Tuesday,

5 October 2021
Cambridge English: Proficiency
CPE Preparation Course Programme 2021–2022



To the student:
This programme is intended to provide you with a study programme that will cover all you should know to take the Proficiency exam in
June 2022.
The programme may be modified as necessary according to the needs of the class.
However, the general plan should be clear and you should be able to keep up with the work of the class even if you miss a lesson.




Textbooks
• Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency, by Richard Side & Guy Wellman, published by Longman.
ISBN 9780582518216

• Proficiency Testbuilder (4th edition, revised for the 2013 exam) (with key), by Mark Harrison, published by Macmillan
ISBN 9780230436923


I can provide the books in pdf. format.



Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any queries or problems: doherty@cli.unipi.it or call: 347 8243880


Wendy Doherty







First Module Programme
2021 G&V Grammar G&V Vocabulary New Proficiency Testbuilder Homework
Tues 5 Oct One: Problem Tenses, p.16 1/5 Stative verbs Test 1: Use of English, p. 8 • Present Perfect exercises p.19
1 Present Perfect • Test 1: Reading part 7, p. 22-23
Thur 7 Oct 2 Other perfect forms Test 1: Reading part 5, p. 14-19
Tues 12 Oct 3 Continuous forms 1/6 Collocation Test 1: Reading part 7, p. 22-23 • Exam practice 1, p.30-31

Thur 14 Oct 4 The Future Test 1: Writing, p. 24
Tues 19 Oct Two: Passives, p.32 2/6 The grammar of Speaking practice, p. 36 + 132 • Test 1: Writing, p. 28 (no. 3)
1 Agents and objects phrasal verbs
Thur 21 Oct 2 Infinitives and –ing form passives Speaking practice, p. 37
Tues 26 Oct 3 Get and have 2/5 Verbs commonly Test 1: Listening, p. 29-35 • Test 2: Reading part 5. p. 46-48
used in the passive • Test 2: Writing, p. 57
Thur 28 Oct 4 Transitive to intransitive • Exam practice 2, p.46-47
Tues 9 Nov Three: Modal Verbs 1, p.48 3/5 Obligations Test 2: Reading part 6, p. 49-54 • Exam practice 3, p. 60-61
1 The future: predicting • 3/4 Possibility, probability,
Thur 11 Nov 2 Present/past: true, untrue, possible certainty (G&V p. 56-57)
3 Necessity, duty advice
Tues 16 Nov Four: Modal Verbs 2, p.62 4/4 Frequency Test 2: Use of English, p. 41-45 • Exam practice 4, p. 78-79
1 Intention, willingness, etc.
Thur 18 Nov 2 Ability, permission Test 2: Listening, p. 64-65
3 Special uses of should
Tues 23 Nov Five: Subjunctives & Unreal Past, p.80 4/5 Ability, quality and Vocabulary describing feelings, p. 72 Test 2: Writing, p. 58 (no. 2)
1 Subjunctives and Unreal past achievement Speaking practice, p. 70 + 133-134
Thur 25 Nov 2 Real conditionals Test 2: Listening, p. 68-69
Tues 30 Nov 3 Unreal conditionals 5/5 Prefixes Test 2: Reading, p. 55-56

Tues 7 Dec 4 Unreal past conditionals 5/6 Suffixes Vocabulary of conflict & cooperation, p. 73 • Exam practice 5, p. 94-95
• Progress test 1, p. 96-99
Thur 9 Dec Speaking practice, p. 71-73