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:
  • reported speech
  • the third conditional
  • the past perfect
  • certain gerund expressions
  • to have something done
  • conjunctions and connectives
  • cause and result with so/such...that
  • more phrasal verbs
What does the candidate have to do in the Intermediate test?
  • write a composition
  • write an informal message
  • read texts of different types 
  • match answers
  • multiple choice questions
  • sentence transformation
  • word transformation
  • gap fill
  • true/false/doesn’t say statements
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Performance Indicators
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

intermediate essay

Part of the Reading, Writing, Listening exam is to write an essay. A good example of an essay at Intermediate level can be found below.
GRAMMAR & STRUCTURES
WHAT ARE THEY USED FOR?
SOME EXAMPLES
VERBS
 
 
GP 30:  Reported Speech
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
GP 26: The third conditional - if/past perfect tense + would have/non finite verb
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.
Past Perfect
ordering the past
as in reported speech and 3rd conditional above
GP 27:
The gerund -after certain prepositions in certain idiomatic expressions
 
- After leaving work, he went to the gym.
- It's no use talking to him.
- Is it worth doing?
To have something done.
Expressing the fact that the speaker commissioned an activity.
John had his house painted.
GP 11: Conjunctions
 
 
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
 
 
Changes in word order in specific situations
Expressing information accurately
To the north is