syllabus

The syllabus for Search follows that of the Cambridge Key English Test (KET), and is designed to take learners up to elementary/lower-intermediate level,
giving them essential and practical, everyday English.

Situations &
Functions

Grammar

Vocabulary

Listening

Reading

Pronunciation

Greetings &
introductions
Hello / Im Maria

Verb to be
Are you American?

Countries
Nationalities

Recognising
nationalities

Internet chat room

Word stress
Nationality endings

Shopping
Can I have a ?

The Present Simple

What do you do?

Jobs
Numbers 1 20

Where am I?

A postcard from
Australia

Contractions

Telling the time

Whats the time?

The Present Simple

I always get up
at 6 oclock

Transport

Answerphone
messages

London museums

Alphabet

Invitations
Would you like ?

The Present Simple

He doesnt like
coffee

Numbers 20 1,000
Days of week

Telephone
appointments

Travel survey
questionnaire

The Present Simple,

3rd person endings

Booking a hotel
room
Have you got ?

Quantity
Some & any,
and, or, but

Hotel rooms

Hotel booking
by telephone

Visitors guide to
San Francisco

Words ending in - er

Talking about
personal
possessions
The possessive s
My, his, her, our,
your, their

Imperatives / Must
Answer the phone
You must stay

Places in a town

Real world
announcements

Signs & signage

Words beginning
with - th

Asking the way

Can you tell me
the way to ?

Prepositions
Plurals,
of place
Irregular plurals
In, to, from, with, on

Recognising countries

Finding your way to

the city centre

Stressed and unstressed

prepositions

Test

Test

Revision

Where am I?

A postcard from
Argentina

Revision

Ordering food
Ill have the

Quantity
How much?
How many?

Food & drink

Ordering food

Restaurant ads in
New York

Sh and ch

10

Giving opinions
Like & dislikes
Sports & activities
What do you think? I love / like / enjoy
I think

Talking about jobs

Chief Executive
business profile

Can and cant

11

Shopping for
clothes
Can I try it on?

Comparing things
Longer, shorter,
more expensive

Clothes
Colours

Fashion discussion

Designer clothes
revolution, magazine
article

Weak forms

12

Apologizing
Im very sorry

The Past Simple

verb to be
I was in a meeting

British & American

English

International TV
news stories

Website general
knowledge quiz

Contractions (2)

13

Sending messages
Can you /
would you ?

The Past Simple

regular / irregular
verbs
Maria flew to
London

More countries

Work profile

Inventions in the
workplace

Regular verb endings

in the Past Simple - ed

syllabus

Situations &
Functions

Grammar

Vocabulary

Listening

Reading

Pronunciation

14

Showing interest
Guess what?
Really!

The Past Simple

questions
Where did you go?

Social expressions

Office assignments

Socializing at work

The right pitch really

15

Complaining
Im afraid
theres a mistake

The Past Simple

negative
I didnt stay in a
hotel

Compound nouns

Airline complaint

Hotel customer care

form, Hong Kong

Sit or seat

16

Talking about illness

Ive got a headache

Obligations
Do you have to
work hard?

The Body

Advice on avoiding
jetlag

Magazine article
Is your life too stressful?

Contractions

17

Talking on the
telephone
Can I speak to?

The Present
Modern methods of
Continuous for future communication
Im playing tennis
tomorrow

Telephone message

Mobile phones on the

Internet

Silent letters

18

Test

Test

Revision

Where am I?

Emails from
Rio de Janeiro

Revision

19

Making suggestions
Where shall we
go?

The Present Simple

or Continuous?
What do you do?
What are you
doing?

Prefixes

Party conversation

A New York invitation

Combinations with s

20

Asking for
descriptions
Whats like?

Comparing things
(2) Oldest, highest,
the best

Opposite adjectives

Working in Tokyo

Postcard from Toronto

J / g sounds

21

Offering to help
Can I help you ?
Ill put a label on it

Possession
Anyone, someone,
my or mine, whose

Airport

Airport announcements

What sort of traveller

are you? magazine
quiz

Will

22

Making travel
arrangements
Do I have to
change ?

Sentences with if
If I run, Ill catch
the train

Travel

Buying train tickets

The Lost Property

Office, Kings Cross
railway station, London

a sounds

23

Making plans
I might phone you
at 5 oclock

The Future (2)

Im going to do a
course in London

Weather

Weather forecasts

Following in your
parents footstepsmagazine article

Going / gonna

24

Expressing yourself
The Present Perfect
at interviews
Ive worked in
Id like to ask you Australia

Professional English

Talking about jobs

Job ads in London

Auxiliaries and endings

25

Formal
introductions
Id like you to
meet...

The Present Perfect

or Past Simple?
Ive worked in
Rome for 3 years
I worked in Rome
last year

Suffixes

Sales Manager
interviews

All work & no play

magazine article

Word stress
periods of time

26

Test

Test

Revision

A real life task

A real life task

Revision