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Functions	Subject areas	Grammar	Lexis
Talking about past events	Holidays	Past simple of regular and common irregular verbs	Vocabulary specific to the topic area
Talking about future plans and intentions	Shops	Future - going to	Vocabulary specific to the subject areas
Expressing simple comparisons	Work	Adverbs of manner and frequency	Adverbs of frequency Ð e.g. sometimes, often, never
Expressing likes and dislikes	Hobbies/sports	Comparatives and superlatives of adjectives	Adverbial phrases of frequency Ð e.g. every day, once a week
Describing manner and frequency	Food	Link word but	Expressions of past time - e.g. yesterday, last night
	Weekend / seasonal activities

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Functions	Subject areas	Grammar	Lexis
Talking about the future - informing and predicting	Festivals	Present perfect tense including use with for, since, ever, never, just	Vocabulary specific to the topic area
Expressing preferences	Cars and bicycles	Connecting clauses using because	Vocabulary specific to the subject areas
Talking about events in the indefinite and recent past	Special occasions e.g. birthday celebrations	Will referring to the future for informing and predicting	Expressions relating to past and future time - e.g. two day ago, in the future
Giving reasons	Entertainment e.g. cinema, television, clubs	Adjectives and adverbials of quantity - e.g. a lot (of), not very much, many
Stating the duration of events	Recent personal events

Functions	Subject areas	Grammar	Lexis
Expressing and requesting opinions and impressions	Travel	Open and first conditional using if and when	Vocabulary specific to the topic area
Expressing intention and purpose	Money	Past continuous tense
Expressing obligation and necessity	Fashion	Prepositions of time - on, in, at	Home life
Expressing certainty and uncertainty	Rules and regulations	Modals connected to functions listed above, e.g. must, have to, need to, might	Further expressions relating to future time - e.g. the day after tomorrow, in a yearÕs time
	Health and Fitness	Infinitive of purpose
	Shopping