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PROFICIENCY
DISTANCE PROGRAM
Level VII – VIII

Lic. Luis Vásconez

EFL Professor
TUTOR
Graded activities
• Forum: Introductory video 2(points)
• Interactive activity 1 (8 points)
• Interactive activity 2 (10 points)
• Online study guide 1 (20 points)
• In-site mid term exam (20 points)
• Interactive activity 3 (10 points)
• Interactive activity 4 (10 points)
• Online study guide 2 (20 points)
• Final in-site exam (20 points)
Unit 1
KEY VOCABULARY
boss – line manager
parents – parents in law
acquaintance – stranger
passenger – passer by
colleague – team-mate
couple – partner
close friend – best friend
flat mate – classmate
Phrasal verbs
ask out.- Jack asked her friend out to the cinema on Friday.

get on.- Karen and Dianne don’t get on.

• meet up.- I met up with a few friends yesterday.

• run into.- I ran into her in the street.

• split up.- She split up with her boyfriend.

• turn up.- Fred turned up late again.

 Auxiliary verbs
• To form some tenses:
Be: They’re working in this moment.
Have: Have you ever been in Europe?
• To form the negative:
She doesn’t remember him.
• In yes no questions and short answers
Did Mark do his homework?
Yes, he did.
• In object questions.
What did you do?
Note: in subject questions we do not use a pronuon or do, does, did.
• In tag questions
You worked yesterday, didn’t you?
• To add emphasis to the main verb
My friend did hand in his project yesterday.
 Past participles
• The past participles of regular verbs is made by adding –ed
• There are also many irregular past participles eaten, seen,
taken, (see page 168)
Uses:
• Present perfect and past perfect:
I’ve travelled to U.S.A once.
• Passive voice: A letter was sent to the president.
• As adjectives: She is interested in cars.
• Have sth done: I had my hair cut.
 Unit 2
Collocations:

• Take medicine
• Feel/be an appointment
• Take someone’s side effects
• Make a prescription
• Write ill/well/sick
• Treat an illness/ symptoms
• Have temperature
Present