Grammar: uses of auxiliary verbs; stative verbs; direct and indirect questions; tenses: present perfect simple (with already, just and yet) vs past simple; past simple, continuous and perfect; present perfect simple and continuous; predictions – future forms; modal verbs; passives; conditionals: first with if and will, second and third; time expressions: when, as soon as, unless, until, before; purpose: to …, for ... and so that …; certainty and possibility; used to, would and past simple; comparative adverbs; verb patterns: -ing and to + infinitive; articles and quantifiers; defining relative clauses; reported speech – changes to time expressions, omission of that, exceptions to tense rules; should have and could have, past ability (could/couldn’t/managed to) and obligation (had to).

 

Vocabulary: word-building: adjective + noun collocations, adverbs, nouns and verbs, -ly adverbs, forming adjectives from nouns, compound nouns, compound adjectives, prefixes re-, in-, un-, im-; functional: be used to vs get used to, idioms, phrasal verbs, extreme adjectives, word endings and word class; general: feelings, emotions, experiences, challenges and achievements, job requirements, pay and conditions, medicine, injuries, communication technology and smartphones, apps and gadgets, clothing, accessories, describing homes and areas, news highlights.