Pre-intermediate power 120
A mixed-skills course of 120 hours for students with a Placement test score of 46-56(A2) Pre-intermediate, Code: 5494
Exercises: 458 / 120 Hours
Introduction
Pre-intermediate Power is an online course, consisting of 100 units of English, and providing approximately 120 hours of study for students.
Course aims
To take students from Pre-Intermediate, CEFR A2 up to B1. The course blends grammatical structures necessary for this level, with vocabulary, including verb + preposition combinations, spelling, phrasal verbs, reading, listening, writing and speaking.
Grammar
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- form sentences in the present, past and future, in the affirmative, negative and interrogative forms. Students will be able to use continuous forms to talk about the present. They will be able to form tenses with regular and irregular verbs.
- form sentences using the present perfect to talk about past experience.
- talk about quantity using some and any, and much, many and a lot of with countable and uncountable nouns
- use modal verb forms to talk about such functions as ability, possibility, certainty, and mild and strong obligation
- connect sentences using a range of conjunctions and other connecting words
- identify transitive and intransitive verbs forms, and be accurate when following one verb form with another, which will be in the gerund or infinitive form
- use articles correctly
- use the correct word order to form affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences
Vocabulary
By the end of the course students will have learnt approximately 800 lexical items, including nouns, verbs and adjectives, commonly used phrasal verbs and lexical sets.
Skills
By the end of the course students will have had exposure to and practice in reading and hearing about everyday routines, biographies, countries and cities, TV and films, descritions, stories and opinions.
Unit summary
| Module | Unit focus | Notes |
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Entry test |
A 50-question test which will be used for comparative purposes with the end of course exit test. |
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Module 1 |
Vocabulary |
Adjectives of character |
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Grammar |
Articles |
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Reading |
A conversation about shopping |
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Listening |
My car |
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Wordbuilding 1 |
Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs |
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Vocabulary |
Adjectives of mood |
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Grammar |
Possessive pronouns |
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Writing |
Describing a person's character |
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Spelling 1 |
Practice in spelling common words |
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Revision |
Material from module 1 |
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Module 2 |
Vocabulary |
Food and drink |
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Grammar |
Possessive genitive |
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Reading |
Friday night |
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Listening |
Chess |
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Phrasal verbs 1 |
Practice in common verb + prepositions combinations (non-idiomatic) |
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Vocabulary |
Fruit and vegetables |
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Grammar |
Must and Should |
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Speaking |
Let's talk about it |
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Spelling 2 |
Practice in spelling common words |
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Revision |
Material from module 2 |
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Module 3 |
Vocabulary |
Animals |
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Grammar |
Some or Any? |
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Reading |
The dentist |
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Listening |
Africa |
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Wordbuilding 2 |
Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs |
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Vocabulary |
Physical appearance |
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Grammar |
May and Might |
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Writing |
Describing a place |
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Spelling 3 |
Practice in spelling common words |
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Revision |
Material from module 3 |
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Module 4 |
Vocabulary |
Shops |
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Grammar |
Can and Could |
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Reading |
The news |
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Listening |
An Oxford street |
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Phrasal verbs 2 |
Practice in common verb + prepositions combinations (non-idiomatic) |
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Vocabulary |
Sports |
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Grammar |
Much, Many or A lot of? |
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Speaking |
Likes and dislikes |
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Spelling 4 |
Practice in spelling common words |
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Revision |
Material from module 4 |
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Module 5 |
Vocabulary |
Parts of the body |
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Grammar |
Adverbs of manner |
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Reading |
Australia |
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Listening |
Summer School |
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Wordbuilding 3 |
Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs |
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Vocabulary |
Clothes |
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Grammar |
Dependent Prepositions |
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Writing |
Describing what someone is like 2 |
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Spelling 5 |
Practice in spelling common words |
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Revision |
Material from module 5 |
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Module 6 |
Vocabulary |
Things in the bathroom |
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Grammar |
Simple Past questions |
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Reading |
My life through music |
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Listening |
Sunbathing |
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Phrasal verbs 3 |
Practice in common verb + prepositions combinations (non-idiomatic) |
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Vocabulary |
Things in the bedroom |
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Grammar |
Comparatives and superlatives |
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Speaking |
Personal information |
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Spelling 6 |
Practice in spelling common words |
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Revision |
Material from module 6 |
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Module 7 |
Vocabulary |
Things in the kitchen |
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Grammar |
Irregular Verbs |
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Reading |
The burglary |
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Listening |
The Living Room |
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Wordbuilding 4 |
Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs |
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Vocabulary |
Transport |
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Grammar |
Will and Going to - prediction |
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Writing |
Writing a postcard 2 |
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Spelling 7 |
Practice in spelling common words |
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Revision |
Material from module 7 |
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Module 8 |
Vocabulary |
The family and relations |
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Grammar |
Will and Going to - intention |
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Reading |
Glastonbury |
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Listening |
Mexico City |
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Phrasal verbs 4 |
Practice in common verb + prepositions combinations (non-idiomatic) |
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Vocabulary |
Confusing words |
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Grammar |
Word Order |
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Speaking |
Personal Information questions |
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Spelling 8 |
Practice in spelling common words |
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Revision |
Material from module 8 |
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Module 9 |
Vocabulary |
Containers |
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Grammar |
Conjunctions and connectors |
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Reading |
Going abroad for the first time |
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Listening |
Paranormal activity |
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Wordbuilding 5 |
Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs |
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Vocabulary |
Parts of the house |
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Grammar |
Present Perfect Simple - Past experience |
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Writing |
Writing a story |
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Spelling 9 |
Practice in spelling common words |
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Revision |
Material from module 9 |
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Module 10 |
Vocabulary |
Shapes and dimensions |
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Grammar |
Verb Patterns |
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Reading |
The cinema |
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Listening |
Studying at university |
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Phrasal verbs 5 |
Practice in common verb + prepositions combinations (non-idiomatic) |
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Vocabulary |
Numbers |
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Grammar |
Countable and Uncountable nouns |
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Speaking |
Reading Aloud 1 |
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Spelling 10 |
Practice in spelling common words |
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Revision |
Material from module 10 |
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Exit test |
A 50-question test which covers the same areas as the entry test, thereby giving students an accurate measure of their progress through the course. |
Follow-up
Students completing the Pre-intermediate Power course should feel confident in tackling any intermediate course, including our Intermediate Power course.