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GRAMMAR REVIEW page 6
Unit
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READING
LISTENING
SPEAKING
WRITING
TEXT ORGANIsATION:
Listening to a radio interview FUNCTION talking about bartering
HEDGING: a university
Writing offer and wanted adverts FUNCTION describing items for sale
a feature article
campus survey on the use of freecycling websites
WRITING WORKSHOP FUNCTION writing a proposal
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an online article
a discussion about online privacy
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Reading a statistics-based argument FUNCTION talking about soft skills
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UNDERSTANDING NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS: short
conversations
Talking about educational alternatives SPEAKING WORKSHOP
SEntence variety: writing a personal essay for a university application
FUNCTION expressing and
supporting personal preferences
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Writing a persuasive email FUNCTION persuading readers to share your view FUNCTION writing a for-and-
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Understanding definitions: a current
affairs magazine article
Listening to a story FUNCTION talking about
animal welfare and conservation
SUMMARISING: online comments about keeping wild animals as pets
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email request
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Reading an online news article FUNCTION talking about robots in the workplace
INFERRING OPINIONS: a conversation about artificial intelligence
Talking about automation SPEAKING WORKSHOP
SUMMARISING: writing a summary of an online article
FUNCTION comparing and
contrasting photographs
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Writing a letter to a newspaper editor FUNCTION using arguments to support an opinion WRITING WORKSHOP
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PARTICIPATING IN A GROUP DISCUSSION:
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Listening to an interview FUNCTION talking about identity theft
WRITING WORKSHOP
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SPEAKING WORKSHOP FUNCTION describing a
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OUTLINING: writing an essay
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monologues
Talking about the possibility of life on other planets
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UNDERSTANDING NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS: short
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Reading an online article FUNCTION talking about an innovation inspired by science fiction
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PRONUNCIATION
GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY
LIFESKILLS
WORDS: intonation and attitude
ADVERB PHRASES
consumerism and sustainability
SELF AND SOCIETY: Building communities FUNCTION creating a new community
FUNCTION giving additional
information
FUNCTION discussing ways to reduce
NEGATIVE QUESTIONS
consumption
FUNCTION confirming an existing
DESCRIBING USED ITEMS
belief
FUNCTION posting adverts on a
website
LANGUAGE WRAP-UP WORDS: contrastive stress
FUTURE PASSIVE
Business and innovation
FUNCTION talking about inventions of
FUNCTION talking about how
COnditional conjunctions
NEGATIVE PREFIXES: UN-, IN-, IM-
FUNCTION talking about space
FUNCTION talking about space
the future
programmes of the future
companies launch innovations
STUDY AND LEARNING:
Evaluating explanations FUNCTION distinguishing between correlation and causation
exploration
LANGUAGE WRAP-UP WORDS: connected speech – final
consonant sound to first vowel sound
OBJECT COMPLEMENTS
Digital PRIVACY
FUNCTION talking about data security
FUNCTION talking about online
Negative structures with think, suppose, etc
PHRASAL VERBS
FUNCTION giving opinions on online
FUNCTION talking about identity theft
privacy
privacy issues
SELF AND SOCIETY: Protecting digital privacy FUNCTION giving advice
LANGUAGE WRAP-UP SOUNDS: vowel length before final
consonant sounds
RElative pronouns with -ever
VERB COLLOCATIONS
FUNCTION talking about online study
education
FUNCTION talking about higher
MIXED CONDITIONALS
words related to STAND
FUNCTION talking about hypothetical
FUNCTION talking about the job
situations in education
STUDY AND LEARNING:
Anticipating cultural differences FUNCTION finding information needed in advance
market
LANGUAGE WRAP-UP SOUNDS: final consonant clusters
Impersonal passive
Animal rescue
FUNCTION talking about beliefs
FUNCTION talking about wildlife
PASSIVE MODALS
conservation
FUNCTION giving opinions on wildlife
adverb–adjective collocations
issues
SELF AND SOCIETY: Understanding decision-making styles FUNCTION making decisions as a group
FUNCTION talking about wildlife
population issues
LANGUAGE WRAP-UP SOUNDS: linking words with a /w/ or a /j/ sound
FUTURE PERFECT FUNCTION making predictions for
specific times in the future
PHRASES WITH ADJECTIVE + PREPOSITION FUNCTION talking about automation
FUTURE PERFECT continuous
in vehicles
FUNCTION predicting ongoing events
phrasal verbs
at specific times in the future
STUDY AND LEARNING:
Organising an argument FUNCTION selecting and organising points to make
FUNCTION talking about robots in the
workplace
LANGUAGE WRAP-UP
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Listening to a discussion FUNCTION talking about sustainable shopping
MODIFYING A STATEMENT: a discussion
FUNCTION thinking of ways
FUNCTION interpreting charts
INFERRING FACTUAL INFORMATION: a lecture
about Surrealism
FUNCTION talking about how
art
LAYIN
on a controversial issue
WRITING WORKSHOP FUNCTION writing a short
article
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Reading a wiki entry FUNCTION talking about popular beliefs
DIFFICULT SITUATIONS: a conversation about viral loops on social media
Talking about popular beliefs SPEAKING WORKSHOP FUNCTION responding with
WRITING A WIKI ENTRY:
writing in collaboration with others
an opinion
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informal conversations inviting people to do things
Writing a short article FUNCTION giving an opinion
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MAKING AND RESPONDING TO INVITATIONS: formal and
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FUNCTION proposing a
WRITING A REVIEW: giving information and opinions on an event
ce Listening to a radio talk show
children’s play has changed
Unit
UNDERSTANDING INTENT: a magazine article
O MY E IC T
Listening to an informal discussion FUNCTION talking about musical intelligence
SOFTENING LANGUAGE FOR REFUSALS: an informal
discussion about downloading music
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Reading a feature article FUNCTIONS talking about man-made environmental changes
DIFFICULT SITUATIONS:
a conversation about geology
Talking about a mysterious phenomenon SPEAKING WORKSHOP
WRITING AN EDITORIAL:
giving an opinion on a current affairs issue
FUNCTION giving a mini-
presentation
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Posting an opinion FUNCTION writing a response to someone else’s opinion FUNCTION writing a review
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Talking about meaning in art SPEAKING WORKSHOP
solution
a magazine article
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to reduce consumption
WRITING WORKSHOP
UNDERSTANDING INTENT:
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about personal finances
Offering advice
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UNDERSTANDING EXPLANATIONS AND EXAMPLES: a magazine article
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Reading an article about art FUNCTION talking about graffiti artists
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PRONUNCIATION
GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY
LIFESKILLS
SOUNDS: /ʌ/, /ʊ/ and /u/
REDUCED ADVERB time CLAUSES FUNCTION talking about food labelling
ADJECTIVES ENDING IN -ABLE/-IBLE
and health
FUNCTION talking about sustainable
REDUCED ADVERB CAUSE-EFFECT clauses
work and career: Evaluating claims FUNCTION identifying and testing claims
MONEY AND FINANCES
FUNCTION talking about consumption
FUNCTION talking about personal
and the environment
shopping and consumption
finance
LANGUAGE WRAP-UP words: words ending in -ical
inverted conditionals
DESCRIBING ART
FUNCTION talking about hypothetical
FUNCTION talking about meaning and
ADJECTIVE PHRASE + INDIRECT QUESTION
negative prefixes: UN-, NON-, MIS-, IM-, IN-
FUNCTION talking about
FUNCTION talking about opinions
situations in a formal context
non-permanent art
influences in art
self AND society: Developing curiosity FUNCTION learning about the importance of curiosity
on art
LANGUAGE WRAP-UP SOUNDS: assimilation
the subjunctive
CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
FUNCTION talking about requests,
FUNCTION talking about how children
orders and recommendations in the workplace
alternatives to the SUBJUNCTIVE FUNCTION talking about brain training
learn and develop
MAKING AND RESPONDING TO INVITATIONS
Work and career: Recognising contradiction FUNCTION identifying points in an argument that contradict each other
FUNCTION making, accepting and
declining invitations
LANGUAGE WRAP-UP WORDS: thought groups
INVERSION with negative expressions
FALSEHOOD
FUNCTION talking about conspiracy
aren’t true or real
theories
FUNCTION talking about things that
ELLIPSIS AND SUBSTITUTION
WORD FORMS (PROVING AND DISPROVING)
FUNCTION talking about internet
FUNCTION talking about proving and
scams
STUDY AND LEARNING:
Evaluating internet source reliability
FUNCTION checking the reliability
of websites
disproving claims
LANGUAGE WRAP-UP SOUNDS: intonation in cleft sentences
past tense for unreal situations
IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS WITH TAKE
FUNCTION talking about hypothetical
FUNCTION talking about perceptions
CLEFT SENTENCES
SHARING MUSIC
FUNCTION talking about musicians
FUNCTION talking about ways of
situations related to music
of famous musicians
Self AND society: Identifying bias FUNCTION recognising views that are not balanced or fair
sharing music electronically
LANGUAGE WRAP-UP SOUNDS: stress shifts in parts of
speech
participle CLAUSES
ADVERBIAL MODIFIERS
FUNCTION talking about travel
FUNCTION describing an unusual place
destinations
GEOLOGY
impersonal passive in the past FUNCTION talking about natural
disasters
FUNCTION talking about geological
Work and career: Maximising your potential FUNCTION assessing and developing hard and soft skills
phenomena
LANGUAGE WRAP-UP GRAMMAR REFERENCE: page 152
IRREGULAR VERBS AND PRONUNCIATION: page 179
AUDIOSCRIPT: page 166
ANSWER KEYs: page 180
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