Outcomes Pre - Intermediate

WEEK

UNIT

GRAMMAR

VOCABULARY

LANGUAGE SKILLS

NOTES

Sept.

1^st week

Unit 1

Family and friends

Question formation/ The Present Simple

People you know

Reading: Living well around the world

2^nd week

Unit 1

Family and friends

Similarities and contrasts

Characters and habits

Listening: A friend of mine/ Our genes or our childhood

Oct.

3^rd week

Unit 2

Shops

The Past Simple Tense

Describing shops and things you bought

Reading: Newspaper stories about shopping

4^th week

Unit 2

Shops

Comparatives

Passives

Making offers and checking

Listening: Five conversations in a department store

5^th week

Unit 3

Eat

The Present Perfect Simple

Too/ not …enough

Restaurants

Reading: Breakfast around the world

6^th week

Unit 3

Eat

Offers/ requests/ permissions/ suggestions

Describing food

Listening: Deciding where to eat in a restaurant

Nov.

7^th week

Unit 4

Jobs

Present continuous and simple/

Future plans and wishes

Talking about jobs-

Activities at work

Reading: Extract from An office and a Gentleman

8^th week

Unit 4

Jobs

Past continuous and past simple

Forming words

Listening: So what do you do? Unpaid work

9^th week

Review 1

Writing 01

Writing 02

Revision units 1 – 4

Personal profile

Expressing opinion

10^th week

Unit 5

Relax

Might/ Present continuous/ be going to/ + verb

Activities/ places/ equipment

Reading: Sports around the world

11^th week

Unit 5

Relax

Superlatives

Sports and games words/ Word forming

Listening: Plans for the weekend/ Having a nap

Dec.

12^th week

Unit 6

Home

Nave to/ don’t have to/can

Cities and areas

Reading: Five things you should know before living home

13^th week

Unit 6

Home

Will/ won’t

Staying with people

Listening: Where are you from?/ Staying with a host family

14^th week

Unit 7

Mind and body

Giving advice (should/ ought to/ why don’t you)

Illnesses and health problems

Reading: Not just all in the mind

Jan.

15^th week

Unit 7

Mind and body

Imperatives

Parts of the body

Listening: I’m not very well/ dealing with health problems

16^th week

Unit 8

Getting there

Articles – a, an, the

Places in town

Reading: The two travellers and the farmer

17^th week

Unit 8

Getting there

Quantifiers with uncountable nouns

Means of transport

Listening: Do you know if this is the right way?

Feb.

18^th week

Review 2

Writing 03

Writing 04

Revision -  units 5-8

Describing places

Plans and schedules

19^th week

Unit 9

Science and nature

The Past Perfect Simple

Science and nature

Reading: Man’s best friend/ The Milgram experiment

20^th week

Unit 9

Science and nature

Reporting speech 1

Animals

Listening: Science and nature in the news

21^st week

Unit 10

School and university

First conditionals

School and university/ Computers and internet

Reading: A web of lies

Mar.

22^nd week

Unit 10

School and university

Had to / Could

Students and teachers

Listening: School in two different countries

23^rd week

Unit 11

Places to stay

Second conditionals

Hotel problems

Reading: Happy campers

24^th week

Unit 11

Places to stay

Used to

Giving bad news

Listening: Phoning a hotel/ Calling room service

25^th week

Unit 12

Phone

Just/ already/ yet and still

Using phones

Reading: Emergency!/ Phone!

26^th week

Unit 12

Phone

Reported speech

Forming negatives

Listening: Leaving messages/ An angry telephone message