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STUDENT’S BOOKEMPOWERAMERICAN
B1+
INTERMEDIATE
Lesson and objectiveLesson and objective GrammarGrammar
Unit 1 Talk
Unit1 Talk
Getting started Talk about communication 1A Talk about friendship and Subject and object communication questions
Subject and object questions
1B 1B Describe experiences in the Describe experiences in the presentpresent 1C 1C Give and respond to opinionsGive and respond to opinions Simple present and Simple present and present continuouspresent continuous
Vocabulary PronunciationVocabulary Pronunciation
Gradable and extreme adjectives
Gradable and Sentence stress: gradable and extreme adjectives extreme adjectives
1D 1D Write a guideWrite a guide
Everyday EnglishEveryday English
Unit 2 Modern life
Unit 2 Modern life
Getting started Talk about the workplace 2A Talk about experiences of work Present perfect and and training simple past
Present perfect and simple past
2B 2B Talk about technologyTalk about technology
Present perfect Present perfect and present perfect and present perfect continuouscontinuous 2C 2C Make and respond to suggestionsMake and respond to suggestions
2D 2D Write an email giving newsWrite an email giving news WORDPOWER yourselfWORDPOWER yourself
WorkWork
Present perfect and simple past: Present perfect and simple past: I’ve worked / I workedI’ve worked / I worked Technology Sentence stress: main verb / Technology Sentence stress: main verb / auxiliary verbauxiliary verb
Sentence stressSentence stress Making and Making and responding to responding to suggestionssuggestions
Unit 3 RelationshipsUnit 3 Relationships
Getting started Talk about relationshipsGetting started Talk about relationships 3A 3A Talk about a friendshipTalk about a friendship Narrative tenses Relationships Linking sounds Narrative tenses Relationships Linking sounds
3B 3B Talk about familiesTalk about families 3C 3C Tell a storyTell a story
3D 3D Write about someone’s lifeWrite about someone’s life used to, usuallyused to, usually Multi-word verbs Sentence stress: multi-word verbs Multi-word verbs Sentence stress: multi-word verbs Stress in word groups Stress in word groups Telling a storyTelling a story
Unit 4 Personality
Unit 4 Personality
Getting started Talk about people 4A Describe people and their abilities Modals and phrases of Ability ability Ability Stress with modal verbsStress with modal verbs
4B 4B Describe feelings Describe feelings
4C 4C Offer and ask for helpOffer and ask for help
4D 4D Write an informal online adWrite an informal online ad ArticlesArticles Personality Personality adjectives adjectives
Intonation in question tags Offering and asking Intonation in question tags Offering and asking for helpfor help
Unit 5 The natural worldUnit 5 The natural world
Getting started Talk about endangered animalsGetting started Talk about endangered animals 5A 5A Talk about the futureTalk about the future Future formsFuture forms
5B 5B Talk about if and whenTalk about if and when
5C 5C Give reasons, results, and Give reasons, results, and examplesexamples 5D 5D Write a discussion essayWrite a discussion essay Present and future Present and future real conditionalsreal conditionals WORDPOWER so and suchWORDPOWER so and such
Environmental Environmental issues issues Sound and spelling: Sound and spelling: a a
The natural world Consonant clusters The natural world Consonant clusters
Voiced and unvoiced consonants Giving reasons, Voiced and unvoiced consonants Giving reasons, results, and examplesresults, and examples
ListeningListening ReadingReading SpeakingSpeaking WritingWriting
What to cook?What to cook? Article: “But Are They Article: “But Are They Real Friends?”Real Friends?” Things you have done recentlyThings you have done recently
Article: “Can You Really Learn a Language in 22 Hours?”
Article: “Can You Really Learn Learning a foreign language a Language in 22 Hours?” Learning a foreign language
Giving and responding to opinions; Giving and responding to opinions; Using me too / me neitherUsing me too / me neither
Unit Progress TestUnit Progress Test
Conversation: learning vocabulary Article: “What Kind of Learner Ways of learning vocabulary A guide Are You?” Introducing a purpose; Referring pronouns
Radio show: likeability Radio show: likeability Article: “Not the Best Interview I’ve Ever Had!”
Article: “Not the Best Interview Work and training experiences I’ve Ever Had!” Work and training experiences
Article: “What’s Your Favorite App?”
Article: “What’s Your Favorite Interviewing classmates about App?” technology use
Interviewing classmates about technology use
A problemA problem Making and responding to Making and responding to suggestions; Sounding sympathetic suggestions; Sounding sympathetic or pleasedor pleased
Unit Progress TestUnit Progress Test
Conversation: life changes An email about a new job Life changes Conversation: life changes An email about a new job Life changes An informal emailAn informal email Adding new informationAdding new information
Article: “60 Years and 1,000 Miles: How a Word Game Brought Two Unlikely People Together”
Article: “60 Years and The story of a friendship 1,000 Miles: How a Word Game Brought Two Unlikely People Together” The story of a friendship
Two monologues: being a twin Article: “Twin Tales” Two monologues: being a twin Article: “Twin Tales” Family traditionsFamily traditions
A mistakeA mistake
Conversation: great-grandparents An email about how Conversation: great-grandparents An email about how great-grandparents metgreat-grandparents met Reacting to what people say; Reacting to what people say; Telling a storyTelling a story A member of your familyA member of your family
Unit Progress TestUnit Progress Test A biographyA biography Describing timeDescribing time
Radio show: successful people Article: “What Happens to Talented Children When They Grow Up?”
Radio show: successful people Article: “What Happens to Becoming successful at something Talented Children When They Grow Up?” Becoming successful at something
Two monologues: personality types Article: “Why the World Needs Describing a person Introverts” Describing a person
Asking for helpAsking for help
Three monologues: websites Three online ads Three monologues: websites Three online ads Question tags; Offering and asking Question tags; Offering and asking for help for help
Unit Progress TestUnit Progress Test
Using the Internet to buy and Using the Internet to buy and sell thingssell things An informal online adAn informal online ad The language of adsThe language of ads
Conversation: an environmental Conversation: an environmental projectproject Interview: inventions inspired Interview: inventions inspired by natureby nature Web page: The Whitley Fund for Nature
Web page: The Whitley Fund Predictions about the future for Nature Predictions about the future
Article: “Animals Have Adapted The best place to experience to Survive Everywhere” natural beauty
The best place to experience natural beauty
Talking about possible jobsTalking about possible jobs
Reasons, results, and examples; Reasons, results, and examples; Giving yourself time to thinkGiving yourself time to think Monologue: rescuing whales An essay about water pollution A quiz about whales Monologue: rescuing whales An essay about water pollution A quiz about whales
Unit Progress TestUnit Progress Test A discussion essayA discussion essay Organizing an essay;Organizing an essay; Signposting languageSignposting language
Unit 6 Different cultures
Getting started Talk about different cultures 6A Talk about advice and rules Modals of obligation Compound nouns Word stress: compound nouns
6B Describe food
6C Ask for and give recommendations Comparatives and superlatives Describing food Sound and spelling: /ʃ/ and /tʃ/
6D Write a review of a restaurant or café
Review and extension More practice
Unit 7 House and home
Getting started Talk about ideal houses 7A Describe a building
7B Describe a town or city
7C Make offers and ask for permission
7D Write a note with useful information WORDPOWER go
Modals of deduction Buildings
Quantifiers Verbs and prepositions Modal verbs: final /t/ sounds
Sentence stress: verbs and prepositions
Review and extension More practice WORDPOWER over
Unit 8 Information
Getting started Talk about an interesting news story 8A Talk about podcasts Reported speech Sharing information Sound and spelling: /g/ and /k/
8B Talk about what other people say Verb patterns Reporting verbs
8C Generalize and be vague
8D Write an email summary of a news story Review and extension More practice
Unit 9 Entertainment
Getting started Talk about street entertainers 9A Talk about movies and TV The passive
9B Give extra information Defining and nondefining relative clauses Sound and spelling: /h/ and /w/ Generalizing and being vague
WORDPOWER in/on + noun
-ed / -ing adjectives Sound and spelling: final -ed in adjectives
Music; Wordbuilding (nouns) Relative clauses: pausing; Word stress
9C Recommend and respond to recommendations 9D Write an article Showing contrast Recommending and responding
Review and extension More practice
Unit 10 Opportunities
Getting started Talk about different kinds of opportunities 10A Talk about new things it would be good to do Present and future unreal conditionals WORDPOWER see, look at, watch, hear, listen to
10B Talk about imagined past events Past unreal conditionals Expressions with do, make, and take Sentence stress: would and have
10D Write an email with advice Sounding sure and unsure Talking about possible problems and reassuring someone
Review and extension More practice
Communication Plus p. 127
WORDPOWER Easily confused words
Vocabulary Focus p. 133 Grammar Focus p. 144
Three monologues: culture shock Article: “Culture Shock? There’s an App to Deal With That” Describing different cultures
Radio show: vending machines in Japan A special gift Blog: “Hungry Adventures” Describing a special meal
Three monologues: special occasions Reviews of a café Places to go out
Unit Progress Test
Two reviews Positive and negative language; Adverbs
Conversation: comparing life in a town and a city
Visiting a friend’s family Web page: “A More Personal Place to Stay” Web page: “Five Reasons Why Small Towns Are Better Than Cities”
Conversation: a vacation in Florida Article: “Top Five Things to Do … in and around Miami” A note Describing buildings
Talking about where you live
Making offers, requests, and asking for permission; Imagining how people feel A recent vacation
Unit Progress Test
A note with useful information Offering choices
Podcast: Pod-on-Pod
Interview: fake reviews
A job interview
Monologue: a news story Article: “Thinking of Making a Podcast? Just Give It a Try!” Article: “The Restaurant That Wasn’t There”
A news story Giving opinions about podcasts
Describing experiences using reporting verbs Generalizing; Being vague
Air travel
Unit Progress Test An email about a news story Summarizing information
Conversation: movie trailers Article: “To Binge or Not to Binge …”
Three monologues: musical experiences Article: “The Three Best Music Festivals You’ve Probably Never Heard Of” Recommending a movie or TV show
A musical experience
Planning an evening out
Recommending and responding; Asking someone to wait Two monologues: live music A blog about staying at home Live vs. recorded music
Unit Progress Test An article about a form of entertainment Contrasting ideas; The structure of an article
Conversation: trying new activities
Asking for a promotion
Monologue: volunteering A web page about volunteering; Emails giving advice Volunteering An email with advice Advising a course of action
Article: “Searching for Serendipity” Taking new opportunities
A past event that made life better
Talking about possible problems and reassuring someone; Changing the subject
Unit Progress Test
