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Eyes fice pee Wild Reo pore Pes ee Bees © Free time activities » Acjectives = Geographical features + Technology « Phrasal verbs: communication © The weather = Netural disasters and their conseguences Adventure sports and activities ed and -ing adlectives «Jobs and chotes = Money and + shopping: «Science Space travel * Global issues © Giizenship: ‘word farnlies (nouns and adjectives) ‘Consolidation B (Units 4-6) pp82883, Irregutar verbs p130. Eanes TE ‘© Attleles and quantifiers = Present continuous (vith pregont and future meaning) ‘= Adjectives: comparative tend superlative forms ‘= Past simple ~be «Present simple (et forms} * love, (don't) tte, enjoy don't mind, fate ing © Past simple (all forms) ' Pest continuous (all forms) f Post simple and past continuous resent perfect (all forms) Present perfect and past simple © Going to (all forms) Wit al forms) () Future time clauses Wal (al forms) (2) ‘= Adverbs: comparative and superlative forms ero conditional andl fest conditions + Indefinite pronouns + Hove to | had to (al forms) at aa Brea cy Discussing learning styles Asking are! answeriog about free fine activities Talldng about present, past anc future actions Comparing and describing places ‘Discussing the impact ef technology oon our lives. Talking about habits and routines Expressing likes and distikes ‘= Describing past events Describing the weather and natural leasters ‘© Asking and answering about past actions in progress + Shaving frightening ordangerous ‘perience Describing extreme activities ‘Asking and answering about exciting experiences we have had Expressing feelings ‘* Contrasting actions thai happened at a specific vs an unspecified time + Discussing perbtime obs ard weys tomake money « Teleing about future plans and intentions + Discussing shopping hebits * Woking spontenecus éecsioas ‘= Discussing scientific and technological axtvances © Making presicions about the future 1 Comnpating fe today and in the ftire «© Describing scientific facts and possible actions in the future '» Discussing global issues «¢ Talking about unspecified objects or people 4 Talking avout humanitarian actions ‘¢ Expressing past ard present obliastion ‘arid lack of necessity or) Ce ee Reading: Skills and abilities, py Reading: An online debate, Po LUstening: My favourite app. pit Reading: Abook review, p12 Reading: A profile, p2= Listening: Mysteries of the Earth, p23 Reading: Amagezine interview, p24, Reading: Awebsite article, P33 Listening: Helen's Antarctic chellenge, p35 Reading: News reports, ps6 Reading: Ablog, p47 Ustening: Live Fam Carden Market, pag Reading: Acomic sti, 50 Reading: An infographic, ps8 Listening: Avsit toa museum, pét Reading: Ablog post, p62 Reading: An NGO web age, prt Listening: Good causes, p73 Reading: A magazine article, 24 BUILD YOUR SKILLS « Lstening & Speaking: inviting someone out, 5 + Reading & Listening: Av onlina forum, p14 « Listening & Speaking: Making a complaint, PS Writing: A product review, 216 hieite it vight! Adverbs ofcegree (not veny abit, quite, very realy) Reading & Listening: News extracts, 026 « Listening & Speaking: Reacting to events, p27 * Writing: A fictional narrative, 28 \Wircte < wignt! Sequencing words and ‘expressions ne day, soon, (by) then ater inthe ead) «© Reading & Listening: & notice, p38 «» Ustening & Speaking: Msking an emergency call, B39 Writing: Blog posts. po Write if vight! Lnkers (heceuse anc so) Reading & Listening: A magazine article, 952 * Listening & Speaking: Asking for 3 favour, 53 ‘9 Waiting: an informal lener, ps4 yste sf vigh*! Pronouns Gubjectand abject pronouns) « Reading & Listening: Instructions, pq « Listening & Speaking: Making suggestions, P65 ing: An opinion essay, p65 ivite it right! Linkers oF contrast (On the one hand and On the ater hand) ‘+ Reading & Listening: An election leaflet, p76 * Listening & Speaking: Persueding people, on Writing: biography, p78 \hirte sb eh! Connectors oftime ond sequence Gn, after ot tne age of. hes ‘hehe was..., since then, ... years later) as Gace Roemer Take part inadehate, ppraaag © Progress Check p17 '» Workbook pp8i-8o) Report a natural disaster, ppa0832 Progress Check pzo + Workbook ppse-a5 Create aradio programme, poa2iaa «» Progress Check 241, # Workbook pp96-s0: Become an entrepeneiur pps68s7 ‘= Progress Check 955 #¢ Workbook ppio2—07 Design a prototype, ppasieeg ‘¢ Progress Check p57 ‘= Workbook opic8-123 ee Give a speech fara cause, psoas «¢ Progress Check p79 ‘= Workbook ppg A good start Reading Skills and abilities 4 Read the article about different learning styles and complete Rosie Brandon's tips with the names of the teens (Sam, Jenny and Ror). Pee ern ee different in the way we learn, Studying isn't always Poaceae tee ue Tea) Pere ena canines (acerca Perea et learning style ~ [ooking atimages. analyzing diagtams.luscally remember how the information. "Is set out on the page. Sam, 16 Gi..., you're a tactile learnei. You should do practical work. You learn heiter wher you do group projects, give presentations and do experiments. It is a goad idea to write notes by hand and teach a jriend when you study. You should take active study breoks~ go fora walk, do some exercise or dance. @)..., youte @ visual learner. You should make notes in class. When you study at horne, draw charts of mind maps and use colours. You should use lists and breck informetion into categortes, and ada cofourful headings. @)..., youre an ouditory learner. 1S 0 good idea to record your notes and listen to them. You should study with a classmate, so you can talk things over. Create riymes or songs to remember concep's. Don't listen ta music when you study-it distracts yout Discover your | | | 2 Describe the three types of leamer and say two _& In pairs, ask and answer to find out your things each type can do to learn better. classmate’s learning style, Use phrases from the box and your own ideas. 'B Answer, 4, What type of leamer are you? Why? enjoy presentations make summaries 2 According ta Rosie Brandon, what should you enjoy teamwork highlight information do to leam better? understand experiments use colours 3 In your opinion, which tip is going to work (take aetlve breaks draw diagrams best for you? Te a er @ Do you usually study stone? Think of useful strategies for learning English Yes, Ido. and make a list on the board as a class. Which are the hest strategies according to your learning style? @ Can you remember images? Listening & Speaking Inviting someone out 1 Before you watch the video > Look at the photo and make predictions, Where is Ben inviting Chloe to? 2 QED Watch the video and listen for general ideas > Answer. 1 Where is Ben inviting Chloe to? 2 Can Chloz come? 3. What do they artange to do? Bree tk Me = ale Bes & QPP waeten the video and listen for details > Complete the conversation. Hi, Chloe! Hey, 'm having a (a)... party this weekend, Would you like to come? Its on (2) ... evening at (3)... o'clock. Oh, what a shamel Are you free on (S) Maybe we could go (6)... | Let’s say (6) ... rm having lunch at my (9) . so | probably won't be back until then. Great! See you there. I'l (1)... you | if Pm going to be tate 4 Speak > Role play in pairs. 1 Role play the conversation in Exercise 3. 2 Role play @ new conversation. Use events from the box. 3 Change roles. a fancy dress party apizza party a barbecue a dance party That sounds great! love to. When is it? Pm really sorry but mm busy on Friday, 'm going to my (4) ... engagement party, Yes, Saturday's fine. Shall we meet at (7) .. ? OK, that’s fine, How about meeting at the bowling alley in (10) .. 2 OK, no worries, Have a great time on Friday! Keep it ong! tf — Underline these expressions in the conversation. Would you liketocome? That sounds great! Tm reatly sorry but Vm busy on.» Are you free on... ? ‘Maybe we could. Yes, «(time or day) is fire. How about meeting at...? Great! See you there. Remember to use them to invite someone out or to accept an invitation, Vocabulary Free time activities 4 (BOD Match. Then listen and check. 10 a to music a hangout b water sports / yoga 3chat ¢ video games / volleyball 44 play d with friends 5 do e online 6 watch f toparties / shopping 7 listen 8 1V/fitms / football matches 2 Inturns, ask and answer about the activities you usually do in your free time, @ What do you usually do in your tree time? [usually doten to music and chat online, Grammar Articles and quantifiers S Complete the sentences with the words from the box. You can use each word more than once. ( a an the alotof any some any howmuch how many 1 Its my birthday next week and | want to have ... party at my house. | want to invite... friends! 2 I'm not doing... exercige these days. | should go to... gym and start... new sport. 3 Do you have ... plans for this weekend? There's ... interesting film at .. cinema. 4 There were ... people at the party! We had .. great time! 5 I'm looking at ... photos of @ fancy dress party, Do you want to see them? 6 A: ... money did you spend on that video game? Bs | only spent £4 because | had... discount coupons, 7 A: Do you need ... special equipment to do parkour? B: No, you don’t need ... equipment. 8 A: ... invitations did you make? B: About 20 but | want to make ... more, 9 A: .... sandwiches did you buy? B: | didn’t buy ... sandwiches. | bought a big cake! Present continuous 4 Complete the table. Use short forms where Possible. Affirmative and negative 1 ~_|'m Jem not | He/she/it —['s/_—__ You / We / They |. —farent_ | —the/she Jit }___ are _|you/we / they S Complete the conversations with the present continuous form of the verbs in brackets. Use short forms where possible. 1 A: Hello. Can | speak to Harty, please? 8: ('™m sorry, He's nat in. He .. (play) football at the club. 2 As ... (Ben / go) to his grandparents’ house this weekend? B; No, he... . He... (train) fora football match. 3 A: Where's Lara? Is she at the gym? B: Yes, she... She... (do) yoga 4 At ... (they / go) to the cinema on Friday? By No, they... They... (have) a pizza party. 5 As Hi, Jane, It's me, Greg. By Ae Hi, Greg. How are you? What... (you / do)? |... (Study) but I... (not study) physics. 1... (do) some maths exercises. And you? © Which sentences or questions from Exercise 5 refer to the future? Vocabulary Adjectives 1 QHD Classify the adjectives. Then listen and check, Vocabulary Geographical features S Complete the table with names of places in your country. boring scary fantastic dangerous terrible exciting sad funny amazing impressive beautiful 4 - TatereStng Grammar Adjectives: comparative and superlative forms 2 Complete the table. Superlative the safest Short adjectives ending in -y funny [funnier the funniest ary Long adjectives beautiful |more beautiful |the most beautiful interesting Irregular adjectives good better bad 3 Write sentences using the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets. 1 New York City / London (modern) 2 villages / cities (quiet) 3 Brazil / Canada (hot) 4 the USA / the UK (big) 4 Write sentences using the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. 4 Vatican City / country in the world (small) 2 Burj Khalifa / building in Dubai (impressive) 3 Atlanta / has / airport in the world (busy) 4 Singapore / city to live in (expensive) 5 Rio de la Plata / river in the world (wide) ariver | ~[adesert a mountain | __|an ocean awaterfall | |alake abeach asea | ' Write sentences about places you know using comparative and superlative forms. Aconcagua is the highest mountain in my country. Ir algo the highest mountain in Americal Grammar Past simple - be 7 Complete the table. You/We/ they |__/ werent |""" Wh- questi was [I/he/she/it |, Why fe they | ‘ Complete the conversations with the past simple form of be. 2 A: Did you watch TV last night? B: Yes, I did. | saw an action film. The special effects ... great and the music... cool. 2 A: ... the film good? B: It... (not) very scary and the actors ... (not) very good. 3 A: Did you like the book? B: No, | didn’t. It... long and boring. 4 As ... you at the cinema yesterday? Bz No, I... 1... at home. 5A: Did you use the travel guide during your trip? B: Yes, Idid. it very useful ‘9 Write sentences about a place you visited, a film you saw or @ book you read. Use the past simple of be and adjectives from Exercise 1, ‘ 1 Vocabulary Technology 4 Do the quiz. What's your score? Do you agree with the results? ceo Paar an HOW DIGITAL IS YOUR LIFE? 1. What do you always carry with you? a) My mobile phone. eb) My mobile phone and earphones, i can't live without music! ©) My mobile phone, my earphones and a charger, of course! 2What do you usually do when you get home from school? a) I spend about an hour on social media Instagram, for example, } write comments and view my friends’ posts, ) I turn on my games console and play video gemes for about an hour or more. ©) Ido my homework. pley a sport or practise a hobby. 3 What do you usually do when you do homework? ‘ 4) | usually upload files to the cloud to save them of share them with my class. b) I multitask: 1 do my homework as | listen to music or watch TV and chat with friends. ©) When I do my homework, | usually silence my mobile phone. 2 QU Listen and repeat the words in blue. Then find a word for each of these definitions. 4 aset of information on a cormputer 2 platforms such as Instagram or TikTok where people interact onfine 3 online services where you can keep and access information 4 a device for downloading books and reading them on screen 5 a device for listening to music without disturbing other people 6 avideo on the internet that gives instructions ‘on how to do something 7 content that people publish on the internet ‘4 What do you mostly use YouTube for? ) To follow youtubers and watch films and concerts. b) To watch online tutorials when | need help to study, ©) In fact, | don't use YouTube very often: 5 Which af these technological inventions are important in your life? 2) Laptops or computers ~ how did people live without them in the past? b) E-readers. | love reading! With an e-reader you can download books and read them anytime! ©) Apps, definitely. | just can't live without them! aay : OnE Lasd bed e=4 Bbe2ceh 10-12 You tke to find balnce betncen technology are ellie 13-16 Technology isyour “ond, You enjey a digital life 47-20 You really love gadgets. Youle a true technology fan! 8 a piece of equipment used for providing a battery with electricity B In pairs, share your answers to these questions. 4 Which of the words in blue are things that you own or use? 2 What do you use them for? @ there’ 8 games console at home. ut | dont use It very often Really? | have. one too and (use: it all the time! WB> psy Reading An online debate 4. Before you read > Look at the website quickly. What is the debate about? How many people express their opi in? Who are they? eece cose enue oni Reine goa iter ercrses Bo you use your mobile phone in class? What do Cie ue eae ee ee es Ree Cee Me eee Read them and then vote in our online polll When | was in class, | obways checked my phone and looked to see what my x vag Ttiends were saying. Icouldn’thelp itt Now, we can’t use mobile phones at school anymore. This is what happened, Last year, at my sehoo! in Gloucester, England, we answered a survey and 75% of students sold they checked social media constantiy, and more then half said they wented to control their use of social networking sites. So four students organized a digital dotox week, Duringthis week, 400 students and thelt teachers didn't use any mobile Gevices at home or at schoo!~no phones, tablets or laptops. ‘Our school work improved curing the experiment because wwe weren't distracted by our mobile phones, We kept 2 record of our feelings during that vieek. My fiend Jess wrote, ‘It isn't as hard as l expected and | even sleeo better! Hannah agreed, ‘I don't mind giving up instant messeging and | enjoy talking more with my iriencs during break.” Most participants felt less stressed and realized they had more free time while they weren't using mobile devices. As a result, my schoo! banned mobiles all day for xt to 13-year olds and 14 t0-26-year olds can only use them at lunchtime. Sasha People worry that mobiles are a big distraction at school, but | disagree ~ they canbe really creatve in the classroom, It's not the technotogy that’s bad. I's the way that people use it Right now 1m taking an Intensive course ata Schoo! of Englisi in Loncion and we use our mobiles allot in class, We use dictionary apps whenever we want and we use online maps to find places. We also do internet research for collaborative projects and students shore documents on the cloue. We use aur mobile phone cameras a lot too. We dor’t take notes while the teacher Is writing ~ we just take pictures of the board. On Monday momings, wien the teacher asks, ‘What did you do at the weekend?’, we show our pictures and videos. We also sometimes record our answers. Personally | like asking Siri (the volce-activated software ‘on my mobile phone) questions. Its a great way to improve pronunciation because Siri doesn't understand if| say ‘things incorrectly Obviously students shouldn't use mobiles to call rlends in class, read and answer personal messages or cheat in tests, but otherwise I think they are a great educational tool, atom 15, Geer tan ch ouca sa Suu sue Se Sener 2 Read for general ideas > Answer, 1 What was the survey at Sarah's school about? 2 What happened during the digital detox week? 3 Can Sarah use her mobile phone at school now? 4 What is Katsumi doing in London? 5 Can he use his mobile phone in class? 6 What shouldn't he use his mobile phone in class for? Oe eto ae B Read for details > Find in the text: 1 Five benefits of the digital detox experiment at Satah’s school. 2 Eight uses of mobile phones at Katsum's School of English. _ Give your opinion What's your vote? Explain. GEE >

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