| LESSON |
GRAMMAR AND FUNCTIONS |
VOCABULARY |
SKILLS AND SOUNDS |
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| 1. |
What's your name? |
Present simple (1) to be |
Countries |
Reading: |
reading for main ideas |
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Introducing yourself |
Asking and saying who people are
and where they are
from |
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Listening: |
listening for main ideas |
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Sounds: |
syllable stress |
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Speaking: |
asking and saying who you are and where you are from
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| 2. |
This is Bruno and Maria |
Present simple (1): to be |
Jobs |
Reading: |
reading for main ideas |
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Job and nationalities |
Possessive adjectives |
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Listening: |
listening for main ideas (только в комп.
версии) |
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Articles (1): a/an |
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Sounds: |
syllable stress |
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Speaking: |
asking and saying who you are and where
you are from (только в
комп. версии) |
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Writing: |
completing a form; joining two pieces of
information with and (только в книжной
версии) |
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| 3. |
Questions, questions |
Questions |
Forms giving personal information |
Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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Personal information |
Negatives |
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Speaking: |
using a model dialogue for guided speaking practice |
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Short answers |
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Writing: |
completing a form; joining two pieces of information with
and |
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| 4. |
How many students are there? |
There is/are |
Numbers |
Sounds: |
pronunciations of numbers |
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A brochure for a language school |
Plurals (1): regular |
Classroom vocabulary |
Reading: |
reading for special information |
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Position of adjectives |
Adjectives to describe people or things |
Writing: |
writing a brochure for your ideal school |
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Speaking: |
talking about your ideal school (только в книжной
версии) |
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| 5. |
Where's my pen? |
Has/have got |
Personal possessions |
Listening: |
listening for context; listening for specific
information |
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Personal possessions |
Prepositions of place (1) |
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Sounds: |
pronunciations of the alphabet |
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Speaking: |
talking about personal possessions |
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Progress check |
Revision |
Organising new vocabulary |
Sounds: |
/ / and
/ /;
syllable stress |
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Lessons 1-5 |
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Expressions to use when you don't understand |
Reading: |
reading for main ideas |
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Writing: |
punctuation of sentences |
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| 6. |
Families |
Possessive 's and s' |
Members of the family |
Sounds: |
weak syllables / / |
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Family relationships |
Plurals (2): regular and irregular |
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Reading: |
predicting: reading for main ideas; inferring |
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Speaking: |
talking about your family |
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| 7. |
What's the time? |
Present simple (3): for customs and routines |
Times of day |
Speaking: |
telling the time |
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Customs around the world at different times of day |
Prepositions of time (1) |
Meals |
Reading: |
reading for main ideas |
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Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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Writing: |
writing an informal letter |
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| 8. |
Home |
Some and any (1) |
Rooms |
Sounds: |
syllable stress |
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The home of a family in Russia |
Propositions of place (2) |
Furniture |
Reading: |
reading for special information |
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Parts of the house |
Listening: |
predicting; listening for specific information |
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Writing: |
writing a chart about different
homes (только в книжной
версии) |
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| 9. |
How do you relax? |
Present simple (4): for habits and routines |
Hobbies |
Reading: |
reading for special information |
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Different ways of relaxing |
Wh- questions |
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Sounds: |
third person singular present simple endings / /, / /, / / |
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Third person singular (he/she/it) |
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Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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Speaking: |
talking about ways of relaxing in your free time |
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| 10. |
Do you like jazz? |
Pronouns |
Entertainment and recreation |
Reading: |
reading for main ideas; reading for special
information |
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Different kinds of entertainment |
Present simple (5): talking about likes and dislikes |
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Listening: |
listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information |
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Sounds: |
interested intonation in sentences |
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Writing: |
writing an advert for a penfriend |
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Progress check |
Revision |
Parts of speech |
Sounds: |
/ /,
// and //; polite
intonation |
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Lessons 6-10 |
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Noting down new vocabulary |
Reading: |
reading for main ideas |
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Features of a dictionary |
Speaking: |
talking about lifestyles in Britain and in your
country |
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| 11. |
A day in my life |
Present simple (6): saying how often you do things |
Everyday actions |
Reading: |
reading for main ideas; understanding
text organisation (только в
комп. версии) |
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A day in the life of a TV presenter |
Prepositions of time (2) |
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Speaking: |
talking about your typical day |
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Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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Writing: |
writing a typical day in your life using then, after
that and and |
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| 12. |
How do you get to work? |
Articles (2): a/an, the and no articles |
Means of transport |
Reading: |
reading for main ideas: reading for specific
information |
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Different means of transport |
Talking about travel |
Adjectives and their opposites |
Sounds: |
/ / and
/ / |
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Speaking: |
talking about how to get to
work/school (только в комп.
версии) |
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Writing: |
writing a paragraph on how to get to
work/school (только в комп.
версии) |
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| 13. |
Can you swim? |
Can and can't |
Skills and abilities |
Reading: |
reading and answering a questionnaire |
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Talking about what people can and can't |
Questions and short answers |
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Sounds: |
strong and weak form of can |
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Listening: |
listening for specific information; listening for
context |
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Speaking: |
talking about personal abilities (только в комп.
версии) |
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| 14. |
How do I get to Queen Street? |
Prepositions of place (3) |
Shops and town facilities |
Listening: |
listening for specific information; listening for main
ideas |
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Finding your way around a town |
Asking for and giving directions |
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Reading: |
predicting; reading for main ideas; reading for specific
information |
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Speaking: |
talking about shopping in Britain (только в книжной
версии) |
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and in your country (только в книжной
версии) |
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| 15. |
What's happening? |
Present continuous |
Compass points |
Listening: |
listening for specific information; listening for main
ideas |
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Describing actions taking place at the moment |
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Adjectives to describe places |
Sounds: |
stressed words |
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Writing: |
writing a postcard to a friend |
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Speaking: |
talking about cities around the
world (только в книжной
версии) |
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Progress check |
Revision |
International words |
Sounds: |
/ / and
/ /; / /; / / and / /; syllable
stress; stressed words |
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Lessons 11-15 |
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Words from other languages |
Writing: |
writing addresses |
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Words and expressions used in everyday situations |
Speaking: |
asking for giving addresses (только в книжной
версии) |
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| 16. |
Who was your first friend? |
Past simple (1): be |
Adjectives to describe character |
Speaking: |
talking about your childhood |
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Talking about childhood |
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Listening: |
listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information |
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Sounds: |
strong and weak forms of was |
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Writing: |
writing true and false statements about
your childhood (только в
книжной версии) |
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| 17. |
How about some oranges? |
Some and any (2) |
Items of food and drink |
Listening: |
listening for specific information; listening for main
ideas |
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Typical food at different meals |
Countable and uncountable nouns |
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Sounds: |
/.gif) / and /.gif) / in plural nouns; / / in noun expressions
with and |
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Making suggestions |
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Speaking: |
talking about your eating conventions in
Britain and in your country (только в книжной
версии) |
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| 18. |
I was born in England |
Past Simple (2): regular verbs |
Words connected with the music business |
Reading: |
predicting; reading for specific information |
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Biographies of Sting and Whitney Houston |
Have |
Important life events |
Sounds: |
past simple endings: / /, / / and / / |
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Listening: |
predicting, listening for specific information |
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Speaking: |
talking about the life of a famous person |
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| 19. |
What's he like? |
Describing people (1) |
Adjectives to describe people's appearance |
Writing: |
writing a letter giving a personal description |
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Talking about appearance |
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Physical features |
Listening: |
listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information |
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Speaking: |
talking about typical appearance (только в книжной
версии) |
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| 20. |
A grand tour |
Past simple (3): irregular verbs |
Verbs connected with tourism |
Sounds: |
pronunciations of some European cities and countries |
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Visiting cities in Europe |
Yes/no questions and short answers |
Irregular verbs |
Listening: |
listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information |
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Speaking: |
talking about a holiday |
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Progress check |
Revision |
Word association |
Sounds: |
/ /, / / and / /; silent letter
patterns; interested intonation in sentences; syllable
stress |
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Lessons 16-20 |
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Word charts |
Speaking: |
playing a game called Twenty
Questions (только в книжной
версии) |
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Words formed from other parts of speech |
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| 21. |
Mystery |
Past simple (4): negatives |
New words from a passage about Agatha Christie |
Reading: |
predicting; reading for main ideas; reading for specific
information |
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An extract from an article about Agatha Christie |
Wh-question |
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Sounds: |
weak stress of auxiliary verbs |
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Writing: |
writing a short autobiography |
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Speaking: |
talking about your life (только в книжной
версии) |
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| 22. |
Dates |
Past simple (5) |
Ordinal numbers |
Sounds: |
pronunciations of ordinal numbers and dates |
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Special occasions and important dates |
Expressions of time |
Dates, months of the year |
Listening: |
listening for main ideas; understanding text
organisation |
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Speaking: |
talking about your answers to a quiz |
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| 23. |
What's she wearing? |
Describing people (2) |
Items of clothing and accessories |
Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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Clothes and fashions |
Present continuous or present simple |
Colours |
Reading: |
reading and answering a questionnaire |
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Actions of the face, hand and body |
Speaking: |
Discussing your answers to the
questionnaire (только в
книжной версии) |
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| 24. |
I'm going to save money |
Going to |
New verbs from this lesson |
Reading: |
predicting; reading for main ideas |
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Talking about resolutions and future plans |
Because and so |
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Listening: |
predicting, listening for main ideas |
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Writing: |
writing resolutions; joining sentences with because
and so |
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| 25. |
Eating out |
Would like |
Food items |
Listening: |
predicting, listening for specific
information (только в
комп. версии); listening for
main ideas (только в
книжной версии) |
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Eating in different kinds of restaurants |
Talking about prices |
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Sounds: |
pronunciations of like and 'd like |
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Reading: |
reading for specific information |
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Speaking: |
talking about eating out in your
country (только в комп.
версии) |
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Writing: |
writing a paragraph about eating out in
your country (только в
книжной версии) |
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Progress check |
Revision |
Techniques for dealing with difficult words |
Sounds: |
words with the same pronunciation but different spelling;
/ / and / /; syllable
stress; polite intonation |
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Lessons 21-25 |
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Word puzzle |
Writing: |
preparing a quiz |
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Speaking: |
asking and answering quiz questions (только в книжной
версии) |
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| 26. |
Can I help you? |
Reflexive pronouns |
Items of shopping |
Listening: |
listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information |
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Shopping |
Saying what you want to buy |
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Sounds: |
polite and friendly intonation |
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Giving opinions |
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Speaking: |
talking about shopping habits |
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Making decisions |
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| 27. |
Whose bag is this? |
Whose |
Adjectives to describe objects |
Speaking: |
describing objects (только в книжной
версии); acting out conversations in a Lost
Property office |
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Describing objects and giving information |
Possessive pronouns |
Materials |
Sounds: |
polite and friendly information (только в комп.
версии) |
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Describing objects |
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Listening: |
listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information |
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| 28. |
What’s the matter? |
Asking and saying how you feel |
Adjectives to describe how you feel |
Listening: |
listening for main ideas |
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Minor illnesses |
Sympathizing |
Nouns for illnesses |
Reading: |
reading for specific information; dealing with unfamiliar
words |
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Healthcare in Britain |
Should, shouldn’t |
Parts of the body |
Writing: |
writing an advice leaflet about healthcare for visitors in
your country |
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| 29. |
Country factfile |
Making comparisons (1): comparative and superlative forms
of short adjectives |
Adjectives to describe countries |
Sounds: |
syllable stress; pronunciation of measurements |
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Facts about Thailand, United Kingdom and Sweden |
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Measurements |
Reading: |
reading for specific information |
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Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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Writing: |
writing a factfile for your country |
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| 30. |
Olympic spirit |
Making comparisons (2): comparative and superlative forms
of longer adjectives |
Sports |
Listening: |
listening for main ideas |
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Olympic records |
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Adjectives to describe sports |
Speaking: |
talking about Olympic sports |
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Reading: |
understanding text organisation |
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Progress check |
Revision |
Adjectives and opposites |
Sounds: |
words which rhyme; / / and / /, stress patterns |
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Lessons 26-30 |
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Listening: |
stress patterns |
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| 31. |
When in Rome, do as the Romans do |
Needn’t, can, must, mustn’t |
New words from this lesson |
Reading: |
reading for main ideas |
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Customs and rules in different countries |
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Speaking: |
talking about customs and rules in different
countries |
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Sounds: |
pronunciations of must and mustn’t |
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Listening: |
listening for main ideas; listening for
specific information (только в комп.
версии) |
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Writing: |
writing advice and rules |
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| 32. |
Have you ever been in London? |
Present perfect (1): talking about experiences |
New words from this lesson |
Reading: |
reading for main ideas |
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Travel experiences |
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Sounds: |
strong and week forms of have and
haven’t |
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Writing: |
writing a postcard, writing about your experiences |
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| 33. |
What’s happened? |
Present perfect (2): talking about recent events |
Adverbs and their opposites |
Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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Talking about good and bad luck |
Just and yet |
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Speaking: |
acting out a conversation about good and bad luck |
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| 34. |
Planning a perfect day |
Imperatives infinitive of purpose |
Words connected with outings |
Speaking: |
talking about a perfect day |
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Favorite outings |
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Reading: |
reading for main ideas |
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Writing: |
writing advice for planning a perfect day out |
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| 35. |
She sings well |
Adverbs |
Adverbs and their opposites |
Sounds: |
identifying attitude and mood |
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Schooldays |
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Reading: |
reading for main ideas, reading for specific
information |
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Listening: |
listening for main ideas |
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Speaking: |
talking about achievement at school |
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Progress check |
Revision; |
Collocation |
Sounds: |
words with the same vowel sounds; / / and / / ; words stress and a
change of meaning |
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Lessons 31-35 |
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Reading: |
reading for specific information |
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Writing: |
focusing on unnecessary words |
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| 36. |
I’ll go by train |
Future simple (1): (will) for decisions |
Features of an airport and station |
Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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Travel by train and plain |
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Reading: |
reading for specific information |
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| 37. |
What will it be like in the future |
Future simple (2): (will) for predictions |
Nouns and adjectives for the weather |
Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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Talking about the future |
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Reading: |
predicting; reading for specific information |
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| 38. |
Hamlet was written by Shakespeare |
Active and passive |
Verbs used for passive |
Reading: |
reading and answering a quiz |
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World facts |
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Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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Writing: |
writing a quiz for your country |
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| 39. |
She said it wasn’t far |
Report speech: statements |
Items connected with travel |
Reading: |
reading for main ideas |
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Staying in a youth hostel |
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Listening: |
listening for specific information; |
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Writing: |
writing a letter of complaint |
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| 40. |
Dear Jan… Love Ruth |
Tense review |
New words from this lesson |
Reading: |
predicting; reading for main ideas |
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A short story by Nick Mclver |
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Listening: |
listening for specific information |
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Writing: |
writing a different ending to the story |
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Progress check |
Revision |
Prepositions |
Sounds: |
// and
//;
syllable stress |
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Lesson 36-40 |
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Word association |
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