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Scope and sequence

GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION

1 Hello! Pages 10–21


simple present be
(singular); Yes/No
questions with be
countries;
nationalities;
numbers (0–10)
stressing syllables;
stressing important
words
(singular)

2 My home simple present be saying


(plural); Yes/No rooms in a contractions of
Pages 22–33 questions with be house; places be; understanding
(plural); Who, What, in town intonation in
Where questions

3 My stuffPages 34–45
this, that, these,
those; possessive
adjectives and ’s
travel items;
colors
saying /ð/; saying
your and their

4 Habits simple present;


simple present numbers
Pages 46–57 saying /ʌ /; saying
questions and (11–100); days
/ju:/
answers; adverbs of the week
of frequency

5 Inside or
outside?
like, love, and don’t
like + -ing form;
prepositions of time
common
activities; months
and seasons
saying /ŋ/;
understanding
connected speech:
Pages 58–69 would you

6 Food around
the world
countable and
uncountable nouns;
How much and How
food; places to
buy groceries
understanding of;
understanding the
/h/ sound
Pages 70–81 many

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conversations
an article about
between people talking about
where people are an employee pass;
exchanging introducing yourself your information numbers; hellos and
from; scanning for using capital letters
numbers; listening goodbyes; jobs
names and places
to long numbers

an article about an interview with an email about


talking about where
tiny houses; explorers about their interesting tourist asking where
email subject lines things are; writing
understanding hometowns; getting sites; writing a things are
friendly emails
new words ready to listen friendly email

an article about
things people an interview with a social media post asking questions
take on trips; explorers about about a special asking questions to understand;
giving reasons
understanding colors; listening for item; checking your to understand describing special
commas and the important words writing things
word and

an article about a an interview with


an email about,
long trip to work; explorers about their using the making plans;
a work meeting; making plans
scanning for useful workdays; listening correct tone writing work emails
writing work emails
information for tone

descriptions of the
tips about fun
seasons in three inviting people to
things to do at a bucket list; inviting people ordering
different countries; do things; activity
home; getting writing lists to do things information
knowing what to verbs
ready to read
listen for

talking about
an interview with
an article about understanding uncountable nouns;
explorers about a restaurant review;
spicy food; ordering food how the author ordering food;
groceries; writing writing main ideas
skimming a text feels good, bad, and OK
notes
feedback

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7
simple present
Family and questions (Yes/No); family members;
saying short and
long vowel sounds;
friends simple present
questions (open
appearance and
personality
saying words
Pages 82–93 with “gr”
questions); adjectives

8 Things we
can do
can and can’t; and,
or, but, because
common
abilities;
adjectives for
stressing can’t;
saying the letter “g”
Pages 94–105 animals

9 Travel Pages 106–117


there is and there
are; object pronouns
different ways
to travel; the
weather
saying / w / and / v /;
saying /θ/

10
understanding
Staying present continuous; body parts; word groups;
healthy present continuous
vs. simple present
exercise and
training
understanding
intonation in
Pages 118–129
directions

11 People from
the past
simple past be;
questions with
was/were
life events; past
time expressions
understanding
was and were;
responding to good
Pages 130–141 and bad news

12 My story
Pages 142–153
simple past (regular
verbs); simple past
(irregular verbs);
life stages;
feelings
saying syllables with
two vowel sounds;
stressing words in
simple past questions questions

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an article and
explorers describe a text message
infographic showing
people they asking for help; finding things in
about family size; showing appreciation appreciation;
know; listening to explaining your common
understanding describing people
descriptions reasons
purpose

an article about an explorer describes


a job application asking for and
virtual reality; an interesting knowing what
form; applying for asking for help offering help; job
understanding animal; listening for skills are important
a job application forms
pronouns general information

two advertisements
an article about two
about two making a phone
amazing journeys; a postcard; using speaking on the
interesting places; reasons for writing reservation; writing
understanding words exclamation points phone
listening to about travel
in parentheses
advertisements

a poster about two explorers talk


time expressions;
mental health; about how they a survey report; asking for and giving understanding
directions;
understanding exercise; listening for writing a report directions charts
describing change
headings specific information

explorers talk
an article about an expressions for
about their favorite a historical person’s
actress with a second explaining why showing interest;
historical events; profile; writing a showing interest
life; understanding someone is special talking about
understanding small person’s profile
time order important people
and large numbers

an explorer shares your life story; phrases to explain


an explorer’s life
a funny story; including using English in the guessing what the a word; expressions
story; understanding
understanding funny interesting real world reader wants to talk about the
voices and audiences
stories information past

Reflect and review Page 154 Grammar reference Page 166 Extra speaking tasks Page 179
Vocabulary reference Page 160 Irregular verbs Page 178 Audioscripts Page 182
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Scope and sequence
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1 Who am I? Pages 10–21


simple present be;
articles an and a;
questions with be
countries and
nationalities
saying /tʃ/ and /dʒ/;
saying /tʃ/ and /ʃ/

2 People
my life
in object pronouns;
simple present;
demonstratives
things people
wear
saying /nt/ and
/znt/; saying /r/
and /l/
Pages 22–33

3
simple present
Free time questions and
Pages 34–45 answers; adverbs saying /t/ and /d/;
activities
of frequency; saying /ɔː/ and /ɜː(r)/
expressions of
frequency

4 Homes Pages 46–57 present continuous;


there is / there are
things in a
house
stressing be in the
present continuous;
saying /h/ and /r/

5 Then
and now
simple past be;
there was /
there were
describing a
place
stressing syllables;
understanding
sentence stress
Pages 58–69

6 People
and places
likes, dislikes, and
preferences; can and
can’t for possibility
vacation
collocations
saying /pr/, /tr/, /dr/,
/fr/; stressing can
and can’t
Pages 70–81

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talking about
an interview
an infographic about an online form; photos; talking
with an explorer; tips for making
jobs; thinking about checking what fact or opinion? about my English;
listening for specific English your own
the topic you write saying email
information
addresses

online posts about


a conversation a social media post
friends and social
describing photos; and comment; listening to
media; finding active listening identifying reasons
understanding how using a variety of understand
meaning (1): using
people feel adjectives
word parts

an article about a podcast about an email asking


asking for
free-time activities; what makes us for information;
five tips for messaging reflecting information in
understanding happy; predicting structuring an
an email
reference words the content email

an article about avoiding


an advertisement
animal homes an explorer describes misunderstandings;
for a vacation avoiding why is it
and highways; her home; activating explaining why
home; giving useful misunderstandings important?
recognizing the main vocabulary something is useful
information
idea of a paragraph or important

city guides about a description of an informal email


analyzing
special days; a city; finding invitation; ending understanding other giving possible
similarities and
understanding meaning (2): with a request for people’s views reasons; invitations
differences
numbers content words action

making
explorers talk
an article about recommendations;
about vacations; a city guide;
people and places; influencing styles inferring meaning push and pull
recognizing connecting ideas
scanning influencing; giving
synonyms
examples

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7 Things Pages 82–93


possession;
countable and
uncountable nouns
everyday items
saying consonants
together; saying /s/
and /z/

saying simple

8 Stories
past regular
simple past; simple verb endings;
past time
Pages 94–105 past negative and understanding
expressions
questions connected speech:
did you; stressing
important words

9 Getting
around
comparative
adjectives; polite
offers and requests
taking a train
saying /p/ and /b/;
saying /k/ and /g/
Pages 106–117 with can

10 Skills and
experiences
present perfect;
present perfect or
simple past?
life skills
understanding weak
have; saying /ɪ / and
/iː/
Pages 118–129

11 Extremes Pages 130–141


superlative
adjectives; have to /
don’t have to
weather
saying /st/;
saying /b/ and /v/

12
understanding
The future going to; will for future time
contractions (1):
Pages 142–153 gonna and wanna;
predictions expressions
understanding
contractions (2): will

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talking about
an interview about
an infographic a product how much/many;
everyday items;
about smartphones; description; understanding drawing describing things;
learning the stress
scanning for providing details different gestures conclusions understanding
patterns of new
numbers in descriptions gestures; describing
words
a product

an article about an explorer talks


a movie or book signposting in
stories; skimming about an important understanding
review; organizing signposting your story stories; reviewing a
for the topic of a life event; listening diagrams
an online review movie/book
paragraph for key points

describing what
travel
an article about an informal email you see; asking for
announcements; analyzing
traveling; finding to a friend; using dealing with impolite ticket information;
listening for problems and
meaning (3): using imperatives in an behavior giving ticket
important solutions
context email information; giving
information
directions

an article about
people talking
important a job application bringing
about life skills; starting small talk;
experiences; email; starting making small talk information
understanding talking about skills
understanding cause formal emails together
sequence
and effect

asking people
a quiz about world
weather reports; a restaurant review; to repeat and
records; finding understanding
preparing for information to evaluating sources explain; describing
meaning (4): using different Englishes
listening include in a review a restaurant
a dictionary
experience

an infographic about explorers talk having difficult


a blog post; getting
cities in the future; about the future; having difficult predicting how conversations;
your readers’
summarizing (1): summarizing (2): conversations likely something is talking about the
attention
short notes a mind map future

Reflect and review Page 154 Grammar reference Page 166 Extra speaking tasks Page 179
Vocabulary reference Page 160 Irregular verbs Page 178 Audioscripts Page 182
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1
stressing words
All about me adverbs of to express strong
Pages 10–21 frequency; simple personality opinions; saying
present and present adjectives long and short
progressive sounds (1): / i: /
and /ɪ /

2 Memory saying regular past


form endings (-ed);
Pages 22–33 simple past; making
school subjects understanding fast
questions
speech: how words
change

3 Food for understanding weak


simple past and forms (1): was and
thought past progressive; food were; stressing
Pages 34–45 indefinite pronouns words to express
meaning

4
understanding
Goals and future plans; will
and won’t for
weak forms (2):

ambition promises, offers, motivation


prepositions and
articles; saying
Pages 46–57 and spontaneous
words beginning
decisions
with /p / and /b /

5 Home
away
and zero and first
conditionals;
comparatives and
extreme
adjectives
understanding
contractions of
auxiliary verbs;
Pages 58–69 superlatives saying /f/ and /v/

6 Journeys saying long and


present perfect with
short sounds (2):
Pages 70–81 ever / never; verb
air travel /ʌ /, /æ/, and /ɑː/;
patterns: -ing and to
noticing difficult
+ base verb
consonant sounds

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an explorer asking how


an article about a personal profile;
talks about her talking to people you recognizing the often; expressing
personality; adapting your
personality; listening don’t know purpose of a text agreement and
skimming writing style
for opinions disagreement

a blog post an explorer talks


about memory; about how she responding actively
thinking about
understanding remembered things a story; giving showing interest in conversation;
the quality of
reference (1): at school; dealing reasons when listening adding interesting
information
recognizing with unfamiliar details to a story
synonyms vocabulary

an article about
recognizing direct
where foods come an interview with a
a recipe; giving making your reasons and indirect ideas;
from; understanding restaurant owner; giving reasons
clear instructions clear solving possible
how a text is listening for reasons
problems
organized

an online article a podcast about giving encouraging


an online forum; giving encouraging
about a climber; motivation; categorizing feedback; talking
using apostrophes feedback
scanning recognizing fillers about goals

explorers talk about


a review of a TV online messages;
memorable places identifying a being a flexible
series; finding being clear
they have stayed; showing flexibility writer’s opinion; guest and host;
meaning (1): using and friendly in
understanding the prioritizing arranging a stay
context messages
key points

an article about
unusual ways checking
a bird expert talking an email to a travel
to get to work; understanding;
about bird journeys; company; choosing understanding other choosing the best
understanding using informal
using information informal or more English speakers option
reference (2): and more formal
you already know formal language
pronouns and language in emails
determiners

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7 Inspiration
for change
defining relative
clauses; used to
the
environment
understanding
different accents;
understanding
Pages 82–93 elision (1): used to

8
saying the final
The world present perfect and / n / sound;
of work simple past; yet, just,
and already
jobs understanding
linking sounds: /w/
Pages 94–105
and / j /

saying long and

9 Health and
happiness
second conditionals;
must, have to, and
should
health
short sounds (3):
/ɔː / and /ɒ /;
understanding
Pages 106–117 elision (2): negative
auxiliaries

10 Entertainment
Pages 118–129 past perfect; articles movies and TV
understanding the
past perfect; saying
words starting with
/str/

11 Challenges
Pages 130–141
reported speech;
can, could, and be
able to
adjectives
to describe
emotions
understanding
connected speech:
told; saying / tʃ / and
/dʒ /

12 Technology
Pages 142–153
passives; modals
of prediction and
possibility
technology
saying final -s
sounds; saying final
consonants: /g / and
/k/

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a conversation
five texts about talking about things
about cleaning up a blog post; using
important inventions; finding that inspire you;
the environment; paragraphs and persuading people
finding meaning (2): connections persuading people;
predicting the topic sentences
using definitions introducing topics
content

using positive
an article about the a résumé;
an explorer talks making a good combining language at an
changing world of proofreading
about her work; impression at an information from interview; writing
work; understanding and checking
making mind maps interview different sources about your skills
cause and effect information
and experience

an explorer talks reflecting on


an article about
about his health; a gratitude journal; how things make
living without saying “no” when you
staying positive keeping the reader us feel; finding saying “no” politely
pain; identifying need to
when you don’t interested positives in
supporting examples
understand negative situations

an explorer talks
showing that
two folktales; about what he does
a review; giving showing you value identifying the a relationship
understanding for entertainment;
opinions people moral is important;
sequence in a story listening for general
describing a show
meaning

three different text an explorer talks


connecting a
types about social about working in
a report; writing topic to personal asking for help;
media challenges; extreme conditions; asking for help
factual information opinions and writing reports
recognizing genre listening for
experiences
and message signposts

an article about art explorers talk about an online returns managing a


and technology; technology; taking form; giving taking turns on a drawing group video call;
recognizing notes when you only necessary group video call conclusions describing a
paraphrase listen information problem

Reflect and review Page 154 Grammar reference Page 166 Extra speaking tasks Page 180
Vocabulary reference Page 160 Irregular verbs Page 178 Audioscripts Page 183
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Scope and sequence
GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION

1 Identity
Pages 10–21 simple present and
present continuous;
character
understanding -ing
endings; saying /ʊ/
adjectives
used to and would and /uː/

2 Success
Pages 22–33
present perfect and
simple past; have to, work
saying consonant
groups (1): word
don’t have to, and collocations endings; saying /ə(r)/
can’t and /ɜː(r)/

3 Working
together past tenses review;
multiword verbs
saying words spelled
with ear; saying
Pages 34–45 make and let
/aʊ/, /əʊ/, and /oʊ/

4 Routines
Pages 46–57 zero and first
conditionals;
dependent
saying words
beginning with
/p/, /b/, /k/, and
prepositions
quantifiers /g/; understanding
connected speech

5 Art
Pages 58–69 second conditional;
-ed and -ing
feelings and
how things
saying voiced and
unvoiced final
consonants; using
sentence stress (1):
adjectives make you feel
stressing words for
emphasis

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people talking about


an online self-
their character in the
an article about introduction; understanding talking about
past and present; evaluating
online identities; proofreading different photographs;
understanding arguments
previewing the text before clicking communication styles introducing yourself
sequence: noticing
“post”
time changes

an article about a conversation a how-to article;


talking about
success; reading about job interviews; planning: deciding interpreting line
building trust practice; building
fluently: noticing summarizing: bullet what information graphs
trust
chunks points to include

a news report about talking about


an online discussion an email of
a team protecting important people;
about competition apology;
animals; thinking managing conflict reflecting on ideas managing conflict;
in sports; identifying structuring an
about what you dealing with your
supporting examples email of apology
already know mistakes

adapting to
a conversation
an article, about different ways
about building good a note about applying
routines; finding dealing with of dealing with
habits; dealing with household routines; knowledge to a
meaning: using uncertainty uncertainty;
unknown words or using headings new situation
affixes explaining how
phrases
things work

explorers talking
an event analyzing dealing with
about art; dealing with
an article about art; description; evidence: intonation
understanding intonation
summarizing a text writing an event, supporting misunderstandings;
contrast (1): misunderstandings
description quotations describing an event
listening for contrast

5
Scope and sequence
GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION

6 Where
I’m from present perfect
continuous;
towns and cities
understanding weak
auxiliary verbs;
Pages 70–81 describing
saying /l/ and /r/
movement

7 Balance
Pages 82–93
talking about the
future; verb patterns
money
using sentence
stress (2): stressing
with infinitive important words;
or -ing saying the letter r

8 Essentials
Pages 94–105
defining and
non-defining
food adjectives
understanding
elision in words with
relative clauses;
th; saying /ɪ/ and /iː/
comparatives

9 Taking
break
a
third conditional;
saying aspirated /p/,
/t/, and /k/; saying
vacation phrases consonant groups
Pages 106–117 giving advice
(2): inserting a short
vowel

10 The senses
Pages 118–129 passives; making technology and
noticing challenging
sounds; correcting
predictions the senses pronunciation
mistakes

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an article about people sharing managing group


a travel plan;
a temporary childhood stories; managing group interpreting conversations;
describing steps in
city; recognizing listening for conversations bubble charts putting activities in
a plan
synonyms signposts time order

talking to people
an advice column a podcast about
a pros and cons with different
about time money advice; understanding
essay; using an ways of processing
management; identifying ways of processing categorizing
outline for a pros information; writing
identifying supporting information
and cons essay a pros and cons
supporting reasons information
essay

an article about life people talking a blog post about


giving feedback;
on the International about different essential skills; giving and receiving
personalizing saying what’s
Space Station; foods; activating choosing a topic feedback
important
recognizing ellipsis vocabulary for a blog post

an article about considering


a conversation an email of
time off from work; unexpected
about vacation complaint; how to dealing with interpreting bar
understanding behavior; writing
advice; listening for write an email of unexpected behavior graphs
contrast (2): reading an email of
specific information complaint
for contrast complaint

asking questions
about famous
people talking about
a description of a buildings; asking
an article about the future technology; listening to people’s interpreting a
memory; showing questions when
senses; paraphrasing collaborative problems diagram
instead of telling listening to people’s
listening
problems; time
expressions

Reflect and review Page 130 Grammar reference Page 140 Extra speaking tasks Page 154
Vocabulary reference Page 135 Irregular verbs Page 152 Audioscripts Page 155
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GRAMMAR AND
VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION
FOCUS ON

1 Your life
Pages 10–21
auxiliary verbs in
questions and short
education
stressing auxiliaries;
saying groups of
answers; short
consonants
questions

2 Breaking
the rules past tenses; be /
get used to +
crime
pronouncing -ed
words; saying long
Pages 22–33 something / doing
and short “o”
something

3 Imagining
the future making predictions;
talking about data:
making
saying contracted
forms of will
and going to;
Pages 34–45 predictions
prepositions pronouncing long
vowels

4 Good taste
Pages 46–57
modifying
comparative
and superlative
table manners
changing your
pronunciation;
saying /k/, /p/,
adjectives; negative
and /t/ in stressed
prefixes for
syllables
adjectives

5 Let’s play
Pages 58–69
could have, should
have, and would
have; talking about being
pronouncing have
in past modal
past ability: could, competitive verbs; saying “o” in
was able to, and stressed syllables
managed to

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SKILL THINKING

linking to what
an article about explorers talk about
a description of an asking questions the other person
childhood memories; their education;
influential person; establishing rapport to evaluate says; saying
skimming online understanding
proofreading evidence why someone is
articles different accents
important to you

a blog post about adverbs with past


a podcast about
unusual laws; identifying the tenses; using
crimes gone wrong; a crime story; understanding
understanding the writer’s tone of adverbs to make
understanding fast describing actions power distance
meaning of new voice a story more
speech
words from context interesting

talking about
conversations
uncertain plans
profiles about people about the future a personal
and predictions;
who are innovating; of languages development plan; giving helpful comparing
expressing
scanning for specific and movies; using a mind map feedback solutions
feedback; talking
information understanding to brainstorm ideas
about achieving
conversation fillers
your goals

an excerpt from explorers talk about a review of


analyzing ways of saying
a travel journal; table manners; a restaurant;
saying “no” descriptive “no”; a restaurant
identifying understanding fast structuring a
writing review
supporting stories speech: assimilation restaurant review

explaining
a radio show
a blog post about an opinion essay; relating games; clarifying
about e-sports;
collaborative structuring a communicating information misunderstandings;
using context to
games; identifying paragraph in a clearly in a group to your own linking opposing
understand new
supporting examples formal text experience points of view in a
words
formal essay

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Scope and sequence
GRAMMAR AND
VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION
FOCUS ON

6 Accidents
and incidents
reporting what
people say;
accidents
saying auxiliary
verbs at the end of
Pages 70–81 discussing present sentences; saying /ʃ/,
habits /dʒ /, and /tʃ/

7 Going
shopping have / get something
done; cost, price, buying things
stressing the object
with have / get
something done;
Pages 82–93 saying longer
worth
vowels before
voiced consonants

8 Working life
Pages 94–105
noun phrases;
work
saying /ɜː(r)/ and
/ɑː(r)/; saying /r/ at
compound words
the end of syllables

9 History
revisited pronouns; the
history
stressing pronouns;
saying /ɜː/ with and
Pages 106–117 passive voice with by without “r”

10 Believe
your eyes! quantifiers; verbs of
the senses: looks,
truth and lies
understanding
vowels across
accents; changing
Pages 118–129 sounds, smells, feels, meaning by
seems stressing different
words

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a formal email
an article about explorers talk about talking about
of complaint;
accidental accidents they’ve surprising
organizing balancing fluency analyzing
inventions; activating had; understanding information; saying
information in a and accuracy conclusions
prior knowledge the sequence of what action should
formal complaint
before reading events be taken
email

an article and an explorer talks


an online ad for an recommending
infographic about about shopping; identifying and
item you want to finding solutions where to get things
vending machines; understanding evaluating the
sell; omitting words when negotiating done; negotiating;
identifying facts and approximate writer’s purpose
to shorten a text selling items online
speculation numbers

the “About me”


explorers talk
an article about the section of an online adapting to different
about their work; dealing with
glass ceiling; taking professional profile; evaluating a working styles
synthesizing ideas different working
notes using symbols using the -ing form writer’s statements within a team; your
across listening styles on teams
and abbreviations to turn verbs into professional profile
passages
nouns

an excerpt from
a novel and an explorer talks a biography of a persuading people;
adapting your
an interview about the Maya; historical figure; synthesizing from describing historical
argument to suit
with an author; taking notes when paraphrasing multiple sources figures and their
your listener
understanding listening sources achievements
reference words

a passage about an explorer talks formal and being tactful in


applying
optical illusions; about being honest; informal invitations; sensitive situations;
saving face knowledge to new
scanning to interpret understanding writing formal and accepting and
situations
visual information references informal invitations declining invitations

Reflect and review Page 130 Grammar reference Page 140 Extra speaking tasks Page 156
Vocabulary reference Page 135 Irregular verbs Page 154 Audioscripts Page 158
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Scope and sequence
GRAMMAR AND
VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION
‘FOCUS ON’

1 Reactions
Pages 10-21
forming questions;
emotions
using stress for
emphasis (1);
adverbs of degree pronouncing short
and long vowels

2 Language and
communication present tenses;
separable and
phrasal
verbs for
understanding
weak forms of
Pages 22-33 inseparable phrasal auxiliary verbs;
communication
verbs saying the /r/ sound

3 Unfamiliar
places narrative tenses;
travel collocations travel verbs
pronouncing
groups of two or
Pages 34-45
with go on more consonants

4 Reconnecting
Pages 46-57
reported speech
and reporting
verbs; transitive and
verbs for
using stress for
emphasis (2);
relationships pronouncing long
intransitive phrasal
and short ‘i’
verbs

5 Healthy body,
healthy mind conditionals; I wish mental and
understanding
elision in connected
speech; making
Pages 58-69 ... and If only … physical health vowels longer
before voiced
consonants

4
COMMUNICATION CRITICAL
READING LISTENING WRITING USEFUL LANGUAGE
SKILL THINKING

an informal email
explorers talk
an article about how giving news; expressing
about a memorable considering other evaluating
sound affects us; writing informal emotions;
experience; inferring people’s emotions evidence
identifying reasons emails and empathizing
emotions
messages

an article about a podcast about


talking about your
communication in English as a a formal email building relationships
identifying the first language
the natural world; global language; enquiry; organizing using your first
main message identity; formal
scanning and identifying discourse formal emails language identity
emails
skimming markers

an audiobook
telling personal
a blog post about extract about
a blog post about stories; fixing
exploring your own Polynesian voyages; fixing ranking
travel; engaging misunderstandings;
city; active reading using visual misunderstandings information
the reader making
by annotating information to help
recommendations
you listen

an interview
about keeping
an article about
in touch with a story; making a adapting your synthesizing
reconnecting with taking turns
friends and family; story entertaining turn-taking style information
nature; summarizing
understanding
accents

explorers talk about


three success
keeping mentally
stories of projects
and physically a for and against distinguishing
tackling loneliness; adapting your English
fit; listening for essay; using cause from essay introductions
identifying and to be understood
keywords to discourse markers correlation
understanding cause
understand the
and effect
general meaning

5
Scope and sequence
GRAMMAR AND
VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION
‘FOCUS ON’

6 Breaking
news passive structures;
news and media
pronouncing
consonant groups;
Pages 70-81 the ... the ... pronouncing long
vowels

7 Shared
spaces causative verbs;
useful structures for
describing
places
stressing multi-
syllable verbs;
pronouncing /b/,
Pages 82-93 complaining
/v/, /w/

8 Incredible
technology
speculating about
the past; forming describing
understanding the
weak form of have;
Pages 94-105 nouns, verbs and technology pronouncing long
adjectives and short 'o'

9 Against
all odds talking about the
future; verb-noun
success and pausing; saying /ʃ/,
Pages 106-117 failure /ʒ/, /tʃ/ and /dʒ/
collocations

10 Acultures
world of verb patterns with
infinitive and -ing;
cultural identity
aspirating /p/, /k/
Pages 118-129 the with groups of and /t/; saying th
people and things

6
COMMUNICATION CRITICAL
READING LISTENING WRITING USEFUL LANGUAGE
SKILL THINKING

explorers talk
an article about about how they
a news article; influencing people;
fake images get their news; fact-checking
choosing your influencing people being careful and
online; identifying understanding online information
writing style objective
unsupported claims connected speech:
catenation

an article about an
an interview with a social media posts;
elephant programme solving problems;
cave photographer; using informal dealing with difficult analysing solutions
in Mozambique; softening the
identifying figurative language in social conversations to problems
dealing with message
language media posts
unknown words

an article about a radio phone-


science-fiction in about a new
a product review; examining writer
technology; app service;
multi-word communicating online assumptions product reviews
recognizing understanding
adjectives behind texts
synonyms and prepositions in
antonyms connected speech

four stories of people talking about the


two anecdotes
who have succeeded a job application future; adapting
about learning adapting to direct
against the odds; email; what to recognizing other to different
from failures; and indirect
making inferences include in a job perspectives communication
understanding communication styles
about a writer’s application email styles; job
contrasts
opinion application emails

a travel article
an interview about
about the music a report about evaluating the
cultural identity;
of Colombia; cultural attractions; dealing with relationship expressing numbers
understanding
identifying figurative expressing numbers assumptions between text and approximately
ellipsis in spoken
language in creative approximately supporting media
language
writing

Reflect and review Page 130 Grammar reference Page 140 Extra speaking tasks Page 155
Vocabulary reference Page 135 Irregular verbs Page 153 Audioscripts Page 157
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Scope and sequence
GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION

1 Encounters
Pages 10–21
perfect structures;
distinguishing
encounters with
people; precious
using chunking
and intonation in
complex sentences;
between words with finds and saying words that
similar meanings possessions are difficult to
pronounce

2 Fresh ideas saying consonant


features and clusters across
Pages 22–33 multi-word verbs; benefits of new word boundaries;
irreversible word ideas; noun understanding
pairs suffixes related consonant clusters
to creating ideas across word
boundaries

3 On the move using emphatic


stress when
Pages 34–45 modals and related ways of moving; hedging;
verbs; hedging in making life understanding
spoken English choices consonant sound
changes within and
between words

4 The arts
Pages 46–57 discourse markers;
using the present
music; oral
adapting your
pronunciation;
narratives stressing words to
tense to tell stories
engage listeners

5 Sciences
Pages 58–69
adding emphasis
with cleft sentences;
describing
health benefits;
saying vowels and
diphthongs: length;
saying longer
negative and limiting suffixes related
vowels before
adverbials to research
voiced consonants

4
COMMUNICATION CRITICAL
READING LISTENING WRITING USEFUL LANGUAGE
SKILL THINKING

an explorer talks
about a precious adapting to
an extract from a follow-up email;
find; using adapting to different analysing different personality
a novel; using a structuring a
mindmaps to help personality types characters types; making plans
dictionary message
predict what you and suggestions
might hear

explorers talk describing a


about where their product’s features
a biography about a a proposal;
ideas come from; encouraging creative applying ideas in and benefits;
scientist; creating a explaining causes
understanding problem solving different contexts encouraging
timeline and results
accents: consonant creative problem
sounds solving

an extract from a evaluating


explorers talk about an email to confirm
non-fiction book; solutions to
their relationship arrangements; supporting others supporting others
identifying different problems
to place; inferring making formal through change through change
ways to indicate from different
opinions arrangements
cause and effect perspectives

an explorer talks
about oral story-
forum posts and an online film
telling traditions using humour identifying using humour in
poems; identifying review; hooking
in the Caribbean; in international logical fallacies in conversations;
and analysing the reader in a
understanding fast communication arguments writing film reviews
arguments review
speech (1): final
consonants

an article about
explorers talk about
two surgeons who
the role of narrative a video brief; convincing someone assessing
are also artists; trying to convince
in science; using supporting a text who questions the supporting
summarizing the someone
abbreviations when with images evidence evidence
ideas in a text using
taking notes
a Venn diagram

5
Scope and sequence
GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION

6 Redesigning
our world alternative
conditional forms;
representation;
using the correct
stress on words with
suffixes; stressing
Pages 70–81 design
compound adjectives key words and using
pauses

7 Same but
different the continuous
aspect; homophones
similarities and
differences;
understanding /ʌ/,
/əʊ/ and /aɪ/ across
accents; feeling
Pages 82–93 and homographs using the voice comfortable with
your accent

8 Nature
Pages 94–105
dependent
prepositions; the natural talent;
saying /dʒ/, /tʃ/ and
/ʃ/; adapting your
definite article used natural world pronunciation to say
with natural features /w/, /v/, and /b/

9 Fashion and
trends
ellipsis and
substitution; fashion; green
saying elided
expressions with the
Pages 106–117 expressing change business trends correct stress; saying
and trends consonants clearly

10 Time
Pages 118–129 the future in the
past; expressions
expressions
with time;
expressions
saying /r/ vs /l/ at
the end of words;
saying voiceless
with take related to the consonants in
passing of time stressed syllables

6
COMMUNICATION CRITICAL
READING LISTENING WRITING USEFUL LANGUAGE
SKILL THINKING

explorers talk about accommodating


an article about a report about
design fails and your conversation
maps; summarizing website design; accommodating your identifying the
successes; learn new partner; referring to
with a visual concept writing from visual conversation partner writer’s opinions
words and phrases different aspects of
map data
while listening a subject

three conversations managing the


an extract from a
relating to different an opinion essay; understanding impression you
memoir; dealing with finding your voice in
aspects of the voice; structuring an analogies in make; expressing
unknown words in English
dealing with non- argument literature opinions in an
literary texts
linguistic challenges impersonal way

explorers talk
about significant
an opinion article
experiences an essay suggesting confronting difficult
about modified and
in nature; solutions to confronting difficult understanding and issues; discussing
lab-grown foods;
understanding fast problems; using issues avoiding biases effects and
creating an outline
speech (2): merging cautious language solutions
of a text
and disappearing
sounds

a news report increasing


a blog post about about green recognizing trustworthiness;
an anecdote; increasing your
toys and games; business trends; commercial describing problems
starting a story trustworthiness
using topic sentences understanding interests with clothes, shoes
hedging and accessories

five conversations
an article about
about time;
rhythm; finding a letter; making a managing turn-taking evaluating the managing turn-
synthesizing
meaning: using personal timeline in group conversations degree of certainty taking
information from
definitions
multiple sources

Reflect and review Page 130 Grammar reference Page 145 Extra speaking tasks Page 165
Vocabulary reference Page 135 Irregular verbs Page 163 Audioscripts Page 168
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