WAY AHEAD COURSE SYLLABUS B A S I C L E V E L

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1 COURSE 1: WAY AHEAD GETTING STARTED 1 On the Phone; At the Restaurant; At the Airport; At the Doctor's; At an office; At a Store; At the Theater; At a Real State Agency; At the Post Office; At the Supermarket; Making Reservations Greetings; Giving directions; Appointments; Ordering at a restaurant; telling the time; Introducing oneself; Reporting phone #s; Asking for and expressing prices; Identifying and using American Currency; Expressing actions in progress; Giving instructions; Giving Commands Verb to BE - Present Simple (Affirmative, Negative, and Interrogative forms); Present Continuous (Affirmative, Negative, and Interrogative forms); Possessive Adjectives; Pronouns: Personal, Demonstrative, and Quantitative; Articles (definite/indefinite); Plural of words ending in y; There is/are

2 COURSE 2: WAY AHEAD GETTING STARTED 2 At a Hotel; Using a Parking Meter; On the Phone; At the Restaurant; At the Doctor's; At an Office; At a Restaurant; At a Party; At a Health Club; At a Toy Store; At College; Traveling; Taking a Cab; At a Shoe Store Introducing people; Describing physical conditions; Identifying problems; Describing physical appearance; Ordering meals; Describing the weather; Talking about daily routines; Talking about habits; Talking about professions; Identifying problems; Talking about costs; Talking about likes and dislikes; Making future plans; Giving directions; Talking about the weather Verb to HAVE Simple Present (Affirmative, Negative, and Interrogative forms); CAN (Affirmative, Negative, and Interrogative forms); Simple Present (Affirmative, Negative, and Interrogative forms); Also, too, and either; Some/Any and Derivatives; Why/Because; Simple Present x Present Continuous; Going to to express the Future; What x Which; Adverbs of Frequency (always, usually, never, and sometimes); Prepositions

3 COURSE 3: WAY AHEAD GETTING STARTED 3 Identifying oneself and signing documents; Talking about future plans and events; Asking about and expressing preferences; Asking for and giving advice and suggestions; Describing past actions and events; Asking for help and services; Asking for and giving permission; Making arguments; Agreeing and disagreeing; Identifying people; Asking about / reporting problems; Expressing cause and effect In a Bank; Buying different items (food, clothes, etc); On the telephone; At a Party; Calling Housekeeping; Eating Out; Going Outdoors (a Picnic, in the Park); Home Repair; Giving a Message; In a Dormitory; Recording Messages; A Car Accident; A Bad Connection; At a hairdresser's; A Clerk at a Post Office; At a Car rental Agency; At a Police Station Future (Will); Simple Past of verb to BE (Affirmative, Negative, and Interrogative forms); There was/were; Simple Past Regular and Irregular verbs (Affirmative, Negative, and Interrogative forms); Should/Must/Have to (Affirmative, Negative, and Interrogative forms); Adjectives; Prepositions; Plural forms of words ending in ch, sh, s, x and z; Measures: weight, distance, and length

4 I N T E R M E D I A T E L E V E L COURSE 4: WAY AHEAD ON THE MOVE 1 At the Health Club; At the Dentist's; In the Office; Family Life; At a Discount Store; A Game Show; At a Service Station; At a Nightclub; Planning a Party; At a Supermarket; At a Bank; TV Commercials; Going Shopping for food; Playing a Card Game; Watching the News Asking for and giving information; Comparing and stating preferences; Expressing actions in progress in the past; Offering something; Expressing conditions in the present and in the future; Describing and comparing people; Asking about and expressing opinions; Making plans; Opening a banking account Comparative and Superlative (regular and irregular adjectives); Possessive pronouns; Past Continuous Tense (Affirmative, Negative, and Interrogative forms); COULD, WOULD, WOULD LIKE, and WOULD LIKE TO (Affirmative, Negative, and Interrogative); Conditional (IF+ WILL and IF + WOULD)

5 COURSE 5: WAY AHEAD ON THE MOVE 2 An unexpected Gift; Customer Service; Behind Schedule; At the Pool; A Bad Day; Getting a Promotion; Change of Plans; At a Movie Theater; Weather Forecast; At a Theme Park; At a Video Arcade; Going Camping; Traffic Report; At a Hotel (Checking In); Unemployed; A Toothache; In the Women's Department; At a Boutique; The Misplaced Ring; TV Commercials; At the Doctor's Describing situations and different problems; Expressing reflexive actions; Expressing ideas that occurred at an indefinite time in the past; Expressing continuing actions; Asking about and describing people's skills; Asking for and giving directions; Asking about and expressing possibilities; Expressing possible future events and actions; Reporting events in the past; Describing actions at an indefinite time in the past; Expressing opinions Negative Questions; Someone, Anyone, No one, Somebody, Anybody, Nobody; Present Perfect Tense; Simple Past x Present Perfect Tense; Reflexive Pronouns; Be able to (Affirmative, Negative, and Interrogative forms); Already x Yet; For x since; Order of adjectives (size + color + material + noun); May (Affirmative, Negative, and Interrogative forms); The Past Participle

6 COURSE 6: WAY AHEAD ON THE MOVE 3 Asking about how long someone has done something; Giving instructions; Asking about and expressing time spent to do something in the present, past and future; Asking about and expressing opinions; Describing places/weather Asking about and expressing future actions; Asking about and expressing actions one used to do in the past; Expressing Interests and thoughts; Expressing actions in the past In the Electronics Department; A Business Trip; At a Department Store; A Fun Trip; TV Commercials; At the Post Office; Going to the Supermarket; On the Road; At a Wedding Reception; Dinner Time; Missing a Flight; The Flood; At the Market; On the Expressway; At the Movies; At Sea World; In Need of Medicine Have got / Have got to; It takes / It takes + person (present, past, and future); Many x A few; Much x A little; Preposition + Verb; Used to; Special Verbs; Using DO, DOES, or DID for emphasis; Tag questions; MUST; Past Perfect Tense (Affirmative, Negative and Interrogative forms); Past Perfect x Simple Past tense; Until / till; as far as; During x for; Past Perfect Tense

7 H I G H I N T E R M E D I A T E L E V E L COURSE 7: WAY AHEAD TO THE TOP 1 TV Commercials; The Delay; A Bad Day; On the Beach; Late to Work; At the Drive-thru; At the Ticket Counter; Cancelled Plans; On the Road; In the Office; A little White Lie; The Workout; Driving on the Blue Ridge Parkway; An Important Package; The Pony Express Asking for permission; Asking about feelings; Giving excuses; Asking about and expressing future actions; Asking about and expressing how long someone has been doing something Asking about and expressing alternatives; Agreeing or disagreeing with the previous statement; Giving advice and suggestions Using MAY for permissions; Expressing future time using the Present Continuous; Present Perfect Continuous (Affirmative, Negative, and Interrogative forms); Either...or / neither...nor; Relative Pronouns: Who and That; Using SO + Special verbs; Using Neither + Special verbs; Had better/had better not; Phrasal Verbs

8 H I G H I N T E R M E D I A T E L E V E L COURSE 8: WAY AHEAD TO THE TOP 2 At a Rock Concert; A Weekend in the Mountains; Daydreaming; A Close Call; In the Basement; One of Those Days; A Job Opening; At an Art Exhibit; Weekend Adventures; In a Shoe Store; A Comedy Show; Paying the Price; A Surprise Visit; Good or Bad Luck?; In the Jewelry Store; Vacation Plans; An Unforgettable Trip; At the Hospital; A Speeding Ticket Asking about and expressing conditions in the past; Talking about a possibility in the past that did not happen; Expressing a wish about the present and the past; Reporting another person's statement; Reporting past events; Asking about and expressing opinions on past events; Expressing something that was possible in the past but did not happen; Expressing degrees of certainty; Describing someone's past actions Would have + Past Participle; Could have + Past Participle; Should have + Past Participle; Might have + Past Participle; Suffixes :-ly / -less Prefixes: un- / in-; DO x MAKE; Reported Speech; Fixed expressions with DO; Fixed expressions with MAKE; WISH; Participial Adjectives (depressing / depressed, etc); Position of Adverbs (Place, Manner, and Time); Phrasal Verbs

9 H I G H I N T E R M E D I A T E L E V E L COURSE 9: WAY AHEAD TO THE TOP 3 A Trip to England; A Foreign Adventure; An Unbearable Pain; An Eye Problem; A Matter of Life and Death; A Star is Born; Throwing a Party; An Engagement Ring; An Online Purchase; Moving Abroad; A Watched Pot Never Boils; The Benefit of the Doubt; You Can't Say I Didn't Try; Irresponsible People; Aboard a Craft Asking about and describing health problems; Asking about and expressing tasks done by somebody else; Describing how important things and events are and stating reasons; Convincing people to do something; Expressing refusals; Expressing requests; Expressing offers; Asking for permission; Expressing problems and consequences American X British English (some concepts); Causative Form (to have something done); Suffixes: -er/-ize/-ify; Position of direct and indirect object; Help; Let someone do something; Prefixes: im-/dis-/ir-; Verbs of perception followed by the infinitive without TO or the -ING form; Request (I wonder if.../ Would you mind..?); Using DO to avoid repetition; Phrasal Verbs