CONTENTS
Unit Reading
Starter Fun times topic: free-time activities
page 6
1 The true you topic: early morning activities
skill: making inferences
page 9
task: multiple matching
2 You’ll never believe topic: weird stories
this … skill: checking options against
the text
page 23
task: multiple choice
3 The world around us topic: Jamie’s Farm
skill: understanding text
page 37
coherence and cohesion
task: gapped text
4 Make it happen topic: teenage athletes in
Jamaica
page 51
skill: identifying key words
task: multiple choice
5 Lessons for life topic: video games in class
skill: using linking words as
page 65
clues
task: gapped text
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Grammar
prepositions
present simple and
continuous (p12)
present perfect simple and
continuous (p15)
past tenses (p26)
comparative and superlative
forms: adjectives and adverbs
(p29)
future forms (p40)
so, such, too, enough (p43)
modal verbs 1 (p54)
modal verbs 2 (p57)
defining and non-defining
relative clauses (p68)
reduced relative clauses (p71)
Vocabulary
follow your dreams (p13)
adjectives ending in -able or
-ible (p13)
compound nouns (p16)
describing things; strong
adjectives, phrases (p27)
adverbs (p30)
food and transport, phrases
with make and do, identical
verbs and nouns (p41)
phrasal verbs (p44)
relationships; adjectives +
prepositions (p55)
word formation: adjectives
(p58)
learning skills, learning phrasal
verbs (p69)
money (p72)
uncountable nouns (p72)
Listening Use of English Speaking Writing Switch on
listen to short extracts interview a partner write a paragraph about
about free-time about favourite yourself
activities activities, plans, hopes
and dreams

topic: achievements key word transformation topic: getting to know topic: city vs. video: circus squad
skill: avoiding the (p15) each other countryside project: design a
obvious choice multiple-choice cloze skill: giving interesting skill: giving a reason, promotional poster
task: multiple choice (p16) answers explaining a result
task: interview task: opinion essay

topic: avoiding telling key word transformation topic: challenging topic: when things go video: lion in London
the truth (p29) activities and situations wrong project: research
skill: managing the word formation (p30) skill: describing skill: using interesting amazing animal stories
task, using the first and similarities and language
second listening differences task: story
task: multiple matching task: long turn

topic: hip-hop open cloze (p43) topic: eco-friendly topic: solutions for the video: reindeer girls
environmentalist multiple-choice cloze activities future, the way forward project: create an
skill: listening for gist/ (p44) skill: getting ideas, skill: organising your advert for an outdoor
detail expressing agreement article, using topic job
task: sentence and preference sentences
completion task: collaborative task task: article

topic: making up your key word transformation topic: doing something topic: happiness and video: my ‘year 12’ life
mind (p57) together satisfaction project: create a vlog
skill: rewording word formation (p58) skill: expressing opinions skill: contrasting and
questions task: discussion summarising
task: multiple matching task: essay

topic: money open cloze (p71) topic: life skills topic: new activities at video: school for the
management multiple-choice cloze skill: justifying your school arts
skill: predicting answers (p72) opinion skill: using informal and project: class survey on
task: multiple choice task: collaborative task semi-formal register popular activities
task: semi-formal letter

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Unit Reading Grammar Vocabulary

6 Superpowers topic: technology that will
give you superpowers
page 79
skill: focusing on the meaning
of a section of text
task: multiple matching
infinitives and -ing forms science, -ic/-al adjective
(p82) endings (p83)
quantifiers and pronouns -or/-er noun endings, verbs
(p85) beginning with dis-/re- (p86)

7 Home and away topic: alternative living conditionals (0–3) (p96) living accommodation and
spaces wishes, preferences and furnishings, synonyms and
page 93 antonyms (p97)
skill: using reference words regrets (p99)
task: gapped text prepositions (p100)

8 What’s in a number? topic: huge numbers
skill: guessing unknown
page 107
language
task: multiple choice
the passive (p110) maths, nouns with -tion, -sion,
have/get something done -ment (p111)
(p113) countable and uncountable
nouns (p114)

9 Express yourself topic: creative arts events
page 121 skill: using synonymous
phrases to find the correct
answer
task: multiple matching
reported speech (p124) visual arts, collocations (p125)
reporting questions, orders live entertainment (p128)
and requests (p127)

10 Learning from the topic: the woolly mammoth

past skill: understanding text
cohesion in an article
page 135
task: gapped text

Grammar file page 144 Speaking tasks page 173

Extend vocabulary page 162 Audioscripts page 179

Exam file: speaking page 164 Irregular verbs list page 190

Exam file: writing page 167

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Listening Use of English Speaking Writing Switch on
topic: inventions key word transformation topic: science and topic: film video: spider science
inspired by nature (p85) technology skill: dramatic present project: research-based
skill: extracting key word formation (p86) skill: giving two sides to tenses presentation
details an answer task: review
task: sentence task: discussion
completion

topic: learning key word transformation topic: talking about topic: description of a video: homes of the
languages (p99) yourself visit to a place future
skill: listening for multiple-choice cloze skill: giving information skill: using appropriate project: plan a living
positive or negative (p100) about yourself informal register space
ideas and opinions task: interview task: informal email
task: multiple matching

topic: challenges open cloze (p113) topic: competition topic: privacy video: alpine app
skill: focusing on key multiple-choice cloze skill: paraphrasing skill: using adverbs of project: design an app
words (p114) task: long turn comment
task: multiple choice task: essay

topic: performing arts key word transformation topic: work experience topic: the Edinburgh video: stage
school (p127) skill: managing a festivals management
skill: focusing on multiple-choice cloze discussion skill: organising a project: write a film
meaning (p128) task: collaborative task review, using interesting scene script
task: multiple choice language
task: review

topic: the Maya open cloze topic: history topic: stories, my

civilisation key word transformation skill: answering favourite room
skill: extracting key multiple-choice cloze questions on a topic, skill: writing a short
words and phrases from comparing photos, story, writing a reply
a presentation word formation discussing a topic to an email, writing an
task: sentence task: interview; long article
completion turn; collaborative task; task: story, email or
discussion article