C1 C1 English course — Advanced

Advanced English for study and work. You understand long, demanding texts and implied meaning, and you express yourself fluently, flexibly and precisely.

976 words in 59 units · 16 grammar lessons · level test · ≈ 700–800 hours in total · ≈ Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE) · IELTS ≈ 7.0–8.0

After C1 you can…

Your C1 path — 76 steps

Do the steps in this order. Word units and grammar lessons are mixed so that new grammar always comes with new words.

1. Grammar: Inversion: Never have I…, Not only…Grammar
2. Words · Unit 1: People & family 1 (12 words)Words
3. Words · Unit 2: Food & drink (18 words)Words
4. Words · Unit 3: Home 1 (18 words)Words
5. Words · Unit 4: Time & dates (8 words)Words
6. Grammar: Cleft sentences: What I need is…, It was… thatGrammar
7. Words · Unit 5: Clothes & looks (12 words)Words
8. Words · Unit 6: Town & places (11 words)Words
9. Words · Unit 7: Travel & transport (13 words)Words
10. Grammar: Advanced conditionals: were to, should, had it not been for, but forGrammar
11. Words · Unit 8: Free time & sport (20 words)Words
12. Words · Unit 9: Body & health 1 (18 words)Words
13. Words · Unit 10: Nature & weather 1 (16 words)Words
14. Words · Unit 11: School & learning (14 words)Words
15. Grammar: Participle clauses: Having finished…, Being tired…Grammar
16. Words · Unit 12: Work & jobs 1 (15 words)Words
17. Words · Unit 13: Money & shopping (13 words)Words
18. Words · Unit 14: Feelings & character 1 (18 words)Words
19. Words · Unit 15: Communication 1 (14 words)Words
20. Grammar: The subjunctive: I suggest he be…Grammar
21. Words · Unit 16: Arts & media 1 (18 words)Words
22. Words · Unit 17: Science & technology 1 (13 words)Words
23. Words · Unit 18: Society & law 1 (20 words)Words
24. Grammar: Passive infinitives and gerunds: to have been doneGrammar
25. Words · Unit 19: Business & economy (16 words)Words
26. Words · Unit 20: Ideas & thinking 1 (20 words)Words
27. Words · Unit 21: Actions & verbs 1 (15 words)Words
28. Words · Unit 22: Describing things 1 (20 words)Words
29. Grammar: Needn’t have vs didn’t need to; would rather, had betterGrammar
30. Words · Unit 23: People & family 2 (11 words)Words
31. Words · Unit 24: Home 2 (17 words)Words
32. Words · Unit 25: Body & health 2 (18 words)Words
33. Words · Unit 26: Nature & weather 2 (16 words)Words
34. Grammar: Ellipsis and substitution: so, not, do so, oneGrammar
35. Words · Unit 27: Work & jobs 2 (15 words)Words
36. Words · Unit 28: Feelings & character 2 (18 words)Words
37. Words · Unit 29: Communication 2 (14 words)Words
38. Words · Unit 30: Arts & media 2 (18 words)Words
39. Grammar: Discourse markers: nevertheless, consequently, as a matter of factGrammar
40. Words · Unit 31: Science & technology 2 (12 words)Words
41. Words · Unit 32: Society & law 2 (20 words)Words
42. Words · Unit 33: Ideas & thinking 2 (20 words)Words
43. Grammar: Nominalisation: from verbs to nounsGrammar
44. Words · Unit 34: Actions & verbs 2 (15 words)Words
45. Words · Unit 35: Describing things 2 (20 words)Words
46. Words · Unit 36: Body & health 3 (17 words)Words
47. Words · Unit 37: Nature & weather 3 (16 words)Words
48. Grammar: Fronting and emphatic doGrammar
49. Words · Unit 38: Work & jobs 3 (13 words)Words
50. Words · Unit 39: Feelings & character 3 (18 words)Words
51. Words · Unit 40: Communication 3 (14 words)Words
52. Words · Unit 41: Arts & media 3 (18 words)Words
53. Grammar: Hedging: It would appear that…, tend toGrammar
54. Words · Unit 42: Society & law 3 (20 words)Words
55. Words · Unit 43: Ideas & thinking 3 (20 words)Words
56. Words · Unit 44: Actions & verbs 3 (14 words)Words
57. Grammar: Be about to, be due to, be on the verge ofGrammar
58. Words · Unit 45: Describing things 3 (20 words)Words
59. Words · Unit 46: Nature & weather 4 (14 words)Words
60. Words · Unit 47: Feelings & character 4 (18 words)Words
61. Words · Unit 48: Arts & media 4 (17 words)Words
62. Grammar: Word formation: prefixes and suffixesGrammar
63. Words · Unit 49: Society & law 4 (20 words)Words
64. Words · Unit 50: Ideas & thinking 4 (20 words)Words
65. Words · Unit 51: Describing things 4 (20 words)Words
66. Words · Unit 52: Feelings & character 5 (18 words)Words
67. Grammar: Relative clauses with prepositions: in which, wherebyGrammar
68. Words · Unit 53: Ideas & thinking 5 (18 words)Words
69. Words · Unit 54: Describing things 5 (20 words)Words
70. Words · Unit 55: Feelings & character 6 (18 words)Words
71. Grammar: Unreal past: It’s time…, I’d rather you…, as ifGrammar
72. Words · Unit 56: Describing things 6 (15 words)Words
73. Words · Unit 57: Feelings & character 7 (18 words)Words
74. Words · Unit 58: Feelings & character 8 (18 words)Words
75. Words · Unit 59: Mixed words (16 words)Words
76. Level test C1 — pass with 80%Test

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