This document provides an overview of the contents and skills covered in 6 units of an English language learning program. Each unit focuses on different grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills. The units cover topics such as meeting people, work and free time, family and relationships, weather, clothing, and homes and cities. Skills progress from basic grammar and pronunciation in early units to more advanced skills such as expressing opinions, making arrangements, and describing places. Review and practice sections are included at the end of units 1-3 and units 5-6 to reinforce the material.
This document provides an overview of the contents and skills covered in 6 units of an English language learning program. Each unit focuses on different grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills. The units cover topics such as meeting people, work and free time, family and relationships, weather, clothing, and homes and cities. Skills progress from basic grammar and pronunciation in early units to more advanced skills such as expressing opinions, making arrangements, and describing places. Review and practice sections are included at the end of units 1-3 and units 5-6 to reinforce the material.
This document provides an overview of the contents and skills covered in 6 units of an English language learning program. Each unit focuses on different grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills. The units cover topics such as meeting people, work and free time, family and relationships, weather, clothing, and homes and cities. Skills progress from basic grammar and pronunciation in early units to more advanced skills such as expressing opinions, making arrangements, and describing places. Review and practice sections are included at the end of units 1-3 and units 5-6 to reinforce the material.
This document provides an overview of the contents and skills covered in 6 units of an English language learning program. Each unit focuses on different grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills. The units cover topics such as meeting people, work and free time, family and relationships, weather, clothing, and homes and cities. Skills progress from basic grammar and pronunciation in early units to more advanced skills such as expressing opinions, making arrangements, and describing places. Review and practice sections are included at the end of units 1-3 and units 5-6 to reinforce the material.
1 You and me ▪▪ the verb be ▪▪ contractions of be ▪▪ countries and READING Learning
Curve SPEAKING ▪▪ possessive ▪▪ sentence stress nationalities ▪▪ a blog about a ▪▪ asking for and giving 1A Meeting and greeting p4 adjectives ▪▪ numbers summer spent in personal information 1B My summer blog p6 ▪▪ ‘s for possession 1 – 1,000 London ▪▪ asking for clarification ▪▪ personal objects ▪▪ approaching a text 1C Is that a man bag? p8 ▪▪ simple statements PERSONAL BEST
1D Where's my wallet? p10
with be ▪▪ a conversation in a lost property office
2 Work and play ▪▪ present simple: ▪▪ -s and -es endings ▪▪ jobs and job Learning Curve LISTENING WRITING positive and ▪▪ auxiliary verbs verbs ▪▪ a video looking at work ▪▪ opening and closing 2A What I do p12 negative do/does in ▪▪ activities (1) an informal email and free-time activities 2B Weekdays, weekends p14 ▪▪ present simple: questions ▪▪ connectors: and, but ▪▪ listening for names, questions and or 2C Find a flatmate p16 places, days and times ▪▪ introduction to the 2D A new city p18 PERSONAL BEST sound /ə/ ▪▪ an email to a friend
1 and 2 REVIEW and PRACTICE p20
3 People in my life ▪▪ adverbs and ▪▪ sentence stress ▪▪ family READING Learning
Curve SPEAKING expressions of ▪▪ -ing forms ▪▪ activities (2) ▪▪ a website about local ▪▪ making arrangements 3A Time together p22 frequency clubs and groups you ▪▪ accepting or declining 3B A new group p24 ▪▪ love, like, hate, can join an invitation enjoy, don’t mind ▪▪ scanning a text 3C Opposites attract p26 + noun/-ing form ▪▪ also and too PERSONAL BEST
3D A night out p28 ▪▪ making arrangements
with a friend to do an activity
4 Home and away ▪▪ prepositions of ▪▪ sentence stress ▪▪ daily routine Learning
Curve LISTENING WRITING time ▪▪ linking verbs ▪▪ a video about the ▪▪ describing a photo 4A 24 hours in the dark p30 ▪▪ present consonants ▪▪ the weather and weather in different ▪▪ using personal 4B Weather around the continuous and vowels the seasons parts of the world pronouns world p32 ▪▪ listening for the main PERSONAL BEST
4C A long weekend p34 idea
▪▪ an email describing ▪▪ sentence stress 4D A holiday with friends p36 a holiday
3 and 4 REVIEW and PRACTICE p38
5 What are you wearing? ▪▪ present simple ▪▪ dates ▪▪ clothes READING Learning Curve SPEAKING and present ▪▪ can and can’t ▪▪ ordinal numbers ▪▪ an article about ▪▪ shopping for clothes 5A Party time p40 continuous ▪▪ hobbies uniforms and if we like ▪▪ offering help 5B Don’t tell me what to ▪▪ can and can’t wearing them wear p42 ▪▪ identifying facts and PERSONAL BEST
opinions ▪▪ a conversation in a 5C Do the things you love p44 ▪▪ adjectives clothes shop 5D Can I try it on? p46
6 Homes and cities ▪▪ there is/there are, ▪▪ there’s/there are ▪▪ rooms and Learning Curve LISTENING WRITING some/any ▪▪ sentence stress furniture ▪▪ a video about unusual ▪▪ topic sentences 6A A small space p48 ▪▪ prepositions of ▪▪ common homes ▪▪ describing places 6B Amazing homes p50 place adjectives ▪▪ identifying key points PERSONAL BEST ▪▪ modifiers ▪▪ places in a city 6C The Big Apple p52 ▪▪ contractions ▪▪ a description of your 6D Beautiful places p54 town or city
5 and 6 REVIEW and PRACTICE p56
2 Language App, unit-by-unit grammar and vocabulary games
CONTENTS
LANGUAGE SKILLS GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATION VOCABULARY
7 Food and drink ▪▪ countable and ▪▪ some/any ▪▪ food and drink READING Learning Curve SPEAKING uncountable ▪▪ weak form of ▪▪ containers and ▪▪ an article about what ▪▪ in a restaurant 7A Food to your door p58 nouns + some/any portions people eat for lunch ▪▪ asking politely for 7B Stopping for lunch p60 ▪▪ quantifiers: around the world something (how) much/many, ▪▪ skimming a text 7C Are you hungry? p62 a lot of, ▪▪ pronouns and PERSONAL BEST
7D Out for dinner p64 a few, a little possessive adjectives ▪▪ ordering food in a restaurant
8 In the past ▪▪ past simple of be, ▪▪ was and were ▪▪ inventions Learning Curve LISTENING WRITING there was/there ▪▪ -ed endings ▪▪ life stages ▪▪ a video about our ▪▪ planning and making 8A Technology through were ▪▪ irregular verbs notes favourite inventions the ages p66 ▪▪ past simple: and inspirations ▪▪ sequencers 8B Life stories p68 irregular verbs ▪▪ listening for numbers, PERSONAL BEST ▪▪ past simple: regular 8C Life in the 1980s p70 dates and prices verbs and past time ▪▪ a story about an ▪▪ phrases 8D What happened to you? p72 expressions experience you had
7 and 8 REVIEW and PRACTICE p74
9 Education, education! ▪▪ past simple: ▪▪ intonation in ▪▪ school READING Learning
Curve SPEAKING questions questions subjects and ▪▪ an article about ▪▪ making suggestions 9A School days p76 ▪▪ verb patterns: verb ▪▪ ‘d like and like education different education ▪▪ sounding sympathetic 9B Lifelong learning p78 + to + infinitive ▪▪ resolutions experiences ▪▪ understanding words PERSONAL BEST 9C Change your life p80 that you don’t know ▪▪ describing and 9D What's the problem? p82 ▪▪ because and so responding to problems
10 People ▪▪ comparative ▪▪ -er endings ▪▪ adjectives Learning
Curve LISTENING WRITING adjectives ▪▪ superlative to describe ▪▪ a video about ▪▪ writing a description of 10A First dates p84 ▪▪ superlative adjectives places a person changing our 10B You look so different! p86 adjectives ▪▪ describing appearance ▪▪ clauses with when appearance ▪▪ listening for detailed 10C The yearbook p88 PERSONAL BEST ▪▪ personality information (1) 10D Someone that I admire p90 adjectives ▪▪ a description of ▪▪ weak forms someone you admire
9 and 10 REVIEW and PRACTICE p92
11 On the move ▪▪ have to/don’t ▪▪ have to/has to ▪▪ travel and READING Learning Curve SPEAKING have to ▪▪ sentence stress transport ▪▪ an article about the ▪▪ arriving at a hotel 11A Getting to work p94 ▪▪ be going to, future ▪▪ holiday unusual way Jordan ▪▪ checking information 11B Looking for Elizabeth time expressions activities Axani found a travel Gallagher p96 partner PERSONAL BEST
▪▪ reading for detail ▪▪ a conversation at
11C Road trip p98 ▪▪ adverbs of probability a hotel reception 11D At a hotel p100
Curve LISTENING WRITING with ever and ▪▪ vowels ▪▪ opinion ▪▪ a video about books ▪▪ writing and replying to 12A Going out p102 never adjectives an invitation that have become 12B The book was better! p104 ▪▪ present perfect films ▪▪ articles: a/an, the or 12C A famous voice p106 and past simple ▪▪ listening for detailed no article 12D Would you like to come? p108 information (2) PERSONAL BEST ▪▪ linking consonants ▪▪ an invitation to a party and vowels and a reply
11 and 12 REVIEW and PRACTICE p110
Grammar practice p112 Vocabulary practice p136 Communication practice p158 Irregular verbs p176
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