Pre-Intermediate Syllabus

Grammar
Comparison of Present Simple and Present Continuous
Word order in questions
Defining relative clauses (a person who, a thing which...)
Comparison of Past Simple and Past Continuous
Questions with and without auxiliaries
More conjuctives (to, because, but, although ...)
Future going to compared with Present Continuous for the Future
Future will (affirmative, negative, interrogative) used for predictions
Future will (affirmative, negative, interrogative) for promises, offers and decisions
Present perfect used with ever/never (for experience)
Present perfect used with yet, just, and already
Present perfect with for and since
Present perfect vs past simple (taking into consideration the above)
Comparatives using as ... as/less ... than ...
Superlatives ( + ever + present perfect)
The various uses of the infinitive (with to)
Verb +ing (I love sitting at my desk)
Modals: have to/dont have to ; must/mustnt
Prepositions of movement (through/over ...) and revision of other prepositions
First Conditional: Form and Basic use
Second Conditional: Form and Basic use
Modals: may/might for possibility
Modals: should/shouldnt
Used to
The passive (The film was watched by millions of people)
Something, Anyone, Nowhere...
Quantifiers too/not enough...
Basic phrasal verbs
Using so and neither in short answers
Introduction to past perfect (affirmative, negative, interrogative)
Introduction to reported speech
Vocabulary
More personality adjectives (handsome, slim ...)
The body
Expressions used in paraphrasing (like, for instance ...)
Pop music
Look and all its collocations (after, for ...)
More complex antonyms (rough/smooth; tidy/dirty ...)
Clothes (sleeve, waist coat, vest ...)
Time expressions (spend time, waste time ...)
Modifiers (a bit, really ...)
Words connected to sport (tee, dunk, score ...)
Confusing words (advice/advise; stationary/stationery ...)
The animal kingdom (pets/domestic/wild etc.)
Word building: noun formation (act actor ; beautiful beauty ...)
The various uses of get
Words related to fear
Academic subjects (history, geography, psychology ...)
Comparison of adjectives ending in ing and ed (interesting interested)
Health and lifestyle
Basic phrasal verbs and their uses
Language of similarities (like/unlike; similar to ...)
More adverbs (suddenly/immediately ...)
Comparison of say, tell, and ask together with their respective uses
Pronunciation
Revision of vowel and consonant sounds
Using the phonetic script in a monolingual dictionary
Emphasis on pronunciation of irregular verbs
The Schwa
General Sentence Stress
Pronunciation of contractions (will not wont)
Individual word stress
Basic stress and rhythm in sentences
Pronunciation of ion endings
Linking (blending words into one whole as opposed to separating word sound individually)
more rhyme
Situational English
Checking in at the airport
Attending a conference/meeting in a hotel
Dealing with problems in a restaurant
Asking for directions when one is lost
At the department store
At the pharmacy
Going on a boat trip/cruise
Dealing with problems over the phone
Skills practice
Describing yourself
Writing an informal letter
Describing a photo/postcard ...
Describing where you live
Writing a formal email
Writing to a friend
Describing a building
Giving your opinion about a topic
Vox pop
Expressing movement using prepositions of movement
Talking about possible and improbable situations
Discussing fears and phobias
Talking about famous inventions