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Unit 1 - Welcome Back!
This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about education.
You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 1 of the
student's book.
Listening
Use of English
Practising the present continuous. Practising the difference between the present
simple and the present continuous.
Pronunciation
Vocabulary
Practising words and phrases you need to talk about education. Practising words
and phrases about graduating by inserting the correct words to complete what a
man says about his graduation and then matching words that go together. Practising
collocations.
Writing
Grammar
Checking your knowledge of the difference between the use of the present simple
and present continuous. Checking your knowledge of stative verbs. Checking your
knowledge of adverbs of frequency.
Present simple v
continuous
Grammar
Reference Unit
Adverbs of frequency:
never to always
Grammar
Reference Unit
Stative verbs
Grammar
Reference Unit
Present continuous
Language Exercise
Language Exercise
Vocabulary Activity
Graduation day
Vocabulary Activity
School mornings
Vocabulary Activity
Penpals
Listening Activity
Pronunciation Activity
Writing
Writing a description of a town and then looking at the model answer and comments.
Use of English
Contrasting the past simple and past continuous by selecting the correct option to
complete a story about a suspected burglary. Contrasting the past simple with the
past continuous by selecting the correct form of the verb to complete sentences.
Pronunciation
Grammar
Checking your knowledge of how to use 'would' to talk about repeated actions in the
past. Checking your knowledge of 'would' and 'used to' to talk about past habits and
states.
Vocabulary
Would : repeated
actions in the past
Grammar
Reference Unit
Grammar
Reference Unit
Would v used to : past
habits v past states
Past simple and
past continuous
Language Exercise
Language Exercise
Making collocations
Vocabulary Activity
Santorini Island
Vocabulary Activity
Listening Activity
Ghost story
Listening Activity
Vowel sounds
Pronunciation Activity
A description of my town
Sample Essay
Recognizing the paradigms of irregular verbs and remembering where each item is by
matching the three showmen that form part of the same paradigm.
Use of English
Listening to people talking about life now and in the past and deciding whether
sentences are true or false. Practising past simple 'wh-' questions. Practising 'does',
'plays' and 'goes' by selecting the correct word to complete a text about the schedule
of a fitness freak. Choosing the correct form of the present simple to complete
sentences. Contrasting the present simple and present continuous by keying in the
correct form of a given verb to complete a text about living with noisy neighbours.
Pronunciation
Language Exercise
The Showmen
Game
Language Exercise
Language Exercise
Language Exercise
Language Exercise
Present simple:
affirmative and negative
Listening Activity
Listening Activity
Noisy neighbours
Language Exercise
Vowel sounds
Pronunciation Activity
Practising the use of articles 'a', 'an', 'the' or zero article. Practising countable and
uncountable nouns.
Grammar
Checking your knowledge of irregular countable nouns derived from foreign words.
Checking your knowledge of irregular countable nouns with the same singular and
plural form. Checking your knowledge of the difference between countable and
uncountable nouns.
Vocabulary
Listening
Listening to a burglar talking to his friend and reading his police statement to decide
which parts of his statement are true. Listening to three interviews with teenagers
and matching what they say with pictures. Then, listening for phrases they said.
Pronunciation
Irregular countable
nouns: foreign words
Grammar
Reference Unit
Choosing countable or
uncountable nouns
Language Exercise
Grammar
Reference Unit
Crime
Vocabulary Activity
Countable v uncountable
nouns: definition
and contrast
Grammar
Reference Unit
Do we need zoos?
Vocabulary Activity
Listening Activity
Points of view
Listening Activity
A school day
Language Exercise
Pronunciation Activity
Use of English
Contrasting the the present perfect simple and the present perfect continuous.
Practising superlatives. Practising comparatives and superlatives.
Vocabulary
Practising negative adjective prefixes ('un-', 'im-', 'in-', 'ir-'). Practising different types
of news categories. Practising names of types of TV programmes.
Listening
Grammar
Present perfect
continuous: use
Grammar
Reference Unit
Adjective prefixes
(un-, im-, in-, ir-)
Vocabulary Activity
Language Exercise
Vocabulary Activity
Superlatives
Language Exercise
Vocabulary Activity
Language Exercise
Television programmes
Vocabulary Activity
Pronunciation Activity
Meeting a celebrity
Listening Activity
Games
Listening
Grammar
Checking your knowledge your knowledge of uncountable nouns that are all materials.
Checking your knowledge of articles. Checking your knowledge of the use of the
present perfect simple and continuous.
Use of English
Contrasting 'the' with the zero article. Practising the comparative and superlative
forms of adjectives.
Vocabulary
Practising prefixes.
Uncountable
nouns: material
Grammar
Reference Unit
Young people
now and then
Language Exercise
Articles: contrast
of all forms
Grammar
Reference Unit
Prefixes
Vocabulary Activity
Grammar
Reference Unit
Listening Activity
The or nothing?
Language Exercise
Pronunciation Activity
Game
Vocabulary
Practising choosing the correct word for text completion and reading for summary
completion. Practising words you need to talk about information technology.
Grammar
Checking your knowledge of the different uses of the future with 'going to'. Checking
your knowledge of using the present simple to talk about fixed future events.
Checkingyour knowledge of the future with 'will' and the present simple to talk about
the future.
Listening
Listening to two English teachers talking about learning English in the future.
Use of English
Contrasting the use of 'will' and 'going to'. Practising the future with 'will' and
'won't'. Practising the use of future forms with 'will' and present continuous.
Grammar
Reference Unit
Grammar
Reference Unit
Will/won't v
present simple
Grammar
Reference Unit
Language Exercise
Language Exercise
Language Exercise
Vocabulary Activity
Information technology
Vocabulary Activity
Learning English
Listening Activity
Vowel sounds
Pronunciation Activity
Use of English
Practising the modal verbs 'can', 'could' and 'be able to'. Contrasting the use of 'have
to', 'don't have to' for obligation, and 'should', 'shouldn't' for advice. Practising the
modal verbs 'can't' and 'must'. Practising the modal verbs 'can', 'could' and 'may'.
Listening
Vocabulary
Grammar
Checking your knowledge of 'must' and 'have to'. Checking your knowledge of using
'mustn't' and 'don't have to'. Checking your knowledge of using 'could', 'may' and
'might' to talk about possibility.
Obligation/necessity:
must, have to
Grammar
Reference Unit
Obligation/necessity:
mustn't, don't have to
Grammar
Reference Unit
Possibility: could,
may, might
Grammar
Reference Unit
Modals of ability
Language Exercise
Language Exercise
Language Exercise
Modals of permission
Language Exercise
Best friends
Vocabulary Activity
Popstar crazy
Listening Activity
Vowel sounds
Pronunciation Activity
Practising words you need to talk about information technology by first predicting the
missing collocations and then selecting the correct word to complete sentences about
computing. Practising names of pieces of electrical household equipment and their
definitions.
Games
Escaping from the different asteroid fields by selecting the right answer in each star.
Use of English
Practising the present continuous for future use. Contrasting 'will', 'won't' and 'going
to'. Practising modal verbs 'mustn't', 'don't have to', 'don't need to' and 'needn't'.
Practising modal verbs 'should' and 'shouldn't'. Putting the instructions for using a
cash machine into the order they appear on the cash machine screen, then completing
sentences from the video.
Listening
Pronunciation
Round-the-world trip
Language Exercise
Vocabulary Activity
Language Exercise
Useful things
Vocabulary Activity
Modal verbs
Language Exercise
Strange inventions
Listening Activity
Modals of advice
Language Exercise
Vowel sounds
Pronunciation Activity
Language Exercise
Game
Use of English
Practising 'had to', 'didn't have to' and 'couldn't' by selecting the correct verb to
complete a text about Bill Wyman from the Rolling Stones. Practising the use of '-ing'
forms and infinitives.
Listening
Pronunciation
Web project
Writing
Grammar
Grammar
Reference Unit
Language Exercise
Language Exercise
Language Exercise
Music
Vocabulary Activity
Listening Activity
Verb + - ing
Pronunciation Activity
Pronouncing sounds
Pronunciation Activity
<b>Shot on location
in Britain</b>
Web Project
Exam stress
Sample Essay
Watching a woman talking about her relationship with her husband, then deciding
whether statements are true or false and matching sentence halves. Practising
suffixes used to make adjectives into nouns. Practising suffixes use d to make verbs
into nouns.
Grammar
Checking your knowledge of the first conditional. Checking your knowledge of the
second conditional. Checking your knowledge of the zero conditional. Checking your
knowledge of connectors of time.
Listening
Pronunciation
Grammar
Reference Unit
Grammar
Reference Unit
A lifetime together
Vocabulary Activity
Vocabulary Activity
Vocabulary Activity
Grammar
Reference Unit
Advice hotline
Listening Activity
Listening Activity
Grammar
Reference Unit
Pronunciation Activity
Identifying the potential couples and help them go on a date by matching the
invitations with the correct replies. Y
Web project
Use of English
Contrasting the '-ing' form and the infinitive. Practising the '-ing' form and infinitive
with 'to'. Practising the second conditional. Practising the first conditional. Practising
the prepositions of time 'since', 'for', 'until', 'by' and 'from'.
Listening
Grammar
Checking your knowledge of the use of the prepositions of time 'before', 'after', 'till/
until' and 'since'.
Prepositions of time:
till/until, since, from
Grammar
Reference Unit
Language Exercise
Going out
Language Exercise
Prepositions of time
Language Exercise
Fitness freaks
Language Exercise
Fan clubs
Listening Activity
Second conditional
Language Exercise
<b>Merry musical
melodies</b>
Web Project
Cupid Games
Game
Grammar
Checking your knowledge of the third conditional. Checking your knowledge of how
to use 'would' with the second and the third conditionals. Checking your knowledge
of all the conditional forms. Checking your knowledge of relative clauses. Checking
your knowledge of the difference between defining and non-defining relative clauses.
Checking your knowledge of the use of that in relative clauses.
Use of English
Grammar
Reference Unit
Would : conditional
Grammar
Reference Unit
Conditional: comparison
of all forms
Grammar
Reference Unit
Grammar
Reference Unit
Grammar
Reference Unit
Grammar
Reference Unit
Relative pronouns in
impersonal statements
Language Exercise
Language Exercise
Numbers 1-10
Pronunciation Activity
Numbers 11-101
Pronunciation Activity
Practising 'play', 'go' and 'do' with different sports. Practising the names of sports.
Practising collocations with the verbs 'take', 'have' and 'break'.
Use of English
Practising conditional sentences. Practising 'too' and 'enough'. Practising 'so' and
'enough' and 'so/too' followed by 'much/many', 'little' and 'few'.
Web project
Grammar
Checking your knowledge of all the conditional forms. Checking your knowledge of the
uses of 'so', 'such', 'too', 'enough' and 'quite'.
Listening
Conditional: comparison
of all forms
Grammar
Reference Unit
Language Exercise
Grammar
Reference Unit
My favourite sport
Vocabulary Activity
What's your
favourite sport?
Vocabulary Activity
Language Exercise
Vocabulary Activity
Language Exercise
Listening Activity
Web Project
Games
Visiting the Magic Forest and help Jason collect as many crocks of gold from the
gnomes as possible.
Use of English
Listening to short dialogues practising the use of 'if', 'unless' and 'when'. Contrasting
the use of 'too' and 'enough'. Practising sports verbs.
Vocabulary
Practising collocations. Watching a man talking about his job as a personal trainer.
Practising using 'play', 'go' and 'do' with different sports.
Grammar
Relative clauses:
structure 1
Grammar
Reference Unit
Relative clauses:
structure 2
Grammar
Reference Unit
Language Exercise
Language Exercise
Language Exercise
Football
Vocabulary Activity
Personal trainer
Vocabulary Activity
I do aerobics
Vocabulary Activity
Web Project
Game
Vocabulary
Grammar
Checking your knowledge of the use of the agent in passive sentences. Checking your
knowledge of the way in which we use 'have something done'.
Web project
Use of English
Practising dragging and dropping passive verbs into the correct gaps. Practising the
present passive. Practising all forms of the passive.
The passive:
omission of agent
Grammar
Reference Unit
Grammar
Reference Unit
Campus passives
Language Exercise
The environment
Language Exercise
Passive forms
Language Exercise
Environmental advice
Vocabulary Activity
Vocabulary Activity
Piece or peace ?
Vocabulary Activity
Listening Activity
<b>Creature feature</b>
Web Project
Unit 12 - C U @ 8
This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about
communication. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from
unit 12 of the student's book.
Writing
Grammar
Checking your knowledge of the verbs 'say' and 'tell'. Checking your knowledge of
the use of the past perfect and past perfect continuous. Checking your knowledge
of when to use the past perfect continuous. Checking your knowledge of the tense
changes used in reported speech. Checking your knowledge of reported speech.
Vocabulary
Practising the use of collocations. Practising words and phrases used in informal
business emails.
Use of English
Say v tell
: differences and uses
Grammar
Reference Unit
Grammar
Reference Unit
Language Exercise
Reported statements
Language Exercise
Grammar
Reference Unit
Past perfect
continuous: use
Grammar
Reference Unit
Telephone calls
Vocabulary Activity
Vocabulary Activity
Reported speech:
tense changes
Grammar
Reference Unit
Exam Preparation
Exercise
Practising collocations.
Games
Helping 4P-2 climb up the crater to destroy the slimy monster by selecting words
related to the weather and pollution.
Listening
Use of English
Practising the use of the passive and the active voice. Practising the present simple
passive. Practising reported speech.
Grammar
Checking your knowledge of active and passive voice. Checking your knowledge of
the use of 'have somebody / something do something'. Checking your knowledge of
when to use the past perfect.
Pronunciation
Practising homophones.
The passive:
passive v active
Grammar
Reference Unit
Grammar
Reference Unit
Grammar
Reference Unit
Passive v active
Language Exercise
Language Exercise
Language Exercise
Vocabulary Activity
The rainforests
Listening Activity
Same sound,
different spelling
Pronunciation Activity
Slimy Monster
Game
10
Unit 13 - Getting By
This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about work. You'll
practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 13 of the student's
book.
Reported questions:
wh- questions
Grammar
Reference Unit
Astronaut
Language Exercise
Reported questions:
yes/no questions
Grammar
Reference Unit
Language Exercise
Vocabulary Activity
Grammar
Reference Unit
Letter of application
Vocabulary Activity
Quiz show
Work survey
Listening Activity
Language Exercise
Word stress
Pronunciation Activity
Checking your knowledge of the future perfect. Checking your knowledge of when
to use the future continuous. Checking your knowledge of the future with 'will', the
future continuous and the future perfect.
Vocabulary
Web project
Use of English
Pronunciation
Listening
Grammar
Reference Unit
Vocabulary Activity
Grammar
Reference Unit
Going on a trip
Vocabulary Activity
Listening Activity
Grammar
Reference Unit
Travelling tales
Listening Activity
Consonant sounds
Pronunciation Activity
I wish ...
Language Exercise
Web Project
11
Use of English
Games
Helping Turtle the Time Tourist to get all the pieces of a time compass and come back
to the present.
Listening
Vocabulary
Watching a woman talking about her job. Watching a man talking about his job and
choosing the correct words to complete what the man says. Watching a man talking
about what he and his wife do for a living. Practising verbs and nouns for holiday
activities. Watching a video about Dubai and clicking on the words you hear.
Language Exercise
Ambitious Dubai
Vocabulary Activity
An ideal job
Vocabulary Activity
In the park
Listening Activity
At work
Vocabulary Activity
A memorable journey
Listening Activity
Vocabulary Activity
Word stress
Pronunciation Activity
Paradise Islands
Vocabulary Activity
Game
Practising vowel sounds. Contrasting words with different spellings with the same
vowel sound.
Web project
Listening
Grammar
Checking your knowledge of using 'had better' and 'would rather' to give advice and
opinions. Checking your knowledge of unreal tenses. Checking your knowledge of
verbs that can have two objects. Checking your knowledge of verbs followed by two
objects. Checking your knowledge of the structure verb + object + infinitive. Checking
your knowledge of object pronouns.
Advice/opinion: had
better, would rather
Grammar
Reference Unit
Grammar
Reference Unit
Grammar
Reference Unit
Object pronouns:
pronoun reference
Grammar
Reference Unit
A great explorer!
Listening Activity
Grammar
Reference Unit
Pronunciation Activity
Pronunciation Activity
Grammar
Reference Unit
Same sound,
different spelling
<b>The Nobel Prize</b>
Web Project
12
Pronunciation
Vocabulary
Use of English
Practising question tags. Practising the use of 'although', 'despite' and 'in spite of'.
Web project
Grammar
Checking your knowledge of question tags. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'in
spite of', 'despite', 'for all' and 'with all'.
Writing
Checking your knowledge of semi-colons (;), colons (:) and dashes (-).
Grammar
Reference Unit
Question tags
Language Exercise
Preposition expressions:
despite, in spite of
Grammar
Reference Unit
Contrasting ideas
Language Exercise
Shopping around
Vocabulary Activity
Punctuation 2
Grammar
Reference Unit
Listening Activity
Question tags
Question tags
Pronunciation Activity
Language Exercise
<b>High Street
Stores</b>
Web Project
Writing
Web project
Doing a web project about how a credit card company markets its services.
Games
Use of English
Practising the conjunctions 'and' and 'but'. Practising using authentic language.
Grammar
Connectors: contrast
Grammar
Reference Unit
Punctuation 3
Grammar
Reference Unit
Grammar
Reference Unit
A legend
Language Exercise
Jeremy's talent
Language Exercise
Listening Activity
<b>Credit cards</b>
Web Project
Game
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