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This course accompanies 'Laser B1'. There are 16 units, each matching a student's book unit. There

is a review syllabus item every other unit to match the 'Review' sections in the student's book.

Resources are grouped into ve categories: grammar, vocabulary, listening, writing, web projects

and use of English.

UNIT NUMBERUnit 1 - Welcome Back!

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about education.

You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 1 of the

student's book.

Listening Listening to a conversation about a penpal magazine.

Use of English Practising the present continuous. Practising the difference between the presentsimple and the present continuous.

Pronunciation Contrasting long and short vowels. .Vocabulary Practising words and phrases you need to talk about education. Practising words

and phrases about graduating by inserting the correct words to complete what aman says about his graduation and then matching words that go together. Practisingcollocations.

Writing

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the difference between the use of the present simpleand present continuous. Checking your knowledge of stative verbs. Checking yourknowledge of adverbs of frequency.

Present simple vcontinuous

GrammarReference Unit

Stative verbs GrammarReference Unit

Adverbs of frequency:neverto always


Present continuous Language Exercise


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Today I'm savingthe world!

Language Exercise

Albert Einstein's education Vocabulary Activity

Graduation day Vocabulary Activity

School mornings Vocabulary Activity

Penpals Listening Activity

Long and short vowels Pronunciation Activity

Unit 2 - The Weird and the Unexplained

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about

unexplained events and mysteries. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary

and grammar from unit 2 of the student's book.

Listening Listening to a radio interview with a man from a museum of archeology. Listening toa conversation about seeing a ghost.

Writing Writing a description of a town and then looking at the model answer and comments.

Use of English Contrasting the past simple and past continuous by selecting the correct option tocomplete a story about a suspected burglary. Contrasting the past simple with thepast continuous by selecting the correct form of the verb to complete sentences.

Pronunciation Practising long and short vowels.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of how to use 'would' to talk about repeated actions in thepast. Checking your knowledge of 'would' and 'used to' to talk about past habits andstates.

Vocabulary Practising common English collocations. Practising descriptive language by listening toa description of Santorini, an island in Greece, and matching words used to describethe island, then choosing correct adjectives to complete sentences.

Would: repeated

actions in the past

Grammar

Reference Unit

Wouldv used to: pasthabits v past states


Past simple andpast continuous

Language Exercise

Past simple v pastcontinuous

Language Exercise

Making collocations Vocabulary Activity

Santorini Island Vocabulary Activity

Interview with Dr Martin Listening Activity

Ghost story Listening Activity

Vowel sounds Pronunciation Activity

A description of my town Sample Essay

Units 1 and 2 - Revision

This syllabus item provides a review of the language you have learned and practised in units 1 and

2.

Games Recognizing the paradigms of irregular verbs and remembering where each item is bymatching the three showmen that form part of the same paradigm.

Use of English Listening to people talking about life now and in the past and deciding whethersentences are true or false. Practising past simple 'wh-' questions. Practising 'does','plays' and 'goes' by selecting the correct word to complete a text about the scheduleof a tness freak. Choosing the correct form of the present simple to completesentences. Contrasting the present simple and present continuous by keying in thecorrect form of a given verb to complete a text about living with noisy neighbours.

Pronunciation Practising long and short vowels.


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Then and now Language Exercise

All about you Language Exercise

Life of a tness freak Language Exercise

Present simple:afrmative and negative

Listening Activity

Noisy neighbours Language Exercise

The Showmen Game

What are they doing? Language Exercise

Life in the big city Language Exercise

A visit to the school library Listening Activity


Unit 3 - The Law's the Law

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about crime.


student's book.

Use of English Practising the use of articles 'a', 'an', 'the' or zero article. Practising countable anduncountable nouns.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of irregular countable nouns derived from foreign words.Checking your knowledge of irregular countable nouns with the same singular andplural form. Checking your knowledge of the difference between countable anduncountable nouns.

Vocabulary Practising nouns for different types of criminals. Practising expressing opinion byinserting the missing expressions for giving opinions to complete a conversation andthen matching phrases or sentences with the same meaning.

Listening Listening to a burglar talking to his friend and reading his police statement to decidewhich parts of his statement are true. Listening to three interviews with teenagersand matching what they say with pictures. Then, listening for phrases they said.

Pronunciation Identifying a speaker's opinion from the intonation of the word yes.

Irregular countablenouns: foreign words


Irregular countable nouns:same singular and plural


Countable v uncountablenouns: denitionand contrast


A school day Language Exercise

Choosing countable oruncountable nouns

Language Exercise

Crime Vocabulary Activity

Do we need zoos? Vocabulary Activity

Ron the burglar Listening Activity

Points of view Listening Activity

What shall we do? Pronunciation Activity


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Unit 4 - Meet the Stars

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the media.


student's book.

Pronunciation Identifying the sound schwa in single words.

Use of English Contrasting the the present perfect simple and the present perfect continuous.Practising superlatives. Practising comparatives and superlatives.

Vocabulary Practising negative adjective prexes ('un-', 'im-', 'in-', 'ir-'). Practising different typesof news categories. Practising names of types of TV programmes.

Listening Listening to teenagers talking about a celebrity they met.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the present perfect continuous.

Present perfect

continuous: use

Grammar

Reference Unit

Present perfect simpleand continuous

Language Exercise

Superlatives Language Exercise

Who is the ttest? Language Exercise

Adjective prexes

(un-, im-, in-, ir-)

Vocabulary Activity

Negative adjective prexes Vocabulary Activity

Here is the news ... Vocabulary Activity

Television programmes Vocabulary Activity

Find the schwa Pronunciation Activity

Meeting a celebrity Listening Activity


This syllabus item provides a review of the language you have learned and practised in units 3 and4.

Pronunciation Recognising the schwa in individual words.

Games Selecting the correct words to complete the sentences.

Listening Listening to a radio competition about lm trivia.

Grammar Checking your knowledge your knowledge of uncountable nouns that are all materials.Checking your knowledge of articles. Checking your knowledge of the use of thepresent perfect simple and continuous.

Use of English Contrasting 'the' with the zero article. Practising the comparative and superlativeforms of adjectives.

Vocabulary Practising prexes.

Uncountablenouns: material


Articles: contrastof all forms


Present perfect simplev continuous


The or nothing? Language Exercise

Young peoplenow and then

Language Exercise

Prexes Vocabulary Activity

Fan club radio phone-in competition

Listening Activity

Identifying the schwa Pronunciation Activity

Robot Wars - Average Game


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Unit 5 - The Space Race

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about technology.


student's book.

Pronunciation Contrasting vowel sounds.

Vocabulary Practising choosing the correct word for text completion and reading for summarycompletion. Practising words you need to talk about information technology.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the different uses of the future with 'going to'. Checkingyour knowledge of using the present simple to talk about xed future events.Checkingyour knowledge of the future with 'will' and the present simple to talk aboutthe future.

Listening Listening to two English teachers talking about learning English in the future.

Use of English Contrasting the use of 'will' and 'going to'. Practising the future with 'will' and

'won't'. Practising the use of future forms with 'will' and present continuous.

Future with going to: use GrammarReference Unit

Present simple with futuremeaning: xed events


Will/won'tvpresent simple


Willand going to Language Exercise

Peter telephones Sally Language Exercise

Talking about the future Language Exercise

New technology forcommunication

Vocabulary Activity

Information technology Vocabulary Activity

Learning English Listening Activity


Unit 6 - It Takes All Sorts

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about people.


student's book.

Pronunciation Practising different vowel sounds.

Use of English Practising the modal verbs 'can', 'could' and 'be able to'. Contrasting the use of 'haveto', 'don't have to' for obligation, and 'should', 'shouldn't' for advice. Practising themodal verbs 'can't' and 'must'. Practising the modal verbs 'can', 'could' and 'may'.

Listening Listening to two teenagers talking about a friend they're worried about.

Vocabulary Practising words to describe people.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of 'must' and 'have to'. Checking your knowledge of using'mustn't' and 'don't have to'. Checking your knowledge of using 'could', 'may' and'might' to talk about possibility.

Obligation/necessity:must, have to


Obligation/necessity:mustn't, don't have to


Possibility: could,may, might


Modals of ability Language Exercise

Obligation and advice Language Exercise

Can't, and must Language Exercise

Modals of permission Language Exercise

Best friends Vocabulary Activity


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Popstar crazy Listening Activity Vowel sounds Pronunciation Activity



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Vocabulary Practising words you need to talk about information technology by rst predicting themissing collocations and then selecting the correct word to complete sentences aboutcomputing. Practising names of pieces of electrical household equipment and theirdenitions.

Games Escaping from the different asteroid elds by selecting the right answer in each star.

Use of English Practising the present continuous for future use. Contrasting 'will', 'won't' and 'goingto'. Practising modal verbs 'mustn't', 'don't have to', 'don't need to' and 'needn't'.Practising modal verbs 'should' and 'shouldn't'. Putting the instructions for using acash machine into the order they appear on the cash machine screen, then completing

sentences from the video.Listening Listening to four people talking about some new products.

Pronunciation Practising vowel sounds.

Round-the-world trip Language Exercise

Will, won't, going to Language Exercise

Modal verbs Language Exercise

Modals of advice Language Exercise

Using a cash machine Language Exercise

It's a dog's life Vocabulary Activity

Useful things Vocabulary Activity

Strange inventions Listening Activity


Astro Explorer - Average Game

Unit 7 - Going Out and Staying In


entertainment. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from

unit 7 of the student's book.

Vocabulary Practising words you need to speak about music.

Use of English Practising 'had to', 'didn't have to' and 'couldn't' by selecting the correct verb tocomplete a text about Bill Wyman from the Rolling Stones. Practising the use of '-ing'forms and innitives.

Listening Listening to a radio interview with a lm star.Pronunciation Practising verbs ending in '-ing'. Practising consonant sounds.

Web project Doing a web project about memorable locations in Britain.

Writing Writing an article for a school newspaper on exam stress.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the use of gerunds and innitives.

Gerunds and innitives:likes and dislikes


Schooldays of a rock star Language Exercise

Talking about your job Language Exercise

What's that sound? Language Exercise

Music Vocabulary Activity

Jack Johnson Show Listening Activity

Verb + - ing Pronunciation Activity

Pronouncing sounds Pronunciation Activity


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Shot on locationin Britain

Web Project Exam stress Sample Essay

Unit 8 - The Problem Page


relationships. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit

8 of the student's book.

Vocabulary Watching a woman talking about her relationship with her husband, then decidingwhether statements are true or false and matching sentence halves. Practisingsufxes used to make adjectives into nouns. Practising sufxes use d to make verbsinto nouns.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the rst conditional. Checking your knowledge of thesecond conditional. Checking your knowledge of the zero conditional. Checking yourknowledge of connectors of time.

Listening Listening to three people explaining their problems on the telephone. Listening toadvice about three different problems.

Pronunciation Identifying attitude by listening to sentence intonation and stress.

First conditional: use GrammarReference Unit

Second conditional: use GrammarReference Unit

Zero conditional: use GrammarReference Unit

Connectors: time Grammar

Reference Unit

A lifetime together Vocabulary Activity

Nouns from adjectives Vocabulary Activity

Nouns from verbs Vocabulary Activity

Advice hotline Listening Activity

Personal problem helpline Listening Activity

Are they angry? Pronunciation Activity



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Games Identifying the potential couples and help them go on a date by matching theinvitations with the correct replies. Y

Web project Doing a web project on musicals on lm.

Use of English Contrasting the '-ing' form and the innitive. Practising the '-ing' form and innitive

with 'to'. Practising the second conditional. Practising the rst conditional. Practisingthe prepositions of time 'since', 'for', 'until', 'by' and 'from'.

Listening Listening to two teenagers talking about a favourite lm star.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the use of the prepositions of time 'before', 'after', 'till/ until' and 'since'.

Prepositions of time:till/until, since, from


Going out Language Exercise

Fitness freaks Language Exercise

Second conditional Language Exercise

If you walk undera ladder ...

Language Exercise

Prepositions of time Language Exercise

Fan clubs Listening Activity

Merry musicalmelodies

Web Project


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Cupid Games Game

Unit 9 - It's the Way You Tell'em!

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about humour.


student's book.

Pronunciation Practising numbers from 1 to 10. Practising numbers from 11 to 101.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the third conditional. Checking your knowledge of howto use 'would' with the second and the third conditionals. Checking your knowledgeof all the conditional forms. Checking your knowledge of relative clauses. Checkingyour knowledge of the difference between dening and non-dening relative clauses.Checking your knowledge of the use of that in relative clauses.

Use of English Practising relative pronouns.

Third conditional: use GrammarReference Unit

Would: conditional GrammarReference Unit

Conditional: comparisonof all forms


Relative clauses: use GrammarReference Unit

Dening v non-dening relativeclauses: comparison


Dening v non-dening relativeclauses: use of that


Relative pronouns inimpersonal statements

Language Exercise

Reggae and Bob Marley Language Exercise

Numbers 1-10 Pronunciation Activity

Numbers 11-101 Pronunciation Activity

Unit 10 - Fair Play

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about sport. You'll

practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 10 of the student's

book.

Vocabulary Practising 'play', 'go' and 'do' with different sports. Practising the names of sports.Practising collocations with the verbs 'take', 'have' and 'break'.

Use of English Practising conditional sentences. Practising 'too' and 'enough'. Practising 'so' and'enough' and 'so/too' followed by 'much/many', 'little' and 'few'.

Web project Doing a project about different American sports.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of all the conditional forms. Checking your knowledge of theuses of 'so', 'such', 'too', 'enough' and 'quite'.

Listening Listening to a dialogue about cycling.

Conditional: comparisonof all forms


Modiers: use of so,such, too, enough, quite


If you asked ... Language Exercise

Hard times prison Language Exercise

Modiers and quantiers Language Exercise

My favourite sport Vocabulary Activity

What's yourfavourite sport?

Vocabulary Activity

Take, have or break? Vocabulary Activity

Mad about cycling! Listening Activity


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Sport in the USA Web Project

Units 9 and 10 - RevisionThis syllabus item provides a review of the language you have learned and practised in units 9 and

10.

Web project Doing a web project about the Formula One Championship.

Games Visiting the Magic Forest and help Jason collect as many crocks of gold from thegnomes as possible.

Use of English Listening to short dialogues practising the use of 'if', 'unless' and 'when'. Contrastingthe use of 'too' and 'enough'. Practising sports verbs.

Vocabulary Practising collocations. Watching a man talking about his job as a personal trainer.Practising using 'play', 'go' and 'do' with different sports.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of relative clauses.

Relative clauses:structure 1


Relative clauses:structure 2


Are you sure? Language Exercise

Tooand enough Language Exercise

Robert's sport timetable Language Exercise

Football Vocabulary Activity

Personal trainer Vocabulary Activity

I do aerobics Vocabulary Activity

The Formula Oneying circus

Web Project

The Magic Forest Game

Unit 11 - The Land of Plenty?

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the

environment. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit


Listening Listening to someone talking about swimming with a whale.

Vocabulary Practising words relating to environmental issues. Practising phrasal verbs. Practisinghompohones.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the use of the agent in passive sentences. Checking your

knowledge of the way in which we use 'have something done'.Web project Doing a web project about endangered species.

Use of English Practising dragging and dropping passive verbs into the correct gaps. Practising thepresent passive. Practising all forms of the passive.

The passive:omission of agent


Uses of have: havesomething done


Campus passives Language Exercise

The environment Language Exercise

Passive forms Language Exercise

Environmental advice Vocabulary Activity

Protecting our planet Vocabulary Activity

Pieceor peace? Vocabulary Activity

Swimming with a whale Listening Activity

Creature feature Web Project


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Unit 12 - C U @ 8


communication. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from

unit 12 of the student's book.

Writing Writing an email invitation to an English friend.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the verbs 'say' and 'tell'. Checking your knowledge ofthe use of the past perfect and past perfect continuous. Checking your knowledgeof when to use the past perfect continuous. Checking your knowledge of the tensechanges used in reported speech. Checking your knowledge of reported speech.

Vocabulary Practising the use of collocations. Practising words and phrases used in informalbusiness emails.

Use of English Practising the use of reported speech. Practising reported statements.

Sayv tell: differences and uses


Past perfect simplev continuous


Past perfectcontinuous: use


Reported speech:tense changes


Reported speech: changes GrammarReference Unit

What did you say? Language Exercise

Reported statements Language Exercise

Telephone calls Vocabulary Activity

You've got mail Vocabulary Activity

Paper 1 Writing Part 2 Exam PreparationExercise



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Vocabulary Practising collocations.

Games Helping 4P-2 climb up the crater to destroy the slimy monster by selecting wordsrelated to the weather and pollution.

Listening Listening to a recording about tropical rainforests in Belize.

Use of English Practising the use of the passive and the active voice. Practising the present simplepassive. Practising reported speech.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of active and passive voice. Checking your knowledge ofthe use of 'have somebody / something do something'. Checking your knowledge ofwhen to use the past perfect.

Pronunciation Practising homophones.

The passive:passive v active


Uses of have: havesomebody / somethingdo something


Past perfect: use GrammarReference Unit

Passive v active Language Exercise

How are bottles recycled? Language Exercise

What did they say? Language Exercise

What do animals do? Vocabulary Activity

The rainforests Listening Activity

Same sound,different spelling

Pronunciation Activity

Slimy Monster Game


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Unit 13 - Getting By

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about work. You'll

practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 13 of the student's

book.

Reported questions:wh-questions


Reported questions:yes/noquestions


Embedded questions: use GrammarReference Unit

Quiz show Language Exercise

Astronaut Language Exercise

I swam across an ocean Language Exercise

I've got an interview! Vocabulary Activity

Letter of application Vocabulary Activity

Work survey Listening Activity

Word stress Pronunciation Activity

Unit 14 - Away From Home

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about travelling.


student's book.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the future perfect. Checking your knowledge of whento use the future continuous. Checking your knowledge of the future with 'will', thefuture continuous and the future perfect.

Vocabulary Practising words for journeys. Practising words related to travel.

Web project Doing a project about Vancouver, Canada.

Use of English Practising 'I wish' and 'If only'.

Pronunciation Practising consonant sounds.

Listening Listening to different people talking about travel. Listening to a businessman talkingabout business travel.

Future perfect: use GrammarReference Unit

Future continuous: use GrammarReference Unit

Willv future continuousv future perfect


I wish ... Language Exercise

Travel around the world Vocabulary Activity

Going on a trip Vocabulary Activity

If things were different Listening Activity

Travelling tales Listening Activity

Consonant sounds Pronunciation Activity

A trip to Vancouver,Canada

Web Project


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Pronunciation Practising words stress.

Use of English Practising the past simple and present perfect.

Games Helping Turtle the Time Tourist to get all the pieces of a time compass and come backto the present.

Listening Listening to an interview with a park keeper. Listening to a woman talking about ajourney across North America.

Vocabulary Watching a woman talking about her job. Watching a man talking about his job andchoosing the correct words to complete what the man says. Watching a man talkingabout what he and his wife do for a living. Practising verbs and nouns for holidayactivities. Watching a video about Dubai and clicking on the words you hear.

The worst job Language Exercise

An ideal job Vocabulary Activity

At work Vocabulary Activity

Under the sea Vocabulary Activity

Paradise Islands Vocabulary Activity

Ambitious Dubai Vocabulary Activity

In the park Listening Activity

A memorable journey Listening Activity

Word stress Pronunciation Activity

Turtle the TimeTourist - Average

Game

Unit 15 - Make or Break

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about successand failure. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 15

of the student's book.

Pronunciation Practising vowel sounds. Contrasting words with different spellings with the samevowel sound.

Web project Doing a web project about the history of the Nobel Prize.

Listening Listening to a conversation about Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the explorer.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of using 'had better' and 'would rather' to give advice andopinions. Checking your knowledge of unreal tenses. Checking your knowledge ofverbs that can have two objects. Checking your knowledge of verbs followed by two

objects. Checking your knowledge of the structure verb + object + innitive. Checkingyour knowledge of object pronouns.

Advice/opinion: hadbetter, would rather


Unreal tenses: wish,if only, would rather,it's time, hope


Verbs followed by twoobjects: word order


Verb followed by two

objects: pronoun use

Grammar

Reference Unit

Verb + object + verb:object + innitive


Object pronouns:pronoun reference


A great explorer! Listening Activity

Sounds and spelling Pronunciation Activity

Same sound,different spelling

Pronunciation Activity

The Nobel Prize Web Project


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Unit 16 - Buy, Buy, Buy!

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about shopping

and money. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit


Listening Listening to a conversation between a shop assistant and a customer.

Pronunciation Practising question tags.

Vocabulary Practising expressions that are useful when shopping.

Use of English Practising question tags. Practising the use of 'although', 'despite' and 'in spite of'.

Web project Doing a web project about high street stores in the UK.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of question tags. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'inspite of', 'despite', 'for all' and 'with all'.

Writing Checking your knowledge of semi-colons (;), colons (:) and dashes (-).

Question tags: word order GrammarReference Unit

Preposition expressions:despite, in spite of


Punctuation 2 GrammarReference Unit

Question tags Language Exercise

Question tags Language Exercise

Contrasting ideas Language Exercise

Shopping around Vocabulary Activity

In the sports shop Listening Activity

Question tags Pronunciation Activity

High StreetStores

Web Project



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Listening Listening to conversations in a shop.

Writing Checking your knowledge of capital letters and paragraphs.

Web project Doing a web project about how a credit card company markets its services.

Games Testing your sentence-building skills and rebuilding a bridge.

Use of English Practising the conjunctions 'and' and 'but'. Practising using authentic language.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of connectors of contrast. Checking your knowledge ofquestion and reply tags.

Connectors: contrast GrammarReference Unit

Punctuation 3 GrammarReference Unit

Question, reply tags: use GrammarReference Unit

A legend Language Exercise

Jeremy's talent Language Exercise

Can I help you? Listening Activity

Credit cards Web Project

Bridge Builder - Average Game


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