UNIT READING GRAMMAR VOCABULARY LISTENING SPEAKING USE OF ENGLISH WRITING
1 Can’t live without it
(TECHNOLOGY)
1986: A year without technology
Understanding purpose
Tense review: present simple
and continuous, stative verbs
Adjectives with -able / -ible
Collocations with come, do, make
Listening for agreement (1) Talking about habits Word patterns (verb phrases) Agreeing and disagreeing
Multiple choice (extracts) Interview Sentence transformation An essay
p 4–13 -ing and infinitives or take
Multiple choice Talk 2 Me
Words connected with technology
2 Live and learn
(EDUCATION)
What did you learn out of school?
Understanding pronoun references
Tense review: past simple and
past continuous
Words connected with
education/learning
Predicting missing information Comparing Verbs (1) (auxiliaries, modals,
particles)
Giving advice
A letter / An email
Sentence completion Photo task
p 14–23 Would, used to, be used to Adjectives with -ful / -ive
Gapped text Talk 2 Me Open cloze
Phrasal verbs
Progress check Units 1 and 2: Grammar and vocabulary / Exam skills p 24–25
3 Viral video
(TELEVISION)
YouTube stars
Scanning
Modals (1): review
Modals (2): deductions about
Nouns with -ity / -ness
Collocations with verbs
Identiying attitude (1) Making suggestions Nouns (1) (suffixes, spelling
changes)
Using good descriptions
Multiple matching Collaborative task A review
p 26–35 Multiple matching the present TV programmes Word formation
Talk 2 Me
4 Big city life
(PLACES)
… things to do in England's
capital city!
Tense review: present perfect
simple and continuous
Places in the city
Words + prepositions
Understanding responses
to questions
Agreeing and disagreeing Collocations Giving examples
Skimming Discussion Multiple-choice cloze An essay
p 36–45 Question review: question tags
and question forms
Adjectives/nouns/verbs Multiple choice (single extract) Talk 2 Me
Open questions
Progress check Units 3 and 4: Grammar and vocabulary / Exam skills p 46–47
5 Tstarts
he weekend
here!
History of the weekend
Understanding references
The future (1): will, be going to,
present simple and continuous
Verbs/adjectives with -ate
Phrasal verbs
Listening for agreement (2) Talking about hopes and ambitions Prepositions and short adverbs Giving reasons
Multiple choice (extracts) Interview Open cloze An article
Comparatives and superlatives
(FREE TIME) Multiple choice Hobbies Talk 2 Me
p 48–57
6 Gmood
ood food, good Science fact or science fiction?
Deducing meaning from context
Conditionals (1): zero, first and
second conditionals
Words + prepositions
Adverbs formed from adjectives
Identifying attitude (2) Expressing preference and giving
reasons
Adjectives and adverbs Engaging the reader
Multiple choice (extracts) Word formation Article
(HEALTH) Multiple choice Relative clauses Words connected with health Photo task
p 58–67 Talk 2 Me
Progress check Units 5 and 6: Grammar and vocabulary / Exam skills p 68–69
7 Best friends forever
(RELATIONSHIPS)
Long lost friends
Understanding linking words/
Tense review: past perfect simple
and continuous
Words connected with friendship
Nouns with -ance / -ence / -ment /
Predicting synonyms Asking for clarification Verbs (2) (tenses) Using narrative tenses
phrases Multiple matching Collaborative task Sentence transformation A story
p 70–79 Connectors of contrast -ship
Gapped text Phrasal verbs Talk 2 Me
8 The only way is up
(NATURE)
Reaching the top
Understanding implication
The passive
Review: countable/uncountable
Idioms connected with
geographical features
Listening for opinion Expressing and justifying opinions Nouns (2) (suffixes, negatives) Explaining
Sentence completion Discussion Word formation A letter / An email
p 80–89 nouns, articles, quantifiers Nouns formed from verbs
Multiple matching Talk 2 Me
Words + prepositions
Progress check Units 7 and 8: Grammar and vocabulary / Exam skills p 90–91
9 Music
(MUSIC)
to my ears Teenage violinist given £1m violin …
Understanding text logic
Reported speech
Indirect questions
Words connected with music
Phrasal verbs
Taking notes Expressing uncertainty and
speculating
Idioms Making recommendations
Sentence completion Multiple-choice cloze A review
p 92–101 Gapped text Nouns with -ant / -ist Photo task
Talk 2 Me
10 Run till you drop
(SPORTS)
The Antarctic Ice Marathon
Identifying synonyms (1)
Result clauses: so, such, too,
enough
People in sport
Adjectives/nouns/verbs
Distractors (1) Talking about experiences Conditionals Creating a good plot
Multiple choice (single extract) Interview Sentence transformation A story
p 102–111 Conditionals (2): third conditional
Open questions Phrases connected with running Talk 2 Me
Progress check Units 9 and 10: Grammar and vocabulary / Exam skills p 112–113
11 All in a day’s work
(WORK)
Bad job!
Identifying synonyms (2)
Modals (3): modal perfect
The causative
Nouns with -er / -or
Phrasal verbs
Identifying attitude (3) Organising your ideas Phrasal verbs Using formal and informal
language
Multiple matching Photo task Multiple-choice cloze
p 114–123 Multiple matching Words connected with work Talk 2 Me A letter / An email
12 My hero!
(PEOPLE)
Honouring everyday heroes
Identifying examples
The future (2): continuous, perfect
simple and continuous
Nouns with -ism
Collocations with do and make
Distractors (2) Reaching a decision Verbs (3) (phrasal verbs) Drawing conclusions
Multiple choice (single extract) Collaborative task Open cloze An essay
p 124–133 True/false with explanation Past tenses for the present/future Words connected with
describing people Talk 2 Me
Progress check Units 11 and 12: Grammar and vocabulary / Exam skills p 134–135 Student's Resource Centre
Optimise your grammar worksheets
OPTIMISE YOUR EXAMS ▶ READING p 136–137 ▶ LISTENING p 138–139 ▶ SPEAKING / SPEAKING TEST VIDEO p 140–143 ▶ USE OF ENGLISH p 144–145 ▶ WRITING p 146–147 Optimise your vocabulary worksheets
Talk2Me videos and worksheets
Grammar reference p 148–160 Vocabulary reference p 161–168 Writing reference p 169–174 Irregular verbs reference p 175 Say it right pronunciation tasks
Culture / CLIL worksheets
Student's Book and Workbook audio
