Upper intermediate English

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Teaching Upper Intermediate English (B2 level) involves expanding students' language skills to a more sophisticated level, focusing on fluency, accuracy, and nuanced communication. Below is an in-depth list of what you might cover in an Upper Intermediate English course:

1. Grammar (Advanced Structures)

• Tense Review & Advanced Usage

  • Present Perfect Continuous vs. Past Perfect Continuous

  • Future Perfect & Future Continuous

  • Mixed Conditionals (e.g., If I had studied harder, I would be in a better job now.)

  • Inversion (e.g., Not only did she fail, but she also...)

  • Cleft Sentences (e.g., What I need is a vacation.)

• Modals (Advanced)

  • Modals of Deduction (past & present) (e.g., She must have forgotten.)

  • Modals for Regret & Criticism (e.g., You should have told me!)

• Passive Voice (All Tenses + Causative)

  • The report is being written. vs. I had my car repaired.

• Reported Speech (Advanced)

  • Reporting questions, commands, and suggestions

  • Impersonal reporting structures (It is said that...)

• Relative Clauses (Defining & Non-defining + Reduced Clauses)

  • The man who called you… vs. The man, who was tall,…

  • Omitting relative pronouns (The book I bought)

• Participle Clauses

  • Having finished his work, he left.

• Subjunctive Mood (Formal)

  • It’s essential that he be on time.

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2. Vocabulary (Nuanced & Topic-Specific)

• Idioms & Phrasal Verbs (Advanced)

  • Pull strings, hit the nail on the head, turn a blind eye

  • Separable vs. Inseparable Phrasal Verbs (Put off vs. Look after)

• Collocations & Fixed Expressions

  • Make a decision (not do a decision)

  • Heavy rain (not strong rain)

• Word Formation (Prefixes/Suffixes)

  • Underestimate, Overreact, Misinterpret

• Synonyms & Avoiding Repetition

  • Happy → delighted, thrilled, overjoyed

• Formal vs. Informal Register

  • Commence (formal) vs. Start (informal)

• Topic-Specific Vocabulary

  • Work & Careers (negotiate, promote, resign)

  • Environment (carbon footprint, sustainable, deforestation)

  • Technology (AI, cybersecurity, algorithm)

  • Social Issues (discrimination, inequality, activism

  • http://www.youtube.com/@go-Fun-english