GEP 8

MAJOR TOPICS

Grammar

• 8A: Reported Speech (pg. 146)
• 8B: Gerunds and Infinitives (pg. 147)
• 9A: Third Conditional (pg. 148)
• 9B: Quantifiers (pg. 149)
• 10A: Relative Clauses (pg. 150)
• 10B: Question Tags (pg. 151)

Vocabulary

• 8A: Shopping (pg. 75) and Making Nouns from Verbs (pg. 163)
• 8B: Work (pg. 164)
• 9A: Making Adjectives and Adverbs (pg. 163)
• 9B: Electronic Devices (pg. 90)
• 10A: Compound Nouns (pg. 97)
• 10B: Crime (pg. 98)

Short Stories for GEP 8

[These make use of the grammar taught in GEP 8]

1. Autumn Air - Download PDF - View Web Page - Reported Speech
2. What am I? - Download PDF - View Web Page - Infinitives and Gerunds
3. Finding Frances - Download PDF - View Web Page - Third Conditional
4. Hunter-Gatherers - Download PDF - View Web Page - Quantifiers
5. The Big Question - Download PDF - View Web Page - Relative Clauses
6. Why Does the Wind Blow? - Download PDF - View Web Page - Question Tags

About the Course

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

Students in this course should be at the B1-B2 level of the CEFR scale of language proficiency, which is equal to about 4.5 - 5.5 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 8 is a gateway level: In order to pass to level 9A, 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 8.

There is no vocabulary exam.

Writing Task: Advantages and disadvantages

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.