Contents Starter unit Grammar
Vocabulary
Culture
Reading
Listening
Alphabet, numbers, days, months, time, colours
Do you remember?
Speaking
Writing
Pronunciation: alphabet, numbers, days, months; talking about relevant dates; telling the time
page 6
Countries, nationalities To be – affirmative, negative, questions, short page 8 answers and contracted forms, this, that, these, those
Pronunciation – nationalities, phone numbers, e-mail addresses; introducing oneself, giving personal information
Matching the photos with the people described in the texts
Hello, how are you?
Unit 01 CZŁOWIEK Grammar People are different
Have / has got in affirmative, negative page 10 sentences questions, short answers, contracted forms; possessive adjectives Can / can’t for ability Skills and in affirmative, negative talents page 12 sentences and questions, short answers and contracted forms
Vocabulary
Culture
Dictionary skills – checking the meanings of new words; selected abilities; adjectives to describe appearance
Polish, British and American film celebrities
Blogging in Britain and elsewhere
Skills builder page 14
Possessive adjectives; be, page 17 have / has, can; forming questions with the words from the recording
Revision
Reading
Listening
Naming defined objects; Polish-English / EnglishPolish translations of the words from Unit 1
Speaking
Writing
Comparing the importance of electronic A short profile gadgets / instruments; discussing and of a teenager relating the information from the texts to personal experience
The descriptions of teenagers’ rooms - reading for detail
Electronic gadgets, instruments related to music; equipment / furniture in rooms
Pronunciation – dialogues with can; discussing the importance of different talents; asking questions about people’s appearance; discussing the results of a class survey on abilities and possessions Zadanie egzaminacyjne: Comparing the answers in the A questionnaire about dobieranie questionnaire; abilities and abilities and possessions; possessions; anticipating information zadanie egzaminacyjne: about the people in the photos; relating dobieranie; an advertisement one’s experience and opinions to the information from the recording and texts; answering the questions related to the recording on the festival of talents Writing down words Intonation in yes / no questions; asking from the recording and answering yes / no questions with be, have / has, can
Sentences about people’s abilities; writing short descriptions of people’s appearance Zadanie egzaminacyjne: ankieta
Writing
Completing sentences with information about abilities
Unit 02 DOM Grammar There is / are in affirmative sentences, and questions, page 18 short answers, contracted forms; prepositions of place; determiners some and any Definite and indefinite My home page 20 articles
Famous houses
Vocabulary
Culture
Reading
Listening
Speaking
Names of rooms and places in a house
Famous English and American people and places; Elvis Presley’s Graceland Trivia numbers and other information about Los Angeles
Completing sentences with prepositions
A conversation about Elvis Presley’s house, Graceland
Answering questions about Graceland; Sentences about one’s ideal home discussing the information from the recording; comparing information about students’ ideal home
The Bronx in NYC; AfroAmerican art from the Bronx; Ibiza – a holiday resort
The texts about the Bronx – matching the photos with the places described in; zadanie egzaminacyjne: prawda / fałsz; finding the correct information in the text; completing a postcard
Types of houses in and out of town; positive and negative adjectives to describe towns and houses
Skills builder page 22
Prepositions of place; page 25 there is / are; determiners some and any, definite and indefinite articles
Revision
The text about LA – ticking T/F sentences
Pronunciation – /s/, /z/ and /Iz/ in plural nouns; preparing a presentation of an imaginary town
Zadanie egzaminacyjne: Talking about favourite places; describing and presenting one’s układanie informacji opinion on the places in the photos; w kolejności presenting one’s opinion about Bronx culture
Describing a holiday resort and activities people can do there; zadanie egzaminacyjne: pocztówka
Intonation – yes / no questions; asking and answering questions using selected words
Arguments in favour of selected holiday places
Speaking
Writing
Names of rooms; adjectives to describe places; translating words from and into Polish; spelling words
Unit 03 SZKOŁA Grammar Schools with Wh- questions; present a difference simple – affirmative,
page 26 negative sentences, questions, short answers and contracted forms Adverbs and other School life page 28 expressions of frequency
Skills builder page 30
Adverbs and expressions page 33 of frequency; present simple
Revision
Vocabulary Names of subjects and other words related to schools; dictionary skills – checking the meaning of new words Expressions related to school life; expressions with have
Expressions used to give an opinion; dictionary skills – checking the meaning of new words; translating words / expressions into Polish; linking words Subjects and other words related to school; translating words into Polish
Culture
Reading
Listening
The text about Summerhill School – ticking T/F sentences
Pronunciation: word stress; talking about school subjects; asking and answering wh- questions related to school; forming and answering questions about school Expressing likes and dislikes about Listening for detail; interviews with teenagers one’s school; preparing a description of an ideal school; talking about activities from a theatre school in selected types of schools; asking and answering questions with adverbs of frequency Zadanie egzaminacyjne: Expressing one’s opinion on modern technology; zadanie egzaminacyjne: test wielokrotnego rozmowa sterowana – uzyskiwanie, wyboru udzielanie informacji; discussing cyber-bullying and truancy in relation to one’s own experience
A theatre school for teenagers
Virtual education; cyber-bullying; truancy
The text about cyber-bullying – completing it using the appropriate expressions; zadanie egzaminacyjne: układanie w kolejności; a notice – completing it with the appropriate words
Intonation – yes / no and whquestions; answering yes / no and wh- questions about school; asking questions with selected expressions
A description of an ideal school; zadanie egzaminacyjne: ogłoszenie
Definitions of selected words
Contents Unit 04 1. SPORT 2. ZDROWIE Grammar Verbs of preference page 34 followed by gerund
Vocabulary
Keeping fit
Names of sports and equipment
The life of a Present simple – 3rd couch potato person singular; object
Parts of the body; dictionary skills – checking the meaning of new words
page 36 pronouns
Culture
Flamenco, Sudoku puzzles and parkour
Skills builder page 38
Present simple; object page 41 pronouns
Revision
Reading
Listening
Speaking
A conversation about Answering general questions about sport – answering general sports; asking and answering questions comprehension questions, about preferred sports correcting wrong answers to questions Pronunciation – /s/, /z/, /Iz/ in 3rd A text about a ‘couch potato’ person singular of verbs in the present – guessing the meaning of simple; reading a model conversation new words from the context from the tapescript; asking and answering questions about lifestyle Interviews about ways of mental and A conversation about Scanning the texts about physical relaxation and keeping fit; sports – completing it flamenco, Sudoku puzzles zadanie egzaminacyjne: rozmowa using selected words and parkour; zadanie sterowana – negocjowanie; comparing egzaminacyjne: dobieranie and discussing answers from the questionnaires Intonation – yes / no and whquestions; answering questions on sports habits; persuading each other to take up a new sporting activity
Writing
Matching the people described in the texts with the photos
Names of sports, sports equipment and parts of the body; expressions used to persuade
A messenger conversation
Zadanie egzaminacyjne: ankieta
A description of a couch potato
Unit 05 PAŃSTWO I SPOŁECZEŃSTWO Grammar You shouldn’t Modal verbs: must / mustn’t, have to / don’t do it
page 42 have to, can / can’t for obligation, prohibition, permission, advice Teenagers in Modal verbs – should for advice; imperative trouble page 44
Skills builder page 46
Adjectives from nouns page 49 (-al, -ive); modal verbs; imperative; translating sentences with modal verbs into English
Revision
Vocabulary
Culture
Reading
Listening
Speaking
Dictionary skills– checking ASBO – Antisocial the meaning of new Behaviour Order words; crimes and antisocial acts
A text about ASBO – reading A conversation – ticking Pronunciation – can and must; answering questions and anticipating for gist the right answers, information correcting wrong information
Dictionary skills – checking the meaning of new words; crimes and antisocial acts A boot camp for Selected crimes; teenagers adjectives describing feelings
The letters – scanning for specific expressions; choosing the best advice for each problem in the letters Zadanie egzaminacyjne: A blog about a boot camp dobieranie; completing – completing information the text using key words about daily routine; zadanie egzaminacyjne: prawda / fałsz, brak informacji
Writing
Answering questions about crimes and Advice for people in trouble antisocial acts; making rules for an ideal country Anticipating information about a boot camp for teenagers; zadanie egzaminacyjne: opis ilustracji + odpowiedź na pytania
Notes for questions
Intonation in yes / no and whquestions, answering questions about crimes and antisocial acts; making rules for a place and guessing its name; giving advice
Crimes and antisocial acts; wordbuilding – nouns from verbs (-ment, -our, -ism, -ing);
Unit 06 ŻYWIENIE Grammar Countable and uncountable nouns page 50 – some, any, much, many, a lot of, lots of
Food for thought
Negations with no before page 52 nouns
Perfect diet
Vocabulary
Culture
Names of dishes from different countries; names of food items; dictionary skills – checking the meaning of new words Names of food items; ways of preparing food
Food from around Completing the text with the world selected expressions
Skills builder page 54
Reading
Listening
The sentences about diet – correcting information a recipe – completing it using the appropriate words Food from around The texts about food the world in different countries – completing the texts; zadanie egzaminacyjne: dobieranie Food from around the world – a recipe for biryani
Food items, ways Countable and of preparing food page 57 uncountable nouns – some, any, much, many, a lot of, lots of; no before nouns
Revision
Language review: Units
01-06
Speaking
Writing
Answering questions included in the texts; talking about food preferences
A radio programme Pronunciation – /i:/ and /I/; answering – ticking the right answer questions about diet; planning a three-course meal for guests
Zadanie egzaminacyjne: Completing questions about eating habits and answering them; test wielokrotnego answering questions related wyboru to the text on food; discussing and comparing ideas for a museum of one’s favourite food item Listening to the Intonation in yes / no and whdefinitions of food items questions; answering questions about eating habits
page 58
Zadanie egzaminacyjne: wiadomość / instrukcja
Planning a menu for a restaurant for teenagers
Contents Unit 07 ŻYCIE RODZINNE I TOWARZYSKIE Grammar
Vocabulary
Family members Possesive ’s; whose in questions; comparative page 62 and superlative forms of adjectives
Artistic families
Types of films, books, music; words describing appearance and personality Adjectives to describe personality
The world of entertainment page 64
Skills builder page 66
Listening
Speaking
Writing
A text on the Stuhr family Polish and American film and – reading for gist sports celebrities; artistic families – the Stuhrs
Culture
Reading
Listening and completing the text using the appropriate numbers of the photos
Razzie Awards
A radio programme – listening for detail
Pronunciation – /a:/ and /ʌ/; matching people in the photographs and explaining one’s choice; guessing each other’s family members; testing each other’s knowledge using comparative and superlative forms of adjectives Discussing the best and the worst exponents in each subject category (film, book, etc); talking about imaginary family members Describing one’s family and friends; answering questions on the type of personality; zadanie egzaminacyjne: rozmowa sterowana – uzyskiwanie, udzielanie informacji
Short descriptions of the people in the photos
Zadanie egzaminacyjne: test wielokrotnego wyboru; finding the information supporting the answers in the text; a model letter – completing it with the missing sentences
Listening to Joe and completing his answers to questions on his personality; a telephone conversation – crossing out the incorrect word
Zadanie egzaminacyjne: list prywatny
True sentences Intonation in yes / no and whquestions; answering questions related about other students from to cinema, theatre, photography, etc. the class
Possesive ’s; comparative Names of family members; page 69 and superlative forms of words related to music, theatre, film, etc; words adjectives describing appearance and personality
Revision
Unit 08 ZAKUPY I USŁUGI Grammar
Vocabulary
Culture
Reading
Shopping expressions Present continuous in affirmative, negative page 70 sentences and questions, short answers and contracted forms Names of clothes Your T-shirt Would like, could page 72 in polite questions
Popular shopping Matching people with their places – Camden favourite shopping places Town, London, eBay
Skills builder
Trolleyology
Shopping is great!
Dialogues – identifying the sites where they take place
page 74
Present continuous; page 77 would like, could in requests
Revision
A description of a photo – completing it with the appropriate words; completing notices with the missing words
Names of clothes, names of shops
Listening
Speaking
Spotting mistakes in descriptions of pictures
Discussing the shopping places in the photos; describing pictures
Writing
Intonation in questions; answering questions about the people in the photos; discussing questions about T-shirts; designing a funny T-shirt Zadanie egzaminacyjne: Discussing factors that are important układanie w kolejności; when doing the shopping; zadanie egzaminacyjne: finding the answers in opis ilustracji + odpowiedź na pytania the tapescript
Dialogues in a restaurant / a shop
Intonation – yes / no and wh- questions
Interviewing each other about clothes and colours
An advert for your own shop
Listening
Speaking
Writing
The history of T-shirts – ticking T/F sentences
Zadanie egzaminacyjne: ogłoszenie
Unit 09 PRACA Grammar Teenagers at work page 78 Present simple and present continuous; page 80 possessive pronouns
Career or fun?
Vocabulary
Culture
Reading
Names of jobs; dictionary An interview with An interview – completing it the writer using the appropriate words; skills – checking the job adverts – completing meaning of new words them using the appropriate words Names of furniture ‘Hot desking’ Completing the conversation using the missing words
Completing the speakers’ Discussing the best and the worst jobs; role playing a job interview; application forms; pronunciation: word stress pronunciation – word stress
Completing an application form
Identifying objects on the basis of a conversation; answering comprehension questions about the interview
Describing people’s routine and temporary activities
Choosing the best title for the texts; zadanie egzaminacyjne: dobieranie
Skills builder page 82
Present simple vs present Expressions related to work; names of furniture page 85 continuous; possessive pronouns
Intonation in yes / no and wh- questions; guessing professions
Revision
Relating headlines to Polish teenagers; answering questions in the present continuous; talking about other people’s possessions
Zadanie Choosing topics and talking about oneself; speculating about the contents egzaminacyjne: list oficjalny of articles on the basis of headlines; zadanie egzaminacyjne: opis ilustracji + odpowiedź na pytania; discussing characteristics of different jobs, role-playing a job interview Job adverts and personal profiles
Unit 10 1. KULTURA 2. NAUKA I TECHNIKA Grammar
Vocabulary
Culture
The Experience Names of musical Music Project instruments and musicians – wordbuilding; in the USA dictionary skills – checking the meaning of new words
Reading
Listening
An interview with a person who visited the Experience Music Project in the USA – identifying information
Listening to different pieces of music – identifying musical instruments and describing emotions / associations it stimulates; pronunciation – /t/, /d/ and /Id/ endings in the past forms of regular verbs Famous inventors Comparing guesses with the People talking about Dictionary skills The greatest Past simple – negative information in the dialogue inventions – listening for sentences and questions, – checking the meaning of and their inventors gist and detail discoveries / new words; inventions page 88 short answers inventions
Music
Past simple – affirmative page 86 of regular and irregular verbs; typical time expressions
Skills builder page 90
Revision page 93
Past simple
Dictionary skills – checking the meaning of new words; expressions used to make conversations more interesting; words and expressions used in formal letters of complaint
Reading about inventions; finding specific information in the tapescript
Musical instruments; inventions; past forms of irregular verbs
Completing the text using the words provided
A radio programme – completing sentences with the words from the recording; zadanie egzaminacyjne: test wielokrotnego wyboru; saying dates – comparing answers with the recording Intonation in yes / no and wh- questions
Speaking
Writing
Talking about music; giving examples of specific past situations from one’s own experience
Talking about famous inventors and discoverers; forming questions and interviewing each other; comparing things one cannot live without; presenting an advertisement Finding creative connections between things and people; zadanie egzaminacyjne: rozmowa sterowana – relacjonowanie; discussing things that can go wrong with different objects / services
Asking questions with past forms of irregular verbs
An advertisement
Zadanie egzaminacyjne: list oficjalny
Contents Unit 11 ŚWIAT PRZYRODY Grammar
Vocabulary
Culture
The Eden Project Words / expressions used to describe the environment; environment protection; dictionary skills: checking the meaning of new words Ecology and Future simple – affirmative Words to describe Life in the e-waste weather; word-building and negative sentences, future – forming adjectives from page 96 short answers and nouns; dictionary skills contracted forms – checking the meaning of new words Past simple – affirmative and negative sentences, page 94 regular and irregular past forms of verbs
The world around us
Expressions used for encouragement
Skills builder page 98
Revision page 101
Extinct and endangered animal species
Reading
Listening
The text about Eden Project – matching the paragraphs with slogans
Answering the questions Talking about the environment in about the Eden Project the place where one lives; forming and answering questions related to environment protection; pronunciation: word stress; discussing slogans related to environmental issues Expressing opinion about predictions An interview with an for the future; discussing bad influence ecologist – identifying information; completing of the inventions for the environment sentences using the words from the interview
Weather reports – completing them on the basis of the icons provided
Intonation in yes / no and wh- questions
Discussing questions related to animals; zadanie egzaminacyjne: rozmowa sterowana – uzyskiwanie, udzielanie informacji; discussing ideas related to the environmental issues presented in the photos; encouraging people to act in the specific situations Making promises using the future simple
Listening
Speaking
Zadanie egzaminacyjne: dobieranie; completing a model invitation
Past simple; future simple Words / expressions related to environment and weather
Speaking
Writing
Writing about the most optimistic and pessimistic vision of the future using the ideas provided; completing a green manifesto using own ideas Zadanie egzaminacyjne: zaproszenie
Sentences about own future; a horoscope with predictions for the future
Unit 12 PODRÓŻOWANIE Grammar
Vocabulary
Culture
Reading
Present perfect – affirmative and negative, page 102 sentences, questions, short answers, contracted forms
Geographical features; accommodation, transport, types of holidays; dictionary skills – checking the meaning of new words
Tourist attractions in Poland and English-speaking countries
Pronunciation of difficult Descriptions of star signs – completing them using the words words provided; an interview with a traveller – finding specific information
Holiday destinations
Be going to – affirmative and negative, sentences page 104 and questions, short answers, contracted forms
Expressions to describe location and travelling
Extreme sports
Skills builder page 106
Adventure holiday activities; expressions used to give directions
Present perfect; page 109 be going to
Geographical features; expressions related to travelling
Travelling is fun
Revision
Language review: Units
Discussing activities people do in the places illustrated in the photos; pronunciation: words mispronunced by Polish learners; asking and answering questions about travelling habits; asking and answering questions related to travelling An interview with visitors Talking about the places marked on the An e-mail – finding information about the places to Poland – completing map of Poland; talking about places a table with information in Poland and abroad one has visited; in the photos recommending holiday types; forming from the recording and answering questions related to holidays; asking and answering questions about plans for specific times A conversation about An interview about Turning statements related to travelling holidays – completing it adventure holidays for into questions and discussing them; using the words provided teenagers in Poland – zadanie egzaminacyjne: rozmowa answering comprehension sterowana – negocjowanie; giving each questions, zadanie other directions to different places on egzaminacyjne: prawda / the map fałsz; reading a message and reconstructing the exam task Intonation in yes / no Talking about holiday activities questions in different countries
07-12
page 110
Communication activities
page 114
Culture pages
page 118
Wordlist
page 124
Grammar summary
page 132
Tapescripts
page 144
Pronunciation guide
page 150
Irregular verbs
page 151
Writing True sentences about the topics provided
Plans for specific times
Zadanie egzaminacyjne: wiadomość
Planning holidays for specific people