Syllabus: Intermediate
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Intermediate Course – A=activity, L=listening, R=reading |
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Grammar |
Vocabulary |
Drama |
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Unit 1 – Pop-ups |
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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 |
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Unit 2 – Hidden talents |
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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 |
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Unit 3 – Can’t buy me love |
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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 |
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Unit 4 – Travellers’ tales |
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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 |
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Unit 5 – The colleague from hell |
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L Zero conditional and first conditional A Zero conditional and first conditional R Zero conditional and first conditional
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L Ordinal numbers L English at Work R Dealing with difficult people |
L Jamaica Inn – Part 5 |
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Unit 6 – Jurassic mystery: unpacking the past |
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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 |
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Unit 7 – Career changes |
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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 |
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Unit 8 – Art |
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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 |
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Unit 9 – Project management |
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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 |
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Unit 10 – The dog ate my homework! |
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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 |
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Unit 11 – The diary of a double agent |
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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 |
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Unit 12 – Fashion forward |
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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 |
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Unit 13 – Flat pack skyscrapers |
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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 |
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Unit 14 – Extreme sports |
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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 |
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Unit 15 – Food fads |
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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 |
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Unit 16 – Me, my selfie and I |
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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 |
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Unit 17 – Endangered animals |
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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 |
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Unit 18 – A nip and a tuck: cosmetic surgery |
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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 |
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Unit 19 – I'm really sorry… |
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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 |
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Unit 20 – Telling stories |
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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 |
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Unit 21 – Fakes and phrasals |
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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 |
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Unit 22 – Looking to the future |
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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 |
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Unit 23 – Becoming familiar with things |
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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 |
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Unit 24 – From rags to riches |
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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 |
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Unit 25 – Against the odds |
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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 |
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Unit 26 – Our future on Mars? |
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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 |
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Unit 27 – Where is it illegal to get a fish drunk? |
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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?
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Participle clauses |
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Unit 28 – Dodgy dating |
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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 |
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Unit 29 – Annoying advice |
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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 |
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Unit 30 – I'll have been studying English for thirty weeks |
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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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