CONTENTS

Unit Language focus Vocabulary Skills

01 Past and present verb

forms
Relationships
Friendship
Listening: Your past and
present
GETTING ON Uses of auxiliary verbs Wordspot: get Reading: Great sibling
page 06 rivalries
Listening: Characteristics
of a good friend

02 Forming adjectives
Forming nouns and
Describing how you feel
Things that make you
Reading: Happiness: facts
and myths
UPS AND DOWNS gerunds feel good Listening: Things that
page 16 make you feel good

03 Narrative tenses
Continuous aspect in
Mishaps
Crime and punishment
Reading and listening:
News articles
IT ALL WENT WRONG other tenses Headlines
page 26

04 Use and non-use of the

passive
Mental skills
Wordspot: mind
Listening: Mental skills
Reading: What shapes our
YOUR MIND Passive forms with Personal characteristics personality?
page 36 have or get

05 Review of future forms

More complex question
Getting together
Colloquial language
Reading: We may have
750 friends online, but
FACE TO FACE forms we’re lonely
page 46 Listening: Online dating

06 Perfect tenses
More about the Present
Human achievements
Wordspot: first
Reading: Five inventions
that shape the way we live
BIG IDEAS perfect simple and today
page 56 continuous Listening: Important dates

Study, Practice & Remember page 131, Audio scripts page 167, Irregular verb list page 179

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Pronunciation Task World culture/ Study, Practice &
Language live Remember
Auxiliary verbs Keep a conversation going Language live Study & Practice 1, page 131
Sounding sympathetic Preparation: Reading and Speaking: Responding Study & Practice 2, page 132
listening to how people feel Remember these words, page 133
Task: Speaking Writing: Planning and
drafting a biography

Noun suffixes Do a class survey World culture: Study & Practice 1, page 134
Preparation: Listening The happiness Study & Practice 2, page 135
Task: Speaking formula Remember these words, page 136

Sounding calm or angry Tell a story from two Language live Study & Practice 1, page 137
points of view Speaking: Dealing Study & Practice 2, page 138
Preparation: Listening with unexpected Remember these words, page 139
Task: Speaking problems
Writing: A narrative

Word stress Choose people to go on a World culture: Study & Practice 1, page 140
space mission Nature or nurture? Study & Practice 2, page 141
Preparation: Reading Remember these words, page 142
Task: Speaking

Intonation of statements Plan a fantasy dinner party Language live Study & Practice 1, page 143
and questions Preparation: Listening Speaking: Dealing Study & Practice 2, page 144
Task: Speaking with problems on the Remember these words, page 145
telephone
Writing: Types of
message

Weak and strong forms Present an idea for a TV World culture: Study & Practice 1, page 146
in questions programme Unsung heroes Study & Practice 2, page 147
Preparation: Listening Remember these words, page 148
Task: Speaking

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CONTENTS
Unit Language focus Vocabulary Skills

07 Relative clauses
Quantifiers
Celebrations and protests
Special events
Reading: We saw history in
the making
EVENTS Wordspot: take Listening: Special events
page 66

08 Overview of modal verbs

Past modals
Mysteries and oddities
Extreme adjectives
Reading: Mysteries and
oddities
STRANGE BUT TRUE Listening: A mystery story
page 76

09 Use and non-use of articles

Different ways of giving
Phrasal verbs
Wordspot: right and wrong
Reading: How to stand
out from the crowd
GETTING IT RIGHT emphasis Listening and writing:
page 86 Taking notes

10 Reporting people’s
exact words
The media
Wordspot: speak and talk
Reading: Media: facts and
figures
MEDIA Verbs that summarise Listening: Questions about
page 96 what people say the media

11 Hypothetical situations in
the present
Science and processes
Wordspot: life
Reading: Interfering with
nature
LIFE ISSUES Hypothetical situations in
page 106 the past

12 Use of gerunds and

infinitives
Fame Reading: Fifteen minutes
of fame
FAME Different infinitive and Listening: Celebrities and
page 116 gerund forms the media

Study, Practice & Remember page 131, Audio scripts page 167, Irregular verb list page 179

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Pronunciation Task World culture/ Study, Practice &
Language live Remember
Sounding polite Present ideas for an event Language live Study & Practice 1, page 149
Preparation: Reading and Writing: A review of Study & Practice 2, page 150
vocabulary an event Remember these words, page 151
Task: Speaking Speaking: Awkward
social situations

The weak form of have Discuss two mysteries World culture: Study & Practice 1, page 152
Preparation: Reading and The Bermuda Study & Practice 2, page 153
vocabulary Triangle Remember these words, page 154
Task: Speaking

Using stress for emphasis Collect and present tips Language live: Study & Practice 1, page 155
Preparation: Reading Speaking: Suggestions Study & Practice 2, page 156
Task: Speaking and advice Remember these words, page 157
Writing: A speculative
covering letter

Reporting what people Discuss an article World culture: Study & Practice 1, page 158
said Preparation: Reading and The science of film Study & Practice 2, page 159
vocabulary Remember these words, page 160
Task: Speaking

Word stress and vowel Discuss a controversial Language live: Study & Practice 1, page 161
sounds issue Speaking: Reporting Study & Practice 2, page 162
Preparation: Listening opinions Remember these words, page 163
Task: Speaking Writing: A ‘for and
against’ essay

Sentence stress Hold the floor! World culture: Study & Practice 1, page 164
Preparation: Listening and Changing lives in Study & Practice 2, page 165
speaking Malawi Remember these words, page 166
Task: Speaking