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English as a Second Language
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Free English as a Second Language study notes for Pearson Edexcel IGCSE students. Each chapter breaks down a key concept with examples and practice prompts you can turn into AI drills in the thinka app.
Unit 1: Reading
Text 1: short texts, adverts and notices (multiple choice / multiple response)
Text 2: emails, letters and blog posts (multiple response / gap-fill)
Text 3: articles and correspondence (multiple response and short open response)
Text 4: general interest texts, recipes and reports
Text 5: longer general interest texts
Text 6: extended articles and reports — inference and writer's viewpoint
Unit 2: Listening
Recordings 1-2: adverts, announcements and voicemails
Recording 3: short conversations (multiple choice)
Recording 4: multiple response and short open response
Recording 5: interviews and podcasts
Recording 6: gap-fill note completion
Recording 7: longer presentations (multiple choice)
Recordings 8-9: long recordings (short open response)
Unit 3: Writing
Task 1: informal writing (80 words, 10 marks)
Task 2: semi-formal writing, Global Issues options (180 words, 20 marks)
Task 3: summary writing from a 400-450 word source (180 words, 20 marks)
Register, target reader and bullet-point coverage
Spelling, punctuation and grammar (SPaG) in writing
Grammar in use: verbs and tenses
Present tenses
Past tenses
Future tenses
Modal verbs
Gerunds and infinitives
Conditionals
Passive voice and reported speech
Grammar in use: words and structures
Articles and quantifiers
Pronouns
Prepositions and prepositional phrases
Adjectives, adverbs, comparatives and superlatives
Conjunctions and connectives
Questions and question tags
Vocabulary and functions: core topics
Topic 1: Myself and Others
Topic 2: Travel and Tourism
Topic 3: Education
Topic 4: Employment
Vocabulary and functions: Global Issues and high-frequency items
Topic 5 option: The Environment
Topic 5 option: Equality
Topic 5 option: The Media
High-frequency items: numbers, quantities, time and dates
High-frequency items: countries, nationalities, social conventions and abbreviations
General expressions and phrases
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