OPEN WORLD A2 KEY - MAP OF CONTENTS

UNIT TITLE READING LISTENING WRITING

Starter Karl’s family Personal information A profile
Who I am Miguel’s life Pronouncing the letters of the
p. 8 alphabet

1 Part 2 Night jobs Routines An email about a job

A busy life My journey to work Part 1 Short dialogues
p. 14 Pronouncing times

2 Living in a different country Part 2 A trip to the beach Part 6 An email

Changing world A cycle ride
p. 26

Progress check 1 p. 38
3 Part 3 A professional video gamer Part 5 Weekend activities A review
Free time, screen time? Working in the theatre A trip to the city
p. 40
4 Amazing bodies Part 4 Short dialogues or Part 7 A story
Keep fit, feel good monologues
p. 52

5 A camel ride Different kinds of traveller An email

More than a holiday A journey in the Gobi Desert
p. 64 Part 4 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
An unusual hotel room
Progress check 2 p. 76
6 Cooking? No thanks! Part 3 A dinner party A recipe
Time for food Part 1 Signs and notices A cooking course
p. 78

7 Part 3 An interview with an actor Hobbies A leaflet

Live life! The night sky The recycled orchestra
p. 90

8 Where I live A celebrity home Part 6 An email

Feels like home Part 5 Completing an email
p. 102
Progress check 3 p. 114
9 What kind of friend are you? Part 4 Short dialogues or Giving advice
Getting along Part 2 Moving away from home monologues
p. 116 My boss

10 The High Line and the Lowline Part 1 Short dialogues A thank you email
Out and about
p. 128

11 Money and me Making plans A review

Saving and spending Part 1 Signs and notices Part 5 Asking for advice
p. 140 Talking about a party

Progress check 4 p. 152

12 My education Jobs A job application
Through life Part 4 Rebel Wilson Part 3 A new job
p. 154 A CV A course

13 Family relationships Part 2 A new shop A product review

About me Part 5 An email A fashion course
p. 166 Best-dressed celebrities

14 The changing face of football Kenyan runners Part 7 A short story

Play it, watch it, love it Sports fans
p. 178
Progress check 5 p. 190
Communication activities p. 192 Grammar reference p. 196 Writing bank p. 226 Speaking bank p. 234

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SPEAKING
Personal information
What you do and what
you like
Describing a photo
Talking about the weekend
Giving advice
Part 2 Different types of
holiday
Making suggestions
Part 1 Talking about your
hobbies
Describing where you live
B1 Describing a picture
Giving advice
Part 1 Talking about where
you live
Shopping habits
A job interview
Intonation in questions
Appearance and personality
Part 2 Talking about sports
GRAMMAR VOCABULARY REAL WORLD
Be Countries and nationalities
Have got Families
Can
Present simple – he/she/it
Present simple Things I do Talking about yourself in
Question forms Jobs Mexico City p. 24
Adverbs of frequency B1 Applying for a job
Present continuous Seasons and months Asking about the weather in
Present simple or present continuous? Weather Vancouver p. 36
Geography and the natural world
Pronouncing months
B1 Weather collocations
Past simple of to be TV and the Internet Buying tickets for a show in
Past simple Time expressions New York p. 50
Pronouncing –ed endings B1 Adjectives to describe films
Can and can’t; could and couldn’t The body If you’re ill in Dublin p. 62
Should/shouldn’t for giving advice Illness and injury
Stressed and unstressed can and could Linking words
B1 Parts of the body
Past continuous Travel Going on a sightseeing tour in
Past simple and past continuous Easily confused words Berlin p. 74
Pronouncing was and were
B1 When, while and as
Countable and uncountable nouns Food and meals Buying a coffee and a snack in
A/an, some and any B1 Preparing food Vienna p. 88
Expressions of quantity
Pronouncing –s endings
Present perfect: Have you ever…? Free time Spending your free time in
Present perfect with just The theatre London p. 100
Pronouncing Have you ever…? Music performers
B1 Linking words
Present perfect with for and since Kitchen items Living and learning in Malta
Present perfect with yet and already Prepositions p. 113
Present perfect vs simple past Pronouncing prepositions
Verbs/adjective + to + infinitive Feelings and emotions Meeting people in Melbourne
Verb + -ing p. 126
Unstressed to
B1 More expressions with –ing and to
Will/may/might Places in a town Visiting tourist sites in Rome
Will/shall for offers and promises Directions p. 138
Intonation
B1 City words
The present continuous for fixed plans Spending and saving Dealing with money in
Going to Shopping Stockholm p. 150
Unstressed to in going to B1 Money and shopping
Zero conditional School subjects Planning to study in Geneva
First conditional Jobs and work p. 164
The passive
B1 Unless and when
Comparative adjectives Personality adjectives Shopping for clothes in Dubai
Superlative adjectives Look like and be like p. 176
Pronouncing –est endings
B1 Equal comparisons with (not) as … as
Can, must, have to, need to Sports Going to a sports event in
Review tenses Do, play and go with sports Madrid p. 188
The /ɔː/ sound B1 Adverbs
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OPEN WORLD B1 PRELIMINARY - MAP OF CONTENTS
UNIT READING LISTENING WRITING

Starter A blogger Celebrity profiles A personal profile

Personal profile
p. 8
1 Part 2 Holiday destinations A trip to Madagascar A review
Getting away A trip to Paris
p. 14

2 TV-watching habits Part 2 Short dialogues Part 1 An email

Entertain me
p. 26

Progress check 1 p. 38

3 Part 4 An unusual restaurant A visit to a restaurant Describing a restaurant

Dining out, eating in A world of differences
p. 40

4 Countryside and city living Part 1 Short dialogues and Part 2 A story
City living? monologues
p. 52

5 Part 6 A record-breaking runner Part 3 A health club An email of advice

Picture of health The benefits of laughter A bike hire club
p. 64 Part 1 Short texts

Progress check 2 p. 76
6 Part 3 Social media rules Planning a weekend trip A blog post
Online, offline Digital detox
p. 78

7 Part 5 Tricks of the trade Part 4 A fashion vlogger A review

What’s your style? The oldest sweet shop in the world A mystery shopper
p. 90
8 Extreme sports challenges Running in the jungle Part 2 An article
Into the wild
p. 102

Progress check 3 p. 114

9 Part 3 Free schools Part 2 Short dialogues A formal email
Always learning Sanjeev Kanwar
p. 116
10 Part 4 A fabulous flight Bands and the environment Part 2 A story
Travelling well Joe’s surprise holiday B2 Listening for opinions
p. 128
11 Different types of homes Part 1 Short dialogues and Part 1 An email
A great location monologues
p. 140

Progress check 4 p. 152

12 Part 5 Young pilots Part 3 A good job A job advertisement
The perfect job Dream Jobs A digital artist
p. 154

13 Part 2 Weekend sports courses A hobby An article

Get involved! Winter sports holidays
p. 166

14 Part 1 Short texts Part 4 An interview with A profile of a person you like
On top of the world Part 6 Call a friend and talk an actress
p. 178 What is happiness? An interview with a yoga teacher

Progress check 5 p. 190

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SPEAKING GRAMMAR VOCABULARY REAL WORLD
Introducing yourself Present simple and present continuous Personal interests
Intonation Adverbs of frequency Habits and routines
Present continuous with always Occupations

Part 3 Making suggestions, asking for Comparatives and superlatives Holiday activities Where can I stay in
opinions, agreeing and disagreeing so and such, too and enough Easily confused travel words Auckland?
Part 4 A holiday Pronouncing too and to Weather
Sports and outdoor activities B2 Environment
Likes and dislikes used to Entertainment At a festival in California
Present perfect and past simple B2 Phrasal verbs
for and since
yet and already
Linking /w/

Part 2 Describing a photo Verbs + adjectives Easily confused restaurant words Eating out in Bangkok
Quantifiers Cooking
Articles B2 Food idioms
Pronouncing the schwa /ə/
Making and responding to suggestions Past simple and past continuous Town and country Things to do in Amsterdam
Past perfect
B2 Mixed tenses
Pronouncing /wəz/ and /wə/
Asking about problems, showing Ability and advice Parts of the body Preparing to travel to
sympathy and giving advice Obligation Aches and pains Marrakesh
B2 Health expressions
Vowel sounds

Part 1 Introducing yourself Plans and intentions Social media Meeting people in Paris
Predictions Phrasal verbs
B2 Future certainty and uncertainty
Pronouncing going to
Expressing preferences Reported speech Fashion Shopping in Istanbul
Pronouncing clothes/close B2 Reporting verbs Buying and returning goods
Shopping

Part 2 Describing a photo Modals of speculation Environments and landscapes Visiting a national park in
Elision Adjectives with -ed and -ing Wyoming
Animals and their habitats
B2 Animals’ bodies

Likes and dislikes Passive Education Booking onto a language

Word stress B2 Passive in other tenses Higher education course in Oxford
Education collocations

Speculating Zero and first conditionals Transport words Getting through the
Second conditional Phrasal verbs with get airport in London
Pronouncing ’ll and ’d

Informal reactions Relative clauses Homes Finding student

Have/Get something done Furniture and furnishings accommodation in
B2 Adjectives for homes Grenoble
Pronouncing /ʌ/ and /æ/

Agreeing and disagreeing Modals of permission Jobs and occupations Getting a summer job in
make and let People in the workplace Florida
B2 be able to Qualities and qualifications for a job
Leaving out syllables
Part 1 What you do in your free time Gerunds Sports verbs Using sports facilities on
Parts 3 and 4 Asking for opinions Verb + to infinitive People in sport holiday in Greece
Stress in questions Do/Go/Play + sports and hobbies
B2 Phrasal verbs
Finding out information Conditionals Emotions Having a job interview in
Reported speech Appearance and personality Tenerife
Modal verbs B2 Compound adjectives
Relative clauses Spellings and the /ʃ/ sound

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OPEN WORLD B2 FIRST - MAP OF CONTENTS
UNIT TITLE READING LISTENING WRITING
Starter A new way of communicating p. 11 A breakdown in communication A story p. 13
Let’s talk p. 12
p. 8
1 Reading and Use of English Part 7 Understanding distractors p. 18 Writing Part 1
Fighting fit No age, no limit p. 16 An essay p. 20
p. 14

2 Reading and Use of English Part 6 Listening Part 4 p. 34 Writing Part 1

Keeping in touch Social media and friendship p. 29 An essay p. 35
p. 28

Progress check 1 p. 40
3 Reading and Use of English Part 5 Listening Part 1 p. 47 Understanding how you’re assessed
Beyond the classroom A new learning age p. 42 in the B2 First Writing exam p. 46
p. 42

4 Reading and Use of English Part 1 Listening for detail p. 57 Writing Part 2
A trip to remember Shweeb p. 60 Verb and noun word stress p. 58 An article p. 63
p. 56

5 Reading and Use of English Part 4 Listening Part 3 p. 68 Writing Part 2

Grab some culture Cinema, but not as we know it p. 69 A review p. 73
p. 68

Progress check 2 p. 80
6 Reading and Use of English Part 2 Listening for attitudes and opinions Writing Part 2
Closer to nature Sea anemone p. 83 p.86 A report p. 89
p. 82
7 Reading and Use of English Part 3 Listening Part 2 p. 98 Writing Part 2
What’s in your food? You’re dying to eat me! p. 97 A letter / email p. 101
p. 94 Using adverbs as modifiers p.98
Stress in adverbs p. 98
8 Reading and Use of English Part 6 Listening Part 3 p. 107 Formal and informal writing p. 109
Living made easy Welcome to your smart home of
p. 106 tomorrow p. 110

Progress check 3 p. 118

9 Reading and Use of English Part 2 Listening for agreement and Writing Part 1
The great outdoors Falling amphibians cause confusion disagreement p.125 An essay p. 126
p. 120 p. 121

10 Reading and Use of English Part 5 Listening for gist and detail p. 133 Writing Part 2
To the limit The thrill of extreme sports p. 134 An article p. 136
p. 132 Cleft sentences p. 136

11 Reading and Use of English Part 1 Listening Part 1 p. 151 Developing your writing p. 148
Fact or Fiction? In defence of reality TV p. 146 Cohesive phrases p. 148
p. 144
Progress check 4 p. 158
12 Reading and Use of English Part 3 Listening Part 4 p. 161 Writing Part 2
Let’s celebrate Snowbombing – The best show on A report p. 164
p. 160 snow p. 165

13 Reading and Use of English Part 7 Listening for context p. 173 Writing Part 2
In fashion, on trend A career in fashion p. 176–177 A review p. 179
p. 172

14 Reading and Use of English Part 4 Listening Part 2 p. 189 Writing Part 2
Not just 9–5 The perfect job A letter of application p. 191
p. 184 p. 185–186

Progress check 5 p. 196

Communication activities p. 198 Grammar reference p. 204 Phrasal verb builder p. 234 Writing Bank p. 236 Speaking Bank p. 246

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SPEAKING
Getting to know your
classmates p. 8
Speaking Part 2 p. 17
Speculating p. 32
Speaking Parts 3 and 4
p. 49
Speaking Part 1 p. 62
Reaching agreement p. 75
Speaking Part 2 p. 85
Describing a restaurant
experience p. 100
Speaking Part 1 p. 113
Short and long vowels
p. 113
Speaking Parts 3 and 4
p. 122
Adding emphasis p.123
Speaking Part 1 p. 138
Speaking Part 2 p. 149
Short responses with so,
neither, either and too
p. 167
Speaking Parts 3 and 4
p. 175
Main stress in questions
p. 175
Disagreeing politely p. 176
Evaluating the advantages
and disadvantages of an
idea p. 188
GRAMMAR
Present perfect review p. 11
Comparatives and Superlatives p. 12
Gerunds and Infinitives p. 17
Comparing and contrasting ideas with
linkers p. 21
Understanding health p. 21
The passive p. 30
Hedging p. 21
Used to, be used to, get used to p. 33
First and second conditionals p. 44
Other conditional structures p. 44
Giving advice p. 48
Countable and uncountable nouns p. 58
Nouns that are both countable and
uncountable p. 59
Articles p. 61
Past simple, past perfect simple and past
perfect continuous p. 72
Prepositions p. 84
Complex prepositions p. 84
Relative clauses p. 87
Wish clauses p. 96
Third and mixed conditionals p. 100
Direct and indirect objects p. 107
Modals of speculation and deduction
p. 112
Other ways of expressing speculation
and deduction p.113
Future forms p. 124
Talking about the future p. 124
Future perfect and future continuous p. 126
Causatives p. 133
–ed and –ing adjectives p. 138
Reported speech p. 147
Reporting verbs p. 150
Expressing obligation and permission
p. 162
Expressing obligation and permission in
different tenses p. 163
Expressing ability p.166
Like vs. as p. 173
Past modals: shouldn’t have, didn’t have
to, needn’t have, didn’t need to p. 178
Adding emphasis and sentence fronting
p. 186
VOCABULARY
Adjectives to describe emotions p. 9
Health and fitness p. 15
weak forms p. 15
Idioms for health and fitness p. 17
Describing your family p. 31
Phrasal verbs for describing friends and
family p. 34
Stress in phrasal verbs p. 35
Education and study p. 45
Consonant groups at the beginning of
words p. 45
Idioms and phrasal verbs for education
and study p. 47
Holidays and travel p. 56
Compound adjectives p. 62
Books and reading p. 70
Connected speech p. 71
Positive and negative adjectives p. 74
Building your vocabulary p. 74
The natural world p. 83
Stress in compound nouns
Commonly confused words p. 88
Describing food p. 95
Prefixes p. 99
Technology p. 108
Idioms for science and technology p. 111
The weather p. 121
Phrases with far p. 125
Cohesive devices p. 136
Sport and leisure p. 139
Stress in word families 1 p. 139
The media p. 145
Intonation when giving an opinion p. 145
Phrases to talk about the media p. 150
Festivals and celebrations p. 160
Suffixes p. 162
Stress in word families 2 p. 162
Going, Going, Gone! p. 174
The business of shopping p. 178
Phrasal verbs with business p. 187
Jobs and careers p. 190
Compound words with work p. 190
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REAL WORLD
Being active in Zurich p. 26
Making friends in Seoul
p. 38
Educating yourself in Toronto
Travelling around Buenos
Aires p. 66
Making arrangements in
Bristol p. 78
Going into the wild in
Florida p. 92
Dining out in Athens p. 104
Getting to grips with
technology in Singapore
p. 116
Broadening your horizons in
Los Angeles p. 130
Going on an adventure in
the Brecon Beacons p. 142
Having fun in Copenhagen
p. 156
Having a great time in
Essaouira p. 170
Going shopping in Milan
p. 182
Going for a job in Frankfurt
p. 194
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OPEN WORLD C1 ADVANCED - MAP OF CONTENTS
UNIT TITLE READING AND USE OF ENGLISH LISTENING WRITING
Starter Language learning Future prospects ‘Advanced’ English
Take it from me
p.8

1 Part 5 Distractors in listening tasks Part 1

Good company Dunbar’s number An essay
p.14 The reality of twins
Part 3
Friends or contacts?
Family sizes
2 Part 2 Part 3 Proofreading
On the move The Electric Egg Travel vloggers
p.28 The Kittiwake Holiday pleasures

Progress check 1 p.40

3 Part 8 Part 4 Part 2
Rolling in money Young entrepreneurs Currency A report
p.42 Digital finance apps Financial events and services

4 Part 7 Part 2 Part 2

The natural world Sustainable fashion Planet 9 An email
p.54 The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Wildlife repopulation

5 Part 4 Part 1 Considering both sides of an

Surfing, scrolling and Viral posts argument
swiping Bitcoin
p.66
Progress check 2 p.78
6 Part 6 American and British English Part 2
Structures and landmarks The work of Zaha Hadid A proposal
p.80 Skyscrapers

7 Part 1 Guessing meaning from context Part 2

Broadening horizons Overly ambitious? A review
p.92 Grammar schools

8 Part 5 Part 3 Signposting

On demand Online shaming Interactive television
p.104 The death of cinema Citizen journalism

Progress check 3 p.118

9 Part 6 The culture of Japan Part 1
Cultural contribution Modernisation of museums An essay
p.120 Geek culture

10 Part 2 Part 1 Part 2

Living life to the fullest The rice and the chessboard Boris Becker A review
p.132 Explaining the urge to climb Everest Sports in schools
Part 3
Grassroots football
Badminton sisters
11 Part 8 Signposting in presentations Part 2
A steady job Recruitment fairs A report
p.144 Work-life balance

Progress check 4 p.156

12 Part 7 Part 2 Part 2
Mind over matter The Wisdom of Crowds The Intelligence Trap A letter/email
p.158 The lost wallet experiment A psychology experiment

13 Part 1 Part 4 Part 1

Lifestyle choices Road-schooling Alternative lifestyles An essay
p.172 Hotel living Positive changes

14 Part 4 Inferring attitude Part 2

Looking after yourself A proposal
p.184

Progress check 5 p.196

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SPEAKING GRAMMAR VOCABULARY REAL WORLD
Making conversation Past and perfect tenses review Easily confused words
Future tenses

Part 1 Question forms Personality Being courteous

Talking about yourself Verb patterns (1) – Gerunds and infinitives Negative prefixes
C2 Relationship idioms

Part 2 Determiners and quantifiers Travel Driving in the UK

Describing a pair of photos Adverb modifiers Prepositional phrases (1)
C2 Prepositional phrases

Asking for and giving Conditionals (1) Money Personal finances

clarification Verb patterns (2) – Objects, reflexives Verb collocations
and reciprocals C2 Money idioms

Buying time and keeping the
conversation going
Parts 3 and 4
Collaborative task and
discussion
Future continuous, perfect, perfect Space Out of this world?
continuous and be + to + infinitive Noun collocations
Verb patterns (3) – Multi-word verbs
C2 Future tenses for speculating about the
present and past
Relative clauses Multi-word verbs (1) Dealing with technology
Modals (1) Language for expressing change
C2 Phrases with dare

Part 1 The passive Buildings Renting a place to live

Strategies for answering
questions
Part 2
Structuring your talk
Modals (2) – Modals in the past
Articles
Countable and uncountable nouns
Phrases with get, have, make and do
C2 Building-related phrases and
collocations
Adverb + adjective collocations Education in the UK and the
Wordbuilding USA
C2 Expressions with bring and take

Parts 3 and 4 Reported speech and reporting verbs TV Working in the media
Interactive communication Conditionals (2) – Advanced conditionals Verbs of communication
and wish/if only C2 Reporting verbs

Part 1 Comparison Culture and festivals Visiting Glastonbury

Pronunciation Reason, purpose and result Prepositional phrases (2)
C2 Comparative forms

Starting a presentation Substitution and ellipsis Verb prefixes and suffixes Understanding the rules of
Contrast and concession Words with similar meanings games
C2 Sports idioms

Parts 3 and 4 Emphasis (1) Work and careers Applying for a job
Justifying opinions Emphasis (2) Multi-word verbs (2)
C2 Expressions with line

Exemplification Participle and to + infinitive clauses Verbs related to mental processes Dealing with stress
Nominalisation Mood and feelings
C2 Think and thought idioms

Pausing or chunking in Pronouns (1) – it and there clauses Safety and risk Staying safe whilst travelling
natural speech Pronouns (2) Adjective + noun collocations
C2 Expressions with time

Part 2 Review (1) Word families relating to health Discussing food preparation
Speculating Review (2) Health
C2 Health idioms

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