This level is designed for learners who have a high degree of understanding of known vocabulary and grammar.  They are able to communicate effectively in new situations, holding discussions on areas that they are not always familiar with.   They are able to read unfamiliar text and have developed effective reading strategies.

Language focus

• Review of verb forms
• Use of auxiliaries
• Forming nouns and gerunds
• Forming adjectives
• Verbs forms in the narrative
• Continuous aspect in other tenses
• The passive
• ‘Have’. Get something done
• Perfect tenses in the pass, present and future
• More about the present perfect and continuous
• Use and non-use of articles
• Different ways of giving emphasis
• Relative clauses
• Quantifiers
• Gerund and infinitive
• Different infinitive and gerund forms
• Modals and related verbs
• Past modals
• Review of future forms
• Future continuous and future perfect
• Hypothetical situations in the present
• Hypothetical situations in the past
• Reporting people’s exact words
• Verbs that summarise what people say

Vocabulary focus

• Past and present time phrases
• ‘Get’ and ‘life’
• Mishaps, qualities of mind
• Verb-noun combinations
• Events and celebrations
• Extreme adjectives
• ‘Take’
• The road to fame
• ‘Big’ and ‘great’
• Strange events
• Getting together
• Types of media
• ‘Speak’ and ‘talk’

Tasks covered in class

• Talk about your life circles
• List the things that make you feel…
• Tell a story from two points of view
• Analyse the results of a quiz
• Talk about an achievement you find amazing
• Make a list of tips on ‘how to...'
• Describe a memorable event
• Summarise an article
• Solve the mysteries
• Decide who i’s coming to dinner
• Make the right decision
• Prepare a questionnaire about the media

Real life

• Planning and drafting a biography
• Making conversation
• Responding sympathetically
• Dealing with unexpected problems
• Writing a formal letter
• Awkward social situations
• Linking ideas and arguments
• Saying what iswrong with things
• Types of messages
• Dealing with problems on the telephone
• Giving and reporting opinions
• For and against arguments
• Doing a film review