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Unit

Grammar

Vocabulary

Verb to be: singular

Question words: What? How old? Who?
Demonstrative pronouns: this/that
Indefinite articles: a/an
Possessive adjectives: my, your

Common objects and furniture

Numbers 120

Verb to be: singular

Question word: Where?
Possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her, its
Genitive apostrophe s (s)
Prepositions: in, on, at
Definite article: the

Common adjectives: right, wrong, big,

small, hot, cold, hungry, thirsty, tired
Titles: Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms

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3 Are you

Plurals of nouns
Verb to be: plural

Countries and nationalities

Compass points and places

4 Can you spell

Verb can (request)

Question word: When?
Preposition on with days of the week

Greetings through the day

Numbers 20 100
The alphabet
Days of the week

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1 Its great
to be here!

2 Whos Em?

Progress check: Units 1 and 2

American?

that, please?
Progress check: Units 3 and 4

Wideangle on the world: From one country to another

Culture flash 1: The UK Quiz
Project 1: Snapshot of me

6 Ive got
two sisters.

7 I really
like him.
Progress check: Units 6 and 7

8 Can I
come too?

9 Welcome
to Brighton.

Progress check: Units 8 and 9

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Possessive adjectives: our, your, their

Genitive apostrophe s: singular (s), plural (s)
Verb: have/has got
some and any
Question words: How many? Why?
Linker: because

Family members
Personal appearance

Present simple
Adverbs of degree: a lot, very much, at all
Object pronouns: me, you, him, her, it, us,
them

Types of music

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Present simple with fixed times

Question words: How long? How much?
Preposition of time: at
Verb can (permission)

Clock times
Fast food and drinks
English money

Prepositions of place: in/on (a road), next to,

near, behind, in front of, in the centre of, on
the corner of, opposite, between and
there is and there are
Indefinite pronoun: one
Verb want + infinitive

Places in towns
Leisure activities

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Wideangle on the world: ThailandLife.com

Culture flash 2: Postcards from London
Project 2: Snapshot of my town

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Learn to learn

Soundbite

Classroom
instructions

\ S \ she
\ h \ he

Read and write sentences about members of

a family
Listen to a dialogue and choose the best
answers

Ask the names

of things in
English

\ j \ you
your

Talk about your nationality and say

where you are from

Read and write a formal letter

Capital letters

\ I \ English
\ i \ Greek

Ask for and give telephone numbers

Ask for and give names and addresses

Listen and write telephone numbers

Read an advert
Listen to a telephone conversation and
complete a form

Ask for help in

class

\ T \ three
thirteen

Greet people and exchange names

Ask someones age
Classroom instructions

Introduce people
Greet people you know
Ask where people and things are

Skills
Speaking: see Communication
Listen to a magazine survey
Read and write an e-pals advertisement

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Talk about your family

Talk about peoples appearance

Listen to a personal description

Read and write a letter to a penfriend

Talk about likes and dislikes

Write about the favourite music of family

and friends
Read an article about a young musician
Write a paragraph about a favourite band
Listen to a telephone conversation

Ask about
spelling,
pronunciation
and meaning

\ \ does
doesnt

Ask for permission

Ask and say the time
Buy things in shops

Listen and note which item Charlie borrows

Record new
words

\ \ can
\ A \ cant

Ask and say where places are

Ask and talk about places and
facilities
Make suggestions with lets

Listen and guess where you are in the world

Listen to a dialogue and note where the group
decide to go

Find out from

a dictionary
how to
pronounce
words

\ U \ no
dont

\ D \ brother
\ d \ daughter

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11 I often go
to a movie.

12 Can you swim?

Progress check: Units 11 and 12

13 Whats

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Grammar

Vocabulary

Present simple for routines

Linkers: first, then, after that
Adverbs of frequency: always, usually, often,
sometimes, never

Daily activities

How often with adverbial phrases of frequency

Verb can (ability)
Gerund (-ing form) after like, love, hate
Prepositions in and on with dates

Sports and activities

Months and seasons of the year
Ordinal numbers with dates

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Present continuous
Positive and negative imperatives

Rooms and parts of the house

Verb going to for future plans and intentions

too + adjective
Demonstrative adjectives: these/those

Clothes
Colours

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Michael doing?

14 What are you

going to wear?
Progress check: Units 13 and 14

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Wideangle on the world: Racing rivals

Culture flash 3: Free time in the UK
Project 3: Snapshot of my lifestyle

16 Were you

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Past time adverbials: last night, yesterday

etc
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and skills
Drinks

Verb to be past simple

Past time adverbials: last night,

yesterday evening, etc.
Drinks

Past simple of regular verbs

Past simple questions with did

Daily activities
Adjectives of quality
Adjectives to describe personality

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Special phrase: Whats the like?

Past simple of irregular verbs

Weather words

Comparative and superlative of short adjectives

Comparative and superlative of good and bad
Question word: Which?

The natural environment

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with Spike?

17 Did you talk

about me?
Progress check: Units 16 and 17

18 It was a
warm evening.

19 My jokes
funnier.
Progress check: Units 18 and 19

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Wideangle on the world: California in focus

Culture flash 4: The USA: People and places
Project 4: Snapshot of my country

Songs: page 121

Student B section (Interaction exercises): page 129
Answer key: page 130
Soundbite exercises: page 131
Vocabulary and expressions: page 133

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Skills

Learn to learn
Speaking: see Communication

Soundbite
\ s \ walks
\ z \ goes
\ Iz \ watches

Write a paragraph about the school day

Read about a television programme
Write a paragraph about sports and activities
Read an article about a young snowboarder
Listen to a conversation. Answer questions

Sort
vocabulary

\ dZ \ jazz
January

Describe whats happening now

Give orders

Listen to sounds and guess activities

Describe your house or flat

How to learn
words

\ p \ paper
\ t \ tennis
\ k \ caf

Comment on clothes
Make plans

Listen to a fashion commentary

Read about peoples taste in clothes
Write a dialogue about plans
Read about teenagers who dress to shock

Lesson
follow-up

\ u \ boot
\ U \ book

Offer, accept and refuse with

would like
Ask about past events

Read and write about a film star

Difficult words
in reading
texts

\ b \ buy
\ v \ very
\ w \ was

Talk about the past

Express opinions

Listen to a dialogue and answer the questions

Read about the Marie Celeste
Write about an incident

Pronunciation
of past tense
endings

\ t \ worked
\ d \ listened
[past tense
endings]

Ask and talk about the weather

Talk about past events
Narrate past events

Listen to a telephone conversation about a

holiday
Read an article about a twister
Write a summary

Learn irregular
past tense
verbs

\ eI \ rain
\ e \ wet

Make comparisons

Listen to a radio programme about film stars

Read an article comparing the lifestyles of
todays teenagers with those of their
grandparents

Learn from
reading

\ \ shorter
taller

Ask and talk about things you can do

Ask and talk about dates

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