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UNIT 1
LESSON
TOPIC
Fashion/
Celebrities
1A:Fashion
1.
2.
1B: Facts and
habits
3.
4.
5.
6.
9.
Grammar
Order of
adjectives
Grammar builder
1.1: SB p. 108
Present tenses
dynamic and state
verbs: Grammar
builder 1.2 /.3: SB
p.108, 109
1C: Big Brother
Vocabulary
Reading
Describing clothes and
fashion, compound
adjectives, adjective
prefixes
Vocabulary builder 1.1 /2:
SB p. 127
Routines, schedules
State and society
1D: Supermodel’s Verb patterns :
life
verb + -ing/inf.
Grammar builder
1.4/1.5: SB p. 110
1E: Eyeborg
Listening
1G: Informal
letters
Finding synonyms; formal
and informal expressions
Speaking
Describing outfits
Dialogues
Expressing facts, habits and
future arrangements
Surveillance
Expressing opinions
Hearing Colours
1F: Culture, sport
SKILL
Writing
Radio show:
celebrities
described
Supermodel talks
about her life
Adjective prefixes
Vocabulary builder 1.3:
SB p. 127
Expressions with look
7.
8.
LANGUAGE
Personal experience
Discussing disability
Presenting daily challenges
of a disabled person
Identify described
celebrities
2 informal letters
Describing celebrities
Guided letter
FUN REVISION
TEACHER’S RESOURCE DISK: printable PDF activities 1A – 1G, lasting 10 – 15 minutes each
4 interactive
revision exercises
Verb patterns,
verb forms
15.
INTERACTIVE
REVISION
GET READY FOR
EXAM 1, SB p.12
GET READY FOR
EXAM 1, SB p.13
SELF CHECK 1
16.
SELF TEST 1
TEACHER’S RESOURCE DISK: 3 Student self-test sheets – revising useful functional language by way of translation
17.
TESTS
UNIT 1 PROGRESS TESTS & SHORT TESTS (TEST BANK CD)
18.
EXAM 1
EXAM PAPER 1 (TEST BANK CD)
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
2 interactive revision
exercises
Gap fill - clothing
Appearance
The Magic
Garden Festival
Clothes, shopping
Letter to
penfriend
Workbook Revision of Unit 1 p. 11
UNIT 2
LESSON
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
TOPIC
Looking back
2A: How did you
feel?
LANGUAGE
Grammar
Vocabulary
Reading
Adjectives for feelings
with prepositions
Nouns from verbs &
adjectives
Vocabulary builder 2.1:
SB p. 127: word formation
2B: Memorable
Past tenses
Concert
experience
Grammar builder
experience
2.1: SB p. 111
2C: Remembering
War
the past
2D: Past habits
Used to
Childhood things
Grammar builder
2.2: SB p. 111
2E: Amnesia
Mental health
Identity crisis
25.
26.
2F: Narrating
events
2G: Narrative
27.
Exclamatory
sentences
Grammar builder
2.3: SB p. 112
Adjectives ending in –ed/
-ing
Vocabulary builder 2.2:
SB p. 128
Phrasal verbs
Vocabulary builder 2.3:
SB p. 128
A holiday story
Listening
How did people
feel?
SKILL
Writing
Speaking
Conversations about
different situations &
feelings
Someone’s
memorable event
Narrate your memorable
occasion
Remembrance
Day
Remembering
from childhood
photos
Commemorations in your
country
Narrating childhood
memories
Song
Being forgetful
Someone’s
memorable event
Talking about a memorable
event
Real/invented interesting
experience
FUN REVISION
TEACHER’S RESOURCE DISK: printable PDF activities 2A – 2G, lasting 2 – 15 minutes each
31.
INTERACTIVE
REVISION
REVISION
4 interactive
2 interactive revision
revision exercises exercises
LANGUAGE REVIEW 1-2, SB p. 22
32.
REVISION
SKILLS ROUND UP 1 – 2, SB p. 23
Florence
Nightingale
34.
GET READY FOR
EXAM 1, WB p.20
GET READY FOR
EXAM 1, WB p.21
35.
36.
37.
SELF CHECK 2
SELF TEST 2
TESTS
28.
29.
30.
33.
Volunteering
Governments
A letter about
meeting a
celebrity
Shopping
Workbook Revision of Unit 2 p. 19
TEACHER’S RESOURCE DISK: 3 Student self-test sheets – revising useful functional language by way of translation
UNIT 2 PROGRESS TESTS & SHORT TESTS (TEST BANK CD)
UNIT3
LESSON
38.
TOPIC
Work
3A: The World of
Work
39.
3B: A dream job
40.
41.
42.
43.
3C: University in
the UK
3D: The Oldest
Paperboy &
Fisherman
3E:
Woman’s Work?
A Man’s World?
LANGUAGE
Grammar
Vocabulary
Job tasks
Jobs/phrases with work
Vocabulary builder 3.1 /2:
SB p. 129
Defining relative
clauses, relative
pronouns
Grammar builder
3.1: SB p.112
Education
Separable phrasal verbs
Vocabulary builder 3.3:
SB p. 129
Non-defining
relative clauses
Grammar builder
3.2: SB p. 113
Jobs
46.
3F: A job
interview
3G: A job
application
Listening
Job adverts
A dream job
5 students talk
about their life at
university
Pros/cons of university
education
2 old men and
their jobs
Article on gender
and work
Comparing stories
Recent changes in
the job market
Discussing male and female
jobs
Grammar builder
3.3: SB p. 113/4
Job interview
Formal register in job
applications
Speaking
Describing jobs in photos,
discussing jobs
Comparing jobs
Jobs and noun gender
Vocabulary builder 3.4:
SB p. 130
44.
45.
Reading
Job adverts
SKILL
Writing
A cover letter
Justifying decisions on best
candidates for jobs
Write a cover
letter
FUN REVISION
TEACHER’S RESOURCE DISK: printable PDF activities 3A – 3G, lasting 10 – 15 minutes each
4 interactive
revision exercises
52.
INTERACTIVE
REVISION
GET READY FOR
EXAM 2, SB p.32
GET READY FOR
EXAM 2, SB p.33
SELF CHECK 3
53.
SELF TEST 3
TEACHER’S RESOURCE DISK: 3 Student self-test sheets – revising useful functional language by way of translation
54.
TESTS
UNIT 3 PROGRESS TESTS & SHORT TESTS (TEST BANK CD)
55.
EXAM 2
EXAM PAPER 2 (TEST BANK CD)
47.
48.
49.
50.
51.
2 interactive revision
exercises
Early memories – gap fill
The way things
were
Organizing a school reunion
Exams
Forms of entertainment
Workbook Revision of Unit 3 p. 29
UNIT 4
LESSON
56.
TOPIC
Body & Mind
4A: The Human
body
57.
58.
59.
4B: Recent
Activities
4D: Mental health
61.
4E: Power of
mind
63.
4F: Illness
64.
65.
Present Perfect vs
Past Simple
Grammar builder
4.1: SB p. 114
4C: A healthy
appetite?
60.
62.
LANGUAGE
Grammar
Vocabulary
Parts of the body
Vocabulary builder 4.1:
SB p. 130
4G:
Announcements
Reading
Listening
Idioms with parts
of the body
SKILL
Writing
Write short
dialogues
with body
idioms
Mountain Biker
Present Perfect
Continuous vs
Simple
Grammar builder
4.2/3: SB p. 114/5
Clauses of
purpose
Achievements of the past
few months
Peoples’ health
issues
Nutrition
Vocabulary builder 4.2:
SB p. 130
Speaking
Acting out the dialogues
3 decisions for improving
lifestyle
Brain Workouts
Comparing finished actions,
results and states with
continual actions
E-mail
Mind over
matter?
Homonyms
Vocabulary builder 4.3:
SB p. 130
Symptoms
Vocabulary builder 4.4:
SB p. 131
Matching gaps
with questions
Clauses of
purpose
Discussing probability
At the doctor’s
Selection of
activities
Dialogues – at the doctor’s
Advertise an
activity of your
choice
Choosing an activity and
giving reasons
66.
FUN REVISION
TEACHER’S RESOURCE DISK: printable PDF activities 4A – 4G, lasting 10 – 15 minutes each
INTERACTIVE
REVISION
REVISION
4 interactive
2 interactive revision
revision exercises exercises
LANGUAGE REVIEW 3 - 4, SB p. 42
67.
68.
69.
REVISION
SKILLS ROUND UP 1 –4, SB p. 43
Shopping
73.
GET READY FOR
EXAM 2, WB p.38
GET READY FOR
EXAM 2, WB p.39
SELF CHECK 4
Workbook Revision of Unit 4 p. 37
74.
SELF TEST 4
TEACHER’S RESOURCE DISK: 3 Student self-test sheets – revising useful functional language by way of translation
75.
TESTS
UNIT 4 PROGRESS TESTS & SHORT TESTS (TEST BANK CD)
70.
71.
72.
Health – word formation
Giving advice
Summer job
Healthy lifestyle
letter application
UNIT 5
LESSON
TOPIC
Future
5A: Computing
76.
77.
78.
5B: Man won’t
fly
5C: Time
capsules
5D: Future jobs
79.
80.
LANGUAGE
Grammar
Vocabulary
Zero conditional
Modern technology
Grammar builder
Noun prefixes
5.1: SB p.115
Vocabulary builder 5.1:
SB p. 131
First conditional
Speculations &
Grammar builder
predictions
5.2: SB p. 116
Compound nouns
Future Perfect &
Future Continuous
Grammar builder
5.3: SB p. 116
5E: Visions of the
Future
Reading
Questionnaire:
Are you a
computer geek?
Listening
Time capsules
82.
83.
5G: Informal
email
Future forms
Grammar builder
5.4: SB p. 117
Future T. clauses
Grammar builder
5.5: SB p. 117
Write a message
for a capsule
Present the capsule message
to the class
Discuss a period in the
future
Write 3
predictions
Present your predictions to
the class
Discussing plans
Future jobs
Disasters
Verb + noun collocations
Vocabulary builder 5.2:
SB p. 131
Speaking
Describe your phone apps
Dis/agree with the given
predictions and state reasons
50 Years On
81.
5F: Future plans
SKILL
Writing
People’s plans
Leisure time activities
Personal email
Write an email
invitation to
your friend
FUN REVISION
TEACHER’S RESOURCE DISK: printable PDF activities 5A – 5G, lasting 10 – 15 minutes each
4 interactive
revision exercises
88.
INTERACTIVE
REVISION
GET READY FOR
EXAM 3, SB p.52
GET READY FOR
EXAM 3, SB p.53
89.
SELF CHECK 5
Workbook Revision of Unit 5 p.47
90.
SELF TEST 5
TEACHER’S RESOURCE DISK: 3 Student self-test sheets – revising useful functional language by way of translation
91.
TESTS
UNIT 5 PROGRESS TESTS & SHORT TESTS (TEST BANK CD)
92.
EXAM 3
EXAM PAPER 3 (TEST BANK CD)
84.
85.
86.
87.
2 interactive revision
exercises
Design – word formation
Healthy Cooking
Inventions
Announcement
of a cultural
evening
Computers have improved
the world - discussion
UNIT 6
LESSON
93.
94.
TOPIC
Mystery
6A: Crime at the
Manor
6B: The Hoax
Master
95.
96.
97.
6C: Crime
Writers
6D: Reported
Questions
98.
99.
Reported
questions
Grammar builder
6.2: SB p. 118
6E: German
Mystery Story
6F: News Report
100.
101.
LANGUAGE
Grammar
Vocabulary
Furniture compound
nouns, Homophones
Vocabulary builder 6.1/2:
SB p. 132
Reported Speech
Grammar builder
6.1: SB p. 117
6G: A formal
letter
Reading
Listening
Crime
investigation
SKILL
Writing
The Eiffel Tower
Hoax
Reporting unbelievable
statements
Edmund Crispin’s What happens
story
next?
Press conference
Speculating about the event
in the crime story
Report what they’ve just
heard
Phrasal verbs - inseparable Kaspar Hauser
Vocabulary builder 6.3:
SB p. 132
Verbs for pat
speculations
Grammar builder
6.3: SB p. 119
Indirect questions
2 object verbs
Grammar builder
6.4/5: SB p. 119
Speaking
Speculating about the thief
Past speculations
Speculate about the story/
boy’s background
Discuss mystery & suspense
films, hidden identities
Think about possible
explanations for events
Headlines
Mystery Tour
Advert & Reply
letter
Apply for a
place at Mystery
Tour – formal
letter
102.
FUN REVISION
TEACHER’S RESOURCE DISK: printable PDF activities 6A – 6G, lasting 10 – 15 minutes each
INTERACTIVE
REVISION
REVISION
4 interactive
2 interactive revision
revision exercises exercises
LANGUAGE REVIEW 5 - 6, SB p. 62
103.
104.
105.
REVISION
SKILLS ROUND UP 1 – 6, SB p. 63
The Girl with the
Dragon Tattoo
Digital Human
109.
GET READY FOR
EXAM 3, WB p.56
GET READY FOR
EXAM 3, WB p.57
SELF CHECK 6
110.
SELF TEST 6
TEACHER’S RESOURCE DISK: 3 Student self-test sheets – revising useful functional language by way of translation
111.
TESTS
UNIT 6 PROGRESS TESTS & SHORT TESTS (TEST BANK CD)
106.
107.
108.
Digital Human
International
competition
Applying for a
diving course
Discussing furnishing a
house
Workbook Revision of Unit 6 p. 55
UNIT 7
LESSON
TOPIC
Relationships
7A: Relationships
112.
113.
7B: Modern life
114.
7C: Love poems
115.
7D: Imagine
116.
117.
7E: Love on the
Internet
118.
119.
120.
7F: Comparing
restaurants
7G: For &
Against Essay
LANGUAGE
Grammar
Vocabulary
Reading
Dating/relationships
Three part phrasal verbs
Vocabulary builder 7.1:
SB p. 133
Comparison of
Socialising
Staying in Touch
adjectives
Grammar builder
7.1/2: SB p. 120/1
Expressing love/adjectives
Heart & head idioms
Vocabulary builder 7.2:
SB p. 133
nd
2 conditional
Family situation
I wish, If only, I’d
rather
Grammar builder
7.3/4: SB p. 121
Can Science help
you to find love?
Collocations
Listening
Couples
SKILL
Writing
Comparing experiences
W. Blake’s & D.
Parker’s poems
Expressing attitudes towards
love/love poems
Talking about imaginary
situations, expressing wishes
Pros/cons of online dating
Love song
Best choice to eat
Useful phrases for essay
It’s better to be
an only child than
have siblings
Speaking
Describing relationships
Describing millieu
Friends have
more influence
than family on
teenagers - essay
FUN REVISION
TEACHER’S RESOURCE DISK: printable PDF activities 7A – 7G, lasting 10 – 15 minutes each
4 interactive
revision exercises
126.
INTERACTIVE
REVISION
GET READY FOR
EXAM 4, SB p.72
GET READY FOR
EXAM 4, SB p.73
SELF CHECK 7
127.
SELF TEST 7
TEACHER’S RESOURCE DISK: 3 Student self-test sheets – revising useful functional language by way of translation
128.
TESTS
UNIT 7 PROGRESS TESTS & SHORT TESTS (TEST BANK CD)
129.
EXAM 4
EXAM PAPER 4 (TEST BANK CD)
121.
122.
123.
124.
125.
2 interactive revision
exercises
Country vs city
Siblings – gap fill
Best place to live
Parents/children
relationships
Parents/children
relationships
Workbook Revision of Unit 7 p.65
UNIT 8
LESSON
130.
TOPIC
Globetrotters
8A:
Travel/transport
8B: Inventions
131.
8C: Explorers
132.
133.
8D: Indefinite
Pronouns
134.
135.
136.
137.
8E: Travelling
with friends
8F: Travel
problems
8G: Place
description
LANGUAGE
Grammar
Vocabulary
Means of transport
Vocabulary builder 8.1:
SB p. 134
Passive
Grammar builder
8.1: SB p. 122
Adjectives for describing
explorers/ed places
Phrasal verbs review
Vocabulary builder 8.2:
SB p. 134
Indefinite
pronouns
Grammar builder
8.2: SB p. 122
Acronyms
Vocabulary builder 8.3:
SB p. 134
Reviews
Introductory It
Grammar builder
8.3: SB p. 123
Adjectives for place
descriptions
Reading
Listening
Compound nouns
SKILL
Writing
Bikes
British
Explorations
Speaking
Identifying travel locations
Discussing about useful or
unusual inventions
Captain Scott’s
last expedition
Mysterious
camping
experience
Discussing unusual
occurences
Do’s & don’ts of
holidays with
friends
Hotel reviews
Describing holiday photos,
discussing pros/cons of a
gap year
Making a complaint
Tourist brochure
Complaints
Article about a
region in your
country
FUN REVISION
TEACHER’S RESOURCE DISK: printable PDF activities 8A – 8G, lasting 10 – 15 minutes each
141.
INTERACTIVE
REVISION
REVISION
4 interactive
2 interactive revision
revision exercises exercises
LANGUAGE REVIEW 7 - 8, SB p. 82
142.
REVISION
SKILLS ROUND UP 1 – 8, SB p. 83
Eco Tourism
Travelling
145.
GET READY FOR
EXAM 4, WB p.74
GET READY FOR
EXAM 4, WB p.75
SELF CHECK 8
146.
SELF TEST 8
TEACHER’S RESOURCE DISK: 3 Student self-test sheets – revising useful functional language by way of translation
147.
TESTS
UNIT 8 PROGRESS TESTS & SHORT TESTS (TEST BANK CD)
138.
139.
140.
143.
144.
TV shows
Travel Report
Sightseeing
Workbook Revision of Unit 8 p. 73
UNIT 9
LESSON
148.
TOPIC
Money
9A: Money&
payment
9B: Botox Beauty
149.
9C: Advertising
150.
151.
9D: Third
Conditional
9E: Luck
152.
LANGUAGE
Grammar
Vocabulary
Money & payment
Vocabulary builder 9.1:
SB p. 135
Causative Have,
Beauty concepts
Reflexive
pronouns
Grammar builder
9.1/2: SB p.124
Advertising
Vocabulary builder 9.2:
SB p. 135
Third Conditional
Grammar builder
9.3: SB p. 124
Prepositions with noun
phrases
Vocabulary builder 9.3:
SB p. 135
Reading
Botox Beauty
Product
placement
9G: Happiness
155.
Discussing having had
things done
Consumerism
Misleading adverts
The World’s
Luckiest Man
Discussing good/bad luck
Imagine having 1 million €
Colloquial song
language
9F: Photos
Expressing degree
of possibility
Emphasising details
Phrases for giving opinion
Speaking
Discussing financial matters
What would you have done
if...?
153.
154.
Listening
Personal finances
SKILL
Writing
Can money buy
happiness?
Planning your
writing: Best
things in life are
free – essay
FUN REVISION
TEACHER’S RESOURCE DISK: printable PDF activities 9A – 9G, lasting 10 – 15 minutes each
4 interactive
revision exercises
Cycling
161.
INTERACTIVE
REVISION
GET READY FOR
EXAM 5, SB p.92
GET READY FOR
EXAM 5, SB p.93
SELF CHECK 9
162.
SELF TEST 9
TEACHER’S RESOURCE DISK: 3 Student self-test sheets – revising useful functional language by way of translation
163.
TESTS
UNIT 9 PROGRESS TESTS & SHORT TESTS (TEST BANK CD)
164.
EXAM 5
EXAM PAPER 5 (TEST BANK CD)
156.
157.
158.
159.
160.
2 interactive revision
exercises
Cycling
Competitive
Travelling
Reality TV shows
& talent shows
Possible problems at hotels
Complaint letter
Workbook Revision of Unit 9 p. 83
UNIT 10
LESSON
165.
TOPIC
Arts
10A: Performers
166.
167.
10B: Participle
clauses
168.
10C: Music
festivals
10D: Determiners
169.
LANGUAGE
Grammar
Vocabulary
Music, Arts
Vocabulary builder 10.1:
SB p. 136
Reading
Listening
Matching photos
and performers
SKILL
Writing
“Boxing” picture
Participle clauses
Grammar builder
10.1: SB p. 125
Compound nouns
Vocabulary builder 10.2:
SB p. 136
Determiners
Grammar builder
10.2: SB p. 125
10E: 2 Artists
Music around
Europe
Using participial clauses for
descriptions
Festival
experience
Going to music festivals
Natural born
writer
Expressing quantity
2 artists
Choose an author of your
choice & give arguments
Discuss talents & abilities
Choosing an event to attend
170.
171.
172.
10F:
Entertainment
10G: Book
review
So/such
Grammar builder
10.3: SB p. 126
Nominal subject
clauses
Grammar builder
10.4: SB p. 126
Art leaflets
Describing books
Vocabulary builder 10.3:
SB p. 136
Speaking
Choosing a music event to
attend
Holes
The Lord of the
Rings
Art event reviews
Book review
173.
174.
175.
176.
177.
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192.
FUN REVISION
TEACHER’S RESOURCE DISK: printable PDF activities 10A – 10G, lasting 10 – 15 minutes each
INTERACTIVE
REVISION
REVISION
REVISION
GET READY FOR
EXAM 5, WB p.92
GET READY FOR
EXAM 5, WB p.93
SELF CHECK 10
SELF TEST 10
TESTS
GET READY FOR
B2 EXAM 1
SB p. 104, 105
GET READY FOR
B2 EXAM 2
SB p. 106, 107
4 interactive
2 interactive revision
revision exercises exercises
LANGUAGE REVIEW 9-10, SB p. 102
GET READY FOR
B2 EXAM 1
WB p. 94, 95
SKILLS ROUND UP 1 – 10, SB p. 103
Tallest buildings
Job description
Thailand – a place for
Books are better Describing pictures,
your cosmetic surgery
than films- essay atmosphere & people
Workbook Revision of Unit 10 p. 91
TEACHER’S RESOURCE DISK: 3 Student self-test sheets – revising useful functional language by way of translation
UNIT 10 PROGRESS TESTS & SHORT TESTS (TEST BANK CD)
Living abroad
The Turbine Hall Visiting museums One learns more Discussing art
at Tate Modern
on solitary
travels - essay
Oxfam
A woman sailing Elections
Money given to Personal challenges
round the world
poor countries is
wasted - essay
Exams
An invaluable
Letter
Comparing listening to
Vending machines
experience
complaining to a music
friend
Interview - education
RoboCup Junior
Google Street
Most attractive
Describing events
Recent changes
View
place - essay
Interview - communication
GET READY FOR
B2 EXAM 2
WB p. 96, 97
REVIEW 1-2, SB p. 98, REVIEW 3 – 4, SB p. 99, REVIEW 5 – 6, SB p. 100, REVIEW 7 – 8, SB p. 101, REVIEW 9 – 10, SB p. 102