UNIT VOCABULARY GRAMMAR READING

0 GET STARTED! Things in the classroom Verb be

page 10 Numbers there is / there are
Dates have got
can
Present simple

1 SPORTS AND GAMES Sports Adverbs of frequency Teenblog: Sport

page 14 /ei/ and /aɪ/ Try these sports!
Sports equipment

2 THIS IS MY DAY Daily routines Present continuous and Tell us about your day …
page 18 Food simple
The sound /ə/

Culture The Paralympic Games page 22

3 GREAT SOUNDS Music like, don’t like, hate, love Starting in the music
page 24 Music phrases + -ing business
Talking about music

4 IT WAS AWESOME! Adjectives Past simple of be Activity days – latest reviews

page 28 Emotions was/were

Life Skills Collaboration: Reaching agreement page 32

Review 1 Units 1–4 page 34

5 MOMENTS IN Historical events Dates with in and on Women in history

HISTORY Buildings Past simple: regular verbs The Great Fire
page 36 Past simple -ed

6 WHAT A GREAT JOB! Jobs Past simple: negatives 50 weeks, 50 states,

page 40 Three-syllable words and questions 50 different jobs
Work Students at work!

Culture Saturday jobs page 44

7 AN EXCITING TRIP Holidays (1) Past simple: irregular Crossing the world on a
page 46 Holidays (2) verbs rickshaw to see the Olympics
Sounds and spelling

8 FAVOURITE PLACES Bedroom furniture someone, anyone, etc. Everyone needs a favourite
page 50 /ɜː/ and /ɔː/ Signs, notices place
Free-time activities and messages Artists’ favourite places
to work
Life Skills Physical well-being: Safety at home page 54
Review 2 Units 5–8 page 56

9 CLOTHES AND Clothes Pronouns and What’s your best buy?

FASHION Materials determiners They’re made of … what?
page 58 Words beginning with
/s/, /ʃ/, /tʃ/

10 BUYING THINGS Buying and selling some, any, a lot of, a few, What kind of shopper are you?
page 62 Phrases with for a bit of Two young entrepreneurs to
Weak forms: /ə/ watch

Culture Shopping page 66

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Classroom language
Ask and answer
questions about
personal details
The alphabet

An interview about an unusual Talking about sports

sport

A description of a morning A paragraph about your

routine routine
Interviews about getting up in
the morning
Paralympic athletes?
A conversation about music Giving opinions Great Sounds
and musical instruments about music and musical
A conversation about a music instruments
school
Email addresses, phone
numbers and names
Conversations about A description of a party
experiences
Five short conversations

An interview about a moment Giving a presentation

in history about a moment in
history

A conversation about work A paragraph about work Jobs

experience

Summer camp
A conversation about holidays Telling a travel story Holidays
A description of a journey

Descriptions of favourite places A description of a

favourite place

Descriptions of unusual things Describing what

to use to make clothes someone is wearing

Five short conversations A story about a problem

buying something online

Street fairs everywhere

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11 EATING OUT Food (1) as … as Menus
page 68 Food (2) Comparative adjectives Street food around the world
/ʌ/ and /ɒ/

12 THE LATEST Technology Superlative adjectives Did you know …?

TECHNOLOGY Computers and the Stress in superlatives The history of computers
page 72 internet

Life Skills ICT literacy: Writing a blog page 76

Review 3 Units 9–12 page 78

13 HEALTHY BODIES Illness should/shouldn’t What is so great about

page 80 Health Silent consonants running?

14 GETTING AROUND Places in town Prepositions A description of a town

TOWN Compound nouns A trip to Edinburgh
page 84 Compound nouns

Culture Scotland page 88

15 MYSTERIES IN Geographical features Past continuous Is the story real?

NATURE The weather Rising and falling Loch Ness
page 90 intonation

16 AMAZING ANIMALS Animals Past simple and past Bear to the rescue
page 94 Phrasal verbs continuous Our animal friends
/uː/ and /ʊ/

Life Skills Social responsibility: Protecting animals page 98

Review 4 Units 13–16 page 100

17 WHAT ARE YOU Television Future with going to Talent shows

WATCHING? Entertainment Going to
page 102

18 MAGAZINES AND Magazines Making suggestions Read and Review

BOOKS as, because, so and when Intonation
page 106
Culture British TV around the world page 110

19 SCHOOL CAN BE Trip activities have to / don’t have to The flipped classroom –
FUN! School collocations have to / has to what’s it all about?
page 112

20 FAMILIES Family Adverbs of manner What’s it like to grow up in

page 116 Adverbs of degree The letter i a big family?

Life Skills Emotional skills: Being a good friend page 120

Review 5 Units 17–20 page 122
Extra activities page 124
Vocabulary list page 127
Grammar reference and practice page 137
List of irregular verbs page 158

Key to symbols:
Pronunciation   A2 Key for Schools exam task   Video

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LISTENING SPEAKING WRITING VIDEO
A conversation about a street Ordering food Street foods
food festival

A conversation about a new An email to a friend Technology

computer

Conversations about health Giving advice Health problems

problems
A conversation about a race

A conversation about a visit An article about a city

to Edinburgh

A view of Scotland
A story about looking for the A story about a strange
Loch Ness monster animal

An interview about looking A story Animals

after pets

A conversation about watching Talking about TV

a football match programmes
A conversation about a talent
show
A conversation about a school A review of a film, play Books we like
magazine or book
A review of a film

The world of British TV

A talk about a school trip Giving a presentation School life

A description of a boarding about your perfect
school school

A talk about a family tree A description of your

Descriptions of families family