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.

Vārdnīca

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

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

Module 2

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

Module 3

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

Module 4

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

Module 5

  • Vārdnīca: Parts of the body
  • Gramatika: Adverbs of manner
  • Lasīšana: Australia
  • Klausīšanās: Summer School
  • Wordbuilding: Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs
  • Vārdnīca: Clothes
  • Gramatika: Dependent Prepositions
  • Rakstīšana: 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.