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.

Грамматика

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.

Словарный запас

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

  • Словарный запас: Adjectives of character
  • Грамматика: Articles
  • Чтение: A conversation about shopping
  • Прослушивание: My car
  • Wordbuilding: Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs
  • Словарный запас: Adjectives of mood
  • Грамматика: Possessive pronouns
  • Написание: Describing a person’s character
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
  • Revision: Material from module 1

Module 2

  • Словарный запас: Food and drink
  • Грамматика: Possessive genitive
  • Чтение: Friday night
  • Прослушивание: Chess
  • Phrasal verbs: Practice in common verb + preposition combinations (non-idiomatic)
  • Словарный запас: Fruit and vegetables
  • Грамматика: Must and Should
  • Выступление: Let’s talk about it
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
  • Revision: Material from module 2

Module 3

  • Словарный запас: Animals
  • Грамматика: Some or Any?
  • Чтение: The dentist
  • Прослушивание: Africa
  • Wordbuilding: Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs
  • Словарный запас: Physical appearance
  • Грамматика: May and Might
  • Написание: Describing a place
  • Spelling: Practice in spelling common words
  • Revision: Material from module 3

Module 4

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

Module 5

  • Словарный запас: Parts of the body
  • Грамматика: Adverbs of manner
  • Чтение: Australia
  • Прослушивание: Summer School
  • Wordbuilding: Practice in relationships between nouns and their verbs
  • Словарный запас: Clothes
  • Грамматика: Dependent Prepositions
  • Написание: 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.