Contents of the day study “CIJAZ” and the combined study KCIAZ programmes
G
V
P
Lesson 1
A
word order in questions
common verb phrases,
classroom language
vowel sounds,
the alphabet
B
present simple
family, personality
adjectives
third person plural -s
C
present continuous
the body,
prepositions of place
vowel sounds
D
defining relative clauses
(a person who…, a thing
which…)
expressions for paraphrasing pronunciation
like, for example, etc.
in a dictionary
PRACTICAL ENGLISH
WRITING
At the airport
Describing yourself
Lesson 2
A
past simple regular and
irregular verbs
holidays
-ed endings,
irregular verbs
B
past continuous
prepositions of time and
place: at, in, on
/ә/
C
questions with and without question words,
auxiliaries
pop music
/w/ and /h/
D
so, because, but, although
the letter a
PRACTICAL ENGLISH
WRITING
verb phrases
At the conference hotel
The story behind a photo
Lesson 3
A
going to, present continuous look (after, for, etc.)
(future arrangements)
sentence stress
B
will / won’t (predictions)
opposite verbs
contractions (will / won’t),
/o/ and /әu/
C
will / won’t (promises,
offers, decisions)
verb + back
word stress:
two syllable words
D
review of tenses:
present, past, and future
verb + prepositions
sentence stress
PRACTICAL ENGLISH
WRITING
Restaurant problems
An informal letter
Lesson 4
A
present perfect (experience) clothes
+ ever, never, for and since;
present perfect or past simple ?
vowel sounds
B
present perfect simple
+ yet, just, already
verb phrases
/h/, /j/, and /dž/
C
comparatives, as…as /
less…than…
time expressions:
sentence stress
spend time, waste time, etc.
D
superlatives (+ ever +
present perfect)
opposite adjectives
PRACTICAL ENGLISH
WRITING
word stress
Lost in San Francisco
Describing where you live
Lesson 5
A
uses of the infinitive
(with to)
verbs + infinitive
word stress
B
verb + -ing
verbs followed by –ing
-ing
C
have to, don´t have to,
must, mustn´t
modifiers: a bit, really, etc. sentence stress
D
expressing movement
prepositions of movement,
sport
PRACTICAL ENGLISH
WRITING
prepositions
At a department store
A formal e-mail
Lesson 6
A
if + present; will + infinitive confusing verbs
(first conditional)
long and short vowels
B
if + past; would + infinitive animals
(second conditional)
stress and rhythm
C
may /might (possibility)
word building:
noun formation
sentence stress, -ion
endings
D
should / shouldn´t
get
/ʊ/, sentence stress
PRACTICAL ENGLISH
WRITING
At the pharmacy
Writing to a friend
Lesson 7
A
present perfect
+for and since
words related to fear
/i/, and /ai/, sentence stress
B
present perfect
or past simple?
biographies
word stress
C
used to
school subject: history,
geography, etc.
sentence stress;
used to / didn´t use to
D
passive
verbs: invent, discover, etc. -ed, sentence stress
PRACTICAL ENGLISH
WRITING
A boat trip
Describing a building
Lesson 8
something, anything,
nothing, etc.
B
quantifiers, too, not enough health and lifestyle
/Λ/, /u:/, /ai/, /e/; linking
C
word order of phrasal verbs phrasal verbs
/g/ and /dž/
D
so / neither + auxiliaries
vowel and consonant
sounds, sentence stress
PRACTICAL ENGLISH
WRITING
adjectives ending with
–ed and –ing
/e/, /зʊ/, and /Λ/
A
similarities
On the phone
Giving your opinion
Lesson 9
A
past perfect
adverbs: suddenly,
immediately, etc.
revision of vowel sounds,
sentence stress
B
reported speech
say, tell, or ask?
rhyming verbs
Oxenden, C., Latham/Koenig, Ch.: New English File Pre-Intermediate. OUP, 2005.
www.oup.com/elt/englishfile/pre-intermediate
G = grammar
V = vocabulary
P = pronunciation