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Unit Reading Vocabulary Grammar

(topic vocab)
1 Do You Mind? multiple-choice, looking for the Personality, eliminating wrong review of present & present perfect
p 5–18 main purpose or idea of a text answers, phrasal verbs, collocations & tenses, simple & continuous tenses,
expressions, prepositions used to / would, auxiliaries, open
cloze, thinking about the meaning
of a text
2 Bright Ideas multiple matching, scanning texts science & technology, identifying future forms, verbs, adjectives
p 19–32 for information collocations, compound nouns, & phrases to express the future,
prepositions, word formation, future in the past, cloze, eliminating
collocations & expressions distractors
REVIEW 1: Vocabulary & Grammar  p 33–34
3 Right On! missing paragraphs, checking for society & politics, word formation, passive, transitive & intransitive,
p 35–48 cohesion forming negative words, phrasal verbs, avoiding the passive,
verbs, collocations & expressions, passive causative with get, key
word formation word formation, keeping a similar
meaning
4 E
 xpress multiple-choice, answering the social communication, dealing with modal verbs, modality, past tense
actual question synonymous vocabulary, word modals, negative forms, need &
Yourself formation, phrasal verbs, collocations dare, open cloze, making sure the
p 49–62 & expressions word fits grammatically

REVIEW 2: Vocabulary & Grammar  p 63–64

5 If At First missing paragraphs, linking & hopes & dreams, multiple-choice conditionals, cloze, paying attention
referencing expressions cloze, dealing with words that to details
You Don’t have similar meanings, phrasal
Succeed … verbs, collocations & expressions,
p 65–78 prepositions
6 M
 ade of multiple-choice, money, multiple-choice cloze, inversion, so & such, unreal past,
dealing with unfamiliar words dealing with multiple-choice cloze would rather, would prefer & had
Money tests, phrasal verbs, collocations & better, key word transformation,
p 79–92 expressions recognising structures
REVIEW 3: Vocabulary & Grammar  p 93–94
7 Distant Shores missing paragraphs, checking for travel & culture, understanding new gradable & ungradable adjectives,
p 95–108 cohesion words, phrasal verbs, word formation, modifying adverbs, open cloze,
collocations & expressions referring back & forwards

8 K
 nowledge is multiple matching, avoiding education, word formation, reporting verb patterns, reporting
hunting for words forming plural nouns, phrasal suggestions & questions, reporting
Power verbs, prepositions, collocations & verbs followed by a gerund, cloze,
p 109–122 expressions checking verb patterns
REVIEW 4: Vocabulary & Grammar  p 123–124
9 Flying the Nest multiple-choice, determining the work, cloze, dealing with idioms and relative clauses, relative pronouns,
p 125–138 meaning of specific words expressions, word formation, phrasal participle clauses, clauses of reason,
verbs, collocations & expressions purpose, result and contrast, key
word transformation, writing the
correct number of words
10 B
 ecause missing paragraphs, reading all of consumerism, multiple-choice countable & uncountable nouns,
the missing paragraph content cloze, coping with unknown words, pronouns, articles, open cloze,
You’re prepositions, word formation, phrasal thinking about determiners
Worth it! verbs
p 139–152
REVIEW 5: Vocabulary & Grammar  p 153–154
11 Say Cheese! multiple-choice, distinguishing media, word formation, creating gerunds, infinitives, cloze, using a
p 155–168 between viewpoints prefixes and suffixes from the same process of elimination
word, collocations & expressions
prepositions

12 Culture Shock multiple matching, pinpointing the culture, multiple-choice cloze, cleft sentences with it, cleft
p 169–182 answer predicting the answer, collocations & sentences with what and all,
expressions, word formation key word formation, making all
necessary changes
REVIEW 6: Vocabulary & Grammar  p 183–184

Grammar Reference:  p 185–200 Speaking: Exam Tasks content  p 201

Listening
multiple-choice, allowing time to
choose the right answer
multiple matching, identifying themes
before listening
multiple-choice, understanding the
attitude of speakers
multiple-choice, understanding
discourse markers
sentence completion, paraphrasing
multiple matching, considering
themes & attitudes
multiple-choice, choosing appropriate talking about volunteering abroad,
answers
sentence completion, writing
grammatically correct structures
multiple-choice, writing short notes
multiple matching, focusing on
attitude and opinion
multiple-choice, listening between
the lines
multiple-choice, avoiding double
negatives and other traps
Speaking Reference: p 203
Writing Reference: p 205
Speaking
introducing yourself, talking about
yourself, giving personal information
talking about domestic robots,
collaborative task, focusing on the task,
initiating discussion, taking turns, inviting
your partner to speak
talking about the environment &
inequality, long turn, collecting your
thoughts, organising your thoughts,
hesitating/being uncertain, responding to
what your partner said
talking about language &
communication, responding naturally,
using discourse markers to start off,
expressing an afterthought, changing
the subject, indicating you have no more
to say
talking about personal aspirations,
collaborative task, expanding on
your answers, evaluating, comparing,
speculating, moving the conversation
forwards
talking about money & moral decisions,
long turn, sustaining a conversation,
keeping discourse going, expressing
disapproval, summing up
explaining & recommending, explaining,
comparing, recommending, reaching a
consensus
talking about spending school money,
justifying and defending
talking about signs of maturity,
collaborative task, collaborating, listening writing about personal experiences,
& responding appropriately, agreeing &
disagreeing politely, suggesting
talking about responsible consumerism,
long turn, speaking for two minutes,
responding to follow-up questions,
joining in, interrupting politely, handing
back
talking about a topic for a documentary,
arguing against an option,
recommending, reaching a consensus
talking about celebrations, keeping to
the time limit, involving your partner,
supporting opinions with examples,
changing the subject
Collocations & Expressions: p 210
Prepositions: p 211
Writing Video
essay (1), planning & organising a From the Same
discursive essay, planning & using topic Family
sentences, showing cause & effect,
giving an example
review (1), understanding the content Neon Seas
of a review, using informal language,
providing background, liking, disliking,
recommending
article (1), engaging your reader, Dirty Energy
creating a conversational tone, questions
to engage the reader, using imperatives,
encouraging involvement
letter, following letter-writing Elephant Alert
conventions, contributing to a
magazine’s letter page, stating your
reason for writing, giving reasons for &
discussing benefits of using social media,
assessing a future role
essay (2), analysing contrasting texts, Surviving Deadly
dealing with all elements of the task, Everest
stating your opinion, emphasising &
concluding
essay (3), choosing between two topics, Alaskan Money
writing an effective essay, introducing Laundering
your topic, changing topic, presenting
arguments
essay (4), analysing complementary Reef Cleaner
texts, analysing the key points, advanced
conjunctions
report (1), understanding the content of Environmental
a report, writing a report, introduction, Theme Park
giving recommendations
article (2), how articles differ from essays, Best Job Ever!
expressing a personal point of view
article (3), using narratives in articles, Skateboards from
using a character to exemplify a topic, Trash
talking about characters and insecurities,
advertising and consumerism
review (2), understanding the purpose A Polar Picture
of a review, applying the forms and
conventions of a review, talking about
famous people, biographies, why it’s
worth reading
report (2), getting the most out of the Rite of Passage
prompt material, producing your own
content, talking about aspects of culture,
introducing positives and negatives
Phrasal Verbs: p 212