W3 Lower Intermediate
Level
Al culminar este nivel, el participante será capaz de comprender los puntos principales de textos claros y en lengua estándar si tratan sobre cuestiones que le son conocidas, ya sea en situaciones de trabajo, de estudio o de ocio. Sabrá desenvolverse en la mayor parte de las situaciones que pueden surgir durante un viaje por zonas donde se utiliza la lengua. Será capaz de producir textos sencillos y coherentes sobre temas que le son familiares o en los que tiene un interés personal. Podrá describir experiencias, acontecimientos, deseos y aspiraciones, así como justificar brevemente sus opiniones o explicar sus planes.
At the end of this level, you will be able to understand the main topics of simple texts using standard language and dealing with familiar matters, whether for work, study or leisure purposes. You will be able to cope with most situations that may arise while traveling in areas where the language is used. You will be able to produce simple and coherent texts on topics that are familiar to you or in which you have a personal interest. You will be able to describe experiences, events, wishes and aspirations, as well as briefly explain your opinions or plans.
We will introduce the following topics:
- A review of WH and Yes/No questions. The difference between them and how to form them.
- Intensifiers, adverbs that we can use to provide emphasis in a sentence.
- Pronunciation of ED. How to properly pronounce words that have this termination, with an emphasis on regular verbs in the past.
- The past continuous, its formation and use.
- A comparison between the present perfect and past simple.
- How to use just, already and yet with the present perfect.
- How to use the present continuous to talk about future arrangements.
- How to talk about the future using will.
- Can, have to, and must to talk about necessity, obligation and prohibition.
- Will and might to make predictions.
- The imperative and should to give advice.
- Uses of to + the infinitive.
- Further uses of comparative and superlative adjectives.
- Used to to talk about repeated actions in the past.
- The passive present simple and the passive past simple.
- Using for and since with the present perfect, and a review of stative verbs.
- The first conditional.
- Verbs followed by infinitives and gerunds.
- The second conditional.
- Using too and not enough to talk about quantities.
- Defining relative clauses.
- Continuing to look at and study defining relative clauses.
- The past perfect.
- The reported speech.
List of homework in the virtual book.
Here is the level outline:
1. Lower Intermediate Week 1
Aug 6
A review of WH and Yes/No questions. The difference between them and how to form them. Intensifiers, adverbs that we can use to provide emphasis in a sentence Pronunciation of ED. How to properly pronounce words that have this termination, with an emphasis on regular verbs in the past. |
2. Lower Intermediate Week 2
Aug 1
The past continuous, its formation and use A comparison between the present perfect and past simple How to use just, already and yet with the present perfect |
3. Lower Intermediate Week 3
Aug 1
How to use the present continuous to talk about future arrangements. How to talk about the future using will. Can, have to, and must to talk about necessity, obligation and prohibition |
4. Lower Intermediate Week 4
Aug 1
Will and might to make predictions. The imperative and should to give advice. Uses of to + the infinitive. |
5. Lower Intermediate Week 5
Feb 1
Further uses of comparative and superlative adjectives. Used to to talk about repeated actions in the past. The passive present simple and the passive past simple. |
6. Lower Intermediate Week 6
Feb 1
Using for and since with the present perfect, and a review of stative verbs. The first conditional. Verbs followed by infinitives and gerunds. |
7. Lower Intermediate Week 7
Feb 1
The second conditional. Using too and not enough to talk about quantities. Defining relative clauses. |
8. Lower Intermediate Week 8
Feb 1
Continuing to look at and study defining relative clauses The past perfect The reported speech |