Curso de Inglés B2 - FIRST

UNIT 1
Grammar: present simple vs present continuous)
Vocabulary: body parts
Writing: describing people
Reading: gapped text
Use of English: word formation
Speaking: describing people

UNIT 2
Grammar: simple past / countable and uncountable nouns)
Vocabulary: easily confused words
Writing: transactional letters
Reading: multiple choice
Use of English: word formation
Speaking: interview

UNIT 3
Grammar: the future )
Vocabulary: household chores
Writing: informal letters
Reading: multiple choice
Use of English: open cloze
Listening: sentence completion
Speaking: long term

UNIT 4
Grammar: the past continuous / "so", "neither" and "nor" )
Vocabulary: odd word out
Writing: discursive
Reading: multiple choice
Use of English: keyword transformations
Listening: multiple choice
Speaking: collaborative task & discussion

UNIT 5
Grammar: conditional sentences / "neither...nor", "either...or" )
Vocabulary: academic vocabulary
Writing: transactional letters
Reading: gapped text
Use of English: multiple choice cloze
Listening: multiple matching
Speaking: the oral test of the FCE exam

UNIT 6
Grammar: the passive voice )
Vocabulary: gain, earn, win (diferencias)
Writing: writing task (an article)
Reading: multiple matching
Use of English: keyword transformations
Listening: multiple choice
Speaking: asking about personal information

UNIT 7
Grammar: the present perfect (el presente perfecto) )
Vocabulary: renovations and home improvement / idioms with colors
Writing: writing task (composition)
Reading: gapped text
Use of English: open cloze
Listening: sentence completion
Speaking: word stress

UNIT 8
Grammar: the present perfect continuous (el presente perfecto continuo) )
Vocabulary: the language of sports
Writing: a letter of application
Reading: multiple choice
Use of English: multiple choice cloze
Listening: general practice
Speaking: changing word stress

UNIT 9
Grammar: defining relative clauses (oraciones de relativo especificativas) )
Vocabulary: environmental topics
Writing: a formal complaint letter
Reading: gapped text
Use of English: word formation
Listening: multiple matching
Speaking: talking about photographs

UNIT 10
Grammar: non - defining relative clauses (oraciones de relativo explicativas) )
Vocabulary: false friends
Writing: cause and effect essays
Reading: multiple matching
Use of English: open cloze
Listening: sentence completion
Speaking: understanding the examiner’s instructions

UNIT 11
Grammar: the past perfect & the past perfect continuous )
Vocabulary: disasters
Writing: sentence structure
Reading: general practice
Use of English: word formation
Listening: multiple choice
Speaking: useful phrases

UNIT 12
Grammar: used to & would )
Vocabulary: phrasal verbs
Writing: the introduction
Reading: multiple matching
Use of English: keyword transformations
Listening: multiple matching
Speaking: exam practice

UNIT 13
Grammar: reported speech )
Vocabulary: crime, punishment and justice
Writing: informal letter asking for a reference
Reading: multiple choice
Use of English: open cloze
Listening: graded dictations
Speaking: speaking test sample

UNIT 14
Grammar: comparatives and superlatives )
Vocabulary: food and cooking
Writing: letter to a newspaper
Reading: gapped text
Use of English: multiple choice cloze
Listening: general practice
Speaking: oral exam (parts 1, 2, 3 & 4)

UNIT 15
Grammar: expressing hypothetical meaning )
Vocabulary: science and technology
Writing: formal expressions (ending a letter)
Reading: multiple matching
Use of English: word formation
Listening: sentence completion

UNIT 16
Grammar: “can”, “could”, “may” and “might” )
Vocabulary: personality adjectives
Writing: formal and informal documents
Reading: multiple choice
Use of English: open cloze
Listening: multiple choice

UNIT 17
Grammar: expressing obligation, necessity and deduction )
Vocabulary: leisure activities
Writing: how to write a story
Reading: gapped text
Use of English: practice
Listening: graded dictations

UNIT 18
Grammar: gerunds and infinitives )
Vocabulary: politics and elections
Writing: what's in the FCE Writing paper?
Reading: multiple matching
Use of English: open cloze exercises
Listening: multiple choice

UNIT 19
Grammar: adjective endings (-ed or –ing?) )
Vocabulary: travelling and means of transport
Writing: paragraph structure
Reading: multiple choice / what’s in the FCE reading paper?
Use of English: word formation exercises
Listening: sentence completion

UNIT 20
Grammar: connectors )
Vocabulary: collocations
Writing: argumentative essays
Reading: multiple matching
Use of English: keyword transformations exercises
Listening: what’s in the FCE listening paper?