High Beginners Syllabus

High Beginners Syllabus

1. Unit 1

   • Past: Questions, negatives, and short answers. Adverbs and adjectives.
     • Function: Asking about your weekend, and feelings and reactions.
       • Did you go to Stuart's party? - No, I did't; I was sadly sick.

2. Unit 2

   • Question forms, comparatives and superlatives, prepositions of place.
     • Function: Describing my home and family.
       • Where is your X-box? - Next to my Tv; John is taller than Amy.

3. Unit 3

   • Present vs present continuous, and prepositions of time.
     • Functions: Talking about the weather and holidays.
       • Because today is cold, I'm wearing a jacket; I'm walking home; everybaody went to church on Christmas Day.

4. Unit 4

   • Future simple (will/ is going to) and Modals (must, should, have to, and negatives).
     • Function: Future plans, predictions, and advices.
       • I will visit my sister this Sunday; she's going to arrive late, she always does; you shouldn't buy that old car.

5. Unit 5

   • Present perfect and Past
     • Functions: Adventures and achievements.
       • I have never gone to Hawaii or climbed a mountain; I finished my homework.