GEP 10

MAJOR TOPICS

Grammar

• 8A: The Passive (pg. 146)
• 8B: Reporting Verbs (pg. 147)
• 9A: Words of Contrast and Purpose (pg. 148)
• 9B: Uncountable and Plural Nouns (pg. 149)
• 10A: Distributive Determiners (pg. 150)
• 10B: Articles (pg. 151)

Vocabulary

• 8A: Crime and Punishment (pg. 160)
• 8B: The Media (pg. 161)
• 9A: Advertising (pg. 84) and Business (pg. 162)
• 9B: Word Building: Prefixes and Suffixes (pg. 163)
• 10A: Science (pg. 95)
• 10B: Collocation: Word Pairs (pg. 101)

About the Course

GEP 10 at ACE is a 45 hours course that covers Units 8 -10 in the English File Upper-Intermediate (4th edition) textbook.

Students in this course should be at the B2 level of the CEFR scale of language proficiency, which is equal to about 5.5 to 6.5 in the IELTS scale.

Pre-Course Requirements

In the class we will try to use as few boring words about grammar and the English language as possible, so that you can learn English by actually using the language.

However, there are words that I require all my students to understand. They are the parts of speech, subject-verb-object, and some other vocabulary about English.

Testing Information - T2 2026

Testing Dates:

Tuesday/Thursday Classes: June 9 & June 16

Monday/Wednesday/Friday Classes: June 8 & June 12

Saturday Classes: June 6 & June 13

GEP 10 is a gateway level: In order to pass to level 11A, students must score at least 50% overall, and pass 3 of the 5 macro-skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking and grammar). Students who do not meet these criteria must retake level 10.

There is no vocabulary exam.

Writing Task: Process Writing

Reading: 25% (pass= 13 or more)

Listening: 25% (pass= 13 or more)

Writing: 20% (pass= 10 or more)

Grammar: 15% (pass= 8 or more)

Speaking: 15% (pass= 8 or more)

Note: There is no speaking exam. The score will be given based upon class attendance, participation, and performance.