Programa de contenidos gramaticales

Jóvenes 6

Revision of Tenses, active and passive Future Perfect / Future Progressive Revision of Modals. "be/get used to + -ing" Perfect Modals (should have done) Conditionals. Mixed conditionals: If I hadn’t accepted his offer, I would go out with you. Question forms: Who to? What for? Verb + gerund vs. Verb + infinitive (don't mind helping, hope to see) Verbs used with both gerund and infinitive (love, prefer) Infinitives after adjectives (happy to see, sorry to hear) Comparisons: the … the …; so…; such… Compound nouns (youth hostel, drawback) Compound adjectives (well-dressed, time-consuming) Uncountable nouns (information, advice) Words that only occur in the plural (scissors) Making uncountable nouns countable ( a loaf of bread) Adverbs modifying adjectives (quite, fairly, totally, etc) More confusible words: do/make; say/speak/talk/tell; rob/steal The use of the article / Expressing regret (If only..., I wish...)

Writing

Narratives Descriptions Letters Using opening and concluding statements (between 100 - 150 words) Nota: The topics that the students should master will depend on the choice of textbook, but all students should be able to fluently describe people's appearance and feelings, describe places and express their opinions, beliefs, intentions, likes and desires both in speech and in writing.

Bibliografía sugerida 2007

Programa de contenidos gramaticales

Adultos 7

Revision of tenses: Present Simple, Progressive, Perfect and Perfect Progressive; Past Simple, Progressive, Perfect and Perfect Progressive; Future Simple and Continuous; Future in the past; Going to Modal verbs: will; would; must; should; may; might; can; could; need; have to; ought to; be able; manage; succeed. (perfect modals). Uses and functions: suggestions, advice, warnings, regrets, criticism, obligation, necessity, lack of necessity, prohibition, permission, certainty, possibility, ability Conditional sentences: The three types. Mixed conditions Reported Speech: uses; verb patterns Time clauses in the past and in the future. Time conjunctions: as; while; when; after; before; as soon as; until; by the time... Relative Clauses: defining and non-defining Making Hypothesis: I wish...; If only...; Supposing...; I hope...; As if/as though...; It' time...; would rather... The subjunctive: present and past Inversion: uses; adverbials: hardly; no sooner;little; not only;only Comparisons: as...as; not so/as...as; so/such...that; as versus like Participial constructions The passive form, choosing between active or passive, including the agent, verbs with two objects. Passive constructions with the infinitive: Maradona is said to be very rich Gerund and infinitive Present and past participles Non-finite verbal constructions: to inf (I hope to see him) -ed participle (Covered in dust, she ...) -ing participle (Living in the country, we...) Modification of adjectives and adverbs: fairly, rather, quite, very, etc Collective nouns (a flock of sheep) More confusible words: raise/rise; lie/lay; remind/remember Areas temáticas: School; family relationships; age; art; violence and crime; status and social class; the media; religion; life and death; the senses; the future; everyday problems; travel; etc.

Vocabulario y bibliografía 2008

Five paragraph essay (between 150 - 200 words) Nota importante: Dado que este es el último curso del ciclo y que el certificado que se otorga al cumplimentar este nivel es considerado válido para la solicitud de diferentes empleos, es imprescindible que el alumno demuestre realmente que ha cumplido con todos los objetivos requeridos tanto en la expresión oral como en la escrita.

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