Student's Book. Workbook. 1a. R Three articles on change. Devising a quiz about
South Africa. An autobiography. 1b. L Radio programme about starting at a.
Contents Lesson 1a A fresh start 1b First day p8
Grammar p6
Vocabulary
Speech feature & Pronunciation
Change
Simple & continuous verb forms Approximation
1c 1d
Growing up p10
Reference & substitution
Age
The quarterlife crisis p12 Noun suffixes 1 Language reference p14
2a 2b 2c
Memory p16
Gerunds & infinitives
Memory & memories
Memory man p18
Playing cards
Chunking
Bicycle history p20
Collocations and expressions with way
2d Memory stores p22 Comparisons
2 Language reference p24
3a 3b
Consumer society p26
Adding emphasis with auxiliary verbs Money
Rubbish! p28 Rubbish Fronting
3c Competitive eating p30 3d A cautionary tale p32
Excess
Cleft sentences
Adjective affixes
3 Language reference p34
4a 4b 4c 4d
Voicing complaints p36
Ways of speaking
Voice complaints p38
Voice
Reported speech
In the limelight p40
Voiced & unvoiced sounds
Emotional reactions
Speech! p42 Modals 1: must, might, may, could 4 Language reference p44
5a Entrepreneurs p46
Relative clauses
5b A new business p48 5c Women’s work? p50 5d Sexual discrimination p52
Setting up in business
Question tags
Intensifying adverbs Hypothetical past situations
Gender
5 Language reference p54
6a
Body care p56
Nouns from phrasal verbs
6b 6c 6d
Medical care p58
Passives 1
Childcare p60
Body collocations
Intrusive sounds
Collocations and expressions with care
Babysitting p62 Passives 2 Babies & babysitting
6 Language reference p64
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1a 1b
Reading & Listening R L
Speaking
Writing
Student’s Book
Three articles on change
Devising a quiz about South Africa
An autobiography
Radio programme about starting at a new school
Discussing the first day at school
p 126
1c 1d
R L
Growing up on television
2a 2b 2c
R L R
Three articles on improving memory
Discussing ways to improve memory
Interview with Dominic O’Brien
Performing and discussing a memory technique
The Rise of the Bicycle
Ranking and discussing methods of transport
The quarterlife crisis
Talking about different ages
Workbook Writing an autobiography: time expressions, describing your family, verb-noun collocations
Roleplay: life changes Did you know? Help the Aged Writing a biography: phrases in apposition, future in the past, time phrases, writing a biography of a famous person
2d L Conversation about museums
Roleplay: presenting and discussing proposals for a new national museum
Did you know? Statues
3a 3b
R L
I didn’t just say: give me the dough
Talking about attitudes to spending money
An article
Radio programme about a recycling initiative
Comparing and contrasting photos showing rubbish
p 128
3c 3d
R
Me and my big mouth
Roleplay: Sonya Thomas interview
L
Radio programme about the island
Discussing island life
4a 4b 4c 4d
Did you know? PlasTax
of Nauru
R L
Three blogs
Describing and discussing complaint situations
Interview about problems with the voice
Talking about how to protect your voice
R
And the winner is …
Ranking performance activities
L How to write speeches
Making a speech Did you know? Queen’s Speech & State of the Union Address
5a R Ingvar Kamprad: Leader of the flatpack
Talking about internationally known entrepreneurs
5b 5c 5d
L
Interview with Paddy Radcliffe
Making a product pitch to investors
R L
A woman’s work is never done
Roleplay: deciding on a housework rota
Five people talk about the Sex
Did you know? Women in the Anglican clergy
6a
R
6b 6c 6d
Writing a blog: narrative expressions, explaining consequences in the past, writing a blog about an embarrassing incident
A work email p 130
Writing a work email: formal and informal style, making arrangements, making requests
Discrimination Act
There’s more than one way to stay
Ranking leisure activities
in shape
L R
Writing a website article: writing definitions, making a deduction, describing cause & effect
The history of healthcare products
Discussing health problems
Natasha’s Story
Talking about international adoptions
L Interview about a babysitting agency
Choosing the best alternatives in babysitting situations
Did you know? Attitudes to children in UK
Writing an email to a friend: invitations & responses, writing an email of invitation to a social event
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Lesson Grammar Vocabulary Speech feature & Pronunciation 7a Behaving badly p66 Ellipsis 7b Rudeness p68 Good & bad behaviour Ellipsis in conversation
7 7
7c 7d
7 7
Whodunnit? p70
Participle clauses
Crime reports p72
Legal matters
7 Language reference p74
8a 8b
It takes all sorts p76
8 8
Noun phrases
Birth order p78
Character traits
Changing word stress
8c 8d
A close bond p80
Attitude adverbials
Relationships
Singles p82
Discourse markers
Adverbs with two forms
8 8
8 Language reference p84
9a 9b
A place called home p86
9 9
Modals 2: will, would, shall
Squatters p88
Describing homes
9c 9d
A place in the sun p90
9 9
Inversion
Experimental travel p92
Adjectives formed with particles Vague language
9 Language reference p94
10a 10b 10c
Turning out well p96
Success
What is success? p98
Three-part phrasal verbs
Futures
1 1 1
Contrastive stress
Going wrong? p100 Television
10d A stabbing incident p102
Modals 3: must, need, should
Not turning out well
1
Descriptive verbs
1
10 Language reference p104
11a A sight for sore eyes p106
Stress patterns and rhyming schemes
11b Affordable art p108 Determiners, pronouns & quantifiers Prepositional phrases 11c The sound of silence p110 Sounds 11d The New Music Award p112 Hypothetical present & future Dislocation
1 1 1
situations
11 Language reference p114
12a Science fact p116
1
Plurals & number
12b
Wearable technology p118
1
Compound adjectives (technology)
12c
Sport technology p120
Verb affixes
1
Intonation (feelings)
12d The end? p122 Grammar revision
1
Vocabulary revision
12 Language reference p124 Writing p126 Communication activities p138 Tapescripts p156 Unit reviews p164
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7a 7b
Reading & Listening
7c 7d
R
A missing person
Ranking and comparing books
L
Radio news reports
Discussing law breaking
R
A new broom
L Conversation about rudeness
8a 8b
Speaking
Writing
Student’s Book
Talking about misbehaviour at school
Writing a narrative: A narrative using narrative p 132 tenses, linking events, describing emotion
Discussing good and bad behaviour Selecting posters for a national campaign
Mr Hilditch & Robert and Lizzie
Describing people’s personality and appearance
L
Conversation about birth order
Discussing quotations about sisterhood
Writing a description: the five senses, participle phrases, writing a description of a visit
Did you know? Famous American siblings
8c 8d
R
End of a friendship
Discussing relationships
L
Six people talk about being single
Discussing compatibility
9a 9b
R
The city of tomorrow
Submitting and presenting a plan for a new town
A letter of complaint
L
Radio programme about squatting
Roleplay: viewing a property
p 134
Did you know? Listed buildings
9c 9d
R
A happy marriage
Selecting holiday activities
L
Conversation about experimental travel
Ranking travel options
10a 10b 10c
R
Made it!
Discussing endurance races
L
Six people talk about success
Discussing views about success
10d
L
A stabbing incident
Ordering and describing a picture story
11a
R
I wandered lonely as a cloud
Romanticism
An essay
Did you know? Romanticism
p 136
R The Wrong Guy
11b 11c 11d
Interview with Will Ramsay
Selecting artworks for buildings
R
The quietest place on earth
Describing the thoughts of people in photos
L
Five people talk about the New Music
Presenting a music device
12a
L R
Twelve scientific explanations Wearable electronics
12c
L
12d
Writing an essay (1): expressing a viewpoint, arguing against a viewpoint
Award
12b
Writing a letter of complaint: explaining the results of problems, articles
Writing a letter of thanks: expressions of thanks, explaining why you are grateful, writing a letter of thanks
Talking about problematic situations Did you know? BBC
L
Workbook
Did you know? Canadian Mounties
R
Radio discussion about technology
Discussing science questions Did you know? Science in schools
Writing an essay (2): result clauses, writing an essay
Submitting and presenting a project for a competition Debating technology in the home
in sport
Ranking and selecting photos Did you know? Revision quiz
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