Self-study online B1 course - Cambridge PET | Caledonian English School | BARLETTA

B1 pour le COLLÈGE

Matériel de cours Partie 1

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00. Introduction - Diagnostic Test

Getting to know you

Grammar overview A2-B1

Introductions - Diagnostic Activity - Useful language and phrases for meeting and getting to know people for the first time.

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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

• Context Listening & speaking: Clothes and shopping; Feelings (informal)

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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

• Context Listening & speaking: family relations and celebrations; expressing disappointment (informal)

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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

• Context Listening & speaking: Magazines, music; Radio interview (formal)

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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

• Context Listening & speaking: Tour guide announcement; places in the city and travel (formal)

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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

• Context Listening & speaking: Listening for attitude, tone (informal)

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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

• Context Listening & speaking: friends & relationships; experiences, attitudes, feelings (informal)

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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

• Context Listening & speaking: Radio interview, memories of the past (formal)

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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

• Context Listening & speaking: advertisements and announcements on a local radio station (formal)

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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.

• Context Listening & speaking: answering machine messages, listening for purpose (informal)

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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

• Context Listening & speaking: TV program and radio talk show (semi-formal)

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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

• Context Listening & speaking: talking about a soap opera on TV (informal).

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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.

• Context Listening & speaking: friends talking about weekend and plans (informal).

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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

• Context Listening & speaking: colleagues talking about their jobs (semi-formal).

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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

• Context Listening & speaking: girl telling her mother about a TV programme (informal).

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Writing Part 1 - email (PREVIOUSLY 2)

PRACTICE

15. MODALS 3

Pictures & photos

certainty and possibility; ability

• Context Listening & speaking: speculating about images and listening to quiz programme. (informal).

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Reading Part 1 Multiple-choice short texts

PRACTICE

16. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Celebrities & music

Questions: agreeing with statements yes/no; short answers; question words;

• Context Listening & speaking: celebrity question time phone-in (informal).

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Listening Part 2 - Multiple-choice short texts - Listen to six short texts for attitudes and opinions.

PRACTICE

17. PREPOSITIONS 1

Holidays

place and movement

• Context Listening & speaking: Holiday receptionist telling guests about a park (formal).

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Writing Part 1 email (previously part 3)

PRACTICE

18. PREPOSITIONS 2

Sports

Time

Context Listening & speaking: talking about sport on the radio (semi-formal).

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Reading Part 3 (previously part 4) GUIDED TEST

PRACTICE

19. PREPOSITIONS 3

future prospects

expressions with prepositions; verbs and adjectives + prepositions; phrasal verbs

Context Listening & speaking: student talking to teacher about future prospects with phrasal verbs (semi-formal)

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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

Context Listening & speaking: Listening and talking about computers (informal).

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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

Context Listening & speaking: a man talking to two students about making jewellery; giving reasons (semi-formal)

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Reading Part 5 - Multiple-choice gap fill

PRACTICE

21. Conditionals 1

job interview (semi-formal)

zero conditional; first conditional: unless

job interview (semi-formal) - Describing photographs and managing discourse, using appropriate vocabulary in a longer turn.

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Speaking Part 2 – Individual long turn - Describing photographs

PRACTICE

22. Conditionals 2

radio interview

second conditional; I wish

songwriter talking about her wishes for the future (semi-formal)

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Reading Part 3 (previously part 4)

PRACTICE

23. Passive voice

science fiction

passive forms and uses; to have something done

Talking about science fiction films (informal).

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Reading Part 2

PRACTICE

24. Reported Speech 1

Friends and stories

reporting what someone said; words which change

friends reporting on past events (informal).

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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

colleagues discussing newspaper report (informal).

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Reading Part 4

PRACTICE

26. Relative clauses

television studio

which; who and that; whose and where

tour of television studios. (formal).

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Reading Part 2

PRACTICE

27. So/such; too/enough

personal issues

so/such (+ that); enough and too (+ to infinitive and for)

talking about personal issues (informal).

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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

Describing the storyline of a TV programme (informal).

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Reading Part 4

PRACTICE

29. Linking words 2

Customer service

but/(al)though; in spite of; despite; both … and; either … or

Making complaints about holidays (formal).

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Reading Part 6