Saturday (4.00pm – 6.00pm)
Commencement Date : 6 January 2024
Unit 1 |
Ring the changes |
| Lesson Focus | 1.1 Listening and Vocabulary 1.2 Grammar 1.3 Reading into Writing |
| Exam Skills | Paper 1 Reading and Use of English: 1 Paper 2 Writing: 1 Summarising ideas Paper 3 Listening: 4 |
| Grammar | Perfect tenses |
| Vocabulary | Introduction to idioms Phrasal verbs Word formation – suffix endings |
Unit 2 |
Expectation |
| Lesson Focus | 2.1 Reading and Vocabulary 2.2 Grammar and Vocabulary 2.3 Listening and Speaking |
| Exam Skills | Paper 1 Reading and Use of English: 7 Paper 3 Listening: 1 Paper 4 Speaking: 1 |
| Grammar | Aspects of the future Pronunciation: homophones |
| Vocabulary | Collocations with traveller Prepositional phrases Have no + noun Phrases – nouns with related verbs |
Unit 3 |
Strange behaviour |
| Lesson Focus | 3.1 Listening and Vocabulary 3.2 Grammar 3.3 Reading into Writing |
| Exam Skills | Paper 1 Reading and Use of English: 2 Paper 2 Writing: 1 Reformulation |
| Grammar | Conditional clauses |
| Vocabulary | Phrases – fixed pairs of words Modifiers – quite, rather, fairly Word formation – negative adjectives |
Unit 4 |
Sweet rituals |
| Lesson Focus | 4.1 Reading and Vocabulary 4.2 Grammar and Vocabulary 4.3 Listening and Speaking |
| Exam Skills | Paper 1 Reading and Use of English: 5 Paper 4 Speaking: 2 |
| Grammar | Past tenses |
| Vocabulary | Collocations Compound adjectives Adjectives and idioms to do with food |
Unit 5 |
The consumer society |
| Lesson Focus | 5.1 Listening and Vocabulary 5.2 Grammar and Vocabulary 5.3 Reading into Writing |
| Exam Skills | Paper 1 Reading and Use of English: 1 Paper 2 Writing: 1 Working with two texts Paper 3 Listening: 2 |
| Grammar | Countable/ uncountable nouns Possession Spelling |
| Vocabulary | Phrasal verbs Phrases with right Prepositions Abstract nouns |
Unit 6 |
The sound of music |
| Lesson Focus | 6.1 Reading and Vocabulary 6.2 Grammar 6.3 Listening and Speaking |
| Exam Skills | Paper 1 Reading and Use of English: 2, 4 and 6 Paper 3 Listening: 2 Paper 4 Speaking: 2 |
| Grammar | Degrees of likelihood Pronunciation: contrastive stress |
| Vocabulary | Phrases with take Collocations with adjectives and adverbs Idioms with music words |
Unit 7 |
Before your very eyes |
| Lesson Focus | 7.1 Listening and Vocabulary 7.2 Grammar 7.3 Reading into Writing |
| Exam Skills | Paper 1 Reading and Use of English: 3 Paper 2 Writing: 1 Exemplifying your ideas Paper 3 Listening: 1 |
| Grammar | Participle clauses |
| Vocabulary | Idioms with eye Extended noun phrases Adjectives showing disapproval |
Unit 8 |
Urban jungle |
| Lesson Focus | 8.1 Reading and Vocabulary 8.2 Grammar and Vocabulary 8.3 Listening, Speaking and Vocabulary |
| Exam Skills | Paper 1 Reading and Use of English: 4 and 7 Paper 4 Speaking: 3 |
| Grammar | Inversion |
| Vocabulary | Compound adjectives Phrases with place |
Unit 9 |
Fitting in |
| Lesson Focus | 9.1 Listening and Vocabulary 9.2 Grammar and Vocabulary 9.3 Reading into Writing |
| Exam Skills | Paper 1 Reading and Use of English: 2 and 4 Paper 2 Writing: 1 Linking Paper 3 Listening: 4 |
| Grammar | Gerunds and infinitives |
| Vocabulary | Phrases with come Prefixes Linking words and phrases Personal appearance, personality |
Unit 10 |
Globalisation |
| Lesson Focus | 10.1 Reading and Vocabulary 10.2 Grammar and Vocabulary 10.3 Listening and Speaking |
| Exam Skills | Paper 1 Reading and Use of English: 1, 3 and 4 Paper 3 Listening: 1 Paper 4 Speaking: 2 |
| Grammar | Reference devices Expressing wishes and preferences Pronunciation: word stress |
| Vocabulary | Expressions with turn |
Unit 11 |
For better, for worse |
| Lesson Focus | 11.1 Listening and Vocabulary 11.2 Grammar 11.3 Reading into Writing |
| Exam Skills | Paper 1 Reading and Use of English: 2 and 3 Paper 2 Writing: 1 Reformulation 2 Paper 3 Listening: 3 |
| Grammar | Gradability |
| Vocabulary | Phrasal verbs Idioms to do with relationships |
Unit 12 |
At the cutting edge |
| Lesson Focus | 12.1 Reading and Vocabulary 12.2 Grammar 12.3 Listening and Speaking |
| Exam Skills | Paper 1 Reading and Use of English: 1, 4 and 6 Paper 4 Speaking: 3 |
| Grammar | Passive structures Pronunciation: stress and emphasis |
| Vocabulary | Idioms with technical words Phrases with set |
Unit 13 |
Save the planet |
| Lesson Focus | 13.1 Listening and Vocabulary 13.2 Grammar 13.3 Reading into Writing |
| Exam Skills | Paper 1 Reading and Use of English: 1 and 2 Paper 2 Writing: 1 Giving opinions Paper 3 Listening: 1 |
| Grammar | Reported speech |
| Vocabulary | Vocabulary – the environment Register Synonyms |
Unit 14 |
Get fit, live longer! |
| Lesson Focus | 14.1 Reading and Vocabulary 14.2 Grammar and Vocabulary 14.3 Listening and Speaking |
| Exam Skills | Paper 1 Reading and Use of English: 4 and 7 Paper 3 Listening: 3 Paper 4 Speaking: 2 |
| Grammar | Articles review Pronunciation: noun/verb/adjective stress |
| Vocabulary | Register Phrases with live Phrases with nouns and no article Prepositions Word formation |
Unit 15 |
The daily grind |
| Lesson Focus | 15.1 Listening and Vocabulary 15.2 Grammar 15.3 Reading into Writing |
| Exam Skills | Paper 1 Reading and Use of English: 2 Paper 2 Writing: 1 Contrasting ideas Paper 3 Listening: 3 |
| Grammar | Purpose and reason clause |
| Vocabulary | Topic expressions Neologisms Gender-specific words |
Unit 16 |
Hidden nuances |
| Lesson Focus | 16.1 Reading and Vocabulary 16.2 Grammar and Vocabulary 16.3 Listening and Speaking |
| Exam Skills | Paper 1 Reading and Use of English: 3, 4 and 5 Paper 4 Speaking: 3 |
| Grammar | Concessive clauses Pronunciation: silent consonants |
| Vocabulary | Adjectives describing character |
Unit 17 |
Defining happiness |
| Lesson Focus | 17.1 Listening and Vocabulary 17.2 Grammar and Vocabulary 17.3 Reading into Writing |
| Exam Skills | Paper 1 Reading and Use of English: 1, 2 and 4 Paper 2 Writing: 1 Full Task 1 Paper 3 Listening: 4 |
| Grammar | Comparison |
| Vocabulary | Idioms to do with emotions Metaphor Synonyms Idioms to do with hardship |
Unit 18 |
On freedom |
| Lesson Focus | 18.1 Reading and Vocabulary 18.2 Grammar and Vocabulary 18.3 Listening and Speaking |
| Exam Skills | Paper 1 Reading and Use of English: 1, 3, 4 and 6 Paper 4 Speaking: 2 |
| Grammar | Review of modals Pronunciation: stress and intonation |
| Vocabulary | Synonyms |
Unit 19 |
The unexplained |
| Lesson Focus | 19.1 Listening and Vocabulary 19.2 Grammar 19.3 Reading into Writing |
| Exam Skills | Paper 1 Reading and Use of English: 1 and 2 Paper 2 Writing: 1 Full Task 2 Paper 3 Listening: 2 |
| Grammar | Word order and adverbs |
| Vocabulary | Adjectives describing personality Onomatopoeia Word formation |
Unit 20 |
A sense of humour |
| Lesson Focus | 20.1 Reading and Vocabulary 20.2 Grammar and Vocabulary 20.3 Listening and Speaking |
| Exam Skills | Paper 1 Reading and Use of English: 2, 4 and 5 Paper 3 Listening: 3 Paper 4 Speaking: 3 |
| Grammar | Uses of have, get and go Pronunciation: loan words |
| Vocabulary | Expressions with go |
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