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Grammar III
G0134
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• Learners are supposed to have a reasonable
knowledge and ability to use English up to
pre-intermediate level by the end of this
course.
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• Learning Outcome of this meeting: students
are aware of the importance of Grammar III
and its relation with other courses
• Materials to be covered in one semester:
§ Present Simple & Continuous
§ Past Simple & Continuous
§ Present Perfect & Continuous
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§ Past Perfect & Continuous
§ The Future
§ Phrasal Verbs + Prefixes
§ Modal Verbs
§ Suffixes
§ Question Words + question tags
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§ Phrases of agreement
§ First & Second Conditionals
§ Third Conditionals
§ I wish, if only
§ Prefixes
§ Time & condition clauses with future
references
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§ Expressions of time and preference
§ Forming the Passive
§ Causative Get and Have
§ Compound Nouns
§ Vocabulary
All these topics are taken from the materials
for First Certificate Examination
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• What is First Certificate?
• The First Certificate is an intermediate-level
Cambridge examination which follows on
from the PET (Preliminary English Test)
and precedes the CAE (Certificate in
Advanced English).
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• The examination is frequently used as proof
that you will be competent to begin a
career such as those related to tourism or
banking, or that you can pursue an
advanced course of study in English.
• Learners at this level should be able to
handle the main structures with some
confidence and communicate in English
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in a variety of social situations.
• The examination covers 5 papers, each
scoring 40 marks: Reading Comprehension,
Writing, Use of English, Listening and
Speaking.
• Four papers are usually taken on the same
day and Paper 5 (Speaking) will be taken on
a different day.
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• Having finished this course, learners will
not automatically pass First Certificate.
• Learners should read widely in English (e.g.
simplified readers, magazines and
newspapers) and take every opportunity to
listen to English (e.g. television, film, radio,
songs).
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• Last but not least, learners should also try
and speak the language so that they can use
it naturally and easily.