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CAE Advanced Course
CAE Advanced Course
objectives
1 To talk about yourself 6-7 Introductory phrases, such as You know, Let me see, For me, Well,..,
using advanced 182 Actually,.., Now I come to think of it,… etc.
language
To use introductory
phrases
To complete an exam-
style multiple-choice
cloze
6 To use conjunctions 13 Conjunctions such as provided, whether, whereas, as long as, although, unless, e
which show contrast, 14
give conditions and
add information
To write a well-
structured essay
7 To revise the 15
structures, vocabulary
and exam tasks
covered in lessons 1-6
To practise exam
strategies
11 To practise using narrative 17 Past narrative tenses: past simple, past continuous and past p
tenses in speaking 151-152
To review uses of the past Photocopiable
simple, past continuous and past activity
perfect
14 25
To revise the structures,
vocabulary and exam tasks
covered in lessons 9-13
To practise exam strategies
15 To practice speaking
To practice strategies
in terms of an oral
exam
To activate
vocabulary
16 To discuss pros and 26-27 Vocabulary related to life stages: juvenile, childlike, youthful, mature, puerile, g
cons of different life
stages
To expand vocabulary
related to life stages
17 To use future forms in 27 Future forms used to talk about plans, intentions, predictions and spontaneous dec
speaking will + infinitive
To describe plans, going to + infinitive or the present continuous
intentions, predictions going to + infinitive
and spontaneous will/shall + infinitive
decisions future continuous
future perfect
18 To identify and 28-29 Vocabulary: uncharitable, retaliate, insight, reticent, reticence, justifiable, appal
compare writers’
opinions in an article
Exam practice: cross-
text multiple matching
task
20 To practise 31
responding to and 32
expanding on a Photocopia
partner’s ideas in a ble activity
discussion
Exam practice:
multiple-choice cloze
task
22 To practise working out meaning 33 Vocabulary and expressions: wishful thinking, laid back, veer to the oth
from context 34
To learn to plan and write a report
Exam practice: multiple choice
listening task
25 To practice speaking
To practice strategies in terms of an oral exam
To activate vocabulary
26 To identify which verbs are followed by gerund, 38 Verb patterns
and which by infinitive or bare infinitive 39
Exam practice: sentence completion listening
task
29 To review present, past and 44 modal verbs to express possibility (can, could, might), certainty (must, can’t), obli
future modal verbs Ph need to), lack of obligation or necessity (don’t need to, needn’t, needn’t have + pa
oto
cop
iabl
e
acti
viti
es
32 To practice speaking
To practice strategies in terms of an
oral exam
To activate vocabulary
36 To practice speaking
To practice strategies in terms of an oral exam
To activate vocabulary
38 To compare two pictures 61 Words and expressions for comparing: however, nevertheless, on the
To expand knowledge of 62-63 similarly, what both pictures have in common is.., whereas, whilst
adjective/noun collocations Adjective/noun collocations:
Exam practice: multiple-choice consumer-driven, tailor-made, high-minded, distant relative, nuclear fa
tasks
41 To practice speaking
To practice strategies in terms
of an oral exam
To activate vocabulary
43 70-71
44 72-73
45 74-76
46 77-78
47 speaking