Pre-Intermediate Power 60, Course A

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.

Gramatika

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.

Žodynas

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

  • Žodynas: Adjectives of character
  • Gramatika: Articles
  • Skaitymas: A conversation about shopping
  • Klausymasis: My car
  • Wordbuilding: Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs
  • Žodynas: Adjectives of mood
  • Gramatika: Possessive pronouns
  • Rašymas: Describing a person’s character
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
  • Revision: Material from module 1

Module 2

  • Žodynas: Food and drink
  • Gramatika: Possessive genitive
  • Skaitymas: Friday night
  • Klausymasis: Chess
  • Phrasal verbs: Practice in common verb + preposition combinations (non-idiomatic)
  • Žodynas: Fruit and vegetables
  • Gramatika: Must and Should
  • Kalbėjimas: Let’s talk about it
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
  • Revision: Material from module 2

Module 3

  • Žodynas: Animals
  • Gramatika: Some or Any?
  • Skaitymas: The dentist
  • Klausymasis: Africa
  • Wordbuilding: Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs
  • Žodynas: Physical appearance
  • Gramatika: May and Might
  • Rašymas: Describing a place
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
  • Revision: Material from module 3

Module 4

  • Žodynas: Shops
  • Gramatika: Can and Could
  • Skaitymas: The news
  • Klausymasis: An Oxford street
  • Phrasal verbs: Practice in common verb + preposition combinations (non-idiomatic)
  • Žodynas: Sports
  • Gramatika: Much, Many or A lot of?
  • Kalbėjimas: Likes and dislikes
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
  • Revision: Material from module 4

Module 5

  • Žodynas: Parts of the body
  • Gramatika: Adverbs of manner
  • Skaitymas: Australia
  • Klausymasis: Summer School
  • Wordbuilding: Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs
  • Žodynas: Clothes
  • Gramatika: Dependent Prepositions
  • Rašymas: 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.