GrammarUnit Vocabulary

Verb to be: singularQuestion words: What? How old? Who?Demonstrative pronouns: this/thatIndefinite articles: a/anPossessive adjectives: my, your

Verb to be: singularQuestion word: Where?Possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her, itsGenitive apostrophe s (‘s)Prepositions: in, on, atDefinite article: the

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Plurals of nounsVerb to be: plural

Verb can (request)Question word: When?Preposition on with days of the week

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Possessive adjectives: our, your, theirGenitive apostrophe s: singular (‘s), plural (s’)Verb: have/has gotsome and anyQuestion words: How many? Why?Linker: because

Present simpleAdverbs of degree: a lot, very much, at allObject pronouns: me, you, him, her, it, us,

them

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Present simple with fixed timesQuestion words: How long? How much?Preposition of time: atVerb can (permission)

Prepositions of place: in/on (a road), next to,near, behind, in front of, in the centre of, onthe corner of, opposite, between … and …

there is and there areIndefinite pronoun: oneVerb want + infinitive

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Common objects and furnitureNumbers 1–20

Common adjectives: right, wrong, big,small, hot, cold, hungry, thirsty, tired

Titles: Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms

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Countries and nationalitiesCompass points and places

Greetings through the dayNumbers 20–100The alphabetDays of the week

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Family membersPersonal appearance

Types of music

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Clock timesFast food and drinksEnglish money

Places in townsLeisure activities

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Are you American?

Who’s Em?

It’s greatto be here!

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Can you spellthat, please?

6 I’ve gottwo sisters.

7 I really like him.

8 Can Icome too?

9 Welcometo Brighton.

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Progress check: Units 1 and 2

Progress check: Units 6 and 7

Progress check: Units 8 and 9

Progress check: Units 3 and 4

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Communication Skills Learn to learn Soundbite

Greet people and exchange namesAsk someone’s ageClassroom instructions

Introduce peopleGreet people you knowAsk where people and things are

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Talk about your nationality and saywhere you are from

Ask for and give telephone numbersAsk for and give names and addresses

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Talk about your familyTalk about people’s appearance

Talk about likes and dislikes

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Ask for permissionAsk and say the timeBuy things in shops

Ask and say where places areAsk and talk about places and

facilitiesMake suggestions with let’s

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Listen to a magazine surveyRead and write an e-pals advertisement

Read and write sentences about members of a family

Listen to a dialogue and choose the bestanswers

Read and write a formal letter

Listen and write telephone numbersRead an advertListen to a telephone conversation and

complete a form

Listen to a personal descriptionRead and write a letter to a penfriend

Write about the favourite music of family and friends

Read an article about a young musicianWrite a paragraph about a favourite bandListen to a telephone conversation

Listen and note which item Charlie borrows

Listen and guess where you are in the worldListen to a dialogue and note where the group

decide to go

Classroominstructions

Ask the namesof things inEnglish

Capital letters

Ask for help inclass

Ask aboutspelling,pronunciationand meaning

Record newwords

Find out froma dictionaryhow topronouncewords

\ S \ she\ h \ he

\ j \ youyour

\ I \ English\ i� \ Greek

\ T \ threethirteen

\ D \ brother\ d \ daughter

\ ø \ doesdoesn’t

\ � \ can\ A� \ can’t

\ ´U \ nodon’t

Speaking: see ‘Communication’

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Unit

11 I often go to a movie.

12 Can you swim?

13 What’sMichael doing?

14 What are yougoing to wear?

Grammar Vocabulary

Present simple for routinesLinkers: first, then, after thatAdverbs of frequency: always, usually, often,

sometimes, never

How often with adverbial phrases of frequency Verb can (ability)Gerund (-ing form) after like, love, hatePrepositions in and on with dates

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Present continuousPositive and negative imperatives

Verb going to for future plans and intentionstoo + adjectiveDemonstrative adjectives: these/those

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Verb to be past simple

Past simple of regular verbsPast simple questions with did

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Special phrase: What’s the … like?Past simple of irregular verbs

Comparative and superlative of short adjectivesComparative and superlative of good and badQuestion word: Which?

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Daily activities

Sports and activitiesMonths and seasons of the yearOrdinal numbers with dates

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Rooms and parts of the house

ClothesColours

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Past time adverbials: last night, yesterdayevening, etc

Drinks

Past time adverbials: last night,yesterday evening, etc.

Drinks

Daily activitiesAdjectives of qualityAdjectives to describe personality

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Weather words

The natural environment

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• Songs: page 121• Student B section (Interaction exercises): page 129• Answer key: page 130• Soundbite exercises: page 131• Vocabulary and expressions: page 133

16 Were youwith Spike?

17 Did you talkabout me?

18 It was awarm evening.

19 My joke’sfunnier.

Progress check: Units 11 and 12

Progress check: Units 13 and 14

Progress check: Units 18 and 19

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Progress check: Units 16 and 17

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Communication Learn to learn Soundbite

Ask and talk about daily routines

Ask and talk about things you can doAsk and talk about dates

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Describe what’s happening nowGive orders

Comment on clothesMake plans

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Offer, accept and refuse with would like

Ask about past events

Talk about the pastExpress opinions

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Ask and talk about the weatherTalk about past eventsNarrate past events

Make comparisons

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Write a paragraph about the school dayRead about a television programme

Write a paragraph about sports and activitiesRead an article about a young snowboarderListen to a conversation. Answer questions

Listen to sounds and guess activitiesDescribe your house or flat

Listen to a fashion commentaryRead about people’s taste in clothesWrite a dialogue about plansRead about teenagers who dress to shock

Read and write about a film star

Listen to a dialogue and answer the questionsRead about the Marie CelesteWrite about an incident

Listen to a telephone conversation about aholiday

Read an article about a twisterWrite a summary

Listen to a radio programme about film stars Read an article comparing the lifestyles of

today’s teenagers with those of theirgrandparents

Sortvocabulary

How to learnwords

Lessonfollow-up

Difficult wordsin readingtexts

Pronunciationof past tenseendings

Learn irregularpast tenseverbs

Learn fromreading

\ s \ walks\ z \ goes\ Iz \ watches

\ dZ \ jazzJanuary

\ p \ paper\ t \ tennis\ k \ café

\ u� \ boot\ U \ book

\ b \ buy\ v \ very\ w \ was

\ t \ worked\ d \ listened[past tense

endings]

\ eI \ rain\ e \ wet

\ ´ \ shortertaller

SkillsSpeaking: see ‘Communication’

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