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FUNCTIONS & SPEAKING GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION THINK! / LITERATURE SKILLS

Unit 1 Talking about routines and everyday activities Present simple review Hobbies /s/, /z/, /ɪz/ sounds Values: Taking care of yourself Reading Quiz: Do you enjoy life?
Having a Expressing likes and dislikes like + -ing WordWise: Collocations Literature: Magic Jane by Roz Warren Blog: What do you do in your free time?
good time Giving warnings and stating prohibition Adverbs of frequency with have Writing Your routine Listening Conversations about hobbies
p5 Developing Speaking: Talking about free time activities
Unit 2 Role play: Buying things in a shop Present continuous Shops Contractions Values: Fashion and clothes Reading Chat conversation: Shopping
Spending money Talking about what people are doing at the Verbs of perception Clothes Train to Think: Exploring numbers Web forum: It’s Sunday afternoon, what can I do?
p 15 moment Present simple vs. present continuous Writing An email to say what you’re doing Listening Shop conversations
Life Competencies: Showing empathy , Culture: Banknotes around the world , Get it right, Review A2 Key for Schools Exam practice

Unit 3 Talking about food Countable and uncountable nouns Food and drink Vowel sounds /ɪ/ Values: Food and health Reading Online article: Creepy crawlies – the superfood of the future?
We are what Ordering a meal a/an, some, any WordWise: Expressions with and /iː/ Literature: Patty Fairfield by Carolyn Wells Online blog: Eating around the world
we eat Developing Speaking: Apologising (how) much / (how) many, a lot of / have got Writing What you eat
p 27 lots of Adjectives to talk about food Listening In a café ordering food
too and (not) enough
Unit 4 Talking about families Possessive adjectives and pronouns Family members -er /ə/ at the end Values: Film families Reading Blog: Old films, great families
All in the family Asking for permission whose and possessive ,s Feelings of words Train to Think: Making inferences News article: Suzie saves her mum
p 37 was / were Writing An invitation Listening Why I love my family!

Life Competencies: Saying sorry , Culture: Family traditions around the world , Get it right, Review A2 Key for Schools Exam practice

Unit 5 Talking about events in the past Past simple (regular verbs) Parts of a house and furniture -ed endings /d/, /t/, /ɪd/ Values: Following your dreams Reading Magazine article: The 21st century caveman
No place like home Role play: At a market Modifiers: quite, very, really WordWise: Phrasal verbs Literature: Great Expectations by Holiday blog: Our holiday castle
p 49 Developing Speaking: Making and responding Past simple (negative) with look Charles Dickens Writing A summary / a blog post Listening My favourite room
to suggestions Adjectives with -ed or -ing
Unit 6 Saying what you like doing with others Past simple (irregular verbs) Past time expressions Stressed syllables in Values: Friendship Reading Web article: A special friendship
Friends forever Talking about friends and friendships Double genitive Personality adjectives words Train to Think: Making decisions Magazine article: Life stories – Pen pals for years
p 59 Talking about past events Past simple questions Writing A thank you note Listening Giving advice
Life Competencies: Be careful making judgements , Culture: Friends in literature , Get it right, Review A2 Key for Schools Exam practice

Unit 7 Giving advice have to / don’t have to Gadgets Vowel sounds: /ʊ/ Values: Caring for people and the Reading Article: ‘… just because I didn’t want to take a bath’
Smart life Talking about obligation / lack of obligation should / shouldn’t WordWise: and /uː/ environment Website: Product reviews
p 71 Role play: A phone call mustn’t vs. don’t have to Expressions with like Literature: The Bone Cage by Angie Abdou Writing A paragraph about housework
Developing Speaking: Asking for repetition and clarification Housework Listening Radio programme: advice for young inventors
Unit 8 Talking about sports Past continuous Sport and sports verbs Strong and weak forms Values: Trying, winning and losing Reading Magazine article: The world’s greatest sporting achievements
A question Talking about feelings Past continuous vs. past simple Adverbs of sequence of was and were Train to Think: Sequencing Web forum: Sporting fails
of sport Talking about ongoing past events, sequencing events when and while Writing An article about a sporting event Listening Teens talking about sport
p 81
Life Competencies: Solving problems , Culture: The wonderful world of sport , Get it right, Review A2 Key for Schools Exam practice

Unit 9 Talking about the weather Comparative adjectives Geographical features Vowel sounds: /ɪ/ Values: Valuing our world Reading Magazine article: The wild side of life
Wild and Developing Speaking: Paying compliments can / can’t for ability WordWise: Phrases and /aɪ/ Literature: The Phantom of the Opera by Blog: Extreme nature!
wonderful Superlative adjectives with with Gaston Leroux Writing An email about an amazing weather event
p 93 The weather Listening Interview with a Kalahari bushman
Unit 10 Talking about plans be going to for intentions Places in town Voiced /ð/ and Values: Appreciating other cultures Reading Emails: Experiences in foreign countries
Out and about Inviting and making arrangements Things in town: compound unvoiced /θ/ Train to Think: Problem solving Letters to a local government website: How can we improve our town?
Present continuous for arrangements
p 103 Discussing ideas for an imaginary film nouns consonants Writing An informal email Listening Teens making plans
Adverbs
Life Competencies: Helping in the community , Culture: Mythical places around the world , Get it right, Review A2 Key for Schools Exam practice

Unit 11 Making predictions will / won’t for future predictions Parts of the body The /h/ consonant Values: Exercise and health Reading Magazine article: Changing bodies
Future bodies Role play: At the doctor’s First conditional WordWise: sound Literature: From A Railway Carriage by Blog: Old Wives’ Tales
p 115 Developing Speaking: Sympathising with people Time clauses with when / as soon as Expressions with do Robert Louis Stevenson Writing A phone message
when and if Listening Conversations about physical problems
Unit 12 Talking about travel and transport Present perfect simple Transport and travel Sentence stress Values: Travel broadens the mind Reading Newspaper article: A world record breaker
Travel the world Talking about life experiences Present perfect with ever / never Travel verbs Train to Think: Exploring differences Magazine article: Travelling the world from your sofa!
p 125 Present perfect vs. past simple Writing An essay: Someone I admire Listening A traveller talking to a class

Life Competencies: Dealing with negative feelings , Culture: Hard journeys for schoolchildren , Get it right, Review A2 Key for Schools Exam practice
Pronunciation pages 137–138 Grammar reference pages 139–141 Speaking activities pages 143–144

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Unit 1 Talking about things you have and haven’t done Present perfect with just, already and yet Personality adjectives Intonation and sentence Values: Human qualities Reading Online survey responses: Who do you admire most?
Incredible people Developing Speaking: Offering encouragement Present perfect vs. past simple Collocations stress Literature: Frankenstein by Article: Human moles
p5 WordWise: Phrases with just Mary Wolstoncraft Shelley Writing A short passage about someone you admire Listening Guessing game

Unit 2 Asking and giving / refusing permission to Present perfect with for and since School subjects Word stress Values: Learning for life Reading Article: The loneliest schoolboy in Britain
A good education do something
a, an, the or no article Verbs about thinking Train to Think Learning Article: The power of ‘yet’
p 15 Role play: Asking permission about texts Writing An email describing your school routine Listening Conversation about a summer
activity list
Life competencies: Recognising others’ good work , Culture: Schools with a difference , Get it right, Review B1 Preliminary for Schools Exam practice

Unit 3 Comparing things and actions Comparative and superlative Types of films Words ending in /ə/ Values: Preconceived ideas Reading Article: A new kind of superhero
On the screen Developing Speaking: Asking for and adjectives (review) WordWise: Expressions Literature: Alice’s Article: The history of watching TV
p 27 offering help (not) as … as comparatives with get Adventures in Wonderland Writing A paragraph about your TV habits Listening Interview with a teenage filmmaker
Making a comparison stronger or weaker Types of TV programmes by Lewis Carroll
Adverbs and comparative adverbs
Unit 4 Giving advice Indefinite pronouns (everyone, no one, IT terms The short /ʌ/ vowel Values: Responsible online Reading Article: Leaving footprints
Online life someone, etc.) Language for giving advice sound behaviour Short texts: Different types of messages
p 37 all / some / none / any of them Train to Think Logical Writing A web page giving advice Listening Conversation about falling for online scams
should(n’t), had better, ought to sequencing

Life competencies: Achieving your goals , Culture: From caves to Kindles – how reading has changed , Get it right, Review B1 Preliminary for Schools Exam practice

Unit 5 Role play: Helpful suggestions Present perfect continuous Making music been: strong /bιːn/ and Values: Following your Reading Magazine article: A royal star
Music to my ears Developing Speaking: Asking about feelings Present perfect simple vs. present perfect WordWise: Phrasal verbs weak /bɪn/ dreams Article: The future of live music
p 49 continuous with out Literature: Music by Amy Writing The story of your favourite band Listening Interviews about music
Musical instruments Lowell and Goldenhair by
James Joyce
Unit 6 Expressing surprise and enthusiasm will (not), may (not), might (not) for prediction The environment /f/, /v/, /b/ consonant Values: Caring for the world Reading Magazine article: Hot topic: saving the Earth
No planet B First conditional Verbs to talk about energy sounds Train to Think Different Leaflet: Energy matters
p 59 unless in first conditional sentences perspectives Writing An article for the school magazine Listening Interview about a town project

Life competencies: Managing your money , Culture: Green solutions around the world , Get it right, Review B1 Preliminary for Schools Exam practice

Unit 7 Checking information Future forms Future time expressions Intonation of question Values: Believe in a better Reading Newspaper article: Today’s world
The future is now Developing Speaking: Agreeing Question tags Arranging a party tags future Group chat: Arranging a party
p 71 Nor, neither and so WordWise: Phrases Literature: The Time Writing An invitation to a party Listening Interview with a singer and a journalist
with about Machine by H. G. Wells
Unit 8 Talking about past habits Past simple vs. past continuous (review) Direction and movement The /juː/ sound Values: How science helps Reading Magazine article: Curious minds
Science and us Talking about imaginary situations used to Science people Web forum: What invention or discovery would make your life better?
p 81 Talking about scientific discoveries Train to Think Using Writing A blog entry Listening A science lesson
Second conditional
criteria
I wish
Life competencies: Being flexible , Culture: Amazing inventions from ancient civilizations , Get it right, Review B1 Preliminary for Schools Exam practice

Unit 9 Developing Speaking: Accepting and refusing The passive (present simple, past simple, Jobs /tʃ/ and /dʒ/ Values: What’s important Reading Article: The perfect job?
Working week offers and invitations present continuous, present perfect) work as / in / for; work vs. job consonant sounds in a job? Article: Technology in the workplace
p 93 Role play: Inviting friends to join you WordWise: Time Literature: The Canary by Writing A short essay about jobs in the future Listening Interview with Marina Stuart
expressions with in Katherine Mansfield
Unit 10 Talking about your health Past perfect simple Time linkers /tʃ/ and /ʃ/ consonant Values: Never give up Reading Article: 8,000 birds to see before you die
Mind and body Past perfect continuous Illness: collocations sounds Train to Think Logical Article: 3D printing – it can change lives
p 103 Past perfect simple vs. past perfect continuous conclusions Writing A story Listening Conversation about health and exercise

Life competencies: Taking responsibility for your actions , Culture: Keep in shape … without going to the gym , Get it right, Review B1 Preliminary for Schools Exam practice

Unit 11 Reporting what someone has said Reported statements Fun Intonation: rude or Values: Reacting to jokes Reading Article: It’s all fake news
Breaking news Developing Speaking: Expressing feelings: anger Verb patterns: object + infinitive More verbs with object + polite? Literature: Twelve Years a Article: The danger of live TV
p 115 infinitive Slave by Solomon Northup Writing A news report Listening Profile of an extreme weather journalist
WordWise: Expressions
with make
Unit 12 Talking about permission be allowed to / let Discipline Silent consonants Values: The importance Reading Article: Hard times to be a kid
Rules and Following and giving simple instructions Third conditional Consequences and reasons of rules Website contest: The best 50-word stories
regulations Train to Think Being Writing A set of rules Listening The rules of chess
p 125 creative

Life competencies: Being assertive , Culture: Strange laws from around the world , Get it right, Review B1 Preliminary for Schools Exam practice
Pronunciation pages 137–138 Grammar reference pages 139–142 Speaking activities pages 143–144
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Unit 1 Talking about the future Present tenses (review) Making changes Linking words with up Train to Think Reading between the lines. Reading Online forum: What next?
Big decisions Complaining Future tenses (review) Life plans Literature: Those Winter Sundays by Robert Blog: Before I settle down – a list
p5 Developing Speaking: Talking about worrying WordWise: Phrases with up Hayden Writing An email about resolutions
Role play: Complaining to a relative Listening Conversation about success and failure
Unit 2 Talking about the past Narrative tenses (review) Descriptive verbs Initial consonant Train to Think Following an idea through a Reading Magazine article: They made a difference: The slave trade
A hard life Time periods clusters with /s/ paragraph Online magazine article: A short history of bathing in the UK
would and used to
p 15 Values: Animal rights Writing A magazine article about someone who made an important discovery
Listening The passenger pigeon
Life Competencies: Managing stress , Culture: Creative climate solutions , Get it right, Review TOWARDS B2 First for Schools practice

Unit 3 Giving advice (don’t) have to / ought to / Making and selling Strong and weak forms: Train to Think Identifying the main topic of Reading Article: Brand names
What’s in a name? Expressing obligation should(n’t) / must Expressions with name /ɒv/ and /əv/ a paragraph Article: Funny place names
p 27 Giving recommendations, warnings and prohibitions had better (not) Writing A reply to a letter asking for advice
can(’t) / must(n’t) Listening Nicknames
Unit 4 Talking about hypothetical situations First and second conditional (review) Being honest Consonant–vowel word Train to Think Thinking of consequences Reading Quiz: How honest are you? Article: How honest is that?
What would Expressing wishes Time conjunctions Making a decision linking Values: Doing the right thing Writing A diary entry about a dilemma
you do? Apologising and accepting apologies wish and if only WordWise: Phrases Listening A guessing game: I wish
p 37 Developing Speaking: Talking about what to study at university Third conditional (review) with now

Life Competencies: Appreciating other people’s skills, Acting on instinct , Fiction: How I Met Myself by David A. Hill, Get it right, Review TOWARDS B2 First for Schools practice

Unit 5 Telling a story Relative pronouns Elements of a story The schwa /ə/ in word Train to Think Thinking about different Reading Blog: So you want to write a novel, do you?
Storytelling Defining and non-defining relative Types of story endings writing styles Article series: There are always two sides to an argument: Books are
p 49 clauses Literature: Three Golden Apples by always better than their films.
Nathaniel Hawthorne Writing A short paragraph expressing an opinion Listening Roald Dahl
Relative clauses with which
Unit 6 Talking about sequence Present and past passive (review) Extreme adjectives and The /ʒ/ phoneme Train to Think Understanding what’s Reading Magazine article: How on earth does he do it?
That’s impossible Explaining how things are done have something done
modifiers relevant Blog: Big questions – bigger answers!
p 59 make and do Writing Explaining how things are done
Future and present perfect passive
(review) Listening Conversation about a haircut

Culture: Storytelling in the Caribbean , Fiction: The Mind Map by David Morrison, Get it right, Review TOWARDS B2 First for Schools practice

Unit 7 Talking about permission make / let and be allowed to Phrasal verbs (1) Intonation – inviting, Train to Think Reading Article: Changing the rules
Breaking away Talking about habits be / get used to Personality accepting and Thinking outside the box Article: My prisoner, my friend, my president and my father
p 71 Invitations WordWise: Phrases with all refusing invitations Values: Stereotypes Writing An article about stereotypes
Developing Speaking: Being more flexible Literature: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Listening Conversation about travelling to India
Role play: Accepting or refusing invitations
Unit 8 Reporting what someone said, asked or requested Reported speech (review) Crime Intonation – expressing Train to Think Thinking about empathy Reading Newspaper articles: Crimes! Magazine article: Eating out behind bars
Crime and Giving and reacting to news Reported questions, requests and Reporting verbs surprise Values: Respecting the law Writing A report of a crime Listening Restoring Justice
punishment imperatives
p 81
Life Competencies: Getting along with others , Culture: Famous prisons , Get it right, Review TOWARDS B2 First for Schools practice

Unit 9 Making deductions Modals of deduction (present) Mysteries Moving word stress Train to Think Reading Web article: The truth is out there Magazine article: The dress
It’s a mystery! should(n’t) have Expressions with go Fact or opinion? Writing Explaining a mystery
p 93 Modals of deduction (past) Values: Thinking carefully before you act Listening A short story

Unit 10 Talking about future events Future continuous Money and value Short and long vowel Train to Think Exaggeration Reading Magazine article: Money: past, present and future
Money Sympathising Jobs and work sounds: /ɪ/ – /ιː/ Web forum: Inequality
Future perfect
p 103 Developing Speaking: Talking about having or not having money WordWise: Phrases with by and /ɒ/ – /əʊ/ Writing My life in the future Listening Quiz show: Moneyspinners

Life Competencies: Not prejudging people, Being determined , Fiction: Wild Country by Margaret Johnson, Get it right, Review TOWARDS B2 First for Schools practice

Unit 11 Expressing purpose Verbs followed by gerund or infinitive Danger and safety Strong and weak forms: Train to Think Understanding cause Reading News report: Miracle underground
Emergency! Emphasising to / in order to / so as to Adjectives with negative /tuː/ and /tə/ and effect Article: Emergency? What emergency?
p 115 so and such prefixes Literature: The Mysteries of Udolpho by Writing A story about a rescue Listening The story of Androcles and the Lion
Ann Radcliffe
Unit 12 Expressing regret Phrasal verbs Phrasal verbs (2) Different Train to Think Logical conclusions Reading Online forum: The first time I …
Life’s firsts Talking about fears I wish / If only + past perfect Nervousness and fear pronunciations of ea Values: Breaking new ground A story: The first time I made friends with a spider
p 125 Writing A story about a bad decision Listening Quiz: Transport firsts
Culture: The Great Escape , Fiction: Bullring Kid and Country Cowboy by Louise Clover, Get it right, Review TOWARDS B2 First for Schools practice
Pronunciation pages 137–138 Grammar reference pages 139–142 Speaking activities pages 143–144

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Unit 1 Issuing and accepting a challenge Verbs followed by infinitive or gerund Verbs of movement Dipthongs: Train to Think: Thinking Reading Article: Surviving for seven weeks Article: How to survive in the wilderness
Survival instinct Discussing situations and your emotional Verbs which take gerund and Adjectives to describe alternative spellings rationally Writing A diary page about an experience Listening Radio show: Exams advice
p5 reactions to them infinitive with different meanings: uncomfortable feelings
remember, forget, regret, try, stop WordWise: Expressions with right
Unit 2 Introducing (amazing) information Relative clauses (review) Groups of people Phrasal verb stress Train to Think: Distinguishing Reading Article: Getting to work Blog: A Brazilian adventure
On the road Discussing nomadic people which to refer to a whole clause Phrasal verbs (1) fact from opinion Writing An informal email Listening Radio quiz about migration in nature
p 15 Omitting relative pronouns Values: Learning from other
Reduced relative clauses cultures

Life Competencies: Giving yourself a challenge , Literature: My Antonia by Willa Cather, Culture: Nomadic people , Get it right, Review B2 First for Schools practice

Unit 3 Emphasising Quantifiers Costumes and uniforms Adding emphasis Train to Think: Changing your Reading Blog: An embarrassing dad Website article: To sharent or not to sharent
Growing up Discussing sharenting so and such (review) Bringing up children opinions Writing An essay about parenting
p 27 do and did for emphasis Listening Podcast about a hero dad
Unit 4 Expressing frustration be / get used to (doing) vs. Personality adjectives Pronouncing words Train to Think: Lateral thinking Reading Article: A big change for artists Web post: A problem on Your answers here
The art of thinking Guessing game to practise personality used to (do) Common adverbial phrases with gh Values: Appreciating creative Writing A story beginning: ‘I had no idea what to do.’
p 37 adjectives Adverbs and adverbial phrases WordWise: Expressions with good solutions Listening Talking heads – thinking imaginatively
Literature: About a Boy by Nick Hornby, Life Competencies: Having courage, Being supportive , Get it right, Review B2 First for Schools practice

Unit 5 Advice and obligation Obligation, permission and prohibition Technology (nouns) The schwa /ə/ sound Train to Think: The PMI Reading Article: A digital detox
Too much tech? Talking about technology (review) Technology (verbs) strategy Article: Great success for teenage teachers: when silver surfers get connected
p 49 Necessity: didn’t need to / needn’t have Writing Instructions Listening A podcast about an invention
Ability in the past (could, was / were able
to, managed to, succeeded in)
Unit 6 Using intensifying comparatives Comparatives Ways of speaking Linking words with Train to Think: Exaggeration Reading Email: Comic Con Article: CoderDojo Coolest Projects International
Better together Discussing community projects Linkers of contrast Friendship idioms /dʒ/ and /tʃ/ Values: Doing good Writing An essay about social media Listening Interview: Friendships
p 59 Role play: The missing suitcase
Culture: Four of the smartest cities , Literature: Wired Love by Ella Cheever Theyer, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Get it right, Review B2 First for Schools practice

Unit 7 Cheering someone up Ways of referring to the future (review) Phrases to talk about the future: Intonation: Train to Think: Learning to Reading Blog: My takes on life, the universe and everything
Rose-tinted Silver Linings game: thinking of optimistic Future continuous (review) about to, off to, on the point of, due to encouraging see things from a different Website page: Quotations for worriers
glasses solutions Future perfect (review) Feelings about future events someone perspective Writing A short story ending: ‘Every cloud has a silver lining’
p 71 WordWise: Expressions with so Listening Podcast: Silver Linings
Unit 8 Saying ‘yes’ and adding conditions Conditionals (review) Phrasal verbs (2) Weak forms with Train to Think: The ‘goal-setting’ Reading Book review: The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
List it! Discussing wonders of the world Mixed conditionals Alternatives to if: suppose, provided, conditionals checklist Blog: Elisa’s list blog
p 81 as long as, otherwise, unless Values: Lists Writing An essay: A wonder of the natural world Listening A talk about bucket lists

Life Competencies: Being tactful , Literature: The Road not Taken by Robert Frost, Culture: Seven wonders of the natural world , Get it right, Review B2 First for Schools practice

Unit 9 Asking someone politely to change their I wish and If only Life’s ups and downs Linking: intrusive /w/ Train to Think: Jumping to Reading Article: Making difficult decisions Quiz: What kind of a friend are you?
Take charge behaviour I would prefer to / it if, It’s time, Work and education and /j/ a hasty conclusion Writing An article for the school magazine Listening A radio programme about life choices
p 93 Discussing further education and work I’d rather / sooner
experience
Unit 10 Making a point Reported speech (review) Sharing news Linking: omission of Train to Think: Recognising the Reading Magazine article: Fake news Article: The Secret Paparazzo
Unbelievable Introducing news Reported questions and requests Reporting verbs the /h/ sound source of a statement Writing A magazine article about an interview with a well-known person
news Interviewing a well-known person WordWise: Expressions with way Listening An interview with a foreign correspondent
p 103 Discussing the ethics of journalism
Literature: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, Life Competencies: Exercising self-discipline, Laughing at yourself , Get it right, Review B2 First for Schools practice

Unit 11 Sympathising about past situations Speculating (past, present and Space idioms Stress on modal verbs Train to Think: Spotting flawed Reading Article: A mission to Mars
Shoot for the stars Discussing films future) Adjectives commonly used to for speculation arguments Blog: Top four space films of the 21st century
p 115 Discussing life in space Cause and effect linkers describe films Writing A report about a problem on a school trip Listening Podcast about space tourism
Unit 12 Speaking persuasively Passive report structures Geographical features Linking: intrusive /r/ Train to Think: Exploring Reading Article: Saving great discoveries!
Off the beaten Giving a presentation about human activity The passive: verbs with two objects Verb + noun collocations hidden messages Article: Explorers: a friend to the native people: Cândido Rondon
track and the natural world Values: Human activity and the Writing A short biography Listening A talk about discovering new species
p 125 natural world

Culture: A multinational enterprise , Literature: They're Made out of Meat by Terry Bisson, The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle, Get it right, Review B2 First for Schools practice
Pronunciation pages 137–138 Grammar reference pages 139–142 Speaking activities pages 143–144

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Unit 1 Using emotive language Talking about habits Personality (1) Intonation: showing Train to Think: Questioning Reading Article: The power of siblings Website page: Siblings: what’s the big deal?
Family matters Talking about problems with a brother or Adverbs to express attitude Personal conflict emotions widely accepted theories Writing An email Listening Soap opera: People next door
p5 sister and giving advice on how to deal with Values: Relationships
these problems.
Unit 2 Giving advice Past tenses with hypothetical meaning Sleep Different ways of Train to Think: The rule Reading Article: Time for a change? Article: The power of dreaming
Sweet dreams Talking about dreams and what they mean Adverbs for modifying comparatives Idioms with sleep and dream pronouncing c and g of threes Writing A proposal Listening Radio programme about staying awake
p 15 to us

Literature: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Life Competencies: Balancing family and friends , Culture: Sleep in different cultures , Get it right, TOWARDS C1 Advanced practice
Review

Unit 3 Talking about luck Mixed conditionals (review) Phrasal verbs Unstressed words in Train to Think: Behaviour based Reading Article: Blessings in disguise Article: Blog: Serendipity
Lucky for some? Giving encouragement to someone who’s Alternatives to if Expressions with luck connected speech on myths rather than facts Writing A story Listening Radio show about luck and lucky charms
p 27 feeling nervous WordWise: Expressions with over Values: How do we feel
about luck?
Unit 4 Responding to jokes Emphatic structures Laughter Telling jokes: pacing, Train to Think: Divergent Reading Article: You have to laugh, don’t you?
Having a laugh Talking about funny things that happened Boosting Idioms with laugh and joke pausing and thinking Article: The world of comedy: Trevor Noah
p 37 punchlines Writing A review Listening Jokes

Life Competencies: Not worrying too much , Literature: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome, Get it right, TOWARDS C1 Advanced practice
Review

Unit 5 Discussing risky activities Participle clauses Thrill seeking Connected speech Train to Think: Red herrings Reading Article: Man on a wire Article: Wim Hof: The iceman
What a thrill! Giving and reacting to an opinion Verbs of perception with infinitive Idioms with hot and cold feature: elision Writing A newspaper article Listening Extreme sports
p 49 or gerund
Unit 6 Complaining Modals 1: may, might, can, could, Admiration Modal stress and Train to Think: Making logical Reading Article: To tweet or not to tweet?
Famous lives Discussing sports teams will, won’t Fame meaning conclusions (syllogisms) Article: Fame – a blessing or a curse?
p 59 Modals 2: should, shouldn’t, must, WordWise: Expressions with take Values: Teamwork Writing An essay Listening Radio programme about Liverpool F.C.
mustn’t, can’t
Life Competencies: Having a wide range of interests , Culture: Going to the extreme , Literature: Wild Fang by Jack London, Get it right, Review TOWARDS C1 Advanced practice

Unit 7 Language of persuasion Substitution (the ones, so, that of, do) Fads Connected speech Train to Think: Understanding Reading Article about beauty Blog: What’s beautiful for you?
A thing of beauty? Discussing beauty Ellipsis Emotional responses feature: assimilation irony Writing A formal letter Listening Podcast about beauty regimes
p 71 Values: Valuing the beauty
around us
Unit 8 Saying that you don’t understand or didn’t Relative clauses with determiners Language and communication Stress in Train to Think: Making logical Reading Article: The Rosetta Stone Article: Multilinguals have multiple personalities
Cracking the code fully hear and prepositions Personality (2) multi-syllable words deductions about unknown Writing A report from a graph Listening The Somerton Man
p 81 Talking about language words
however, wherever, whatever, etc
Values: Learning another
language
Life Competencies: Appreciating the natural world , Literature: Three poems, Culture: Extinct languages – or are they? , Get it right, Review TOWARDS C1 Advanced practice

Unit 9 Discussing inequality Negative inversion Court cases Unstressed syllables Train to Think: The ad hominem Reading Article: Miscarriages of justice
Fairness matters Talking imprecisely about numbers Spoken discourse markers Fairness and equality and words: the /l/ fallacy Book review: The Spirit Level by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
p 93 WordWise: Expressions with on phoneme Writing An essay Listening Radio programme about disciplining teenagers
Unit 10 Reacting to news Reported verb patterns (review) Higher education Lexical and Train to Think: Doing Reading Meeting summary: what to drop? Article: Pick up your guitar and (learn to) play
Learning for life Talking about higher education Passive report structures Life after school non-lexical fillers something for the ‘right’ reasons Writing An essay Listening Life after school
p 103 Hedging
Life Competencies: Standing up for your beliefs , Literature: Tobermory by H.H. Munro, Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster, Get it right, Review TOWARDS C1 Advanced practice

Unit 11 Telling someone to keep calm More on the passive (not) getting angry Intonation: mean Train to Think: Do as I say, Reading Article: Internet rage Article: Explaining the modern world: veganism
The modern world Talking about 21st century problems Causative have (review) -isms what you say not as I do Writing A blog post Listening Radio phone-in about the stresses of modern life
p 115 Modal passives (review) Values: Modern life
Unit 12 Talking about things you’d intended to do Future perfect; Awards Shifting word stress Train to Think: Appropriate Reading Article: Wanted: real-life heroes Article: I just wrote to say … Thank you!
Celebrating but didn’t Future continuous (review) Success and failure sampling Writing An article Listening Presentation about an inspirational man
heroes Expressing anticipation Future in the past WordWise: Expressions with in
p 125
Life Competencies: Avoiding temptation , Culture: Back in time , Get it right, Review TOWARDS C1 Advanced practice
Pronunciation pages 137–138 Grammar reference pages 139–142 Speaking activities pages 143–144

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