COMMUNICATIVE AIMS VOCABULARY GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATION

Welcome! 6–7 Talking about studying Studying

Classroom activities

Preview Units 1–2 8–9

Unit
1 BODY AND MIND

1 It doesn’t matter 10–11 Talking about food and drink Food and drink Verbs not usually Syllable stress
Writing about junk food used in continuous
forms

2 What’s it for? 12–13 Describing objects and saying what Kitchen equipment Gerund as subject Linking consonant
they’re for Recipe by/for + gerund sounds
Describing a sequence of events after/before +
Listening to and writing a recipe participle clause

3 When people 14–15 Talking about illness and medicine Health Verb + gerund or Weak forms
expect to get Reading an article about alternative Illness and treatment infinitive
better … medicine
Writing a paragraph giving arguments
for and against

4 Integrated 16–17 Reading Matching statements and Popular beliefs Revision

Skills paragraphs: Reality Check Natural events
Discussing Listening Noting details about beliefs Useful expressions
Speaking Correcting information
and correcting Writing A paragraph discussing the truth
information of a statement
Learner Independence Thinking skills;
Word creation: noun and adjective suffixes

Inspiration Extra! 18–19 Language Links Sketch The Expert Revision & Extension Your Choice!

Culture 20–21 Happiness and success

Unit
2 CREATIVITY

1 I don’t think 22–23 Talking about activities which continue Materials Present perfect /b/ bear
it’s art! up to now Art continuous with for /p/ pair
Matching texts with pictures and since
Listening for details in a conversation
Role play: a celebrity interview
Writing about recent activities

2 I’ve been 24–25 Talking about recent events Acting Present perfect Syllable stress
hoping … Reading web forum postings Film-making simple and
Writing a paragraph comparing continuous
achievements and ambitions

3 She had been 26–27 Talking about a sequence of past events Story telling Past perfect simple Syllable stress
reading a book Listening for details: biography and continuous
Writing a description of an author’s life

4 Integrated 28–29 Reading Connecting ideas: The School subjects Linking words:
Skills Professor and the Wise Ferryman Folk tales neither … nor
Telling a folk Listening Checking predictions Useful expressions
Speaking Discussion
tale Writing A folk tale
Learner Independence Thinking skills;
Word creation: noun suffix -ment

Inspiration Extra! 30–31 Project Group magazine Revision & Extension Your Choice!

Review Units 1–2 32–33 Self Assessment

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Preview Units 3–4 34–35

Unit
3 SCIENCE AND DISCOVERY

1 Light travels 36–37 Describing and comparing the way things Science Comparison of Numbers
incredibly fast happen adverbs
Listening for details Adverbs of degree
Writing comparisons of achievements Position and
order of adverbial
phrases

2 What a fantastic 38–39 Making exclamations The world under the What (a/an) …! Exclamations
sight! Expressing result sea so/such (a/an) …
Reading a blog Adjectives Result clauses:
Writing descriptions of exciting events so/such … that
Order of adjectives

3 It won’t be 40–41 Talking about future events, schedules, Space flight and Future review: Exclamations
cheap arrangements and plans tourism future simple,
Listening to a tour schedule Phrasal verbs with present simple
Discussing predictions down, on and off and continuous,
Writing about future plans and making going to
predictions

4 Integrated Skills 42–43 Reading Connecting ideas: People Who Medicine Linking words:
Describing Changed The World Environment expressing cause
events and Listening Correcting mistakes Radio and result
Speaking Giving reasons for an opinion Navigation
consequences Writing Profile of a significant person Useful expressions
Learner Independence Thinking skills;
Word creation: noun suffixes -sion and -tion

Inspiration Extra! 44–45 Language Links Sketch Space Talk Revision & Extension Your Choice!

Culture 46–47 Young scientists

Unit
4 GETTING IT RIGHT

1 Some things 48–49 Discussing possible future lifestyles Technology Future continuous List intonation
won’t have Making predictions Phrasal verbs with Future perfect
changed Reading an article about life in the future out
Writing personal predictions

2 We won’t halt 50–51 Talking about future possibility Global warming First conditional Two syllable words
global warming Listening to opinions about global warming with if and unless stressed differently
until … Role play: a conversation about travelling Future time clauses as nouns and verbs
Writing: sentence completion with when, as soon
as and until

3 If you could 52–53 Talking about imaginary or unlikely Tourism and travel Second conditional Sentence stress and
choose … situations wish/if only + intonation
Expressing wishes about the present past simple
Listening to a radio programme
Writing about wishes

4 Integrated Skills 54–55 Reading For and against: Direct Action Politics Linking words:
Debating an article Formal debate adding information
issue Listening Completing notes on a debate Useful expressions and giving
Speaking Debate examples
Writing A balanced account of a
controversial issue
Learner Independence Thinking skills;
Word creation: noun prefixes anti- and non-

Inspiration Extra! 56–57 Project Future predictions Revision & Extension Your Choice!

Review Units 3–4 58–59 Self Assessment

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Preview Units 5–6 60–61

Unit
5 EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE

1 If the plot had 62–63 Talking about unreal or imaginary past Historical events Third conditional Sentence stress and
succeeded … events wish/if only + past weak forms
Expressing regret about the past perfect
Writing about an event which would
have changed the world

2 You have to be 64–65 Expressing obligation and lack of Routines must(n’t), have to Contrastive stress
careful obligation Qualifications and need to
Listening to a radio programme and don’t have to,
checking details don’t need to and
Writing about qualifications for jobs needn’t

3 What could have 66–67 Making deductions and speculating Aviation must have and Sentence stress and
happened to about the past Phrasal verbs with can’t have weak forms
them? Writing about an unexplained mystery up could/may/might
have

4 Integrated Skills 68–69 Reading Connecting ideas: Magazine Sport Linking words:
Contrasting facts article about women’s football Useful expressions whereas and while
and ideas Listening Completing a text
Speaking Discussing male/female
equality
Writing Paragraphs contrasting male
and female situations
Learner Independence Thinking skills;
Word creation: adjective suffix -ous

Inspiration Extra! 70–71 Language Links Sketch The Break-In Revision & Extension Your Choice!

Culture 72–73 Saying the right thing

Unit
6 ON THE MOVE

1 I promised 74–75 Reporting what people said Travel Reported speech Stress in
I wouldn’t Interviewing Reporting verbs with various two-syllable verbs
forget! Writing a report of interviews reporting verbs

2 The waitress 76–77 Reporting what people asked Restaurant Reported questions Sentence stress and
wanted to know Listening to an interview and checking Food intonation
if … details
Writing a report of a conversation

3 Would you get it 78–79 Describing problems Shops and services get/have Strong and weak
repaired? Suggesting solutions Phrasal verbs with something done forms of have
Completing a questionnaire in/into It’s time + past
Writing a comparison of questionnaire simple
results

4 Integrated Skills 80–81 Reading Topics: Family Holidays interview Holidays Revision
Reporting and Listening Note-taking Useful expressions
summarising Speaking Interviewing and reporting
what people an interview
said Writing A report summarising
an interview
Learner Independence Thinking skills;
Word creation: adjectives formed with well

Inspiration Extra! 82–83 Project Ideal holiday Revision & Extension Your Choice!

Review Units 5–6 84–85 Self Assessment

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Preview Units 7–8 86–87

Unit
7 GETTING THE MESSAGE ACROSS

1 Well done – 88–89 Describing changes and experiences Idioms Passive tenses been and being
keep it up! Reading an article about English idioms Furniture, fixtures
Listening to a conversation about a and fittings
kitchen makeover
Doing a questionnaire

2 She deserves to 90–91 Talking about what’s right Science Passive infinitive Syllable stress
be awarded a Reading an article about the discovery of either … or
prize DNA both … and
Writing about teenage attitudes

3 They couldn’t 92–93 Using the phone Mobile phones Phrasal verbs Stress and
ring up a doctor Role play: phone conversation Telephone language intonation
Writing messages Phrasal verbs

4 Integrated Skills 94–95 Reading Connecting ideas: Language Languages Linking words: not
Discussing Death or Language Murder? article Useful expressions only … but also
languages Listening Completing notes on a debate Non-defining
Speaking Debate relative clauses
Writing Arguments for and against
Learner Independence Thinking skills;
Word creation: verb prefix re-

Inspiration Extra! 96–97 Language Links Sketch Find A Friend Revision & Extension Your Choice!

Culture 98–99 Your culture

Unit
8 MAKING THE GRADE

1 He wasn’t able 100–101 Talking about past ability Achievements could(n’t), was(n’t) Syllable stress
to get a job Expressing purpose able to, managed to
Reading an article about success stories in order to
Reading and writing a poem so that

2 She needn’t have 102–103 Expressing obligation and ability Education Modal expressions Intonation
worried Reading an article about school in the in the past and
past and in the future future
Listening to interviews
Completing a questionnaire

3 It made me feel 104–105 Talking about obligation, permission and Music make and let /ŋ/ long
great prohibition Family rules be allowed to /ŋg/ longer
Reading an article about a singer/
songwriter
Listening to an interview about rules

4 Integrated Skills 106–107 Reading Topics: letter of application Volunteering Revision

Making an Listening Telephone interviews: Useful expressions
application matching information and checking
predictions
Speaking Role play: telephone interview
Writing Application form and letter of
application
Learner Independence Thinking skills;
Word creation: noun suffix -ness

Inspiration Extra! 108–109 Project Ideal school Revision & Extension Your Choice!

Review Units 7–8 110–111 Self Assessment

Language File 112 Word List 121 Irregular Verbs 127 Pronunciation Guide 127

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