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Vocabulary Reading Grammar

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Ages and stages of life What are your parents doing Present simple and International cultural knowledge:
now? present continuous British teenagers and their parents
The family
Strict parents Articles Popular culture:
Noun suffixes -ment, -ion,
p6 -ence The importance of family
dinners
Pronunciation: The
Song: Girls Just Want to Have Fun by
Cyndi Lauper

An international e-pal

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Crimes Newspaper stories about Past continuous Cross-curricular – History: The origins
crime of the British Police
Criminals Past simple
The story of Bonnie and International cultural knowledge:
Phrasal verbs connected Pronunciation: The
p18 with investigating and
finding
Clyde
The British Police
-ed ending
The British Secret Intelligence Service
Literature:
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
Casino Royale
An informal letter

Gateway to Exams 1–2 p30

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Countries, nationalities and Translating the world’s best Some, any, much, International cultural knowledge:
languages seller many, a lot of, a few, English as an international language
a little
Pronunciation: Word stress English words from other Cross-curricular – Language:
p32 Learning a language
languages
The world’s language
Relative pronouns A language with no numbers
Popular culture: Learning to speak
Negative prefixes un-, in-,
Klingon
im-, ir-, il- Learning to speak Klingon
Contrastive word stress Learning a different
language

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Parts of the body News stories on health Present perfect with Literature:
ever and never Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Frankenstein
Health problems and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and
illnesses Frankenstein Present perfect with Popular culture:
p44 Compound nouns
connected with health and
Notes and messages
for and since
Present perfect with
Song: How to save a life by The Fray

medicine just, yet and already

Pronunciation: Word stress Present perfect and
in compound nouns past simple

Gateway to Exams 3–4 p56

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TV programmes Turn off TV week blog Comparatives and Cross-curricular – History of Science:
superlatives John Logie Baird and Philo Farnsworth
Pronunciation: Word stress The development of
television Pronunciation: Popular culture:
Adjectives describing TV
p58 programmes
Sentence stress and
weak forms
Robin Hood and Maid Marian

Adjectives ending in -ing

Less … than,
and -ed
(not) as … as
Too and not enough

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Listening Writing Speaking Exam success/Study skills
Family relationships Making notes Asking for personal Reading: Multiple-choice activities
information
Family dinners – radio An informal email Speaking: Information role-plays
programme Pair interviews
Paragraph topics Grammar: Using reference material
Meeting at a party – Pronunciation: Intonation
Writing: Keeping a mistakes checklist
exchanging personal in questions
information
Role-play: at a party

Crime news – radio Making notes Giving opinions Listening: True/false activities
SIS quiz An informal letter Pair interviews Writing: Knowing about evaluation
Shoplifting Reporting a past event Vocabulary: Using a dictionary
Talking about last Role-play: last weekend Reading: Prediction
weekend

Dubbing actors Mini-dialogues Describing places Use of English: Multiple-choice cloze

activities
Information for a summer Definitions Asking for information
school Speaking: Evaluation
A language biography Role-play: information
about a summer course Knowing what type of learner you are
Paragraphing
Listening: Keeping calm

Health problems Notes and messages Asking about experiences Reading: Matching activities
in a photo
Accidents – an interview Abbreviations Writing: Content and style
Describing a scene
Exchanging messages Vocabulary: Keeping vocabulary records
Using fillers
Speaking: Words you don’t know

Describing TV Descriptions and opinions Pair interviews Listening: Identifying the speaker activities
programmes
An email – favourite TV Comparing ideas Speaking: Negotiating
Robin Hood and Maid programmes
Talking about inventions Reading: Reading for general information
Marian – radio interview
Role-play: planning Grammar: Use and form
Finding out the news
activities and negotiating
Making suggestions: what
to watch

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 Vocabulary Reading Grammar

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Geographical features Protecting the environment Zero conditional International cultural knowledge:
Australia
The environment The Australia quiz First conditional
Cross-curricular – Geography:
Different uses of get Environmental problems in Be going to and will
p70 Australia
Pronunciation:
SOS Australia

Recycling Sentence stress and

going to
Letter to and editor
Will, may, might

Gateway to Exams 5–6 p82

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Jobs A blog about unusual jobs Modal verbs International cultural knowledge:
of obligation, American teenagers and work
Personal qualities Jobs for young people
prohibition and
Popular culture:
Compound adjectives American students who advice
p84 Pronunciation: stress in
work
Pronunciation: silent
Song: I need a holiday by Scouting for
girls
compound adjectives Summer job advertisements letters
Letter of application and CV Second conditional

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Relationships The Butterfly Lovers Past perfect Cross-curricular – History:
The King and Mrs Simpson – A royal
Feelings The abdication of King Pronunciation: The
love story
Edward VIII contraction ’d
Noun suffixes -ness, -ship,
p96 -dom Questionnaire: ideal jobs/
personality/romance/advice
Gerunds and
infinitives
Literature:
Romeo and Juliet by William
Shakespeare

Gateway to Exams 7–8 p108

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Fiction Top Teen Author: Anthony Reported speech – Literature:
Horowitz statements Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
Non-fiction
by James Patterson
Maximum Ride: Prologue Reported speech –
Pronunciation: Word stress
p110 Phrasal verbs connected
Book review
questions
Pronunciation:
Literature:
The Ides of March by Valerio Massimo
with reading and writing Conversation in a bookshop Manfredi
Intonation in direct
and reported
questions

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Computers and computing Using the Internet The passive – Cross-curricular – Science:
present simple The inventor of the World Wide Web
The Internet Internet cheating
The passive – Cross-curricular – Geography:
Collocations with email Making silicon chips
p122 Pronunciation: nouns and CERN and the WWW
other tenses Silicon Valley

verbs
Silicon Valley: Classifying
information
Second Life

Gateway to Exams 9–10 p134

 Wordlists 136  Study skills 146

 Spelling rules and pronunciation guide 149  Exam success 150

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 Listening Writing Speaking Exam success/Study skills
Environmental problems Making notes Pair discussion Use of English: Sentence transformation
activities
A school meeting A summary Talking about your
environment Writing: Writing in exam conditions
Making arrangements A short story
Making arrangements Listening: First listening, second listening
A formal letter
Pronunciation: Intonation Writing: Organising ideas into paragraphs
– showing enthusiasm

Describing jobs Describing personal Discussing personal Reading: True/false activities

qualities qualities and jobs
A summer job in the USA Listening: Multiple-choice activities
Making notes Describing and guessing
Requesting information Vocabulary: Efficient vocabulary revision
jobs
about working conditions A letter of application
Speaking: Making mistakes
and CV Asking for and giving
advice
Role-play: Information
about a summer job

Feelings Making notes Speaking Speaking: Reporting past events

The story of Romeo and A personal description Re-telling a story Writing: Answering the question
Juliet
Finding out about Reading: Reading for specific information
A conversation about a childhood experiences
Listening: Listening outside the classroom
party
Evaluating a questionnaire
Discover your secret self!
Reporting a past event
(questionnaire)

Fiction and non-fiction Reporting information Discussing reading habits Reading: Missing sentence activities
James Patterson – radio Making notes Reporting personal Listening: Completing notes
programme statements
Reporting results of a Reading: Reading for pleasure
Conversation in a questionnaire Interviewing a famous
Writing: Brainstorming
bookshop person
Books and films survey Making offers: Shopping

Sir Tim Berners-Lee: radio Trivia questions Discussing computer use Use of English: Cloze activities
programme
Text messages and Presentation about your Speaking: A conversation based on a photo
Wikipedia: radio abbreviations country
Reading: Guessing from context
programme
Group Quiz
Speaking: Practice makes perfect
Photo description
Talking about photos:
Speculation

 Speaking bank 154  Writing bank 156

 Irregular verbs 158  Communication activities and quiz answers 159

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