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BBC Learning English - Syllabus: Lower Intermediate

Syllabus: Lower Intermediate

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Lower Intermediate Course – A=activity, L=listening, R=reading, V=video

Grammar Vocabulary News and Drama

Unit 1 – Nice to meet you!

L Question forms L Suffixes L News Report

6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Tipping

R Keith Wallace, travel journalist V Ways to say hello L The Race – Episode 1
Question forms practice Asking questions and giving
R Formal and informal writing information
R Questions forms
Grammar reference

Unit 2 – What to wear

L Present simple and present continuous L Adjectives and adverbs L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary How fashionable is business?

V Tom Ford, fashion designer V Smart or scruffy? L The Race – Episode 2

Using present simple and present continuous Describing your clothes Present simple and present
continuous
R Present simple and present continuous
Grammar reference

Unit 3 – Like this, like that

L 'Like' as a verb and preposition L Prefixes L News Report

6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary How dangerous are cats?

L London voxpops V Do you like cats? L The Race – Episode 3

What's it like where you live? Vocabulary to describe cats Using the word 'like'

R 'Like' L Nick Grimshaw, DJ

Grammar reference Using 'like' as a filler word

Unit 4 – The daily grind

L Adverbs of Frequency L Chunks of language L News Report

6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Extreme commuting

L London voxpops L Travel vocabulary L The Race – Episode 4

Commuting and adverbs of frequency Adverbs of frequency
L Pronunciation
R Adverbs of frequency Two ways to say 'often'
Grammar Reference

Unit 5 – Christmas every day

L 'Have to' and 'must' L Binomials L News Report

6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Christmas dinner

L 'Have to' and 'must' L The Race – Episode 5

Future and past usage 'Have to' and 'must'
L Informal English
L Jagtar's interview 'Have got to' versus 'have to'
Language practice
V Pronunciation
R 'Have to' and 'must'
Silent letters
Grammar reference

Unit 6 – Great achievers

L Past Simple L -ing and –ed adjectives L News Report

6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Is Ronaldo the perfect player?

L Rob and the triathlon L The pub quiz L The Race – Episode 6
Learn the past simple Using the past simple Using the past simple

A Danny Murphy, footballer V Pronunciation

Past simple questions & negatives Past simple endings

R Past Simple
Grammar reference

Unit 7 – The Titanic

L Past simple and continuous L Lexical sets L News Report

6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Happy and sad jobs

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V Eva's story
Past simple and continuous
R Learn the language
Past simple and continuous
A Past simple and continuous
Quiz
R Past simple and continuous
Grammar reference
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R Titanic vocabulary L The Race – Episode 7
Past simple and continuous
V Eva's animated story
Titanic survivor
R Karen's letter
Titanic survivor
L Gus's audio story
Titanic survivor

Unit 8 - Travel

L Articles L Compound adjectives L News Report

6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary The island at the end of the earth

L Learn the language L Holiday vocabulary L The Race – Episode 8

Articles Articles
V Pronunciation
A When to use 'the' Articles in spoken English

L When to use the zero article V Talking about your city

St Petersburg
R Articles
Grammar reference

Unit 9 – The big wedding

L 'Going to' and present continuous L Word stress L News Report

6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary A wedding on a budget

A Past, present or future? R Wedding vocabulary

Wedding stories L The Race – Episode 9
L Pronunciation 'Going to' and present continuous
A 'Going to' and the present continuous 'Gonna' to talk about the future
Planning a wedding
V Is that rain?
R 'Going to' and present continuous to talk Different ways to talk about the future
about the future
Grammar reference Language for making plans

Unit 10 – Sunny’s job hunt

L Verb patterns L Job Suffixes L News Report

6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Girl power in Ghana's schools

R When to use the gerund and when the R Sunny's mistakes L The Race – Episode 10
infinitive after a verb Writing a covering letter Verb patterns

R Verb patterns L Craig, BBC HR Manager

Grammar reference Interview advice

Unit 11 – The bucket list

L Present Perfect L Contractions L News Report

6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Swiss children used as slave
labour
L Londoners' experiences A Life experiences
Past participles and the present perfect Collocations L Frankenstein – Episode 1
Present perfect with 'never' and
A Asking questions R Susan Boyle's present perfect life 'ever'
Present perfect questions
V Pronunciation
R Present perfect Present perfect
Grammar reference

Unit 12 – Moving and immigration

L Present perfect with 'for' and 'since' L Adjective order L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Mushrooms are the business for
Burmese migrant
R Present perfect reminder L Sourena, broadcast journalist
Changing jobs L Frankenstein – Episode 2
R Present perfect with 'for' and 'since' Present perfect with 'for' and
Grammar reference L How long have you lived here? 'since'
Students speak about the UK

Unit 13 – Welcome to BBC Broadcasting House

L Comparatives and superlatives L Similar words L News Report

6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Minecraft player builds virtual city

R Newest, largest and bigger
Comparatives and superlatives explained
R Much and more
More about comparatives
R Find out about the BBC
Superlatives and comparatives activity
V The BBC
A superlative guide
L Frankenstein – Episode 3
Present perfect with 'yet', 'just'
and 'already'

R Comparing nouns L Describing change in your

neighbourhood
R Comparatives and superlatives
Grammar reference

Unit 14 – New Year, New Project

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L 'Just', 'already' and 'yet' with the present
perfect tense
6 Minute Grammar
R 'Just' and 'already'
The rules
A 'Yet'
More rules
R 'Just', 'already' and 'yet' with the present L 'Just', 'yet' and 'already' in business
perfect tense
Grammar reference
Unit 15 – From Handel to Hendrix
L Defining relative clauses
6 Minute Grammar
R Handel and Hendrix
Getting a handle on relative clauses
R Which, where or that
R Relative clauses
A structure
R Defining relative clauses
Grammar reference
Unit 16 – What’s the weather like?
L May, might and could
6 Minute Grammar
R The weather supercomputer
Understanding might, may and could
R Predicting the weather
Using will and might
R May, might and could for possibility
Grammar reference
Unit 17 – The Digital Revolution
L Used to
6 Minute Grammar
R Talking about change
A guide to used to
R Used to and the past simple
What's the difference?
V Used to or use to?
R Used to
Grammar reference
Unit 18 – A detective story
L Subject questions
6 Minute Grammar
A Inspector Stone's case notes (Ep 1)
Possessive 's' and subject questions
R Gathering the evidence
Forming subject questions
R The Inspector finds a notebook
Word order
R 'Whose' or 'who's'?
L Inspector Stone's case notes
Intonation and question tags
R Subject-object questions
Grammar reference
Unit 19 – A place to live
L 'Too', 'very', 'enough'
6 Minute Grammar
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L Compound nouns L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary Too many graduates, not enough
jobs
V New Year's resolutions
L Frankenstein – Episode 4
A A vegetarian breakfast? Comparatives and superlatives
Present perfect with 'yet', 'just' and
'already' practice
Business vocabulary
L The Sagrada Familia
A listening activity
L Homophones L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary The Taj Mahal in your living room
V Famous London L Frankenstein – Episode 5
Descriptions with relative clauses Relative clauses
A What does … mean?
A useful question
L The Handel House Museum
A listening activity
L Weather words L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary Entrepreneurial spark
A Welcome to the weather L Frankenstein – Episode 6
Weather vocabulary and symbols 'May', 'might' and 'could'
V A weather forecast
Understanding a weather forecast?
V Climate change
Cause and effect relationships
R Climate change
Is the risk from extreme weather set to
rise?
L Meet a weather presenter
Using 'could' and 'couldn't
L Britain's great storm
L New words L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary Experimental schools of the
1970s
V Modern technology is great?
selfie, photobomb and trolling L Frankenstein – Episode 7
Used to
L Modern technology – the debate
old-school, bizarre, video call …
R Robot trucks do the jobs
Mining and tech vocabulary
L Christine's life
Using 'used to'
L Male and female job words L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary Murder mystery
V Inspector Stone Episode 1 L Frankenstein – Episode 8
Wedding vocabulary Subject questions
V Inspector Stone Episode 2
Listening for specific information
More on subject questions
V Inspector Stone Episode 3
Practising the past simple negative
R The mother of the bride
Find the past simple negative mistakes
V Inspector Stone Episode 4
Intonation and solving the crime
L Strong adjectives L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary School shortage
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A Modifying adjectives with 'too', 'very'
and 'enough'
R 'Too much', 'too many', 'enough', 'not
enough', 'very'
Grammar reference
Unit 20 – The Cult of Celebrity
L Tenses
6 Minute Grammar – present simple, present
continuous, past simple, present perfect,
going to, present continuous with future
meaning
V Daisy's audition
Present simple, present continuous, past
simple, present perfect
V Living in The Box
Present simple, present continuous, past
simple, present perfect
R Mixed tenses
Grammar reference
Unit 21 – Welcome to your new job
L Indirect questions
6 Minute Grammar
R Indirect questions
R Indirect questions
Grammar reference
Unit 22 – Beyond the planets
L Present and past passives
6 Minute Grammar
R The passive voice
R Present and past passives
Grammar reference
Unit 23 – Great expectations!
L First conditional
6 Minute Grammar
L Advice for new mums
Using the first conditional
R First conditional
Grammar reference
Unit 24 – Eco-tourism
L The second conditional
6 Minute Grammar
L Would the world be better if…
Second conditionals
R Second conditional
Grammar reference
Unit 25 – Moving house
L State verbs
6 Minute Grammar
A State verbs: 'love' and 'hate'
R State verbs and action verbs
Grammar reference
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V Goldilocks and the three bears L Frankenstein – Episode 9
'Too', 'very' and 'enough' 'Too much', 'too many', 'enough',
'not enough', 'very'
R London’s housing crisis
Housing vocabulary
V 'ough' words
Pronunciation tips for words like ‘enough’
L 'Too', 'very' and 'enough'
Using these words to say what’s wrong
L –ic and –ical adjectives L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary Robin Williams honoured
V Life after The Box L Frankenstein – Episode 10
Talking about plans for the future Past simple, present simple,
present perfect, present
R Daisy goes global continuous, 'going to' future
Fame vocabulary
R A disease called fame
Fame vocabulary
L Multi-word verbs L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary Work after sport
V Going Up: Amith's First Day L Alice in Wonderland – Part 1
Polite language Indirect questions
R Indirect questions with 'if' and
'whether'
L 'I wonder if you could help me'
Listening to phone messages
R French cafe causes a stir
Read an article about a French cafe
L Onomatopoeia L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary Comets
L NASA's last shuttle flight L Alice in Wonderland – Part 2
Space vocabulary Present and past simple passives
R Is there hope for the future?
Stories about the future
L Silent letters L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary Dads attending births
L Baby talk L Alice in Wonderland – Part 3
Idioms relating to having a baby The first conditional
L Parents-to-be
'If' + present simple + will
R Different countries, different
systems
Reading about healthcare and pregnancy
L Re- pre- and pro- L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary
If cars could run themselves
R Would you go to Antarctica?
Eco-tourism vocabulary L Alice in Wonderland – Part 4
The second conditional
L My dream holiday
Talking about dream destinations
L Phrasal verbs and context L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary Sharing accommodation
R Finding somewhere to live L Alice in Wonderland – Part 5
Vocabulary relating to living together State verbs
L Getting along with your housemates
Talking about living together
R How can you avoid choosing a
terrible flatmate?
Talking about the problems of living
together
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Unit 26 – It must be love

L Present perfect and past simple L Spelling words that begin with /s/ L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Breaking News

R Present perfect and past simple L She’s the one L Alice in Wonderland – Part 6
Grammar reference Talking about relationships Present perfect and past simple

R The man who robbed a bank for love

Unit 27 – Job hunting success… and failure

L Question tags L Business jargon L News Report

6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Job interviews

A Making questions in English R The ideal candidate L Alice in Wonderland – Part 7

Vocabulary of job adverts Question tags
A Find the correct question tags
R The dos and don'ts of job interviews
R Question tags Vocabulary relating to job interview
Grammar reference processes

Unit 28 – Speeding into the future

L 'Will', 'going to', 'might' and 'be likely to' L British and American English L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary The future of travel

R Predicting the future R Too much tech? L Alice in Wonderland – Part 8

'Will', 'going to', 'be likely to' and 'might' Vocabulary relating to digital technology 'Will', 'going to', 'might'

R 'Will', 'going to', 'be likely to', 'might' R Do we need to rescue our kids from
Grammar reference the digital world?
Vocabulary relating to use of digital
technology

Unit 29 – Lost arts

L 'Used to' and 'would' L Pronouncing verbs and nouns L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Health stories

R 'Used to' and 'would' L The Knowledge L Alice in Wonderland – Part 9

Grammar reference 'Used to' and 'would' in context 'Used to' and 'would'

R How to plant the perfect tree

Suggestions, instructions and advice

Unit 30 – Tales of survival

L 'Can', 'could', 'be able to', 'manage' L Words with double letters L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Surviving the tsunami

R Turning tragedy into triumph R Surviving in tough times L Alice in Wonderland – Part 10
'Can', 'could', 'be able to' and 'manage to' in Talking about ability Expressions of ability in the past
context and present
R After Typhoon Haiyan
R Present and past modals of ability Vocabulary relating to natural disasters
Grammar reference
L Meet Jackie
Broadcasting in and about disaster zones

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