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BBC Learning English - Syllabus: Towards Advanced

Syllabus: Towards Advanced


Date: 28.03.2017 Last updated: 31.03.2017 at 11.46

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Towards Advanced Course – R=Reading, V=Video

Grammar Vocabulary Pronunciation

Unit 1

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Non-defining relative clauses Welcome to Jupiter! – probe, orbit, Workshop
spacecraft, hostile, core Assimilation of /t/ and /p/
R Grammar reference
Relative clauses V Lingohack
Chilcot Iraq report published; people
killed for defending their land; Juno space
probe successs – on such a scale,
judgement, on record, loggers, orbiting

V X uses of Y: Treasure Island


9 uses of 'time' – a long time, in no time,
only a matter of time, at times, as time
goes by, at one time or another, time after
time, in no time, time-consuming

Unit 2

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


5 ways to talk about the future – be + full A new prime minister for Britain – set to, Workshop
infinitive, be due + full infinitive, be + to become, follow in someone's footsteps, Linking /r/
sure/bound + full infinitive, on the verge of/ on take the reins
the brink of, present tense with future
meaning V Lingohack
The UK has a new PM; train crash
R Grammar reference investigation in Italy; Indian state
Future forms introduces 'fat tax' – pressing, scene,
malnutrition, so-called

V X uses of Y: Oliver Twist


7 uses of 'light' – light, shed light on, out
like a light, in the light of, brings to light

Unit 3

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Using the present to talk about the past Are these speeches similar – plagiarise, Workshop
rip off, a rip-off, bear a striking similarity Twinning or germination with /s/
R Grammar reference
Uses of the present V Lingohack
Trump seals nomination; IOC to take
legal advice on Russia; hottest ever June
is recorded – candidate, damning, trend

V X uses of Y: The Rue Morgue


9 uses of 'run' – make your blood run
cold, run, running, run up against
(something), runs through, running
through (his head), run the risk of, runs
away, runs after

Unit 4

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Linking words of contrast – however, The smell of chickens – repel, Workshop
although, despite/in spite of, while, something/someone repels you, deter, a Elision of /t/
pun, steer clear of
R Grammar referenceLinking
words of contrast V Lingohack
Hillary Clinton makes history; thousands
flee California wildfires; cloned animals
aging no differently – breaking through,
eluded, blazes, prematurely

V X uses of Y: Little Red Riding Hood


9 uses of 'cut' – cut out, to cut a long
story short, cut (someone) short, shortcut,
cut to the chase, cutting down,
woodcutters, cut (someone/something)
up, cutbacks

Unit 5

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Stative verbs in continuous form – have, Water pollution at the Rio Olympics – Workshop
want, love alarmingly, filthy, sewage, teeming with, Intrusive /r/
unfazed, favela
R Grammar reference
Stative verbs in the continuous form

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V Lingohack
Obama says Trump unfit to be president;
Singapore scientists create cyborg
beetle; scans reveal how teenage brain
develops – questioned, remotely, insight

V X uses of Y: Pride and Prejudice


11 uses of 'look' – looking for, has the
looks, the look of, looks on, looks like,
looking to, looks as if, looks over, look
down on, look up, look forward to

Unit 6

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Infinitives of purpose World's longest hunger strike ends – Workshop
activist, hunger strike, fast, 'iron' Schwa
R Grammar reference
Infinitives of purpose V Lingohack
Michael Phelps swims into Olympic
history; scientists find new marine
species in Scotland; scary Lucy statue is
replaced in the US – wondering, to log,
stylish, unveiled

V X uses of Y: Robin Hood


9 uses of 'stand' – stand up for, can’t
stand, don’t stand a chance, stand for,
stands to lose, won’t stand for, stand out,
stands by, stands

Unit 7

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Mixed conditionals Brazil wins a gold medal in athletics – an Workshop
upset, pull something off, egg somebody Linking /w/
R Grammar reference on, pandemonium
Conditionals review
V Lingohack
British couple ride into Olympic history;
scientists discover 400-year-old shark;
pigeon race champion banned for life –
medal tally, feeds on, cheating

V X uses of Y: Pygmalion
8 uses of 'round' – driving him round the
bend, comes round, round and round,
round the clock, round, goes round to, in
a roundabout kind of way, round off

Unit 8

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Using the past to talk about the present and Olympics closing ceremony – kick off, Workshop
future pass the baton, wrap up Assimilation of /n/ followed by /p/

R Grammar reference V Lingohack


Using the past to talk about the present or China opens longest glass bridge; HRT
future increases risk of cancer; Hindu monk
claims to be 120 years old – peer,
underestimates, put (something) down

V X uses of Y: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde


9 uses of 'sound' – sound out, by the
sound of it, sounds, doesn’t like the
sound of (something, not a sight or sound
of (someone), sounds strange, sound,
sounds as though, sounds like

Unit 9

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Gerund or infinitive – stop, regret and go on Migrant rescue – flee, some, hub, sorties, Workshop
rickety Elision of /d/
R Grammar reference
Verb patterns – gerunds or infinitives V Lingohack
World's largest protected area created off
Hawaii; new Earth-like planet discovered;
goodbye Cookie: pink cockatoo dies at 83
– marine reserve, orbiting, mourning

V X uses of Y: Romeo and Juliet


8 uses of 'break' – break the news, break
off, break into, break up, breaks down,
break her promise, breaking, breaks her
heart

Unit 10

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim’s Pronunciation


Future continuous Major problem with world's oceans – Workshop
underestimated, livelihoods, soaring, Pronunciation of 'nd'
R Grammar reference plummeting, staggering, bear the brunt of
Future continuous
V Lingohack
Two billion 'at risk of Zika in Africa and
Asia'; first face transplant patient dies in
France; rare white whale filmed in
Australia – outbreaks, passed away,
spotted

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V X uses of Y: Frankenstein
10 uses of 'make' – makes, has made a
name for himself, to make matters worse,
makes for, make a start, makes his blood
boil, makes up his mind, make of, makes
time

Unit 11

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Native speaker 'mistakes' Hillary Clinton's illness – hold/keep/play Workshop
your cards close to your chest, come Pronunciation of 'have to'
R Grammar reference clean, big deal, not that big a deal, bout,
Native speaker 'mistakes' – past participles, bat away
me, splitting infinitives
V Lingohack
EU not at risk after Brexit; US athletes'
medical files hacked; human ancestor
mystery solved – address, leaked,
cracked

V X uses of Y: Hansel and Gretel


13 uses of 'turn' – take a turn for the
worse, turns out, turns a blind eye,
turning, turn back, turn of events, turn up,
turns into, turns, turn her nose up, turned,
in turn

Unit 12

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Giving emphasis World's largest telescope – Workshop
giant/massive/gigantic, extraterrestrial, Pronunciation of 'and'
R Grammar reference eavesdrop
Adding emphasis – 'it' cleft sentences
V Lingohack
Benefits of statins underestimated;
'Brangelina' is no more; karaoke star Ted,
80, lands record deal – potential,
saddened, sensation

V X uses of Y: The Snow Queen


9 uses of 'stick' – stick up for, sticks, stick
with, stick by, stick, stuck, can’t stick, stick
together

Unit 13

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


More native speaker 'mistakes' Trump vs Clinton: first US presidential TV Workshop
debate – to clash, head-to-head, to lose Pronunciation of 'was' and 'were'
R Grammar reference your cool
More native speaker 'mistakes' – innit,
there/their/they're, what as a relative pronoun V Lingohack
Former Israel President Shimon Peres
dies; button batteries risk to children; the
farmer who paints sheep – forging,
injuries, novel

V X uses of Y: Far from the Madding


Crowd
11 uses of 'set' – set, set their sights on,
dead set against, sets off, set out, sets
him off, setback, set, set on, sets on, all
set

Unit 14

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Giving emphasis using 'what' Colombia's peace vote – common Workshop
ground, pick yourself up, scramble Consonant-vowel linking
R Grammar reference
Adding emphasis – 'what' cleft sentences V Lingohack
Rubbish threat to Machu Picchu; Prince
Harry on HIV awareness campaign;
David Bowie's collection on show –
inability, deadline, stigma, auctioned

V X uses of Y: The Piper of Hamelin


12 uses of 'pay' – pay up, pays a heavy
price, pay attention, pay, pay off, pay
handsomely, pay in cash, be in the pay
of, pay, pay day, pay, without paying a
penny

Unit 15

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Future in the past A problem with Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Workshop
– a burning issue, burn a hole in Assimilation of /d/ to /g/
R Grammar reference (someone’s accounts), money burns a
The future in the past hole in my pocket, it burnt a hole in my
pocket, come/be under fire

V Lingohack
Is Russia hacking the US election?; the
end of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7; the zoo
where chimps 'learn to be chimps' –
destabilise, appetite, limiting the damage,
nudge

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V X uses of Y: Sherlock Holmes and
the Hound of the Baskervilles
9 uses of 'dead' – dead, dead certain,
deadly danger, the dead of night, stop
dead in his tracks, dead silence, stone
dead, dead giveaway, dead ringer

Unit 16

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Discourse markers Dead frog mystery in Peru – endangered Workshop
species, get to the bottom of, a turn of Pronunciation of 'can'
R Grammar reference events, pleas
Discourse markers
V Lingohack
Ecuador limits Jullian Assange's internet
access; sweet potato helps tackle child
malnutrition; work starts on British polar
research ship – classified, deficiency,
vessel

V X uses of Y: David Copperfield


13 uses of 'take' – takes, taken someone
into (your) care, takes the opportunity,
take (someone) off to, take refuge, takes
pity on, takes an instant dislike to,
seems/is taken with, taken advantage of,
takes up, take off, take a turn for the
worse, take care of

Unit 17

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Advanced learner mistakes Women and alcohol – out-drinking, wine Workshop
o’clock, knocking back, boozer Plosives - /d/ /b/ /t/ /p/ /k/ and /g/
R Grammar reference
Advanced learner mistakes – word order in V Lingohack
Wh- clauses Heathrow airport expansion approved;
time with parents can improve children's
autism; dogs are trained as lifeguards –
given the green light, severity, charity

V X uses of Y: Orpheus and Eurydice


13 uses of 'long' – all day long, long,
before long, last long, a long way off, take
long, long gone, as long as I live, no
longer, a long shot, at long last, so long
as, longed

Unit 18

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


More advanced learners mistakes – go, The fight against cyber crime – strike Workshop
come, take, bring back, vow, malicious, cyber, shore up Pronunciation of 'the'

R Grammar reference V Lingohack


More advanced learner mistakes Nepal drains dangerous Everest lake;
promising signs for new male
contraceptive; new home for thousands
of baby turtles – airlifted, side effects,
released

V X uses of Y: Jamaica Inn


10 uses of 'stay' – stay, stay out of his
way, stay on, stay over, stays up, stay
away from, stay put, stay out of trouble,
stay together

Unit 19

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Formal and informal English Trump vs Clinton: US election day – polls, Workshop
ballot, pitch Linking /j/
R Grammar reference
Formal and informal English V Lingohack
Trump beats Clinton to take White House;
India's cinema for the homeless; poetry in
a box – storm, shattering the dreams,
makeshift, inspired

V X uses of Y: The Princess and the


Pea
9 uses of 'sleep' – loses sleep over
something, sleeps through it, sleep,
sleeping like a baby, get some sleep, falls
asleep, didn’t sleep a wink, sleep on it

Unit 20

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Subject-verb agreement 1 A new world record for the world – Workshop
sweltering/sizzling/scorching, on Pronunciation of ‘been’
R Grammar reference course/on track/on pace, make tracks,
Subject-verb agreement 1 – singular and lose track, go off the beaten track
plurals, no plural, no singular
V Lingohack
India withdraws rupee notes; molecules
on your phone reveal your lifestyle; robot
sets new Rubik's Cube record – evade
tax, traces, solving

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V X uses of Y: Moby Dick
9 uses of 'see' – see, you see, see how,
wait and see, see sense, sees red, see
eye to eye

Unit 21

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Subject-verb agreement 2 The end of a partnership – pull the plug Workshop
on something, scrap/ditch/dump, Assimilation of /s/
R Grammar reference renounce, a (bath/sink) plug, a plug
Subject-verb agreement 2 – collective nouns,
quantities, amounts, indefinite nouns V Lingohack
Tracing the origin of Islamic State group's
weapons; making UK health tourism pay;
building the world's biggest wind farm – a
murky world, fell into the hands of, falling
well short of, boom

V X uses of Y: The Vampyre


9 uses of 'keep' – keep away from, keep,
keeps him company, keep his eyes open,
keep (something) a secret, keep his
word, a kept woman, keep (something) to
himself

Unit 22

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Subject-verb agreement 3 Uluru rescue – designated, indigenous, Workshop
sacred Pronunciation of ‘from’
R Grammar reference
Subject-verb agreement 3 – and, or, neither, V Lingohack
nor, separated subjects and verbs, singular or Football fans hold vigil for team; worst
plural verb with a cleft sentence destruction ever for Great Barrier Reef;
mission to clean space – mourning,
cathartic release, prognosis, advance

V X uses of Y: 20,000 Leagues Under


the Sea
10 uses of 'get' – getting out of hand, get,
gets underway, get to, get away, get
worse, get off, get through, getting up to
(something)

Unit 23

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Uses of 'wish' Tackling online extremism – fingerprint, Workshop
team up, pledge Gemination of /t/
R Grammar reference
5 uses of 'wish' V Lingohack
Caesarian births 'affecting human
evolution'; UK ranked 15th for school
science education; researchers to
uncover secret life of seals – in labour,
keeping up, up close

V X uses of Y: The Adventures of


Huckleberry Finn
9 uses of 'come' – come into, coming
across as, comes, comes up with, come
with, come to the rescue, yet to come,
comes to light, come naturally

Unit 24

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


How to soften your English Methane threatens global warming efforts Workshop
– surge, undermining, spiked Assimilation of /d/ and /j/
R Grammar reference
Being polite: how to soften your English V Lingohack
Yemen at 'breaking point'; bus for the
homeless; city living for bees – a
testament, lived rough, sanctuaries,
urban oasis

V X uses of Y: Rumplestiltskin
8 uses of 'cry' – a far cry from, cry, a
shoulder to cry on, cries, cry your eyes
out, crying out for, for crying out loud,
crying out

Unit 25

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Inversion 1: after negative or limiting adverbs The animals protecting Britain’s Workshop
Christmas dinners – standing guard, Assimilation of /d/ to /b/
R Grammar reference keeping watch, brainchild
Inversion 1
V Lingohack
Beijing's 'giant toxic cloud'; Iceland's
volcanic powers; a 'virtual wife' for lonely
man – cabin feverish (to have cabin
fever), harness, holographic, companion

V X uses of Y: Cinderella
12 uses of 'go' – go shopping, go
downhill, it goes without saying, go to, go
into detail, goes by, to go, go without,
touch and go, give it a go, goes, go with
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Unit 26

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Inversion 2 Vinyl records make a comeback – Workshop
tangible, embraced, record high, turning Contracted 'have'
R Grammar reference the tables
Inversion 2 – reduced conditionals, adverbs of
place or movement, consequences of an V Lingohack
adjective UK develops app with advice on terror
attacks; charity offers surplus food to
homeless; steepest street into tourist
attraction – mock-up, social isolation,
daredevils

V X uses of Y: The North Wind and the


Sun
10 uses of 'catch' – catching, catch my
breath, caught off guard, catches sight of,
catch hold of, catch his death, catch up,
catch, caught out

Unit 27

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Discourse markers 2 The World Cup expands – the bulk of, Workshop
facelift, set to Elision of /h/
R Grammar reference
Discourse markers 2 – to tell you the truth, I V Lingohack
mean, you see, in other words, at the end of Denmark's drug-taking rooms for addicts;
the day, I know, so to speak dementia rates higher near busy roads,
says study; meet the baby red pandas at
a US zoo – seedy, urban areas, cubs

V X uses of Y: King Midas


7 uses of 'touch' – touch and go, a touch,
touched, touches, a nice touch, gets in
touch, sense of touch

Unit 28

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Question tags Democrats to skip Trump inauguration – Workshop
boycott, legitimate, swell Assimilation of /t/ followed by /k/
R Grammar reference
Question tags V Lingohack
Rising knife crime in UK; giraffes facing
'silent extinction'; meet one of Spain's
four female bullfighters

V X uses of Y: Emma
8 uses of 'right' – right, in her own right,
right through, has no right, do the right
thing, right away

Unit 29

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Participle clauses Can toast cause cancer? – over-, Workshop
potential, browned off Assimilation of /t/ followed by /j/
R Grammar reference
Participle clauses V Lingohack
Help for UK babies; tempting bird-
watchers to Uganda; the secret to Dutch
children’s happiness – premature,
wholesome, obesity

V X uses of Y: The Island of Dr. Moreau


8 uses of 'with' – travelling with, with, with
bated breath, live with, with his bare
hands, with the aid of

Unit 30

V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's Pronunciation


Aspect Trump dismisses US attorney general Workshop
over immigration ban – sack/fire, defying, Summary
R Grammar reference betrayal
Aspect – simple, continuous, perfect
V Lingohack
British MPs to investigate 'fake news';
more babies than expected affected by
Zika virus; unusual job vacancy in Austria
– outrageous, looking into, hermit

V X uses of Y: Macbeth
12 uses of 'out' – out, set out, out of, out
of his mind, get out, find out, sets out,
gives out, left out

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