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masterMind 1 Practice Online

This course accompanies 'masterMind 1'. It corresponds to CEFR levels B1 and B2. There are
twelve units that mirror the units in the coursebook. Resources are grouped into five categories:
Grammar, Language Use, Vocabulary, Pronunciation, and Listening.

UNIT 1
1 Identity
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about past habits and
wishes. It also provides practice of agreeing and disagreeing.

Vocabulary Looking at a list of phrases and deciding which ones are phrases for disagreeing.
Identifying polite phrases for disagreeing with people.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of 'would' and 'used to' to talk about past habits and
states. Checking your knowledge of how to use 'would' to talk about repeated actions
in the past.
Language Use Practicing 'used to' and the simple past. Practicing expressing regret with 'wish', 'if
only' and some conditional clauses.
Pronunciation Practicing the sounds /z/ and /s/ at the ends of words.
Listening Listening to a woman talking about her annoying co-worker. Listening to eight
different people being asked for their opinions about a proposal. Listening to two
interviews about people's working lives.

Grammar Language Exercise

Would Reference Unit Used to v. past simple
vs. used to : past
habits vs. past states I wish I'd done that Language Exercise

Would : repeated Grammar Agreeing to disagree Vocabulary Activity

actions in the past Reference Unit Consonant sounds Pronunciation Activity

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 Annoying habits Listening Activity Work survey Listening Activity
Different opinions Listening Activity

UNIT 2
2 Global Views
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about globalization. It
also provides practice of double comparatives and prepositions.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of stative verbs. Checking your knowledge of double
comparatives. Checking your knowledge of the structure 'the...the'.
Vocabulary Practicing collocations to complete short texts about globalization-related issues.
Listening Listening to an interview about life in the 1920s and selecting the statements that
match the speaker's opinions.
Language Use Practicing expressions commonly used to express your views and agree or disagree
with someone else's views. Practicing expressions used to give opinions. Practicing
word formation to complete an article about a current global trend - the brain drain.
Practicing recognition of the verbs that are not normally used in the progressive form.
Practicing connectors. Practicing words and phrases used to organize speaking and
writing.

Stative verbs Grammar Brain drain Language Exercise

Reference Unit
Stative verbs Language Exercise
Comparative adjectives: Grammar
double comparatives Reference Unit Connectors Language Exercise

Comparative adjectives: Grammar A school play Language Exercise

the ... the Reference Unit Going global Vocabulary Activity
Views on globalization Language Exercise Generation gap Listening Activity
The age of technology Language Exercise

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 UNIT 3
3 Fame and Fortune
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about celebrities. It also
provides practice of reported speech.

Language Use Practicing reported and direct speech. Practicing reported speech. Practicing reported
statements.
Listening Listening to descriptions of four people, then choosing the adjectives that best
describe each person.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of the tense changes used in reported speech. Checking
your knowledge of the use of 'would' in reported speech.
Pronunciation Identifying silent consonants.
Vocabulary Listening to a narrator talking about 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star Johnny Depp and
deciding whether the statements are true or false. Then, completing what the man
says, selecting adjectives and matching them to the right person.

Reported speech: Grammar Reported statements Language Exercise

tense changes Reference Unit
Johnny Depp Vocabulary Activity
Would: reported speech Grammar
Reference Unit Ideal partners Vocabulary Activity

Reported speech Language Exercise Silent consonants Pronunciation Activity

The spy granny Language Exercise Describing people Listening Activity

UNIT 4
4 Ups and Downs
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about regrets. It also
provides practice of the third/unreal conditional, noun clauses and suffixes.

Vocabulary Using suffixes to make nouns from verbs.

Listening Listening to three conversations about regrets adults have about their schooldays and
matching the speakers with the things they regret.
Language Use Practicing relative pronouns and their use in defining and non-defining relative clauses.
Practicing relative pronouns. Practicing defining and non-defining relative clauses.
Practicing 'wh-' clauses. Practicing the use of 'although', 'despite' and 'in spite of'.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of the uses of the third/unreal conditional. Checking
your knowledge of connectors of reason and result. Checking your knowledge of
connectors of contrast.
Pronunciation Practicing the pronunciation of 'th' in English. Contrasting the two ways of
pronouncing 'th' in English.

Third/Unreal Grammar Connectors: contrast Grammar

conditional: use Reference Unit Reference Unit
Connectors: reason Grammar Defining and nondefining Language Exercise
and result Reference Unit relative clauses

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 Relative pronouns Language Exercise Noun suffixes Vocabulary Activity
Relative clauses Language Exercise Consonant sounds Pronunciation Activity
A protest march Language Exercise Ways of pronouncing th Pronunciation Activity
Contrasting ideas Language Exercise No regrets! Listening Activity

UNIT 5
5 Water, Water, Everywhere
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about environmental
issues. It also provides practice of the passive and the infinitive of purpose.

Vocabulary Practicing words relating to environmental issues.

Pronunciation Identifying the /r/ sound used in connected speech.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of the use of 'by' + agent in passive sentences. Checking
your knowledge of the use of the agent in passive sentences. Checking your
knowledge of the past perfect passive form. Checking your knowledge of connectors
of purpose. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'for' to indicate purpose and
intended destination.
Listening Listening to a recording about tropical rain forests in Belize. Listening to a talk about
the environment and the future, and selecting which predictions the speaker makes.
Language Use Practicing all forms of the passive.

The passive: by + agent Grammar Preposition expressions: Grammar

Reference Unit purpose, intended Reference Unit
destination
The passive: Grammar
omission of agent Reference Unit Passive forms Language Exercise
The passive: past perfect Grammar Passive Language Exercise
Reference Unit
Environmental advice Vocabulary Activity
Connectors: purpose Grammar
Reference Unit Daily routine Pronunciation Activity
The rain forests Listening Activity
Our future environment Listening Activity

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 UNIT 6
6 Guardians of Tradition
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about traditions and
rituals. It also provides practice of the gerund and the infinitive.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of verbs that can have two objects. Checking your
knowledge of verbs followed by two objects. Checking your knowledge of '-ing' forms
after prepositions. Checking your knowledge of structures containing a verb followed
by a preposition and '-ing form' in academic English.
Vocabulary Practicing fixed phrases by selecting the correct words to complete a text about the
birds at the Tower of London.
Pronunciation Practicing consonant sounds.
Listening Listening to Laura talking about her father and his car.
Language Use Practicing verbs followed by objects plus infinitive with or without 'to'.

Verbs followed by two Grammar Verbs followed by an Language Exercise

objects: word order Reference Unit object and infinitive
Verb followed by two Grammar Working at the Vocabulary Activity
objects: pronoun use Reference Unit Tower of London
-ing form: after Grammar Consonant sounds Pronunciation Activity
prepositions Reference Unit
Consonant sounds Pronunciation Activity
Verb + preposition + -ing Grammar
form in academic English Reference Unit Rituals Listening Activity

UNIT 7
7 Designed to Please
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about design. It also
provides practice of gerunds and the past perfect.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the use of the gerund. Checking your knowledge of '-ing'
forms to indicate purpose. Checking your knowledge of how to spell '-ing' endings
in the past perfect progressive. Checking your knowledge of the structure object +
'-ing' form. Checking your knowledge of the use of the past perfect and past perfect
progressive. Checking your knowledge of when to use the past perfect progressive.
Checking your knowledge of when to use the past perfect.
Language Use Practicing verb forms and reading comprehension by reading an article about people's
ability to recognize companies' logos and brands, then deciding whether various verbs
in the text should be in the infinitive or the '-ing' form.
Listening Listening to a boss of a graphic design studio asking an employee to redesign a
company logo. Listening to a journalist from a men's fashion magazine, CHAPS,
stopping four men in the street and asking them about their self-image.

Participles: gerund Grammar Past perfect Grammar

Reference Unit progressive: use Reference Unit
-ing form: purpose Grammar Past perfect Grammar
Reference Unit progressive: spelling Reference Unit

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 Verb + object + verb: Grammar Recognition of company Language Exercise
object + -ing form Reference Unit logos and brands
Past perfect v. past Grammar Can you do this Listening Activity
perfect progressive Reference Unit again, please?
Past perfect: use Grammar You are what you wear Listening Activity
Reference Unit

UNIT 8
8 Justice for All?
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about social problems. It
also provides practice of quantifiers.

Language Use Practicing 'so' and 'enough' and 'so/too' followed by 'much/many', 'little' and 'a
few'. Practicing quantifiers. Practicing a variety of quantifiers. Practicing quantifiers.
Practicing the use of determiners.
Pronunciation Contrasting two different dipthong sounds.
Listening Listening to a speaker talking about the life of Andy Warhol.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of 'no', 'none/none of', 'neither of'. Checking your
knowledge of 'little/a little', 'few/a few'. Checking your knowledge of 'a lot of', 'lots
of', 'loads of', 'several'.

Determiners - Grammar Women entrepreneurs Language Exercise

quantifiers: No, none/ Reference Unit
none of, neither of Social problems Language Exercise

Determiners - quantifiers: Grammar Quantifiers Language Exercise

little/a little, few/a few Reference Unit Social issues survey Language Exercise
Determiners - quantifiers: Grammar Out or oat Pronunciation Activity
a lot of, lots of, Reference Unit
tons of, several A biography of Listening Activity
Andy Warhol
Modifiers and quantifiers Language Exercise

UNIT 9
9 The Weird and Wonderful World of Plants
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the natural world.
It also provides practice of articles.

Language Use Practicing the use of articles. Practicing the use of 'a/an', 'the' and the zero article.
Practicing the use of the definite article 'the', and the zero article.
Pronunciation Identifying the changing syllable stress in nouns and their corresponding adjectives.
Listening Listening to facts about corals.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of the zero article. Checking your knowledge of the definite
article. Checking your knowledge of the indefinite article. Checking your knowledge of
articles. Checking your knowledge of 'wh-' words + compounds with 'ever'.

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 Articles: use of zero article
Articles: use of
definite article
Articles: use of
indefinite article
Articles: contrast
of all forms
Word formation -
affixes: wh- words +
compounds with ever
Grammar Marketing strategies Language Exercise
Reference Unit
Definite, indefinite Language Exercise
Grammar and zero articles
Reference Unit
Mountains of the world Language Exercise
Grammar
Reference Unit Changing stress in Pronunciation Activity
nouns and adjectives
Grammar
Reference Unit Changing stress in Pronunciation Activity
nouns and adjectives
Grammar
Reference Unit The world of the coral reef Listening Activity

UNIT 10
10 Risky Business
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about ability and
deduction. It also provides practice of modals.

Language Use Practicing the modal verb 'can/can't for ability. Practicing modals of ability: 'can',
'could', 'be able to'. Practicing modals of deduction 'must ' and 'can't', and of
possibility 'might' and 'could'. Practicing the use of modal verbs.
Listening Listening to a professor talking about the benefits of biofuels and identifying the key
points that are missing from the explanation.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of how to use 'could' to talk about ability in the past.
Checking your knowledge of talking about ability in the past. Checking your
knowledge of using 'must' and 'can't' to talk about things you are certain of and to
make deductions. Checking your knowledge of how to use 'have got to' and 'have to'
to make deductions.

Ability: could Grammar Can for ability Language Exercise

Reference Unit
A wedding day Language Exercise
Ability: could, be able to Grammar to remember
Reference Unit
Certainty and possibility Language Exercise
Certainty/deduction: Grammar
must, can't Reference Unit Companies Language Exercise

Uses of have : deduction Grammar The energy of the future Listening Activity
Reference Unit

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 UNIT 11
11 Wheels
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about cars. It also
provides practice of '-ing' form and infinitives with a change of meaning.

Language Use Practicing verbs followed by an '-ing' form or infinitive with a change in meaning.
Practicing the linkers 'although', 'however', 'furthermore', 'in spite of', 'because' and
'because of'.
Vocabulary Practicing words relating to driving and taking a driving test. Practicing words for
different car parts.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of the use of 'except' (for), 'with the exception of', 'apart
from', 'but', 'save', 'besides', 'as well as', 'in addition to' and 'without exception'.
Pronunciation Distinguishing the sounds /u/ and /u:/ in single words.
Listening Listening to descriptions of objects. Listening to someone speaking about cars.

Preposition expressions: Grammar Learning to drive Vocabulary Activity

exception and addition Reference Unit
The parts of a car Vocabulary Activity
Language Exercise
-ing forms and infinitives Vowel sounds Pronunciation Activity

-ing forms and infinitives Language Exercise Describing objects Listening Activity

What do you think of Language Exercise If everyone had a car ... Listening Activity
computer games?

UNIT 12
12 The Big City!
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about cities. It also
provides practice of future forms.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of when to use the future continuous. Checking your
knowledge of the different tenses to talk about the future. Checking your knowledge
of the different uses of the future with 'going to'.
Language Use Practicing a variety of future tenses. Practicing the use of future forms and the
present progressive. Practicing the future progressive.
Listening Listening to Richard comparing Prague and New York. Listening to five clips about
American cities.
Pronunciation Practicing words stress in compound nouns.

Future progressive: Grammar Future tenses Language Exercise

negative Reference Unit
What are your plans? Language Exercise
Future tenses: will/ Grammar
won't vs. going to vs. Reference Unit Talking about the future Language Exercise
present progressive Lynne's plans Language Exercise
Future with going to : use Grammar Word stress in Pronunciation Activity
Reference Unit compound nouns

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 Prague vs. New York Listening Activity Cities of the U.S.A. Listening Activity

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