INTERCHANGE FITTH EDITION – PLAN OF BOOK 2A

Pronunciation /
Units Titles / Topics Speaking Grammar Writing / Reading
Listening
Introducing yourself; Past tense; used to for Writing a paragraph “We have a lot in common.”:
Good memories talking about habitual about your Finding out about a classmate’s
People; childhood; yourself; exchanging actions childhood childhood

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memories personal “A Life in Paintings:
information; The Frida Kahlo
remembering your Story”: Reading about
childhood; asking the life of this
about someone’s Mexican painter
childhood
Talking about Expressions of quantity Writing an online post “Top travel destinations”:
Life in the city transportation and with count on a community Suggesting ways to attract
Transportation; transportation and noncount nouns: message board about tourists to a city

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problems; city services
problems; evaluating
city services; asking for
and giving
information
too many, too
much, fewer, less,
more, not enough;
indirect questions from
Wh-questions
a local issue
“The World’s Happiest
Cities”: Reading
about the happiest
cities in the world
Making changes Describing positive and Evaluations and Writing an email “A dream come true”: Finding out
Houses and negative comparisons comparing two about a classmate’s wishes
apartments; lifestyle features; making with adjectives: living spaces
changes; wishes comparisons; talking not_._._. enough, “The Man with No
about lifestyle too, (not) as_._._. as; Money”: Reading

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changes; expressing evaluations about living without
wishes and comparisons with money
nouns: not
enough_._._. , too
much/many_._._. ,
(not) as
much/many_._._. as;
wish
Have you ever tried it? Talking about food; Simple past vs. present Writing a recipe “Oh, really?”: Surveying
Food; recipes; cooking expressing perfect; “Pizza: The World’s classmates about their

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instructions; likes and dislikes; sequence adverbs: fi Favorite Food?”: experiences
cooking methods describing a rst, then, next, Reading about the
favorite snack; giving after that, fi nally history of pizza
step-by-step
instructions

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Hit the road! Describing vacation Future with be going to Writing an email with “Fun trips”: Deciding on a trip
Travel; vacations; plans; giving and will; travel suggestions
plans travel advice; planning modals for necessity “Adventure Vacations”:

5 a vacation and suggestion:

must, need to, (don’t)
have to,
ought to, -‘d better,
should (not)
Reading about
unusual vacations

Sure! I’ll do it. . Making requests; Two-part verbs; will for Writing a message “I’m terribly sorry.”: Apologizing
Complaints; household agreeing to and responding to making a request and making amends

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chores; refusing requests; requests; requests with “Hotel Madness: The
requests; excuses; complaining; modals and Crazy Things
apologies apologizing; giving Would you mind People Say!”: Reading
excuses ._._._? about unusual
hotel requests
What do you use this Describing technology; Infi nitives and gerunds Writing a message “Free advice”: Giving advice to
for? giving for uses and asking for specifi c classmates
Technology; instructions; giving purposes; imperatives favors

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for giving suggestions
“The Sharing Economy
– Good for
Everybody?”: Reading
about the sharing
economy
Time to celebrate! Describing holidays, Relative clauses of Writing an entry on a “It’s worth celebrating.”: Finding
Holidays; festivals; festivals, time; adverbial travel website out how classmates celebrate
customs; customs, and special clauses of time: when, about a cultural custom special events

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with the New”:
Reading about
interesting New Year’s
customs