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Starter unit Vocabulary The classroom ​•​  Colours ​•​  Numbers – cardinal and ordinal ​•​  Days and months Speaking The alphabet ​
•​  Classroom expressions ​•​  Telling the time
p6 Grammar Subject pronouns ​•​  Imperatives  Culture exchange: What’s the date?

Vocabulary Grammar Reading Listening Speaking Writing GREAT LEARNERS Exam success
GREAT THINKERS Collaborative projects

1 All about Countries 1 to be – affirmative and negative We aren’t just The Briggs Personal questions 1 Introducing yourself People around me Exam success 1–2
me Nationalities to be – questions and short answers teens. We’re the family A personal profile Video: A family history Reading: 3-option multiple
2 have got future! A radio *SEL: Relationship-building matching p36
p12 The family
Possessive adjectives An article programme *Social and Emotional Learning Speaking: Personal questions p36
Culture exchange: The UK family in the Listening: Gap fill p152
21st century Writing: An email p152

2 My school School subjects

day Everyday objects
1 Possessive ’s
Possessive pronouns
Schools with a
difference
British and
American
Describing people Student exchange
An informal email
Awesome schools
Video: Japanese high school life
Collaborative project 1
A magazine schools Culture exchange: SEL: Appreciating diversity A typical family in your country –
p24 Describing faces Regular and irregular plural nouns
article A school radio International students in the statistics p37
2 Question words
programme Canada
this, that, these, those
Articles
Exam success 3–4
3 Time out Everyday activities
p38 Free-time activities
1 Present simple – affirmative
Present simple – negative
Amazing school
for young
Grace
VanderWaal
Giving directions New hobbies
A short note
New hobbies
Video: Skate brothers Reading: 3-option multiple
Culture exchange: 2 Present simple – yes/no questions with do performers A radio SEL: Reducing stress choice p62
What do British teens and short answers A magazine programme Writing: A note p62
do in their free time? Present simple – Wh- questions article Listening: 3-option multiple-choice
Places in town Adverbs of frequency p153

4 At home Rooms 1 There is/There are A very unusual A TV cooking Making and replying to A dream bedroom Tidy home, tidy mind Speaking: Discussion with pictures
Prepositions of place house show offers Video: A fairytale house p153
p50 Furniture A description of a place
Culture exchange: 2 Countable and uncountable nouns An online A conversation SEL: Positive thinking Collaborative project 2
Ice cream in a shoe! some, any, a/an magazine article
Free-time activities in your country
Food and drink Culture exchange: National Museum of
p63
Computing (UK)
Exam success 5–6
5 Log on Computers and
p64 mobile devices
1 can/can’t
Adverbs of manner
Green Bank: the An e-sports
town without club
Talking about likes and
dislikes
Writing a survey
A survey
Switch off
Video: Give your brain a break Listening: 3-option multiple-choice
Using computers and 2 The imperative wi-fi A conversation SEL: Questioning your own attitudes and p88
mobile devices like, love, hate + gerund An online article behaviour Speaking: Personal questions p88
The Internet Reading: 3-option multiple-choice
cloze p154

6 Shop Shops
around Shopping
1 Present continuous – affirmative and negative
2 Present continuous – questions and short answers
Do teens buy
in the shops or
Places
A phone call
Describing photos An invitation
A short email
Recycling and upcycling
Video: Chloe the upcycler
Writing: A note p154
Collaborative project 3
online? SEL: Being creative
p76 Clothes Present simple and present continuous
An online article Spending habits of teens in your
Culture exchange: What do British teens
country p89
spend money on?

Exam success 7–8

7 Dream Sports
team Sports competitions
1 Past simple – to be
Culture exchange: The number 1 sport in
Video referees:
Good, bad or
Breaking
A podcast
Asking for and giving
opinions
A sport hero
A story
Success and discipline
Video: Extreme biking Reading: Open cloze p114
Australia necessary? SEL: Being self-disciplined Writing: A story p114
p90 Sports people
There was/There were An online news Listening: Matching p155
2 Past simple affirmative – regular verbs article
Speaking: Discussion with pictures
Past simple affirmative – irregular verbs p155

8 Feeling Jobs
inspired Personal qualities
1 Past simple – negative
2 Past simple – questions and short answers
Inspiring teens
A blog
Jeff Bezos
A radio
Personal questions 2 Replying to emails
An informal email giving
Future jobs
Video: Jobs of the future
Collaborative project 4
Famous icons in your country p115
p102 Adjectives to describe Wh- questions – past simple programme news SEL: Empathising
jobs Culture exchange:
Famous icons in the UK

Exam success 9–10

9 Life on Animals and insects
Earth Parts of the body
1 Comparative adjectives
2 Superlative adjectives
Nature’s perfect Zoologists
creatures An interview
Agreeing and
disagreeing
Helping the
environment
Preservation
Video: Acorn thief! Listening: 3-option multiple choice
p116 Geographical features Present perfect with ever and never A magazine A blog post SEL: Keeping an open mind p140
article Writing: A story p140
Culture exchange: Kruger National Park
Reading: 3-option multiple choice
p156

10 Let’s go! The weather

p128 Things to take on
1 be going to
Prepositions of time
Where are you
going to go?
Travel and the
weather
Giving reasons for your
opinions
Holiday destinations
An article
Travel is good for the mind
Video: An unusual hotel
Speaking: Discussion with pictures
p156
holiday 2 must/have to A blog A conversation Culture exchange: SEL: Reflecting Collaborative project 5
Types of transport should, shouldn’t Australia’s most popular
destination Holidays in your country p141

Reach higher p142   Writing checklist p149   Learner profile p150   Exam success p152    Communication activities p157 and p158    Irregular verbs p159

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