Analysis of the salient features of the B1 level of the CEFR
GRAMMAR AND SYNTAX:
- interrogative form
- possessive and Saxon genitive
- Personal pronouns subject
- frequency adverbs
- comparative and superlative degree of adjectives
- relative pronouns
- countable and uncountable nouns
- main prepositions of time and place
- main conjunctions
- main verbs + prepositions (phrasal verbs)
- Simple present / Continuous present
- Simple past
- Habits in the past: USED FOR
- Present Perfect
- future ("going to", "will" and "Present Continuous")
- conditional: type 0
- conditional: type 1 + the temporal subordinates (when, after, etc. + Present Simple)
- modal verbs (can, could, must, will, would like, should)
- I must, I must not
- conditional: type 2
- progressive past
- future expressed with the simple present
- passive form of verbs
- indirect speech
- position and order of adjectives
- verbs with infinitive and gerund

LEXICON:
- physical description of people
- relationships (family)
- personality
- the House
- weather
- hobbies, sports and free time
- means of transport and holidays
- clothing and shops


COMMUNICATION FUNCTIONS:
- talk about their habits and hobbies
- talk about the family
- ask / give information: date and time
- talk about the weather
- describe people and talk about feelings
- be / disagree
- understand / write short messages
- understand / write an informal letter
- talk about future plans
- talk about past experiences
- thank and respond to thanks
SPECIFIC MICROLANGUAGE:
Understanding and discussion of scientific texts (short oral presentation / summary of their content).
Topics and texts will be defined in a specific way during the course.

Steve Taylore-Knowles, Malcolm Mann, DESTINATION B2 Sb +Key, MacMillan, UK.


NORRIS ROY, READY FOR FIRST 3RD ED COURSEBOOK WITH KEYS, MacMillan, UK. Codice EAN: 9781786327543

MARTIN HEWINGS, Advanced Grammar in Use. Third edition. Book with answers, Cambridge.

Siti utili per la preparazione:

https://www.englishaula.com/en/mobile/exam-prep-cat-section/2/1/

https://www.englishaula.com/en/mobile/exam-prep-cat-section/2/3/

https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/it/exams-and-tests/first/preparation/

https://www.examenglish.com/B2/index.php