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Vocabulary and Grammar
Unit Let’s start
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Vocabulary: Personal information; Classroom expressions Grammar: To be, Have got (revision); There is/are (revision); Some, any, a lot of (revision)
Unit 1 Teenagers today
Skills, Functions and Study Techniques
Culture
Speaking: Asking and answering questions about personal information Study techniques: Writing ideas for effective learning
pages 8-19
Lesson 1
Vocabulary: Teen topics
Speaking: Teenagers’ problems Pronunciation: New words/expressions; Stress Study techniques: Vocabulary guide – noun suffixes
Lesson 2
Grammar: Present simple (revision); Present continuous (revision)
Reading: Teenagers Today website Speaking: After school activities Study techniques: Reading guide – identifying key words
Lesson 3
Vocabulary: Helping good causes Grammar: Subject and object questions
Pronunciation: New words/expressions Listening: A radio programme about teenagers Speaking: Asking and answering questions using subject and object questions
English in Use
Vocabulary: Words and expressions used to express opinions
Listening and speaking: Expressing opinions
Animal Rights: Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Reading and writing: An informal e-mail giving personal information Study techniques: Writing guide – punctuation and word order
Writing Language Guide Progress Check
Revision of vocabulary and grammar from Unit 1 Self-assessment
English in the World
Unit 2 Best-seller
Reading and listening: A text about wristbands
Wristbands
Famous books
pages 20-31
Lesson 1
Vocabulary: Types of story
Pronunciation: New words/expressions Reading and speaking: Knowledge quiz on books Study techniques: Vocabulary guide – confusing words
Lesson 2
Grammar: Past simple (revision); Past continuous (revision)
Reading and listening: Urban legends, Goodbye, mum!
Lesson 3
Vocabulary: Things we read Grammar: Used to
Pronunciation: New words/expressions; Strong and weak forms of to in used to Listening: Book Club Speaking: Things we used to do in primary school
English in Use
Vocabulary: Useful expressions used to tell a story
Listening and speaking: Talking about books; Telling a story
Famous stories: The Hobbit, Treasure Island
Writing: A story Study techniques: Linkers of time and sequence
Writing Language Guide Progress Check
Revision of vocabulary and grammar from Unit 2 Self-assessment Reading: A text about Paul McCartney Reading and listening: A pop song
A pop song: Paperback Writer by The Beatles
Lesson 1
Vocabulary: Adjectives describing products
Reading and speaking: Money quiz Pronunciation: New words/expressions Speaking: Describing products; Describing a film Study techniques: Vocabulary guide – extreme adjectives
Money quiz
Lesson 2
Grammar: Comparative and superlative adjectives; Too and not enough
Reading: Product quiz; A text on weird selling ideas
Lesson 3
Vocabulary: Verbs connected with money Grammar: Relative pronouns
Pronunciation: New words/expressions; Stress Listening: A radio programme Speaking: Comparing opinions
English in Use
Vocabulary: Expressions and words used to express preferences
Listening and speaking: Explaining preferences Study techniques: Speaking guide – fluency
Writing
Vocabulary: Expressions used to present opinions
Reading and listening: Shopping survey Writing: Answering questions in an opinion survey Study techniques: Writing guide – expressions of opinion
English in the World
Unit 3 The material world
Language Guide Progress Check
pages 32-43
Revision of vocabulary and grammar from Unit 3 Self-assessment
English in the World
CONSOLIDATION A Units 1-3 pages 44-46 Project 1 (Expressing an opinion)
Reading and listening: Money in English-speaking countries
Money in English-speaking countries Stephen King, Viggo Mortensen – biographies