English Language

Coverage
Level 3.2
Term 2
2022-2023
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How to use this resource

Coverage

Preparation – grammar

Preparation – functional language

Level 3.2

Term 2 Academic Year 2022-2023

 The Coverage, Grammar and Functional Language Teaching Resource

The slides within this resource, although detailed, are designed to be used as a starting point for teachers to construct
lessons around the language points that are explored here. The slides are intended to be used individually as a resource
within a lesson and to be incorporated as part of instruction incrementally throughout the term to ensure that students
have been exposed to all the language points in the coverage ahead of their end of term exam. Therefore, the
PowerPoint should not be presented at a single event or in its entirety. Some functional language points may overlap
with grammatical points in the coverage, and in that case, it is possible to combine slides. However, this resource should
be considered to be a collection of individual slides that teachers can use to enhance students’ learning.

Within this document, you will find information about the coverage for this term. The lexis family that assessments will
contain is mentioned as well as the particular grammatical and functional language points that will be tested in the exams
at the end of this term. In the preparation sections, you will find examples and explanations for the grammatical and
functional language points that will be assessed this term.

The grammar preparation section has an example sentence that illustrates the grammatical point. It follows this with an
explanation of the meaning of the example sentence. Next, the specific grammatical structure used within the example
sentence is detailed followed by an explanation of the circumstances under which the particular structure is used. More
example sentences using the structure are given at the end of the slide.

In the functional language preparation section, there are examples of the particular language point followed by an
explanation of how the particular are used. In the associated grammar section, language points that comprise the
structure or can be used to in conjunction with the language point to express the stipulated function are detailed.
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Topic(s): Looking back

Lexis Grammar GSE Grammar Functional Language
       
places, Past time: past simple Can make affirmative Describing past experiences
  statements using common and events
people    
irregular past simple forms.
 
Can use 'was' and 'were' with Describing places
a range of complement
phrases.  
Questions: wh- Can ask wh- questions using Asking for and giving personal
questions the past tense of verbs. information
 
Prepositions: place Can use a range of
prepositions of place.

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 past present future

He saw a movie yesterday.

Meaning He watched a movie the day before today.

Past simple tense

Grammatical
subject + verb (irregular form) + object
structure
subject + ‘was/were’ + complement

The past simple is used to discuss something that happened in the past. It is
used to describe completed actions in a time before now. We use the past
Usage
simple with a complement to say exactly when the past action took place, for
example, ‘yesterday’ and ‘on Friday’.

I went to school at 7am.

Other examples It was cold yesterday.
We were in Fujairah on Friday.
Where was the school? When did she eat breakfast?
What made that noise? Why did you go to the museum?
Who broke the window? What did he have in his bag?

Wh - words are used to ask questions to find information. The first list of questions are
Meaning
subject questions, the second list are object questions.

Wh - questions
Grammatical
Wh- + auxiliary verb + subject + main verb (object question)
structure
Wh- + main verb + object (subject question)
Where - to ask about place When - to ask about time
Who - to ask about people Why - to ask about reason
What - to ask about people, things and animals
Wh- questions can be used to ask about the subject or object of the verb.
Usage
In a subject question, there is no auxiliary, just a main verb. “Be” is a main verb – Where
was Ahmed?
In an object question, an auxiliary verb (do, has, etc.) goes before the subject and it has
to have a main verb in the sentence too – What did you do?
When did you finish your exam?
Other examples Who went to the beach?
Why did you not do your homework?
Sultan, where are you?
I am in Sharjah. I am on the Road. I am at the cinema.

Sutlan is saying where he is, and where they can meet: he is in (the library), on (the
Meaning first floor), and wants to meet at  (the cinema).

Grammatical Subject + to be + preposition + place

structure
Prepositions of place describe the position of a person or thing in relation to another
person or thing. They describe where things are.
In: general - large areas like countries and cities (in England, in Dubai) and
small spaces (in a car, in a box).
Usage
On: more specific - for streets and roads, and surfaces (on Main Street, on the
table) and transport used by lots of people (on the bus, on the train).
At: very specific – addresses and shops (at 10 Main Road, at the coffee shop,
at the bakery), for home, work and places of study (at school, at university). 
Do you live in a big villa?
Other examples The shop is at the end of the street.
Walk to the end of the road, the school is on your right.
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What did you do yesterday?
I completed a project using my laptop. I gave it to my manager this morning. 
What did you do before you had a laptop?
I read textbooks to find out information. I wrote all my work in notebooks. 

Functional
Describing past experiences and events
language point

Associated
Wh- questions, past simple, adverbs of time, pronouns
grammar

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It was a beautiful lake with trees.
It is in the centre of the city.
What is Dubai famous for?

Functional
Describing places
language point

Associated
Adjectives, noun phrases, past simple, present simple
grammar

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What is your name?
I have three brothers.
My brother is tall.

Functional
Asking for and giving personal information
language point

Associated
Wh- questions, noun phrases, adjectives
grammar

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