Vocabulary
Grammar
Real World
Speaking
Listening and Video
Reading
Writing
1A
Life stories
1B
Super commuters
1C
Time off
1D
Small talk
common phrases;
question words
collocations (1): work;
questions about travel
free time activities;
frequency adverbs and expressions
review of verb forms and questions
subject questions
starting conversations;
ending conversations
Talking about myself
Another student’s life
People’s jobs
How I travel
Day-to-day life in my home
My free time activities
A class free time survey
The last party I went to
Conversations at a party
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION:
The schwa /ə/ and word endings
Celebrity profile: Jamie Oliver
HELP WITH LISTENING: Word stress
Three commuters
The British way of life?
A free time survey
HELP WITH LISTENING: Sentence stress (1)
VIDEO: Matt and Carol’s party
Celebrity profile: Jamie Oliver
Super Commuters 2
The British way of life?
Questions with question words
Subject and non-subject questions
Sentences about my free time
A class free time survey
A conversation at a party
Vocabulary
Grammar
Real World
Speaking
Listening and Video
Reading
Writing
2A
Beginnings
2B
How we met
2C
Coincidences
2D
Internet dating
past time phrases
relationships (1)
adjectives (1);
connecting words (1)
Past Simple
Past Continuous: positive and negative, questions
Fast food
When did you last … ?
My special meal
A married couple I know
An interesting story
Internet dating
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION:
Past Simple: regular verbs
How Helen met Simon
How Ray met Claire
HELP WITH LISTENING: Weak forms (1): was and were
The Girl from Petrovka
HELP WITH LISTENING: Weak forms (2): the schwa /ə/
VIDEO: Jackie’s first date
VIDEO: Jackie’s second date
The man behind KFC
The Michelin guides
That’s incredible!
An online profile
Past Simple questions
Sentences about me
Vocabulary
Grammar
Real World
Speaking
Listening and Video
Reading
Writing
3A
Getting qualified
3B
Job-hunting
3C
What a job!
3D
I’m really sorry
employment
looking for a job
word building: noun endings
have to / had to: positive and negative, questions and short answers
Present Continuous and Present Simple;
activity and state verbs
apologies, reasons and promises
Things I have to do
Unemployment
Find someone who …
Jobs I’d like and hate
Unpopular jobs
A conversation about a difficult situation
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION:
Word stress (1)
HELP WITH LISTENING: have to and have
An interpreter and a paramedic
Is that a real job?
HELP WITH LISTENING: Linking (1): consonant-vowel
VIDEO: A table for ten
A referee’s training
Letters to the editor
I’m just doing my job!
Sentences about my job
Questions with have to
A conversation about a difficult situation
Vocabulary
Grammar
Real World
Speaking
Listening and Video
Reading
Writing
4A
Lookalikes
4B
My music
4C
TV or not TV?
4D
What do you think?
types of film;
past participles
types of music
TV nouns and verbs;
-ed and -ing adjectives
Present Perfect for life experiences (1): positive and negative
Present Perfect for life experiences (2): yes/no questions with ever
asking for opinions, agreeing and disagreeing
My film-watching habits
The last film I saw
My music
Interview with a rock star
Questions about TV
-ed and -ing questions
Free education
Agree or disagree?
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION:
The final e
Musical experiences
Three conversations
HELP WITH LISTENING: Linking (2): /w/ sounds
Are you a telly addict?
HELP WITH LISTENING: Linking (3): /r/ and /j/ sounds
VIDEO: University education
A famous face?
A Marilyn Monroe lookalike
A TV questionnaire
Kill your TV!
University education
True and false sentences about my life experiences
Questions with Have you ever … ?
Vocabulary
Grammar
Real World
Speaking
Listening and Video
Reading
Writing
5A
A crowded planet
5B
Never too old
5C
Conservation works
5D
A charity event
the environment
collocations (2)
verbs and prepositions
will for prediction;
might
be going to;
plans, hopes and ambitions
offers, suggestions and requests
The environment
Life in the future
Retirement
Find someone who …
My wildlife experiences
How to help the environment
Charities
Organising a charity event
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION:
The letter g
Our future – the Earth in 2030
HELP WITH LISTENING: ’ll and won’t
Four people’s futures
Retirement plans
HELP WITH LISTENING: going to
Elephant corridors
HELP WITH LISTENING: Sentence stress (2)
VIDEO: A WWF charity event
Face-to-face with a gorilla
A WWF charity event
Questions with Do you think … will … ?
Sentences with will, won’t or might
My plans, hopes and ambitions
Yes/No questions
Vocabulary
Grammar
Real World
Speaking
Listening and Video
Reading
Writing
6A
Teenagers
6B
Roles people play
6C
Family Business
6D
Call me back
adjectives (2): character
relationships (2)
adjectives and prefixes (un-, in-, im-, dis-)
making comparisons: comparatives, a lot, much, a bit, (not) as … as
superlatives
taking phone messages;
leaving phone messages
Comparing me and someone I know
When I was a teenager
The roles I play in life
My family tree
Soap operas
The next episode
Using the phone
Taking and leaving messages
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION:
The letter u
Jake’s wedding
Family Business Parts 1 and 2
HELP WITH LISTENING: Missing words
VIDEO: Can I take a message?
Living with the enemy
Soap update: Family Business
Sentences comparing me and my family
A phone conversation
Vocabulary
Grammar
Real World
Speaking
Listening and Video
Reading
Writing
7A
50 places to go
7B
What are you taking?
7C
Wish you were here
7D
It doesn’t work
travel
things we take on holiday;
quantity phrases
phrases with go
Present Continuous for future arrangements
quantifiers;
possessive pronouns
The top five holiday places
Find someone who …
Going on holiday
Spot the difference
Hotels
Questions with go
Making a complaint
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION:
Strong and weak forms
Holiday arrangements
Packing for a holiday
The world’s most unusual hotels
HELP WITH LISTENING: Weak forms: review
VIDEO: At the hotel reception desk
HELP WITH LISTENING: Intonation (1)
A travel blog
A holiday itinerary
The world’s most unusual hotels
Sentences in the Present Continuous
Present Continuous questions
A conversation between a receptionist and a hotel guest
Vocabulary
Grammar
Real World
Speaking
Listening and Video
Reading
Writing
8A
Home sweet home
8B
Meet the parents
8C
Cultural differences
8D
What’s it like?
describing your home
going to dinner
common verbs;
verb patterns
adjectives (3)
Present Perfect with for and since;
questions with How long … ?
should, shouldn’t, must, mustn’t;
infinitive of purpose
questions with What … like?
Describing my home
Talking about a friend
Questions with How long … ?
Going to dinner
Places I’ve been to
Places to visit in my country
Personalised questions
Giving presents
A town/city I know well
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION:
Extra linking sounds
A lighthouse and a motorhome
Advice on going to dinner
HELP WITH LISTENING: /t/ at the end of words
Dinner with Sam’s parents
Advice on giving presents
HELP WITH LISTENING: Linking: review (1)
VIDEO: What’s Dublin like?
A lighthouse and a motorhome
Culture shock!
Questions with How long … ? and follow-up questions
Advice on going to dinner in my country
Tips on how to behave in my country
Vocabulary
Grammar
Real World
Speaking
Listening and Video
Reading
Writing
9A
Problems, problems
9B
Sleepless nights
9C
Noisy neighbours
9D
Invitations
everyday problems
adjectives (4): feelings
phrasal verbs
first conditional;
future time clauses with when, as soon as, before, after, until
too, too much, too many, (not) enough
invitations and making arrangements
What will you do if … ?
Children and babies
Problems and advice
Problems in my neighbourhood
How to improve my town/city
An invitation to dinner
Arrangements with other students
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION:
Long vowel sounds /ɜː/, /aː/ and /ɔː/
Three problems
Jim’s business trip
New parents
Me and my neighbours
HELP WITH LISTENING: Fillers
VIDEO: Making arrangements
HELP WITH LISTENING: Intonation (2)
Nightmare neighbours
Dinner plans
First conditional questions
Sentences about problems in my life
Problems in my neighbourhood
How to improve my town/city
An invitation to dinner
Vocabulary
Grammar
Real World
Speaking
Listening and Video
Reading
Writing
10A
The collectors
10B
Shopping trends
10C
Fashion victims
10D
It suits you
verbs often used in the passive
words with some-, any-, no- and every- (somebody, anything, etc.)
articles: a, an, the, no article
clothes shopping
Present Simple passive;
Past Simple passive
used to
what sales assistants say;
what customers say
Buying and selling
A passive quiz
Shopping habits
When I was ten years old
Clothes
Shopping for clothes
Buying a jacket and trainers
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION:
The letter c
Memorabilia
Shopping now and then
HELP WITH LISTENING: used to
Gianni Versace
VIDEO: In a clothes shop
The memorabilia business
The story of eBay
The Gucci story
Are you a fashion victim?
Questions in the passive
Sentences with used to / didn’t use to
A conversation in a shop
Vocabulary
Grammar
Real World
Speaking
Listening and Video
Reading
Writing
11A
Guess what?
11B
Murder mystery
11C
In the news
11D
Did you?
collocations (3)
crime
guessing meaning from context
Present Perfect for giving news with just, yet and already
relative clauses with who, which, that and where
Getting ready to move house
Who murdered Jack Miller?
Discussing the evidence
My news habits
This week’s news stories
Using echo questions
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION:
/əʊ/, /aʊ/ and /ɔɪ/
I’ve just lost my job
HELP WITH LISTENING: Present Perfect or Past Simple
A murder in the village
The murder trial
Today’s news
HELP WITH LISTENING: Sentence stress: review
VIDEO: Four conversations
HELP WITH LISTENING: Intonation (3)
Three messages
Burglars caught by stolen laptop
Sentences about me or people I know
Echo questions
Vocabulary
Grammar
Real World
Speaking
Listening and Video
Reading
Writing
12A
Working abroad
12B
Taking risks
12C
Graffiti
money
collocations (4): take and get
connecting words (2):
first, next, then, etc.
reported speech
second conditional
Things my partner told me
Questions with take and get
Are you a risk-taker?
What would you do if … ?
Attitudes to graffiti
Artists or criminals?
HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION:
Word stress (2)
I want to work abroad
He’s wasting his money!
HELP WITH LISTENING: /h/ at the beginning of words
The history of graffiti
HELP WITH LISTENING: Linking: review (2)
Risk-taker
Banksy – graffiti artist