STARTER A page 4–5 Materials | Activities Present tense reviewSTARTER B page 6–7 Multi-part verbs | Mind verbs Comparatives & superlatives

UNIT GRAMMAR VOCABULARY READING & LISTENING

1 Brain power

page 8

Modal verb reviewGerunds & infi nitives

Using the brain Adjectives from verbs: -ing, -edWORD ZONE make and do

Use it or lose it!

An interview about language learning Why does music make us feel so good?

STUDY SKILL Understanding the general idea

2 Adventurers page 18

Past simple, continuous & perfectContrasting structuresPast perfect continuous Narrative tenses

Travel and adventureCommon abstract nouns & related wordsWORD ZONE Expressions that mean

‘alone’

What a choice! All alone in the jungle … for ten days The big river man

STUDY SKILL Predicting what a text is about

3 Here and there, then and now

page 28

Present perfect simple & continuousRelative clauses

Countries and politics People wordsWORD ZONE trouble

A decade of change

The icons of a nation So near, but so far

STUDY SKILL Searching for specifi c information

REVIEW UNITS 1–3 page 38 VIDEO page 39

4 Who’s watching you?

page 40

Uses of willConjunctions in the futureFuture continuous & future perfect

Surveillance Collective and partitive nounsWORD ZONE verbs which mean

‘increase’ and ‘decrease’

Police state Mugged! Will life really be like this?

STUDY SKILL Understanding pronoun references

5 Mirror, mirror

page 50

Second & third conditionalsExpressing regretThird conditional inversion

Medicine & surgeryExpressions with getWORD ZONE Compound adjectives

with -ing

Facing up to a new life The art of tattooing The Ugly Duckling

STUDY SKILL Reading stories you already know

6 Techno-victims!

page 60

Uses of couldUses of be able toModal perfects

Connection problemsNouns ending in -y & their adjectivesWORD ZONE Uses of adverbs

A thousand pound bill – and she never made a call!

The boy who invited two thousand people to his party by mistake

Are you connected? You may be in danger …STUDY SKILL Idioms and sayings

REVIEW UNITS 4–6 page 70 VIDEO page 71

7 Crocodile man

page 72

Present, past, future & modal passivesAdvanced passive structures

ConservationIdentical verbs & nounsWORD ZONE Verbs with re-

Animals in danger The fur trade A blow for conservation

STUDY SKILL Guessing the meaning of a word

8 In the movies

page 82

Reported speech: time & location expressionsAlternative reporting structures

Idioms which indicate emotions Alternatives to say & tellWORD ZONE Things going wrong

What a blooper! Movie scenes Like Peaches and Cream

STUDY SKILL Inferring the writer’s purpose and attitude

9 Going for gold

page 92

Review (1): Narrative tenses Present perfect Conditionals

Review (2): Reported speech Passives | Modal perfects

People associated with sportAbstract nouns & adjectivesWORD ZONE Words which mean ‘big’

and ‘small’

The fastest island on the planet

Surprising sports

Aiming high

STUDY SKILL Recognizing facts and opinions

REVIEW UNITS 7–9 page 102 VIDEO page 103 REVIEW UNITS 1–9 page 104–112 GRAMMAR REFERENCE page 113–121

PREPARE FOR CAMBRIDGE EXAMS AND THE TOEFL JUNIOR® TEST page 122–139

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CHALLENGE INTERACTION WRITING

Learn and teach a new memory-training technique

Succeeding in an interviewShowing polite interestKeeping a conversation goingExpressing agreementPRONUNCIATION should, must & ought

A reportWRITING SKILL Making a formal

recommendation

Do an interview with an adventurer Discussing an extreme propositionBeing strongly in favour of somethingBeing strongly against somethingExpressing disappointmentPRONUNCIATION /ʌ/ (u as in jungle)

A reviewWRITING SKILL Modifi ers

Plan and conduct a guided tourGiving a tour

Making a decisionTalking about positive factorsExpressing doubtInviting the opinions of other people PRONUNCIATION Stress on suffi xes

A profi leWRITING SKILL Adding information

Argue for a minute on a topicExpressing agreement with an idea Expressing disagreement with an idea Asking for clarifi cation

Describing people and placesSpeculating with a degree of certaintySpeculating with uncertainty Asking for or offering more informationPRONUNCIATION Asking for clarifi cation

An opinion essayWRITING SKILL Counter arguments

Tell a traditional story with a new twistTelling a traditional story

Resolving a conflictExpressing astonishmentExpressing strong feelingsTrying to calm someone downPRONUNCIATION wish & if only

A for and against essayWRITING SKILL Tentative language

Create a TV advertPolite requestsStronger requestsRecommendations

Making a complaintMaking a mild complaintMaking a strong complaintApologizing and placatingPRONUNCIATION Modal perfects

An article for an online magazineWRITING SKILL Introducing contrasting

and opposing ideas

Prepare and give a presentationIntroducing a topicGiving more detailsClosing your presentation / Calling for action

Getting someone’s attentionGetting someone’s attentionExpressing outrage | Giving excusesPRONUNCIATION Two-syllable verbs & nouns

An emailWRITING SKILL Talking about possible situations

Plan a fi lm and act out a sceneSetting the scene

Reaching a common consensusExpressing a lack of enthusiasmPersuading Reaching a conclusion PRONUNCIATION Using intonation

A storyWRITING SKILL Words and expressions

for giving reasons

Write and stage a TV quiz show Catching upGreeting someone after a long timeAsking for and responding to newsArranging to keep in touchPRONUNCIATION Stress in compound nouns

A newspaper articleWRITING SKILL Idioms

STORIES The Birthday Present page 140 Technotrip page 142 The Challenge page 144

IRREGULAR VERBS LIST page 153 INTERACTIVE RESOURCES:

Grammar presentation

Morepractice

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