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Syllabus: Lower Intermediate

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Lower Intermediate Course – A=activity, L=listening, R=reading, V=video

Grammar Vocabulary News and Drama
Unit 1 – Nice to meet you!
L Question forms L Suffixes L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Tipping
L The Race – Episode 1
R Keith Wallace, travel journalist V Ways to say hello Asking questions and giving
Question forms practice information
R Formal and informal writing
R Questions forms
Grammar reference
Unit 2 – What to wear
L Present simple and present L Adjectives and adverbs L News Report
continuous 6 Minute Vocabulary How fashionable is business?
6 Minute Grammar
V Smart or scruffy? L The Race – Episode 2
V Tom Ford, fashion designer Describing your clothes Present simple and present
Using present simple and present continuous
continuous

R Present simple and present

continuous
Grammar reference
Unit 3 – Like this, like that
L 'Like' as a verb and preposition
6 Minute Grammar
L London voxpops
What's it like where you live?
R 'Like'
Grammar reference
Unit 4 – The daily grind
L Adverbs of Frequency
6 Minute Grammar
L London voxpops
Commuting and adverbs of frequency
R Adverbs of frequency
Grammar Reference
Unit 5 – Christmas every day
L 'Have to' and 'must'
6 Minute Grammar
L 'Have to' and 'must'
Future and past usage
L Jagtar's interview
Language practice
R 'Have to' and 'must'
L Prefixes
6 Minute Vocabulary
V Do you like cats?
Vocabulary to describe cats
L Nick Grimshaw, DJ
Using 'like' as a filler word
L Chunks of language
6 Minute Vocabulary
L Travel vocabulary
L Pronunciation
Two ways to say 'often'
L Binomials
6 Minute Vocabulary
L Informal English
'Have got to' versus 'have to'
L News Report
How dangerous are cats?
L The Race – Episode 3
Using the word 'like'
L News Report
Extreme commuting
L The Race – Episode 4
Adverbs of frequency
L News Report
Christmas dinner
L The Race – Episode 5
'Have to' and 'must'

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 Grammar reference
V Pronunciation
Silent letters
Unit 6 – Great achievers
L Past Simple L -ing and –ed adjectives L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Is Ronaldo the perfect player?
L The Race – Episode 6
L Rob and the triathlon L The pub quiz Using the past simple
Learn the past simple Using the past simple

A Danny Murphy, footballer V Pronunciation

Past simple questions & negatives Past simple endings

R Past Simple
Grammar reference
Unit 7 – The Titanic
L Past simple and continuous L Lexical sets L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Happy and sad jobs
L The Race – Episode 7
V Eva's story R Titanic vocabulary Past simple and continuous
Past simple and continuous
V Eva's animated story
R Learn the language Titanic survivor
Past simple and continuous
R Karen's letter
A Past simple and continuous Titanic survivor
Quiz
L Gus's audio story
R Past simple and continuous Titanic survivor
Grammar reference

Unit 8 - Travel
L Articles L Compound adjectives L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary The island at the end of the earth

L Learn the language L Holiday vocabulary L The Race – Episode 8

Articles Articles
V Pronunciation
A When to use 'the' Articles in spoken English

L When to use the zero article V Talking about your city

St Petersburg
R Articles
Grammar reference
Unit 9 – The big wedding
L 'Going to' and present continuous L Word stress L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary A wedding on a budget

A Past, present or future? R Wedding vocabulary L The Race – Episode 9

Wedding stories 'Going to' and present continuous
L Pronunciation to talk about the future
A 'Going to' and the present 'Gonna'
continuous
Planning a wedding V Is that rain?
R 'Going to' and present continuous to Different ways to talk about the
talk about the future future
Grammar reference
Language for making plans
Unit 10 – Sunny’s job hunt

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 L Verb patterns L Job Suffixes L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Girl power in Ghana's schools
L The Race – Episode 10
R When to use the gerund and when R Sunny's mistakes Verb patterns
the infinitive after a verb Writing a covering letter

R Verb patterns L Craig, BBC HR Manager

Grammar reference Interview advice
Unit 11 – The bucket list
L Present Perfect L Contractions L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Swiss children used as slave
labour
L Londoners' experiences A Life experiences L Frankenstein – Episode 1
Past participles and the present perfect Collocations Present perfect with 'never' and
R Susan Boyle's present perfect 'ever'
A Asking questions life
Present perfect questions
V Pronunciation
R Present perfect Present perfect
Grammar reference
Unit 12 – Moving and immigration
L Present perfect with 'for' and 'since' L Adjective order L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Mushrooms are the business for
Burmese migrant
R Present perfect reminder L Sourena, broadcast journalist L Frankenstein – Episode 2
Changing jobs Present perfect with 'for' and
R Present perfect with 'for' and 'since' 'since'
Grammar reference L How long have you lived here?
Students speak about the UK
Unit 13 – Welcome to BBC Broadcasting House
L Comparatives and superlatives L Similar words L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Minecraft player builds virtual
city
R Newest, largest and bigger R Find out about the BBC
Comparatives and superlatives explained Superlatives and comparatives L Frankenstein – Episode 3
activity Present perfect with 'yet', 'just'
R Much and more V The BBC and 'already'
More about comparatives A superlative guide

R Comparing nouns L Describing change in your

neighbourhood
R Comparatives and superlatives
Grammar reference
Unit 14 – New Year, New Project
L 'Just', 'already' and 'yet' with the L Compound nouns L News Report
present perfect tense 6 Minute Vocabulary Too many graduates, not enough
6 Minute Grammar jobs
V New Year's resolutions
R 'Just' and 'already' L Frankenstein – Episode 4
The rules A A vegetarian breakfast? Comparatives and superlatives
Present perfect with 'yet', 'just' and
A 'Yet' 'already' practice
More rules
L 'Just', 'yet' and 'already' in
R 'Just', 'already' and 'yet' with the business
present perfect tense Business vocabulary
Grammar reference
L The Sagrada Familia
A listening activity

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Unit 15 – From Handel to Hendrix
L Defining relative clauses L Homophones L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary The Taj Mahal in your living
room
R Handel and Hendrix V Famous London
Getting a handle on relative clauses Descriptions with relative clauses L Frankenstein – Episode 5
Relative clauses
R Which, where or that A What does … mean?
A useful question
R Relative clauses L The Handel House Museum
A structure A listening activity
R Defining relative clauses
Grammar reference
Unit 16 – What’s the weather like?
L May, might and could L Weather words L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Entrepreneurial spark

R The weather supercomputer A Welcome to the weather L Frankenstein – Episode 6

Understanding might, may and could Weather vocabulary and symbols 'May', 'might' and 'could'

R Predicting the weather V A weather forecast

Using will and might Understanding a weather forecast?

R May, might and could for possibility V Climate change

Grammar reference Cause and effect relationships

R Climate change
Is the risk from extreme weather set
to rise?

L Meet a weather presenter

Using 'could' and 'couldn't

L Britain's great storm

Unit 17 – The Digital Revolution
L Used to L New words L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Experimental schools of the
1970s
R Talking about change V Modern technology is great?
A guide to used to selfie, photobomb and trolling L Frankenstein – Episode 7
Used to
R Used to and the past simple L Modern technology – the
What's the difference? debate
old-school, bizarre, video call …
V Used to or use to?
R Robot trucks do the jobs
R Used to Mining and tech vocabulary
Grammar reference
L Christine's life
Using 'used to'
Unit 18 – A detective story
L Subject questions L Male and female job words L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Murder mystery

A Inspector Stone's case notes (Ep 1) V Inspector Stone Episode 1 L Frankenstein – Episode 8
Possessive 's' and subject questions Wedding vocabulary Subject questions

R Gathering the evidence V Inspector Stone Episode 2

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 Forming subject questions
R The Inspector finds a notebook
Word order
R 'Whose' or 'who's'?
L Inspector Stone's case notes
Intonation and question tags
R Subject-object questions
Grammar reference
Unit 19 – A place to live
L 'Too', 'very', 'enough'
6 Minute Grammar
A Modifying adjectives with 'too',
'very' and 'enough'
R 'Too much', 'too many', 'enough',
'not enough', 'very'
Grammar reference
Unit 20 – The Cult of Celebrity
L Tenses
6 Minute Grammar – present simple,
present continuous, past simple, present
perfect, going to, present continuous
with future meaning
V Daisy's audition
Present simple, present continuous, past Fame vocabulary
simple, present perfect
V Living in The Box
Present simple, present continuous, past
simple, present perfect
R Mixed tenses
Grammar reference
Unit 21 – Welcome to your new job
L Indirect questions
6 Minute Grammar
R Indirect questions
R Indirect questions
Grammar reference
Listening for specific information
More on subject questions
V Inspector Stone Episode 3
Practising the past simple negative
R The mother of the bride
Find the past simple negative
mistakes
V Inspector Stone Episode 4
Intonation and solving the crime
L Strong adjectives L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary School shortage
L Frankenstein – Episode 9
V Goldilocks and the three bears 'Too much', 'too many', 'enough',
'Too', 'very' and 'enough' 'not enough', 'very'
R London’s housing crisis
Housing vocabulary
V 'ough' words
Pronunciation tips for words like
‘enough’
L 'Too', 'very' and 'enough'
Using these words to say what’s
wrong
L –ic and –ical adjectives L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary Robin Williams honoured
L Frankenstein – Episode 10
V Life after The Box Past simple, present simple,
Talking about plans for the future present perfect, present
continuous, 'going to' future
R Daisy goes global
R A disease called fame
Fame vocabulary
L Multi-word verbs L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary Work after sport
L Alice in Wonderland – Part 1
V Going Up: Amith's First Day Indirect questions
Polite language
R Indirect questions with 'if' and
'whether'
L 'I wonder if you could help me'
Listening to phone messages
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Unit 22 – Beyond the planets
L Present and past passives
6 Minute Grammar
R The passive voice
R Present and past passives
Grammar reference
Unit 23 – Great expectations!
L First conditional
6 Minute Grammar
L Advice for new mums
Using the first conditional
R First conditional
Grammar reference
Unit 24 – Eco-tourism
L The second conditional
6 Minute Grammar
L Would the world be better if…
Second conditionals
R Second conditional
Grammar reference
Unit 25 – Moving house
L State verbs
6 Minute Grammar
A State verbs: 'love' and 'hate'
R State verbs and action verbs
Grammar reference
Unit 26 – It must be love
L Present perfect and past simple
6 Minute Grammar
R Present perfect and past simple
Grammar reference
R French cafe causes a stir
Read an article about a French cafe
L Onomatopoeia L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary Comets
L Alice in Wonderland – Part 2
L NASA's last shuttle flight Present and past simple passives
Space vocabulary
R Is there hope for the future?
Stories about the future
L Silent letters L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary Dads attending births
L Alice in Wonderland – Part 3
L Baby talk The first conditional
Idioms relating to having a baby
L Parents-to-be
'If' + present simple + will
R Different countries, different
systems
Reading about healthcare and
pregnancy
L Re- pre- and pro- L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary
If cars could run themselves
R Would you go to Antarctica?
Eco-tourism vocabulary L Alice in Wonderland – Part 4
The second conditional
L My dream holiday
Talking about dream destinations
L Phrasal verbs and context L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary Sharing accommodation
L Alice in Wonderland – Part 5
R Finding somewhere to live State verbs
Vocabulary relating to living
together
L Getting along with your
housemates
Talking about living together
R How can you avoid choosing a
terrible flatmate?
Talking about the problems of
living together
L Spelling words that begin L News Report
with /s/ Breaking News
6 Minute Vocabulary L Alice in Wonderland – Part 6
Present perfect and past simple
L She’s the one
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 Talking about relationships

R The man who robbed a bank

for love
Unit 27 – Job hunting success… and failure
L Question tags L Business jargon L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Job interviews
L Alice in Wonderland – Part 7
A Making questions in English R The ideal candidate Question tags
Vocabulary of job adverts
A Find the correct question tags
R The dos and don'ts of job
R Question tags interviews
Grammar reference Vocabulary relating to job interview
processes
Unit 28 – Speeding into the future
L 'Will', 'going to', 'might' and 'be L British and American English L News Report
likely to' 6 Minute Vocabulary The future of travel
6 Minute Grammar L Alice in Wonderland – Part 8
R Too much tech? 'Will', 'going to', 'might'
R Predicting the future Vocabulary relating to digital
'Will', 'going to', 'be likely to' and 'might' technology

R 'Will', 'going to', 'be likely to', R Do we need to rescue our kids
'might' from the digital world?
Grammar reference Vocabulary relating to use of digital
technology
Unit 29 – Lost arts
L 'Used to' and 'would' L Pronouncing verbs and nouns L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Health stories
R 'Used to' and 'would' L Alice in Wonderland – Part 9
Grammar reference L The Knowledge 'Used to' and 'would'
'Used to' and 'would' in context

R How to plant the perfect tree

Suggestions, instructions and
advice
Unit 30 – Tales of survival
L 'Can', 'could', 'be able to', 'manage' L Words with double letters L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Surviving the tsunami
L Alice in Wonderland – Part
R Turning tragedy into triumph R Surviving in tough times 10
'Can', 'could', 'be able to' and 'manage to' Talking about ability Expressions of ability in the past
in context and present
R After Typhoon Haiyan
R Present and past modals of ability Vocabulary relating to natural
Grammar reference disasters

L Meet Jackie
Broadcasting in and about disaster
zones
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