intermediate scheme of work

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Scheme of Work – Intermediate Class
Week:
1.

Topic:
Let’s start a
project

Grammar:
present continuous vs. present simple

Vocabulary:
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

modal verbs: will / shall

word stress

word order in sentence structure

sentence stress

articles and nouns

clothes

Social English Themes:
project work in groups:
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devise a magazine / newspaper
write a short story collection
charity work / fundraising
organise a talent / variety night
consumer surveys
build an English language
learning website
make a short film

focus on study skills
2.

Sport and
leisure

past continuous

homophones

modal verbs: can / could / able to

word collocation

using the infinitive (after modal verbs)

sport and leisure

simple, compound and complex sentences

using adverbs

2nd week
review
3.

Health and
lifestyle

project work in groups

trip to a local museum / gallery

writing for different purposes: letter,
email, diary, report, assignment, etc.
project work in groups

present perfect

rhyming words

present perfect vs. past simple

health and different lifestyles

modal verbs: must / mustn’t

going to the doctor’s / dentist’s / hospital

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auxiliary verbs in question forms

asking for and giving advice

question tags
4.

Finding a job

modal verbs: may / might

formal and informal letter writing

quantity words – much, many, few, a lot etc.

understanding discourse markers, e.g.
well, right, er, OK, now, etc.

adverbials of time, manner, degree,

frequency, etc.

develop a group role play

when and if

careers advice

project work in groups

first conditional
zero conditional
5.

Thinking it over

mid-course
review / test
individual
tutorials
6.

Accent on
English

present perfect continuous

hypothetical ideas

project work in groups

modal verbs: should / would / could

global and local issues

project work – review

passive voice

change vs. staying the same

second conditional

the environment / pollution

prepositions of place

evening trip to a concert or exhibition

past perfect

writing a newspaper report

reported speech

understanding informal English –
vocabulary, pronunciation, accent and

project work in groups

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defining relative clauses – e.g. that, where,
who, whose, etc.
third conditional

errors made by native speakers of
English; including short cuts and
grammatical ellipsis, e.g. “Saw Helen
today.” = “I saw Helen today.”

trip to a nearby town / place of
interest

prepositions of time
7.

Different
people

making comparisons – comparatives and
superlatives

personality – differences between
people

future – will, going to, will be –ing, will have
done

arguments and problems

project work in groups

booking a holiday

8.

Let’s get
together

adverbials of possibility – e.g. perhaps,
possibly, definitely, maybe

animals

past simple – revision

using phrasal verbs

phrasal verbs

famous inventions / famous firsts

articles – a, an and the

famous people

subject revision

writing my autobiography

project work in groups

going on a date / getting married
personal relationships
problem pages – agony aunt / uncle

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Scheme of Work – Intermediate Class
9.

Enjoying the
classics

subject revision

project work – presentations

subject revision
classic books in the English language
language used in English literature

10.

Revision week

end of course weekend camping trip
– organised by the students

practice papers
practice listening tests
individual tutorials
revision of previous topics – recapping and consolidation
mock exam/s
exam/s

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