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General English Level C1

CEFR GENERAL ENGLISH LEVEL C1

Grammar
·  Emphatic structures (e.g. No sooner had I…/Under no circumstances must you… So thick was the fog, that …)
·  The future in the past
·  Adverb/verb collocations (e.g. strongly recommended/greatly appreciated/categorically denied etc.)
·  Conditionals (Revision and variations / mixed e.g. “were to” in type 2 to express remote responsibility etc.)
·  The use of “ever” for emphasis (Whatever, whenever, however, whoever etc.)
·  Modals (review)
·  Idioms (Revision of those taught at previous levels + as many other
·  commonly used idioms as possible)
·  Phrasal verbs (Revision of those taught at previous levels + as many other commonly used phrasal verbs as possible)
·  Connectors and cohesive devices


Functions
·  Describing graphs and data
·  Describing a working environment or situation
·  Describing a photo (N.B. essential for the second part of the oral paper)
·  Giving opinions (for and against)
·  Analysing differences
·  Criticizing and praising
·  Recommending
·  Writing references
·  Writing reports
·  Understanding live broadcasts
·  Presenting a company, product or service
·  Preparing a CV along with a letter of application
·  Understanding of newspaper language (The study of authentic
·  material, e.g. newspaper / magazine articles, is strongly recommended.)
·  Talking about politics and bureaucratic language
·  Dealing with the unexpected

Useful Expressions
·  face / body: e.g. put your foot in it
·  clothes: e.g. fit like a glove
·  building: e.g. talk to the wall
·  driving: e.g. take a back seat
·  colours: e.g. see red
·  eating: e.g. bite off more than you can chew
·  life and death: e.g. look like death warmed up
·  animal: e.g. I smell a rat
·  mind: e.g. give someone a piece of your mind
·  mood: e.g. be over the moon
·  numbers: e.g. be on cloud nine
·  temperature: e.g. a hot potato
·  train: e.g. a one-track mind
·  water: e.g. a drop in the ocean
·  etc. etc. etc.


Phrasal Verbs (Revision of all phrasal verbs taught at the previous level is essential)
·  aim at
·  answer to
·  back down
·  back out of (withdraw from an
·  agreement, etc.)
·  back up (help and support)
·  barge in
·  be carried away (with emotion)
·  be down with (caught an illness)
·  blare out (music)
·  black out (lose consciousness)
·  blow over (of storm)
·  bottle up (feelings)
·  branch out (develop in new areas)
·  bring forward (arrange to have earlier)
·  brush up (improve skill)
·  burst out (laughing)
·  come down on (criticise)
·  come in (useful)
·  come into (inherit)
·  come out (stain / news / secret / sun)
·  coop up
·  crack down
·  crack up
·  crop up
·  dawn on
·  did up (discover)
·  do away with
·  drag on
·  ease off
·  fall off (decrease)
·  feel up to
·   fish for
·  flare up
·  fool …. into
·  go down (of news)
·  go for (attack)
·  go under (of a company)
·  head for
·  hit it off
·  hit on (idea)
·  jump at
·  keep off (subject / rain or snow / not eat)
·  kick up (a fuss)
·  laugh off
·  live down
·  liven up
·  make out (pretend)
·  open up (talk openly)
·  own up
·  play down
·  rule out
·  shop around
·  sift through
·  simmer down
·  sink in
·  slip out
·  step up
·  storm out
·  strip down
·  tail back
·  tip off
·  tone down
·  water down
·  while away (time)
·   wind down


General (This section should be developed as much as possible according to students’ needs, ability and interests)



·  ‘Subtle’ meanings:
e.g. glance, gaze, peep / grasp, hold, grab / walk, strut, stride, stroll

·  Verbs connected to the body:
e.g. swallow, burp, blink, blush, quiver, shudder

·  Proverbs:
a bird in the hand ….

·  Similes and metaphors:
as mad as a hatter.

·  Binomials:
e.g. ranting and raving / down and out / sink or swim

·  Text organisers:
as well as, in addition to, while, despite, nevertheless/none the less, as a result/accordingly, thus, hence, first of all …, next, …. finally …., the first point, for one thing … and for another .., and besides, for example, … in the case of …, all in all

·  Commonly confused words:
effect/affect, lose/loose, specially/especially, stationery/stationary, principle/principal, insure/assure/ensure

·  Collocations:
out of/in the way, on strike, out of breath, act out of character, out of all proportion, on purpose, by accident, on good terms, one by one, all one, one-way affair, be no wonder, there’s no knowing, no business of yours, no matter how, no likelihood of, for this once, once in a while, once and for all, within reason / reach / the law / sight / a reasonable time, by the way / and large / no means / far / the time / all means / rights / chance / and by / myself, sole survivor, scattered population, a standing joke, common knowledge, high/low standard, a calculated risk, a significant increase, be an old hand, lapse of memory, a difference of opinion, a term of endearment, the price of failure, a matter of importance, a slip of the tongue, come from the heart, start from scratch, head to foot, the time being, any minute now, etc. etc. etc.

·  Newspaper language



Fast Facts –
Entry level:
Level B2
Minimum age:
15 years
Total Hours
80
Length of course:
Full Time – 4 Weeks (4Hrs /Day -  5Days/Week)
Part Time – 8 Weeks (2Hrs /Day -  5Days/Week)
Weekends – 10 Weeks (4Hrs /Day -  2Days/Week)
Start date:
First Monday of every month
Class size:
Maximum 15 Students
Cost of Course
Full Time – Rs. 12000/-
Part Time – Rs. 14000/-
Weekends – Rs. 16000/-



Fast Track Program –

Entry level:
Level B2
Minimum age:
15 years
Total Hours
20
Length of course:
Full Time – 1 Weeks (4Hrs /Day -  5Days/Week)
Start date:
First Monday of every month
Class size:
Maximum 15 Students
Cost of Course
Full Time – Rs. 7000/-

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1.   Noida – CoWorking Venue, Sector 18
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3.   New Delhi – Connaught Place (CP)

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