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Vocabulary Aa Bb
Reading Grammar Life skills Listening Speaking Writing Exam success

Study Studying at university ▶ Unusual degrees Present simple, present Organisation: ▶ Revising for exams ▶ Giving personal ▶ An informal email Reading: Matching activities
helpline continuous and Managing study information – preferences replying to a request for
Life at university Effective time Effective time management Writing: Transactional tasks
p6 present habits time information
management Talking about university
do and make Giving personal information
Unit 1

Present perfect simple degrees A time management plan

An informal email
and present perfect
Interviewing
continuous

   Gerunds and
infinitives – 1

Nine to five Work conditions and ▶ Working life Past simple and past The world of work: ▶ A gap year ▶ Negotiating and ▶ An opinion essay – 1 Listening: Matching people
p18 responsibilities continuous Evaluating jobs collaborating – 1 and statements
What do you want Job satisfaction A job fact file
Unit 2

Working life from work? Talking about dream jobs Speaking: Negotiating and
   Past habits Negotiating
collaborating
Phrasal verbs An opinion essay Answering questions
Past perfect simple and
connected with work
past perfect continuous

Gateway to exams: Units 1–2 p30

On the move Words connected ▶ A journey into Future forms The world around ▶ The future of drones ▶ Talking about ▶ A story Reading: Missing sentences
p32 with transport and the future you: Investigating photos – 1 activities
Food miles A presentation about
travel    Future food miles
Unit 3

Food miles: The Talking about transport food miles Writing: Stories
continuous, future Comparing photos
journey, travel, trip, great debate
perfect simple Making predictions
voyage
A story and future perfect
Prefixes continuous

Extraordinary Personality adjectives ▶ The incredible Comparative and Learning to learn: ▶ Hidden talent ▶ Presentations – 1 ▶ An article – 1 Use of English: Word
talents rise of Dynamo superlative adjectives Learning about formation cloze activities
Noun suffixes Study tips Talking about illusionists Study tips and activities
p44 and adverbs intelligence
The theory Speaking: Giving
Giving a presentation Giving explanations
Unit 4

of multiple presentations
   Other ways of
intelligences
making comparisons
An article
Articles
so, such, too, enough

Gateway to exams: Units 3–4 p56

Money Buying and selling ▶ Money: A brief Modal verbs of Money and ▶ Bitcoins ▶ Talking about ▶ A formal letter/email of Listening: Completing notes
matters history obligation, prohibition finance: Avoiding photos – 2 complaint
Money and banking Planning a budget Speaking: Talking about
p58 and advice – present debt
The dangers of Talking about money A monthly budget photos
Phrasal verbs Talking about photos
debt
connected with    Modal verbs Discussing bitcoins
Unit 5

money and shopping A formal letter/ of obligation,

email prohibition and
advice – past
Modal verbs of
speculation and
deduction – past,
present and future

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Reading Grammar Life skills Listening Speaking Writing Exam success

Healthy Parts of the body ▶ Health news Zero, first and second Physical ▶ Teenagers and sport ▶ Negotiating and ▶ A for-and-against essay Use of English: Sentence
living conditionals well-being: collaborating – 2 transformation activities
Words connected Nutrition and Good nutrition A healthy eating campaign
p70 Understanding
with health teenagers in the unless, as long as, Talking about health Writing: For-and-against
nutrition Negotiating
Unit 6

UK: Survey results provided/providing and opinion essays

Idioms connected Discussing sports
(that), in case
with health and illness A for-and-against
essay Third conditional

   I wish/If only

Gateway to exams: Units 5–6 p82

Creative arts Music and film ▶ Aloe Blacc: Reported speech – Autonomy and ▶ Superfans ▶ Discussions – 1 ▶ A review Speaking: Discussions
p84 If songwriters statements enterprise:
Media habits A crowdfunding campaign Talking about music A crowdfunding campaign Writing: Reviews
can’t afford to Bringing ideas
Reported speech –
Compound nouns make music then to life Discussing a newspaper Discussing superfans
questions
Unit 7

and adjectives who will? article

Reported speech –
Crowdfunding other reporting verbs
FAQs

A review    Reported speech

– other reporting
structures

Surviving Natural disasters ▶ Tsunami! A 21st The passive Citizenship: ▶ The tsunami survivor ▶ Talking about statistics ▶ An opinion essay – 2 Reading: Multiple-choice
disaster century survival Helping a charity who is an example to activities
Words connected The passive – verbs Talking about natural An information poster
solution us all
Unit 8

p96 with natural disasters
Prepositional phrases
with verbs
with two objects disasters Listening: True/False
How we treat Ebola Donating money to charity activities
Comparing ideas
   The passive with
An opinion essay Statistics
say, know, believe,
etc.

Gateway to exams: Units 7–8 p108

Digital world Everyday technology ▶ Gen Z: A Relative clauses ICT: Using ▶ Solving problems ▶ Discussions – 2 ▶ A report Use of English: Cloze
p110 generation of technology activities
Verbs connected with Using technology for Talking about the use of A plan for using technology
‘screenagers’    Gerunds and for study
Unit 9

technology school work technology Writing: Reports

infinitives – 2
Students and
Phrasal verbs Mobile phones in class Problems with technology
technology
connected with
technology and A report
computers

News feed News sections ▶ News 24/7 Future activities in the Critical thinking: ▶ Was the mystery artist ▶ Presentations – 2 ▶ An article – 2 Reading: True/False
p122 past Analysing news Bootsy? activities
News headlines News analysis: Describing headlines A report
Unit 10

stories
A guide Mixed conditionals A media debate Listening: Multiple-choice
Collocations Discussing the media
activities
connected with the An article Giving a presentation
   Indirect questions
news
Question tags

Gateway to exams: Units 9–10 p134

Aa Bb
  Unit-by-unit wordlist  p136   Irregular verbs  p143   Exam success  p144 CEF   Progress checks  p148   Writing bank  p150   Communication activities  p158

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