| LESSON |
GRAMMAR AND FUNCTIONS |
VOCABULARY |
SKILLS AND SOUNDS |
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| 1. |
Welcome! |
Present simple (1) for customs and habits |
Hospitality: verbs |
Listening: |
listening for main ideas |
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Hospitality customs in different countries |
Questions |
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Speaking: |
talking about suitable questions to ask people |
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Adverbs of frequency |
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Reading: |
reading for main ideas |
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Writing: |
writing simple sentences with adverbs of frequency |
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| 2. |
A day in the life of the USA |
Present simple (2) for routines: third person singular |
Routine activities |
Reading: |
reading for main ideas |
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Typical daily routines |
Expressions of time |
Meals |
Listening: |
listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information |
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Times of the day |
Sounds: |
third person singular present simple endings: / /, / /, // |
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Matching verbs and nouns |
Writing: |
writing connected sentences about daily routines using
and and then |
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| 3. |
Home rules |
Articles |
Types of housing |
Reading: |
reacting to a passage and comparing information in a
passage with personal opinion |
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Different ideas of "home" in different countries |
Plurals |
Rooms |
Speaking: |
talking about typical homes and ideas of "home" |
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Furniture and equipment |
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| 4. |
First impressions |
Verb patterns (1): -ing from verbs |
Positive and negative adjectives |
Reading: |
reading for main ideas; inferring |
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Impressions of Britain and the USA |
Talking about likes and dislikes |
Matching nouns and adjectives |
Sounds: |
strong intonation for likes and dislikes |
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Speaking: |
talking about likes and dislikes |
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| 5. |
Take a closer look |
Present simple and present continuous |
Words for everyday transactions, such as shopping |
Speaking: |
talking about people's lifestyles; describing a
situation |
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Describing a situation |
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Identifying verbs and nouns; grouping words according to
subject |
Sounds: |
/ / and
/ / |
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Listening: |
listening for main ideas; listening for context |
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Progress check |
Revision |
Words with more than one part of speech |
Sounds: |
third person singular simple endings: //, //, / /, / / and / / ; interested
intonation |
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Lessons 1-5 |
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Choosing useful words |
Speaking: |
talking about customs and traditions of hospitality |
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Starting a Wordbank |
Writing: |
punctuation of sentences; writing about customs of
hospitality |
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| 6. |
Surprising behaviour |
Past simple (1): regular and irregular verbs |
New words from a passage by Paul Theroux |
Reading: |
reading for main ideas; inferring |
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An extract from The Kingdom by the Sea, by Paul
Theroux |
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Adjectives and nouns which go together |
Sounds: |
past simple endings: / /, / / and / / |
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Speaking: |
talking about surprising behaviour |
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| 7. |
The world's first package tours |
Past simple (2): questions and short answers |
Travel and tourism |
Reading: |
reading for main ideas; reading for specific
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The life of Thomas Cook |
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Nouns, adjectives and verbs which go together |
Speaking: |
talking about important events in Thomas Cook's life;
talking about experiences as a tourist |
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| 8. |
Something went wrong |
Expressions of past time |
Journeys by train, boats, plane |
Listening: |
predicting, listening for specific information |
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Travel situations when things go wrong |
So, because |
Hotel accommodation |
Speaking: |
talking about a situation where something went wrong |
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Writing: |
writing a story about something that went wrong using
and, but and because |
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| 9. |
Family life |
Possessive 's |
Members of the family |
Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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Portrait of a French family; typical families from
different countries |
Possessive adjectives |
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Sounds: |
weak syllables / /; contrastive stress |
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Reading: |
reading for main ideas |
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Speaking: |
giving general and/or specific information about families
in your country |
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| 10. |
The town where I live |
Have got |
Town features and facilities |
Listening: |
listening for specific information listening for main
ideas |
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Venice; talking about advantages and disadvantages of life
in your home town |
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Adjectives to describe towns |
Writing: |
writing a description of the town where you live using
and and but |
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Speaking: |
talking about the advantages and
disadvantages of your town (Только в комп.
версии) |
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Progress check |
Revision |
Word chains |
Sounds: |
syllables stress in words; / / and
/ / ; / / and / / ; friendly
intonation |
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Lessons 6-10 |
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Compound nouns |
Writing: |
predicting a story from questions |
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Categorising vocabulary |
Speaking: |
talking about past events; families |
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| 11. |
How ambitious are you? |
Verb patterns (2): to+ infinitive; going to
for intentions, would like to for ambitions |
Ambitions |
Reading: |
reading and answering a questionnaire |
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Talking about ambitions |
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Verbs and nouns which go together |
Writing: |
writing a paragraph describing your ambitions using
because and so |
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| 12. |
English in the future |
Will for predictions |
Jobs |
Listening: |
listening for main ideas |
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The role of the English language in the future of your
country |
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School subjects |
Sounds: |
syllables stress in words; / / and / / |
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Speaking: |
talking about the future of English |
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Writing: |
writing a paragraph about what people think about the
future of English |
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| 13. |
Foreign travells |
Going to plans and will for decisions |
Equipment for travellers |
Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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Planning a trip to South America |
Expressions of future time |
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Speaking: |
planning a trip |
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| 14. |
In Dublin fair city |
Prepositions of place |
Town features |
Reading: |
reading to a passage |
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Finding your way around town |
Asking for and giving directions |
Adjectives to describe bars |
Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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Sounds: |
/ / ,
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Speaking: |
giving directions around town |
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| 15. |
An apple a day |
Expressions of quantity (1): countable and uncountable
nouns, some and any, much and many |
Food and drink |
Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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Typical meals in different countries |
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Meals |
Speaking: |
talking about typical meals and food in different
countries |
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Progress check |
Revision |
Word maps |
Sounds: |
weak syllables // ; / / and / / ; contrastive stress; polite intonation in
questions |
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Lessons 11-15 |
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Nouns from verbs and nouns from other nouns |
Speaking: |
planning a lunch party for friends |
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Noun suffixes for jobs |
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| 16. |
What's on? |
Prepositions of time and place |
Types and places of entertainment and related words |
Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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Typical entertainment in different countries |
Making invitations and suggestions |
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Speaking: |
talking about typical entertainment |
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Writing: |
writing and replying to invitations |
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| 17. |
Famous faces |
Describing appearance and character: look like, be
like |
Words to describe height, age, looks, build and
character |
Listening: |
listening for main ideas |
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Describing people |
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Speaking: |
describing people |
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Writing: |
writing a letter describing yourappearance |
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| 18. |
Average age |
Making comparisons (1): comparative and superlative
adjectives |
Adjectives of character |
Reading: |
reading to a passage and comparing information in a
passage with your own experience |
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Personal qualities at different ages |
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Speaking: |
talking about exceptional people |
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Writing: |
writing sentences describing exceptional people |
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| 19. |
Dressing up |
Making comparisons (2): more than, less than,
as…as |
Clothes |
Reading: |
reading for specific information |
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Typical clothes in different countries |
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Colours |
Sounds: |
weak syllables /.gif) / and /.gif) / ; weak forms / / , / / and / / ; stress for
disagreement |
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Personal categories for organising new vocabulary |
Listening: |
listening for main ideas |
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Speaking: |
talking about clothing |
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| 20. |
Memorable journeys |
Talking about journey time, distance, speed and prices |
Numbers |
Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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A car journey across the USA |
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Words to describe a long-distance journey by car |
Sounds: |
syllables stress in numbers |
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Speaking: |
talking about memorable journey |
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Progress check |
Revision |
International words |
Sounds: |
/ / and
/ / ; / / ; polite and
friendly intonation |
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Lessons 16-20 |
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Adjectives suffixes |
Speaking: |
mutual dictation |
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Male and female words |
Writing: |
mutual dictation to recreate a story |
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| 21. |
How are you keeping? |
Present perfect simple (1) for experiences |
Parts of the body |
Reading: |
reading and answering a questionnaire |
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Your body and your health |
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Speaking: |
talking about experiences |
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| 22. |
What's new with you? |
Present perfect simple (2) for past actions with present
results |
Political and social conditions |
Listening: |
predicting, listening for specific information |
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Talking about changes in your life |
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Sounds: |
linking of / / and // ending before certain verbs |
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Writing: |
writing a letter describing recent changes in your
life |
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| 23. |
It's a holiday |
Present perfect simple (3): for and since |
Words to describe important events and festivals |
Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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Important national or local events and festivals |
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Sounds: |
weak form / / |
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Writing: |
writing a paragraph describing an important national
occasion |
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Speaking: |
talking about useful types of English
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версии) |
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| 24. |
Divided by a common language? |
Defining relative clause: who, which/that and
where |
American words with different meanings in British
English |
Reading: |
Inferring |
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A comparison of British and American English |
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Sounds: |
comparing American and British standard pronunciation;
difference in specific phonemes |
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Listening: |
listening for specific information; listening for main ideas (Только в книжной
версии) |
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| 25. |
What's it called in English? |
Describing things when you don't know the word |
Adjectives for shape, materials, size etc. |
Listening: |
listening for main ideas |
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Describing objects |
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Words to describe something if you don't know the English
word |
Sounds: |
consonant clusters; word linking in sentences |
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Everyday objects |
Speaking: |
describing everyday objects |
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Progress check |
Revision |
Verbs from nouns and nouns from verbs |
Sounds: |
/ / and
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Lessons 21-25 |
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Noun suffixes |
Speaking: |
talking about your travel experiences |
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Meanings of get |
Speaking: |
writing a paragraph about other students travel
experiences |
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| 26. |
Safety first |
Modal verbs |
Words to describe situations where safety instructions
apply: on a motorway, in a train, at the border, in the
street |
Speaking: |
talking about safety instructions |
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Safety instructions and rules |
Must for obligation; mustn't for
prohibition |
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Sounds: |
clinking of / / and / /; insistent intonation |
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Reading: |
reading about safety instructions |
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Listening: |
listening for main ideas |
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| 27. |
The Skylight |
Can, could (1) for ability |
New words from a story The Skylight |
Speaking: |
talking about what you can or can't do; predicting what
happens next in a story |
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A short story by Penelope Mortimer |
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Listening: |
listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information |
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| 28. |
Breaking the rules? |
Can, can't (2) for permission and prohibition |
Words to describe rules in everyday situations |
Reading: |
reading and answering a questionnaire |
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Rules and customs in everyday situations in different
countries |
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Sounds: |
strong and weak forms of can; American English
can and can't |
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Listening: |
listening for main ideas |
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Speaking: |
talking about rules |
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| 29. |
Warning: flying is bad for your health |
Should and shouldn't for advice |
Medical complaints |
Reading: |
reading for specific information |
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Advice on staying healthy |
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Parts of the body |
Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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Speaking: |
talking about advice on staying healthy |
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| 30. |
Doing things the right way |
Asking for permission |
Words from a questionnaire about behaviour in social
situation |
Reading: |
reading and answering a questionnaire |
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Behaviour and manners in different social situations |
Asking people to do things |
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Sounds: |
polite intonation in questions |
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Offering |
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Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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Progress check |
Revision |
Adjectives and nouns which go together |
Sounds: |
/.gif) / and / / ; /.gif) / and // ; polite and friendly intonation |
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Lessons 26-30 |
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Words with more than one meaning and part of speech |
Speaking: |
talking about advice and rules for foreign visitors to
your country |
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Techniques for dealing with words you don't understand |
Writing: |
writing some advice and rules for foreign visitors |
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Word association |
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| 31. |
My strangest dream |
Past continuous (1) for interrupted actions |
Verbs and prepositions which go together |
Speaking: |
predicting what happens next in a story |
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An English woman talks about her dream in which the Queen
came to tea |
When |
Adjective and noun or noun and noun combination |
Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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Words for story telling |
Writing: |
writing a story using suddenly, fortunately,
unfortunately, to my surprise, finally |
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| 32. |
Time travellers |
Past continuous (2): While and when |
New words from a passage called Time travellers |
Reading: |
predicting; reading for main ideas |
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A true story about two women travelled back in time |
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Speaking: |
talking about travelling in time |
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| 33. |
Is there a future for us? |
Expressions of quantity (2): too much/many, not enough,
fewer, less and more |
Geographical features and locations |
Reading: |
reading for specific information; inferring |
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Two children give their views on the environment in the
future |
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Speaking: |
talking about the geography of your country; talking about
the environment |
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| 34. |
The day of the dead |
Present simple passive |
Religion |
Reading: |
predicting; reading for main ideas; reacting to a
passage |
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An article about Mexico's Day of the Dead |
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Rituals and festivals |
Speaking: |
talking about a ritual or festival |
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| 35. |
Mind your manners! |
Making comparisons (3):but, although, however |
Food |
Reading: |
reading and answering a questionnaire |
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Table manners and behaviour in social situations |
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Plates, cutlery etc. |
Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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Cooking utensils |
Sounds: |
stress and intonation in sentences with but, although,
however |
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Speaking: |
talking and writing about table manners and social
occasions in your country |
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Progress check |
Revision; |
Multi-part verbs |
Sounds: |
// and
/ / ; / / ; stress in
multi-part verbs |
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Lessons 31-35 |
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Writing: |
punctuating a story; interesting words into a story |
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| 36. |
Lovely weather |
Might and may for possibility |
Weather |
Reading: |
reading for specific information |
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The best time to visit different countries |
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Writing: |
writing a letter giving advice about the best time to
visit your country |
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| 37. |
Help! |
First conditional |
Words to describe emergency situations |
Speaking: |
talking about emergency situations; predicting the end of
a story |
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Emergency situations |
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Sounds: |
/ / ;
word linking in sentences |
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Listening: |
listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information |
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| 38. |
My perfect weekend |
Would for imaginary situation |
Luxuries and necessities |
Speaking: |
talking about luxuries and necessities; talking about your
perfect weekend |
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Two people describe their perfect weekend |
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New vocabulary from a passage called My perfect
weekend |
Reading: |
reacting to a passage |
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Sounds: |
linking of // ending before verbs beginning in // or // |
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Listening: |
listening for main ideas |
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| 39. |
The umbrella man |
Second conditional |
New vocabulary from a story called The umbrella man
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Reading: |
predicting; reading for main ideas; reading for specific
information |
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A short story by Roald Dahl |
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Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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Writing: |
rewriting a story from a different point of view |
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| 40. |
How unlucky can you get? |
Past perfect: after, when and because |
New vocabulary from a story called How unlucky can you
get? |
Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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Unlucky experiences |
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Sounds: |
linking of // in past perfect sentences |
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Speaking: |
predicting the end of a story |
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Writing: |
writing sentences using after, when and
because |
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Progress check |
Revision |
Make and do |
Sounds: |
// ,
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words |
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Lesson 36-40 |
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Formotion of adverbs |
Speaking: |
talking about difficult situations; preparing and acting
out a dialogue |
