Gèneres textuals
- Tertúlies sobre temes personals.
- Correus electrònics.
- Cartes.
- Missatges escrits o de veu.
- Notes.
- Notícies.
- Entrevistes.
- Contes.
- Novel·les.
- Poemes.
- Catàlegs.
- Tires còmiques.
- Acudits, etc.
Lèxic
- Relacions de sinonímia, antonímia, mots polisèmics, precisió lèxica.
- Ús d’expressions numerals: once-in-a-lifetime experience.
- Ús de metàfores: that was beyond me; he was at a crossroads.
- Adjectius no graduables: my friend was absolutely unique.
- Phrasal verbs intransitius: she came across as stupid when she said that.
- Phrasal verbs transitius (separables): I decided that we should turn the applicant down.
- Passives amb el verb ‘get’: Your question got me thinking.
- Modificació de certes preposicions de temps: shortly after, soon after.
- Lèxic temàtic eg. relacions personals, crítiques, notícies i mitjans.
Continguts gramaticals
- Els pronoms ‘that’ i ‘those’ seguits de ‘of’: Those of them who were able to attend the talk were then asked to post their notes.
- ‘Much’, ‘many i ‘few’ en posició subjecte: Few denied having been there.
- Genitiu doble: She gave the keys of her new flat to some friends of hers but they lost them.
- Els pronoms relatius en construccions amb ‘some of’, ‘many of’, ‘a few of’, etc, per afegir detalls a la narració: Some of which, many of whom, a few of which.
- Verbs seguits del pronom ‘it’: I found it very difficult to keep my mouth shut after what I witnessed.
- Usos del simple past en preguntes negatives: Didn’t we all dream of being famous once in our lives?
- Consolidació del pasat perfecte com a temps habitual en l’estil indirecte de fets passats: The police told me that he’d done it very often; I notices that he had hurt his leg.
- Veu activa i passiva: formes complexes, Their car was broken into.
- Modals en veu passiva: He feared he might have got lost.
- Inversió amb els adverbis negatius de lloc i de cohesió: Never could he understand how his parents cared.