| Tema |
Subtema |
| Unit 1. Tuning in. |
1. Overview of basic mistakes in English.
2. Review of verb tenses (perfect aspect).
3. Word formation (suffixes).
4. Writing: Drafting and organising. |
| Unit 2. Spend it or save it. |
1. Defining and non-defining relative clauses.
2. Articles.
3. Compound adjectives.
4. Writing a letter. |
| Unit 3. What makes us tick. |
1. Modal verbs (1).
2. Gerunds and infinitives.
3. Adjectives of character.
4. Writing an information sheet. |
| Unit 4. Pushing the boundaries. |
1. Conditionals.
2. Word formation.
3. Collocations, fixed phrases and idioms.
4. Writing an article. |
| Unit 5. Thrills and skills. |
1. Intensifiers / modifiers.
2. Intensifying comparative forms.
3. Word formation (prefixes)
4. Sports idioms.
5. Writing a reference. |
| Unit 6. Family ties. |
1. Hypothetical meaning - wish.
2. Substitution / ellipsis.
3. Word + preposition(s).
4. Easily confused words. |
| Unit 7. Creative talents. |
1. Ways of referring to the future.
2. Verb patterns.
3. Phrasal verbs.
4. Words with similar meaning.
5. Writing a review. |
| Unit 8. What keeps us going. |
1. Direct and reported speech.
2. Reporting words.
3. Three-part phrasal verbs.
4. Writing a proposal. |
| Unit 9. On the road. |
1. Review of narrative tenses.
2. Emphasis (cleft sentences with what)
3. Dependent prepositions (adjectives and nouns). |
| Unit 10. Close to nature. |
1. Countable/uncountable nouns
2. Introductory It.
3. Phrasal verbs and compound nouns.
4. Writing a report. |
| Unit 11. Always on my mind. |
1. Modal verbs (2).
2. Emphasis with inversion.
3. Expressions with take, mind and brains.
4. Phrasal verbs and expressions with think.
5. Writing an article.
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| Unit 12. A matter of time. |
1. Passives (1).
2. The future in the past.
3. Idiomatic language / collocations.
4. Writing an essay.
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| Unit 13. A way with words. |
1. Participle clauses.
2. Passives (2).
3. Adverbials expressing attitude.
4. Communication - idioms
5. Similes (like / as). |
| Unit 14. It's how you tell it. |
1. Mistakes to avoid.
2. Books and stories.
3. Synonyms. |
| Grammar. |
1. The subjunctive and "unreal" uses of past forms.
2. Passive and causative structures (have, get it made).
3. Emphatic structures and inversion (cleft sentences, fronting and inversion).
4. Participle and infinitive phrases.
5. Features of discourse.
6. Cohesion and coherence. |
