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2 Map of the book

Describing the present and the past

Verbs + prepositions in Wh-questions

Present continuous

Expressions: contradictions

Relative clauses with who, that,which

Present simple Pronoun one/ones

Expressions: asking forclarification

Past continuous and pastsimple

used to

Expressions: expressing surprise

must/mustnt, have to/donthave to

Comparative adjectives Passive (present simple and

past simple)

Expressions: making travelarrangements

Unit 1Gettingtogether

Unit 2Friends andneighbours

Review

Review

Unit 4Journeys

Unit 3All in themind

Unit 5In the news

Unit 6Attachments

Review Grammar check Study skills: Homophones Hows it going?: Progress check Coursework: Reviews

Verbs + prepositions Postcards Words with some

and every

Pronunciation: stressand intonation

Listen to biographies offamous people

Read holiday postcards Skim and scan a text

Life and culture: Welcome toLiverpool!

Talk about a picture Write about famous people

in the past Make a conversation at

a caf Write a postcard

Flats and houses Friendship Nouns and adjectives

describing personalqualities

Pronunciation: //

Listen to a guessing game Read a questionnaire about

friendship Understand new words

Life and culture: Poem

Talk about where you live Tell the class about yourself

and your neighbourhood Play a guessing game Write about yourself and

friendships in your life

Grammar and Expressions Vocabulary andPronunciationListening and Reading skills Communicative tasks

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Fears and fantasies Dreams Link words

Pronunciation: /j/

Listen to three conversationsabout coincidences

Read a magazine articleabout dreams

Identify the topic of a text

Life and culture : HauntedBritain

Talk and write aboutcoincidences in the past

Describe yourself when youwere younger and comparewith a friend

Describe things that youimagine or worry about

Write a description of a dream

On the road Travelling Prepositions of

movement

Pronunciation :stress in sentences

Listen to a song Read an account of a journey

around the world Scan a text for information

Life and culture : Journey intoslavery

Write and act aconversation at a travelagents

Describe where thingsare/were made or produced

Write a journal about a journey

Present perfect + just, yet,already

been and gone Present perfect and past simple its : possessive adjective so ... that ... ; such a/an ... that ...

Expressions: offers andsuggestions

Topics in the news Yellowstone Park

Pronunciation: /s/ +consonant

Write an email to a friend or relative with your news

Discuss what you have andhavent done

Write a radio report Write about recent events

for a school newsletter

Present perfect with for andsince

Present perfect with superlativeadjective + ever

Superlative adjectives give + direct and indirect

object

Expressions: time expressions

Personalpossessions

Living abroad still, any more

Pronunciation: ////

Give details about yourbackground

Talk about your favouritepossessions

Describe important thingsand events

Write an account ofpersonal experiences

Listen to an interview with asurfing champion

Read an interview with a boywho has lived all over theworld

Skim a text for the generalidea

Life and culture: New Zealand

Listen to news headlines onthe radio

Read a magazine articleabout a volcano

Understand the main idea ofa text

Life and culture: Non-stopnews

Grammar check Study skills: Guessing what words mean Hows it going?: Progress check Coursework: Conversation with Grace Lawson

Grammar check Study skills: Spelling Hows it going? : Progress check Coursework: Whos who at Greenside?



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ints Special occasions

Invitations andreplies

Verbs with look

Pronunciation: final/s/ and /z/

Describe special occasions Talk about superstitions Write about and discuss

plans for a celebration Write and reply to an

invitation

Grammar and Expressions Vocabulary andPronunciationListening and Reading skills Communicative tasks

Unit 7Celebrations

Unit 8Secrets and lies

Verbs and nounsthat go together

Sales talk because, so

Pronunciation: /ai//ei/

Listen to a discussion on the radio

Read an article about a con man

Predict the topic of a text

Life and culture: The codetalkers

Talk about events in thefuture and when they mighthappen

Talk about whats right and wrong

Write an imaginary sales talk

Unit 11Challenges

Past perfect must, cant, might, could

for speculation

Expressions: Neither do I. So am I.

Adjectivesdescribing feelings

In the mountains Adverbs

Pronunciation:stress in sentences,weak forms

Describe a situation in thepast and how you felt

Imagine what differentsituations are like

Write a short story

Unit 12Happyendings

Reported speech say and tell whose

Expressions: everydayexpressions

Words connectedwith money

Sending messages Phrasal verbs

Pronunciation:vowel sounds

Report what people say Make a conversation at

a party Write and reply to

a message

Food The fast food

industry Adjectives ending

in -ed/-ing

Pronunciation:silent vowels

Listen to a TV quizprogramme

Read a review of a book Recognise facts and opinions

Life and culture: MakePoverty History

Talk about things youd liketo change

Prepare and ask questionsfor a quiz

Write a review for a schoolmagazine

Verb/preposition + -ing form -ing form and to + verb want/ask/tell someone to do

something

Expressions: requests andresponses

People in groups A wildlife

commentary too and enough

Pronunciation: ///n/

Listen to phone calls makingrequests

Read a commentary for a TVwildlife programme

Use pronouns and possessiveadjectives

Life and culture: Romeo andJuliet

Describe peoples likes anddislikes

Interview a friend for a TV show

Write and act a telephoneconversation askingsomeone to do something

Write a description ofteenagers in your country

Review Grammar check Study skills: Preparing for tests and exams Hows it going? : Progress check Coursework: Letters

Unit 9Groups

Unit 10Food forthought

Review Grammar check Study skills: Preparing and giving a talk Hows it going? : Progress check Coursework: The ads page

Listen to a story about aterrible night

Read a story about anextraordinary experience

Guess meaning from context

Life and culture: Gandhi

Review Grammar check Study skills: Learning English on your own Hows it going? : Progress check Coursework: Sports news

Listen to a song Read three jumbled stories Follow the sequence of a

story

Life and culture: Keeping in touch

Listen to a song Read invitations and replies Scan a text for information

Life and culture: The number13

First conditional with ifand unless

The future with will and going to

Expressions: I hope so/not. I guess so/not.

might and may when in future sentences should/shouldnt Second conditional

Expressions: responding toopinions

Map of the book

Grammar index Communicative functions index Wordlist Phonetic symbols Verb forms and irregular verbs Songs

Expressions of quantity Question words Subject and object questions

Expressions: expressingpreferences



4Grammar Describing the present and

the past Verbs + prepositions in

Wh- questions Present continuous Relative clauses with who,

that, which Present simple Pronoun one/ones

Vocabulary Verbs + prepositions Flats and houses

Expressions Contradictions: Yes, he is!

No, he hasnt! Asking for clarification

People and placesIn Module 1 Steps 1 and 2 you study

so that you can Write a postcard Express your opinions

about friendships

In Step 3 you ...

read Three postcards A questionnaire about

friendship

study Words beginning with

some and every Nouns and adjectives

describing personalqualities

Skimming and scanninga text

Understanding new words

so that you can Talk about a picture Write about famous

people in the past Contradict someone Make a conversation

about going out withfriends

Talk about where you live Describe people and

things Ask for more information Play a guessing game

Life and culture

Welcome to Liverpool!Poem

Find out more about the people who work at Greenside C

Perhaps youre readingthis article in thecanteen, while youreeating your lunch.This month wed liketo introduce you tothe person who doesall the cooking. Hisnames Del Stanley. Deltrained to be a chef in Londonand he came to Greenside College two years ago. He

says I like usingfresh, local food if I can. It isntalways easy tofind things thateveryone likes teenagers are veryunadventurouswhen they choosetheir meals!

A lot of pmost impmends that the endare clean to-five jobwork in thsome freegot a blac

Coursework 1

Part 1 Whos who at Greenside?You write about people whowork at your school.


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Whats it about?

What can you say about the pictures?

Now match the pictures with sentences 14.

1 The suns going down and everything looks beautiful.2 He works in a shop that sells newspapers and food.3 Hes wearing a hat and coat.4 We live in a flat on the first floor.

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CourseworkOur school magazine

In Book 4 you study a magazine written by students

at Greenside Community College

so that you can make an English magazine for

people at your school

Your Coursework has got six parts:

Part 1 Who's who at Greenside?You write about people who work at your school.

Part 2 In conversation with Grace LawsonYou talk to an old person in yourneighbourhood and write a shortinterview.

Part 3 ReviewsYou write a review of a book, film or TV programme.

Part 4 Letters to the editorYou write a letter for a magazineletters page.

Part 5 The ads pageYou make adverts to put in yourschool magazine.

Part 6 Sports newsYou write a report about a sportingevent.



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Module 1

1In Step 1 you revise

describing the present and the past

so that you can

talk about a picture

write about famous people in the past

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1 Share your ideas Describe the painting. What are the people doing?What do you think of the painting?

The woman is laughing.

Fact File

Humphrey Bogart, actor, 1899 1

Born in: 2

Worked for: 3

Most famous films: 4

2 Reading Idols of the 20th centurya Look at the painting and read the description.Find at least:

1 three verbs in the present.2 three verbs in the past.

The name of the painting is Nighthawks: Boulevardof Broken Dreams. Its by an Austrian paintercalled Gottfried Helnwein. It shows a scene in adiner in the USA during the 1950s. Outside, thestreet is dark and empty. Inside, three people aresitting at the counter, a woman and two men. A waiter is standing behind the counter. The manin the middle of the picture is wearing a blue suitand tie. He doesnt look very happy. The woman onthe right is laughing and talking to the man nextto her, but he isnt listening.

The four people in the picture are all famousAmerican stars from the 20th century. The man inthe blue suit is the actor Humphrey Bogart. Bogartwas born in New York. At first, he acted in thetheatre, but for many years he wasnt successful.Then he started working for the Warner film studioand, at the age of 40, he finally became a star. Hemade more than thirty films. Two of his mostfamous films were The African Queen andCasablanca. Bogart died in his sleep at his home in Hollywood in 1957.

b Listen to the first paragraph andfollow in your book. Then find these things.

1 a nationality 2 a country 3 two jobs4 two things that people wear

c Listen to the second paragraph and follow in your book. Then copy andcomplete the fact file.

I like it, but I thinkits a sad painting.



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Fact File

Marilyn Monroe, actress, 1926 1

Born in: Los Angeles2 name: Norma Jean Baker

Worked for: 3 Century Fox

Most famous film: Some Like It 4

4 Listening BiographiesRead the two fact files. Then listento the biographies of Marilyn Monroe andElvis Presley. Write the missinginformation in your notebook.

Choose either Elvis Presley orMarilyn Monroe. Describe whathe/she is doing in the picture. Thenuse the notes in your fact file anddescribe his/her real life.

3 Revision Describing the present and the pastLook at the painting and complete the description ofJames Dean.

On the left, there 1 (be) a tall, good-looking young man.He 2 (wear ) a dark coat and a scarf. He looks sad andlonely. He 3 (not talk ) to anyone. He 4 (be ) thefamous American actor James Dean.

James Dean 5 (be ) born in Indiana in 1931. At first, he6 (act ) on television and, four years later, he 7

(become) a film star. But Dean only 8 (make) threefilms. He 9 (die ) in a car accident in September 1955.

Try this!How many words for clothes

do you know?scarf, ...

Fact File

Elvis Presley, singer, 195 1977

Born in: Tupelo, Mississippi

Played the 6 from the age of7

Worked for: RCA 8

Most famous hits: 9 Be Cruel,Jailhouse Rock, 10 Suede Shoes

5 Writing Elvis or MarilynUse what you know



8 Module 1

In Step 2 you study

verbs + prepositions in Wh- questions

present continuous

contradictions: Yes, he is! No, he hasnt!

so that you can

contradict someone

make a conversation about going outwith friends

STEP

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1 Im often late in the morning becauseI have to look my things.

2 I like looking my friendsphotos.

3 I dont often think the future.4 I dont come this country. I

was born abroad. 5 When Im with my friends, we often

talk films and music.6 I dont like waiting people

when theyre late. 7 In class, I usually talk my

English teacher in English.8 My father and I argue

football.

Listen and check.

b What about you? Which of thesentences in 1a are true for you?Work with a friend and tell him/herat least three things about yourself.

for

2 Presentation Who are we waiting for?a What can you say about the photos?

b Close your book and listen to the conversation.What are Danny and his friends doing this evening?

Danny and Nadia live in Liverpool. Theyre in a caf andtheyre waiting for their friends.

DANNY: Whats the time, Nadia?NADIA: Its nearly half past seven. DANNY: So who are we waiting for?NADIA: Clare and Luke. Lukes always late.DANNY: No, he isnt!NADIA: Yes, he is! Ill phone him. ... Luke, where are you?

Were waiting for you. DANNY: Heres Clare! Hi, Clare.CLARE: Hi! Sorry Im late. Whos Nadia talking to?DANNY: Luke. Hes late too. And hes got the tickets.CLARE: No, he hasnt! Ive got them. Theyre in my bag.NADIA: Hi, Clare. We must go. Its half past seven. DANNY: What about Luke?NADIA: Hes meeting us outside the cinema in ten

minutes.DANNY: OK.NADIA: What are you looking for, Clare? CLARE: The tickets. I cant find them. DANNY: Youre joking!CLARE: Hang on! No, were OK. Theyre here, in my pocket.

I dont come from thiscountry. I was born in ...

1 Key vocabularyVerbs + prepositionsa S Complete the sentences with

the prepositions in the box. Youvegot three minutes!

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