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New American Inside Out Pre-Intermediate Practice Online

This course accompanies 'New American Inside Out Pre-intermediate'. It corresponds to CEFR
levels A2/B1. There are 12 syllabus items, each matching a student's book unit, as well as four
'review' syllabus items. Resources are grouped into five categories - Grammar, Vocabulary,
Pronunciation, Listening, and Useful Phrases.
UNIT NUMBER
1 Name
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about people and family.
It reviews the simple present, the present progressive, the simple past, the present perfect, the
future with 'going to' and question forms.
Grammar
Practicing the simple present and simple past. Practicing the present progressive.
Practicing present perfect questions. Practicing the future with 'going to'. Practicing
'wh-' question formation.
Listening
Listening to a French woman talking about her family and matching the people
according to their relationships. Listening to a conversation at an airport between an
immigration officer and a passenger and matching answers with questions.
Pronunciation
Contrasting short and long vowel sounds.
Vocabulary
Practicing nouns for family relationships.
Family life
Listening Activity
Present progressive
Language Exercise
New identity
Listening Activity
Present perfect
Language Exercise
Farmer Smith's Chickens
Game
Vowel sounds
Pronunciation Activity
Present simple v.
past simple
Language Exercise
Ask some questions ...
Language Exercise
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2 Place
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to describe places. It covers
modifiers, countable and uncountable nouns, and quantity expressions.
Vocabulary
Practicing words related to places.
Listening
Listening to six people talking about different aspects of their town and identifying
which aspect each speaker mentions. Listening to a woman talking about where she
lives in Italy and identifying the advantages and disadvantages of living in her town.
Listening to someone talking about places in a town and deciding where they are on a
map.
Grammar
Checking your knowledge of the uses of 'so', 'such', 'too', 'enough', and 'quite'.
Practicing the simple present of the verb 'to be' with countable and uncountable
nouns. Checking your knowledge of 'much', 'many', 'a lot of', 'little', 'a little', 'few', 'a
few', and 'enough'.
Pronunciation
Identifying the main syllable stress in countries and nationalities.
Places - town and country
Vocabulary Activity
The town where I live
Listening Activity
Living in Italy
Listening Activity
Modifiers: use of so,

such, too, enough, quite

Grammar
Reference Unit
Countable and
uncountable nouns
Language Exercise
Word stress
Determiners - quantifiers:
little/a little, few/a few
Grammar
Reference Unit
Quantity words
Language Exercise
Where is it?
Listening Activity
3 Love
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about relationships and
love stories. It covers the simple past and the past progressive.
Pronunciation
Identifying which form of an irregular verb you hear; the simple past or past participle.
Grammar
Practicing the simple past. Practicing the past progressive. Contrasting the simple
past and the past progressive. Practicing forming adverbs from adjectives.
Useful Phrases
Practicing 'so' and 'neither'.
Vocabulary
Practicing adjectives ending in '-ed' and '-ing'.
Listening
Listening to two teenagers talking about a friend they are worried about and choosing
the correct answer to questions.
Rock star crazy
Listening Activity
Hard at Work
Game
Where did you go?
Language Exercise
Language Exercise
Vowel sounds
Past simple v. past

progressive
What was happening?
Language Exercise
Adjectives and adverbs
Vocabulary Activity
Adjectives
Language Exercise
Review A
This syllabus item provides further practice of the main language points covered in Units 1, 2 and 3.
Pronunciation
Practicing identifying the main syllable stress in countries and nationalities.
Grammar
Contrasting 'Do you' and 'Are you' for simple present questions. Contrasting the
simple present and simple past . Practicing 'a lot of', 'a little', 'a few', 'too many', 'too
much' and 'enough'. Practicing 'how much' and 'how many'. Contrasting the simple
past and past progressive. Practicing adjectives and adverbs.
Listening
Listening to a woman talking about her family and matching the beginning and ending
of sentences. Listening to a woman talking about herself and a friend, answering true
or false for each statement and selecting the correct answer to complete sentences.
The taxi driver
Language Exercise
A funny thing happened
Language Exercise
A Titanic romance
Language Exercise
Talents
Language Exercise
Quantity
Language Exercise
Word stress
Skater Waiter
Game
Talking about families
Listening Activity
4 Shopping
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about clothes and
fashion. It covers adverbs of frequency, verbs with two objects, verbs followed '-ing' forms and
infinitives, the simple present and the present progressive.
Vocabulary
Practicing expressions of quantity: 'a bar of', 'a box of', etc.
Grammar
Checking your knowledge of the word order of adverbs of frequency. Checking your
knowledge of verbs that can have two objects. Practicing the '-ing' form and infinitive
with 'to'. Contrasting the simple present and the present progressive.
Useful Phrases
Practicing words and phrases used in stores.
Listening
Listening to an interview about fashions in the 60s and 70s and choosing the correct
answer to questions about the interview. Listening to descriptions of what four
people are wearing and matching the descriptions with pictures.
Pronunciation
Practicing the pronunciation of plural nouns.
The Paintball Fight
Game
Fitness freaks
Language Exercise
Consonant sounds
Fashion
Listening Activity
Adverbs of frequency:
word order
Grammar
Reference Unit
Present simple and

present progressive
Language Exercise
Verbs followed by two

objects: word order
Grammar
Reference Unit
Shopping
Vocabulary Activity
Verb followed by two

objects: pronoun use
Grammar
Reference Unit
My favorite clothes
Listening Activity
5 In Shape
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about sport and fitness.
It covers how + adjectives/adverbs, comparative and superlative adjectives and phrasal verbs.
Useful Phrases
Listening to instructions given at a gym lesson and putting instructions in the correct
order.
Grammar
Checking your knowledge of questions with 'how' + adverbs and adjectives. Practicing
comparatives and superlatives. Checking your knowledge of word order with different
types of phrasal verbs.
Listening
Listening to Jane talking to a friend about free time and keying in comparative
adjectives to complete the conversation. Listening to a radio report about a new
soccer stadium and selecting the correct numbers to complete the report.
Vocabulary
Practicing using 'play', 'do' and 'go' with different sports. Practicing phrasal verbs with
'down'.
Wh- words: how +

adverbs/adjectives
Grammar
Reference Unit
Free time
Listening Activity
Who is the fittest?
Language Exercise
Rutland soccer stadium
Listening Activity
Exercising
Listening Activity
I do aerobics
Vocabulary Activity
Phrasal verbs with down
Vocabulary Activity
Phrasal verbs:
word order 1
Grammar
Reference Unit
6 Job
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about jobs and
experiences. It covers the uses of 'have to' and 'should', the present perfect for time 'up to now'
and the simple past.
Grammar
Checking your knowledge of 'have to' to talk about obligation. Practicing the present
perfect simple with 'ever' and 'never'. Practicing the simple past and the present
perfect. Practicing irregular simple past and past participle forms.
Vocabulary
Practicing words and phrases used when talking about jobs.
Useful Phrases
Listening to two interviews about people's jobs and choosing the correct answers to
complete two surveys.
Listening
Listening to a conversation about an explorer and choosing the correct present perfect
form to complete statements about him.
Uses of have : obligation
Grammar
Reference Unit
A great explorer!
Listening Activity
Present perfect simple
Language Exercise
The worst job
Language Exercise
Irregular past forms
Language Exercise
My job
Vocabulary Activity
Work survey
Listening Activity
Review B
Pronunciation
Practicing identifying the stress pattern in two- and three-syllable words.
Reading
Visiting an external website and answering questions about a famous department

store.
Listening
Listening to a conversation about a pen pal magazine and completing information on

the interests of each person shown in the magazine. Listening to a radio interview
with a film star and selecting true or false for each statement.
Grammar
Practicing adverbs of frequency in sentences about seasons and the weather.

Practicing the use of '-ing' forms and infinitves. Practicing comparative and superlative
adjectives. Practicing the use of the regular and irregular past tense, and the present
perfect to talk about the past.
Describing the weather
Language Exercise
Word stress
Talking about your job
Language Exercise
Pen pals
Listening Activity
Ask the pilot
Language Exercise
The Jack Johnson Show
Listening Activity
Robot Wars
Game
Complaining
Language Exercise
<b>Department
Stores</b>
Web Project
7 Eco
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the environment.
It covers subject and object questions, stative verbs, and the use of 'going to' and the present
progressive for the future.
Listening
Listening to a girl talking about her family and the environment and selecting the
correct form of the simple present to complete sentences. Listening to a passage
about tourists polluting the environment and keying in the missing words to complete
a text. Listening to an interview with a woman talking about her travel plans and
selecting true or false for each statement.
Grammar
Checking your knoweldge of 'wh-' questions that ask about a subject. Checking your
knowledge of 'wh-' questions that ask about an object. Checking your knowledge
of stative verbs that are not used in the progressive forms. Practicing the present
progressive for future use.
Useful Phrases
Practicing words and expressions used on the phone.
Good for the environment
Listening Activity
Stative verbs
Wh - questions: subject
Grammar
Reference Unit
Grammar
Reference Unit
The environment
Listening Activity
Wh - questions: object
Grammar
Reference Unit
Alison's trip to Australia
Listening Activity
Round-the-world trip
Language Exercise
Can I leave a message?
Vocabulary Activity
8 Education
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about education and
different generations. It covers the uses of 'could', 'have to', 'should' and 'must'.
Grammar
Practicing 'had to', 'didn't have to' and 'couldn't'. Practicing the modal verbs 'should/
shouldn't'. Practicing the modal verb 'should'. Practicing the modal verbs 'can't' and
'don't have to'. Contrasting the use of 'have to', 'don't have to' for obligation, and
'should/shouldn't' for advice.
Useful Phrases
Listening to three interviews with teenagers, matching what they say with pictures
and listening for phrases they use to express their views.
Listening
Listening to an interview about life in the 1920s and selecting the statements that
match the speaker's opinions. Listening to a teenager asking for permission to go out
and choosing the correct answer to questions.
Vocabulary
Practicing words and phrases used to talk about education.
Albert Einstein's education
Vocabulary Activity
Modals of advice
Language Exercise
Generation gap
Listening Activity
Language Exercise
School days of a rock star
Language Exercise
Modals of obligation
and necessity
Going out!
Listening Activity
Obligation and advice
Language Exercise
Language Exercise
Points of view
Listening Activity
9 Smile
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about people and places.
It covers verbs followed by '-ing' forms and infinitives, the present perfect with 'for' and 'since', and
the present perfect progressive.
Vocabulary
Practicing words for parts of the body.
Listening
Listening to descriptions of four people and choosing the adjectives that best describe
each person. Listening to somebody talking about a trip to Bermuda and choosing the
correct option to answer questions.
Grammar
Checking your knowledge of the difference between the infinitive and '-ing' forms.
Practicing the present perfect with 'for' or 'since'. Checking your knowledge of when
to use the present perfect progressive. Practicing the present perfect progressive.
Contrasting the present perfect simple and the present perfect progressive. Practicing
verbs followed by an '-ing' form or infinitive with a change in meaning.
Describing people
Listening Activity
Infinitive v -ing form
Grammar
Reference Unit
On business in Bermuda
Listening Activity
I've lived here for

three years
Language Exercise
Present perfect
progressive: use
Grammar
Reference Unit
Present perfect
progressive
Language Exercise

and progressive
Language Exercise
-ing forms and infinitives

Parts of the body
Language Exercise
Vocabulary Activity
Review C
Grammar
Practicing recognition of the verbs that are not normally used in the progressive
forms. Practicing the modal verbs 'should/shouldn't'. Practicing the present perfect
simple. Contrasting the present perfect simple and the present perfect progressive.
Reading
Visiting external websites and answering questions about Easter Island, one of the
remotest inhabited islands in the world.
Listening
Listening to someone talking about environmental issues and keying the correct
number into each gap. Listening to someone talking about his trip to South America
and listing the place names in the order he mentions them.
Stative verbs
Language Exercise
The Big Squeeze
Game
Modals of advice
Language Exercise
Language Exercise
Timeways travel
Language Exercise

and progressive
Language Exercise
Waste products
and recycling
Listening Activity
Going places
Listening Activity
<b>Exploring Easter
Island</b>
Web Project
10 Lifestyle
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about health, food and
cars. It covers the simple future, the first conditional, and the use of 'used to'.
Pronunciation
Identifying the same vowel sounds in single words that may have different spellings.
Grammar
Practicing the simple future. Checking your knowledge of the affirmative form of the
first conditional. Practicing the use of 'used to' for past habits and states.
Vocabulary
Matching words and drawings related to fruit and vegetables. Practicing words and
phrases used in cooking. Practicing words for different car parts.
Listening
Listening to a radio discussion about the services offered by the Automobile

Association and selecting the correct answer to each question.
Spa promises
Language Exercise
Cooking
Vocabulary Activity
First conditional:
affirmative
Grammar
Reference Unit
A radio interview
Listening Activity
Mr. Fletcher's
Grocery Store
Game
Used to
Language Exercise
The parts of a car
Vocabulary Activity
Vowel sounds
If you walk under

a ladder ...
Language Exercise
11 Animals
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about animals. It covers
prepositions after adjectives, relative clauses and the second or unreal conditional.
Grammar
Practicing prepositions following adjectives. Checking your knowledge of relative

clauses. Checking your knowledge of the uses of the second conditional. Practicing
the second conditional.
Listening
Listening to someone talking about swimming with a whale and deciding if

statements are true or false.
Useful Phrases
Practicing ways of making requests.
Vocabulary
Matching words and drawings related to domestic animals and wild animals.
Memory
Game
Swimming with a whale
Listening Activity
Prepositions after
adjectives
Language Exercise
Second/Unreal
conditional: use
Grammar
Reference Unit
Relative clauses:
structure 1
Grammar
Reference Unit
Second conditional
Language Exercise
Relative clauses:
structure 2
Grammar
Reference Unit
Requests
Vocabulary Activity
12 Incredible
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to tell stories and talk about
buildings and the weather. It covers the past perfect, present and past passives, and the use of
'will' and 'might' for future possibility.
Grammar
Practicing the past perfect. Contrasting the simple past and past perfect. Checking
your knowledge of the simple present passive form. Practicing the simple past
passive. Checking your knowledge of 'can', 'could', 'may' and 'might' to talk about
possibility.
Listening
Listening to weather reports and matching cities around the world with the
corresponding weather prediction. Listening to two English teachers talking about
learning English in the future and deciding if they agree or disagree with statements.
Vocabulary
Practicing verb collocations.
A horror story
Language Exercise
Past simple v. past perfect
Language Exercise
The passive:
present simple
Grammar
Reference Unit
Picasso painting stolen
Language Exercise
The weather
where you are
Listening Activity
Learning English
Listening Activity
Possibility: could,
may, might

Grammar
Reference Unit
Take a vacation
Vocabulary Activity
Review D
This syllabus item provides further practice of the main language points covered in Units 10, 11 and
12.
Grammar
Practicing 'will' and 'won't'. Practicing describing past habits and cusoms with 'used
to'. Practicing relative pronouns. Practicing the past perfect. Practicing the present
passive. Practicing the passive voice. Practicing the correct tenses to complete
conditional sentences. Reviewing many of the language points covered in this course
by playing 'Astro Explorer'.
Listening
Listening to a plan to kidnap a racehorse and putting the events in the correct order.
Listening to a woman talking about a journey across North America and identifying
words you hear.
A future quiz
Language Exercise
What happened then?
Language Exercise
A kidnapping plan
Listening Activity
Helping the environment
Language Exercise
Habits
Language Exercise
The story of jeans
Language Exercise
Reggae and Bob Marley
Language Exercise
A memorable journey
Listening Activity
The Balloon Fiesta
Game
Astro Explorer - Average
Game

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