Détail formation : Reflex’English Level 2 (B1)

Lesson 1 – Janice’s interview: Part 1

Grammar
• “To be” in the simple present
• “To have” in the simple present
• Some prepositions: in, on, at or to?
• Adverbs of frequency
• Wh- question words

Lesson 2 – Janice’s interview: Part 2

Grammar
• Some or any
• Comparative form
• Superlative form
• Possessive adjectives
• Possessive pronouns
• Prepositions of space

Vocabulary
• Janice’s interview
• Review of Beginner Level

Lesson 3 – What do you do for a living?

Grammar
• Asking and saying one’s job
• Asking questions in the simple present
• « To be » and affirmative short answers
• « To be » and negative short answers
• Simple present

Vocabulary
• Jobs
• Job-related verbs

Lesson 4 – Job talk

Grammar
• Simple present: use and construction
• Simple present questions with wh- question words
• Closed questions and short answers with « do » or « to be » in the simple present
• This and that
• Adjectives: « good » and « bad »
• Plurals
• Asking questions with « what »
• « To know » in the simple present
• « To do » as a verb

Vocabulary
• Job talk
• In an office
• Computer equipment
• Working hours
• Centres of interest
• Salary

Lesson 5 – Test lessons 1 to 4
Review and Test of Lessons 1 to 4

Lesson 6 – What did you do yesterday?

Grammar
• The simple past tense
• « To do » in the simple past
• « To be » in the simple past
• Simple past: regular verbs
• Simple past: irregular verbs

Vocabulary
• Phrases with « to have »
• « To do » vs. « to make »

Lesson 7 – A short story: Slim Johnson robbed a bank

Grammar
• Simple past: some regular verbs
• Simple past: some irregular verbs
• Simple past: asking questions

Vocabulary
• A short story

Lesson 8 – What are you doing, Pete?

Grammar
• Present participles
• The present continuous
• The present continuous: use
• The present continuous: questions with prepositions
• The present continuous: particular cases
• Questions tags

Vocabulary
• Sense verbs
• Around « to think »
• Questions with why
• Around « to feel » and « to get »

Lesson 9 – It used to be different back then

Grammar
• Structures with « used to »
• « Used to » and other tenses
• Past participles: regular and irregular verbs
• Present perfect
• « Such » or « such a »
• « To be used to »,« to be getting used to »
Vocabulary
• Around « the sun »
• Around « agriculture »
• Comparing things

Lesson 10 – Test lessons 6 to 9

Review and Test of Lessons 6 to 9

Lesson 11 – How long ago was that?

Grammar
• Since, for and ago
• Adverbs of place with -where
• The present perfect simple
• The past continuous
• The present perfect continuous
• That’s/It’s + adjective/noun + infinitive

Vocabulary
• Interjections andonomatopoeia
• At the doctor’s
• At the chemist’s

Lesson 12 – What do you enjoy doing?

Grammar
• Expressing likes and dislikes
• Likes and dislikes followed by verbs + -ing
• Putting nuances in likes and dislikes
• To look forward to
• Either / or, neither / nor, not / either
• « To look » or « to watch »
• « So do I », « neither do I », « I do », « I don’t »
• All, every, each

Vocabulary
• Spare time
• Around « spare »
• In the garden
• Some hobbies and interests
• Household chores
• Fish ‘n’ chips

Lesson 13 – What are you going to do?

Grammar
• Pronouncing the letter « L »
• Talking about the future
• The future simple with « will »
• The near future with « be going to »
• Ever, never
• Type 1 conditional: the real future
• The verb « to explain »
• Modal verbs

Vocabulary
• Cultural activities
• Legal system

Lesson 14 – The time

Grammar
• The present conditional
• Type 2 conditional
• Hypotheses with « what if »
+ future or conditional
• Still
• Expressing wishes and regrets
• Reflexive pronouns
• Making suggestions

Vocabulary
• What would you do?
• Talking about fear
• Quantifiers: talking about parts
• Around « life »

Lesson 15 – Test lessons 11 to 14
Review and Test of Lessons 11 to 14

Lesson 16 – I need to make a phone call

Grammar
• « To need »: modal and regular verb
• « Won’t + infinitive » – refusal to work
• Must or have to?

Vocabulary
• The telephone
• Using the phone
• Town facilities
• To pay, to pay for

Lesson 17 – Dealing with phone conversations

Grammar
• « To work » + prepositions

Vocabulary
• Phone phrases
• Phone conversations
• Organizational chart and positions
• Company departments

Lesson 18 – British English versus American English

Grammar
• Irregular verbs and regular verbs (GB) ≠ (US)
• Present perfect and simple past (GB) ≠ (US)
• Phrases with « to have » or « to take »
• Phrases with « to have » or « to have got »
• Different prepositions
• « Like » or « as »
• Writing dates
• Giving advice with « had better »

Vocabulary
• Words ending in a vowel + -L
• Spelling differences
• Completely different words

Lesson 19 – Thanksgiving: an American tradition

Grammar
• The passive voice (past, present, future)
• Compound adjectives
• The word « meat »: both countable and uncountable

Vocabulary
• General knowledge: the USA
• Thanksgiving
• Holiday (GB) / Vacation (US)
• Animals and meat
• A song about New York

Lesson 20 – Test lessons 16 to 19
Review and Test of Lessons 16 to 19

Lesson 21 – You didn’t tell her, did you?

Grammar
• Question tags
• Informal contractions

Vocabulary
• Around « secrets and suspicions »
• Around « mistake »
• Around « back »
• Around « unemployment »
• « On earth », « the hell »

Lesson 22 – She told me she was coming tonight • Paraphrasing

Grammar
• Reported speech
• Present perfect vs. simple past
• Despite, in spite of, although,even though
• Both or neither

Vocabulary
• TV news
• Talking about injuries
• Around « to let »
• Verbs beginning with «over »
• Around « sport »

Lesson 23 – UFO report

Grammar
• Adjectives ending in -ish
• « Like » or « as »?
• Qualifying the size
• Expressing certainty
• Reported questions, requests and orders

Vocabulary
• Outside news
• Around « hear »
• Around « fire brigade »

Lesson 24 – Weather and climate in the UK

Grammar
• Talking about weather forecast
• Double comparative (the more…/the more…,
the less…/the less…)
• Weather idioms

Vocabulary
• Weather and climate in the UK
• Around rain, clouds, cold, winds, temperature
• The compass rose
• Geography of the UK

Lesson 25 – Test lessons 21 to 24
Review and Test of Lessons 21 to 24

Lesson 26 – Describing things

Grammar
• Useful questions, order of adjectives
• Adverbs: « too » and « enough »
• Vague expressions
• Question tags: particular case
• Contractions of verbs
• Made of, from, out of, with
• Utility and functions: passive voice structures
• Passive voice with « to be made to do (something) »

Vocabulary
• Describing things
• Materials

Lesson 27 – Describing people

Grammar
• Character and behaviour: opposite adjectives
• Compound adjectives
• Useful verbs: things you can do with your mouth

Vocabulary
• Talking about character and behaviour
• Talking about age
• Around the face
• Talking about physical appearance
• Talking about height
• Talking about weight
• Describing hair
• Talking about complexion and skin

Lesson 28 – What would you have done?

Grammar
• Past conditional
• Type III conditional: formation, use
• Type III conditional with modal verbs
• Type III conditional with « even if »
• To be able, can / could
• Expressing regrets in the past
• Conditional types: review

Vocabulary
• At the meeting
• Around « to miss »
• Around « to bother »

Lesson 29 – Writing emails and letters

Grammar
• Around « to write »

Vocabulary
• Around emails
• Layout of emails
• Writing and sending an email
• Around regular mail
• Layout of a formal letter
• Opening salutations, complimentary closes
• The message of the lette

Lesson 30 – Test lessons 26 to 29
Review and Test of Lessons 26 to 29

Reflex’English Grammar C1/C2

• Lesson 1 – Word order
• Lesson 2 – Active and state verbs
• Lesson 3 – Talking about events in the future
• Lesson 4 – Other ways of expressing the future
• Lesson 5 – Affixes: prefixes and suffixes
• Lesson 6 – Conditional conjunctions
• Lesson 7 – Transitive and intransitive verbs
• Lesson 8 – Inversion with negative adverbials
• Lesson 9 – Expressions with ‘used to’
• Lesson 10 – Past perfect simple and continuous
• Lesson 11 – The future in the past
• Lesson 12 – Adjectives, nouns and verbs followed by prepositions
• Lesson 13 – Participle clauses
• Lesson 14 – Emphatic cleft sentences
• Lesson 15 – Advanced passive structures
• Lesson 16 – Modal verbs in the past
• Lesson 17 – Verbs followed by infinitives or gerunds
• Lesson 18 – Gradable and non-gradable adjectives
• Lesson 19 – Formal subjunctive
• Lesson 20 – Phrasal verbs

Reflex’English Vocabulary C1/C2

• Lesson 1 – Talking about money
• Lesson 2 – People and customs
• Lesson 3 – Business and the Economy
• Lesson 4 – Industry, machines and technology
• Lesson 5 – Idioms and expressions
• Lesson 6 – Commercial correspondence
• Lesson 7 – Job search
• Lesson 8 – Writing CVs and cover letters
• Lesson 9 – Dealing with a job interview
• Lesson 10 – Agriculture
• Lesson 11 – Synonyms and antonyms
• Lesson 12 – False friends and anglicisms
• Lesson 13 – Abbreviations, acronyms and eponyms
• Lesson 14 – The Media
• Lesson 15 – Ecology
• Lesson 16 – Energy
• Lesson 17 – Criminality
• Lesson 18 – Justice and law
• Lesson 19 – Travelling around Britain and Ireland
• Lesson 20 – Travelling around the USA and Canada