CEFR GENERAL ENGLISH LEVEL B1+
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Grammar
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• Passives (all tenses)
• Third conditional and Mixed Conditional
• In case / if – contrasted
• Time clauses: after, as soon as, before, by the
time, once, etc.)
• Modal verbs: deduction in Present/Past (must
be, must have been, can’t be / couldn’t have
been)
• If, when, unless, (review) even if, as long as,
provided that, make sure
• Adverbial clauses (+ ing clauses Getting up,
I went to see if the baby was alright)
• Gerunds and infinitives
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• Need + -ing
• Wishes and regrets (Wish + Past Perfect/If
only as an alternative / wish + would)
• Prepositions + ing
• Verbs of sensation (see/hear/feel/listen
to/notice – when to use plain infinitive/-ing)
• Causative constructions with have /get
• To be used to/to get used to (review)
• As/like
• Connectors (review)
• Word formation (from ‘root’ word)
• Future progressive
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Vocabulary (All of B1 and Most of the following topics should have been dealt
with at previous levels. However, greater coverage is required at this level.)
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• Health and illness
• Body care
• Education, schools
• The environment
• World issues
• Personal qualities
• Careers
• Consumer complaints
• Crime and punishment
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• Computers
• Job interviews and meetings
• Telephoning
• Relationships
• Services
• Intellectual and artistic pursuits
• Arts and crafts
• Sport
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Functions
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• Describing regrets about the past
• Describing a photo (N.B. essential for the second part of the
oral paper)
• Talking about the environment
• Talking about world issues
• Giving and acknowledging opinions on controversial issues
• Talking about learning methods, strategies to improve
• Describing personalities
• Making formal and informal telephone calls
• Compositions in general
• Formal and informal letters
• Understanding /discussing authentic newspaper articles
• Take messages, communicating inquiries, explaining problems
• Provide concrete information required in an interview
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• Preparing a CV
Interview / consultation: e.g. describe symptoms to a doctor
• Explaining why something is a problem
• Summarizing and giving opinion on article, short story,
documentary, etc.
• Carrying out a prepared interview
• Communicating at work: understand employment advertisements,
understand and follow joining procedures, understand safety and security
regulations and instructions, communicate appropriately with superiors,
colleagues and subordinates, participate in the social life of the company
• Social conventions in English-speaking countries
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Useful
Expressions
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· Bark
up the wrong tree
· Be
above board
· Be
a (total) pain in the neck
· I
really must be off
· Be
on the go
· Be
on the same wavelength
· Be
on the tip of one’s tongue
· Be
up to one’s eyes in …
· Be
/ feel under the weather
· Bear
in mind
· Brand
new
· Catch
somebody red-handed
· I
can’t make (Monday), how about …?
· Cost
an arm and a leg
· I
could do with (a holiday, etc.)
· Dirt
cheap
· Easier
said than done
· Fall
in love
· Get
in touch
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· Get
to the bottom of something
· How’s
it going?
· If
all else fails, ….
· In
all
· It’s
a piece of cake!
· It’s
not my kind of thing!
· Laugh
one’s head off
· Learn
by heart
· Look
like death warmed up
· Look
on the bright side
· Long
time, no see!
· Keep
cool - don’t lose your temper
· Meet
the deadline
· No
rest/peace for the wicked!
· Pull
someone’s leg
· Scared
stiff
· Slip
the mind
· Take
for granted
· Whereabouts
(is it?)
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Phrasal
Verbs
(Revision
of all phrasal verbs taught at the previous level is essential)
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· Account
for
· Accuse
of
· Aim
at
· Approve
of
· Back
up
· Be
down (fall / depress)
· Be
off (start a journey / gone bad)
· Be
out of
· Belong
to
· Break
out (start)
· Bring
on (cause, lead to)
· Call
for (require / collect someone/thing)
· Call
off (cancel)
· Call
on (visit)
· Carry
on
· Cheer
up
· Clear
up (tidy)
· Count
on
· Come
across
· Cut
down on
· Deal
with (do business with / do something about)
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· Face
up to
· Turn
up
· Get
away with
· Get
behind
· Get
down
· Get
out of
· Go
off (become bad/ of alarm – suddenly make a noise)
· Go
on (happen / continue)
· Go
with (combine well with)
· Grow
up
· Head
for
· Look
up to
· Look
down on
· Go
off (go bad/explode)
· Make
out (manage to see or hear clearly)
· Show
up
· Take
after
· Take
up (a hobby)
· Take
to (like)
· Turn
out (produce)
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General (This is just an idea of the kind of vocabulary students of this
level are expected to use. It is impossible to cover all lexical fields here.
This section should be further developed according to students’ needs,
ability and interests)
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Newspaper language
(axe=abolish
– blaze=fire etc.)
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Verbs taking the infinitive:
afford,
agree, appear, ask, decide, expect, help, hope, manage, mean, offer, prepare,
pretend, promise, refuse, seem, threaten, want, etc.
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Verbs taking –ing:
appreciate;
avoid; be busy; be worth; be no use; be no good; be used to; consider; delay;
detest; enjoy; fancy; feel like; give up; involve; keep on; look forward to;
mind; miss; postpone; practise; put off; recommend; resist; can’t bear; can’t
stand; can’t help; etc.
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Collocations e.g.:
Meet / Miss
/ Set / Impose a deadline; Set a(n) (good/bad) example; Encounter
difficulties; Abstain from; widely available; poor visibility; Rely on;
Depend on; Comment on; the reason for; Participate in; Adapt to; dissatisfied
with; difference between; Be good for; Complain about; Apologise for; Charge
with; Accuse of; crystal clear; red in the face; from (my) point of view;
concerned about; Enrol in/on; Apply for; Need help with; at the earliest possible
opportunity; a marked change; Be in a state of utter chaos; Make a donation;
Take (sole) charge of; Ruin one’s chances; Drop in for a friendly chat; Make
a change; by force of circumstances; Have a (legitimate) claim to; Live in precarious
circumstances; Use well-worn clichés; a head-on crash / clash; Come / Reach a
conclusion; a foregone conclusion; terms and conditions; odds and ends; bits
and pieces; give and take; wine and dine; peace and quiet; here and there; on
and off; down and out; inside out; back to front; all or nothing; slowly but
surely; light / steady / heavy / torrential – rain; light / stiff – breeze;
dense / thick / patchy – fog; clear / blue / grey / cloudless - sky
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Appearance:
stocky;
plump; green-eyed; balding; scarred; freckled; spotty
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Crimes:
burglary;
theft; shoplifting; robbery; mugging; embezzlement; murder; vandalism;
hooliganism; terrorism; kidnapping; hijacking; rape; arson; blackmail; fraud;
smuggling; petty theft; drink-driving; drug peddling; hijacking;
manslaughter; arson; forgery; baby/wife-battering; obscenity; shoplifting;
bribery and corruption; fine/ticket; sue; Dismiss a case; Suspend sentence;
on probation; Find guilty
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Employment:
wages;
salary; temporary; training; apply for; experience; rates; leave; position;
qualifications; flexitime; shiftwork; referee; Be fired / sacked; redundancy;
in charge of / responsible for
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Appearance and character:
(un)reliable;
(un)trustworthy; tedious; argumentative; stubborn; pig-headed; big-headed;
crafty; sly; shifty; grotty; lousy; dyed, spiky; shoulder-length,
high-lights; fringe (hair); piecing / sparkling eyes
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Sports:
equipment;
places; people (at appropriate level); outsider, outclassed; slaughter,
handicap, dead-heat, tie, whistle; turnout
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Arts and crafts:
DIY
(do-it-yourself), basket-weaving, distilling, pottery, carpentry, embroidery;
flat / sharp; extra, supporting actor/actress, screen adaptation, credits,
trailer, shoot a film, set
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Work:
overtime;
shift-work; Be on flexi-time; Work nine-to-five; Go/Be on strike; Get the
sack / Be fired; Make redundant; Be laid off; Be on/Take maternity leave; Take
early retirement; Be a workaholic / promoted; Apply for a job
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Cookery language:
mince,
scramble, crack, sprinkle, dice, beat, stuff, whisk, shred, carve, chop,
grate, ground, peel, baste, mash, slice, top and tail, bubble, drain, sieve,
simmer, steam, scale, whip; left-overs
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Fast Facts –
Entry level:
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Level B1
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Minimum age:
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15 years
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Total Hours
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80
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Length of course:
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Full Time – 4 Weeks (4Hrs /Day -
5Days/Week)
Part Time – 8 Weeks (2Hrs /Day -
5Days/Week)
Weekends – 10 Weeks (4Hrs /Day -
2Days/Week)
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Start date:
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First Monday of every month
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Class size:
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Maximum 15 Students
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Cost of Course
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Full Time – Rs. 12000/-
Part Time – Rs. 14000/-
Weekends – Rs. 16000/-
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Fast Track Program –
Entry level:
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Level B1
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Minimum age:
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15 years
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Total Hours
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20
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Length of course:
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Full Time – 1 Weeks (4Hrs /Day -
5Days/Week)
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Start date:
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First Monday of every month
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Class size:
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Maximum 15 Students
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Cost of Course
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Full Time – Rs. 7000/-
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