Pre-Intermediate Power 60, Course B
A follow-up course for Pre-Intermediate Power 60, Course A(A2) Pre-intermediate, Code: 21283
Exercises: 243 / 60 Hours
Introduction
Pre-Intermediate Power 60 Course B is an online course, consisting of 50 units of English, and providing approximately 60 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 simple verb + preposition combinations, spelling, 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 400 lexical items, including common nouns, verbs and adjectives, and simple 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 and simple stories.
Unit summary
| Module | Unit focus | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Entry test | A 50-question test which will be used for comparative purposes with the end of course exit test. | |
| Module 1 | Vocabulary | Things in the bathroom |
| Grammar | Simple Past questions | |
| Reading | My life through music | |
| Listening | Sunbathing | |
| Phrasal verbs 3 | Practice in common verb + prepositions combinations (non-idiomatic) | |
| Vocabulary | Things in the bedroom | |
| Grammar | Comparatives and superlatives | |
| Speaking | Personal information | |
| Spelling 6 | Practice in spelling common words | |
| Revision | Material from module 1 | |
| Module 2 | Vocabulary | Things in the kitchen |
| Grammar | Irregular Verbs | |
| Reading | The burglary | |
| Listening | The Living Room | |
| Wordbuilding 4 | Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs | |
| Vocabulary | Transport | |
| Grammar | Will and Going to - prediction | |
| Writing | Writing a postcard 2 | |
| Spelling 7 | Practice in spelling common words | |
| Revision | Material from module 2 | |
| Module 3 | Vocabulary | The family and relations |
| Grammar | Will and Going to - intention | |
| Reading | Glastonbury | |
| Listening | Mexico City | |
| Phrasal verbs 4 | Practice in common verb + prepositions combinations (non-idiomatic) | |
| Vocabulary | Confusing words | |
| Grammar | Word Order | |
| Speaking | Personal Information questions | |
| Spelling 8 | Practice in spelling common words | |
| Revision | Material from module 3 | |
| Module 4 | Vocabulary | Containers |
| Grammar | Conjunctions and connectors | |
| Reading | Going abroad for the first time | |
| Listening | Paranormal activity | |
| Wordbuilding 5 | Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs | |
| Vocabulary | Parts of the house | |
| Grammar | Present Perfect Simple - Past experience | |
| Writing | Writing a story | |
| Spelling 9 | Practice in spelling common words | |
| Revision | Material from module 4 | |
| Module 5 | Vocabulary | Shapes and dimensions |
| Grammar | Verb Patterns | |
| Reading | The cinema | |
| Listening | Studying at university | |
| Phrasal verbs 5 | Practice in common verb + prepositions combinations (non-idiomatic) | |
| Vocabulary | Numbers | |
| Grammar | Countable and Uncountable nouns | |
| Speaking | Reading Aloud 1 | |
| Spelling 10 | Practice in spelling common words | |
| Revision | Material from module 5 | |
| 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.