CONTENTS

Welcome p 4 A let and allow; Music; Verbs of perception; The big screen; Present perfect tenses; TV programmes
B Our endangered planet; Question tags; So do I / Neither do I; Accepting and refusing invitations; Party time; Indefinite pronouns; Arranging a party
FUNCTIONS & SPEAKING GRAMMAR VOCABULARY
Unit 1 Talking about the future Present tenses (review) Making changes
Big decisions Complaining Future tenses (review) Life plans
p 12  Developing Speaking: Talking about worrying WordWise: Phrases with up
Role play: Complaining to a relative
Unit 2 Talking about the past Narrative tenses (review) Descriptive verbs
A hard life would and used to Time periods
p 20 

Life Competencies: Managing stress , Culture: Creative climate solutions , Review

Unit 3 Giving advice (don’t) have to / ought to / Making and selling

What’s in a name? Expressing obligation should(n’t) / must Expressions with name
p 30  Giving recommendations, warnings and prohibitions  had better (not)
can(’t) / must(n’t)
Unit 4 Talking about hypothetical situations First and second conditional (review) Being honest
What would Expressing wishes Time conjunctions Making a decision
you do? Apologising and accepting apologies wish and if only WordWise: Phrases
p 38  Developing Speaking: Talking about what to study at university Third conditional (review) with now 

Life Competencies: Acting on instinct , Fiction: How I Met Myself by David A. Hill, Review

Unit 5 Telling a story  Relative pronouns Elements of a story

Storytelling Defining and non-defining relative Types of story
p 48  clauses
Relative clauses with which
Unit 6 Talking about sequence Present and past passive (review) Extreme adjectives and
That’s impossible Explaining how things are done have something done
modifiers
p 56  make and do
Future and present perfect passive
(review)
Culture: Storytelling in the Caribbean , Fiction: The Mind Map by David Morrison, Review

Unit 7 Talking about permission make / let and be allowed to Phrasal verbs (1)
Breaking away Talking about habits be / get used to Personality
p 66  Invitations WordWise: Phrases with all
Developing Speaking: Being more flexible
Role play: Accepting or refusing invitations
Unit 8 Reporting what someone said, asked or requested Reported speech (review) Crime
Crime and Giving and reacting to news Reported questions, requests and Reporting verbs
punishment imperatives
p 74 
Life Competencies: Getting along with others , Culture: Famous prisons , Review

Unit 9 Making deductions  Modals of deduction (present) Mysteries

It’s a mystery! should(n’t) have Expressions with go
p 84  Modals of deduction (past)
Unit 10 Talking about future events Future continuous Money and value
Money Sympathising  Future perfect Jobs and work
p 92  Developing Speaking: Talking about having or not having money WordWise: Phrases with by

Life Competencies: Being determined , Fiction: Wild Country by Margaret Johnson, Review

Unit 11 Expressing purpose Verbs followed by gerund or infinitive Danger and safety
Emergency! Emphasising to / in order to / so as to Adjectives with negative
p 102  so and such prefixes 

Unit 12 Expressing regret Phrasal verbs Phrasal verbs (2)

Life’s firsts Talking about fears I wish / If only + past perfect Nervousness and fear
p 110 
Culture: The Great Escape , Fiction: Bullring Kid and Country Cowboy by Louise Clover, Review
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C Feeling under the weather; Giving advice; Better or worse?; Comparisons
D Reported speech; Sequencing words; Asking for and offering help; IT problems; IT vocabulary; Passive tenses
PRONUNCIATION THINK! SKILLS
Linking words with up Train to Think Reading between the lines Reading Online forum: What next?
Blog: Before I settle down – a list
Writing An email about resolutions
Listening Conversation about success and failure
Initial consonant Train to Think Following an idea through a Reading Magazine article: They made a difference: The slave trade
clusters with /s/ paragraph Online magazine article: A short history of bathing in the UK
Values: Animal rights Writing A magazine article about someone who made an important discovery
Listening The passenger pigeon
TOWARDS B2 First for Schools practice

Strong and weak forms: Train to Think Identifying the main topic of Reading Article: Brand names 
/ɒv/ and /əv/ a paragraph Article: Funny place names
Writing A reply to a letter asking for advice
Listening Nicknames
Consonant–vowel word Train to Think Thinking of consequences Reading Quiz: How honest are you?  Article: How honest is that?
linking Values: Doing the right thing Writing A diary entry about a dilemma
Listening A guessing game: I wish

TOWARDS B2 First for Schools practice

The schwa /ə/ in word Train to Think Thinking about different Reading Blog: So you want to write a novel, do you?
endings writing styles Article series: There are always two sides to an argument: Books are
always better than their films.
Writing A short paragraph expressing an opinion  Listening Roald Dahl

The /ʒ/ phoneme Train to Think Understanding what’s Reading Magazine article: How on earth does he do it?
relevant Blog: Big questions – bigger answers!
Writing Explaining how things are done
Listening Conversation about a haircut
TOWARDS B2 First for Schools practice

Intonation – inviting, Train to Think Reading Article: Changing the rules

accepting and Thinking outside the box Article: My prisoner, my friend, my president and my father
refusing invitations Values: Stereotypes Writing An article about stereotypes
Listening Conversation about travelling to India

Intonation – expressing Train to Think Thinking about empathy Reading Newspaper articles: Crimes!  Magazine article: Eating out behind bars
surprise Values: Respecting the law Writing A report of a crime  Listening Restoring Justice

TOWARDS B2 First for Schools practice

Moving word stress Train to Think Reading Web article: The truth is out there  Magazine article: The dress
Fact or opinion? Writing Explaining a mystery
Values: Thinking carefully before you act Listening A short story

Short and long vowel Train to Think Exaggeration Reading Magazine article: Money: past, present and future
sounds: /ɪ/ – /ιː/ Web forum: Inequality
and /ɒ/ – /əʊ/ Writing My life in the future  Listening Quiz show: Moneyspinners

TOWARDS B2 First for Schools practice

Strong and weak forms: Train to Think Understanding cause Reading News report: Miracle underground
/tuː/ and /tə/ and effect Article: Emergency? What emergency?
Writing A story about a rescue  Listening The story of Androcles and the Lion
Different Train to Think Logical conclusions Reading Online forum: The first time I …
pronunciations of ea Values: Breaking new ground A story: The first time I made friends with a spider
Writing A story about a bad decision  Listening Quiz: Transport firsts
TOWARDS B2 First for Schools practice
Pronunciation pages 120–121 Get it right! pages 122–126 Speaking activities pages 127–128 iii