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Sky High 3 Practice Online

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Sky High 3 Practice OnlineThis course accompanies 'Sky High 3'. There are 12 units, each matching a student's book unit. There is a review syllabus item every other unit to match the Checkpoint sections in the student's book. Resources are grouped into four categories: Building Grammar, Building Vocabulary, Listening Development and Pronunciation Practice.

UNIT 1Personal history

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about past events in people's lives.

Building grammar Practicing the past simple.

Listening development Listening to a woman talking about life with her twin, answering questions and deciding if statements are true or false.

Double trouble - twins! Listening Activity

Simple past regular: use Grammar Reference Unit

Simple past irregular: use Grammar Reference Unit

Unforgettable memories

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to tell stories. It covers the past simple, the past progressive and 'so' and 'neither'.

Building grammar Contrasting the past simple and the past progressive. Practicing 'so' and 'neither'.

Listening development Listening to someone talking about swimming with a whale and deciding if statements are true or false.

Swimming with a whale Listening Activity

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Past simple v. past progressive

Language Exercise Past simple and past progressive

Language Exercise

A day at school Language Exercise

Now and then

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about past habits. It covers the use of 'used to'.

Building grammar Practicing describing past habits and customs with 'used to'. Practicing 'used to' and the past simple.

Habits Language ExerciseUsed to v. past simple

Language Exercise

Lifeline to scholarships and jobs

This syllabus item provides practice of the language we use to write and talk about resumes and interviews.

Listening development Listening to a conversation about a job applicant and filling in missing information.

Building vocabulary Practicing words and phrases used in letters and resumes when applying for a job.

A job applicant Listening Activity Application letter extracts Vocabulary Activity

UNIT 2Modern careers

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about lifestyles and future plans.

Listening development Listening to an interview about life in the 1920s and selecting the statements that match the speaker's opinions. Listening to an interview with a woman talking about her travel plans before going to college and deciding if statements are true or false.

Generation gap Listening Activity Alison's trip to Australia Listening Activity

Are you a workaholic?

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the future. It covers 'will', 'going to' and participial adjectives.

Building vocabulary Practicing adjectives ending '-ed' and '-ing'.

Building grammar Practicing the future with 'will' and 'won't'. Contrasting 'will' and 'going to'.

A school trip Language Exercise

Will v. going to Language Exercise

Will v. going to Language Exercise

Adjectives Language Exercise

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Relaxation and play

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to make comparisons. It covers comparative and superlative adjectives.

Building vocabulary Practicing adjectives ending in '-ed' and '-ing'.

Building grammar Practicing comparative adjectives. Practicing comparative and superlative adjectives. Practicing equivalents using 'as ... as'.

Spot the difference Language Exercise

Adjectives Language Exercise

Comparative and superlative adjectives

Language Exercise

The trip Language Exercise

Lifeline to psychology

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about stress and lowering our stress levels.

Building grammar Practicing the future simple in sentences about promises that a spa makes to its customers.

Listening development Listening to a dialog about cycling and deciding if statements are true or false.

Crazy about cycling! Listening Activity Spa promises Language Exercise

Checkpoint 1

This syllabus item provides further practice of the language covered in Units 1 and 2.

Building grammar Contrasting the past simple and past progressive. Practicing 'used to' for past habits and states. Practicing the use of 'will', 'going to' and the present simple to talk about the future. Practicing the comparative and superlative form of adjectives.

A funny thing happened Language Exercise

Used to Language Exercise

Just letting you know Language Exercise

Young people now and then

Language Exercise

Who is the fittest? Language Exercise

UNIT 3Energy sources

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the environment.

Building grammar Reading a text about the environment and choosing the correct tense to complete the text.

Listening development Listening to a passage about tourists polluting the environment and keying in the missing words to complete a text. Listening to a girl talking about her family and the environment and choosing the correct form of the present simple to complete sentences.

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The environment Listening Activity

Good for the environment Listening Activity

Today I'm saving the world!

Language Exercise

Predicting the future

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to make predictions. It covers the use of 'will' and 'going to'.

Building grammar Practicing 'will' and 'won't'. Contrasting the use of 'will' and 'going to'.

A future quiz Language Exercise Will and going to Language Exercise

What if...?

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about conditions and results. It covers the first conditional.

Building grammar Practicing the first conditional.

Home from the health farm

Language Exercise

What if ...? Language Exercise

If you walk under a ladder ...

Language Exercise

Lifeline to health sciences

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about healthy food.

Listening development Listening to two friends talking about what they do to keep in shape and deciding which person expresses each opinion.

Healthy food in our supermarkets

Listening Activity

UNIT 4Immigrants

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about places and their history.

Listening development Listening to a conversation about Gibraltar and choosing the correct answers to complete sentences.

Building vocabulary Practicing words to talk about buildings. Practicing words to talk about places.

Gibraltar Listening Activity

What happens where? Vocabulary Activity

What does it mean? Vocabulary Activity

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Cultural differences

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about actions that happened at definite and indefinite past times. It covers the present perfect and the past simple.

Building grammar Practicing the present perfect with 'for' and 'since'. Practicing word order with adverbs of time. Contrasting the past simple and the present perfect.

Listening development Listening to a conversation between an immigration officer and two passengers and matching answers with the correct questions.

New identity Listening Activity

I've lived here for three years

Language Exercise

Present perfect with adverbs of time

Language Exercise

Paul's interview Language Exercise

City versus country

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the city and the country. It covers the use of 'too' and 'enough'.

Building vocabulary Practicing words related to places.

Pronunciation practice Practicing syllable stress in words used to describe places.

Building grammar Practicing the present simple and progressive in a text about life in cities. Practicing the use of 'too' and 'enough'.

Life in the big city Language Exercise

Syllable count Pronunciation Activity

Places - town and country Vocabulary Activity

Too and enough Language Exercise

Lifeline to urban planning

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about different aspects of the places where people live.

Listening development Listening to six people talking about different aspects of their town and identifying which aspects each speaker mentions. Listening to somebody talking about Bermuda and choosing the correct option to answer questions.

The town where I live Listening Activity On business in Bermuda Listening Activity

Checkpoint 2


Building grammar Contrasting 'will', 'won't' and 'going to'. Practicing the present perfect with 'for' and 'since'. Practicing the use of the present perfect and past simple. Practicing the use of 'too' and 'enough'.

Will, won't, going to Language Exercise

Present perfect with for and since

Language Exercise

A day at the office Language Exercise

The ideal venue Language Exercise

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UNIT 5The lottery of life

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about people's daily lives and future plans.

Building vocabulary Practicing words that are often confused.

Listening development Listening to someone talking about his life, deciding if sentences are true or false and matching sentence halves. Listening to someone talking about his trip to South America and listing the place names in the order he mentions them.

Mick Malone's life story Listening Activity

Going places Listening Activity

Missed or lost? Vocabulary Activity

Born to shop?

This syllabus item provides practice of the use of verb complementation. It covers the use of verbs followed by the infinitive, the infinitive without 'to' and '-ing' forms.

Building grammar Contrasting the '-ing' form and the 'to' + infinitive. Practicing the structure verb + object + infinitive without 'to'. Practicing the structure verb + object + infinitive. Practicing the use of the infinitive and '-ing' forms.

Going out Language Exercise

Verb + object + verb: object + infinitive without to

Grammar Reference Unit

Verb + object + verb: object + infinitive


Infinitive v -ing form Grammar Reference Unit

Money, money, money

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about money. It covers connectors that express reason and purpose.

Building vocabulary Visiting an external website and answering questions about the European Central Bank and the euro.

Building grammar Practicing the connectors 'so' and 'because'. Practicing connectors of reason and result. Practicing connectors of purpose.

The European Central Bank

Web Project

Plans for my party Language Exercise

Connectors: reason and result


Connectors: purpose Grammar Reference Unit

Lifeline to economics

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about business.

Building vocabulary Practicing words related to business.

Listening development Listening to a business report and deciding if each topic is up, down or stable.

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Business news Listening Activity

UNIT 6Entertainment at home

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about entertainment preferences and habits.

Building vocabulary Practicing words related to leisure time.

Listening development Listening to a girl talking about an experiment her family had with TV and deciding whether statements are true or false.

Are you a TV addict? Listening Activity Leisure time Vocabulary Activity

Going out

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about places to go on vacation. It covers indefinite pronouns.

Building grammar Practicing indefinite pronouns.

Pronunciation practice Contrasting three different vowel sounds.

Vacations Listening Activity

Indefinite pronouns: use Grammar Reference Unit

Would you like anything to eat?

Language Exercise

Vowel sounds Pronunciation Activity

Movie history

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about movie stars. It covers relative clauses.

Building grammar Practicing relative clauses. Practicing relative pronouns.

Listening development Listening to two teenagers talking about a movie star, identifying who they're talking about and what he's done recently.

Fan clubs Listening Activity

Relative clauses: structure 1


Relative pronouns Language Exercise

Lifeline to movie and TV shows

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about movies.

Listening development Listening to five people talking about movies, choosing the movie each person is describing and deciding if statements are true or false.

Building vocabulary Practicing vocabulary to do with movies.

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Sylvester Stallone Vocabulary Activity The last movie I saw Listening Activity

Checkpoint 3


Building grammar Practicing the use of '-ing' forms and infinitives. Practicing the use of infinitives with and without 'to'. Practicing the use of 'some' and 'any' and their compounds.

Listening development Listening to a teenager asking for permission to go out and choosing the correct answer to questions.

The Big Squeeze Game

Aladdin Trouble Game

Talking about a conference Language Exercise

Going out! Listening Activity

UNIT 7Celebrations

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about festivals and celebrations.

Building vocabulary Visiting external websites and answering questions about festivals around the world.

Festivals around the world

Web Project

Culture on the table

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about fast food. It covers the present simple passive.

Building grammar Practicing the present simple passive.

Fast food Listening Activity

The passive: present simple


The environment Language Exercise

How are bottles recycled? Language Exercise

Culture at home

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about life in another country. It covers verbs and expressions followed by the -'ing' form and the infinitive.

Building grammar Practicing 'used to' as a verb and as an adjective. Practicing verbs followed by an '-ing' form or an infinitive without 'to'.

Listening development Listening to a woman talk about where she lives in Italy and identifying which features or facilities she mentions.

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Living in Italy Listening Activity

Used to: verb, adjective Grammar Reference Unit

-ing form v infinitive Language Exercise

Lifeline to intercultural communication

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to make an invitation and address people politely.

Listening development Listening to someone inviting a business visitor out for the evening and noting the details.

An evening's entertainment

Listening Activity

UNIT 8You and your body

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about health and exercise.

Building vocabulary Practicing words for parts of the body.

Listening development Listening to two friends talking about what they do to keep in shape and deciding which person expresses each opinion.

Parts of the body Vocabulary Activity Keeping in shape the right way

Listening Activity

Dangerous practices

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to give advice. It covers the use of the structure 'have something done'.

Building grammar Practicing the use of 'have' + object + past participle. Practicing the use of 'should' in sentences giving advice.

Listening development Listening to advice about three different problems and deciding which advice you are listening to.

Uses of have: have something done


Personal problem hotlines Listening Activity

Modals of advice Language Exercise

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The best remedies

This syllable item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about illnesses. It covers modals of deduction.

Listening development Listening to people asking who has done various things and matching the speaker with the correct answer.

Building grammar Practicing the use of of modal verbs that express deduction.

Feeling sick Vocabulary Activity

Underwater discovery Language Exercise

Modal verb structures Language Exercise

Who did it? Listening Activity

Lifeline to alternative medicine

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about health.

Building vocabulary Practicing words related to health. Note: When playing 'Molly in the Building on Fire', select the topic 'Health'.

Molly in the Building on Fire

Game

Checkpoint 4


Building vocabulary Practicing words for parts of the body.

Listening development Listening to a group of people sailing to the site of a shipwreck and matching sentence halves.

Building grammar Practicing the present simple passive. Practicing the infinitive and the '-ing' form.

Helping the environment Language Exercise

Infinitive v. -ing form Language Exercise

Visit to a shipwreck Listening Activity

Parts of the body Vocabulary Activity

UNIT 9Dreams

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about hopes and dreams.

Building grammar Practicing the use of the verbs 'hope' and 'expect'.

Listening development Listening to people talking about the places where they would like to go and deciding if statements are true or false.

If things were different Listening Activity Visitor hopes and expectations

Language Exercise

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Wishes and hopes

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about wishes. It covers the use of 'I wish' and 'if only'.

Building grammar Practicing the uses of 'wish' and 'if only'.

I wish ... Language Exercise

Creatures of the imagination

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about imaginary situations. It covers the second conditional.

Listening development Listening to four people talking about how they would react in certain situations and deciding which situation each speaker is talking about.

Building grammar Practicing the second conditional.

Pronunciation practice Identifying stress in questions in the second conditional.

What if? Listening Activity

Second conditional: affirmative


Second/Unreal conditional: use


Rhythm and stress in second/unreal conditional questions

Pronunciation Activity

Lifeline to physical sciences

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about scientific concepts.

Building vocabulary Visiting external websites, answering questions and completing tasks about science museums.

Science museums online

Web Project

UNIT 10Armchair travel

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about travel and vacations.

Listening development Listening to five clips about American cities, reading descriptions and matching them with the correct cities.

Building vocabulary Practicing verbs and nouns for vacation activities.

Vacation paradise Vocabulary Activity Cities of the U.S.A. Listening Activity

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The real thing

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about transportation. It covers reporting verbs.

Building grammar Practicing the use of 'say' and 'tell'. Practicing the use of reporting verbs in the present.

Listening development Listening to two people talking about a new way to travel from the United Kingdom to France and choosing the correct answer to questions.

Going underground Listening Activity

Say vs. tell: differences and uses


Reported speech: reporting verbs in the present


Visitors from abroad

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to request and state information. It covers embedded questions.

Building grammar Practicing embedded questions.

Listening development Listening to information about Framlingham Castle and choosing the correct answers.

Framlingham Castle Listening Activity

Embedded/Indirect questions: use


Embedded questions: word order


Lifeline to tourism and hospitality

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about some aspects of tourism.

Listening development Listening to two travel agents talking about customer complaints and selecting the correct answer for each question.

A bad year to travel Listening Activity

Checkpoint 5


Listening development Listening to someone speaking in favor of cars and selecting the statements the speaker uses in his argument.

Building grammar Practicing embedded questions. Practicing the second conditional.

Hotel requests Language Exercise

Second conditional Language Exercise

If everyone had a car ... Listening Activity

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UNIT 11Early breakthroughs

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about ancient civilizations.

Building vocabulary Practicing noun suffixes with '-r', '-er' and '-ist'. Practicing suffixes used to make verbs into nouns.

Listening development Listening to a radio interview with a man from a museum of archeology and deciding if statements are true or false.

Interview with Dr. Martin Listening Activity

What's the word? Vocabulary Activity

Nouns from verbs Vocabulary Activity

Important inventions

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about inventions. It covers the past passive.

Building grammar Practicing the past simple passive. Practicing the active and passive forms of the past simple.

The passive: past simple Grammar Reference Unit

Past simple active and passive

Language Exercise

The story of jeans Language Exercise

Unexpected outcomes

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about new products. It covers the past progressive.

Building vocabulary Practicing adjective suffixes 'un-', 'im-', 'in-' and 'ir-'.

Building grammar Practicing the past progressive.

Listening development Listening to four people talking about some new products, selecting the correct name for each product and then deciding which products you hear being described.

Strange inventions Listening Activity

What was happening? Language Exercise

Adjective prefixes (un-, im-, in-, ir-)

Vocabulary Activity

Lifeline to Information Technology

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about information technology.

Building vocabulary Practicing words you need to talk about technology.

Listening development Listening to six people talking about what they do online and selecting the correct words or phrases to complete the transcripts.

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Information technology Vocabulary Activity What do you do online? Listening Activity

UNIT 12Patterns of buying

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about buying and selling and to talk about clothes.

Building vocabulary Practicing words for clothes. Note: When playing 'Molly in the Building on Fire', select the topic 'Clothes and accessories'.

Listening development Listening to five people saying whether they are buying or selling something in a call-in radio show and selecting the correct answer for each speaker. Listening to an interview about fashions in the 60s and 70s and choosing the correct answers to questions about the interview.

Are you buying or selling? Listening Activity

Fashion Listening Activity

Molly in the Building on Fire

Game

The hard sell

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about advertising. It covers the present perfect progressive.

Listening development Listening to a telephone sales person trying to sell an advertisement and selecting true or false for each statement.

Building grammar Practicing the present perfect progressive.

Selling advertisements Listening Activity

Present perfect progressive: use


Present perfect progressive

Language Exercise

Spotlight on a corporation

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about corporations. It covers the present perfect simple and progressive.

Building vocabulary Visiting external websites and answering questions about department and retail stores in the U.S.A. Practicing numbers and prices.

Building grammar Contrasting the present perfect simple and progressive.

Department Stores

Web Project Present perfect simple v. progressive


Present perfect simple and progressive

Language Exercise

Numbers and prices Vocabulary Activity

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Lifeline to advertising and marketing

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about marketing.

Building vocabulary Practicing terms used in marketing.

What does that mean? Vocabulary Activity

Checkpoint 6


Building grammar Practicing the past simple passive. Practicing the past progressive. Practicing the present perfect simple and progressive. Practicing building sentences.

Picasso painting stolen Language Exercise

What was everyone doing? Language Exercise

Ibiza - paradise lost Language Exercise

No Finer Diner Game

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