Learning record

Write down the date when you first study a unit or section in Oxford Word Skills
Basic, then write down the date when you study it again.
• You can do the exercises in the review units after each unit. Or do them a month later to
test yourself, perhaps after you’ve studied all the units in that module (e.g. Basic English).
• Use a pencil to complete the exercises. Check your answers, then rub them out and do
them again a week later.

Basic English
1 I can understand and say numbers 30 March     6 April   
2 I can tell the time
A Telling the time                
B Giving more information                
3 I can say days and dates
A Days, months, and seasons                
B Ordinal numbers and dates                
4 I can say countries and nationalities                
5 I can use classroom vocabulary                
6 I can use English language words                
7 I can ask and answer questions about language                
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People
8 I can give personal information                
9 I can fill in a form                
10 I can talk about my family
A Family tree                
B Family history                
11 I can describe physical actions
A Using your body                
B Using your hands                
12 I can name parts of the body                
13 I can describe people
A General description                
B Hair and eyes                
C How old are they?                
14 I can talk about character
A What’s he/she like?                
B We like each other                

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 15 I can describe relationships
A Romantic relationships                
B Friends                
16 I can say how I feel
A Physical feelings                
B Emotions                
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Everyday life
17 I can describe my routine
A Weekdays (Monday to Friday)                
B Weekends (Saturday and Sunday)                
C Frequency words                
18 I can talk about clothes
A Clothes                
B Colours                
C Accessories                
19 I can buy clothes
A Describing clothes                
B Talking about size                
C In a shop                
20 I can talk about money
A Money in shops                
B Money in adverts                
21 I can talk about the weather
A What’s the weather like?                
B Wet and dry weather                
22 I can talk about illness
A Common problems                
B What should I do?                
23 I can get help at the chemist’s                
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Food and drink

24 I can name meat and fish                
25 I can name fruit and vegetables
A Fruit                
B Vegetables                
26 I can buy food in a shop
A Food                
B Containers and quantities                
C Buying food                

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 27 I can order in a café                
28 I can order in a restaurant
A The table                
B What shall we have?                
C Customer and waiter                
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Getting around
29 I can get around on buses                
30 I can get around on trains
A Train vocabulary                
B Buying a ticket                
31 I can ask for and give directions                
32 I can talk about roads and traffic
A In town                
B Out of town                
33 I can understand signs and notices                
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Places
34 I can talk about my country                
35 I can talk about my town
A Buildings and places in a town                
B Facts                
C Opinions                
36 I can describe the countryside
A On the farm                
B In the countryside                
37 I can talk about shops
A Places to shop                
B Shopping habits                
38 I can talk about my home
A Flats                
B Houses                
39 I can describe a kitchen
A In the kitchen                
B Using the kitchen                
40 I can describe a bedroom and bathroom
A Bedroom and bathroom                
B In the bathroom                
41 I can describe a living room                
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Study and work
42 I can talk about my school
A School subjects                
B The education system                
C Exams                
43 I can talk about university
A A university degree                
B University subjects and people                
44 I can name jobs                
45 I can describe a job
A Basic information                
B What do you have to do?                
46 I can talk about using a computer
A The computer                
B Word processing                
47 I can use email and the internet
A Email                
B The internet                
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Hobbies and interests

48 I can say what I like
A Love it or hate it?                
B It’s my favourite thing                
49 I can talk about sport
A Games                
B Football                
50 I can talk about my free time
A Common activities                
B Hobbies                
51 I can talk about music
A Pop and rock                
B Classical music                
52 I can talk about films
A Describing films                
B What’s on?                
53 I can talk about the media
A What is the media?                
B Your media                
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Holidays
54 I can arrange a holiday                
55 I can book a hotel room
A Describing a hotel                
B Booking a room                
56 I can communicate in an airport
A Check-in                
B Departures                
C Take-off and landing                
57 I can describe a beach holiday                
58 I can describe a sightseeing holiday                
59 I can use the bank and post office
A At the bank                
B At the post office                
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Social English
60 I can meet and greet people
A Introductions                
B Meeting a friend                
61 I can use special greetings                
62 I can ask for information
A About people                
B About places                
63 I can ask for things
A Requests and responses                
B Asking for and giving permission                
64 I can invite people                
65 I can make suggestions                
66 I can offer, accept, and refuse
A Offering food, drink or help                
B Offering to do something                
67 I can say sorry and respond                
68 I can express my opinion                
69 I can use the phone
A Phone vocabulary                
B Phone conversations                
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Language
70 I can use common adjectives
A Common opposites                
B Classroom habits                
71 I can use common adverbs
A Emphasis                
B Degree                
72 I can use irregular verbs
A Past tenses                
B Past participles                
73 I can use phrasal verbs
A Meaning                
B Grammar                
74 I can use prepositions of time                
75 I can use time words and phrases                
A Past, present and future                
B Words and phrases often confused                
76 I can use prepositions of place and movement
A In, at, on                
B Other prepositions                
C Prepositions of movement                
77 I can use link words (1)
A And, also, too, as well                
B Reason and result                
78 I can use link words (2)
A When and if (future)                
B When and while                
C A sequence of actions                
79 I can use ‘have’ and ‘have got’
A Have and have got                
B Have + noun                
80 I can use ‘get’                
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