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Week: Topic: Grammar: Vocabulary: Social English Themes:
1. Introductions verb to be – positive, negative & question greetings and introductions writing a postcard
forms
personal information focus on study skills
possessive pronouns: my, your
alphabet – upper and lower cases reading and listening to English every
polite function words: yes please, no thanks day – newspapers, magazines, internet,
alphabetical order tv, radio, etc
articles
numbers 1-30
this / that these / those
everyday objects

classroom words (meta-language) &

objects

2. My friends and present simple tense family and friends introducing people
my family
question forms, e.g. can I have...? describing people meeting people you don’t know

yes / no questions jobs using a calendar

wh- questions daily routines looking for a job

me, you, him, her – object pronouns days, months and seasons

punctuation marks simple common verbs

2nd week using a dictionary

review trip to a local museum

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3. Out and about telling the time: it's ... countries, nationalities & languages asking “What’s the time?”

there is / there are numbers 31-200 taking your driving test

I would like... phone numbers buying a bus / train ticket

can, can't ask about travel plans booking a flight online

prepositions of time transport informal conversations

giving and asking for directions going on holiday

booking a hotel

telling the time

time phrases

4. Let’s stay in parts of a sentence home and garden reading a utility bill

word order in sentence building different types of accommodation
possessive pronouns: his, her, its, our, their furniture
would you like...? ordinal numbers 1st-10th
simple conjunctions
writing a cheque / other payment
methods
looking for a place to live
home shopping – using the internet and
catalogues

possessions writing a short email

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5. Get active like + (verb)-ing / neg. / question form hobbies, sports and activities deciding how to spend the weekend

(not) very / quite + adjectives activity gerunds: cooking, cycling, etc at the swimming pool / gym

mid-course adverbs of frequency adjectives & opposites

review / test
frequency words: once, twice, every... etc.
individual
tutorials evening trip to a concert or exhibition

6. Hit the shops! have you got? / I have got / She hasn’t got... going shopping returning items to a shop
etc.
places in a town at the cinema
some / any
everyday signs and notices in a café / restaurant
prepositions of place
food and drink
how many? / how much?
money
do / does...? Questions with auxiliary verbs
buying food
singular / plural nouns
trip to a nearby town / place of
countable / uncountable nouns interest

7. I feel terrible! past simple – was, were health registering with a doctor

there was / were parts of the body registering with the job centre / council
tax office
past simple – be, go, do, have more common verbs
attending appointments and interviews

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past simple – regular / irregular feelings and emotions
at the doctor’s / dentist’s / hospital
completing simple forms

8. Special present continuous the weather different cultures celebrate in different

occasions ways!
present simple or continuous? making plans for a celebration
planning a party
comparative adjectives + than order in a restaurant
at the party
adverbs: slowly, quickly, etc. more adjectives
finding out what the weather will be like
future plans with "going to" accepting / declining invitations
comparing various options
revision of previous topics – recapping and comparative and superlative adjectives
consolidation
develop vocabulary building skills

dates with ordinal numbers

clothes

colours

9. Future plans future plans with "will" hopes and fears for the future future learning options

future plans with "want to" short and long term goals keeping a diary

intensifiers – too... / really... / completely... planning education goals

etc. maybe / I think so / I hope so

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revision of previous topics – recapping and
consolidation
end of course party – organised by
the students

10. Revision week practice papers

practice listening tests

individual tutorials

revision of previous topics – recapping and consolidation

mock exam/s

exam/s

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