CONTENTS
Unit

Reading

Grammar

Starter Fun times

topic: free-time activities

prepositions

1 The true you

topic: early morning activities

page 9

skill: making inferences

present simple and
continuous (p12)

Vocabulary

page 6

task: multiple matching

2 You’ll never believe
this …

present perfect simple and
continuous (p15)

topic: weird stories

past tenses (p26)

skill: checking options against
the text
task: multiple choice

comparative and superlative
forms: adjectives and adverbs
(p29)

3 The world around us

topic: Jamie’s Farm

future forms (p40)

page 37

skill: understanding text
coherence and cohesion

so, such, too, enough (p43)


page 23

page 51

topic: teenage athletes in
Jamaica

modal verbs 1 (p54)
modal verbs 2 (p57)

skill: identifying key words

topic: video games in class

page 65

skill: using linking words as
clues
task: gapped text

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compound nouns (p16)

describing things; strong
adjectives, phrases (p27)
adverbs (p30)

food and transport, phrases

with make and do, identical
verbs and nouns (p41)

relationships; adjectives +
prepositions (p55)
word formation: adjectives
(p58)

task: multiple choice

5 Lessons for life

adjectives ending in -able or
-ible (p13)

phrasal verbs (p44)

task: gapped text

4 Make it happen

follow your dreams (p13)

defining and non-defining
relative clauses (p68)

learning skills, learning phrasal
verbs (p69)

reduced relative clauses (p71)


money (p72)
uncountable nouns (p72)


Listening

Use of English

Speaking

Writing

interview a partner
about favourite
activities, plans, hopes
and dreams

write a paragraph about
yourself

key word transformation
(p15)

topic: getting to know
each other

topic: city vs.
countryside


multiple-choice cloze
(p16)

skill: giving interesting
answers

skill: giving a reason,
explaining a result

task: interview

task: opinion essay

listen to short extracts
about free-time
activities

topic: achievements
skill: avoiding the
obvious choice
task: multiple choice

topic: avoiding telling
the truth

key word transformation
(p29)

topic: challenging
activities and situations


topic: when things go
wrong

skill: managing the
task, using the first and
second listening

word formation (p30)

skill: describing
similarities and
differences

skill: using interesting
language

task: multiple matching
topic: hip-hop
environmentalist
skill: listening for gist/
detail

open cloze (p43)
multiple-choice cloze
(p44)

topic: eco-friendly
activities


topic: solutions for the
future, the way forward

skill: getting ideas,
expressing agreement
and preference

skill: organising your
article, using topic
sentences

task: collaborative task

task: article

key word transformation
(p57)

topic: doing something
together

topic: happiness and
satisfaction

skill: rewording
questions

word formation (p58)

skill: expressing opinions


skill: contrasting and
summarising

task: discussion

task: multiple matching

task: multiple choice

project: design a
promotional poster

video: lion in London
project: research
amazing animal stories

task: story

topic: making up your
mind

skill: predicting answers

video: circus squad

task: long turn

task: sentence
completion


topic: money
management

Switch on

video: reindeer girls
project: create an
advert for an outdoor
job

video: my ‘year 12’ life
project: create a vlog

task: essay
open cloze (p71)

topic: life skills

multiple-choice cloze
(p72)

skill: justifying your
opinion
task: collaborative task

topic: new activities at
school

video: school for the

arts

skill: using informal and
semi-formal register

project: class survey on
popular activities

task: semi-formal letter

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CO
ONTENTS
Unit

Reading

Grammar

Vocabulary

6 Superpowers

topic: technology that will
give you superpowers

infinitives and -ing forms
(p82)


science, -ic/-al adjective
endings (p83)

skill: focusing on the meaning
of a section of text

quantifiers and pronouns
(p85)

-or/-er noun endings, verbs
beginning with dis-/re- (p86)

conditionals (0–3) (p96)

living accommodation and
furnishings, synonyms and
antonyms (p97)

page 79

task: multiple matching

7 Home and away
page 93

topic: alternative living
spaces
skill: using reference words


wishes, preferences and
regrets (p99)

prepositions (p100)

task: gapped text

8 What’s in a number?

topic: huge numbers

the passive (p110)

page 107

skill: guessing unknown
language

have/get something done
(p113)

task: multiple choice

maths, nouns with -tion, -sion,
-ment (p111)
countable and uncountable
nouns (p114)

9 Express yourself


topic: creative arts events

reported speech (p124)

visual arts, collocations (p125)

page 121

skill: using synonymous
phrases to find the correct
answer

reporting questions, orders
and requests (p127)

live entertainment (p128)

task: multiple matching

10 Learning from the
past
page 135

topic: the woolly mammoth
skill: understanding text
cohesion in an article
task: gapped text

Grammar file


page 144

Speaking tasks

page 173

Extend vocabulary

page 162

Audioscripts

page 179

Exam file: speaking

page 164

Irregular verbs list

page 190

Exam file: writing

page 167

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Listening


Use of English

Speaking

Writing

topic: inventions
inspired by nature

key word transformation
(p85)

topic: science and
technology

topic: film

video: spider science

skill: extracting key
details

word formation (p86)

skill: giving two sides to
an answer

skill: dramatic present
tenses


project: research-based
presentation

task: sentence
completion

Switch on

task: review

task: discussion

topic: learning
languages

key word transformation
(p99)

topic: talking about
yourself

topic: description of a
visit to a place

video: homes of the
future

skill: listening for
positive or negative

ideas and opinions

multiple-choice cloze
(p100)

skill: giving information
about yourself

skill: using appropriate
informal register

project: plan a living
space

task: interview

task: informal email

task: multiple matching
topic: challenges

open cloze (p113)

topic: competition

topic: privacy

video: alpine app

skill: focusing on key

words

multiple-choice cloze
(p114)

skill: paraphrasing

skill: using adverbs of
comment

project: design an app

task: long turn

task: multiple choice

task: essay

topic: performing arts
school

key word transformation
(p127)

skill: focusing on
meaning

multiple-choice cloze
(p128)


topic: work experience
skill: managing a
discussion
task: collaborative task

task: multiple choice

topic: the Edinburgh
festivals

video: stage
management

skill: organising a
review, using interesting
language

project: write a film
scene script

task: review
topic: the Maya
civilisation

open cloze

topic: history

key word transformation


skill: extracting key
words and phrases from
a presentation

multiple-choice cloze

skill: answering
questions on a topic,
comparing photos,
discussing a topic

task: sentence
completion

word formation

task: interview; long
turn; collaborative task;
discussion

topic: stories, my
favourite room
skill: writing a short
story, writing a reply
to an email, writing an
article
task: story, email or
article

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