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CONTENTS Module 1 1 Asking and answering Everyday activities Reading and speak.i < ­

All about you questions we really spend our T: .,;People around you

Pronunciation: Auxiliary verbspage 6 Wordspot: have (and have got)2 Present simple and

continuous

Module 2 1 Past simple and Remembering and forgetting Listening and speaking: ?:._ Memory continuous meetings, A childhood IT:C!"!:.-­

page 16 Pronunciation: Past simple -ed endings

Song: Remember the Om 50·· :

old Schoolyard 2 used to Reading: Ten ways to imp.:; "

your memory

Module 3 1 Comparatives and Vocabulary and writing: Reading: The top 100 piau;; :: Around the superlatives Describing towns and cities visit before you die

world 2 Phrases for comparing page 26 Pronunciation: Stress and /~/

sounds

Module 4 1 Present perfect simple Describing life events Reading: Parallel lives Life stories Pronuniciation: Strong and weak Positive characteristics

page 36 forms ofhave Wordspot: take 2 for, since and ago and

Present perfect continuous

Pronunciation: Linking

Consolidation A Questions and auxiliaries LJ Speaking: Getting to know modules 1-4 B Present and past verb forms E Vocohlllary: Alphabet quiz

6 47pages 4 -C Listening and speaking: Comparing the past with the present

Module 5 1 Future forms Work Reading and vocabulary: Success

page 48 2 Future clauses with if,

when, etc

Have you got what it takes.' Pronunciation: Stressed ~"Y:~- -Listening and speaking: Doing something differen:

Song: Manic Monday

Module 6 1 -ed/-ing adjectives Extreme adjectives Listening and vocabular: -:­In the media

2 The passive Pronunciation: Word stress and radio

page 60 Reading and vocabularv: News stories

Task Further skills Study Practise Remember

-:-.1sk: Find things in common .-:-eparation: listening :­ ok: speaking _c~l!ow up: writing

Writing: E-mail an old ftiend Study tip: Using English in class

Pronunciation spot: Stress and the ~I

sound

. ask: Test your memory :"ceparation: reading :-ask: speaking

Real life: Showing interest Pronunciation: Sounding polite

Study tip: Using the mini-dictionary

Pronunciation spot: The sound /w/

Task: Design a tour

?i eparation: listening :-ask: speaking .~ollow up: writing

Real life: Booking a flight Study tip: Keeping notes Pronunciation spot: The sounds !JI and /i:/

Task: Talk about someone you admire Preparation: listening _ask: speaking _'ollow up: writing

Writing: A curriculum vitae

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Task: Choose the best candidate eparation: reading

.ask: speaking

Writing: A covering letter

Real life: A formal telephone call Pronunciation: Sounding polite

Study tip: Improving your spoken fluency Pronunciation spot: The sounds /0/, h:/ and f;m/

Task: Review a book/concert/CD _ eparation: listening :-ask: speaking

Writing: A consumer review Study tip: English outside the classroom (1): Using the media

Pronunciation spot: The sounds /re/ and /A/

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•• Language focus Vocabulary Reading I Listening

Module 7 Socialising

page 70

Module 8 Things you can't

live without

pageBO

Consolidation modules 5-8

pages 90-91

Module 9

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1 Polite requests Vocabulary and speaking: Reading and vocabulary: The - . 'nehaviour great international night outPronunciation: 5c . -'-'3.': <.:=: Wordspot: go Listening: Social customs in 2 will for offers and ins:CU1t

Thailanddecisions Pronunc' .:0-_'

9 generalisations

1 Defining relative clauses How machines work Reading: Machines behaving badlyPronunciation: Stress in2 Quantifiers

compound nouns

Describing everyday objects

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A Future forms I Fulure time clauses C LIstening: fa-~Olis firsts B Vocabulary: mega memory D Spetikiil~:.osking favours

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1 Making predictions Society and change Reading and vocabulary: Future society

page 92 2 Hypothetical possibilities

with if

Pronunciation: 'II or 'd

Pronunciation: Shifting stress

Wordspot: make

Getting it wrong! Getting it righ.:.­

Module 10 An amazing story

page 102

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1 Past perfect Pronunciation: Past simple or Past perfect

2 Reported speech

'Vocabulary and speaking: Types of story

Wordspot: say and tell

Adverbs for telling stories

Reading and vocabulary: . ~"

perfect crimes ... well almost:

Pronunciation: Sentence stress

Module 11 Rules and

freedom

page 112

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1 Obligation and permission in the present

Pronunciation: Modal verbs

2 Obligation and permission in the past

Wordspot: do Listening: Annoying rules

Reading and vocabulary: -::: sue or not to sue?

Module 12 Dilemmas

page 122

1 could have, should have, would have

Pronunciation: Past modal forms

2 Imaginary situations in the past with if

Problems and solutions

Wordspot: think

Song: Out ofReach

Pronunciation: Vowel sounds

Consolidation modules 9-12

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A B C _

Pasl perfect I Reporled speedl Possibility, obligation and permission. Listemng; I-Iypolhetico! forms

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rlwke/do!srly!telJ/thilJk Speaking: Agreeing and disagreeing Vocabulary; ,Word puzzle_.

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Communication activities pages 134-143 Language summary pages 144-154

Task Further skills Study Practise Remember

'Ie ::l..5k: Give tips on how to behave Real life: Making a social arrangement Study tip: Using revision techniques - '~:xJration: listening Pronunciation spot: The sounds /8/ and (0/-" : . : speaking

--: sk: Make a list of things you'd hate :-: be without ,7""iparation: listening -:-.1Sk : speaking

Real life: Buying things

Writing: Saying thank you

Task: Decide how to spend lottery Real life: Ways of saying numbers Study tip: English outside the 1t? __,oney classroom (1): Using the Internet

,- eparation: listening Pronunciation spot: The sounds /'0/ and /v/ -:- -k: speaking

he Task: Tell a ghost story Writing: A narrative Study tip: Making the most of graded ," reparation: speaking readers ~ask : speaking and listening Pronunciation spot: Pronouncing 'h'

.ask: Present your opinions Writing: Linking words Study tip: Checking your written work :-eparation: vocabulary Pronunciation spot: Review -:-Jsk: speaking

ask: Find solutions to problems Real life: Saying goodbye i -eparation: reading and vocabulary :- k: speaking : ilow up: writing

Irregular verbs page 155