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Young Learners
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Stage 1 below A1 100 headwords
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Verb tenses and patterns Positive, negative, question and short answer forms including contractions Positive imperative forms Present Simple Present Continuous can/can’t for ability, requests and permission have got for possession Let’s There is/are
Sentence types Simple one-clause sentences Two clauses joined with and, but or or Direct speech + noun/pronoun + say/ask
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Stage 2 A1 Starters 200 headwords
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Verb tenses and patterns Positive, negative, question and short answer forms including contractions Positive imperative forms Present Simple Present Continuous can/can’t for ability, requests and permission have got for possession Let’s There is/are Two clauses joined with because
Sentence types Simple one-clause sentences Two clauses joined with and, but or or Direct speech + noun/pronoun + say/ask
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Stage 3 A1.1 Movers 300 headwords
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Verb tenses and patterns Past Simple of regular and common irregular verbs Verb + infinitive Verb + -ing Infinitive of purpose want/ask someone to do something must/mustn’t for obligation and prohibition have (got) to/ had to shall for offers could (past form of can) would and wouldn’t like going to for future reference will for future reference
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Stage 4 A2 Flyers 400 headwords
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Verb tenses and patterns Negative question forms Negative imperative forms Present Simple passive with common verbs (eg made, called, born) Past Continuous Present Perfect Simple: recent past with just, indefinite past with ever etc
Modal Verbs will for offers may/might for possibility shall for suggestions could for ability, polite requests should for advice
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Teenagers
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Stage 1 Elementary A1 Movers 600 headwords
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Verb tenses and patterns Positive, negative, question and short answer forms including contractions Positive imperative forms Present Simple Present Continuous, also for future reference going to will Past Simple of regular and very common irregular verbs Verb + infinitive Verb + -ing Infinitive of purpose want/ask someone to do something must/mustn’t for obligation and prohibition have (got) to/ had to can/can’t for ability, requests and permission shall for offers could (past form of can) would and wouldn’t like let’s Types of clauses Co-ordination with but, and, or, then Subordination with because, when
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Stage 2 Pre-Intermediate A2 Flyers/KET 800 headwords
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Verb tenses Past Simple of irregular verbs Present Perfect Simple: recent past with just, indefinite past with yet, already, never, ever, unfinished past with for and since Past Continuous Past continuous vs Past Simple Verb forms and patterns Negative question forms Negative imperatives Short questions Infinitives after adjectives Gerunds after prepositions Gerunds as subjects and objects Passive forms: Present Simple and Past Simple with very common verbs (e.g. made, called, born) Modal verbs could: ability, polite requests would: polite requests will: offers, promises etc shall: suggestions should: advice may (present and future reference): possibility need: necessity needn’t: lack of necessity Types of clause Main clause Co-ordinate clause Subordinate clause following sure, certain, kno, think, believe, hope, saY, tell, if, where, when, because Subordinate clause with if (zero and first conditionals) Defining relative clauses
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Stage 3 Intermediate B1 PET 1000 headwords
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Verb tenses Present Perfect Simple: the first/ second etc. time that… Present Perfect Simple: negative duration (haven’t ….for ages) Past Perfect Simple: narrative, reported speech Verb forms and patterns so/neither/nor + auxiliaries in short answers Question tags Verb + object + full infinitive (e.g. I want you to go.) Verb + object + infinitive give/take/send/bring/show + direct/indirect object Causative have/get Common phrasal verbs/verbs with prepositions Second conditional Simple reported speech: statements, questions and commands with say, ask, tell Modal verbs could: possibility might (present and future reference): possibility ought to: obligation don’t have to/haven’t got to: lack of obligation used to + infinitive (past habits) Types of clause Defining relative with zero pronoun Time clauses introduced by when, while, until, before, after, as soon as Clauses of purpose
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Adult and Young Adult
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Stage 1 A1 Elementary 600 headwords
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Verb forms and tenses Positive, negative, question and short answer forms including contractions Positive and negative imperative forms Present Simple have got there is/are will for offers, requests and future meaning Past Simple of regular and very common irregular verbs can/can’t for ability, requests and permission could (past form of can) have to for obligation would and wouldn’t like Common phrasal verbs with transparent meanings -ing forms after go Sentence types Two clauses joined with so, before, after, when Direct speech + subject/verb inversion Reported speech with present tense reporting verb know, think, hope etc + that clause
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Stage 2 Pre-Intermediate A2 KET 800 headwords
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Verb tenses Present Continuous Past Simple of regular and irregular verbs Past Continuous Past continuous vs Past Simple Future reference: Present Continuous, going to, will, shall, Present Simple Present Perfect Simple: recent past with just, indefinite past with yet, already, ever, never, unfinished past with for and since Present Perfect vs Past Simple Modal verbs could: ability, requests and suggestions will: promises, predictions would for desires, preferences shall: suggestions, offers, plans should (present and future reference):advice may (present and future reference): possibility must: personal obligation mustn’t: prohibition have (got) to: external obligation need (to)/needn’t: necessity Verb forms and patterns Passive forms: Present Simple and Past Simple Short questions (Can you?) and Short answers (No, he doesn’t) Infinitives (with and without to) after verbs and adjectives Gerunds after prepositions and verbs Gerunds as subjects and objects be able to infinitive of purpose Question tags Common phrasal verbs with nontransparent meanings so/neither/nor + auxiliaries in short answers Sentence types Main clause Sentences with more than two main clauses Sentences with one main and one subordinate clause Subordination (in the Present Simple or Present Continuous) after verbs such as: be sure, know, think, believe, hope, say, tell Subordination after: because, when, where Co-ordination: but, and, or, and then Zero and first conditionals Defining relative clauses Clauses with wh words Clauses ending in so, not Reported speech with to + infinitive Participle clauses Adjectives/nouns + that clause
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Stage 3 Intermediate B1 PET 1000 headwords
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Verb tenses Present Perfect Simple: the first/ second etc. time that… Present Perfect Simple: negative duration (haven’t ….for ages) Past Perfect Simple: in reported speech and narrative Modal verbs can’t: logical necessity could: ability (was able to/managed to,) possibility may/can/could: permission might (present and future reference): possibility, permission must: logical necessity and obligation don’t have to /haven’t got to /didn’t have to: lack of obligation had to: obligation would rather: preference should: (present and future reference): moral obligation ought to: (present and future reference): moral obligation used to/would: past habits and states Verb forms and patterns Causative: have/get + object + past participle make/let + infinitive Past forms with going to and will Verb + object + full infinitive (e.g. I want you to help.) Verb + object + infinitive give/take/send/bring/show + direct/indirect object be used to + ing Simple reported speech: statements, questions and commands with say, ask, tell Phrasal verbs/verbs with prepositions had better for advice or desirability Sentence types Complex sentences where the relations between clauses are uncomplicated Non-defining relative clauses Time clauses introduced by when, while, until, before, after, as soon as Clauses of purpose: so that, (in order) to (infinitive of purpose) First conditional with unless Second conditional Second conditional with wish Clauses of result: so, so…that, such…. that Clauses of concession: although, though
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Stage 4 Upper intermediate B2 FCE 1800 headwords
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Verbs Present Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Simple: negative duration (hadn’t ….for ages) Past Perfect Continuous Future Continuous Future Perfect Verb forms and patterns Passive forms with all tenses Passive forms with modal verbs Phrasal verbs with non-transparent meanings Reported speech introduced by precise reporting verbs (e.g. suggest, promise, apologise, threaten, insist, complain) It’s time + past tense Modal verbs would for willingness/refusal modal perfects (must have, could have etc) Sentence types Embedded relative clauses Third conditional wish, if only Mixed conditional sentences Emphatic structures with what Clauses of concession: even though, in spite of, despite Complex sentences with more than one subordinate clause Inversion after hardly, no sooner, not only -ing/wh- clause as subject
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Stage 5 Advanced C1 CAE 2500 headwords
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Verb tenses Verb tenses Future perfect continuous Sentence types Inversion in third conditional sentences without if Inversion after other initial negative adverbs (at no time, little etc) Inversion of subject and verb after adverbial expressions of place Complex clauses with no restrictions on number of subordinate clauses
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Stage 6 Proficiency C2 CPE Unabridged Texts
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This stage contains the original, unabridged version of texts.
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