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BBC Learning English - Syllabus - Upper Intermediate

This document is a syllabus for an Upper Intermediate English course from BBC Learning English. It includes: - 7 units that each cover grammar, vocabulary, and an episode from the drama "The White Elephant". - The grammar sections explain concepts like the third conditional, reported speech, if/whether, ways to use "would", "let" and "allow", the passive voice, and "unless". - The vocabulary sections review words related to topics in the news, like censorship, Syria airstrikes, gun crime, and China's economic slowdown. - The drama episodes continue the story of "The White Elephant" over the course of the 7 units.

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BBC Learning English - Syllabus - Upper Intermediate

This document is a syllabus for an Upper Intermediate English course from BBC Learning English. It includes: - 7 units that each cover grammar, vocabulary, and an episode from the drama "The White Elephant". - The grammar sections explain concepts like the third conditional, reported speech, if/whether, ways to use "would", "let" and "allow", the passive voice, and "unless". - The vocabulary sections review words related to topics in the news, like censorship, Syria airstrikes, gun crime, and China's economic slowdown. - The drama episodes continue the story of "The White Elephant" over the course of the 7 units.

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2018. 2. 10.

BBC Learning English - Syllabus: Upper Intermediate

Syllabus: Upper Intermediate


Use this page to find your way around our Upper Intermediate course, or click the links to go to our other course sitemaps.

Lower Intermediate course sitemap


Intermediate course sitemap
Towards Advanced course sitemap

Upper-Intermediate Course – R=reading, V=video

Grammar Vocabulary Drama

Unit 1 – Go beyond intermediate with our video course

V English Class V News Review V The White Elephant –


The third conditional James Bond – censor, censorship, Episode 1
ridicule, mockery, make a mockery Panic!
R Grammar reference
The third conditional V Lingohack
Syria airstrikes; Iraq; Facebook founder
giveaway – extremists, raids, pledged

V Stop saying…!
Double contractions

Unit 2 – Reported speech in 90 seconds!

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Reported speech Beijing smog – red alert, toxic, engulf, Episode 2
portmanteau word Quick!
R Grammar reference
Reported speech V Lingohack
Syrian rebels; Paris warnings; lions
poisoned – ceasefire, ringleader,
allegations

V Stop saying…!
Say and tell

Unit 3 – If or whether?

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'If and whether Star Wars – franchise, merchandising, Episode 3
cash cow Broken
R Grammar reference
If and whether V Lingohack
Solar superpower; South Africa's navy;
historic hospital demolished – plant,
broke new ground, to renovate

V Stop saying…!
Would you?

Unit 4 – 5 ways to use 'would'

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5 ways to use would Japan's hunt for whales – fleet, whaling Episode 4
fleet, in the pursuit of Annoyed
R Grammar reference
5 ways to use 'would' V Lingohack
US/UK in Afghanistan; cancer; athletics
boss resignation – confront, reinforces,
stepping down

V Stop saying…!
Indirect questions

Unit 5 – Let and allow

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'Let' and 'allow' Obama takes on gun crime – background Episode 5
checks, bypass, executive action Happy
R Grammar reference
'Let' and 'allow' V Lingohack
North Korea bomb; Fifa boss ban; chip
makes woman see again –
announcement, suspended, bionic

V Stop saying…!
Let’s go

Unit 6 – Passive voice

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Passive voice Reinventing the light – incandescent, Episode 6
comeback, revamp, significantly, Kindness
R Grammar reference prototype
Active and passive forms
V Lingohack
Obama's final address; counting Africa's
elephants; Elvis celebration – vowed,
partisan, bold ambition, census, iconic

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V Stop saying…!
Irregular verbs

Unit 7 – Unless

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'Unless' China's economic slowdown – pace, Episode 7
growth, slump, shrinking, depreciation Late!
R Grammar reference
'Unless' V Lingohack
New rules for migrants; irregular
heartbeat; Spike Lee Oscars comment –
evenly, condition, boycott

V Stop saying…!
Answering negative questions

Unit 8 – Mixed conditionals

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Mixed conditionals Beatrix Potter story discovered – Episode 8
published, double life, archive, unseen,
R Grammar reference rediscovered, in a spin Lucky
Mixed conditionals; second and third
conditionals V Lingohack
Migrants and refugees in Europe; ebola
outbreak over; device detects brain
injuries – crossing, sporadic, spot

V Stop saying…!
Present perfect

Unit 9 – The zero article – in 90 seconds

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Zero articles Will Zika affect Rio Olympics? – the Episode 9
spread of, constitutes, endangered, Secrets
R Grammar reference outbreak, declared, nightmare
Zero article
V Lingohack
UK's draft EU deal; China's stranded
travellers; groundhog predicts the
weather – hailed, hampering, backlog,
prediction

V Stop saying…!
Pronouncing the 'th' sound

Unit 10 – The indefinite article – in 90 seconds

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Indefinite articles with singular countable Violence on the streets of Hong Kong – Episode 10
nouns batons, clashes, street vendors, warning Angry
shots, crackdown
R Grammar reference
Definite and indefinite articles V Lingohack
Trump and Sanders win; Zuma in court;
horses don't like long faces – outsider,
refurbishing, adapting

V Stop saying…!
Pronouncing unstressed words / schwa

Unit 11 – The. That's right – the! Learn all about it in 90 seconds

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The definite article Swift's war of words – album, lavish, Episode 11
artist, sweep, diss, all over the place Success
R Grammar reference
Definite, indefinite and zero articles V Lingohack

US-Cuba flights; Australia drug bust;


male cosmetic surgery – restoring,
seized, went under the knife

V Stop saying…!

Vowel to vowel linking

Unit 12 – The continuous passive

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Continuous passive Dry Dehli – restored, cut off, canal, Episode 12
vulnerable, grapple, unrest Shock!
R Grammar reference
Continuous passive voice forms V Lingohack
Republicans against Guantanamo
closure; plastic found in Mars bars; gorilla
born in zoo – have come out, recalling,
caesarean

V Stop saying…!
Not being direct

Unit 13 – Future perfect

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The future perfect Calais migrants forced to leave – Episode 13
demolition, dismantle, makeshift, evict, Resilience
R Grammar reference braced for, bulldozer
The future perfect
(will + have + past participle) V Lingohack
Super Tuesday Trump and Clinton; Zika
threat to US; back from space –
dominated, warning, manned

V Stop saying…!
The future perfect

Unit 14 – Need + verb-ing

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Need + verb-ing Shrapova's failed drug test – outcome, Episode 14
tested positive, let her fans down, Clever
R Grammar reference suspend, let down, tarnishing
Need + verb-ing
V Lingohack
EU-Turkey plan; Indonesia's three
minutes of darkness; fifth Beatle dies –
violate, solar eclipse, influential,
accomplishments

V Stop saying…!
The disappearing ‘t’

Unit 15 – Have something done

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Have something done Bangladesh's missing millions – central Episode 15
bank, audacious, breached, heist, cyber, Sad
R Grammar reference hush up
Have something done
V Lingohack
Ethiopia drought; hope for MS patients;
French anger at new spelling – triggered,
remarkable, outrage

V Stop saying…!

Irregular verbs - revision

Unit 16 – Wish

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The verb 'wish' Unlocking the Apple – unlock, Episode 16
postponement, manufacturer, row, hack, Calm!
R Grammar reference back down
Verb forms that follow 'wish
V Lingohack
Begium in mourning; Zika virus; online
'fitness challenge' – mourning, odious,
abnormally, unrealistic

V Stop saying…!
I wish…

Unit 17 – Word stress

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Participle clauses Great Barrier Reef damage – reef, Episode 17
episodes, coral bleaching, devastate, Timing
R Grammar reference aerial, in the grip of
Participle clauses
V Lingohack
Driverless cars; cleaning up Dehli's air;
south Africa’s power crisis – driverless,
choking, toxic, abundance, predominantly

V Stop saying…!
Stress in long words

Unit 18 – Different ways of saying 'if'

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Different ways of saying 'if' Panama tax leaks – at the heart of, leak, Episode 18
blacklisted, sanctions, links, bombshell Excellence
R Grammar reference
Ways of saying 'if' V Lingohack
Fifa president; Sydney railway; dog gets
medal – prominent, prompted, honoured

V Stop saying…!
Compound words

Unit 19 – Passive reporting structures

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Passive reporting structures Brazil's president on the edge – Episode 19
impeachment, stormy, coup, back, hurdle Love
R Grammar reference
Passive reporting structures V Lingohack
Hawking backs space travel project;
Russia celebrates cosmonaut; wallaby
becomes internet star – ambitious,
exceptional, triumph, the height of,
winning hearts

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V Stop saying…!
Transitive and intransitive verbs

Unit 20 – The subjunctive

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The subjunctive Ancient arch triumphs in London – Episode 20
replica, behind, recreate, unveil, on Failure
R Grammar reference display
The subjunctive
V Lingohack
Diabetes increase warning; world
heritage sites under threat; UK stamps
celebrate Queen at 90 – to date,
precious, released

V Stop saying…!
British and American English
pronunciation

Unit 21 – When and if

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'When' and 'if' Chernobyl remembered – meltdown, Episode 21
reactor, radioactive, swathe, vigils, fallout, Clean
R Grammar reference on
'When' and 'if'
V Lingohack
Hillsborough inquest; Big ben stops
chiming for repairs; gorilla surprise at
Prague Zoo – catastrophically, fall silent,
scaffolding, glimpse, delivery

V Stop saying…!
Not finishing conditional sentences

Unit 22 – Inversion

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Inversion Leicester City win the Premier League – Episode 22
squad, outsiders, bookmakers, fairytale, Disaster
R Grammar reference nuts, bonkers, a one-off
Inversion
V Lingohack
Trump knocks out Cruz; antibiotics
overprescribed; escalator behaviour trial
– presumptive, inappropriately, long-
standing

V Stop saying…!
Adjective or adverb

Unit 23 – Phrasal verbs

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Phrasal verbs Plants facing extinction – species, Episode 23
sprawling, habitats, at risk of, kill off Sleepy
R Grammar reference
Multi-word verbs / Phrasal verbs type 1, 2, 3, V Lingohack
4 Obama visit to Hiroshima; Canada wildlife
aftermath; NASA discovers new planets –
highly symbolic, obliterated, inflicted,
exoplanets

V Stop saying…!
More phrasals

Unit 24 – The future

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Seven ways to talk about the future Wild bee numbers decline – abundant, an Episode 24
abundance of, boom, biofuels, decline, on Honesty
R Grammar reference the decline, dwindle
Future forms – will, present continuous, be
going to, future continuous, future perfect, V Lingohack
present simple, be + to + infinitive Sri Lanka mudslide; art rescued from sea;
football heroes’ welcome – missing,
submerged, rapturous

V Stop saying…!
Different futures

Unit 25 – Modals in the past

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Modal verbs in the past Flying fox bats invade – declared an Episode 25
emergency, besieged, relocate, state of Brave
R Grammar reference emergency, plague, bat’s insane
Modal verbs – might, may, could, must, can’t
V Lingohack
EU money for Greece; Russian athletes'
doping; friendly robots – bailout funds,
samples, collaborative

V Stop saying…!
The 'dark L'

Unit 26 – Narrative tenses

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V English Class V News Review V The White Elephant –


Narrative tenses – 'used to', past perfect, past Threat from new superbug - resistant, Episode 26
perfect continuous, past continuous antibiotics, strain, superbug, nightmare, Sick
drug-proof
R Grammar reference
Narrative tenses – past simple, past V Lingohack
continuous, past perfect Worker unrest in France; world's longest
rail tunnel; an unusual race – bitter stand-
off, the heart of, thriving

V Stop saying…!
Alternatives to 'and'

Unit 27 – Phrasal verb myths

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More phrasal verbs – take out, pick up, make Muhammad's funeral plans – Episode 27
up, give away, bring up heavyweight, nomination, pallbearers, Fashion
memorial, a biopic, an autobiography
R Grammar reference
Multi-word verbs/Phrasal verbs type 1, 2, 3, 4 V Lingohack
Clinton historic moment; Chelsea doctor
dismissal; surfing in Australia

V Stop saying…!
Phrasal verbs: informal, formal or
neutral?

Unit 28 – Conditionals review

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Conditionals – zero, first, second, third and Remembering Orlando's victims – vigils, Episode 28
mixed conditionals to honour, tributes, gather, a gathering, Empathy
moving
R Grammar reference
Conditionals review V Lingohack
French police warn against football
violence; alligator drags boy into water;
Tate modern extension opens – on high
alert, paddling, range

V Stop saying…!
Do native English speakers make
mistakes?

Unit 29 – Used to – review

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'Used to' review Floppy disks control US weapons – Episode 29
arsenal, upgrade, deterrent, phase out, Competition
R Grammar reference nukes, ancient
'Used to'
V Lingohack
A dangerous route to Europe; safety
concerns in Mumbai; bad news for British
school pupils – cracks down, merciless,
infrastructure, think tank

V Stop saying…!

Past habits without 'used to'

Unit 30 – Linking words of contrast

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Linking words of contrast – Brexit: What next for the UK and the EU? Episode 30
though/although/even though, despite/in spite – face, triggers, mechanism, rule out, Hope
of divorce, unleash

R Grammar reference V Lingohack


Linking words of contrast Bomb in Turkey; Cameron meets EU
leaders; Hockney's latest exhibition –
propaganda, urged, distinguished

V Stop saying…!
Climbing to advanced level

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