Grad

des 7-9 (B2)) - Lesson pllan 1: choosiing a Topic

Handou
ut 2: Grrade 7 la
anguage
e

Here are som

me exam
mples
of Grrade 7 la
anguage
e...

GRADE
E
Example language::
Give advice and make
e suggestions:
including sshould/ough
ht to, etc.

What yo
ou should do
o is ....
If I were
e you, Id ....
You oug
ght to
Youd be
etter ....
Have yo
ou thought about
a
....ingg ....?
What should be don
ne is ....

Talk aboutt advantage

es/disadvan
ntages:

There arre advantag

ges and disaadvantagess.
One of the
t advanta
ages is ....
One of the
t disadvan
ntages is .....

Describe p
past habits using
u
used to:

When I was
w younge
er, I used to ....
We didnt use to ....
Its diffe
erent now, but
b it used tto ....

Possibility and uncerttainty:

I might//might not .....

It could be ....
It may be
b ....

Ask for furrther inform

mation:

Can you
u tell me mo
ore?
What ha
ave you don
ne so far?

ment:
Agreement/disagreem

Im not sure
s
I agree
e with you.
Im sorry
y, I dont ag
gree.
I comple
etely agree.
I couldnt agree mo
ore.

The simple
e passive te
ense:

Im not sure
s
what should be doone.
It is used
d for ....ing.
It is mad
de from ....

Second conditional:

If I could
d ...., I would
d ....
If I were
e rich, I would ....
It would be better if ....

Relative clauses:

Shes the person who ....

Its a thiing that/which ....
Its a pla
ace where ....

Because o
of and due to

He could
dnt go due to the wea ther
I passed
d the exam because
b
of the teacherr.

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Grad
des 7-9 (B2)) - Lesson pllan 1: choosiing a Topic

Handou
ut 3: Grrade 8 la
anguage
e

Here are som

me exam
mples
of Grrade 8 la
anguage
e...

GRADE
E

Example language::
Feeling and emotionss:

It makes me feel...
I have mixe
ed feelings about
a
it.

Speculatin
ng:

I cant be sure, but it might

m
be ....
One possib
bility is that it could be ....
A reason fo
or this may be ....

Impossibiliity:

Im sure it cant
c
be ....
It cant posssibly be ....
There is no
o way I woulld ....

Persuading
g and disco
ouraging:

Have you ever

e
conside
ered ....?
It might be better if yo
ou ....
d that if I were
w
in youur shoes.
I wouldnt do
Im not sure that woulld be a goodd idea.

Reporting the converrsation of otthers:

My friends say that I ....

My family think
t
that .....
Most peoplle seem to believe
b
thatt ....
My teacherr told me sh
he had ....
I heard that you shoulldnt ....

3rd conditional:

If I hadnt studied
s
so hard,
h
I woulddnt have passed.
I would hav
ve gone, if I hadnt beeen late.
If I hadnt had
h an accid
dent, I woulld have won
n.

Present pe
erfect continuous:

Ive been sttudying Eng

glish for 10 years.
Ive been th
hinking about ....

Past perfect tense:

Before I me
et you, I had
d never me t an English
h person.
I had neverr been to En
ngland untill last month
h.

Linking expressions/ccohesive de
evices:
Even thoug
gh, in spite of, although,
to continue
e, in other words,
w
for examplle

Even thoug
gh its rainin
ng, its still w
warm
I passed the exam, in spite
s
of thee noisy room
m.
I enjoyed windsurfing,
w
although I wouldnt go again.
To continue
e, I was talk
king about m
my plans.
In other wo
ords, I dontt understan d!

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Grad
des 7-9 (B2)) - Lesson pllan 1: choosiing a Topic

Handou
ut 4: Grrade 9 la
anguage
e

Here are som

me exam
mples
of Grrade 9 la
anguage
e...

GRADE
E
Paraphrasing and reccapping:

In oth
her words ....
What I mean is .....
What Im trying to
t say is ....
Anywaay, as I wass saying ....

Regrets, w
wishes and hopes:
h

I wish I could ....

I wish I hadnt ....
ve done ....
I wish I could hav
I regreet doing tha
at now.
I regreet not ....ing
g.
I hopee I will be ab
ble to ....
I hopee to go to En
ngland.

Expressing
g assumptio
ons:

Presu
umably, this is right.
Im no
ot sure, but my best gu
uess is ....
I assu me the reasson is ....

Hypothesissing:

I supp
pose one reason could be ....
In the
eory, if I did X, Y might happen.

Evaluating
g options:

Im no
ot sure what to do. On the one hannd ....
but on
n the other hand ....
I can ssee benefitss on both siides.
If I do X then I miight learn something, bbut if I do Y,
Y
it mig ht be quicker.

Evaluating
g past actions/events:

It mig ht have bee

en better if we hadnt .....
Thinkiing about itt now, I prob
bably shoulldnt have .....
I woulldnt be late
e if my alarm
m had gonee off.
It musst have been a difficultt decision.
It can t have been easy

Verbs + ge
erunds and//or infinitive
rememberr, stop, forget

I remeember think
king that wa
as a bad ideea.
I remeembered to
o bring some
e money.
I forgo
ot to bring any
a money..
I alwa ys forget sa
aying things when Im tired.
I thinkk I should sttop studying maths.
I stopp
ped to buy a magazine
e.

Mixed cond
ditionals:

I woulld be in Lon
ndon now if I hadnt mis
issed my pla
ane.
If I weere rich, I wo
ould never have boughht this car.

Should/mu
ust/might/ccould
+have + infinitive

It musst have been wet in London! It cannt have bee

en sunny!
I migh
ht have mad
de a mistake.
He co uld have wo
on the lotte
ery!
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