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English Language · CEFR B2 · 60 lessons

General English B2 — Upper-Intermediate

An upper-intermediate pathway covering advanced conditionals, relative clauses, diplomatic English and natural idiom for work and life, taught by Sterling's AI avatar teachers with real tutors behind the curriculum.

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Syllabus

Module 1: Welcome to upper-intermediate

  • Welcome to B2AI teacherquizFree preview
  • B1 in five minutesAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Present perfect continuousAI teacherquiz🔒
  • State verbs and action verbsAI teacherquiz🔒
  • The past perfectAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Past perfect continuousAI teacherquiz🔒

Module 2: Conditionals, complete

  • The third conditionalAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Mixed conditionalsAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Wish and if onlyAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Should have, could haveAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Conditionals in real conversationAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Regrets and lessonsAI teacherquiz🔒

Module 3: Relative clauses

  • Defining relative clausesAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Non-defining relative clausesAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Whose, whom and whereAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Reduced relative clausesAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Adding eleganceAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Describing like a writerAI teacherquiz🔒

Module 4: The future, advanced

  • Future continuousAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Future perfectAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Future in the pastAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Bound to, likely to, due toAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Arranging with nuanceAI teacherquiz🔒
  • My five-year pictureAI teacherquiz🔒

Module 5: Work fluency

  • NegotiatingAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Presenting with confidenceAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Disagreeing diplomaticallyAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Emails with nuanceAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Idioms at workAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Leading a discussionAI teacherquiz🔒

Module 6: Opinions with nuance

  • Hedging — softening your claimsAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Strengthening your claimsAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Conceding a pointAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Emphasis — do, what and itAI teacherquiz🔒
  • The language of persuasionAI teacherquiz🔒
  • The structured argumentAI teacherquiz🔒

Module 7: The wider world

  • Talking about the newsAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Environment and changeAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Technology — blessing or curse?AI teacherquiz🔒
  • Society and generationsAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Numbers and trendsAI teacherquiz🔒
  • The discussion roundAI teacherquiz🔒

Module 8: Grammar power tools

  • Advanced passivesAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Causatives, revisitedAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Gerund or infinitive?AI teacherquiz🔒
  • Verb patterns that matterAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Articles — the final bossAI teacherquiz🔒
  • The trap collectionAI teacherquiz🔒

Module 9: Natural English

  • Phrasal verbs, level twoAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Idioms for feelingsAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Collocations, level twoAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Formal or informal?AI teacherquiz🔒
  • British English, decodedAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Sounding naturalAI teacherquiz🔒

Module 10: Ready for C1

  • Reading between the linesAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Listening for realAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Writing essaysAI teacherquiz🔒
  • The speaking examAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Your B2 toolkitAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Your B2 journey — well done!AI teacherquiz🔒