(Upper-Intermediate C1) American English File 4

American English File 4-C1

Vocabulary

Grammar

level

Unit1

Figuring out meaning from context

Question formation

A1

Compound adjectives , modifiers

Auxiliary verbs, the…, the …. + comparatives

B1

Colloquial English 1              getting a job

Unit2

Illnesses and injuries

Present perfect simple and continuous

A2

Clothes and fashion

Using adjectives as nouns, adjective order

B2

Review and check 1&2

Unit3

Air travel

Narrative tenses , past perfect continuous, so / such…that

A3

adverbs and adverbial phrases

The position of adverbs and adverbial phrases

B3

Colloquial English 2&3          books

Unit4

The environment,weather

Future perfect and future continuous   

A4

Expressions with take

Zero and first conditionals, future time clauses

B4

Review and check 3&4

Unit5

feelings

unreal conditionals

A5

expressing feelings with verbs or –ed / -ing adjectives

Wish for present / future , wish for past regrets

B5

Colloquial English 4&5             waste

Unit6

sleep

Used to, be used to , get used to

A6

music

Gerunds and infinitives

B6

Review and check 5&6

Unit7

Verbs often confused

Past modals: must have, etc., would rather

A7

The body

Verbs of the senses

B7

Colloquial English 6&7            performances

Unit8

Crime and punishment

The passive(all forms);have something done;it is said that …, he is thought to…, etc.

A8

The media

Reporting verbs

B8

Review and check 7&8

Unit9

Advertising, business

Clauses of contrast and purpose

A9

Word building: prefixes and suffixes

Uncountableand plural nouns

B9

Colloquial English 8&9

Unit10

science

Quantifiers: all , every, both, etc.

A10

Collocation : word pairs

articles

B10

Review and check 9&10