Step-by-Step Curriculum
A comprehensive general English curriculum covering language and skills for students of all proficiency levels
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Along with the original Step-by-Step Curriculum, we also offer:
- Step-by-Step Curriculum for Schools: An adapted version of the existing Step-by-Step Curriculum covering the same language but using themes and content appropriate for students in US secondary schools.
Additionally, the first level of the Step-by-Step Curriculum can be used as a standalone series for newcomer students:
- Step-by-Step Curriculum Newcomers: An absolute beginner-level module of general English lessons to add to the existing Step-by-Step Curriculum.
All of these lesson groups include helpful resources that you can find here.
Table of contents
Target students
Designed for every student.
These lessons are an excellent choice for all students studying English, including but not limited to:
- Newcomers: Students who have arrived in the country within the last 3 years and who are still learning basic English. With lessons starting at the absolute beginner level, the Step-by-Step Curriculum provides a pathway for lasting language success.
- LTELs: Long-term English Learners. Students who have been in the school system for several years and have developed a basic proficiency in English. They often require additional language support to make further academic progress.
- University and college students: International students or non-native English speakers enrolled in higher education who need academic English skills to succeed in their studies. The Step-by-Step Curriculum helps these learners build strong reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills, ensuring they can confidently participate in lectures, complete assignments, and engage in academic discussions.
- Adult learners: Individuals learning English for daily communication, work, or personal growth. Whether they need English for navigating daily life, advancing their careers, or engaging with their communities, the Step-by-Step Curriculum provides practical language skills through structured lessons. With a focus on real-world conversations and functional language, adult learners gain the confidence to use English in everyday situations.
Key features
Lessons in the Step-by-Step Curriculum all feature the following:
- All-inclusive lessons: Every lesson combines all four language domains, providing practice with reading, listening, writing, and speaking.
- Purposeful progression: Our proven learning sequence gradually introduces new level-appropriate language concepts to students. By following the Step-by-Step Curriculum pathway, teachers can be confident of their students’ success.
- Instant classroom readiness: Full lessons are launched with a single click. With our zero-prep approach, teachers instantly have access to engaging and effective language lessons with no planning needed.
- Targeted practice: Auto-graded assessments make tracking student progress simple. With homework for each lesson and unit checks after every unit, teachers know exactly which skills students have mastered and where they need extra support.
Lesson details & links
The unit, lesson name (with link), and objectives are listed below for a quick overview of each lesson. Click a lesson name to launch it directly from this article. To see a spreadsheet of all Off2Class lessons, click here.
| Unit | Lesson & Link | Objectives |
| 1 - Let's start | A1.1.1 | Learn present simple be (I, you, we) positive and negative. |
| 1 - Let's start | A1.1.2 | Learn present simple be (he, she, they) positive and negative, including contractions. Learn be present simple Yes / No questions and short answers. |
| 1 - Let's start | A1.1.3 | Learn basic greetings and to ask about people. |
| 2 - The basics | A1.2.1 | Learn it is and it isn’t, and possessive adjectives. Review be present simple statements and questions. |
| 2 - The basics | A1.2.2 | Learn numbers 1-20, the verb have, a / an, and singular and plural nouns. |
| 2 - The basics | A1.2.3 | Learn the alphabet and how to spell words. |
| 3 - Are you hungry? | A1.3.1 | Learn present simple, positive and negative forms (I, you, we, they) and Yes / No questions and short answers. |
| 3 - Are you hungry? | A1.3.2 | Learn adverbs of frequency. Learn to ask and answer questions about time. |
| 3 - Are you hungry? | A1.3.3 | Learn language to order and pay for something. |
| 4 - Friends and family | A1.4.1 | Learn present simple Wh- questions and Yes / No questions with be and other verbs. |
| 4 - Friends and family | A1.4.2 | Learn present simple third person singular (he, she, it) positive form, including spelling rules. Learn irregular verbs have and be. |
| 4 - Friends and family | A1.4.3 | Learn language to make basic statements about family and friends. |
| 5 - Where we live | A1.5.1 | Learn there is and there are positive form. Learn a few, a lot of / lots of. |
| 5 - Where we live | A1.5.2 | Learn there is and there are negative and question forms. |
| 5 - Where we live | A1.5.3 | Learn to talk about where places are. Learn to use linking words and and but. |
| 6 - Jobs and routines | A1.6.1 | Learn present simple third person singular, negative form. |
| 6 - Jobs and routines | A1.6.2 | Learn present simple Wh- and Yes / No questions. |
| 6 - Jobs and routines | A1.6.3 | Learn from, until and for with time. Learn to make and accept offers. |
| 7 - Let's go shopping | A1.7.1 | Learn the demonstrative adjectives this, that, these and those. Learn how to ask about prices and say prices. |
| 7 - Let's go shopping | A1.7.2 | Learn possessive -'s and clothing vocabulary. |
| 7 - Let's go shopping | A1.7.3 | Learn to converse with a salesperson in a store. |
| 8 - The past | A1.8.1 | Learn the past simple of be, positive, negative and question forms. Learn past time expressions. |
| 8 - The past | A1.8.2 | Learn the past simple, positive form. |
| 8 - The past | A1.8.3 | Practice past simple regular and irregular verbs; use linking words and and but. |
| 9 - How was your trip? | A1.9.1 | Learn the past simple negative form, and past simple Yes / No questions. |
| 9 - How was your trip? | A1.9.2 | Review past simple Yes / No questions and learn past simple Wh- questions. |
| 9 - How was your trip? | A1.9.3 | Learn to make and respond to requests with Can / Could you and offers with Can / Could I. |
| 10 - Now | A1.10.1 | Learn the present continuous positive form, including contractions. |
| 10 - Now | A1.10.2 | Learn present continuous negative form and question forms. Learn prepositions in, at, on. |
| 10 - Now | A1.10.3 | Learn helpful language at the train station. |
| 11 - People and things | A1.11.1 | Review subject pronouns and learn object pronouns. |
| 11 - People and things | A1.11.2 | Learn can and can’t for general ability. |
| 11 - People and things | A1.11.3 | Learn helpful language to ask for or give an opinion. |
| 12 - In the future | A1.12.1 | Learn going to for future, positive and negative forms. Learn ordinal numbers, months of the year, and dates. |
| 12 - In the future | A1.12.2 | Learn going to for future, question forms. Learn common collocations with make and do. |
| 12 - In the future | A1.12.3 | Learn to make as well as accept or decline invitations. |
| 13 - All about people | A2.13.1 | Learn and review present simple be, positive and negative form. Learn and review countries and nationalities. |
| 13 - All about people | A2.13.2 | Learn present simple be Yes / No questions and short answers, including contractions. Learn adjectives. |
| 13 - All about people | A2.13.3 | Practice asking for and giving information. Learn to tell time. |
| 13 - All about people | A2.13.4 | Learn to write about yourself. Review how to use basic punctuation. |
| 14 - What we do | A2.14.1 | Learn present simple positive and negative forms and Yes / No and Wh- questions. Learn present simple irregular verbs do, have, go. Learn phrasal verbs. |
| 14 - What we do | A2.14.2 | Practice present simple Yes / No and Wh- questions. |
| 14 - What we do | A2.14.3 | Learn to ask for things and respond. |
| 14 - What we do | A2.14.4 | Learn to fill out a form. Review spelling and punctuation. |
| 15 - Your life | A2.15.1 | Learn adverbs of frequency and how to ask questions with How often...? |
| 15 - Your life | A2.15.2 | Learn time expressions. Learn have for possessions. |
| 15 - Your life | A2.15.3 | Learn helpful vocabulary to organize a meeting or appointment. |
| 15 - Your life | A2.15.4 | Learn to write an informal invitation. |
| 16 - What do you eat? | A2.16.1 | Learn countable and uncountable nouns with a / an, some and any. |
| 16 - What do you eat? | A2.16.2 | Learn to use much, many, a lot of, a few, a little with countable and uncountable nouns. |
| 16 - What do you eat? | A2.16.3 | Learn to order food in a restaurant. |
| 16 - What do you eat? | A2.16.4 | Learn to write a blog post about hosting a party. Learn to describe dishes and their ingredients. Learn linking words First, Second, Next, Then, After that, Finally. |
| 17 - Homes, towns, and neighborhoods | A2.17.1 | Learn there is / there are positive and negative form, and Yes / No questions. |
| 17 - Homes, towns, and neighborhoods | A2.17.2 | Learn vocabulary to describe a home (rooms, furniture). Learn possessive adjectives, possessive pronouns, possessive -’s, and Whose is it? |
| 17 - Homes, towns, and neighborhoods | A2.17.3 | Learn language to ask for and give directions. |
| 17 - Homes, towns, and neighborhoods | A2.17.4 | Learn to write a paragraph about your neighborhood, using connecting words and, so, but. |
| 18 - Family, friends, and famous people | A2.18.1 | Learn and review past simple of be. |
| 18 - Family, friends, and famous people | A2.18.2 | Learn past simple positive of regular and irregular verbs. Learn time expressions. |
| 18 - Family, friends, and famous people | A2.18.3 | Learn useful language to leave a voicemail message. |
| 18 - Family, friends, and famous people | A2.18.4 | Learn to write about past events, using linking word when and prepositions of time (in, on, during). |
| 19 - On the move | A2.19.1 | Learn past simple negative form and Yes / No questions. |
| 19 - On the move | A2.19.2 | Learn the verbs love, like, don’t mind, don’t mind, don't like, hate. Learn pattern verb + noun or verb + gerund. |
| 19 - On the move | A2.19.3 | Learn helpful language to apologize and to respond to apologies. |
| 19 - On the move | A2.19.4 | Learn to write an email introduction, using transition words after, before, while, when to link ideas. |
| 20 - Health and fitness | A2.20.1 | Learn can and could, positive and negative form, and Yes / No questions to talk about ability in the present and past. |
| 20 - Health and fitness | A2.20.2 | Learn have to / don't have to to express necessity. |
| 20 - Health and fitness | A2.20.3 | Learn language for parts of the body, and to talk about health and how you feel. |
| 20 - Health and fitness | A2.20.4 | Learn to write a paragraph, using linking words and, but, so, however, after, while, when, before. |
| 21 - Are they shopping? | A2.21.1 | Learn the present continuous, positive and negative form, and Yes / No questions. |
| 21 - Are they shopping? | A2.21.2 | Learn present simple in comparison with present continuous. Learn stative verbs and clothing vocabulary. |
| 21 - Are they shopping? | A2.21.3 | Learn helpful language to talk about clothes. |
| 21 - Are they shopping? | A2.21.4 | Learn language for shopping, such as price, cost, and How much is it? |
| 22 - Communicating | A2.22.1 | Learn comparative forms of adjectives (including irregular adjectives). |
| 22 - Communicating | A2.22.2 | Learn superlative adjectives (including irregular adjectives). |
| 22 - Communicating | A2.22.3 | Learn language to ask for assistance or clarification. |
| 22 - Communicating | A2.22.4 | Learn to write an opinion, using linking words as well, too, also. |
| 23 - Have you ever...? | A2.23.1 | Learn the present perfect, and irregular past participle forms. |
| 23 - Have you ever...? | A2.23.2 | Learn differences in usage between past simple and present perfect; practice question Have you ever...? to talk about experience. |
| 23 - Have you ever...? | A2.23.3 | Learn to ask for and give opinions. |
| 23 - Have you ever...? | A2.23.4 | Learn to write a short review. |
| 24 - Plans | A2.24.1 | Learn going to for future, positive and negative. |
| 24 - Plans | A2.24.2 | Learn should and shouldn't to give advice. Learn difference between should and have to. |
| 24 - Plans | A2.24.3 | Learn useful language to ask about accommodations. |
| 24 - Plans | A2.24.4 | Learn to write an email to give advice, using sequence words and linking words. |
| 25 - Socializing | B1.25.1 | Review be Yes / No and Wh- questions. |
| 25 - Socializing | B1.25.2 | Learn to use intensifiers, adverbs providing emphasis. |
| 25 - Socializing | B1.25.3 | Learn to greet people and show interest. |
| 25 - Socializing | B1.25.4 | Learn to write an informal invitation. Learn language for staying in contact and catching up. |
| 26 - Travel adventures | B1.26.1 | Learn pronunciation of -ed in past simple. |
| 26 - Travel adventures | B1.26.2 | Learn the past continuous, positive and negative form. Learn differences in usage between past continuous and past simple. |
| 26 - Travel adventures | B1.26.3 | Learn to ask for information related to tourism and train travel. |
| 26 - Travel adventures | B1.26.4 | Learn to write a blog post, using linking words but, and, so, because, when. |
| 27 - Experiences | B1.27.1 | Learn present perfect, differences in usage between present perfect and past simple, ever and never with present perfect, and past time expressions. |
| 27 - Experiences | B1.27.2 | Learn present perfect Yes / No questions and short answers. Learn just, already and yet with the present perfect. |
| 27 - Experiences | B1.27.3 | Learn to make positive and negative statements in the present perfect, using just, already, and yet. Practice when to use present perfect vs past simple. |
| 27 - Experiences | B1.27.4 | Learn to write a letter to raise awareness and to call to action. |
| 28 - Making plans | B1.28.1 | Learn the present continuous for future arrangements. Learn differences in usage between the present continuous for future and going to for future. |
| 28 - Making plans | B1.28.2 | Learn the future with will, including contracted forms. |
| 28 - Making plans | B1.28.3 | Learn different ways to make suggestions and respond to them. |
| 28 - Making plans | B1.28.4 | Learn to write and reply to an invitation, using linking words and, but, so, because. |
| 29 - Work | B1.29.1 | Learn can, have to, and must, positive and negative to talk about necessity, obligation and prohibition. Learn language for jobs and professions. |
| 29 - Work | B1.29.2 | Learn will and might to make predictions. |
| 29 - Work | B1.29.3 | Learn to make offers and suggestions for assistance. Learn common language to show empathy. |
| 29 - Work | B1.29.4 | Learn to write a simple job application. |
| 30 - Advice | B1.30.1 | Learn imperative and should to give advice. |
| 30 - Advice | B1.30.2 | Learn uses of to + infinitive. |
| 30 - Advice | B1.30.3 | Learn to ask for and give advice. |
| 30 - Advice | B1.30.4 | Learn to write a message that gives clear advice. |
| 31 - Change | B1.31.1 | Learn and review further uses of comparatives and superlatives. Learn collocations with get. |
| 31 - Change | B1.31.2 | Learn and review used to. Learn be used to and get used to. Learn further uses of comparatives and superlatives. |
| 31 - Change | B1.31.3 | Learn to talk about changes in health and symptoms. |
| 31 - Change | B1.31.4 | Learn to write about a successful achievement using linking words to begin with, next, after a while, soon, in the end. |
| 32 - Arts, music and literature | B1.32.1 | Learn the passive present simple and the passive past simple. |
| 32 - Arts, music and literature | B1.32.2 | Learn present perfect with for and since. Learn since followed by past simple statements. Learn past statements with for. |
| 32 - Arts, music and literature | B1.32.3 | Learn to make and accept excuses. |
| 32 - Arts, music and literature | B1.32.4 | Learn to write a review, using linking words to show contrast. |
| 33 - What about you? | B1.33.1 | Learn the first conditional, positive and negative form. |
| 33 - What about you? | B1.33.2 | Learn verbs followed by infinitives or gerunds. |
| 33 - What about you? | B1.33.3 | Learn helpful language to express displeasure. Learn to politely refuse to offer assistance. |
| 33 - What about you? | B1.33.4 | Learn to share an opinion of a course someone is taking. Practice using pronouns to replace things already mentioned. |
| 34 - If I were you... | B1.34.1 | Learn the second conditional. Learn differences in usage between second conditional and first conditional. |
| 34 - If I were you... | B1.34.2 | Learn too and not enough. |
| 34 - If I were you... | B1.34.3 | Learn language to exchange goods and get a refund. Learn to make a complaint. |
| 34 - If I were you... | B1.34.4 | Learn to write an apology email. Learn to differentiate between formal and informal language. |
| 35 - Inventions | B1.35.1 | Learn defining relative clauses. Learn relative pronouns and adverbs. |
| 35 - Inventions | B1.35.2 | Expand understanding of defining relative clauses. |
| 35 - Inventions | B1.35.3 | Learn language to ask for and give directions. Learn and review definitions of place. |
| 35 - Inventions | B1.35.4 | Learn to write an opinion on a topic. Learn helpful language to introduce an opinion, show examples, and express result and reason (since, because, because of, as a result of). |
| 36 - What happened? | B1.36.1 | Learn the past perfect, positive and negative form and Yes / No questions. Learn time indicators. |
| 36 - What happened? | B1.36.2 | Learn reported speech, including backshifting and changing pronouns. Learn differences between say and tell in reported speech. |
| 36 - What happened? | B1.36.3 | Learn language to show agreement and disagreement. |
| 36 - What happened? | B1.36.4 | Learn to write a story, using time expressions (the following day, suddenly, last week, soon after). |
| 37 - How do you communicate and learn? | B1.37.1 | Learn Wh- questions about subjects vs objects. |
| 37 - How do you communicate and learn? | B1.37.2 | Review and expand the use of present simple and present continuous. Learn gradable and extreme adjectives. |
| 37 - How do you communicate and learn? | B1.37.3 | Learn language to give opinions and respond to opinions clearly. Learn me too and me neither to show agreement. |
| 37 - How do you communicate and learn? | B1.37.4 | Learn to write a guide. Learn in order to and infinitive of purpose. Learn this and these to refer to ideas already mentioned. |
| 38 - Modern Life | B1.38.1 | Review and expand the use of present perfect simple and study differences in usage with the past simple. |
| 38 - Modern Life | B1.38.2 | Learn the present perfect continuous and study differences in usage with the present perfect simple. |
| 38 - Modern Life | B1.38.3 | Learn different ways to make suggestions. |
| 38 - Modern Life | B1.38.4 | Learn to write an email that gives news, using connectors as well as, on top of, besides, additionally, in addition, except for, and apart from. |
| 39 - Who is important in your life? | B1.39.1 | Review narrative tenses (past simple, past continuous, and past perfect) to talk about the past, including connectors while, when, as. |
| 39 - Who is important in your life? | B1.39.2 | Review used to, positive and negative. Learn anymore, any longer and still. |
| 39 - Who is important in your life? | B1.39.3 | Learn to tell a story and learn language to react to stories people tell. |
| 39 - Who is important in your life? | B1.39.4 | Learn to write about another person, using from...until; for / over [a period of time], during, while, meanwhile to describe periods of time. |
| 40 - Abilities and qualities | B1.40.1 | Learn can and could, positive and negative, for ability. Learn be able to / manage to [do something] positive and negative. |
| 40 - Abilities and qualities | B1.40.2 | Learn -ed / -ing adjectives. |
| 40 - Abilities and qualities | B1.40.3 | Learn tag questions, positive and negative, with various tenses and modal verbs. |
| 40 - Abilities and qualities | B1.40.4 | Learn to write an online job advertisement, including skills and qualities required. Learn reduced expressions for job listings. |
| 41 - The environment | B1.41.1 | Learn will, be going to for future, present continuous for future. |
| 41 - The environment | B1.41.2 | Learn and review the zero conditional and the first conditional. Learn conditional statements with imperatives. Learn distinctions between when / if and unless for conditionals. |
| 41 - The environment | B1.41.3 | Learn to support an argument giving reasons, results and examples. |
| 41 - The environment | B1.41.4 | Learn to organize and write a discussion essay, using sequence words (first, second, third, finally), contrast words (however, on the other hand), and example words (for example, such as, like). |
| 42 - Tell me | B1.42.1 | Learn compound nouns. Learn can / can't for permission; learn have to / don't have to for necessity. |
| 42 - Tell me | B1.42.2 | Expand understanding and use of comparatives and superlatives for adjectives and adverbs. Learn just, nearly, almost, even with (not) as...as... comparisons; use intensifiers with comparatives. |
| 42 - Tell me | B1.42.3 | Learn helpful language to ask for recommendations and to give recommendations. |
| 42 - Tell me | B1.42.4 | Learn to write a review of a restaurant, using adjectives ending in -ed vs -ing. Learn vocabulary to describe a good experience or when things go wrong. |
| 43 - Different places | B1.43.1 | Learn modals of deduction. |
| 43 - Different places | B1.43.2 | Expand use of quantifiers (some, any, no, none of, none) as well as quantifiers for large quantities (a lot of / lots of, many / much / plenty of) and quantifiers for small quantities (a few, a little, few, little, very few, very little, not many). |
| 43 - Different places | B1.43.3 | Learn language for offers and polite requests. Learn to differentiate the verbs borrow and lend. |
| 43 - Different places | B1.43.4 | Learn to write an informal letter to guests renting their home. |
| 44 - They said... | B1.44.1 | Review reported speech: statements, questions, and reporting verbs say and tell. |
| 44 - They said... | B1.44.2 | Expand understanding of reported speech and learn various reporting verbs. Learn reporting verb + gerund vs infinitive. Learn different reported speech verb patterns. |
| 44 - They said... | B1.44.3 | Learn informal language for small talk, including expressions for speaking generally (typically, generally, in general, on the whole, normally). |
| 44 - They said... | B1.44.4 | Learn to write a summary of an article. Learn to use coordinating conjunctions and commas to combine clauses. |
| 45 - Entertainment | B1.45.1 | Learn passive voice, various tenses. |
| 45 - Entertainment | B1.45.2 | Learn defining and non-defining relative clauses. Learn relative pronouns who, that, which. |
| 45 - Entertainment | B1.45.3 | Expand understanding of relative clauses. |
| 45 - Entertainment | B1.45.4 | Learn language to make and respond to recommendations and suggestions. Learn to use be supposed to for voicing expectations about something when making recommendations. |
| 46 - Jobs | B1.46.1 | Learn to the second conditional, including If I were you. Learn differences in usage between second conditional compared to first conditional. |
| 46 - Jobs | B1.46.2 | Learn the third conditional. |
| 46 - Jobs | B1.46.3 | Learn language to give reassurance. |
| 46 - Jobs | B1.46.4 | Learn to write an email to give advice. |
| 47 - Understood? | B2.47.1 | Review tenses (present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect simple, past perfect simple). |
| 47 - Understood? | B2.47.2 | Review Yes / No and Wh- questions, various tenses. Learn indirect questions. |
| 47 - Understood? | B2.47.3 | Learn language to explain what to do and check understanding. |
| 47 - Understood? | B2.47.4 | Learn to write a how-to article, using linking words that order ideas (To start with, Secondly, the next step is, my final piece of advice is, To conclude). |
| 48 - Fantastic effort | B2.48.1 | Learn to use narrative tenses: past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple, past perfect continuous. Learn collocations with get. |
| 48 - Fantastic effort | B2.48.2 | Review future forms. Expand understanding of conditionals. Practice if, unless, as long as, as soon as, provided (that), in case in conditionals. |
| 48 - Fantastic effort | B2.48.3 | Review tag questions, positive and negative, with various tenses. Learn to give compliments. |
| 48 - Fantastic effort | B2.48.4 | Review the imperative. Learn to write guidelines, using imperatives and conditionals. |
| 49 - Skills and talents | B2.49.1 | Learn construction to be [good] at [noun / gerund]. |
| 49 - Skills and talents | B2.49.2 | Review and learn the present perfect simple (including just, already, yet) and study differences with the present perfect continuous. |
| 49 - Skills and talents | B2.49.3 | Learn helpful language and expressions to stay on topic. |
| 49 - Skills and talents | B2.49.4 | Learn to write about data or statistics, using adverbs slightly, dramatically, considerably, in contrast. |
| 50 - Life Lessons | B2.50.1 | Review used to and would for past habits and situations. Learn no longer, any longer, and anymore to show change. |
| 50 - Life Lessons | B2.50.2 | Expand understanding and use of modals for obligation and permission. Learn make, let, be allowed to, and be forced to. |
| 50 - Life Lessons | B2.50.3 | Learn language to show permission and obligation. |
| 50 - Life Lessons | B2.50.4 | Learn to write a job application letter, using adjectives for personal qualities and positive tone. |
| 51 - What do you think? | B2.51.1 | Learn modals of probability (will, could, might, may, won't). Learn probability adjectives. |
| 51 - What do you think? | B2.51.2 | Learn the future perfect simple and continuous. Learn by...[time reference]. |
| 51 - What do you think? | B2.51.3 | Learn to discuss advantages and disadvantages of something. |
| 51 - What do you think? | B2.51.4 | Learn to write an argument article presenting both sides of a story, noting advantages and disadvantages of a topic. Practice using linking words in addition, as a result, on top of this, to conclude, personally. |
| 52 - The world | B2.52.1 | Expand understanding of infinitives and gerunds. |
| 52 - The world | B2.52.2 | Learn and review passive voice with various tenses. Learn to use passive voice to make predictions. |
| 52 - The world | B2.52.3 | Learn helpful language to make requests, ask for favors, and express gratitude. |
| 52 - The world | B2.52.4 | Learn to write a travel blog post using descriptive language. |
| 53 - City Life | B2.53.1 | Learn too, enough and not enough to describe problems. Learn so and such to emphasize something. |
| 53 - City Life | B2.53.2 | Learn causative structures with have and get. |
| 53 - City Life | B2.53.3 | Learn to make suggestions with could to show a future possibility and suggest + verb + -ing. |
| 53 - City Life | B2.53.4 | Learn to write a complaint letter, using a neutral tone and formal language. |
| 54 - Is there always a good choice? | B2.54.1 | Review and learn zero, first, second conditional (including If I were you) and mixed conditionals. |
| 54 - Is there always a good choice? | B2.54.2 | Learn the third conditional, including past perfect continuous in the if clause. Learn should have + past participle to criticize others’ past actions. |
| 54 - Is there always a good choice? | B2.54.3 | Continue practicing the third conditional and mixed conditionals. |
| 54 - Is there always a good choice? | B2.54.4 | Learn helpful language to write a review. |
| 55 - Technology and change | B2.55.1 | Review defining and non-defining relative clauses. Learn shortening relative clauses. |
| 55 - Technology and change | B2.55.2 | Expand understanding of reporting verbs and their verb patterns. Learn changes to pronouns and references to time and place in reported speech. |
| 55 - Technology and change | B2.55.3 | Practice reporting speech. Learn to use reported speech for questions. |
| 55 - Technology and change | B2.55.4 | Learn to write an essay that expresses a point of view, using a variety of linking words (although, additionally, however, in fact, according to, as a result, consequently). |
| 56 - The good and the bad | B2.56.1 | Learn present and past modals of deduction. |
| 56 - The good and the bad | B2.56.2 | Learn to express regrets. Learn to make wishes about the past, present and future, including with If only. |
| 56 - The good and the bad | B2.56.3 | Learn language to discuss life’s achievements and failures. |
| 56 - The good and the bad | B2.56.4 | Learn to write a narrative, building a picture for the reader, varying sentence length to make a story interesting, and using continuous tenses to create suspense. |
| 57 - Onward and upward | C1.57.1 | Learn adverbs and adverbials (manner, frequency, time, place, certainty, degree). |
| 57 - Onward and upward | C1.57.2 | Expand understanding of perfect tenses (past, present, and future). Learn differences in usage between perfect simple tenses and perfect continuous tenses. |
| 57 - Onward and upward | C1.57.3 | Continue practicing perfect tenses (past, present, and future). Review differences in usage between perfect simple tenses and perfect continuous tenses. |
| 57 - Onward and upward | C1.57.4 | Learn to write an opinion post, using appropriate style, a positive tone, and being mindful of strong language. |
| 58 - Are you ready and able? | C1.58.1 | Review and expand understanding of comparative forms. |
| 58 - Are you ready and able? | C1.58.2 | Review and expand understanding of future forms (going to, present continuous, present simple, future with will, future continuous). Learn other future forms about to, be to, and due to. |
| 58 - Are you ready and able? | C1.58.3 | Learn language to give advice. |
| 58 - Are you ready and able? | C1.58.4 | Learn to write a review using contrast words (by comparison, although, however, nevertheless). |
| 59 - New boundaries | C1.59.1 | Learn inversions and restrictive adverbials. |
| 59 - New boundaries | C1.59.2 | Learn the past tense of future forms. Review would for repeated habits that are no longer true. Expand use of narrative tenses. |
| 59 - New boundaries | C1.59.3 | Expand the use of the past tenses of future forms. Learn narrative tenses. Learn was supposed to / was to have + past participle for past expectations. |
| 59 - New boundaries | C1.59.4 | Learn to write a travel review, using adjectives to build a picture, suggesting what to do and see, and giving practical tips. |
| 60 - Remember | C1.60.1 | Expand understanding of noun phrases. Learn compound nouns, compound adjectives and adverbs + nouns, adjectives with indefinite pronouns, possessives, and prepositional phrases after nouns. |
| 60 - Remember | C1.60.2 | Learn and review causatives with get and have. Learn collocations with get. |
| 60 - Remember | C1.60.3 | Learn to talk about memories. |
| 60 - Remember | C1.60.4 | Learn to write a profile article about a talented person. |
| 61 - Does that seem right? | C1.61.1 | Learn and review defining and non-defining relative clauses. Learn shortening relative clauses. |
| 61 - Does that seem right? | C1.61.2 | Expand understanding of relative clauses to include prepositions, quantifiers, indefinite pronouns. |
| 61 - Does that seem right? | C1.61.3 | Learn and expand language to speak about obligation, necessity, very strong advice and willingness. |
| 61 - Does that seem right? | C1.61.4 | Learn to write an essay using a variety of linking words for introducing new information and giving examples. |
| 62 - Situations | C1.62.1 | Review and compare uses of simple and continuous forms. Learn sense verbs and other stative verbs that can have different meanings in the simple and continuous forms. |
| 62 - Situations | C1.62.2 | Learn basic forms and uses of participle clauses. |
| 62 - Situations | C1.62.3 | Expand understanding of participle clauses to include present, past, and perfect participle clauses. |
| 62 - Situations | C1.62.4 | Learn to write a job application letter, following guidelines what to include and the order in which it should appear. |
| 63 - Looking ahead | C1.63.1 | Review and expand understanding of language used for speculation and deduction. |
| 63 - Looking ahead | C1.63.2 | Learn cleft sentences for emphasizing information. |
| 63 - Looking ahead | C1.63.3 | Learn to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of new technology. |
| 63 - Looking ahead | C1.63.4 | Learn to write a short proposal, using adverbs of focus and a variety of linking words. |
| 64 - Will you live to a hundred? | C1.64.1 | Learn various uses of gerunds and infinitives. |
| 64 - Will you live to a hundred? | C1.64.2 | Review conditional forms, including zero, first, second, third, and mixed. |
| 64 - Will you live to a hundred? | C1.64.3 | Learn conditional conjunctions. Explore new ways of expressing conditional situations. |
| 64 - Will you live to a hundred? | C1.64.4 | Learn to organize and write an information article, being mindful of intended audience, level of formality, and point of view. |
| 65 - Urban landscapes | C1.65.1 | Learn reflexive and reciprocal pronouns. |
| 65 - Urban landscapes | C1.65.2 | Learn to use ellipsis and substitution to avoid repetition. |
| 65 - Urban landscapes | C1.65.3 | Learn language to talk about urban planning. |
| 65 - Urban landscapes | C1.65.4 | Learn to write a discussion essay, using linking words to introduce reasons and results. |
| 66 - Making this world better | C1.66.1 | Review and learn second and third conditional for regrets. Learn If only and wish for unrealistic expectations. Learn to express criticism and annoyance with wish. |
| 66 - Making this world better | C1.66.2 | Learn structures for passive reporting for a variety of tenses. Learn Wh- clauses at the front of a sentence. |
| 66 - Making this world better | C1.66.3 | Expand understanding and use of passive reporting structures. |
| 66 - Making this world better | C1.66.4 | Learn to write a formal article using passive reporting structures. |