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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/mustn’t, have to/don’thave 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 How’s 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 café● Write a postcard

● Flats and houses● Friendship● Nouns and adjectives

describing personalqualities

● Pronunciation: /ə/

● 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 andPronunciation

Listening 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 travelagent’s

● 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 andhaven’t 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: /��//ɔ�/

● 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 How’s it going?: Progress check Coursework: Conversation with Grace Lawson

Grammar check Study skills: Spelling How’s it going? : Progress check Coursework: Who’s who at Greenside?






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● 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 andPronunciation

Listening 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 what’s right and wrong

● Write an imaginary ‘sales talk’

Unit 11Challenges

● Past perfect● must, can’t, 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 you’d 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: /ŋ//n/

● Listen to phone calls makingrequests

● Read a commentary for a TVwildlife programme

● Use pronouns and possessiveadjectives

● Life and culture: Romeo andJuliet

● Describe people’s 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 How’s it going? : Progress check Coursework: Letters

Unit 9Groups

Unit 10Food forthought

Review Grammar check Study skills: Preparing and giving a talk How’s 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 How’s 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/shouldn’t● 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






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Grammar● 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 hasn’t!● 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 you’re readingthis article in the

canteen, while you’reeating your lunch.This month we’d liketo introduce you tothe person who doesall the cooking. Hisname’s 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 isn’talways 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 Who’s who at Greenside?You write about people whowork at your school.


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What’s it about?

What can you say about the pictures?

Now match the pictures with sentences 1–4.

1 The sun’s going down and everything looks beautiful.2 He works in a shop that sells newspapers and food.3 He’s 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 century

a 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. It’s 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 doesn’t look very happy. The woman onthe right is laughing and talking to the man nextto her, but he isn’t 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 wasn’t 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 thinkit’s 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 Biographies

Read 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 past

Look 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 Marilyn

Use what you know






8 Module 1

In Step 2 you study

● verbs + prepositions in Wh- questions

● present continuous

● contradictions: Yes, he is! No, he hasn’t!

so that you can

● contradict someone

● make a conversation about going outwith friends

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1 I’m often late in the morning becauseI have to look my things.

2 I like looking my friends’photos.

3 I don’t often think the future.4 I don’t come this country. I

was born abroad. 5 When I’m with my friends, we often

talk films and music.6 I don’t like waiting people

when they’re 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.

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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. They’re in a café andthey’re waiting for their friends.

DANNY: What’s the time, Nadia?NADIA: It’s nearly half past seven. DANNY: So who are we waiting for?NADIA: Clare and Luke. Luke’s always late.DANNY: No, he isn’t!NADIA: Yes, he is! I’ll phone him. ... Luke, where are you?

We’re waiting for you. DANNY: Here’s Clare! Hi, Clare.CLARE: Hi! Sorry I’m late. Who’s Nadia talking to?DANNY: Luke. He’s late too. And he’s got the tickets.CLARE: No, he hasn’t! I’ve got them. They’re in my bag.NADIA: Hi, Clare. We must go. It’s half past seven. DANNY: What about Luke?NADIA: He’s meeting us outside the cinema in ten

minutes.DANNY: OK.NADIA: What are you looking for, Clare? CLARE: The tickets. I can’t find them. DANNY: You’re joking!CLARE: Hang on! No, we’re OK. They’re here, in my pocket.

I don’t come from thiscountry. I was born in ...

1 Key vocabularyVerbs + prepositions

a S Complete the sentences withthe prepositions in the box. You’vegot three minutes!

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