Introduction
Pre-Intermediate Power 60, Course A is an online course, consisting of 50 units of English, and providing approximately 60 hours of study for students.
Course aims
To take students through many areas of English language that are studied at Pre-Intermediate, CEFR A2 level. When combined with Pre-Intermediate Power 60, Course B, it will take students up to CEFR B1 level. The course blends grammatical structures necessary for this level, with vocabulary, wordbuilding, spelling, reading, listening, writing, and speaking.
Граматика
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Use articles correctly.
- Use the genitive form to talk about possession, and possessive pronouns.
- Use modal verbs like “must” and “should” for obligation and advice, and “may” and “might” for possibility.
- Use “some” or “any” for quantity, and “can” and “could” for ability.
- Use “much”, “many”, and “a lot of” for quantity.
- Use the correct prepositions with nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
- Use adverbs of manner to talk about how an action is performed.
Речник
By the end of the course students will have learned approximately 400 lexical items, including common nouns, verbs, adjectives, and simple lexical sets.
Skills
By the end of the course students will have had exposure to and practice in reading and hearing about everyday routines, families, pets, descriptions of cities, and descriptions of food.
Unit summary
Module 1
- Речник: Adjectives of character
- Граматика: Articles
- Четене: A conversation about shopping
- Слушане: My car
- Wordbuilding: Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs
- Речник: Adjectives of mood
- Граматика: Possessive pronouns
- Писане: Describing a person’s character
- Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
- Revision: Material from module 1
Module 2
- Речник: Food and drink
- Граматика: Possessive genitive
- Четене: Friday night
- Слушане: Chess
- Phrasal verbs: Practice in common verb + preposition combinations (non-idiomatic)
- Речник: Fruit and vegetables
- Граматика: Must and Should
- Говорене: Let’s talk about it
- Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
- Revision: Material from module 2
Module 3
- Речник: Animals
- Граматика: Some or Any?
- Четене: The dentist
- Слушане: Africa
- Wordbuilding: Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs
- Речник: Physical appearance
- Граматика: May and Might
- Писане: Describing a place
- Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
- Revision: Material from module 3
Module 4
- Речник: Shops
- Граматика: Can and Could
- Четене: The news
- Слушане: An Oxford street
- Phrasal verbs: Practice in common verb + preposition combinations (non-idiomatic)
- Речник: Sports
- Граматика: Much, Many or A lot of?
- Говорене: Likes and dislikes
- Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
- Revision: Material from module 4
Module 5
- Речник: Parts of the body
- Граматика: Adverbs of manner
- Четене: Australia
- Слушане: Summer School
- Wordbuilding: Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs
- Речник: Clothes
- Граматика: Dependent Prepositions
- Писане: Describing what someone is like 2
- Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
- Revision: Material from module 5
Follow-up
Students completing the Pre-Intermediate Power 60 Course A course should move on to our Pre-Intermediate Power 60 Course B course.