CONTENTS LANGUAGE INPUT

Unit Grammar Vocabulary Everyday English

1 Getting to Tenses Using a bilingual dictionary p9 Social expressions 1
know you Present, past, future p6–8 Parts of speech Have a good weekend!
p6 Questions adjective, preposition p9 Same to you. p13
Where were you born? p6–8 Words with more than one meaning
What do you do? a book to read
Questions words I booked a table. p9
Who … ?, Why … ?, How much … ? p7

2 The way we live Present tenses Describing countries Making conversation

p14 Present Simple a beautiful country Asking questions
Most people live in the south. p14 the coast Showing that you’re
Present Continuous This country exports wool. p14 interested p21
What’s he doing at the moment? p16 Collocation
have/have got Daily life
We have a population of … p15 listen to music
Have you got a mobile phone? p16 talk to my friends p17

3 It all went wrong Past tenses Irregular verbs Time expressions

p22 Past Simple saw, went, told p23 the eighth of January
He heard a noise. Making connections at six o’clock
What did you do last night? p23 break/mend, lose/find p23 on Saturday
Past Continuous Nouns, verbs, and adjectives in 1995 p29
A car was waiting. p24 Suffixes to make different parts of speech
discuss, discussion p28
Making negatives
pack, unpack p28

4 Let’s go Quantity Buying things Prices and shopping

shopping! much and many milk, eggs, bread, a packet of crisps, £1.99
p30 How much butter? How many eggs? p30 a can of Coke, shampoo, soap, $160
some and any jumpers, department store, What’s the exchange
some apples, any grapes p31 antique shop, newsagent, trainers, rate?
something, anyone, nobody, everywhere p32 a tie, conditioner, first class stamps How much is a pair of
a few, a little, a lot of p31 jeans? p37
Articles
a shopkeeper, an old shop, the River Thames
He sells bread. p33

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5 What do you Verb patterns 1 Hot verbs How do you feel?
want to do? want/hope to do, enjoy/like doing have, go, come nervous, fed up
p38 looking forward to doing, ’d like to do p38 have an accident Cheer up! p45
Future intentions go wrong
going to and will come first p44
She’s going to travel the world.
I’ll pick it up for you. p40

6 Tell me! What’s it like? Talking about towns Directions

What’s it like? What’s Paris like? p46 modern buildings, night-life p47 farm, wood, pond
p46 Comparative and superlative adjectives Money opposite the car park
big, bigger, biggest make money, inherit p50 over the bridge p53
good, better, best p48 Synonyms and antonyms
lovely, beautiful, interested, bored p52

7 Famous couples Present Perfect and Past Simple Past participles Short answers
p54 She has written 20 novels. lived, written p54 Do you like cooking?
He wrote 47 novels. p54 Bands and music Yes, I do.
for and since guitar, keyboards No, I don’t. p61
for three years make a record p57
since 1985 p56 Adverbs
Tense revision slowly, carefully, just, still, too p60
Where do you live? Word pairs
How long have you lived there? this and that
Why did you move? p56 ladies and gentlemen p60

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Reading
‘People, the great communicators’ –
the many ways we communicate
p11
‘Living in the USA’ – three people
talk about their experiences
(jigsaw) p18
‘The burglars’ friend’ p22
Newspaper stories p24
A short story – ‘The perfect crime’
p26
‘The best shopping street in
the world’ – Nowy Świat,
in Poland p34
‘Hollywood kids – growing up in
Los Angeles ain’t easy’ p42
‘A tale of two millionaires’ – one
was mean and one was generous
p50
Celebrity interview from Hi!
Magazine with the pop star and
the footballer who are in love
p58
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Speaking Listening Writing (in the Workbook)
Information gap – Joy Darling Neighbours – Steve and Mrs Informal letters
p8 Snell talk about each other as A letter to a penfriend WB p9
Discussion – who are your ideal neighbours (jigsaw) p12
neighbours? p12
Roleplay – exchanging
information about two
neighbours p12
Information gap – people’s ‘You drive me mad (but I love Linking words
lifestyles p16 you)!’ – what annoys you but, however WB p14
Exchanging information about about the people in your life? Describing a person WB p15
immigrants to the USA p18 p20
Information gap – Zoë’s party A radio drama – ‘The perfect Linking words
p25 crime’ p26 while, during, and for WB p20
Telling stories Writing a story 1 WB p21
fortunately/unfortunately p25
Town survey – the good things ‘My uncle’s a shopkeeper’ p33 Filling in forms WB p26
and bad things about living Buying things p36
in your town p32
Discussion – attitudes to
shopping p34
What are your plans and A song – You’ve got a friend p44 Writing a postcard WB p32
ambitions? p39
Being a teenager p42
Information gap – comparing Living in another country – an Relative clauses 1
cities p48 interview with a girl who went who/that/which/where WB p37
Discussion – the rich and their to live in Sweden p49 Describing a place WB p37
money p50
Mingle – Find someone who … An interview with the band Style Relative clauses 2
p55 p57 who/which/that as the object
Roleplay – interviewing a band WB p41
p57 Writing a biography WB p42
Project – find an interview with
a famous person p58
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Unit Grammar Vocabulary Everyday English
8 Do’s and don’ts have (got) to Jobs At the doctor’s
p62 You have to pay bills. receptionist, miner, chef p63 a cold, the ’flu
I’ve got to go. p62 Travelling abroad food poisoning
should visa, documents p64 a temperature
You should talk to your boss. Words that go together a prescription p69
You shouldn’t drink coffee at night. p64 Verb + complement
must take responsibility, live abroad p68
You must go to the dentist. p64 Compound nouns
post office, headache p68

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9 Going places Time and conditional clauses Hot verbs In a hotel
p70 as soon as, when, while, until take, get, do, make I’d like to make a
When we’re in Australia, we’ll … p70 take a photo, get angry, do me a favour reservation.
What if … ? make up your mind p76 Can I have a credit card
If I pass my exams, I’ll … p71 Hotels number? p77
a double room, ground floor p76

10 Scared to death Verb patterns 2 Shops Exclamations

p78 manage to do, used to do, go walking p78 post office, bookshop p80 He was so scared!
Infinitives Describing feelings and situations He’s such an idiot!
Purpose frightening, frightened I’ve spent so much
I went to the shops to buy some shoes. p80 worrying, worried p81 money! p85
what, etc. + infinitive
I don’t know what to say. p80
something, etc. + infinitive
I need something to eat. p80

11 Things that Passives Verbs and past participles Notices

changed the Coca-Cola is enjoyed all over the world. grown, produced p87 Keep off the grass
world It was invented in 1886. p86–9 Verbs and nouns that go together Out of order p93
p86 tell a story, keep a promise p89

12 Dreams and Second conditional Phrasal verbs Social expressions 2

reality If I were a princess, I’d live in a castle. p94 go away, take off your coat Congratulations!
p94 might The plane took off. Never mind.
I might go to America. p96–97 I gave up my job. I haven’t a clue. p101
Take them off. p100

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13 Earning a living Present Perfect Continuous Jobs and the alphabet game – architect, Telephoning
p102 I’ve been living on the streets for a year. bookseller … p106 Is that Mike?
How long have you been selling The Big Issue? Word formation I’m afraid he’s out.
p102 death, die Can I take a message? p109
Present Perfect Simple versus Continuous variety, various p105
He’s been running. Adverbs
He’s run five miles. p104 mainly, possibly, exactly, carefully p105

14 Love you and Past Perfect Words in context p116 Saying goodbye
leave you They had met only one week earlier. p110 Have a safe journey!
p110 Reported statements Thank you for a lovely
She told me that she loved John. evening. p117
She said that she’d met him six months ago.
p113

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Tapescripts p118 Grammar Reference p129 Word list Teacher’s Book p152

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Reading
Problem page – three
problems, six suggestions
p66
The world’s first megalopolis –
a city of 40 million people
p75
‘Don’t look down’ – walking
on a dangerous footpath
p78
‘Into the wild’ – an American
boy’s search for freedom
p82
Three plants that changed the
world – tobacco, sugar and
cotton (jigsaw) p90
The vicar who’s a ghostbuster
p98
A funny way to earn a living –
a rollerskater in a
supermarket, a beachcomber,
and a hot air balloonist
(jigsaw) p106–7
A love story p110
A short story – ‘The tale of two
silent brothers’ p114
Appendix 1 – Irregular verbs p143
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Speaking
Jobs – a game p63
Discussion – house rules p63
Asking questions about places p65
Roleplay – acting a dialogue p67
Group work – a letter to a problem
page p67
What will you do? p72
Discussion – what will life be like in the
21st century? p73
What are the biggest cities in the world?
p74
‘When I was young’ – talking about
your childhood p80
Describing feelings p81
Roleplay – Tom and Jamie p85
Exchanging information about three
plants p90
Discussion – which plants have been
good and bad for the world? p90
Giving advice – If I were you, I’d …
p96
Telling stories – tell the class a ghost
story p98
Information gap – Steven Spielberg
p104
Discussion – What is a good job? p106
Roleplay – phoning a friend p108
A love story: the end of the story –
write your ideas p112
Arguments in families p114
What happens next in the story? p115
Appendix 2 – verb patterns p143
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Listening Writing (in the Workbook)
Holidays in January – three Writing letters
people’s advice on what to do Formal letters WB p47
in their country in January
p65
At the doctor’s p69
Life in 2050 – an interview with Linking words 2
Michio Kaku, Professor of Advantages and disadvantages
Theoretical Physics p73 WB p52
When I was young p80 Writing letters
It was just a joke – a boy called Formal and informal letters 1
Jamie kidnapped his friend WB p57
p84
The world’s most common Writing a review of a book or
habit: chewing gum – the film WB p63
history of chewing gum p92
An interview with a woman Adverbs WB p68
who heard voices p98 Writing a story 2 WB p68
Giving news – a telephone Writing letters
conversation between Craig Expressions in different kinds of
and his mother p108 letters WB p74
Formal and informal letters 2
WB p75
An interview with Carmen Day Writing a story 3 WB p80
p113
A song – Talk to me p116
Phonetic symbols – inside back cover
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