CONTENTS

Language focus Vocabulary Word formation Pronunciation

1 AIMING HIGH Modal verbs: Might, could, Challenge and achievement Nouns Word stress: nouns
page 1 may and can Spelling
Adverbs of degree
2 TIMES CHANGE Talking about the past Changes Consonant sounds:
page 15 Nouns in formal English /ʧ/, /ʤ /, /ʃ/ and /ʒ/

READY FOR USE OF ENGLISH page 29

3 GATHERING Present and future Information and research Adjectives Sentence stress
INFORMATION conditionals
page 33 Hypothetical situations

4 ALL IN A DAY’S Gerunds and infinitives Point, use, purpose and Intonation: rising
WORK Comparisons advantage and falling tone
page 47 Body and movement idioms
Phrasal verbs

READY FOR READING page 61

5 GETTING ON Reference, substitution and Verb + noun collocations Contrastive stress
page 69 ellipsis Relationships
Relative clauses

6 ALL IN THE Passives 1 Intelligence and ability augh and ough

MIND? Passives 2 Phrases with thought
page 83
READY FOR LISTENING page 97
7 FEELING GOOD Reported speech Risk and health Verbs Connected speech:
page 101 intrusive /w/, /j/
and /r/

8 THIS IS THE Determiners and pronouns Cost and amount Connected speech:
MODERN WORLD Future forms Verbs formed with up, down, catenation
page 115 over and under

9 GOING PLACES Creating emphasis Describing an adventure Alternatives from the Chunking
page 129 Anger same prompt word

READY FOR SPEAKING page 143

10 HOME IS WHERE Participle clauses Describing places Connected speech:
THE HEART IS Noun phrases Expressions with house elision
page 147 and home

11 CULTURAL Inversion Sight Nouns formed with Connected speech:

VALUES in, out, up, down and assimilation
page 161 back

12 THE WORLD Conjunctions and linking Expressions and phrases with Consonant clusters
ABOUT US adverbials work
page 175 Modal verbs: must, need, Adverbs expressing attitude
should and ought to or opinion

READY FOR WRITING page 190

Collocations page 189    Additional materials page 200    Ready for Grammar page 212

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 Reading and Use of English Writing Listening Speaking
Part 5 Multiple choice Part 1 Essay Part 1 Multiple choice Part 1 Interview
Part 3 Word formation Part 2 Informal email Part 2 Long turn

Part 8 Multiple matching Part 2 Review Part 2 Sentence completion Part 1 Interview
Part 2 Open cloze Part 2 Proposal Part 4 Multiple matching Part 3 Collaborative task
Part 1 Multiple-choice cloze Part 4 Further discussion

Part 7 Gapped text Part 2 Report Part 3 Multiple choice Part 1 Interview
Part 3 Word formation Part 1 Essay Part 1 Multiple choice Part 2 Long turn
Part 2 Open cloze
Part 4 Key word transformation
Part 6 Cross-text multiple matching Part 2 Formal email or letter Part 4 Multiple matching Part 1 Interview
Part 4 Key word transformation Part 1 Essay Part 2 Sentence completion Part 3 Collaborative task
Part 4 Further discussion
Part 2 Long turn

Part 8 Multiple matching Part 2 Proposal Part 3 Multiple choice Part 1 Interview
Part 1 Multiple-choice cloze Part 2 Report Part 1 Multiple choice Part 2 Long turn
Part 2 Open cloze Part 3 Collaborative task
Part 4 Further discussion
Part 5 Multiple choice Part 1 Essay Part 4 Multiple matching Part 1 Interview
Part 3 Word formation Part 2 Review Part 2 Sentence completion Part 3 Collaborative task
Part 4 Key word transformation Part 4 Further discussion

Part 5 Multiple choice Part 2 Review Part 3 Multiple choice Part 1 Interview
Part 1 Multiple-choice cloze Part 2 Informal email Part 3 Collaborative task
Part 6 Cross-text multiple matching Part 4 Further discussion
Part 3 Word formation
Part 7 Gapped text Part 2 Report Part 2 Sentence completion Part 1 Interview
Part 2 Open cloze Part 2 Proposal Part 4 Multiple matching Part 3 Collaborative task
Part 1 Multiple-choice cloze Part 4 Further discussion
Part 4 Key word transformation Part 2 Long turn
Part 8 Multiple matching Part 1 Essay Part 2 Sentence completion Part 1 Interview
Part 3 Word formation Part 2 Review Part 3 Multiple choice Part 2 Long turn
Part 4 Key word transformation
Part 2 Open cloze

Part 6 Cross-text multiple matching Part 2 Informal email Part 4 Multiple matching Part 1 Interview
Part 1 Multiple-choice cloze Part 2 Report Part 3 Collaborative task
Part 3 Word formation Part 4 Further discussion
Part 4 Key word transformation Part 2 Long turn
Part 7 Gapped text Part 2 Proposal Part 1 Multiple choice Part 1 Interview
Part 3 Word formation Part 2 Review Part 3 Multiple choice Part 3 Collaborative task
Part 2 Open cloze Part 4 Further discussion
Part 5 Multiple choice Part 1 Essay Part 2 Sentence completion Part 1 Interview
Part 1 Multiple-choice cloze Part 2 Formal letter Part 4 Multiple matching Part 2 Long turn
Part 4 Key word transformation
Part 2 Open cloze

Audioscripts page 240    Answer key page 252

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