Active Grammar 2: provisional syllabus	

	Focus	grammar points	 Chapters	
1	-Introductions
-Common grammar terms for use during the course
- Language for talking about past and present	

grammar terminology

present perfect  and past simple	

1 - 2
11 - 13
14 -15	
2	Further work on structures for talking about the past and present	present perfect simple 
present perfect continuous
time expressions	16 - 17	
3	Relating past events I	past simple, past continuous, past perfect tenses
time expressions	8 - 9
18 - 20	
4	Relating past events II	time linkers 
participle clauses	
75	
5	-Introduction to modal auxiliary verbs 
-Modals and other structures for expressing ability in the past and present
and future	can / could / may  /might /shall  / should / will / would / must

can / could / managed to / was /were able to	44	
6	-Modals in complex conditional sentences
-Language for expressing wishes and regrets	second and third conditionals
will / would / should / could / might	145 - 149	
7	Modals for expressing possibility
in the past, present and future	must / may / might / could / can't / should
must have / can't have etc.	46	
8	Modals and other structures for expressing obligation, permission and prohibition	must / have to / should
be supposed to / ought to/ don't have to / needn't have / didn't need to	47 - 49	
9	Modals and other structures for expressing permission, requests, offers, invitations and suggestions	can / could / may / would / shall 

Do you think...
I wounder if I could... etc	51	
10	Forms and uses of the passive voice I
	passive voice	54 - 56	
11	Forms and uses of the passive voice II - passive voice, tone and style
	passive voice
passive report structures
have sthg done	54 - 56

58	
12	Verb patterns	verb + infinitive
verb + gerund	60 - 64	
13	Defining and non-defining relative clauses
	which / that / when / where / whose
reduced clauses using participles	137 - 143	
14	Revision			
15	End-of-course test			

Please note: This is a provisional syllabus. The contents may be modified  depending on the ability of the group and / or other factors. Similarly, the order of lessons may be changed without notice.