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ee > > qS€T s¡ with CD-ROM a - Malcolm Mann Steve Taylore-Knowles Lasef «:Student's Book MACMILLAN Contents Yo Unit Topic « Ff " Reading Grammar Vocabulary people and scanning for relationships specific tense review: present (simple key topic vocabulary, word formation (prefixes), information and continuous) phrasal verbs with up, metaphors (people) transport specific The 0pen Road' PAGE 14 information 3] : Killing Time PAGE 24 L4) past (simple and continuous) free time activities, hobbies recognising discourse markers Occupations scanning for specific information PAGE 32 Revision Units 3-4 collocations (transport) scanning for communications — specific The Glo tense review: key topic vocabulary, idioms (time), phrasal verbs with down, metaphors (time) tense review: past perfect (simple and key topic vocabulary, word formation (suffixes), confusable words the passive key topic vocabulary, phrasal verbs with on, idioms (the media) the future (1): will, going to, present (simple and continuous) key topic vocabulary, collocations (weather), confusable words reported speech key topic vocabulary, phrasal verbs with out, collocations (cooking) full infinitives key topic vocabulary, word formation present perfect (simple and continuous) continuous) - PAGE 40 the media, information PAGE 42 the weather understanding main concepts oi Revision Units 5-6 - PAGE 58 food and drink grammatical referencing cua 60 Vi key topic vocabulary, confusable words, - PAGE 22 Work Wonders PAGE tense review: ce Revision Units 1-2 Come Rain scanning for Out and About travel and tourism PAGE 68 Revision Units 7-8 - PAGE 76 text type and function (with to) and -ing forms after verbs (irregular forms), metaphors (life) a Use of English Writing talking about family stative verbs, word patterns selecting correct register, informal letter/email identifying location, Soundbite: /œ/and /e comparing would, used to, beusedto, word patterns understanding attitude, making suggestions articles, synonyms Listening predicting, Soundbite: Speaking /1 and /i: Soundbite: /a/ _ presenting an argument, essay awareness of target reader, informal letter/email listening for specific expressing uncertainty information, Soundbite: silent letters (1) listening for gist, Soundbite: /3:/ comparatives and superlatives talking about experiences countable and uncountable nouns, layout and text structure, report using descriptive language, story homonyms listening for specific information, speculating question tags, connectors selecting appropriate style, article identifying roles, agreeing and disagreeing _ indirect questions, using prompts, prefer, would rather, had better, parts expressing opinion, review Soundbite: weak forms (1) Soundbite: /k/, /g/ and listening for specific information, Soundbite: /s/ and /n giving examples /z prepositions of speech formal letter/email "§ Unit Te PAGE a GÌ " science and technology scanning for specific information conditionals (1): zero, first, second key topic vocabulary, collocations, phrasal verbs with off "entertainment distinguishing modals (1) key topic vocabulary, Topic Conta t Reading Grammar Vocabulary 78 | Gây LH 200/2 (c fact and opinion confusable words, collocations a Ch) (entertainment) Units 9-10 s PAGE 94 ® education The Learning Cur0€ lexical relative clauses key topic vocabulary, phrasal verbs with over, metaphors (the mind) scanning for specific result clauses: key topic vocabulary, collocations: make / do, metaphors (problems) understanding main the causative key topic vocabulary, word formation (suffixes), metaphors (description) understanding text modals (2): modal key topic vocabulary, collocations, phrasal verbs with other particles grammatical the future (2): key topic vocabulary, confusable words, metaphors (ideas) referencing PAGE 96 12) health and fitness Fighting Fit PAGE 104 Units 11-12 13) Art Attack PAGE 114 - PAGE 122 enough s PAGE 112 the arts and music 14) PTUs information so, such, too, points structure i perfect Units 13-14 + PAGE 130 ® the environment Up in Smoke PAGE 132 (simple and continuous), future continuous 16) scanning for specific information 0n the Run PAGE referencing future perfect 140 conditionals (2): third key topic vocabulary, word formation (irregular forms), word patterns Units 15-16 - PAGE 148 Writing database + PAGE 150 Writing planners 1-16 + PAGE 155 Word pattern database « PAGE 163 Phrasal verb database + PAGE 164 Speaking database - PAGE 165 Grammar database «+ PAGE 166 Webquests » PAGE 198 ¬ ‘4 listening for specific information, talking about hopes unless, in case, as long as, word patterns paragraphing, informal letter/email expressing attitude and opinion parts of speech, word formation: prefixes cohesion, essay relative pronouns and prepositions, selecting correct register, informal word patterns letter/email infinitives of purpose, word patterns awareness of purpose, report Listening Speaking Use of English Writing ' Soundbite: predicting, Soundbite: /s/ and /ƒ; /a, predicting, Soundbite: stress (1) prioritising eee listening for gist, Soundbite: discourse management /a:/, /av/ and /u: identifying relationships, Soundbite: silent letters (2) — talking about interests gradable and ungradable making adjectives and adverbs, | recommendations, review synonyms SS SS listening for specific information, Soundbite: stress (2) understanding purpose Soundbite: /p/ and /au/ SS SE comparing the unreal past common mistakes selecting correct register, article expressing attitude and opinion transferred negation, word formation using prompts, formal letter/email seeking clarification wishes and regrets, of speech : listening for specific information, Soundbite: weak forms (2) parts paragraphing, story SP wwwmyfamily.com Jenny Do you have a large or small family? How many of you live together? How many cousins/uncles/aunts you have? your help Do you small family? Who Do you all get on? what your family's please! 17 people like this 7} Reading $ 1.01 Read the post and comments again, and decide if the following statements are true (T), false (F) or not stated (N) Jenny has a very large family Gokhan has brothers and sisters z Masha is younger than her sister Pete regularly stays with his biological father Alicia wants to meet her biological parents Gokhan Hi from Ankara, Read the post and comments on a social networking site Whose family sounds most like yours? Alex’s biological father lives in Greece Hi all my MyFace friends around the world! We're doing a project at school on families at the moment and | need have a large or you live with? I'd love to know like! Comments Turkey! Jenny, | my family's quite small because I’m an only child In the flat where we live, there's just me and my mum and dad But my grandparents (my mum's parents) live in the flat upstairs, and my dad's parents live nearby too, so it's not too lonely! To be honest, | sometimes wish | had a brother or sister to play with, but at least | have a bedroom to myself! Some of my friends have to share a room with their brother or sister | wouldn't like that! Write a word or short phrase from the comments to the post to answer each question Whosays that they have a pet? Why doesn't Angie live with her father? at school at the What's Alex’s sister like? When does Pete stay with his real dad? What some of Gokhan’s friends do? | moment too, Jenny! | live with my parents and my older sister, Natalia, in Novosibirsk in Siberia, Russia Natalia and | love each other (of course!), but we don't always get on She's always complaining that | play my music What is Masha also doing right now? too loud! | often get annoyed with her, though, because she borrows my things without asking! (Natalia, if you're reading this, | want that magazine back!) ss Pete \ ˆ i \W ` Hello from California, USA! My family’s a bit complicated Use words or phrases from the post and comments to complete the sentences You've been given the first letter to help you My parents are divorced, and | live with my mum ` and my stepfather My dad It would be fun to have a brother, instead of being an (2 also remarried after the divorce, and | spend almost every weekend with him and his wife (my stepmum) I've gota stepsister called Angie That's my stepfather Alan's daughter froma in previous marriage, but she's older and works also I've us with live New York, so she doesn't now got a half brother because my dad and my Lisa gets what she wants She's becoming very selfish and I think she’s a bit s it was stepmum have just had a baby! | told you on get all We though complicated! It's great, Myparentsared — my stepfather and stepmother like each other I'm too It's actually a really loving family, and really well My parents are still good friends, and really grateful for that my dad every weekend at his house andlsee Mymum meta man last year and she r Alicia Hi, Jenny! My parents adopted me just after | was born, and | live with them and my brother and sister and our dog, Cassie Even though I'm adopted and my brother and sister aren't, our parents treat us all the same My dad married Sarah's mum last month so Sarah's my s It’s important to grow up as part of a family I didn't know you were a Do you want to find your real parents? Kevin and I have the same mother but different fathers, so he’s my h | totally feel part of the family, and don’t want as or need to find my biological parents As far real my are dad and mum I'm concerned, my b parents! (By the way, | live in Lublin, Poland.) f2) Have your say! Alex Hi from Australia! I'm GreekAustralian, so most of my family live on the other side of the world Here in Brisbane, there’s me, my mum and my younger sister, Georgia Georgia's a bit spoilt, to be honest Anything she asks for, my mum gives it to her! The my mum's family all live in Greece That's than 15,000km away! I've got three aunts, grandparents and loads of cousins there, never met any of them in person My mum rest of more two and I've keeps in touch with them by phone and email, and be I've spoken to them (of course!), but it would day! one will, | sure I'm lovely to meet them e What you think are the advantages and disadvantages of being an only child? Isit better to share a room with a brother or sister, or have your own room? Why? ~® Look at Grammar database pages 166-168 before you the exercises 'L Read these sentences and phrases from the comments to the post on pages and Match each one with an explanation That's more than 15,000km away! This is a regular habit Natalia and I love each other (of course!), but we a b don’t always get on ¢ This isa temporary situation I spend almost every weekend with him and his Wife —— d e This is a general, scientific truth This is a feeling or situation, not an action This is an annoying habit We're doing a project on families at school at the moment NY = Present tense review ene EiE fe} Grammar clinic She's always complaining that I play my music too loud! Circle the correct tense in each sentence Our family goes/is going on holiday to Spain every year Did you say you stay/are staying with friends until your house is ready? My sister doesn’t have a car because she doesn’t drive/is not driving People live/are livingin many different kinds of family Wek Brothers and sisters often argue/are arguing about unimportant things Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs in the box You may need to use a negative form try » go « learn Mybrotherandl secondary school We Mygrandparents ô see â = live + like tothelocal here until the new house is ready milkshakes, but I do! Use the notes to make complete sentences My brother/always/complain aboutme to my parents In our house,/we/always/eat dinner together/and I/like it My stepsister/play/the piano and she/know/hundreds your comments! French for my trip to Paris next month _ ‘Wait a second I We e Jenny Thanks for all ` to find my keys : every Christmas : our cousins Christmas of songs 1/think/Mum/have a shower She/usually/have a shower at this time Myrelationship with my sister/get/better I/not believe/everything my brother/tell/me Read Jenny's comment about her own family Find six mistakes with verb tenses and correct them Use contractions (you're, etc) where you can You all have really interesting families! Masha, you a project on families too so | ; thought family There I'daretellfiveyou youof about usabout in ty my my family — my mi my ‘older vrei ie = ni younger sister, Lizzie My mum's ame on TV and works really knowing wih mài Í tm generally getting on very well with Lizzie and Alex, but they're always Playing tricks on me, and that’s very annoying! I've also got two sets of grandparents, and they often come to visit us In fact, Grandma Mollie and Grandpa Doug stay with us at the moment, which is nice I'm loving my family! | V9 Vocabulary builder i Adjectives to describe people Phrasal verbs with up L_ match the words in the box with the correct definitions selfish amusing » popular optimistic + sensitive » ambitious » modest » arrogant » considerate « pessimistic » generous Šie Phrasal verbs with up often have meanings connected to making things appear or things suddenly appearing Match the phrasal verbs in the box with the definitions Ifyouare makes up » turnsup thinksup s comesup » brings up › you want to be very successful › you think the future is going to lỨapêron ———_————_-ytieý ,youhavelotsoffriends be bad — — ———— —,peoplethinkyouare funny — other people ,youshare whatyou have with _, you get upset very easily ————————,youthink the future is going to be good — — 10 11 _— other people Ifaperson _astory, they create it Ifaperson a subject, they mention it in a conversation have a connection with temperature Complete the sentences with the words from the box you think you are better than I’m sure Nigel didn’t mean to be when he spoke to you this morning A lotof people think it is without calling first polite Nadine thinks she’s Dontbe ————— —lLetyour sister phay with you and your friends! fair Ithinkit’s very brother like that they have it before anyone else When wetalk about people, we sometimes use words or phrases that Mymumis toanyone Ifaperson _an idea, › you care about other peoples feelings Complete the sentences with the correct negative form of the word in bold Use in, un, im, dis, il or ir „it Magic metaphors Word formation: prefixes quite pretty Ifaproblem appears unexpectedly ,youonlycareaboutyourself › you don’t like to talk about your achievements arrive unexpectedly kind to visit , but I think she’s attractive honest of you to lie to your of being rude capable Jenny is in trouble after doing something Don't include any description relevant legal points in your warm » cool cold-hearted « icy » hot-tempered I thought John was very ———— whenhesaidhe didn’t care about people who don't have enough money My grandfather was a very ———————.kindmanwho would anything for anybody Our head teacher is quite ——————— andgets very angry about unimportant things Tonyisrealy ——_—— He doesn't let anything worry him When Lasked Mrs Brown how old she was, she didn’t answer me; she just gave mea(n)_————look instead! = £