SPEAKING
1 Entertainment • Discuss how you spend your free time
• Discuss different films and TV series
• Talk about pictures and art
Developing conversations: Disagreeing politely
page 6
2 Sightseeing • Practise showing people round a town or city
• Discuss different festivals and carnivals
• Share your feelings about future developments
where you live
Developing conversations: Agreeing using
synonyms
page 14
WRITING 1: Giving advice page 22 REVIEW 1 page 24
3 Things you need • Discuss solutions to practical problems
• Talk about tidiness and collecting things
• Talk about a time when you had a problem with
something you bought
Developing conversations: Explaining and checking
page 26
4 Society • Talk about the state of a country and the economy
• Discuss global issues and solutions
• Discuss news stories about social issues
Developing conversations: Showing understanding
page 34
WRITING 2: Letters of complaint page 42 REVIEW 2 page 44
5 Sports and • Roleplay conversations about future arrangements
• Talk about past mistakes and regrets
• Discuss past and present interests
interests Developing conversations: Checking what you
heard
page 46
6 Accommodation • Talk about places you have stayed in
• Discuss culture shock and your experiences of it
• Practise ways of resolving problems
Developing conversations: Negative questions
page 54
WRITING 3: A leaflet or poster page 62 REVIEW 3 page 64
7 Nature • Discuss different types of weather
• Practise relating news stories about pets and
wildlife
• Discuss attitudes to nature through different quotes
Developing conversations: Making stories more
dramatic
page 66
8 Crime and • Have conversations about crimes
• Relate and discuss recent trends including their
causes and results
punishment • Debate different statements about crime and
society
Developing conversations: Comments and
questions
page 74
WRITING 4: Formal emails page 82 REVIEW 4 page 84
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GRAMMAR VOCABULARY READING LISTENING
• Habits • Describing films, music and • An article about the boom • Two people talk about films
• Adjectives and adverbs books in non-English-language • A guide talks about paintings in
• Plots programming an art gallery
• Talking about pictures
• Relative clauses • Buildings and areas • Three texts about carnival • Two friends visit the sights in
• Talking about the future • Festivals and carnivals around the world Belgrade
• Five people talk about issues
around tourism
• Explaining purpose • Useful things • A blog post about collecting • A man talks about something
• Should and should have • Collecting things and hoarding he needs
• How things go wrong • A radio show about consumer
rights
• So and such • The government, economics • An article about reducing • Two people talk about the
• Comparatives with the … , and society inequality situation in their country
the … • Development goals • Five short news stories about
• Campaigns social issues
• Past modals • Health and fitness • An article about the benefits of • Three conversations about
• The present perfect simple and • Sport sport free-time activities
continuous • Injuries and accidents • Three people talk about
someone who loves extreme
activities
• Modifiers • Where you stayed • Four emails from someone who • Two conversations where
• Have / Get something done • Common idioms has moved abroad people talk about places they
have stayed
• An extract from a radio
programme about culture
shock
• Four conversations about
accommodation problems
• Narrative forms • Weather the storm • Four news stories about animals • Two people share experiences
• Participle clauses • Plants and metaphor in the headlines of extreme weather
• Five conversations connected to
plants
• Showing degrees of certainty • Crimes • An article about crime trends in • Three conversations about
with modal verbs • Trends and statistics Riga and around the world crimes
• Nouns with prepositions • Crime and punishment • A radio programme about
different attitudes to
punishment and rehabilitation
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SPEAKING
9 Careers and • Roleplay conversations about how your job is going
• Talk about people and events that have had a big
impact on you
studying • Give a short presentation
Developing conversations: Feelings about the
future
page 86
10 Socializing • Plan a celebration with friends
• Talk about embarrassing social mistakes
• Discuss attitudes towards small talk
Developing conversations: Arranging to meet
page 94
WRITING 5: Personal statements page 102 REVIEW 5 page 104
11 Travel and • Roleplay a conversation to rent a car
• Share and rate recommendations of travel media
• Discuss your feelings about driving and transport
transport Developing conversations: Expressing surprise or
shock
page 106
12 Health • Explain a health problem and sympathize
• Discuss the connections between humour and
health
and medicine • Share opinions on medical tourism
Developing conversations: Passing on messages
page 114
WRITING 6: Reports page 122 REVIEW 6 page 124
13 Life-changing • Share news about people
• Share good and bad advice
• Discuss values and ideas that are important to you
events Developing conversations: Showing uncertainty
page 126
14 Banks • Roleplay conversations about money problems
• Talk about wishes and regrets
• Take part in a debate about money
and money Developing conversations: Apologizing and
offering explanations
page 134
WRITING 7: Arguing your case page 142 REVIEW 7 page 144
15 Food • Have conversations about how to make dishes
• Discuss food, meals and cookery
• Explain and discuss food-related news stories
Developing conversations: Vague language
page 146
16 Business • Call about a business issue and arrange a meeting
• Discuss the qualities of successful people
• Present and discuss ideas for a business investment
Developing conversations: Using would to show
formality
page 154
WRITING 8: Stories page 162 REVIEW 8 page 164
GRAMMAR REFERENCE page 166 IRREGULAR VERBS page 188
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GRAMMAR VOCABULARY READING LISTENING
• Conditionals with present forms • Working life • Four texts about first jobs • A conversation between two
• Conditionals with past forms • Introducing a presentation friends about their jobs
• An extract from a podcast
about young people and the
job market
• A presentation about the PISA
study
• The future perfect • Celebrating • An article about people making • A conversation between three
• Question tags • Parties embarrassing mistakes friends planning a celebration
• Five conversations about social
situations
• Compound adjectives • Problems when renting • A blog recommending films, • A conversation in a car rental
• Emphatic structures • Driving books and podcasts about office
travel • Five people talk about problems
related to driving
• Positive expectations and • Health problems • An article about the role of • Two telephone conversations
changed plans • Parts of the body and humour in healthcare about health problems and
• Not only / Not just … operations cancelling arrangements
• A radio programme about
medical tourism
• The past perfect simple and • Major life events • An article about self-care • Two conversations where
continuous • Values and concepts people give news about old
• Be always / constantly -ing, friends
wish and would • Four people talk about
ceremonies or rites they have
experienced
• Passives • Money problems • A Chinese folk tale about • Two conversations involving
• Wish • Metaphors connected to money attitudes to work and wealth problems with banks and
money
• Two speakers take part in a
debate about banning lotteries
• Linking words • Food and cooking • A blog post about food on TV • Two people talk about cooking
• Patterns after reporting verbs • Prefixes and in films a dish
• Four news stories about food
• The future continuous • Business meetings and • The profile of a new African • Two business-related phone
• Expressing obligation and ability communication entrepreneur calls
• How’s the business doing? • A radio discussion about a
reality TV programme
VOCABULARY REFERENCE page 189 INFORMATION FILES page 190 AUDIO SCRIPTS page 201
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