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B1 for COLLEGE
iPRACTICE
Grammar & Exam skills Practice Self-study online course.
00. Introduction - Diagnostic Test
Getting to know you
- Grammar overview A2-B1
GRAMMAR
- Introductions - Diagnostic Activity - Useful language and phrases for meeting and getting to know people for the first time.
LANGUAGE
01. Adjectives
Clothes and shopping; Feelings
- Adjectives - adjective position; adjective order; -ing/-ed adjectives; nouns as adjectives
GRAMMAR
- • Context Listening & speaking: Clothes and shopping; Feelings (informal)
LANGUAGE
02. ADVERBS
family relations and celebrations
- Adverbs: using and forming adverbs; irregular adverbs; adverb position; modifying adverbs and adjective
GRAMMAR
- • Context Listening & speaking: family relations and celebrations; expressing disappointment (informal)
LANGUAGE
EXAM PRACTICE
- Reading Part 5 - Read a text and choose missing words (A, B, C, D) to fill in the gaps. Same as old Part 5 but shorter. GUIDED TEST
03 COMPARISONS
Magazines, music
- Comparisons: comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs; comparing nouns
GRAMMAR
- • Context Listening & speaking: Magazines, music; Radio interview (formal)
LANGUAGE
EXAM PRACTICE
- NEW: Reading part 4 - Multiple-choice gapped text Read to understand gist and text structure: choose the correct sentence to put in the gaps. GUIDED TEST
04. PRESENT REVIEW
places in the city and travel
- Basic differences between the present simple and present continuous. State Verbs
GRAMMAR
- • Context Listening & speaking: Tour guide announcement; places in the city and travel (formal)
LANGUAGE
EXAM PRACTICE
- Exam Practice: NEW: Writing part 1: Write an email in response to information given. This is a longer task (100 words). How to write an email. GUIDED TEST
05. PAST REVIEW
attitude, tone
- Review of the Past simple and Past continuous tenses
GRAMMAR
- • Context Listening & speaking: Listening for attitude, tone (informal)
LANGUAGE
06. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE REVIEW
friends & relationships
- Review of the Present perfect simple and past simple; have gone and have been
GRAMMAR
- • Context Listening & speaking: friends & relationships; experiences, attitudes, feelings (informal)
LANGUAGE
07. PAST PERFECT TENSE REVIEW
Memories of the past
- Review of the past perfect and past simple; used to
GRAMMAR
- • Context Listening & speaking: Radio interview, memories of the past (formal)
LANGUAGE
08. NOUNS
advertisements & announcements
- Review of plurals; countable and uncountable; a/the/no article
GRAMMAR
- • Context Listening & speaking: advertisements and announcements on a local radio station (formal)
LANGUAGE
EXAM PRACTICE
- Listening Part 3 - Listen to a longer text and write down missing information in the gaps. Same as old Part 3.
09. DETERMINERS AND PRONOUNS 1
Leaving a message
- some/any; somebody/anybody etc.; much/many etc.
GRAMMAR
- • Context Listening & speaking: answering machine messages, listening for purpose (informal)
LANGUAGE
EXAM PRACTICE
- Reading Part 3 - Multiple choice - Read to understand gist, global and detailed meaning
10 DETERMINERS AND PRONOUNS 2
Home decor
- this/that etc.; all/most etc.; both/either/neither; each/every
GRAMMAR
- • Context Listening & speaking: TV program and radio talk show (semi-formal)
LANGUAGE
11. DETERMINERS AND PRONOUNS 3
soap operas
- ’s/of; personal pronouns; possessives; reflexive pronouns; there/it + to be
GRAMMAR
- • Context Listening & speaking: talking about a soap opera on TV (informal).
LANGUAGE
EXAM PRACTICE
- Listening Part 4 (PREVIOUSLY 2) - Listen to a longer text for specific information, detailed meaning, attitudes and opinions. Same as old Part 2.
12. FUTURE REVIEW
weekend and plans
- Review of future tenses: will; going to; present continuous; present simple.
GRAMMAR
- • Context Listening & speaking: friends talking about weekend and plans (informal).
LANGUAGE
EXAM PRACTICE
- Reading Part 1 - Multiple-choice short texts - Understanding five short messages of different types. Same as old Part 1. 1ST GUIDED TEST
13. MODAL VERBS 1
Work & jobs
- general notes; asking someone to do something; suggestions and offers; permission
GRAMMAR
- • Context Listening & speaking: colleagues talking about their jobs (semi-formal).
LANGUAGE
EXAM PRACTICE
- Listening Part 1 - Listen to seven short texts for specific information and choose the right picture (A, B, C). Same as old Part 1.
14. MODAL VERBS 2
TV programmes
- obligation; necessity; orders and advice obligation; necessity; orders and advice
GRAMMAR
- • Context Listening & speaking: girl telling her mother about a TV programme (informal).
LANGUAGE
15. MODALS 3
Pictures & photos
- certainty and possibility; ability
GRAMMAR
- • Context Listening & speaking: speculating about images and listening to quiz programme. (informal).
LANGUAGE
16. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Celebrities & music
- Questions: agreeing with statements yes/no; short answers; question words;
GRAMMAR
- • Context Listening & speaking: celebrity question time phone-in (informal).
LANGUAGE
EXAM PRACTICE
- Listening Part 2 - Multiple-choice short texts - Listen to six short texts for attitudes and opinions.
17. PREPOSITIONS 1
Holidays
- place and movement
GRAMMAR
- • Context Listening & speaking: Holiday receptionist telling guests about a park (formal).
LANGUAGE
18. PREPOSITIONS 2
Sports
- Time
GRAMMAR
- Context Listening & speaking: talking about sport on the radio (semi-formal).
LANGUAGE
19. PREPOSITIONS 3
future prospects
- expressions with prepositions; verbs and adjectives + prepositions; phrasal verbs
GRAMMAR
- Context Listening & speaking: student talking to teacher about future prospects with phrasal verbs (semi-formal)
LANGUAGE
EXAM PRACTICE
- Speaking Part 1 – Introductory phase - Candidates show ability to use general interactional and social language. Same as old Part 1.
20. THE ING FORM
computers
- prepositions + -ing; go/come + -ing -ing as subject; before/after etc. + -ing
GRAMMAR
- Context Listening & speaking: Listening and talking about computers (informal).
LANGUAGE
20. TO OR -ING
jewellery
- verbs + to infinitive; make and let; verbs + -ing; verbs + to infinitive or –ing
GRAMMAR
- Context Listening & speaking: a man talking to two students about making jewellery; giving reasons (semi-formal)
LANGUAGE
21. Conditionals 1
job interview (semi-formal)
- zero conditional; first conditional: unless
GRAMMAR
- job interview (semi-formal) - Describing photographs and managing discourse, using appropriate vocabulary in a longer turn.
LANGUAGE
22. Conditionals 2
radio interview
- second conditional; I wish
GRAMMAR
- songwriter talking about her wishes for the future (semi-formal)
LANGUAGE
23. Passive voice
science fiction
- passive forms and uses; to have something done
GRAMMAR
- Talking about science fiction films (informal).
LANGUAGE
24. Reported Speech 1
Friends and stories
- reporting what someone said; words which change
GRAMMAR
- friends reporting on past events (informal).
LANGUAGE
25. Reported Speech 2
newspaper report
- said and told; other verbs used for reporting; reporting questions; polite questions
GRAMMAR
- colleagues discussing newspaper report (informal).
LANGUAGE
26. Relative clauses
television studio
- which; who and that; whose and where
GRAMMAR
- tour of television studios. (formal).
LANGUAGE
27. So/such; too/enough
personal issues
- so/such (+ that); enough and too (+ to infinitive and for)
GRAMMAR
- talking about personal issues (informal).
LANGUAGE
EXAM PRACTICE
- Speaking Part 4 – Discussion - Talking about likes/dislikes, preferences, habits, opinions and agreeing/disagreeing.
28. Linking words 1
storylines
- because (of), as and since; so and therefore; to and in order to
GRAMMAR
- Describing the storyline of a TV programme (informal).
LANGUAGE
29. Linking words 2
Customer service
- but/(al)though; in spite of; despite; both … and; either … or
GRAMMAR
- Making complaints about holidays (formal).
LANGUAGE
EXAM PRACTICE
- Reading Part 6
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