English No Limits: Advanced (Blocks 13,14,15)

1. DICTIONARY USE

- Functions: Defining words: how to use a dictionary.

- Grammar: Phrasal verbs catch up (on), drop in ( on sb.), fall out, give up, look for, make of, rub out, turn out, etc.

- Vocabulary: Abbreviations

2. DISCUSION AND DEBATE

- Functions: Expressing discussion and debate.

- Grammar: Introductory verbs in reported speech: agree/ promise/ infinitive, deny gerund Types of connectors: comparing and contrasting connectors , adding ideas connectors , cause connectors, reason connectors, purpose connectors and result connectors .

- Vocabulary: Discussion and debate

3. PEACE PILGRIM

- Functions: Using relatives

- Grammar: Meaning and uses of whoever, whichever, whatever, wherever, whenever, however.

- Vocabulary: Mysticism

4. WOMEN ADVENTURES

- Functions: Talking about the past: women adventures.

- Grammar: Different uses and meanings of as and like.

- Vocabulary: Adventures

5. TELEPHONING

- Functions: Telephoning conversations.

- Grammar: Rules to form the plural: irregular plurals, plurals from latin and greek origin,

nouns that are always plural. Units and containers: a packet, a jar, a carton, a bar, a slice, etc.

Basic telephone conversation: useful expressions: can I speak to...?, would you like me to take a message?, etc.

- Vocabulary: Telephoning

6. FORMAL LETTERS

- Functions: How to write formal letters

- Grammar: Inversion in formal language . Inversion in conditionals. Formal expressions: I have been obliged to, in addition to, please do not hesitate to..., etc.

- Vocabulary: Formal letters

7. COLDS & FLU

- Functions: Expressing health problems: symptoms and prescriptions.

- Grammar: Impersonal pronouns: one, one’s, you, they. Advice indications: you really should., etc.

- Vocabulary: Health: illnesses( colds and flu), medicines. Giving advices

8. DEPRESSION

- Functions: Describing symptoms of depression

- Grammar: Probability and ability

- Vocabulary: Psychology and depression

9. JOB HUNTING 1

- Functions: How to look for a job

- Grammar: Punctuation marks: apostrophe, suspension points, hyphen, full stop, etc.

- Vocabulary: Jobs and occupations. Curriculum vitae: education, work experience, hobbies and interest, references

10. JOB HUNTING 2

- Functions: How to do a job interview

- Grammar: Just. Indirect questions. Emphasis

- Vocabulary: Letters of application for a job

11. DOLPHIN THERAPY

- Functions: Expressing physical or emotional handicaps.

- Grammar: English common expresssions: at speed, be that as it may, even so, in captivity

- Vocabulary: Natural therapy

12. ANIMAL RIGHTS

- Functions: Talking about animal rights

- Grammar: Articles: a/an; the Extreme adjectives: absolutely,utterly, totally, etc.

- Vocabulary: Animals and their background

13. THREE MEN IN A BOAT

- Functions: Narrating a story

- Grammar: Verbs prepositions of movement: to sail from....to; to drift past; to glide through, etc.

- Vocabulary: Novels

14. THE BRONTË SISTERS

- Functions: Talking about the English literature of the nineteenth century ( The Brönte Sisters)

- Grammar: Adverb adjective combinations : strinkingly original, bitterly disappointed, deceptively simple, highly intriguing, deeply religious, deeply disturbing, etc. Inversion for emphasis: hardly ever/ scarcely ever, no sooner....than, etc.

- Vocabulary: Biographies

15. PUBLIC SPEAKING

- Functions: Showing how to prepare a public speaking

- Grammar: Revision of modals : able, allowed to, manage to, suceed in, used to, likely, needn’t, I daresay, etc. Formal expressions in speeches: I should like to, it gives me great pleasure, etc.

- Vocabulary: Vocabulary used in public speakings

(BLOQUE 14)

16. COLLOQUIAL ENGLISH

- Functions: Talking about colloquial English

- Grammar: Elipsis( omission of words): back in a moment, etc. Tag questions: imperatives, offers and suggestions. Idioms and colloquial expressions: don’t hang about, step on it, watch out!, how should I know?, I’ll give you a ring, what a racket!, etc.

- Vocabulary: Colloquial English

17. FENG SHUI

- Functions: Talking about oriental phylosopy: feng shui

- Grammar: Prepositions of place: at, in, on, under, below, by, opposite, etc. Common expressions: in the corner, in the middle,inwards, etc. Clauses of purpose: in order to, so as to, to infinitive, etc. Clauses of reason: as, for , since, because, in case, etc.

- Vocabulary: Parts of the house. Furniture. Shapes

18. THE MOON'S INFLUENCE

- Functions: Talking about the moon and its influence on the Earth

- Grammar: Uses of it. Pepositions of time: at,in,on by, from...to/till, since, during,etc.

- Vocabulary: Natural phenomena

19. A GUIDE TO THE SHEYCHELLES

- Functions: Talking about tourism.

- Grammar: Prepositional phrases with nouns:at the distance of, by means of, in addition to, in charge of, in search of, in the hope of Weights and measures.

- Vocabulary: Weights and measures Tourism.

20. AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE

- Functions: Talking about the English language as an international language

- Grammar: Adjectives prepositions: involved in, afraid of, anxious about, etc.

Differences between speak and talk ( and tell and say) ways of speaking: murmur, whisper,mumble, etc.

- Vocabulary: English words coming from Australia and New Zealand.

21. ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS

- Functions: Talking about alternative education

- Grammar: Nouns prepositions: a reason for, a disadvantage of, damage to, an attitude to/ towards, contact between,etc. Stative verbs:verbs of senses, mental or emotional verbs, reporting verbs and other verbs such as be, have, seem/appear, belong , etc.

- Vocabulary: Education

22. HAPPY FAMILIES

- Functions: Talking about the family unit

- Grammar: Prepositions nouns: by accident, undercontrol,etc. See/ watch /notice /hear /listen/feel object infinitive or gerund. Verbs of seeing: see, look, observe, spy, gaze, stare, glance, etc.

- Vocabulary: The family

23. THE FOOD OF THE GODS

- Functions: Talking about the history of Latin America

- Grammar: Passives

- Vocabulary: Food

24. INSTRUCTIONS

- Functions: Giving instructions

- Grammar: Passives with “get”(more colloquial). Compound nouns: noun noun, noun gerund and gerund noun. Passive constructions: it is to be done, etc.

- Vocabulary: Meditation. Handicrafts. Electrical appliances

25. THE FIRST AMERICANS

- Functions: Talking about the history of America

- Grammar: Verbs prepositions/ adverbs: blame for, refer to, warn of, etc.

- Vocabulary: American Indians

26. DIVERSITY... IS THE SPICE OF LIFE

- Functions: Talking about diversity

- Grammar: Ways of comparing: irregular adjectives (farther, elder, hard, fast, etc); more and more or bigger and bigger; qualifiers (even more, far less, etc. ); by far the most, at least, as.... as. Abstract nouns used as countables: it’s a pity/ shame that; it’s a wonder, an interest in, etc.

- Vocabulary: Races. Customs

27. WHAT'S ON THE BOX?

- Functions: Talking about TV

- Grammar: Synonyms

- Vocabulary: The television: documentaries, soap operas, quiz programmes, comedies.

28. TARZAN OF THE APES

- Functions: Talking about popular culture: Tarzan of the Apes

- Grammar: Adverbs adverb phrases/ sentence adverb . Adverbs of manner, place and time. Position of the adverbs

- Vocabulary: Films. Books

29. TRAVELLING IN SPACE

- Functions: Talking about life in the future

- Grammar: Expressions with have: have a meal, an operation, etc.

- Vocabulary: The space

30. NATURAL DISASTERS

- Functions: Talking about natural disasters

- Grammar: Types of conditionals: first conditional

Prepositions gerund : For putting out fire, on seeing an accident, by helping others, in using the lift.

- Vocabulary: Natural disasters

(BLOQUE 15)

31. SLEEP AND DREAMS

- Functions: Talking about dreams

- Grammar: Uses of the relative pronoun: that, who, which, whose, where, when and what.

- Vocabulary: Dreams

32. YOU'RE AS OLD AS YOU FEEL

- Functions: Expressing health problems due to the old age

- Grammar: Expressions: you’re as old as you feel, leaves a lot to be desired, etc. Replacing relative clauses with gerund and infinitive. Masculine femenine words

- Vocabulary: Parts of the human body. Illnesses

33. ADVERTISING 1

- Functions: Expressing different ways of advertising I

- Grammar: Adjectives infinitives: it was nice/rude of you to do that Foreign words in common use:French, Spanish, German , Italian, Chinese and Indian words into the English language.

- Vocabulary: Advertising I

34. ADVERTISING 2

- Functions: Expressing different ways of advertising II

- Grammar: Units and containers: packet, box, cartons, bottle, jar, jug, etc.

- Vocabulary: Advertising II. Organic food. The Royal Navy. Magazine subscription

35. LEARNING TO WRITE

- Functions: The history of writing

- Grammar: Subordinate clauses

- Vocabulary: Archeological discoveries

36. STORIES FORM OVER THE WORLD

- Functions: Talking about the American literature

- Grammar: Common expressions: and they lived happily ever after, once upon a time, etc. Narrative tense: past simple, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous, used to would, was/were about to/ going to.

- Vocabulary: Tales

37. GREAT MINDS

- Functions: Talking about famous people and their discoveries

- Grammar: Reported speech:unchanged verbs and time expressions in reported speech.

- Vocabulary: Inventions

38. TWENTIETH CENTURY BREAKTHROUGS

- Functions: Talking about the beginning of the twentieth century

- Grammar: English common expressions: comes first, there’s a lot to be said for..., etc.

Uses of some/any/no/none.

- Vocabulary: The television. Housework. Electrical appliances: the vacuum cleaner

39. CHOOSING YOUR PET

- Functions: Talking about animals

- Grammar: Complaints and irritation. Verbs followed by an infinitive with to. Try, mean, hope, etc. Euphemisms and understatement: she’s poorly, under the weather, etc.

- Vocabulary: Animals

40. MAGICAL AND MYTHICAL BEAST

- Functions: Talking about legends

- Grammar: Useful English expressions: as you wish/ please yourself, long in the tooth, etc.

- Vocabulary: Legends. Mythical Beasts

41. HERE IS THE NEWS...

- Functions: Expressing how to write news

- Grammar: Noun full infinitive: the ability to discover, one’s decision to discover, etc. Verb that should ( formal language): they advised that we should visit, etc.

- Vocabulary: Newspapers

42. SOCIAL TRENDS

- Functions: Talking about society

- Grammar: Uses of let and may. Infinitive expressions: to be about to, to make up one’s mind to, to set out to, etc.

- Vocabulary: Social background

43. IN THE BEGINNING...

- Functions: Talking about the beginning of the earth

- Grammar: Verbs followed by gerund or infinitive

- Vocabulary: Biology. The space

44. THE END OF THE WORLD

- Functions: Talking about the end of the world

- Grammar: English common expressions: all things considered, in vain, not to mention, on the verge of, under threat and we can be safe in assuming. Noun clause that. It is a shame/ miracle, etc. Verb possessive gerund. I dread/ don’t mind his paying, etc.

- Vocabulary: Religion

45. TRAVEL BROADENS THE MIND

- Functions: Talking about travelling abroad

- Grammar: Changes from a noun into a verb

- Vocabulary: Travels, Health, School leavers, Novels, National parks

46. QUIZ

- Functions: Talking about TV programmes

- Grammar: Review lesson

- Vocabulary: Quiz shows