PRE-INTERMEDIATE

At this level, students can recognize and use a certain number of basic grammatical structures and have basic vocabulary, although their English is still limited.

Present Simple

Present Continuous

Present Perfect

Present Perfect
ContinuouS

past SIMPLE

PAST CONTINUOUS

FUTURE SIMPLE

WILL/GOING TO

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Modal verbs (can/could; must; should; have to; may/might - most common meanings)

Conditionals I – II

FUTURE SIMPLE

WILL/GOING TO

BASIC PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS

LEVEL STAGES

PRE-INTERMEDIATE LOW

On this level student

- is able to talk about everyday activities providing some details about his/her past experience, making mistakes in the usage of irregular verbs;

- is ready to compare things, which, however, may still be a bit challenging for him/her;

- can speak about current activities expressing his/her opinion about them;

- is able to speak about his/her experience using Present Perfect, although with a number of mistakes:

- can give simple explanations and reasons with frequent, occasionally long pauses before some words.

PRE-INTERMEDIATE

On this level student

- is able to compare things without making many mistakes in the usage of adjectives;

- can talk about past experience making fewer mistakes in the usage of irregular verbs;

- can maintain a conversation being able to understand the main message of an interlocutor, although the probability of guessing is still rather high;

- can communicate simply, and is capable of understanding other speakers in familiar context, yet with some difficulty;

- their speech may include noticeable pauses and frequent repetitions.

PRE-INTERMEDIATE STRONG

On this level student

- is able to express their opinion giving simple reasons because of somewhat limited vocabulary;

- is more confident in the usage of irregular verbs, so he/she can say more about his/her past experience;

- can analyze life achievements, although may use Past Simple instead of Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous;

- can comprehend the information from records well enough to provide opinions; - doesn't have problems with expressing future plans;

- starts using conditional sentences, although mistakes may occur.

SELF-STUDY MATERIALS

It is not necessary to work through the topics in order.

Start with listening, doing supplementary exercises from the link, working with multiple exercises in vocabulary to practice vocabulary and then re-watch the video to be able to recognize the vocabulary you have studied.

As for grammar, first click on the name of Grammar concept (eg. Present Tenses) to read the rules and then do the multiple exercises one by one until you feel confident enough.

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