1.LEVEL 1 CAN DO STATEMENTS
TALKING ABOUT YOURSELF
Can use the English alphabet to say and spell your name and address
Can say who you are, where you come from, what you do for a living and where you work
Can say what language(s) you speak or don’t speak and what language(s) you’re learning
Can introduce yourself to someone you’ve never met before (first and last names)
Can ask/say who someone is and where they come from and how old they are
Can use cardinal numbers up to 999 to give telephone numbers and hotel room numbers
Can deal with “wrong numbers” on the phone
TALKING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE
Can greet people, introduce people to each other and ask/say who people are and what they do
Can describe people in terms of their appearance, character; possessions, habits and skills, what they’re wearing or carrying, where they come from, where they live, where they work and what they do
Can ask/say what the matter is with someone and what can be done about it
POLITE REQUESTS, ETC.
Can make simple polite requests with please (affirmative and negative)
Can say what skills you have (what you can do) and how well you can perform a skill (very well / not at all)
Can ask someone what skills they have (what they can do) and how well he can perform a skill
Can say what you would like to do (ask permission) and say what you’re going to do (state intention)
Can politely suggest what you and someone else might do together
Can politely ask someone to do something for you or offer to do something for someone else
Can specify what you want
WHERE?
Can contrast the preposition to (direction), with the preposition at (location) and the preposition in
Can ask/say where people have gone/been to and where they are/were using went, is in, have been to and was in
Can ask and say where places and things are using appropriate prepositions
Can ask and tell someone how you can get to a particular place
WHEN? AND HOW LONG?
Can tell the time, say the days of the week, the months and seasons and refer to dates with ordinal numbers
Can inquire about or make simple appointments and arrangements with the above information
Can refer to points of time: today, tomorrow, yesterday, this week, next week, last week, in 1989, etc.
Can ask and say when places open and close and how long they are open
Can make reservations/bookings with reference to times and dates
DESCRIPTIONS
Can describe people, things and animals in terms of what they do and what they are by “classifying” them
Can ask and say what a thing (e.g. a brochure) or a substance (e.g. coffee) or plural things (e.g. flowers) is/are called
Can describe things in terms of what they’re made of, measurements, size and price and what qualities they have
Can say whether things are too big or (not) big enough and make simple comparisons
Can ask whose is it? And whose are they? And say who things belong to using the verb belong to and the possessive form
Can claim something you have lost from the lost and found by giving a description of it
Can identify a dish you have ordered in a restaurant by giving a description of it
LIKES AND DISLIKES
Can refer to plural nouns describing food (eggs), singular nouns describing food (meat) and singular nouns describing drinks (tea)
Can say what kind of food you like and don’t like
Can ask and say what kind of food someone likes and dislikes
Can say what you prefer and give reasons and ask someone what he/she prefers
Can say what you enjoy and what someone else enjoys and what other people enjoy doing most
Can say whether you’re enjoying something at this moment and give reasons
WANTS AND NEEDS
Can say what you have and what you want and/or need and ask if someone has something you want
Can ask someone what he/she needs
Can tell someone how they look and what they might need
Can ask for a table in a restaurant and order some food
Can say what you’d like from a menu and ask someone what he’d/she’d like from a menu
Can say how you would like to have food prepared
Can say how many or how much of something you want and use some of the exact nouns to describe amounts (a bag
of/a bottle)
ACTIONS
Can ask and say what’s happening at the moment
Can say what you’re doing at the moment and ask someone what he’s/she’s doing at the moment
Can describe your daily routine and ask someone about his/her daily routine
Can say what you always or never do using the simple present tense
Can say what you usually do in your free time
2.LEVEL 2 CAN DO STATEMENTS
TALKING ABOUT YOURSELF
Can say where you were born; whether you are married, single, etc.; where you were educated and what exams you took, with dates and rate your performance at school (e.g. how well or how badly you did)
Can say who you first worked with and what you did, with dates and what you do now
Can say what activity you or someone else generally do (or did) in spare time, stating when and invite someone to share a spare time activity with you
TALKING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE
Can describe how people in a family are related and say who is older or younger and who is the oldest or youngest
Can use say and tell (me) to report opinions and information about other people
Can ask who someone is and attempt to identify them by the work you think they do
Can say who someone is or who you think someone is based on your idea of what you think they do
POLITE REQUESTS, ETC.
Can say what you have to do and, what you are not allowed to do and why and what you don’t have to do
Can ask people to do things for you very politely and respond favorably to a polite request
Can tell people what they are strongly advised to do or not to do
Can say what people are or may be able to do and what they are not or may not be able to do
Can express degrees of certainty about making appointments
Can advise someone what they should and shouldn’t do if they want to be healthy
WHERE?
Can use is there a/any...? /was there a/any...? To ask where something is/was
Can use There is a/some .../There was a/some ... to say where something is/was
Can ask/say where various services can be obtained
Can say where you’re going using to for general direction; into for “entering” and in for movement within an area
Can ask/say exactly where places are located inside buildings using at for general location, in for more specific location, contrasted with on, inside, next to, etc. for exact location
WHEN?
Can use prepositions like not until to make general time references
Can use points of time like yesterday and tomorrow to refer to the past and future
Can ask/say how long something lasts/takes (ranging from short-term activities to long-term activities)
Can ask/say when an action will be accomplished (ranging from short-term activities to long-term activities)
Can ask when something happened in the past, using When...? And how long ago...?
Can say when something happened in the past, using phrases with ago, for and since
Can say how long you have owned something, using have had
Can negotiate trading in something you have owned for a period of time
DESCRIPTIONS
Can ask/say what the weather is like and what the temperature is
Can ask about/describe climate in general with reference to points of the compass
Can ask people what they used to be (jobs) compared with what they are now and report to someone else
Can use large numbers above 1000
Can ask/say how large selected states in the US are in terms of square miles, ask/say what the capitals are of selected US states and give population figures and ask/say where selected US states are in relation to each other
LIKES AND DISLIKES
Can ask/say what you (or someone else) like/dislike doing or would like to do depending on different weather conditions
Can ask/say what people prefer/enjoy doing
Can say how people like traveling (on foot, by plane, by train/car/bus, on skates)
Can say that you like someone and say what you like/dislike about a person
Can describe someone’s behavior and say what conclusions you draw from it
Can say what you like/dislike about a place
WANTS AND NEEDS
Can ask/say what kind of person you’re looking for and ask/say you’re looking for people who can do certain things
Can ask/say what you’re looking for in a piece of clothing and negotiate the purchase, with reference to: general style, material, color, measurements, styling details, lining and price range
Can state your exact requirements when you are: making a hotel reservation
ACTIONS
Can say you’ve just done something (present perfect) and when you did it (simple past) using have/has
Can ask/say how long you have been in a place (present perfect with since) and when an activity began (simple past with ago)
Can ask/say what was going on at a certain time using the present progressive tense
Can describe two things that were happening at the same time in the past
Can describe something that was in progress (past progressive) and was interrupted by an event (simple past)
Can express degrees of certainty, from very uncertain to certain to predict the future
Can ask/talk about future travel plans and weather conditions (weather forecasts)
3.LEVEL 3 CAN DO STATEMENTS
TALKING ABOUT YOURSELF
Can say that you went to high school, how you did at high school; what you did after high school (went to college,
etc.); talk about your first job; talk about your present job and give an account of your career so far in chronological sequence
Can tell us what you do to keep fit and stay healthy or fail to do to keep fit
Can use different phrases to express agreement; partial agreement; disagreement
Can ask someone his/her opinion and state your opinion giving examples to illustrate your opinion
TALKING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE
Can report what other people told you about: their school career; what they did after leaving school; their first job; their present job and what they used to do and had to do in their previous jobs
Can report what someone else does to keep fit and stay healthy or fails to do to keep fit
Can say what someone else thinks should be done and why
Can refer to quantity with too many, too few, not enough, too much, too little and not enough
POLITE REQUESTS, ETC.
Can give instructions to perform a task and give a demonstration of a task
Can give a commentary on someone performing a task
Can ask/say what to do and what not to do in a variety of emergency situations using the imperative, the simple present,
Should, have to, mustn’t
Can say you’re going to obtain particular services
Can distinguish between jobs you can do yourself and those which you pay someone else to do for you
WHERE?
Can ask/say and receive directions for journeys by car over short and long distances, with reference to landmarks
Can interpret symbols on a railway timetable and talk about which train to take
Can use when, before and after as conjunctions
Can use prepositions describing movement (with movement verbs) and position (with position verbs)
Can arrange a precise meeting place
WHEN? /HOW LONG AGO? /HOW LONG?
Can ask/say when/how long ago something happened
Can ask/say how long something has been in progress using how long is it since/How long has it been? /for + period of time; since + point of time
Can give an account of a person’s life-story in a chronological sequence
Can arrange meetings, appointments etc. while referring to two different diaries
DESCRIPTIONS
Can describe a new thing, with reference to details
Can describe a recipe with reference to ingredients and cooking method
Can use have as an ordinary verb when it means something other than “possess” and to describe having a nice time with reference to what you can see and do
Can talk about big issues, such as: employment; inflation; student loans; trade
LIKES AND DISLIKES
Can say what you like and/or dislike/enjoyed about a film referring to particular scenes and the way something happens; giving examples to support your argument
Can ask how someone enjoyed a film
Can express approval and disapproval by giving an account of someone’s behavior
Can express approval and/or disapproval of different aspects of big issues
WANTS AND NEEDS
Can say what you like and/or dislike about a person you know by: referring to the way they are; referring to the way they do things; referring to what they always do; referring to what they never do; giving examples to support your argument
Can say what you want when looking for something new apartment with reference details and specifications
Can use some and any compounds and practice them when buying presents by stating your exact requirements
ACTIONS
Can tell a story or describe a total experience using a combination of the present progressive and simple present tenses
Can tell a story or describe a total experience using a combination of the past progressive and simple past tenses
Can report someone’s actual spoken words using present and past tenses of regular and of modal verbs
Can apply what you have practiced to report a series of connected statements
4.LEVEL 4 CAN DO STATEMENTS
NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES
Can understand uses of countable and uncountable nouns
Can understand the different ways we form the plural of nouns in English
Can tell us what you usually have for breakfast and how you’re going to spend the day
Can talk about modern means of communication like cellphones
Can tell us about the best time in life to get married
Can tell us about old friends
ARTICLES AND QUANTITY
Can use a/an, some, the and one with countable nouns and nationality nouns
Can talk about horoscopes and tell us what kind of person you think you are
Can tell us about your favorite colors
Can tell us about paying bills on time
Can tell us about foreign people and their customs
PRONOUNS AND RELATIVES
Can understand subject and object pronouns and their uses
Can use one and ones as pronouns and it as a subject, followed by an infinitive or -ing, and so after verbs like think
Can talk about any famous person you know about and admire and argue whether or not it’s nice to be famous
Can talk about which sport(s) you like best and which you like least
Can tell us about your favorite season
ADVERBS AND ADVERBIAL CLAUSES
Can use adverbs of manner ending in -ly, adverbs with two forms and adjectives ending in -ly that look like adverbs
Can use adverbs of time like still, yet and already, since, for, ago, until/till, by and during
Can tell us about moving house
Can talk about the qualities of a good secretary or attorney
Can tell us about working freelance, compared with being employed
PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS
Can understand how to distinguish between a preposition and an adverb particle
Can use prepositions which show movement (to/from), position (at/in) and time (at/on/in)
Can tell us how you manage money
Can tell us about a relationship (real or imaginary) you have had with a partner
Can tell us about disasters like earthquakes
Can tell us about horror movies
Can tell us about one or two of your favorite TV programs
VERBS AND VERB TENSES
Can understand the difference between simple and progressive tenses and how this affects different kinds of verbs
Can understand the form and main uses of the present progressive tense
Can use the simple past with regular and irregular verbs
Can tell us how you keep in touch with old friends
Can tell us about meals with the family
Can argue whether or not you should put the answering machine on when you’re at home
Can argue whether or not it is ever OK to tell lies
MODALS AND RELATED VERBS
Can understand the form of modal verbs like can and may and how we use them in two different ways
Can express ability and say whether you have been able to complete something successfully or not using can/could, be able to, manage to
Can understand ways of asking for, giving, and receiving permission
Can talk about how much homework teenagers should have and why, and what teenagers should expect from parents
Can talk about circuses
Can tell us about bad driving
DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH AND CONDITIONALS
Can represent direct speech in writing
Can report what someone has just said
Can report statements with tense changes
Can tell us what other people think of you and what you think about other people
Can tell us the best way to communicate with important people
Can tell us about your attitude to flying
THE INFINITIVE AND THE –ING FORM
Can understand the use of the base form of the verb after some verbs and the infinitive after others
Can tell us whether you would prefer to work during the day or during the night and why
Can argue whether or not it’s worth acquiring useless skills
Can argue whether you should do your own decorating or employ someone else
Can talk about being punctual
Can argue about the need to apologize from two different points of view
5.LEVEL 5 CAN DO STATEMENTS
NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES
Can understand the absence of grammatical gender in English nouns and some nouns forms defined by gender
Can express possession by people and “possession by things”
Can understand the different meanings expressed by compound nouns, some uses of adjective + noun
Can tell us about your attitude to work
Can tell us whether you think the customer is always right and why
Can tell us about your dream house
Can tell us about self-improvement (learning new skills like foreign languages)
ARTICLES AND QUANTITY
Can use “the” for specifying in general or in a limited context
Can understand the non-use of the article (zero article) with general statements and names and compared with uses of some, any, no and none
Can talk about dressing up in costumes
Can tell us about labels on products and the kind of information they should provide
PRONOUNS AND RELATIVES
Can understand some uses of possessive adjectives (my) and possessive pronouns (mine)
Can understand the form and use of reflexive pronouns
Can understand the forms and uses of compounds of some, any, etc. (e.g. someone, anyone, no one, and everyone)
Can argue whether or not women should adopt their husband’s last names when they marry
Can tell us whether you think household duties should be distributed in a family and why
Can argue whether or not it’s right for parents to do deals with their kids
Can argue whether or not you should be made to study subjects you don’t like at school
ADVERBS AND ADVERBIAL PHRASES
Can understand adverbs of frequency like always: their basic uses and position in a sentence
Can use intensifiers like fairly, extremely and greatly and adverbs of degree like much, very much and far
Can tell us about your childhood
Can tell us about being absent-minded
Can tell us about a party you went to recently (large or small) and how you enjoyed it
Can talk about the way famous people are reported in the news
PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS
Can understand some uses of prepositions often confused and misused
Can understand phrasal verbs formed with prepositions that have non-idiomatic and idiomatic meanings
Can tell us about your shopping habits
Can tell us about having a night on the town
Can talk about finding the way
VERBS AND VERB TENSES
Can understand the form and use of the progressive tense and compare it with the simple and perfect tenses
Can tell us about your hobbies
Can argue whether or not a quiet life is best
Can tell us about your experiences of working too hard and the arguments for and against doing so
MODALS AND RELATED VERBS
Can express possibility with May, certainty with be, and deduction with must be and can’t be
Can offer things, ask for things, invite people to do things, offer to do things and make suggestions
Can express wishes that refer to the present or the past
Can tell us whether you’re an optimist or a pessimist and why
Can tell us about the mail you receive and send
Can tell us about remembering faces and forgetting names
Can talk about your experience of losing things
Can tell us about your system for being tidy
DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH AND CONDITIONALS
Can report direct questions in the present and past, the imperative, requests for advice with should and requests for advice with question-words
Can understand the forms and uses of Type 1 conditional sentences with if
Can compare men and women as cooks
Can tell us about rules you make for yourself or others make for you
Can tell us about people you work well with and people you work badly with and why
Can talk about your friends: who they are and why you like them
THE INFINITIVE AND THE –ING FORM
Can understand various uses of the infinitive after adjectives
Can understand three uses of the -ing form: as a present participle, as a noun, and as an adjective
Can understand when we use the -ing form, the verb stem or the infinitive after verbs
Can argue whether or not lotteries are a tax on the poor
Can tell us about things that keep you awake
Can tell us whether or not you should fix things yourself in a house or employ a professional
Can talk about retirement
6.LEVEL 6 CAN DO STATEMENTS
NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES
Can form nouns and adjectives in English and understand the position of adjectives
Can use adjectives with one/ones; after the; ending in -ed/-ing
Can understand the different ways we form the comparative and superlative of adjectives
Can talk about what makes a good relationship
Can talk about parents
Can tell us about owning a car and using public transport
Can tell us how you spend your spare time
ARTICLES AND QUANTITY
Can understand different ways of referring to quantity
Can use both/both the, all/all the, the whole and all, everyone and all, everything and all
Can use words like another, other, the other, the others, either and neither
Can talk about food: what you like, what you don’t like, and why
Can tell what you do to keep in touch
Can talk about losing your job or being out of work
PRONOUNS AND RELATIVES
Can use who, that and which as subjects and who (m), that and which as objects of a relative clause
Can use whose + noun
Can talk about presents you like to give and receive
Can argue supervising teenagers from the point of view of a) parents and b) teenagers
Can talk about telling jokes and can tell a joke
Can argue about a story you heard from two points of view
ADVERBS AND ADVERBIAL PHRASES
Can understand connecting ideas with adverbs like however and the use of “negative adverbs” like never
Can give reasons with because and since/as
Can express contrast with even though, no matter; purpose with to, so as to, in order to, so (that), and in case; and result with so/such ... (that)
Can make comparisons with as ... as
Can talk about computers and your attitude to them
Can talk about experience and how to gain it
Can talk about big trips
Can talk about protecting the environment
PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS
Can use verb + preposition (look at); verb + adverb particle (call someone up); verb + particle, no object (Come in)
Can use three part verbs (Is she going on about that?)
Can tell us about the advertisements you see on TV and your views on them
Can talk about adolescence
Can tell us the importance of first impressions
Can talk about successful things you have done
VERBS AND VERB TENSES
Can understand the basic form and uses of will and shall and the particular use of will for predictions
Can use the future progressive to make predictions and the going to future to make predictions or express intentions
Can understand the form and basic uses of the passive voice
Can tell us about what you do or would like to do to keep fit
Can talk about making and breaking promises
Can argue whether it is better to read a speech or not
MODALS AND RELATED VERBS
Can say what you or someone else should do, should have done or had to do
Can say what you or someone else shouldn’t do, shouldn’t have done or didn’t have to do
Can understand the form and uses of (I) used to, comparing it with the past tense, the use of would, the present tense, and be/get used to
Can tell us about seeing your doctor
Can tell us about postcards
Can talk about “hanging out”
Can tell us about things that can go wrong at work
DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH AND CONDITIONALS
Can understand the forms and uses of Type 2 and Type 3 conditional sentences with if
Can understand unless and other conjunctions
Can talk about pets; neighbours; lucky breaks; future plans
THE INFINITIVE AND THE –ING FORM
Can understand the use of -ing or to after adjectives, after some common expressions and after prepositions; after certain verbs where there is: 1) no change in meaning 2) slight change in meaning 3) complete change in meaning
Can argue whether it is better to live in a house or an apartment
Can talk about influencing others or being influenced by others
Can tell us about the weekend and how you spend it
