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U Topic & situation Skills Grammar

1. W

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p. 6

Characteristic featuresOpinions on character

and behaviourSelf-descriptionsChoosing the president

of the school’s student council

Gender differences

Describing and comparing characterTalking about life styles and habitsGiving opinion about character

and behaviourExpressing surprise and

disagreementAgreeing, disagreeingGiving a speechEvaluating information

Short questions to express surprise / disagreement

Revision of to be / to haveRevision of frequency adverbsRevision of relative clauses

with whoRevision of will for promisesAdverbs of degreeQuestion tags

2. B

usy

bees

p. 1

4

Jobs around the houseFinding workStudent workVoluntary workJob interviewJobs now and jobs in the

future

Describing opportunities for workDescribing what people do in a jobGiving opinion and adviceExpressing necessityGiving information and asking

about rules and possibilities in a workplace

Expressing (un)certainty in the present and the future

Reading for specific information

Revision of Present Continuous for actions happening now

Revision of who (subject) questions with Simple Present

Revision of can, should, will, shall

Have toBe able toMay, might, must, can’t

3. A

rtfu

lly d

one

p. 2

2

Works of art and artistsPerformances and exhibitionsInvitation and recommendationBuying a CD / DVD / book /

posterDownloading music legallyA teen art gallery

Giving and getting information about works of art and music

Expressing likes, dislikesAsking for and giving opinionDescribing a performanceAcquiring, asking for and giving

factual informationShoppingGiving reason

Present and Past Simple PassiveFuture Simple Passive Passive with canPresent Perfect Passive

(only recognition)

4. A

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st p

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RelativesFamily celebrations and eventsFamily memoriesMemories related to schoolComplaintsTeenagers’ memories

from 1956

Telling and following a storyExpressing feelingsSharing and comparing memoriesDescribing past habits and single past actionsMaking a complaintGiving reasons ExplainingSequencing eventsAsking for and sharing factual informationComparing information

Revision of Simple Past and Past Continuous

Used toPast Perfect

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U Topic & situation Skills Grammar

5. M

oney

mat

ters

p. 3

8

Pocket moneyBorrowing and lendingBudgetingBeing careful with your moneyAccounts and cardsFraser Doherty, a young British

entrepreneur

Asking for moneyRefusing, acceptingExpressing that you are sorryAsking for and giving adviceOpening a bank accountStopping a cardMaking an official phone callAcquiring factual informationReporting what somebody saidGiving opinionPlanning and making decisionsPresenting a plan

Revision of verb + infinitive structures

Spoken reportingReported SpeechTold / offered / advised /

promised to do somethingIndirect questions

(E.g. I’m not sure ..., Can you tell me ..., I was wondering ..., etc.)

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Conditions for choosing an action in everyday situations

Dilemmas and choices in one’s life

Overdue library booksA mountaineering story

Expressing conditions, outcome and alternatives

Agreeing, disagreeingMaking arrangementsWeighing alternativesReflecting on past events and how

they could have been differentExpressing opinion about choices

in the present and in the pastTelling a story

Revision of First conditionalSecond conditionalThird conditional

7. T

echn

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det

ails

p. 5

4

Using appliances and equipment

Giving instructionsProblems with appliances

and equipmentIn a mobile phone shopTeen inventor, Dániel Rátai

Expressing what needs to be doneExplaining how appliances workFollowing instructionsDescribing faulty appliancesMaking wishes about an

unfavourable present situationDescribing a mobile phoneBuying a mobile phoneSearching for information

Some active and passive structures with verbs: need doing, need to be done; stop doing; has to be done; let’s not do; start doing

‘I wish’ in present timeAll, none, every, both, either,

neither One as a noun substitute

8. A

t ho

me

in E

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e p

. 62

Holiday plansVisitorsHoliday newsTravel informationBooking tickets Travelling by trainGeographical locationsDifferent landscapes

Welcoming visitorsEnquiring about plans and tripsReporting recent activityExpressing emotionsAcquiring and giving travel

informationSorting out travel-related problemsAcquiring and giving factual

information about places Expressing opinion and emotions

about places

Time expressions such as since, for and ago

How long?Present Perfect ContinuousPresent Perfect Continuous

versus Present Perfect

Role cards page 70 Word list page 104Audio scripts page 95 Irregular verbs page 125Phonetic symbols page 103 Tracklist page 128

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