Contents of the Monologues
A1 · Beginner
Functions/notions
Understanding and using numbers
Understanding and using prices
Telling the time
Directions
Greetings
Giving personal information
Describing habits and routines
Discourse Functions
Checking understanding
Discourse Markers
Transition words
Connecting words (and, but, because)
Simple Verb Forms
To be, including questions and negatives
Imperatives
Questions
Question forms
Present
Present simple
Present continuous
Past
Past simple
Past simple (to be)
Future
Going to
Future time with will and going to
Present Perfect
Basic use of the present perfect
Gerund and Infinitive
I'd like
Verb + -ing, like/hate/love
Modals
Pre-teach modals
Can/can't (Ability)
Can/could (Functional)
Nouns
Countable and uncountable (how much/many and very common countable and uncountable nouns)
There is/there are
Pronouns
Simple personal pronouns
Possessives
Possessive adjectives
Possessive ‘s and s’
Possessive pronouns
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Common prepositions
Prepositional phrases (time and movement)
Articles
Definite, indefinite
Determiners
Basic determiners (e.g. any, some, a lot of)
Adjectives
Common adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives
Comparative and superlative
Adverbs
Adverbs of frequency
Simple adverbs of place, manner and time
Intensifiers
Very basic intensifiers (very, really)
Lexis
Nationalities and countries
Personal information
Food and drink
Things in town, shops and shopping
Basic verbs
Topics
Family life
Hobbies
Vacations and holidays
Work and jobs
Shopping
Leisure activities
Lexis
Informal and slang
A2 · Elementary
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Functions/notions
Understanding and using numbers (Ordinals)
Understanding and using prices
Telling the time (Dates)
Telling the time (Setting a date)
Greetings
Giving personal information
Describing habits and routines
Describing people
Describing things
Requests
Suggestions
Advice
Invitations
Offers
Arrangements to meet people using -ing
Obligations and necessity
Describing places
Describing past experiences and storytelling
Discourse Functions
Checking understanding
Discourse Markers
Linkers (sequential, past time)
Simple Verb Forms
Imperatives
Questions
Question forms
Wh-questions in the past
Present
Present simple
Present continuous
Past
Past simple (to be)
Past simple (regular verbs)
Past simple (irregular verbs)
Past continuous
Used to
Future
Going to
Present continuous for the future (arrangements)
Future time with will and going to
Present Perfect
Basic use of the present perfect
Gerund and Infinitive
Gerunds and verb + -ing or infinitive, like/want/would like
To + infinitive to express a purpose
Verb + to + infinitive
Conditionals
Zero and first conditional
Phrasal Verbs
Pre-teach or review the particles, using the verb to be as an example
Common phrasal verbs
Modals
Can/could (Functional)
Might, may
Possibly, probably, perhaps
Must and must not
Have to
Should
Nouns
Countable and uncountable (More practice with much and many)
Pronouns
Advanced personal pronouns
Possessives
Possessive ‘s and s’
Possessive pronouns
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Prepositions of time (on/at/in)
Prepositional phrases (place, time and movement)
Articles
Zero article with uncountable nouns
With countable and uncountable nouns
Determiners
Basic determiners (e.g. any, some, a lot of)
Wider range (e.g. all, none, not (any), enough, (a) few)
Adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives
Ending in -ed and -ing
Comparative (use of than)
Superlative and use of the definite article
Adverbs
Adverbs of frequency
Simple adverbs of place, manner and time
Intensifiers
Very basic intensifiers
Basic intensifiers (quite, so, a bit)
Lexis
General A2 vocabulary
Food and drink
Things in town, shops and shopping
Travel and services vocabulary
Objects and rooms
Adjectives about personality, description, feelings
Topics
Hobbies
Vacations and holidays
Work and jobs
Shopping
Leisure activities
Education
Tricky Words and Expressions
Common errors (French) people make
Tongue twisters
Topics
Health
B1 · Intermediate
Miscellaneous
Missing lemmas
Functions/notions
Describing places
Describing past experiences and storytelling
Describing feelings, emotions, attitudes
Expressing opinions
Expressing agreement/disagreement
Talking about films and books
Discourse Functions
Initiating and closing conversation
Checking understanding
Managing interaction (interrupting, changing topic, resuming or continuing)
Discourse Markers
Linkers (sequential, past time)
Connecting words expressing cause and effect, contrast, etc.
Markers to structure informal spoken discourse
Questions
Wh-questions in the past
Complex question tags
Past
Past simple
Past simple (irregular verbs)
Past continuous
Used to
would expressing habit in the past
Past perfect
Future
Future time with will or going to (Prediction)
Future continuous
Present Perfect
Basic use of the present perfect
Present perfect vs. Present (simple or continuous)
Present perfect vs. Past simple
Present perfect continuous
More present perfect examples
Conditionals
Zero and first conditional
Second and third conditional
Phrasal Verbs
Common phrasal verbs
Advanced phrasal verbs (Extended/splitting, B1 verbs)
Passives
Simple passive
Other Verb Forms
Reported speech (range of tenses)
Modals
Might, may, will, probably
Must/can't (Deduction)
Must/have to
Should (Deductive/Suppositive)
Ought to
Need to
Should have, might have, etc.
Possessives
Possessive pronouns
Articles
With countable and uncountable nouns
Determiners
Broad range (e.g. all the, most, both)
Adjectives
Collocation of adjectives
Adverbs
Adverbial phrases of time, place and frequency including word order
Adjectives and adverbs (contrasting adjectives and adverbs)
Adverbial phrases of degree/extent, probability
Comparative and superlative form of adverbs
Intensifiers
Broader range of intensifiers (too, so, enough, etc.)
Wide range (extremely, much too, etc.)
Lexis
General B1 vocabulary
Things in town, shops and shopping
Travel and services vocabulary
Contrasting opinions (on the one hand…)
Collocations
Colloquial language
Topics
Hobbies
Work and jobs
Leisure activities
Education
Films
Books and literature
News, lifestyles and current affairs
Media
Health
B2 · Upper Intermediate
Functions/notions
Describing past experiences and storytelling
Describing feelings and emotions
Describing hopes and plans
Giving precise information
Expressing abstract ideas
Expressing certainty, probability, doubt
Generalizing and qualifying
Synthesizing, evaluating, glossing information
Speculating
Expressing opinions
Expressing agreement/disagreement
Expressing reaction, e.g. indifference
Critiquing and reviewing
Developing an argument
Discourse Functions
Checking understanding
Managing interaction (interrupting, changing topic, resuming or continuing)
Taking the lead in an interaction
Encouraging and inviting another speaker to continue, come in.
Interacting informally, reacting, expressing interest, sympathy, surprise
Discourse Markers
Linkers (sequential, past time)
Connecting words expressing cause and effect, contrast, etc.
Past
Past simple (Narrative)
Past continuous (Narrative)
Used to (Narrative)
would expressing habit in the past
Past perfect
Past perfect continuous
Future
Future time with will and going to (Prediction)
Future continuous (Prediction)
Future perfect
Future perfect continuous
Present Perfect
Present perfect continuous
Conditionals
Mixed conditionals
Wish
Phrasal Verbs
Advanced phrasal verbs (B2 verbs, double prepositions)
Passives
All passive forms
Other Verb Forms
Reported speech (range of tenses)
Relative clauses
Modals
Should
Modals of deduction and speculation
Can't have, needn't have
Articles
With abstract nouns***
Adverbs
Adjectives and adverbs (contrasting adjectives and adverbs, adjectives used as intensifiers)
Attitudinal adverbs
Intensifiers
Collocation of intensifiers
Lexis
General B2 vocabulary
Contrasting opinions (on the one hand…)
Summarizing exponents (briefly, all in all…)
Collocations
Colloquial language
Topics
Education
Films
Books and literature
News, lifestyles and current affairs
Media
Arts
Health
Sex
C1 · Advanced
Functions/notions
Understanding and using prices
Expressing attitudes and feelings precisely***
Expressing certainty, probability, doubt
Synthesizing, evaluating, glossing information
Speculating and hypothesizing about causes, consequences, etc.
Expressing opinions tentatively, hedging
Expressing shades of opinion and certainty
Expressing reaction, e.g. indifference
Critiquing and reviewing
Discourse Markers
Markers to structure and signpost informal speech and writing
Markers to structure and signpost formal speech and writing, especially logical markers
Past
All the narrative past tenses together
Past simple (Narrative)
Past continuous (Narrative)
Used to (Narrative)
would expressing habit in the past (Narrative)
Past perfect (Narrative)
Past perfect continuous (Narrative)
Future
Future in the past
Future time with will and going to (Prediction)
Future continuous (Prediction)
Future perfect
Future perfect continuous
Conditionals
Irrealis
Mixed conditionals
Regrets (wish, if only)
Phrasal Verbs
Advanced phrasal verbs (Extended/splitting, C1 verbs)
Passives
All passive forms
Modals
Modals of deduction and speculation
Can't have, needn't have
Adjectives
Various adjectives
Compound adjectives
Intensifiers
Collocation of intensifiers and downtoners
Lexis
General C1 vocabulary
Travel and services vocabulary
Colloquial language
Approximating (vague language)
Differentiated use of vocabulary
Topics
Work and jobs
Books and literature
News and current affairs
Media
Arts
Science and technology
Technical and legal language
Health
Sex
Money
Food
Lifestyle
Language
C1+ · Advanced 2
Miscellaneous
Missing lemmas
Functions/notions
Understanding and using numbers (Mathematics)
Developing an argument systematically
Conceding a point
Emphasizing a point, feeling, issue
Defending a point of view persuasively
Responding to counterarguments
Passives
All passive forms***
Phrasal Verbs
Advanced phrasal verbs (Extended/splitting)
Adjectives
Compound adjectives
Adverbs
Inversion (negative adverbials)
Lexis
General C1+ vocabulary
Lexis
Formal and informal registers
Idiomatic expressions
Proverbs
Future in the past***
Outro
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