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SO THEN WHAT HAPPENED?

Part A Storytelling

Unusual and everyday Simple past and past Describing a street scene; Simple past and pastexperiences progressive; time relating past events progressive; time

expressions expressions; vocabulary work; Learner’s Journal

Part B Something’s cooking

Food and food preparation; some/any; a lot of/ Talking about quantities; Jamie Oliver: A chef for the at the baker’s lots of; much/many a service encounter MTV-generation

LOOKING AHEAD

Part A Making plans

Planning for visitors; Future: present Talking about things you plan Future: present progressive,sightseeing progressive, going to to do/things you expect going to or will; vocabulary

and will to happen; declining an work; Learner’s Journalinvitation

Part B Predicting the future

Horoscopes; the weather Future with will/going Making predictions/saying Que sera seraforecast; small talk to; adverbs of manner what is going to happen

OUR CHANGING WORLD

Part A The immigrant experience

Multicultural Leicester; Present perfect and Talking about what happened/ Present perfect; simple immigrant stories simple past has happened past; vocabulary work;

Learner’s Journal

Part B Life in the city

Surprising Leicester; Present perfect Talking about what has been British city defines Indian food progressive; comparison happening; making comparisons; diversity and tolerance

of adjectives agreeing/disagreeing by Warren Hoge

Job requirements and duties

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PLEASED TO MEET YOU

Part A Daily routines

Habits and routines; Simple present and Talking about your daily Simple present and presentfamily present progressive; routines; describing what is progressive; adverbs of

adverbs of frequency happening at the moment; frequency; Learner’s introducing somebody Journal

Part B People

Physical appearance, Adjectives and adverbs Describing people; introducing The man behind Mr Beancharacter traits; soap of degree yourselfoperas; meeting people

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WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO?

Part A An evening out

Going out in Dublin, Verbs followed by a Expressing likes and dislikes; Verb + to-infinitive;smoking ban; likes and to-infinitive or the making suggestions verb + -ing form; like/don’tdislikes -ing form like; vocabulary work;

Learner’s Journal

Part B Do’s and don’ts

Restrictions; intercultural Modal auxiliaries Talking about what you can/ Excerpts from An essential awareness; accommodation; must/may do; a service guide for the first-time in a pub encounter traveller to Ireland

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THE WAY THINGS USED TO BE

Part A Then and now

Travelling in Scotland; Past perfect and simple Talking about past time frames Past perfect and simple the Edinburgh Festival; past; used to past; used to; vocabulary changing Glasgow work; Learner’s Journal

Part B A matter of opinion

Discussion topics; hotels Question tags Asking for confirmation; Let’s talk Gaelic, before in Scotland expressing an opinion; it’s too late by Brian

agreeing/disagreeing; a service Wilsonencounter (complaining)

WORKING FOR A LIVING

Part A Good management

Good bosses, bad bosses; -ing form after Giving information about -ing form; phrasal verbs;time management prepositions yourself; explaining how Learner’s Journal

something is done/whatsomething is used for

Part B Arrangements

On the phone; invitations; Future with will Expressing spontaneous Never stop on the motor-driving in Canada; directions decisions; making arrangements; way by Jeffrey Archer

extending an invitation; asking the way

PERSONAL WELL-BEING

Part A Relationships

An advice column; lessons Conditional sentences Talking about possibilities; Conditional sentences;in love (type 1–3); modal asking for and giving advice vocabulary work; Learner’s

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Part B Your health

Alternative medicine; Relative pronouns and Describing people, places Alternative therapiststhe health care system in relative clauses and thingsthe USA

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MADE IN THE USA

Part A Seeing the town

The Boston Marathon, Passive Relating facts and figures Passive sentences;historical Boston, Boston vocabulary work; Learner’s today Journal

Part B Seeing the country

Traveling around America; Verb + object + Asking someone to do I’ll see you down at the car rental to-infinitive something for you; a service mall

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HOLIDAYS DOWN UNDER

Part A Discussing options

Holiday in Australia; Indirect speech Relating what someone said; Indirect speech; Learner’s the Great Ocean Road, making suggestions and JournalByron Bay requests

Part B Getting the facts

Sydney Festival; Australia Phrasal verbs Asking for and giving Global Englishand New Zealand; living informationand working abroad

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Key: Home study/Progress checks

Key: Grammar exercises

Vocabulary: Unit by unit

Vocabulary: A–Z

Geographical names

Other places and names

Classroom language

Phonetic script

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Grammar and exercises

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