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Swedish
Intermediate
Specification Content
The following should be used as guidance on the content of Asset Languages
Swedish Intermediate External Assessment and Teacher Assessment materials.
Language Purposes and Functions
At the Intermediate stage, the realisation of these functions:
- builds on the specifications at the Preliminary stage by adding length and
complexity to the language used;
- uses a greater range of areas.
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taking part in social situations, e.g. greeting / responding to greetings; expressing
thanks; apologising
repairing communication (e.g. asking for repetition, checking meaning)
giving information
asking / answering questions
describing
asking for and giving opinions
justifying opinions
following / giving instructions
asking for things
expressing ability
using numbers and expressing quantity
expressing time
agreeing / disagreeing
comparing
asking for and giving reasons
expressing preferences
making and responding to suggestions
expressing obligation and lack of obligation
expressing feelings and emotions
talking about the present
talking about the future
talking about the past
expressing degrees of certainty and doubt
talking about (im)probability and (im)possibility
giving advice
giving warnings
taking turns in a conversation
Grammar and Linguistic Structures
All grammar and linguistic structures listed at Preliminary, plus:
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Nouns
o common compound nouns
o common present participle as noun, e.g. tävlande, studerande
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Adjectives
o irregular adjective definite form, e.g. lilla, små
o irregular adjective spellings in definite form, e.g. vacker/ vackra, enkel/ enkla
o definite form of adjective plus indefinite form of noun after certain words, e.g.
nästa, samma, denna / detta / dessa, possessive pronouns (min, din, sin,
hans, hennes, vår, er, deras), possessive case of nouns and names, e.g.
flickans, Evas
o definite form of adjective plus definite form of noun after den här / där, det här
/ där
o irregular comparison eg ung / yngre / yngst, stor / större / störst, lång / längre
/ längst
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Pronouns
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Prepositions / Postpositions
o prepositions of time for future, e.g. om en timme / på onsdag / i höst / till
hösten
o prepositions of time for past, e.g. i höstas / i vintras
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Particles
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Verbs
o past, perfect and future
o pluperfect
o expressing continuous action, e.g. håller på att + inf of verb
o present participle forms as adjectives, e.g. springande, förvånande
o phrasal verbs, e.g. hålla med, hålla på, skriva in, skriva på
o modal verbs: brukar, bör
o different words for ‘think’: tänka/ tycka/ tro
o passive constructions – NB receptive skills only
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Word order
o subordinated clauses in productive skills
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Adverbs
o adverbs of place, e.g. bort / borta, upp / uppe, in / inne. ner / nere, fram /
framme
o adverbs of time, e.g. nyss, förr, då och då, genast, någonsin, strax, ännu
o time expressions, e.g. i höst / i höstas / till hösten, om en vecka, på lördag
o comparison of adverbs, regular, e.g. kallt / kallare / kallast plus irregular, e.g.
gärna/ hellre / helst, illa / värre / värst
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Conjunctions: eftersom, fastän, förrän, medan, om, tills, trots att
Vocabulary Areas
The vocabulary used in Intermediate stage consists of common items that normally
occur in the everyday vocabulary of native speakers using the target language today
in a range of familiar areas. Some items may be glossed to aid candidates.
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