Lucy Becker · Carol FrainDavid A. Hil l · Karen Thomas

Pre-Intermediate

• PET and TRINITY exam preparation

• Lexical focus with extensive grammar practice and revision

• Listenings and extra online practice at www.helbling-ezone.com

CEF A2-B1

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Lexical theme | The house 1 Past participle (worked, sent) 10 2 Present perfect simple – Form (I have/haven’t visited, Have you visited…?) 12 3 Present perfect simple – with just, already, yet, not… yet, still… not 14 4 Present perfect simple – with ever, never, recently, today… 16 5 Present perfect simple – with How long, for, since 18 6 Present perfect simple and Past simple – Differences of usage 20 Review 1 | Units 1-6 22 Trinity and Pet Practice 24

Future with going to and will Lexical theme | Jobs 7 The future: will – Form (I will go, I won’t go, Will you go?) 26 8 The future: will – Usage (1) 28 9 The future: will – Usage (2) 30 Review 2 | Units 7-9 32 Trinity and Pet Practice 34

Other ways to express the future, Future continuous and Future perfect Lexical theme | Health 10 Present continuous and Present simple for the future 36 11 Going to / Present continuous / Will future – Differences in usage 38 12 Verbs + infinitive (I want to go) 40 13 Verbs + -ing form / + infinitive (I started reading / to read) 42 14 Prepositions + -ing form; -ing clauses (I’m good at skiing, Before/After going…) 44 Review 3 | Units 10-14 46 Trinity and Pet Practice 48

Modal verbs must, have to, need, had better; ought to; be due; be bound to Lexical theme | Rules and regulations 15 Have to / Have got to; Be to; Mustn’t / Don’t have to 50 16 Need to / Need + -ing; Had to / Will have to; Be obliged / Be compelled 52 17 Had better; Ought to; Be due; Be bound to 54 Review 4 | Units 15-17 56 Trinity and Pet Practice 58

The passive Lexical theme: Arts and crafts, Literature, Manufacturing, Inventions 18 Passive form 60 19 Passive form – Present and past tenses 62 Review 5 | Units 18-19 64 Trinity and Pet Practice 66

Articles Lexical theme | The environment and Geography 20 The definite article: the (2) 68 21 No article vs. the 70 Review 6 | Units 20-21 72 Trinity and Pet Practice 74

Nouns, possessive case Lexical theme | Leisure time 22 Nouns: countable and uncountable (1) 76 23 Nouns: countable and uncountable (2) 78 24 Collective and plural nouns; adjectives used as nouns 80 Review 7 | Units 22-24 82 Trinity and Pet Practice 8418

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Adjectives Lexical theme | Famous people, music 25 The comparative of adjectives (1) (cheaper than / more expensive than) 86 26 The comparative of adjectives (2) (as interesting as / less interesting than) 88 27 The superlative of adjectives (the cheapest / the most expensive / the least expensive) 90 28 The comparative and superlative of adverbs (faster / fastest; more quickly / most quickly) 92 29 Comparative and superlative: irregular forms (better / the best) 94 30 Comparatives with nouns and verbs (more / less … than; as much … as / as many … as) 96 Review 8 | Units 25-30 98 Trinity and Pet Practice 100

Adjectives, pronouns, some, any, no Lexical theme | Life around the world 31 Reflexive and emphasizing pronouns 102 32 Distributive adjectives and pronouns (1) 104 33 Distributive adjectives and pronouns (2) 106 34 Indefinite adjectives and pronouns (1) 108 35 Indefinite adjectives and pronouns (2) 110 36 Compounds of some, any, no (1) 112 37 Compounds of some, any, no (2) Compounds with -ever 114 Review 9 | Units 31-37 116 Trinity and Pet Practice 118

Adverbs Lexical theme | Films and theatre 38 Adverbs of manner (quickly, slowly) 120 39 Adverbs of time 122 40 Adverbs of degree 124 41 Word order in statements 126 Review 10 | Units 38-41 128 Trinity and Pet Practice 130

Prepositions Lexical theme | Business life 42 Prepositions of time (2) 132 43 Prepositions indicating place and position (2) 134 44 Prepositions indicating movement 136 45 Prepositions to and for; Verbs with double object 138 46 Other prepositions 140 Review 11 | Units 42-46 142 Trinity and Pet Practice 144

Conditional clauses Lexical theme | Extremes 47 Conditional verb forms; future in the past 146 48 If clauses- Type zero and type one 148 Review 12 | Units 47-48 150 Trinity and Pet Practice 152

Word Bank 154

Answer Keys 160

Appendix 171

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