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U1 ARRIVALS
People and places (p2) present simple countries and syllable stress listen to people meeting for the introduce yourself
1.1 Talk about countries and be: positive and nationalities first time say where you are from
nationalities negative

Where are you? (p4) present simple big numbers similar numbers read text messages about a city talk about distances
be: questions listen to someone talking about describe a place
1.2 Ask and answer
questions about a place a city

What’s in your bag? (p6) a/an and plural everyday items vowel sounds: listen to a conversation at an SPEAKING HUB
Talk about everyday nouns; this, that, /ɪ/, /æ/, /iː/, /əʊ/ airport talk about what’s in your bag
1.3 items these, those read an article about hand
luggage
KEY SKILL Reading for gist

Café Hub greet people word stress watch someone introduce give a personal presentation
Good morning (p8) and make a friend
1.4 Greet people and make introductions
introductions

UNIT REVIEW p10 WRITING (p160) Fill in a form with personal details | KEY SKILL Capital letters

U2 PEOPLE
Family (p12) possessive family /ə/ ‘schwa’ read an article about a famous talk about famous families
Talk about your family adjectives and family describe your family tree
2.1
apostrophes

The same, but different have/has got describing contracted have read an article about family describe a family member’s
(p14) appearance appearance appearance
2.2 listen to someone describing
Talk about appearance compare and contrast family
their brother members
Friends (p16) using adjectives personality syllable stress: listen to a conversation about describe someone’s personality
Describe family members adjectives adjectives university friends SPEAKING HUB
2.3 and friends read an email about flatmates choose a flatmate for a friend
KEY SKILL Reading for
organisation
Café Hub make and respond stress and watch someone order food order in a café
Café chaos (p18) to requests intonation in a café
2.4 Make and respond to
requests

UNIT REVIEW p20 WRITING (p161) Write an email to a friend | KEY SKILL and, but and or

U3 DAYS
A typical day (p22) present simple everyday activities third person -s listen to a radio interview about talk about someone’s typical day
3.1 Talk about daily routines positive a typical day talk about jobs and routines

All day, every day (p24) adverbs of prepositions of word stress read about daily essentials talk about how often you do
frequency time listen to people talk about things
3.2 Discuss daily activities
screen-free week list your top ten daily essentials

A special day (p26) present simple big celebrations sentence stress read a blog post about a festival SPEAKING HUB
Describe a special day negative listen to a conversation about give a short presentation about a
3.3 big celebrations special day
KEY SKILL Listening for detail

Café Hub make and respond stress and watch people making and make plans with your classmates
Finding Neena (p28) to suggestions intonation responding to suggestions
3.4 Make and respond to
suggestions

UNIT REVIEW p30 WRITING (p162) Write a blog post about your day | KEY SKILL Sequencing words

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U4 WORK AND EDUCATION
What do you do? (p32) present simple work and jobs linking sounds: do/ read an interview about talk about your job
4.1 Talk about jobs yes/no questions; does someone’s job ask questions to guess
short answers someone’s job

Good job! (p34) have to / don’t time expressions connected speech: read an article about good and talk about the pros and cons of
Talk about the perfect job have to have to bad jobs a job
4.2
listen to a conversation about talk about the perfect job
someone’s job
Learn something new question words education word stress: read an FAQ page about a talk about education in your
(p36) collocations questions distance learning university country
4.3 Talk about adult listen to a conversation at a SPEAKING HUB
education and career careers fair plan a course for adults who
development KEY SKILL Listening for gist want to retrain

Café Hub ask for someone stress and watch someone leaving a talk on the phone
Busy day (p38) and leave a intonation message with a receptionist
4.4 Ask for someone and message
leave a message

UNIT REVIEW p40 WRITING (p163) Write an email asking for information | KEY SKILL Punctuation: question marks, commas and full stops

U5 PLACES
There’s no place like there is/are rooms and /b/, /d/ and /g/ listen to a conversation about a talk about your home
home (p42) furniture; house swap write an advert for a house swap
5.1
Describe a home prepositions of
place
My neighbourhood can places in a town weak forms: can/ read online comments about a talk about what makes a good
(p44) or city can’t neighbourhood neighbourhood
5.2 Describe a talk about your neighbourhood
neighbourhood

Amazing buildings imperatives adjectives to word stress: read an article about interesting practise giving instructions
(p46) describe the adjectives buildings SPEAKING HUB
5.3 Describe an interesting appearance of KEY SKILL Reading for specific describe famous buildings
building things information

Café Hub ask for and give stress and watch someone asking for tell someone how to get
Moving in (p48) directions intonation directions in the street somewhere
5.4 Ask for and give
directions

UNIT REVIEW p50 WRITING (p164) Write a description of a place | KEY SKILL Using adjectives

U6 THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT
Let’s go out (p52) likes and dislikes entertainment word stress: noun read a city guide about events talk about your free time
6.1 Talk about likes and patterns talk about your likes and dislikes
dislikes
It was fun (p54) was/were past time weak forms: was/ listen to a conversation about TV talk about TV
Talk about entertainment expressions were talk about entertainment now
6.2
in the present and the and in the past
past
Life stories (p56) past simple life events past simple regular read an article about inspiring talk about what you did last year
Talk about your life regular and endings people SPEAKING HUB
6.3 irregular verbs KEY SKILL Scanning for names describe important events in
your life

Café Hub ask for and give stress and watch a group of friends make a playlist for a road trip
Love hate (p58) opinions intonation talking about music
6.4 Ask for and give opinions

UNIT REVIEW p60 WRITING (p165) Write a review of an event | KEY SKILL Using narrative sequencers

Irregular Verbs (p121) Grammar Hub (p122) Vocabulary Hub (p146) Communication Hub (p154) Audioscripts (p172)

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U7 TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT
Getting around (p62) could transport /eɪ/ and /əʊ/ read a quiz about transport in talk about a past ability
Talk about transport in different cities talk about transport in a city you
7.1
a city know well

A love of adventure past simple travel phrases word stress: cities read an article about a famous talk about transport you used
(p64) negative journey last year
7.2
Talk about a journey play a transport vocabulary
game
A trip to remember past simple verb phrases connected speech listen to a conversation about an SPEAKING HUB
(p66) questions unusual trip tell a story about an unusual or
KEY SKILL Guessing the funny holiday
7.3 Talk about a holiday meaning of unknown words

Café Hub check in and out intonation in watch someone checking in ask and answer questions at a
New York (p68) of a hotel questions and out of a hotel hotel
7.4 Check in and out of a
hotel

UNIT REVIEW p70 WRITING (p166) Write a short article about a travel experience | KEY SKILL So and because

U8 FOOD AND DRINK

I’m hungry! (p72) countable and food and drink plurals listen to a conversation about talk about diets
Talk about the food you uncountable a diet discuss food habits
8.1 nouns; some and
eat
any

What we eat (p74) much, many, containers short and long read an article about food compare diets in other countries
Talk about the food your a lot of vowel sounds around the world interview your partner about
8.2 family eats their diet
write a paragraph about your
partner’s diet
Yes, chef! (p76) a/an, the, no food preparation consonant clusters read an advert about a food SPEAKING HUB
Talk about ingredients article business present a recipe
8.3 KEY SKILL Decoding
and recipes

Café Hub order food in a stress and watch two friends ordering a ask and answer questions to
More cheese (p78) restaurant intonation meal in a restaurant order food
8.4
Order food in a restaurant

UNIT REVIEW p80 WRITING (p167) Write an online restaurant review | KEY SKILL Pronoun referencing

U9 SHOPPING
People watching (p82) present clothes /ɜː/ listen to a conversation about talk about interesting clothes
9.1 Talk about clothes and continuous clothes talk about what you’re doing
what people are doing describe someone in a picture

Job swap (p84) present simple present time /ŋ/ listen to an announcement talk about job swaps
Talk about what people vs present expressions read social media posts about talk about your life now and in
9.2 do at different times continuous job swaps general
interview your partner about
their job/studies
Shop till you drop (p86) object pronouns shops and services /ʧ/ and /ʃ/ read an article about marketing talk about your shopping
Talk about shopping a business preferences
KEY SKILL Reading for genre SPEAKING HUB
9.3 habits and tastes
conduct a survey about
shopping habits

Café Hub shop for clothes connected speech watch someone shopping talk about clothes in a shop
Meeting Milly (p88) for clothes
9.4 Shop for clothes

UNIT REVIEW p90 WRITING (p168) Write a social media post | KEY SKILL Checking your work

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U10 THE GREAT OUTDOORS
The right location (p92) comparatives landscape features weak forms: /ə/ listen to an interview about film talk about the landscape in your
in than locations country
10.1 Talk about and compare
outdoor places compare countries, landscapes
or films
Where on Earth? (p94) superlatives seasons and /əʊ/ and /aʊ/ read an article about extreme talk about weather in your
weather places country
10.2 Talk about places around
the world complete a geography quiz

Survival (p96) verb + to + phrasal verbs weak forms: /tuː/ read an article about surviving rank survival items by
Talk about living infinitive and /tə/ in the wild importance
outdoors listen to an interview with a SPEAKING HUB
10.3 survival expert write a survival plan
KEY SKILL Identifying fact and
opinion

Café Hub make and respond stress and watch a group of friends make plans with your classmates
Party invitation (p98) to invitations intonation inviting people to a party
10.4 Make and respond to
invitations

UNIT REVIEW p100 WRITING (p169) Write a product review | KEY SKILL Adverbs of manner

U11 THE BODY

Health tips (p102) should and the body sentence stress listen to a conversation about discuss healthy/unhealthy
shouldn’t health tips activities
11.1 Talk about the body and practise giving advice
health

In it to win it (p104) present perfect irregular past past participles read an article about a TV show interview your classmates about
Talk about your participles their life experiences
11.2 experiences

Move it (p106) present perfect sports contractions read a text about an ultra-runner discuss extreme sports
Talk about sports and vs past simple KEY SKILL Understanding the SPEAKING HUB
11.3 sequence of past events
hobbies interview your classmates about
sports and hobbies

Café Hub ask for information stress and watch someone booking a ask for information about a class
intonation yoga lesson and book lessons
11.4 Get fit (p108)
Ask for information

UNIT REVIEW p110 WRITING (p170) Write a recommendation on a forum | KEY SKILL Adding information with too, also and as well

U12 MODERN LIVES

Life’s too busy (p112) going to future time going to: weak and listen to a conversation about discuss time management
12.1 Talk about future plans expressions strong to being organised talk about future plans and
intentions

Everything will be shiny will for collocations with contractions: ’ll read an article about life in the make predictions about the
(p114) predictions get future world in 2050
12.2
Make predictions

Communication (p116) might internet diphthongs listen to people talking about SPEAKING HUB
Talk about social media communication social media interview your classmates about
KEY SKILL Predicting their social media use
12.3 habits

Café Hub show interest in stress and watch friends giving make small talk at a party and
Party time (p118) something intonation compliments, responding to give compliments
12.4 Show interest in bad news and apologising
something

UNIT REVIEW p120 WRITING (p171) Write a formal email | KEY SKILL Structuring emails

Irregular Verbs (p121) Grammar Hub (p122) Vocabulary Hub (p146) Communication Hub (p154) Audioscripts (p172)

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