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Unit 1. There's no place like home
Topics: dwellings; daily routines
Vocabulary: houses; furniture & appliances; everyday activities
Grammar: present tenses; adverbs of frequency; stative verbs; adverbs of time
Phrasal verbs: break; build
Reading
Writing: a letter of invitation to a friend; an advertisement for a house
Listening: note taking; understanding attitude; specific information; True/False
lntonation: in greetings
Speaking: requesting services; reaching an agreement; greetings; introducing people; renting a house
Unit 2. A rolling stone gathers no moss
Topics: holidays; the weather; travel
Vocabulary: travel & holidays; the weather; holiday problems; means of transport
Grammar: future tenses; conditionals Type 0 & 1 ; the definite article; Phrasal verbs: call; check
Reading
Writing: an article describing a place a promotional poster for your country; an article describing a festival in your country
Listening: multiple choice; multiple matching lntonation: in short answers
Speaking: buying a ticket; problem solving; making a hotel reservation; prioritizing
Unit 3. Remember days gone by
Topics: milestones & memories; describing people; education
Vocabulary: physical appearance; character; stages in life; emotions & feelings
Grammar: post tenses; used to - would Phrasal verbs: bring, carry
Reading
Writing: a narrative; an article describing your country's national hero
Listening: multiple matching; True/False; Yes/No; lntonation: in echo questions Speaking: giving/responding to news; describing people; talking about recent experiences
Unit 4. Health is better !han wealth
Topics: health; feelings
Vocabulary: health problems; medicines; feelings & experiences
Grammar: modals; post & perfect modals; making deductions; question tags; Phrasal verbs: come, die
Reading
Writing: an assessment report an article about a voluntary organisation in your country
Listening: identifying sounds; identifying speakers; multiple matching; Yes/No
lntonation: in expressing emotions
Speaking: expressing preferences; giving advice; making speculations; making decisions; guessing; describing symptoms
Unit 5. Be clean, be green
Topics: environment; endangered species
Vocabulary: water-environmental problems; conservation; endangered species
Grammar: comparisons; too - enough; -ing form/ infinitives Phrasal verbs: draw
Reading
Writing: an article providing solutions to problems a poster about an endangered
species
Listening: multiple matching; note taking; Yes/No lntonation: keyword stress
Speaking: asking for/expressing opinions; making suggestions
Unit 6. Necessity is the mother of invention
Topics: technology; computers
Vocabulary: modern inventions; describing objects; robotics
Grammar: order of adjectives; the passive; relative clauses; relative pronouns/ adverbs Phrasal verbs: give, go
Reading
Writing: a letter of complaint; an advertisment for a robot; an inventor's biography Listening: multiple matching; note-taking; True/False lntonation: stress in lists of adjectives
Speaking: reporting problems; making complaints; reporting lost items
Unit 7. On the Market
Topics: shopping; clothes
Vocabulary: shops & goods; services & complaints; clothes & accessories
Grammar: eported speech (I); causative form Phrasal verbs: fall, feel
Reading
Writing: a transactional letter applying for a job; a short article describing national dress; an article describing a market
Listening: multiple matching; multiple choice; True/ False lntonation: in questions
Speaking: making a complaint; exchanging goods; buying things
Unit 8. First come, First served
Topics: food & drinks; eating habits
Vocabulary: food; methods of cooking; cooking utensils; tastes; containers
Grammar: countable/uncountable nouns; quantifiers (some; any; no; a lot of; much; many; (a/ little; (a) few); reported speech - special introductory verbs Phrasal verbs: get
Reading
Writing: a narrative description article of a visit to a place;
Listening: multiple matching; listening for specific information; True/False lntonation: compound nouns
Speaking: giving instructions; saying "no" politely; making recommendations
Unit 9. Just for the fun of it
Topics: sports & leisure; activities
Vocabulary: team sports; qualities; leisure activities; entertainment
Grammar: conditionals Type 2 & 3; wishes; would rather; Phrasal verbs: hit, hold
Reading
Writing: an opinion essay; a sports day project; a descriptive article about a stadium
Listening: note taking; multiple matching; selection from two answers; True/False lntonation: regrets
Speaking: making invitations; making suggestions; booking a ticket; expressing opinions; decision making
Unit 10. Breaklng News
Topics: the media; disasters
Vocabulary: the press/newspapers; radio & television; disasters
Grammar: future perfect & future perfect continuous; linking words & phrases; quantifiers (both, neither, oii, none, either, each, every, neither); Phrasal verbs: keep, knock, look
Reading
Writing: a short biography; a proposal report
Listening: True/False; note taking; multiple choice; Yes/No; lntonation: word stress
Speaking: asking for information; giving advice; making suggestions; demanding explanations
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