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UNit Grammar VoCabULary reaL Life (fUNCtioNs) ProNUNCiatioN

Health simple present leisure activities talking about sickness /s/, /z/, or /ɪz/
pages 9–20 adverbs and do, go, or play sound and spelling
expressions of wordbuilding: verb +
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frequency noun collocations

simple present word focus: feel
and present medical problems
continuous

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verb + -ing forms wordbuilding: word talking about interests /ŋ/
Competitions
pages 21–32 like + -ing / ’d like forms silent letters
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to sports venues and

modal verbs for equipment
rules competition words
word focus: like

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Transportation comparatives and modes of going on a journey than

pages 33–44 superlatives transportation sentence stress
as … as transportation nouns intonation
wordbuilding:
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compound nouns
transportation verbs
transportation words

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Adventure simple past personal qualities telling a story /d/, /t/, or /ɪd/
pages 45–56 past continuous wordbuilding: intonation for
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negative prefixes responding

geographical
features
in, on, or at for time
expressions

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The environment count and noncount materials calling about an order /ðə/ or /ði/
pages 57–68 nouns household items sounding friendly
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quantifiers wordbuilding:
definite article (the) hyphenated words
or no article facts and figures
word focus: take

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Stages in life verb patterns with life events inviting, accepting, and /tə/
pages 69–80 to + infinitive stages in life declining emphasizing words
future forms: celebrations
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going to, will, word focus: get

and present wordbuilding:
continuous synonyms

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a health expert a quiz about how well you the main argument a quiz text type: online
analyzes sleep sleep your current life advice
a radio interview an article about centenarians measuring happiness writing skill:
about long life an article about measuring conjunctions (and,
health and happiness or, so, because, but)

three people talking quotes by famous sports reading between the guess the ambition text type: an ad
about sports people lines explaining the rules writing skill: checking
a reporter describing an article about crazy of a competition your writing
the rules of a competitions your opinions about
competition an article about female sports
wrestlers in Bolivia

two people an article about reading between the transportation you a report about
discussing the transportation in the future lines use how people travel
pros and cons of an article about dog sledding attitudes toward around town
electric cars an article about the fate of using animals to text type: notes and
two documentaries the rickshaw in Kolkata carry things/goods messages
about animals arguing for and writing skill: writing
against keeping in note form
rickshaws in
Kolkata

an interview with a an article about adventurers identifying opinion asking about your text type: a true story
survival expert an article about a climbing past writing skill: using -ly
accident qualities needed for adverbs in stories
an expedition
events you
remember
retelling a story

a radio call-in show an article about e-trash
about recycling an article about the Greendex
an article about the Plastiki, a
boat made of plastic bottles
an online order
close reading opinions on recycling a report of a survey
presenting a report text type: emails
an interview with an writing skill: formal
environmentalist language

three people talking an article about how a identifying key life-changing text type: a
about their plans couple changed their life information decisions description
and intentions an article about how Mardi your favorite festival writing skill:
a news item about Gras is celebrated around describing annual descriptive adjectives
Mardis Gras the world events
an article about a Masai rite
of passage

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work prepositions jobs a job interview irregular past
pages 81–92 of place and wordbuilding: suffixes participles
movement office equipment
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present perfect for or since

work job satisfaction
word focus: make
pages 81–92 or do
job listings

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Technology defining relative the Internet asking how something works intonation in
pages 93–104 clauses wordbuilding: verb conditional
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zero and first prefixes sentences

conditional expedition equipment linking
Technology word focus: have
technology verbs
pages 93–104

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Language present passive education describing a process stress in two-syllable
and learning voice: by + phrasal verbs words
pages 105–116 agent wordbuilding: phrasal
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past passive verbs

Language voice

and learning
pages 105–116

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Travel and past perfect vacation words direct and indirect questions number of syllables
vacations subject and (types of vacation /dʒə/
pages 117–128 object accommodation,
questions activities, travel
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Travel and -ed / -ing items)

adjectives vacation adjectives
vacations wordbuilding:
pages 117–128 dependent
prepositions
places in a city

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History used to archeology giving a short presentation /s/ or /z/
pages 129–140 reported speech wordbuilding: word pausing
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roots
say or tell
History word focus: set
pages 129–140

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Nature any-, every-, classification of finding a solution word stress
pages 141–152 no-, some- and animals
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-thing, -where, extreme weather

-one, -body society and economics
Nature second wordbuilding:
conditional adjective + noun
pages 141–152 will / might collocations

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CoMMuNiCATioN ACTiViTieS page 153 gRAMMAR SuMMARy page 156 AudioSCRiPTS page 169
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a documentary about workplace messages the author’s opinion giving directions text type: a resume
working as a with instructions describing past writing skill: action
photographer an article about the experiences verbs for resumes
an interview with an cost of new jobs to your opinion of a job
engineer an area
an article about
modern-day cowboys

a science program about an explorer’s blog supporting the main problems that text type: a
a new invention an article about argument inventions solved paragraph
biomimetics inventing a new robot writing skills:
planning an expedition connecting
using nature to words; topic
improve designs and supporting
sentences

a radio documentary an article about the fact or opinion adult education a general-
about learning Kung Fu history of writing a general-knowledge knowledge quiz
in China an article about saving quiz text type: forms
languages the author’s opinion writing skill:
providing
the correct
information

two conversations about an article about reading between the a vacation or trip you a tourist website
problems while on tipping in other lines remember text type: a formal
vacation countries planning the vacation letter
an interview with a an article about the of a lifetime writing skill: formal
National Geographic tunnels in Paris a tourist website expressions
tour guide

an interview with an an article about relevance items for a time capsule text type: a
archaeologist moments in space how we used to live biography
history moments in history writing skill:
a biography of Jane reporting an interview punctuation in
Goodall an interview for a direct speech
biography

a documentary about a an article about storm close reading promoting your text type: a press
photographer chasers region release
a profile on Greenland planning for every writing skill: using
possibility bullet points
predicting your
country’s future