LEXICAL RESOURCES & KEY GRAMMAR POINTS FOR EACH UNIT

FOOD UNIT 

LEXICAL RESOURCES: recipes & ingredients, groceries, meals and their preparation, nutritional habits, diets, eating disorders, eating out, fine dining & fast food


KEY GRAMMAR: Present and past tenses, passive voice, future forms (to be about to/ to be going to etc.), future tenses (Future Simple, Future Continuous modals for speculation (may, might), Linking words and phrases commonly used in speaking and writing- expressing opinion, listing points and adding more, expressing agreement and disagreement, expressing cause and reason, expressing preference, responding to a comment, expressing certainty and doubt. See full list of grammar points and teaching tips. 

CULTURE UNIT 

LEXICAL RESOURCES: fields of culture: film, music, literature, art, mass & social media, architecture etc, authors & their works, protection of copyrights, participation in culture, traditions and customs, media; see this vocabulary list.


KEY GRAMMAR: Relative Clauses (word definitions in quiz); Present tenses (storytelling); Past tenses (biographies of artists, origins of specific works, films, etc.); Modals for speculation, future tenses (speculating what might happen, what songs are about, explaining symbolism); Expressing opinions, preferences and recommendations, arguing; Present tenses, Structures with wish, would rather, had better, hypothetical present and past; Second Conditional; Sentences with so, such, enough; Coordinate and subordinate complex sentences.

TRAVEL UNIT 

LEXICAL RESOURCES: map reading, monuments and holiday attractions, accommodation, costs of travel, monuments and holiday attractions


KEY GRAMMAR: Present tenses (describing attractions); Past tenses (origins of specific monuments, historical remains, etc.); Modals for speculation, future tenses (speculating what might happen); Expressing opinions, preferences and recommendations, arguing. Structures with wish, would rather, had better, hypothetical present and past; Second Conditional; Sentences with so, such, enough; Coordinate and subordinate complex sentences.

RESIDENCE UNIT 

LEXICAL RESOURCESthe house and its surroundings, house equipment, moving house, architecture, personal belongings



KEY GRAMMAR & SKILLS: describing landscapes and views, describing places and locations, giving feedback, listening comprehension, negotiating 


SHOPPING UNIT 


LEXICAL RESOURCES: shopping and goods,;buying clothes;,selling

and buying, means of payment, bargains and special offers, complaints,

services, advertisement and consumer rights.


KEY GRAMMAR: Present and past tenses, passive voice, future forms

to be going to etc.), future tenses (Future Simple, Future Continuous

modals for speculation (may, might), Linking words and phrases

commonly used in speaking and writing- expressing opinion, listing

points and adding more, expressing agreement and disagreement,

expressing cause and reason, expressing preference, responding to a

comment, expressing certainty and doubt. See full list of grammar

points and teaching tips.

IDENTITY UNIT 

LEXICAL RESOURCES: personality adjectives, adjectives describing strengths and weaknesses, hobbies, interests, skills, emotions


KEY GRAMMAR: 

1.  Present tenses: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect (experiences).

2.  Past tenses: Past Simple

3.  Future forms: to be about to/to be going to, future tenses: Future Simple, Future Perfect

4. Modals for speculation: may, might

HEALTH UNIT 

LEXICAL RESOURCES: body parts, inner organs, illnesses and symptoms,

well-being, treatment, injuries and emergencies, hospital treatment, disability,

healthy lifestyle, addictions, civilization diseases.


KEY GRAMMAR: Present and past tenses, passive voice, future forms

(to be about to/ to be going to etc.), future tenses (Future Simple, Future

Continuous modals for speculation (may, might),

SPORTS UNIT 

LEXICAL RESOURCESSport disciplines, sportsmen, problems of modern sport, positive and negative effects of doing sport, gender inequality in sport, sporting events, gender discrimination, overcome obstacles, mental exhaustion, endurance, stamina, promote fair play



KEY GRAMMAR: Articles; quantifiers; advanced and qualifying comparatives; phrases for support and sensitivity; present, past and future tenses.