Level 2 (pre-intermedio/pre-intermediate), Council of Europe: B1, Cambridge Assesement: PET (Preliminary English Test).
Description B1: Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken. Can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
Syllabus
Nouns and determiners: Singular and plural nouns. Countable and uncountable nouns. A lot of / lots of,many, much, (a) few, (a) little, all, most, some, none, each, every.
Pronouns & Possessives: Pronouns and adjective possessives. Possessive’s, possessive of. Reflexive pronouns, each other. One / ones. Somebody, something, etc.
Articles: definite and indefinite article. Definite, indefinite and zero article.
Adjectives & Adverbs: Order of adjectives. Comparative and superlative adjectives. Adverbs of manner. Comparative and superlative adverbs. Modifying comparisons: much, faster, etc. Adverbs of frequency. Adverbs of degree: very, really, etc.
Comparative structures: as…as, not as…as. Too, enough, very. So… that, such (a/an)…that.
Tenses
Present tenses: Present simple. Present continuous. State verbs. Present simple or continuous. Past tenses: Past simple: regular and irregular verbs. Past continuous and simple. Used to. Perfect tenses: Present perfect: form and use. Present perfect with just, already, yet, ever, never, for, since. Past perfect simple. Past perfect and past simple. Future forms: be going to and will. Present continuous or be going to. Present simple and continuous for the future.
Modal verbs: Ability and possibility: can, could, be able to. Permission: can, could, be allowed to.
Possibility: may, might , could. Certainty and deduction: must, can’t. Requests: can, could, would. Offers and Suggestions: will, shall, can, could. Obligation and necessity: must, have to, need to. Prohibition: mustn’t, can’t, not be allowed to. Lack of necessity: don’t have to, don’t need to. Advice: should, ought to, must.zasd zSentence and Text Structure
Statements and questions
Word order: direct and indirect objects. There is/are vs. it is. Making questions. Questions words as subject or object. Prepositions at the end of questions. Questions tags. Short responses with so, neither / nor etc. Short responses: I think so, I hope not.
-ing forms and infinitives: -ing forms as subjects of sentences. Verbs followed by –ing form or to-infinitive. Verbs followed by object plus to-infinitive.
The passive: The passive: form and use. The passive+by. The causative: have something done.
Reported speech: Direct speech, punctuation. Reported statements. Reporting verbs: say and tell. Reported questions. Reported commands and requests. Indirect questions. Wh-question words+to-infini-tive.
Relative clauses :Defining relative clauses. Other ways of identifying people and things.
Linking words and structures: Addition: and, also, too, as well, both…and, either…or, neither…nor. Contrast: but, although/though, however. Reason: because (of), as, since, so, therefore. Purpose: to, in order to, so that. Time clauses: when, while, before, after, as soon as, until. Future Time clauses. Before / after + ing. Sequencers.
Conditionals: The zero conditional. The first conditional. Unless. The second conditional.
Vocabulary
Prepositions: Prepositions of place. Prepositions of movement. Prepositions of time. Time expressions with no preposition. Prepositions of time. With, by, like.
Prepositional phrases: time, place and activity. Other prepositional phrases.
Words that go together
Adjective plus preposition. Verb+preposition. Phrasal verbs. Make, do, have, get.
Word formation: Adjectives ending in–ed and–ing. Negative prefixes. Forming adjectives. Forming nouns. Compound nouns. Compound adjectives.
READING
There is a graded reading level for Pre-intermediate Students with CDs to improve English morphology and syntax according to the Syllabus, boost Phonetics and increase the vocabulary in a easy way.
Hay una lectura adaptada en inglés para cada estudiante del Nivel Pre-intermedio con CDs para comprender mejor la morfología y la sintaxis inglesa según el programa de estudio, aumentar de un modo más rápido el vocabulario y mejorar la pronunciación.