabulary Activity

Soup recipe Vocabulary Activity

Definite, indefinite and zero articles

Language Exercise

Quantity words Language Exercise

Determiners - quantifiers: a lot of, lots of, tons of, several


Taking a study course Listening Activity

Determiners - quantifiers: all, half, none, the whole, most


Determiners Language Exercise

Food and drink: eating out

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about restaurants and eating out. It also provides practice of sentence stress and determiners.

Grammar Focus Checking your knowledge of the use of 'both ... and', 'either ... or', 'neither ... nor'. Checking your knowledge of the use of ' no', 'none/none of', 'neither of'. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'each' and 'every'.

Topic Focus Practicing vocabulary used when eating out. Identifying the main stress in sentences and questions we use when eating out. Listening to a conversation about international food. Reading a text about a typical English café.

'Can do' statement I can follow clear speech in everyday conversation, though in a real life situation I will sometimes have to ask for repetition of particular words and phrases. I can search one long or several short texts to locate specific information I need to help me complete a task.

Let me buy you lunch Vocabulary Activity


International food Listening Activity

Determiners - quantifiers: both ... and, either ... or, neither ... nor


Determiners - quantifiers: No, none/none of, neither of


Determiners - quantifiers: each, every


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Food and drink: eating habits

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about eating habits. It also provides practice of determiners and quantifiers and nouns.

Grammar Focus Checking your knowledge of the use of '(not) enough' and 'too' + adjective + infinitive. Practicing the use of 'too' and 'enough'. Checking your knowledge of irregular countable nouns '-ves'

Topic Focus Listening to people from around the world talking about what they have for breakfast. Listening to a conversation about food and nutrition. Looking at information on the Internet to do a web project on regional food in the U.S.A.

'Can do' statement I can understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters which occur regularly. I can follow a lecture or a talk within my own field, provided the subject matter is familiar and the presentation straightforward and clearly organized.

Breakfast all over the world

Listening Activity

Modifiers and quantifiers Language Exercise

Determiners - quantifiers: (not) enough, too + adj + infinitive


Food and nutrition Listening Activity

Too and enough Language Exercise

Irregular countable nouns: -ves


Food around the U.S.A.

Web Project

UNIT 5Future: plans for the future

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about future plans. It also provides practice of future tenses and present tenses used for future meaning.

Topic Focus Listening to a musician talking about his future career. Reading about a woman's plans for the week. Reading a letter about a journey around the world. Listening to someone talking about a plan to kidnap a horse.

Grammar Focus Practicing the future progresive. Checking your knowledge of the use of the future progressive. Practicing the use of the present progressive with future meaning. Practicing various future tenses. Testing your knowledge of the use of the present progressive and future tenses.

'Can do' statement I can understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters which occur regularly. I can understand the description of events, feelings and wishes in personal letters well enough to correspond with a friend or acquaintance.



Lynne's plans Language Exercise

Future progressive: use Grammar Reference Unit

Round-the-world trip Language Exercise

Sally's appointment book Language Exercise

What are your plans? Language Exercise


A kidnapping plan Listening Activity

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Future: what the future holds

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about what the future holds. It also provides practice of a range of future forms.

Topic Focus Reading a questionnaire about the future. Listening to telephone messages. Listening to people arranging to meet.

Grammar Focus Practicing the future with 'will' and 'won't'. Deciding why people use the future form. Contrasting the use of 'will' and 'won't', 'going to' and the present progressive. Checking your knowledge of the future progressive affirmative. Checking your knowledge of the future progressive negative.

'Can do' statement I can understand straightforward texts on subjects related to my fields of interest. I can understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters which occur regularly.

A future quiz Language Exercise

Peter telephones Sally Language Exercise

What's happening in the future?

Language Exercise

Talking about the future Language Exercise

Leaving messages Language Exercise

Future arrangements Listening Activity

The rain will have stopped by then

Language Exercise

Future progressive: affirmative


Future progressive: negative


Future: science or science fiction?

This syllabus item provides useful practice of the kind of language we use to talk about space exploration and science fiction. It also provides practice of reported speech, future forms, the past simple and the present perfect.

Grammar Focus Practicing reported questions and answers. Practicing future forms. Checking your knowledge of expressing the future in the past. Contrasting the use of the past simple and the present perfect.

Topic Focus Playing a game about space exploration. Practicing vocabulary about astronomy. Listening to someone interviewing an astronaut. Completing a text about UFOs. Playing a problem-solving game about setting up a business on a new planet. Doing a web project about science museums online.

'Can do' statement I can follow clear speech in everyday conversation, though in a real life situation I will sometimes have to ask for repetition of particular words and phrases.

Astro Explorer - Average Game

What do you know about astronomy?

Vocabulary Activity

Astronaut Language Exercise

Will v. future progressive v. future perfect


Future in the past Grammar Reference Unit

Mr. Smith and the UFO Language Exercise

Terraformer - Average Game

Science museums online

Web Project

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Future: life in the future

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to speak about life in the future. It also provides practice of the future perfect and present tenses to speak about the future.

Topic Focus Completing texts about life in the future. Listening to a talk about the environment and the future. Completing a text about the future of English. Listening to two teachers talking about the future of learning English.

'Can do' statement I can follow a lecture or a talk within my own fields, provided the subject matter is familiar and the presentation straightforward and clearly organized.

Grammar Focus Practicing the use of the future perfect. Checking your knowledge of the use of the future perfect. Checking your knowledge of the use of the future perfect interrogative. Practising the use of the present simple and progressive to speak about the future. Checking your knowledge of how to use the present simple of 'be' to talk about events in the future.

Virtual reality Language Exercise

Future perfect: use Grammar Reference Unit

Life in the year 2100 Language Exercise

Future perfect: interrogative


Our future environment Listening Activity

English: a global language Language Exercise

Learning English Listening Activity

Present simple with future meaning: other uses


UNIT 6Health: health problems

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about health problems. It also provides practice of the use of the future tense and reflexive pronouns.

Topic Focus Practicing vocabulary related to health problems. Practicing vocabulary related to parts of the body. Listening to someone talk about an illness.

'Can do' statement I can find and understand general information I need in everyday material, such as letters, brochures and short official documents. I can follow clear speech in everyday conversation, though in a real life situation I will sometimes have to ask for repetition of particular words and phrases.

Grammar Focus Checking your knowledge of the use of reflexive pronouns and 'each other'. Practicing the use of the future simple. Contrasting the use of the present simple and 'will + infinitive' to talk about the future. Checking your knowledge of the difference between 'will/won't' and the present simple to talk about the future. Checking your knowledge of the uses of reflexive and object pronouns. Testing your knowledge of tense and quantifiers.

Feeling sick Vocabulary Activity

Reflexive pronouns v. each other: use


Spa promises Language Exercise

Home from the health farm

Language Exercise

Will/won't v. present simple


Reflexive pronouns: v object pronouns v no pronoun



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Health: healthy lives

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about living a healthy life. It also provides practice of different tenses.

'Can do' statement I can generally follow the main points of extended points of extended discussion around me, provided speech is clear and in standard language. I can understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters which occur regularly. I can recognize significant points in straightforward newspaper articles on familiar subjects.

Grammar Focus Contrasting the present simple and the present progressive. Practicing different tenses to talk about the past. Checking your knowledge of the use of the past perfect affirmative. Checking your knowledge of the use of the future perfect negative.

Topic Focus Playing a game to identify words that belong to different lexical sets. Listening to a conversation about healthy lifestyles. Listening to a conversation about healthy food in supermarkets. Listening to someone giving a talk on life in London in the 17th century. Reading an article about health in the workplace.

Molly in the Building on Fire

Game

Healthy eating Listening Activity

Healthy food in our supermarkets

Listening Activity

Listening Section 4: 1660s London (Task 2)


Past tenses Language Exercise

Health and safety Vocabulary Activity

Past perfect: affirmative Grammar Reference Unit

Past perfect: negative Grammar Reference Unit

Health: becoming older

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about growing old and the passing of time. It also provides practice of modals of ability and permission and comparative and superlative adjectives.

Grammar Focus Checking your knowledge of the use of 'could' to express ability in the past. Checking your knowledge of using 'can', 'may' and 'be allowed to' to express permission. Practicing the use of comparatives and superlatives. Checking your knowledge of '(not) as ... as'; 'less ... than'.

Topic Focus Listening to a conversation about what two people could do when they were younger. Reading a text about the differences between being young in the present and in the past. Listening to an interview about life in the 1920s. Listening to a conversation about aging workforce.

'Can do' statement I can understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters which occur regularly.

What could you do? Listening Activity

Ability: could Grammar Reference Unit

Permission: can, may, be allowed to


Young people now and then

Language Exercise

Generation gap Listening Activity

A demographic challenge Listening Activity

Comparative adjectives: (not) as ... as; less ... than


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Health: keeping fit

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about health and fitness. It also provides practice of '-ing' forms and infinitives and giving advice.

'Can do' statement I can understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters which occur regularly.

Grammar Focus Checking your knowledge of the use of '-ing' forms and infinitives. Practicing the use of 'should' and 'shouldn't' to express advice. Checking your knowledge of the use of the infinitive without 'to'. Checking your knowledge of modal verbs formed by the infinitive without 'to'.

Topic Focus Listening to a conversation about cycling. Listening to a conversation about how to keep fit. Listening to a conversation about the services offered at a sports club.

Infinitive v -ing form Grammar Reference Unit

-ing forms and infinitivesLanguage Exercise

Keeping in shape the right way

Listening Activity

Modals of advice Language Exercise

Modals of advice Language Exercise

Listening Section 1: Sports club (Task 1)


The infinitive without to: form + use


Verbs followed by the infinitive without to: modals


UNIT 7The natural world: the animal kingdom

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about animals. It also provides practice of word formation and passive forms.

'Can do' statement I can understand straightforward texts on subjects related to my field of interest. I can recognize a genereal line of argument in a text but not necessarily in detail.

Grammar Focus Using suffixes to make nouns from verbs. Practicing all forms of the passive. Practicing the past simple. Playing a game to practise forming questions. Checking your knowledge of the present perfect passive.

Topic Focus Reading a joke about a dog. Playing a game about street cats.

Noun suffixes Vocabulary Activity

From a verb to a noun Vocabulary Activity

Passive forms Language Exercise

Passive Language Exercise

A smart dog Language Exercise

Street Cats Game

The passive: present perfect


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The natural world: the environment

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the environment. It also provides practice of phrasal verbs and present tenses.

Topic Focus Listening to a recording about rainforests. Practicing phrasal verbs related to a text about protecting the environment. Reading a text about how young people can protect the environment.

'Can do' statement I can understand the information content of the majority of recorded or broadcast audio material about familiar subjects spoken relatively slowly and clearly. I can recognize significant points in straightforward newspaper articles on familiar subjects.

Grammar Focus Checking your knowledge of word order with different types of phrasal verbs. Checking your knowledge of phrasal verbs. Practicing the difference between the present simple and the present progressive. Practicing the present passive.

The rain forests Listening Activity

Phrasal verbs: word order 1


Phrasal verbs: A-F Grammar Reference Unit

Phrasal verbs: G-M Grammar Reference Unit

Today I'm saving the world!

Language Exercise

The environment Language Exercise

The natural world: environmental problems

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about environmental problems. It also provides practice of the present perfect simple and progressive.

Topic Focus Practicing vocabulary related to environmental issues. Listening to teenagers talking about environmental problems and what they can do. Listening to a text about how tourism affects the environment. Practicing vocabulary related to environmental issues. Reading a text about light pollution.

Grammar Focus Practicing the present perfect simple and progressive. Checking your knowledge of the difference between the present perfect simple and progressive. Practicing the present passive.

'Can do' statement I can generally follow the main points of extended discussion around me, provided the speech is clear and in standard language. I can understand straightforward texts on subjects related to my fields of interest.

Environmental problems Vocabulary Activity

Points of view Listening Activity

Ibiza - paradise lost Language Exercise

The environment Listening Activity

Present perfect simple v. progressive


How are bottles recycled? Language Exercise

Environmental advice Vocabulary Activity

Academic Reading Passage 2: Lights (Task 1)


Academic Reading Passage 2: Lights (Task 2)


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The natural world: global warming and the forces of nature

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about global warming and natural disasters. It also provides practice of different tense forms and modal verbs.

'Can do' statement I can understand the information content of the majority of recorded or broadcast audio material about familiar subjects spoken relatively slowly and clearly. I can understand straightforward texts on subjects related to my field of interest.

Topic Focus Playing a game to practice vocabulary related to the weather and pollution. Listening to a weather forecast. Reading a text about tidal waves. Reading a text about natural disasters. Completing a text about volcanoes.

Grammar Focus Practicing the past perfect simple and progressive. Practicing a variety of past tenses. Practicing a variety of tense forms. Practicing a variety of modal verbs. Checking your knowledge of the difference between the past perfect simple and progressive.

Slimy Monster Game

Another hot day Listening Activity

Tsunami Language Exercise

Past tenses Language Exercise

Present, past or future? Language Exercise

Volcano Language Exercise

Certainty and possibility Language Exercise

Past perfect v. past perfect progressive


Environmental problems Vocabulary Activity

UNIT 8Education: school

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about school. It also provides practice of phrasal verbs and collocations.

Grammar Focus Practicing the use of phrases to organize a text. Practicing the use of articles. Practicing the use of 'neither' and 'so'. Practicing phrasal verbs with 'up'. Practicing the future with 'will' and 'won't'. Practicing the past simple and past progressive. Checking your knowledge of phrasal verbs. Practicing the use of articles.

'Can do' statement I can give reasons and explanations for opinions, plans and actions. I can write very brief reports, which pass on routine factual information and state reasons for actions.

Topic Focus Practicing phrasal verbs related to school subjects. Listening to two students talking about the school library. Writing an essay on exam stress.

A school trip Language Exercise

A visit to the school library Listening Activity

A school play Language Exercise

First day at school Language Exercise

A school day Language Exercise


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Education: students

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language that we use to talk about students and their experiences. It also provides practice of regrets, obligation and necessity.

'Can do' statement I can follow clear speech in everyday conversation, though in a real life situation I will sometimes ask for repetition of particular words and phrases. I can follow a lecture or a talk within my own field, provided the subject matter is familiar and the presentation straightforward and clearly organized.

Topic Focus Listening to the daily schedules of students. Listening to people talking about memories of student life. Practicing informal spoken contractions. Listening to students talk about their studies of local history.

Grammar Focus Practicing the use of modals that express obligation and necessity.

Where in the world ... ? Listening Activity

No regrets! Listening Activity

School days of a rock star Language Exercise

Obligation/necessity: need, must, mustn't, have to, don't have to, didn't need to.


Students talking over coffee

Pronunciation Activity

Listening Section 3: Local history studies (Task 2)


Education: teachers and learning

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about teachers and learning. It also provides practice of connectors and conditional sentences.

'Can do' statement I can generally follow the main points of extended discussion around me, provided the speech is clear and in standard language. I can understand straightforward factual information about common everyday or job-related topics, identifying both general messages and specific details, provided speech is clear and generally familiar accent is used.

Topic Focus Listening to someone talking about learning languages. Listening to someone talk about why she chose to be a teacher. Reading a text about organizing a teachers' conference.

Grammar Focus Practicing the use of 'if', 'unless', 'in case', 'as long as' and 'when'. Practicing conditional sentences with 'if' and 'unless'. Checking your knowledge of connectors of condition. Testing your knowledge of a variety of language areas. Listening to a dialogue to practice the use of 'if', 'unless' and 'when'.

Learning languages Listening Activity

Connectors Language Exercise

If you asked ... Language Exercise

Connectors: condition Grammar Reference Unit

Pre-intermediate Test 07 Practice Test

Choosing the right job Listening Activity

Listening Section 3: Arranging a teachers' conference (Task 1)


Listening Section 3: Arranging a teachers' conference (Task 2)


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Education: work and study

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about working and studying. It also provides practice of connecting words.

Topic Focus Practicing vocabulary related to university studies. Listening to someone booking a place on a training course. Listening to a radio program about activity courses.

'Can do' statement I can understand the information content of the majority of recorded or broadcast audio material about familiar subjects spoken relatively slowly and clearly. I can generally follow the main points of extended discussion around me, provided speech is clear and in standard language.

Grammar Focus Practicing linking words and phrases. Practicing connecting words. Checking your knowledge of connectors of condition.

Brown University, USA Vocabulary Activity

Connecting words Vocabulary Activity

Booking a course Listening Activity

Connectors: condition Grammar Reference Unit

Listening Section 2: Going on an expedition


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