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B1 for COLLEGE
iPRACTICE

Grammar & Exam skills Practice Self-study online course. 

00. Introduction - Diagnostic Test

Getting to know you
    Grammar overview A2-B1
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    Introductions - Diagnostic Activity - Useful language and phrases for meeting and getting to know people for the first time.
START LESSON
    Inizia col Piede Giusto! Take this quiz if you haven't already done so to check your current level.
PRACTICE

01. Adjectives

Clothes and shopping; Feelings
    Adjectives - adjective position; adjective order; -ing/-ed adjectives; nouns as adjectives
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    • Context Listening & speaking: Clothes and shopping; Feelings (informal)
START LESSON
    Reading Practice Part 2 - PET - Grammar Focus: Adjectives
PRACTICE

02. ADVERBS

family relations and celebrations
    Adverbs: using and forming adverbs; irregular adverbs; adverb position; modifying adverbs and adjective
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    • Context Listening & speaking: family relations and celebrations; expressing disappointment (informal)
START LESSON
    Reading Part 5 - Read a text and choose missing words (A, B, C, D) to fill in the gaps. Same as old Part 5 but shorter. GUIDED TEST
PRACTICE

03 COMPARISONS

Magazines, music
    Comparisons: comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs; comparing nouns
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    • Context Listening & speaking: Magazines, music; Radio interview (formal)
START LESSON
    NEW: Reading part 4 - Multiple-choice gapped text Read to understand gist and text structure: choose the correct sentence to put in the gaps. GUIDED TEST
PRACTICE

04. PRESENT REVIEW

places in the city and travel
    Basic differences between the present simple and present continuous. State Verbs
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    • Context Listening & speaking: Tour guide announcement; places in the city and travel (formal)
START LESSON
    Exam Practice: NEW: Writing part 1: Write an email in response to information given. This is a longer task (100 words). How to write an email. GUIDED TEST
PRACTICE

05. PAST REVIEW

attitude, tone
    Review of the Past simple and Past continuous tenses
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    • Context Listening & speaking: Listening for attitude, tone (informal)
START LESSON
    Writing Part 2 (previously 3) - How to write a story
PRACTICE

06. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE REVIEW

friends & relationships
    Review of the Present perfect simple and past simple; have gone and have been
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    • Context Listening & speaking: friends & relationships; experiences, attitudes, feelings (informal)
START LESSON
    Writing Part 2 (previously 3) - How to write an articlew
PRACTICE

07. PAST PERFECT TENSE REVIEW

Memories of the past
    Review of the past perfect and past simple; used to
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    • Context Listening & speaking: Radio interview, memories of the past (formal)
START LESSON
    Exam Practice: Reading Part 5 - Read a text and choose missing words
PRACTICE

08. NOUNS

advertisements & announcements
    Review of plurals; countable and uncountable; a/the/no article
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    • Context Listening & speaking: advertisements and announcements on a local radio station (formal)
START LESSON
    Listening Part 3 - Listen to a longer text and write down missing information in the gaps. Same as old Part 3.
PRACTICE

09. DETERMINERS AND PRONOUNS 1

Leaving a message
    some/any; somebody/anybody etc.; much/many etc.
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    • Context Listening & speaking: answering machine messages, listening for purpose (informal)
START LESSON
    Reading Part 3 - Multiple choice - Read to understand gist, global and detailed meaning
PRACTICE

10 DETERMINERS AND PRONOUNS 2

Home decor
    this/that etc.; all/most etc.; both/either/neither; each/every
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    • Context Listening & speaking: TV program and radio talk show (semi-formal)
START LESSON
    Reading Part 6 - Open gap fill - Read a text and write words in the gaps
PRACTICE

11. DETERMINERS AND PRONOUNS 3

soap operas
    ’s/of; personal pronouns; possessives; reflexive pronouns; there/it + to be
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    • Context Listening & speaking: talking about a soap opera on TV (informal).
START LESSON
    Listening Part 4 (PREVIOUSLY 2) - Listen to a longer text for specific information, detailed meaning, attitudes and opinions. Same as old Part 2.
PRACTICE

12. FUTURE REVIEW

weekend and plans
    Review of future tenses: will; going to; present continuous; present simple.
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    • Context Listening & speaking: friends talking about weekend and plans (informal).
START LESSON
    Reading Part 1 - Multiple-choice short texts - Understanding five short messages of different types. Same as old Part 1. 1ST GUIDED TEST
PRACTICE

13. MODAL VERBS 1

Work & jobs
    general notes; asking someone to do something; suggestions and offers; permission
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    • Context Listening & speaking: colleagues talking about their jobs (semi-formal).
START LESSON
    Listening Part 1 - Listen to seven short texts for specific information and choose the right picture (A, B, C). Same as old Part 1.
PRACTICE

14. MODAL VERBS 2

TV programmes
    obligation; necessity; orders and advice obligation; necessity; orders and advice
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    • Context Listening & speaking: girl telling her mother about a TV programme (informal).
START LESSON
    Writing Part 1 - email (PREVIOUSLY 2)
PRACTICE

15. MODALS 3

Pictures & photos
    certainty and possibility; ability
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    • Context Listening & speaking: speculating about images and listening to quiz programme. (informal).
START LESSON
    Reading Part 1 Multiple-choice short texts
PRACTICE

16. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Celebrities & music
    Questions: agreeing with statements yes/no; short answers; question words;
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    • Context Listening & speaking: celebrity question time phone-in (informal).
START LESSON
    Listening Part 2 - Multiple-choice short texts - Listen to six short texts for attitudes and opinions.
PRACTICE

17. PREPOSITIONS 1

Holidays
    place and movement
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    • Context Listening & speaking: Holiday receptionist telling guests about a park (formal).
START LESSON
    Writing Part 1 email (previously part 3)
PRACTICE

18. PREPOSITIONS 2

Sports
    Time
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    Context Listening & speaking: talking about sport on the radio (semi-formal).
START LESSON
    Reading Part 3 (previously part 4) GUIDED TEST
PRACTICE

19. PREPOSITIONS 3

future prospects
    expressions with prepositions; verbs and adjectives + prepositions; phrasal verbs
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    Context Listening & speaking: student talking to teacher about future prospects with phrasal verbs (semi-formal)
START LESSON
    Speaking Part 1 – Introductory phase - Candidates show ability to use general interactional and social language. Same as old Part 1.
PRACTICE

20. THE ING FORM

computers
    prepositions + -ing; go/come + -ing -ing as subject; before/after etc. + -ing
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    Context Listening & speaking: Listening and talking about computers (informal).
START LESSON
    Reading Part 1​ – Multiple-choice short texts
PRACTICE

20. TO OR -ING

jewellery
    verbs + to infinitive; make and let; verbs + -ing; verbs + to infinitive or –ing
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    Context Listening & speaking: a man talking to two students about making jewellery; giving reasons (semi-formal)
START LESSON
    Reading Part 5 - Multiple-choice gap fill
PRACTICE

21. Conditionals 1

job interview (semi-formal)
    zero conditional; first conditional: unless
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    job interview (semi-formal) - Describing photographs and managing discourse, using appropriate vocabulary in a longer turn.
START LESSON
    Speaking Part 2 – Individual long turn - Describing photographs
PRACTICE

22. Conditionals 2

radio interview
    second conditional; I wish
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    songwriter talking about her wishes for the future (semi-formal)
START LESSON
    Reading Part 3 (previously part 4)
PRACTICE

23. Passive voice

science fiction
    passive forms and uses; to have something done
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    Talking about science fiction films (informal).
START LESSON
    Reading Part 2
PRACTICE

24. Reported Speech 1

Friends and stories
    reporting what someone said; words which change
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    friends reporting on past events (informal).
START LESSON
    Speaking Part 3 – Collaborative task - same as old part 2
PRACTICE

25. Reported Speech 2

newspaper report
    said and told; other verbs used for reporting; reporting questions; polite questions
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    colleagues discussing newspaper report (informal).
START LESSON
    Reading Part 4
PRACTICE

26. Relative clauses

television studio
    which; who and that; whose and where
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    tour of television studios. (formal).
START LESSON
    Reading Part 2
PRACTICE

27. So/such; too/enough

personal issues
    so/such (+ that); enough and too (+ to infinitive and for)
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    talking about personal issues (informal).
START LESSON
    Speaking Part 4 – Discussion - Talking about likes/dislikes, preferences, habits, opinions and agreeing/disagreeing.
PRACTICE

28. Linking words 1

storylines
    because (of), as and since; so and therefore; to and in order to
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    Describing the storyline of a TV programme (informal).
START LESSON
    Reading Part 4
PRACTICE

29. Linking words 2

Customer service
    but/(al)though; in spite of; despite; both … and; either … or
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    Making complaints about holidays (formal).
START LESSON
    Reading Part 6
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