CONTENTS

Module 1
All about you
page 6

1 Asking and answering

questions

Pronunciation: Auxiliary verbs

2 Present simple and
continuous

Module 2
Memory
page 16

Module 3
Around the
world
page 26

Module 4
Life stories
page 36

1 Past simple and

Everyday activities
People around you

Reading and speak.i <

we really spend our

T: .,;

Wordspot: have (and have got)

Remembering and forgetting

continuous

Listening and speaking: ?:._

meetings, A childhood IT:C!"!:.-

Pronunciation: Past simple -ed

endings

Song: Remember the Om 50 :

2 used to

Reading: Ten ways to imp.:; "

your memory

1 Comparatives and

superlatives

old Schoolyard

Vocabulary and writing:

Describing towns and cities

Reading: The top 100 piau;; ::

visit before you die

Describing life events

Positive characteristics

Reading: Parallel lives

2 Phrases for comparing

Pronunciation: Stress and /~/

sounds

1 Present perfect simple

Pronuniciation: Strong and weak

forms of have

Wordspot: take

2 for, since and ago and

Present perfect continuous

Pronunciation: Linking
Consolidation
modules 1-4
pages 46- 47
Module 5
Success
page 48

A Questions and auxiliaries

B Present and past verb forms
C Listening and speaking: Comparing the past with the present
1 Future forms

Work

LJ Speaking: Getting to know

E Vocohlllary: Alphabet quiz

Reading and vocabulary:

Have you got what it takes.'

Pronunciation: Stressed ~"Y:~- -

2 Future clauses with if,

when, etc

Listening and speaking:

Doing something differen:
Song: Manic Monday
Module 6
In the media
page 60

1 -ed/-ing adjectives

Extreme adjectives

2 The passive

Pronunciation: Word stress

Listening and vocabular: -:

and radio
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

Real life: Booking a flight

Study tip: Keeping notes

Pronunciation spot: The sounds !JI and /i:/

?i eparation: listening

:-ask: speaking
up: writing

.~ollow

Task: Talk about someone you admire

Preparation: listening
_ask: speaking
_'ollow up: writing

Writing: A curriculum vitae

Task: Choose the best candidate

eparation: reading
.ask: speaking

Writing: A covering letter

Task: Review a book/concert/CD

_ eparation: listening
:-ask: speaking

Writing: A consumer review

)"011

Real life: A formal telephone call

Pronunciation: Sounding polite

Study tip: Improving your spoken

fluency
Pronunciation spot: The sounds /0/, h:/
and f;m/

Study tip: English outside the

classroom (1): Using the media
Pronunciation spot: The sounds /re/ and /A/

Language focus

Vocabulary

Reading I Listening

1 Polite requests

Vocabulary and speaking:

- . 'nehaviour

great international night out

Module 7

Socialising

Pronunciation: 5c . -'-'3.': <.:=:

page 70

Listening: Social customs in

Thailand

Wordspot: go

2 will for offers and ins:CU1t

decisions
Pronunc'

Reading and vocabulary: The

.:0-_'
9 generalisations

1 Defining relative clauses

Module 8
Things you can't
live without

2 Quantifiers

pageBO

How machines work

Reading: Machines behaving

Pronunciation: Stress in
compound nouns

badly

Describing everyday objects

C LIstening: fa-~Olis firsts

D Spetikiil~:.osking favours

A Future forms I Fulure time clauses

B Vocabulary: mega memory

Consolidation
modules 5-8
pages 90-91

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Module 9
Future society
page 92

-- -

- - -=

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1 Making predictions

Society and change

Reading and vocabulary:

2 Hypothetical possibilities
with if

Pronunciation: Shifting stress

Getting it wrong! Getting it righ.:.

Wordspot: make

Pronunciation: 'II or 'd

1 Past perfect

Module 10
An amazing story

Pronunciation: Past simple or Past

perfect

page 102

'Vocabulary and speaking:

Types of story

Reading and vocabulary: .

Pronunciation: Sentence stress

Wordspot: say and tell

2 Reported speech

Adverbs for telling stories

1 Obligation and permission

in the present

Wordspot: do

Module 11
Rules and
freedom

Listening: Annoying rules

Reading and vocabulary: -:::

Pronunciation: Modal verbs

page 112

sue or not to sue?

2 Obligation and permission

in the past

I
Module 12
Dilemmas
page 122

1 could have, should have,

would have
Pronunciation: Past modal forms

Problems and solutions

Song: Out of Reach

Wordspot: think

Pronunciation: Vowel sounds

2 Imaginary situations in
the past with if

Consolidation
modules 9-12
pages 132 - 133

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perfect crimes ... well almost:

A Pasl perfect I Reporled speedl

B Possibility, obligation and permission.
C Listemng; I-Iypolhetico! forms
_

Communication activities pages 134-143

.'D rlwke/do!srly!telJ/thilJk
E Speaking: Agreeing and disagreeing
,Word puzzle
F. Vocabulary;
_.
t_~

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Language summary pages 144-154

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Task

Further skills

Study Practise Remember

::l..5k: Give tips on how to behave

Real life: Making a social arrangement

Study tip: Using revision techniques

Pronunciation spot: The sounds /8/ and (0/

- '~:xJration: listening
-" : . : speaking

--: sk: Make a list of things you'd hate

:-: be without
,7""iparation: listening
-:-.1Sk : speaking

1t?

he

Real life: Buying things

Writing: Saying thank you

Task: Decide how to spend lottery

__,oney
,- eparation: listening
-:- -k: speaking

Real life: Ways of saying numbers

Study tip: English outside the

classroom (1): Using the Internet
Pronunciation spot: The sounds /'0/ and /v/

Task: Tell a ghost story

," reparation: speaking
~ask : speaking and listening

Writing: A narrative

Study tip: Making the most of graded

readers
Pronunciation spot: Pronouncing 'h'

.ask: Present your opinions

:-eparation: vocabulary
-:-Jsk: speaking

Writing: Linking words

Study tip: Checking your written work

Pronunciation spot: Review

ask: Find solutions to problems

i -eparation: reading and vocabulary
:- k: speaking
: ilow up: writing

Real life: Saying goodbye

Irregular verbs page 155