SELECTIVE PREPARATORY CLASSES
2020-2021 MAIN COURSE SYLLABUS
FIRST TERM
Main Course Book: NEW ENGLISH FILEElementary- Pre-Intermediate
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Unit |
Grammar |
Vocabulary |
Pronunciation |
Reading |
Listening |
Speaking |
Writing |
1stweek (5-9 October) |
Unit 1 A |
Verb be (+), subject pronouns: I, You, etc. |
Days of the week, numbers 0-20, greetings |
Vowel sounds, word stress |
- |
Where are they? |
Where are they? |
- |
Unit 1 B |
Verb be (?) and (-) |
Countries, numbers 21-100 |
Consonant sounds, word stress |
- |
Numbers |
Where are they from? |
- |
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Unit 1 C |
Possessive adjectives: my, your, etc. |
Classroom language |
The alphabet, sentence stress |
- |
Spelling |
What is his/her real name? |
Completing a form |
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Practical English |
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In a hotel |
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Arriving in London/Checking in |
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2nd week (12-16 October) |
Unit 2 A |
Singular and plural nouns |
Things, in, on, under |
Final –s and –es |
- |
What’s in the bag/on the table? |
What’s in the bag/on the table? |
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Unit 2B |
Adjectives |
Colours, adjectives, modifiers: quite/very/ really |
Long and short vowel sounds |
British and American English-the same, but different |
- |
The things you have |
- |
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Unit 2 C |
Imperatives, let’s |
Feelings |
Linking |
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Have a safe journey |
What’s the matter? |
- |
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Revise&Check |
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Plan your trip to New York with these top tips |
Can you understand these people? |
Counting from 0-100, saying the days of the week, giving instructions, introducing yourself and another person |
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3rdweek (19-23 October) |
Unit 3 A |
Present simple (+) and (-) |
Verb phrases |
Third person -s |
What foreigners who live in Britain think |
- |
Talking about your country |
- |
Unit 3 B |
Present simple (?) |
Jobs |
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Jess and her husband |
His job, her job |
His job, her job |
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Unit 3 C |
Word order in questions |
Question words |
Sentence stress |
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Becca andDave |
Asking questions |
A personal profile |
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Practical English |
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Telling the time |
- |
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Rob and Jenny meet / First day in the office |
Ordering food and drink in a cafe |
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4th week (26-30 October)
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Unit 4 A |
Whose …?,possessive ‘s |
Family |
The letter o |
I’m not famous… But my brother is |
Who are the people in the photos? |
Who are the people in the photos? |
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Unit 4 B |
Prepositions of time (at, in, on) and place (at, in, to) |
Daily routine |
Linking |
Mother and son |
Mother and son |
Interviewing a partner about a typical weekday |
Writing about a favourite day of the week |
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Unit 4 C |
Positions of adverbs and expressions of frequency |
Adverbs and expressions of frequency, months |
The letter h |
Teenagers in trouble |
The island of Okinawa |
Blue zones |
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Revise&Check |
- |
- |
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The Superstar DJ David Guetta |
Can you understand these people? |
Saying where you live and what you do on a typical day |
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5th week (2-6 November) (4 November- Quiz 1) |
Unit 5 A |
Can/can’t |
Verb phrases |
Sentence stress |
- |
An audition for a TV singing competition |
What’s your talent? |
- |
Unit 5 B |
Present continuous |
Verb phrases |
- |
Noisy Family? Noisy Neighbours? |
Noisy Family? Noisy Neighbours? |
Spot the differences |
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Unit 5 C |
Present simple or present continuous? |
The weather and seasons |
Places in London |
What to do in London |
The weather in London |
What do you do? What are they doing now? |
Social networking |
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Practical English |
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Clothes |
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In a clothes shop |
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6th week (9-13 November) |
Unit 6 A |
Object pronouns: me, you, him, etc. |
Words in a story |
/aı/, /ı/, /i:/ |
The glass bottle
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The glass bottle
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Reading in English
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Unit 6 B |
Like + verb+ing |
The date, ordinal numbers |
Consonant clusters, saying the date |
Good times, bad times |
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What’s your favourite …? |
What’s your favourite …? |
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Unit 6 C |
Revision: be or do? |
Music |
Giving opinions |
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A London busker |
Music questionnaire |
An informal email |
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Revise&Check |
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- |
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The moment I wake up |
Can you understand these people? |
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7th Week (16-20 November r) |
Unit 7 A |
Past simple of be: was/were |
Word formation |
Sentence stress |
Self-Portraits |
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Taking selfies |
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Unit 7 B |
Past simple: regular verbs |
Past time expressions |
-ed endings |
A problem with a flight |
A problem with a flight |
Past time expressions |
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Unit 7 C |
Past simple: irregular verbs |
Go, have, get |
Sentence stress |
New Year’s Eve- One to remember or one to forget |
A memorable New Year’s Eve |
Talking about a memorable New Year’s Eve |
Writing about a memorable New Year’s Eve |
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Practical English |
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Directions |
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Asking the way |
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8th week (23-27 November) |
24th of NOVEMBER MIDTERM 1 |
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9th week (30 Nov.-4 Dec.) |
Unit 8 A |
Past simple: regular and irregular verbs |
Irregular verbs |
Past simple verbs |
The Travers Murder |
Who is the murderer? |
Police interview |
- |
Unit 8 B |
There is/there are, some, any+plural nouns |
The house |
Sentence stress |
- |
Renting a house |
Renting a house or flat |
Describing your home |
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Unit 8 C |
There was/there were |
Prepositions: place and movement |
Silent letters |
Room 333 |
A haunted castle |
Room 333 |
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Revise&Check |
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How the modern detective novel was born |
Can you understand these people? |
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10th week (7-11December)
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Unit 9 A |
Countable/Uncountable nouns, a/an, some, any |
Food and drink |
The lettterea |
Why I eat the same thing every day |
My dinner last night |
Making a food diary for yesterday
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Unit 9 B |
Quantifiers: how much/how many, a lot of, etc. |
Food containers |
Linking |
Fascinating facts about sugar and salt |
Fascinating facts about sugar and salt |
Completing the questionnaire |
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Unit 9 C |
Comparative adjectives |
High numbers |
Sentence stress |
Pub Quizzes |
Quiz night |
Quiz night |
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Practical English |
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Understanding a menu |
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Ordering a meal |
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11th week (14-18December) (16 December- Quiz 2) |
Unit 10 A |
Superlative adjectives |
Places and buildings |
Consonant groups |
The most dangerous place in the world to cross the road |
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Role play Being a tourist |
Writing about your town |
Unit 10 B |
Be going to (plans), future time expressions |
City holidays |
Sentence stress |
- |
Planning a holiday |
What are you going to do? |
A formal email |
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Unit 10 C |
Be going to (predictions) |
Verb phrases |
Word stress |
It’s written in the cards |
It’s written in the cards |
Fortune-telling |
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Revise&Check |
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- |
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The world’s most unusual hotels |
Can you understand these people? |
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12th week (21 -25 December)
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Unit 11 A |
Adverbs (manner and modifiers) |
Common adverbs |
Connected speech |
Travel forum |
Talking about a city |
Talking about your country |
Writing posts for people visiting your country |
Unit 11 B |
Verb + to+ infinitive |
Verbs that take the infinitive |
Sentence stress, weak to |
Stef’s blog |
- |
What do you want to do with your life? |
Writing a bucket list |
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Unit 11 C |
Definite article |
Phones and the internet |
the |
Life before the internet |
Phones |
Talking about phones |
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Practical English |
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Public transport |
- |
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Getting to the airport |
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13th week (28-31 December)
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Unit 12 A |
Present perfect |
Irregular past participles |
Sentence stress |
- |
TV series/films |
Films, books and TV |
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Unit 12 B |
Present perfect or past simple? |
More irregular past participles |
Irregular past participles |
- |
Trying to decide where to go for dinner |
Talking about what you have done recently/in your life |
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Unit 12 C |
Revision: question formation |
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An interview with Sir Ian Mckellen |
The documentary Judi Dench |
Asking questions |
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Revise&Check |
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The reviews of Pizza West |
Can you understand these people? |
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14th week (4-8January) (6 January - Quiz 3) |
Unit 1 A |
Word order in questions |
Common verb phrases |
The alphabet |
- |
Letters and numbers |
Interviewing another student to complete a form |
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Unit 1 B |
Present simple |
Describing people: appearance and personality |
Final –s/-es |
Please date my dad |
A dating experiment |
Describing a person |
Describing yourself |
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Unit 1 C |
Present continuous |
Clothes, prepositions of place |
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An art expert talking about Vermeer and The Milkmaid |
Describing a picture |
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Practical English |
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Hotel problems /Calling reception |
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15th week (11-15January)
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Unit 2 A |
Past simple: regular and irregular verbs |
holidays |
Regular verbs: -ed endings |
Passports, tickets, money, phone |
Showing interest |
Showing interest |
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Unit 2B |
Past continuous |
Prepositions of time and place: at, in, on |
Weak forms: was, were |
That’s me in the picture |
- |
Talking about photos |
Describing a photo
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Unit 2 C |
Time sequencers and connectors |
Verb phrases |
Word stress |
One dark October evening |
Happy ending or sad ending? |
Verb phrases |
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Revise&Check |
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How to take better holiday photos |
Can you understand these people? |
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16th week (18-22 January)
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19-20 JANUARY MIDTERM 2 |
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SELECTIVE PREPARATORY CLASSES
2020-2021 SYLLABUS
SECOND TERM
Main Course Book: NEW ENGLISH FILE Pre-Intermediate
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Unit |
Grammar |
Vocabulary |
Pronunciation |
Reading |
Listening |
Speaking |
Writing |
1st week (1-5March) |
Unit 3 A |
Be going to (plans and predictions) |
Airports |
The letter g |
No more boring stopovers- go on a guided tour! |
No more boring stopovers- go on a guided tour! |
What are your plans? |
- |
Unit 3 B |
Present continuous (future arrangements) |
Verbs + prepositions |
Linking |
How organized are you? |
- |
How organized are you? |
An informal email |
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2nd week (8-12March)
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Unit 3 C |
Defining relative clauses |
Paraphrasing |
Silent e |
A to z |
A to z |
Split crossword |
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Practical English |
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Restaurant problems |
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Unit 4 A |
Present perfect + yet, just, already |
Housework, make or do? |
The letters y and j |
Who does what? |
The lazy person’s guide to a clean and tidy home |
Housework and the cleaning |
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3rd week (15-19 March)
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Unit 4 B |
Present perfect or past simple |
Shopping |
C and ch |
The story of the ice-cream sellers |
- |
Have you ever …? |
- |
Unit 4 C |
Something, anything, nothing, etc. |
Adjectives ending -ed and -ing |
- |
A boring weekend? Don’t tell anybody? |
The history of the weekend |
Last weekend |
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Revise&Check |
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900 new words in three months |
Can you understand these people? |
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4th week (22-26 March) 24 March Quiz 4 |
Unit 5 A |
Comparative adjectives and adverbs, as … as |
Types of numbers |
Sentence stress |
I want it now! |
How has your life changed over the last three years? |
How fast is your life? |
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Unit 5 B |
Superlatives (+ ever +present perfect) |
Describing a town or city |
Sentence stress |
- |
What are the most and least honest cities in the World? |
What’s the most ….. you have ever …? |
Describing where you live |
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Unit 5 C |
Quantifiers, too, not enough |
Health and the body |
- |
Are they really good and bad? |
What do you drink? |
Diet and lifestyle |
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5th week (29 March-2 April)
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Practical English |
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Shopping |
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Taking something back to a shop |
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Unit 6 A |
Will/won’t (predictions) |
Opposite verbs |
‘ll, won’t |
Why negative thinking can be positive |
A radio programme |
Are you a positive or negative thinker? |
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Unit 6 B |
Will /won’t (decisions, offers, promises) |
Verb + back |
Word stress: two-syllable verbs |
I’ll never forget you |
A news programme about Steve and Carmen |
Verb + back |
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6th week (05-09April) |
Unit 6 C |
Review of verb forms: present, past and future |
modifiers |
The letters ea |
- |
The meaning of dreaming |
Revision questionnaire |
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Revise&Check |
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The woman who inspired ‘I have a dream’ |
Can you understand these people? |
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7th week (12-16 April) |
13th ofAPRIL MID-TERM 3 |
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8th week (19-22 April) |
Unit 7 A |
Uses of the infinitive with to |
Verbs + infinitive |
Week form of to, linking |
How to survive your first day in a new office |
Simon and Claire describing their first day at work |
How to …? |
Writing a “How to survive …” article |
Unit 7 B |
Uses of the gerund (Verb + ing) |
Verbs + gerund |
-ing, the letter o |
Happiness is … |
Bank of happiness |
Talking about happiness |
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9th week (26-30 April) |
Unit 7 C |
Have to, don’t have to, must, mustn’t |
Adjectives + prepositions: afraid of, etc. |
Stress on prepositions |
A language learning experiment |
Max talking about tests |
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A formal email |
Practical English |
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Feeling ill |
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Going to a pharmacy |
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Unit 8 A |
Should |
get |
Sentence stress |
Should I stay or should I go? |
Should I stay or should I go? |
Asking and answering questions with get |
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10th week (03-07 May) 05 May Quiz 5 |
Unit 8 B |
First conditional |
Confusing verbs |
Homophones |
Murphy’s law |
Murphy’s law |
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Unit 8 C |
Possessive prouns |
Adverbs of manner |
Reading aloud |
Who’s Vivienne? |
Who’s Vivienne? |
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Writing a short final scene of the story |
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Revise&Check |
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How to be a queue winner? |
Can you understand these people? |
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11th week (10-14 May) |
Unit 9 A |
Second conditional |
Animals and insects |
Word stress |
Would you know what to do? |
Facts about the animals or insects |
What would you do …? |
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Unit 9 B |
Present perfect + for and since |
Phobias and words related to fear |
Sentence stress |
Phobias |
Listening to people with phobias |
Talking about phobias |
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12 th week (17-21 May) |
Unit 9 C |
Present perfect or past simple? |
Biographies |
Word stress |
Like mother like daughter |
A famous father and his son |
Talking about an older person |
A biography |
Practical English |
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Directions |
- |
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Asking how to get there |
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13th week (24-28 May ) 26 May Quiz 6 |
Unit 10 A |
Expressing movement |
Sports, expressing movement |
Word stress |
Women’s sport |
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Women’s sport |
Writing about an enjoyable activity |
Unit 10 B |
Word order of phrasal verbs |
Phrasal verbs |
linking |
Early birds |
A radio programme about getting up early |
Early birds |
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14th week (31 May- 04 June)
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Unit 10 C |
The passive |
People from different countries |
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Invented by women |
Passives quiz |
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Revise&Check |
- |
- |
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Bad losers? |
Can you understand these people? |
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Unit 11 A |
Used to |
School subjects |
Used to/didn’t use to |
Fame academy |
Did you like school? |
Did you like school? |
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15th week (07-11 June)
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Unit 11 B |
Might |
Word building: noun formation |
diphthongs |
- |
Jeans: style and fit |
Jeans: style and fit |
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Unit 11 C |
So, neither + auxiliaries |
Similarities and differences |
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Twin strangers |
Twin strangers |
Talking about similarities |
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Practical English |
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On the phone |
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In central park again |
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16th week (14-18 June)
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15th-16th JUNE MIDTERM 4 |
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22nd JUNE FINAL |
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29th JUNE MAKE-UP EXAM |
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