Syllabus checklist

Grammar Vocabulary
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4 A Why did they call you that? pronouns working out meaning from context

8 B True colours adjectives adjective suffixes

12 PRACTICAL ENGLISH Episode 1 A bad start

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14 A Pack and go! present tenses holidays

18 B Opening up or closing down? possessives shops and services

22 REVISE AND CHECK 1&2 In the street; Short films A farmers’ market

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24 A The generation gap past simple, past continuous, stages of life
or used to?

28 B In the picture prepositions photography

32 PRACTICAL ENGLISH Episode 2 All kinds of problems

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34 A That’s rubbish! future forms: will / shall and going to rubbish and recycling

38 B Degrees and careers first and second conditionals study and work

42 REVISE AND CHECK 3&4 In the street; Short films A New York sanitation worker

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44 A What’s on? present perfect simple television

48 B The country in other countries present perfect continuous the country

52 PRACTICAL ENGLISH Episode 3 Time to tell the police

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Pronunciation Speaking Listening Reading

vowel sounds Talking about names Four people talking about their Is your name helping or
What’s in a name? names hurting you?
How was it named? Brand names
Would you buy this product?

word stress Colour analysis Colour analysis What colour is Dead Salmon?
Describing a room

/s/ and /z/ Want a cheap holiday? Try these Interview with an airport security What different nationalities
ideas screener do on holiday, and what the
Talking about holidays locals think of them

’s, linking My local shops Can anyone save the British high NotOnTheHighStreet.com –
Talk about something you’ve bought street? Where everything has a story

-ed endings; sentence Telling news stories to each other Radio news report about the News stories
rhythm What were you like as a child/ Mosquito Tone
teenager?

word stress Taking photos Interview with Brian Voce How safe are your digital
Talking about an interesting photo People talking about their photos?
childhood photos

/ɪ/, /aɪ /, and /eɪ/ What a waste! Liz Scarff – My three days as a Got a new mobile? Think
freegan twice before you throw the
old one away!

word stress Work and studying questionnaire Three people talking about their The best Saturday job I ever
internships had…

/w/, /v/, and /b/ Persuading others to agree with you Interview with the writers of Bob’s All in one sitting
Burgers

vowel sounds; sentence Living in the country/city Two people talking about living in From the city to the country
stress questionnaire the country and in the city (and back again)
A British Institution – The Archers A British Institution – The
Archers

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54 A Do it yourself obligation, necessity, prohibition, advice DIY and repairs; paraphrasing

58 B At your service can, could, and be able to at a restaurant

62 REVISE AND CHECK 5&6 In the street; Short films The history of flat-pack furniture

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64 A Giving it away phrasal verbs cash machines; phrasal verbs

68 B Going out and staying in verb patterns live entertainment

72 PRACTICAL ENGLISH Episode 4 Is it a clue?

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74 A Looking after yourself have something done looking after yourself

78 B The rest is history the passive; impersonal you history

82 REVISE AND CHECK 7&8 In the street; Short films The Globe Theatre

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84 A Can’t remember, can’t forget reported speech word families

88 B Wedding dramas uses of the past perfect weddings

92 PRACTICAL ENGLISH Episode 5 Finding Henry

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94 A America and the world be, do, and have: auxiliary and main verbs British and American English

98 B Exam time revision of verb forms exams

102 REVISE AND CHECK 9&10 In the street; Short films A wedding planner

104 Communication 132 Grammar Bank 165 Irregular verbs

113 Writing 152 Vocabulary Bank 166 Sound Bank

120 Listening

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Pronunciation Speaking Listening Reading

consonant clusters It looks so easy at first… Three people talking about their What music would you play
questionnaire experience with IKEA furniture to an alien?

word pairs with and
Group discussion about customer
service
Michel Roux’s Service – from school
dropouts to top waiters
The 7 worst customer
service crimes
Michel Roux’s Service – from
school dropouts to top
waiters

linking 'What would you do?' questionnaire News stories about cash machines When luck comes to town

/ɔː/, /ɜː/ and /ə/; words with Talking about going to a live event A radio review of the play Sleep no World of Warcraft
two pronunciations Going out or staying in? more Welcome to the new gold
mines

sentence stress Looking after yourself Interview with hairdresser, Dino Sauna or oven? Sweating
Karveli next to cooking eggs

the letters ar Local history A guided tour of Westminster Bill Bryson: The Lost
Describing famous buildings Abbey Continent

word stress I’ve got a good memory – The Story Corps project The woman who remembers
questionnaire everything
Telling anecdotes

sentence stress Talking about a wedding W.S. Maugham: Mabel W.S. Maugham: Mabel
Weddings that went wrong

sentence stress Facts about the USA Three Americans talking about Who’s negative about
their country’s contribution American culture?
6 Things Americans Do That
Drive Brits Crazy
6 Things Brits Do That Drive
Americans Crazy

word stress; revision of Ask and answer questions about Exams and test experiences A nation prepares for the
sounds exams Tips for doing well in an oral exam dreaded gaokao
An exam task

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