WELCOME TO THE UPPER INTERMEDIATE LEVEL!
So so grateful to give this introduction to you guys and a firm outline of what to expect. This will probably be the longest season yet, so you’ll have to sit back, do the tasks and enjoy the ride.
Grammar
I. Reflexive pronouns
II. Use of can for universal truths
III. Hedging adverbs to hedge the strength of statements
IV. Gerunds and reduced clauses
V. Future passive
VI. Coordinating and subordinating conjunctions to show relationships between ideas.
VII. Defining relative clauses to give more information about a noun.
VIII. Adverb clauses of concession and time.
IX. Stance markers
X. Conditional with provided and unless
XI. Future perfect simple
XII. Speculate about past events using past passive sentences
XIII. Unreal conditionals
XIV. Cleft sentences
XV. Advanced future forms.
Developing Vocabulary
I. Word formation – noun suffixes
II. Compound Nouns – cars and the road
III. Collocations with take, make, and do
IV. Phrasal Verbs – the mind
V. Compound noun and adjectives
VI. Minor offences and punishments
VII. Prepositional phrases
VIII. Finding a place to live
IX. Idiomatic expressions with home
X. Word formation
XI. Compound adjectives – parts of the body
XII. Words with more than one meaning
XIII. Life and career developments
XIV. Verb-noun collacations
XV. Communication and communication breakdown
XVI. Phrasal verbs – communication
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