Intermediate (B1)The Anglia Intermediate general English exam is mapped to B1 level on the Common European Framework of Reference and is an AIM Entry Level 3 qualification on the UK National Qualifications Framework.
The Intermediate level of English represents a key milestone in the development of your English language skills. Whether you are an English teacher or school student intent on going on to further education, this exam is an important standard as you progress through our proficiency levels. Over the four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking (optional), the new items that this level tests are:
What does the candidate have to do in the Intermediate test?
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Performance Indicators
The student has sufficient active vocabulary and structural understanding to:
The student has sufficient active vocabulary and structural understanding to:
- write clear, connected text on descriptive, narrative or imaginary topics
- read and understand texts from both concrete or abstract topics
- distinguish between and use a variety of tenses: past, present and future
- ask and answer questions about past or present or future events
- express basic intention, purpose, obligation, preference, advice, agreement and disagreement process and hypothesis including regret and consequence
- repeat messages, pass on information, check facts
GRAMMAR & STRUCTURES |
WHAT ARE THEY USED FOR? |
SOME EXAMPLES |
VERBS |
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Repeating messages, passing on information Telling stories, jokes, checking facts. |
- What is the height of the Empire State Building? - He wanted to know what the height of the Empire State Building was. - Did you phone your parents? said Jane. - Jane asked us if we had phoned our parents |
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Expressing regret. Describing a past that never was Talking through the consequences of our actions. |
- They would have gone to the concert if they had had tickets. - If he had known, he would have finished earlier. |
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Past Perfect |
ordering the past |
as in reported speech and 3rd conditional above |
- After leaving work, he went to the gym. - It's no use talking to him. - Is it worth doing? |
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To have something done. |
Expressing the fact that the speaker commissioned an activity. |
John had his house painted. |
Conjunctions of reason and purpose, cause and result, concession. As connectives and, but, nevertheless, or, however |
Talking about why people do things, the purpose of something, its cause, expressing surprise. Expressing connections in a sentence, text or argument. |
- She goes to the gym in order to keep fit. - There is a lack of water as a result of the hot weather. - Despite/in spite of his wealth, he wasn't happy. |
Variation in word order |
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Changes in word order in specific situations |
Expressing information accurately |
To the north is |