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Start with a guide to each paper, build the language with topic units, then practise one part at a time with numbered series. Every task is written in the exam's own format and checked at B2.
45 lesson plans
One topic unit a week, with practice for each part of the exam: about 5 hours a week, 45 lessons in all. Start with the guides to each paper in week 0.
A first look at each paper: what every part tests, how to approach it, and a short sample task.
Vocabulary and grammar for a topic, with exam tasks built in.
Topic unit
Free Time and Hobbies
Students build vocabulary for free time and hobbies, including key phrasal verbs, and practise it in B2 First Reading and Use of English Parts 1, 4 and 7 and an essay.
PractisesPart 1Part 4Part 7Essay
80 minCourse week 1
Topic unit
Travel and Journeys
Students build travel vocabulary and use narrative tenses, including the past perfect, through B2 First open cloze, transformation, reading and article tasks.
PractisesPart 2Part 4Part 5Writing Part 2
85 minCourse week 2
Topic unit
Work and Study
Students build vocabulary for work and study, including phrasal verbs and word families, and practise B2 First Reading and Use of English Parts 3, 4 and 6 and a Part 2 email.
PractisesPart 3Part 4Part 6Writing Part 2
95 minCourse week 3
Topic unit
Technology
Students build vocabulary for devices and the internet, practise passives and have something done, and try B2 First Reading and Use of English Parts 1, 4 and 7 and a Part 2 review.
PractisesPart 1Part 4Part 7Writing Part 2
90 minCourse week 4
Topic unit
The Environment
Students build vocabulary for environmental problems and solutions, practise mixed conditionals with unless, as long as and even if, and work through four B2 First exam tasks.
PractisesPart 2Part 3Part 4Part 5Essay
90 minCourse week 5
Topic unit
Health and Sport
Students build vocabulary for health, fitness and sport, use past modals for regrets and deductions, and practise B2 First Reading and Use of English Parts 3, 4 and 6 and a Part 2 report.
PractisesPart 3Part 4Part 6Writing Part 2
95 minCourse week 6
Topic unit
People and Relationships
Students build vocabulary for personality and relationships, talk about the past with used to and would, and practise B2 First Reading and Use of English Parts 1, 4 and 5 and a Part 2 article.
PractisesPart 1Part 4Part 5Writing Part 2
95 minCourse week 7
Topic unit
Money and Shopping
Students build vocabulary for money and shopping, choose between the present perfect continuous and simple, and practise B2 First Reading and Use of English Parts 2, 4 and 7 and a Part 1 essay.
PractisesPart 2Part 4Part 7Essay
95 minCourse week 8
Topic unit
Homes and Places
Students build vocabulary for homes and places, choose between the future continuous and the future perfect, and practise B2 First Reading and Use of English Parts 1, 3 and 6 and a Part 2 email.
PractisesPart 1Part 3Part 6Writing Part 2
95 minCourse week 9
Topic unit
Media and Entertainment
Students build vocabulary for TV, news and online media, use defining and non-defining relative clauses accurately, and practise B2 First Reading and Use of English Parts 2, 4 and 5 and a Part 2 review.
PractisesPart 2Part 4Part 5Writing Part 2
95 minCourse week 10
Topic unit
Crime and the Law
Students learn vocabulary for crime and the courts, use reporting verbs with the right patterns, and practise B2 First Reading and Use of English Parts 3, 4 and 7 and a Part 1 essay.
PractisesPart 3Part 4Part 7Essay
90 minCourse week 11
Topic unit
The Arts
Students learn vocabulary for art and the theatre, use it-clefts for emphasis, and practise B2 First Reading and Use of English Parts 1, 4 and 6 and an article.
PractisesPart 1Part 4Part 6Writing Part 2
95 minCourse week 12
Whole lessons on one part of the exam, numbered so each one adds new target language.
Use of English
Multiple-choice Cloze 1
Collocations
80 minCourse week 1
Use of English
Multiple-choice Cloze 2
Phrasal Verbs
80 minCourse week 5
Use of English
Multiple-choice Cloze 3
Linking Words That Hold It Together
80 minCourse week 10
Use of English
Open Cloze 1
Prepositions
80 minCourse week 2
Use of English
Open Cloze 2
A, The or Nothing at All?
80 minCourse week 6
Use of English
Open Cloze 3
Small Words, Big Links
85 minCourse week 11
Use of English
Word Formation 1
Noun Suffixes
80 minCourse week 3
Use of English
Word Formation 2
Adjective Suffixes
80 minCourse week 7
Use of English
Word Formation 3
Negative Prefixes
80 minCourse week 9
Use of English
Word Formation 4
Strengthen Your Verbs
80 minCourse week 11
Use of English
Word Formation 5
Adverbs and Spelling Traps
80 minCourse week 12
Use of English
Key Word Transformations 1
Passives and Have Something Done
80 minCourse week 4
Use of English
Key Word Transformations 2
Reported Speech
80 minCourse week 8
Use of English
Key Word Transformations 3
Conditionals and Wish
80 minCourse week 10
Use of English
Key Word Transformations 4
Bigger, Better, Best
80 minCourse week 12
Use of English
Key Word Transformations 5
Put It Another Way
80 minCourse week 12
Reading
Multiple choice 1
Read Between the Lines
80 minCourse week 6
Reading
Multiple choice 2
Why Did They Say That?
80 minCourse week 10
Reading
Gapped text 1
Follow the Clues
80 minCourse week 4
Reading
Gapped text 2
Mind the Gaps
85 minCourse week 8
Reading
Gapped text 3
What Comes Next?
85 minCourse week 9
Reading
Multiple matching 1
Find It Fast
80 minCourse week 2
Reading
Multiple matching 2
Plans, Hopes and What Really Happened
80 minCourse week 11
Writing
Essay 1
Plan, Link and Give Your Opinion
80 minCourse week 1
Writing
Essay 2
Make Every Point Count
80 minCourse week 12
Writing
Article 1
Hook Your Reader
80 minCourse week 3
Writing
Article 2
Make Your Point
80 minCourse week 6
Writing
Review 1
Worth It or Not?
80 minCourse week 7
Writing
Email 1
Who Are You Writing To?
80 minCourse week 5
Writing
Email 2
Not Too Formal, Not Too Friendly
75 minCourse week 8
Writing
Report 1
Facts First
80 minCourse week 9
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