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pportunities Education for life Students’ Book with Mini-Dictionary ýÏÏÝÏ“FƑÏ_ỆGặNGNEEENNNNNEENWNNNEWN CONTENTS Exam tasks and skills in the lessons are highlighted in blue ` Learning to Learn (p 6-8) | Grammar focus > sats focus oe lifestyles 1 Alternatives (p 10-11) Continuous 2 It’s A Dog's life (p 12-13) Warm-up (p 9) Vocabulary: adjectives about Vocabulary: routines; lifestyles Vocabulary: routines; multi-part verbs time to think Listening: people's lifestyles Grammar: Present Simple, Present Listening Strategies: prediction about photos Speaking: about lifestyles Reading: a magazine interview Function: Preferences (/iegotiating) Pronunciation: words/sounds that give you Speaking Strategies: describing and talking Nee nara ou 7a 4 His Or Hers? (p 18-19) 5 Life On Alpha (p 20-21) Warm-up (p 17; Vocabulary: housework; feelings Reading Strategies: prediction Listening: a radio programme Reading: a magazine article (matching questions and Vocabulary: homes; furniture Reading: dialogues Reading: adverts Grammar: Present Perfect(1) paragraphs) Speaking: about your home Pronunciation: irregular 3rd forms Vocabulary: common verbs: do, go, have, make Speaking: talking about routines MODULE 3 Heroes 7 Lifesavers (p 26-27) (matching 8 Campaigners (p 28-29) Warm-up (p 25, Reading: a newspaper story Vocabulary: campaigns; causes and issues; multi-part verbs Vocabulary: character and personality titles and paragraphs) Continuous Listening Strategies: true/false questions adjectives Grammar: Past Simple, Past Pronunciation: sentence stress Listening: character description Pronunciation: past forms Function: opinions (negotiating) (matching) Speaking; giving opinions; agreeing, disagreeing (negotiating) Speaking: about film characters M0DULE 4 Chattenge 10 Champions (p 34-35) 11 Nothing Is Impossible (p 36-37) Warm-up (p 33) Reading: a magazine article (matching topics and Vocabulary: jobs Vocabulary: opinion adjectives paragraphs) Speaking: about jobs and challenges Reading: a magazine article Reading Strategies: working out meaning Grammar: Present Perfect (2), Vocabulary: multi-part verbs; wordbuilding Past Simple Speaking: about recent events MODULE 5 Celebration> 13 Wacky Weddings (p 42-43) 14 Parties (p 44-45) Warm-up (p 41) bulary: weddings; school rules Vocabulary: celebrations Vocabulary: parties; multi-part verbs Listening Strategies: getting the Listening: dialogues (matching) Function: advice (giving information); congratulations general idea Reading: an internet page (matching Listening: a radio programme (true/false questions) Listening: celebrations (matching) Speaking: giving advice and congratulations Speaking: about your last celebration titles and paragraphs) Grammar: modal verbs: must, mustn't, ì have to, don’t have to, needn't, can, can’t Warm-up (p 49) + Vocabulary: food; food adjectives 16 Eating Out (p 50-51) 17 What's Cooking? (p 52-53) paragraphs; Reading: a restaurant guide (imatchina) Vocabulary: food; common verbs: get Speaking: about healthy diets Grammar: comparatives and superlatives Reading: a magazine article (matching titles and multiple-choice questions) Reading Strategies: multiple-choice questions MODULE 7 Money 19 Sad Millionaires (p 58-59) 20 Money Matters (p 60-61) Warm-up (p 57) Reading: a magazine article (true/false Vocabulary: shops and banks; adjectives for products; multi-part verbs Vocabulary: money verbs questions) Reading: a questionnaire Listening: people's attitudes towards Grammar: some, any, no; much, many, Listening: a radio programme (multiple-choice questions) Function: shopping (asking for and giving information) money (matching) a lot of; a little, a few Pronunciation: rising intonation (sounding polite) 22 Inventions (p 66-67) Speaking: roleplays MODULE 8 Gadgets Warm-up (p 65) Reading: quotations 23 Adverts (p 68-69) Vocabulary: gadgets and machines Listening: a radio interview Vocabulary: opinion adjectives; -ed, -ing adjectives Speaking: about gadgets Grammar: predictions: will and going to Reading: magazine adverts Pronunciation: short forms of will Reading Strategies: identifying facts and opinions Speaking: asking for information Communication Workshops, a Language Powerbook @ 37) Culture/Literature focus Vocabulary: lifestyle adjectives; multi-part verbs; wordbuilding 3 British Lifestyles (p 14-15) (Culture) Vocabulary: fractions; good friends and false friends Grammar: Present Simple and Present Continuous; time expressions and Reading: a magazine article (true/false questions) word order Comparing Cultures: lifestyles Listening: a song: The Streets of London’ by Function: expressing and describing preferences; describing routines Ralph McTell, Skills Corner: Reading - true/false 6 Communication Workshops (p 22-23) Vocabulary: homes; furniture/items found in homes; collocation © 8-12) Writing: a personal letter (informal linking) Grammar: Present Perfect; contrasting the Present Perfect and the Listening: a survey (inultiple-choice questions) Present Simple Speaking Strategies: groupwork Writing: linking: and, but, because; punctuation; a personal letter Speaking: doing a group survey Skills Corner: Speaking - photo description Pronunciation: intonation for questions Review: Present Simple, Present Continuous and Present Perfect Review Modutes 1 & 2 (o 24) Pronunciation: /n/and /¡n/ Vocabulary: describing character; collocation; wordbuilding © 13-17) 9 William Shakespeare - Hamlet (p 30-31) Grammar: Past Simple and Past Continuous (Literature) Function: expressing agreement and disagreement; expressing opinions Reading Strategies: sequencing Skills Corner: Writing - note/memo Reading and Listening: a story (sequencing; true/false questions) Vocabulary: wordbuilding Language Problem Solving 2 (p 32): Articles a/ an/ the and No article Vocabulary: jobs; multi-part verbs © 18-22) Ì œ 27-31) 12 Communication Workshops (p 38-39) Grammar: Present Perfect and Past Simple Writing: linking: suddenly, later; punctuation; an application form Listening: an interview Skills Corner: Listening - multiple choice Function: opinions (negotiating) Review: Past tenses: a, the or no article Speaking Strategies: preparing for discussions Speaking: a discussion about people you admire {Exam Zone (p 23-26): Use of English; Speaking; Reading; Listening SRE ns Se ores Maran (ame inher) Mà han Vocabulary: celebration; collocation; countries and government Review Modules 3 & 4 (p 40) Pronunciation: /9/, /ð/, /J/ and /(J/ Grammar: modal verbs: must, mustn't, have to, don’t have to, needn't, 15 Scotland (p 46-47) (Culture) can, can’t Reading: tourist information (true/false questions) Function: giving advice Comparing Cultures: celebrations Skill Corner: speaking roleplay (relating events) Listening: a song: ‘Auld Lang Syne’ by Robert Burns Language Problem Solving 3 (p 48): Adjectives Vocabulary: food; compound words; get + preposttions’ 9 32-36) 18 Communication Workshops (p 54-55) Grammar: comparatives and superlatives; (not) as as “@ x Writing: linking: before, first; punctuation; describing an event Writing: short email messages (listing questions) Skill Corner: Listening - matching Listening: party dialogues Review: modal verbs; comparatives and superlatives Function: requests (/iegotiating) Pronunciation: showing surprise, asking for repetition Vocabulary: money; multi-part verbs; words that mean the same © 37-41) Speaking: party dialogues Grammar: there is/there are; some, any, no; much, many, a lot of; a Review Modules 5 & 6 (p 56) Pronunciation: word stress little, a few Function: shopping and bargaining 21 John Steinbeck — The Pearl (p 62-63) Skills Corner: Speaking - photo description (Literature) Reading and Listening: a story (sequencing) Vocabulary: multi-part verbs Language Problem Solving 4 (p 64): all/none, both/neither, another, other, the othel, the second 24 Communication Workshops: (p 70-71) Vocabulary: gadgets and machines; -ed, -ing adjectives (p 42-46) Vocabulary: adjectives and adverbs Grammar: predictions: will and going to Writing: linking: also, too, either; punctuation; an announcement Listening Strategies: identifying factual mistakes Skills Corner: reading - multiple choice Listening: a radio advert Review: determiners; will and going to Writing: an advert (a short writing text) (addition) Exam Zone (p 47-50): Use of English; Speaking; Reading; Listening Speaking: sales talk and Writing Review Modules 7 & 8 (p 72) Pronunciation: sounds /œ/ and /e/ > Grammar focus | Skills focus MODULE 9 Communication 25 Mobile Fever (p 74-75) 26 The Box (p 76-77) adjectives Warm-up (p 73) Reading: a magazine article (identifying Vocabulary: TV programmes; opinion Listening: people communicating facts and opinions) Reading: a TV guide Vocabulary: multi-part verbs; Grammar: Zero and First Conditional Listening: a discussion programme communication Function: opinions (negotiating) Speaking: about TV and radio MODULE 10 The Web Warm-up (p 81) 28 Online (p 82-83) 29 Virtual Tourism (p 84-85) Vocabulary: the Internet Vocabulary: sources of information Reading: a web page (imatching topics and paragraphs) Reading: afactfile Reading: a questionnaire Reading Strategies: matching topics and paragraphs Speaking: about the Internet Grammar: Second Conditional Vocabulary: common verbs: do, make > ‘Speaking: about your ‘ideal’ future Speaking: asking for/ finding out information = | MODULE 11 The Sea 31 Round the World (p 90-91) 32 Going Overseas (p 92-93) Warm-up (p 89, Reading: a magazine article Vocabulary: reasons for emigrating; multi-part verbs Listening: sea sounds; description of Grammar: Present Perfect (3) Listening Strategies: listening for specific information leisure activities Listening: a radio interview; a dialogue Vocabulary: leisure activities; adjectives Function: reacting to/making suggestions (negotiating; obtaining/giving information) MODULE 12 Mountains 34 Winter Sports (p 98-99) 35 Everest (p 100-101) Warm-up (p 97) Vocabulary: winter sports Vocabulary: geography; expressions with Vocabulary: weather Reading: encyclopedia extracts prepositions/adverbs Listening: a description (matching headings and extracts) Reading: a magazine article (true/false questions) Speaking: about the weather Grammar: the Passive Speaking: asking for/ finding out information MODULE 13 Dance 37 Performance (p 106-107) 38 Cool Britannia (p 108-109) Warm-up (p 105) Listening: a radio interview Vocabulary: dances Grammar: future arrangements and Vocabulary: clubs Listening: dances; (matching) intentions Listening Strategies: multiple-choice questions Reading: a questionnaire Speaking: about going out socially Listening: a radio programme (multiple-choice questions) 40 In Concert (p 114-115) Pronunciation: unstressed words MODULE 14 Music Vocabulary: concerts Warm-up (p 173, Reading: a concert review (matching Function: asking for/giving/refusing permission; talking Vocabulary: musical instruments; titles and paragraphs) musical styles Grammar: question tags about permission Listening: musical extracts Pronunciation: intonation Speaking: about music | 43 A Street Scene (p 122-123) 41 Rap (p 116-117) MODULE 15 Pictures Reading: a museum brochure Vocabulary: urban problems; compound words Warm-up (p 121) Grammar: relative clauses Reading Strategies: completing gapped texts Vocabulary: paintings Speaking: about art Reading: a magazine article (completing texts with Listening: descriptions of paintings sentence gaps) (matching reasons and preferences) 46 Shelters (p 130-131) Speaking: talking about music Speaking: about paintings Vocabulary: survival Reading: a report 44 Photography (p 124-125) questions) M0DULE 16 Buitdings Grammar: reported requests and orders Vocabulary: photography; multi-part verbs Warm-up (p 129, Speaking: reporting events Listening: a radio interview, (multiple-choice Vocabulary: buildings and materials Function: describing scenes Listening: descriptions of buildings Pronunciation: stress for new information Speaking: describing buildings Speaking Strategies: talking about photos Speaking: about photos Ỉ 47 Dream Houses (p 132-133) Vocabulary: houses; American and British words; position Reading: book extract: The House on Mango Street’ by Sandra Cisneros Reading Strategies: self-assessment Speaking: asking for/finding out information Student Activities (p 137) Writing Help (p 138-141) Grammar Summary (p 142-144) Communication Workshops, HÀ Language Powerbook (p 51-55) Culture/Literature focus 27 Radio Days (p 78-79) Vocabulary: communication; multi-part verbs; wordbuilding Reading: a magazine article (Culture) Grammar: subject/object/possessive pronouns; possessive adjectives; Zero Comparing Cultures: radio listening habits and First Conditional Listening: a song: ‘Radio Ga Ga’ by Queen Function: showing agreement/disagreement; giving an example Skills Comer: Reading - matching Language Problem Solving 5 (p 80): Adverbs Vocabulary: the web; collocations with make and do (p 56-60) Grammar: First and Second Conditional 30 Communication Workshops (p 86-87) Writing: linking: as well as, also, too; punctuation; describing a city Writing: an internet page (addition) Skills Corner: Writing (formal letter) Listening: phone calls (‘rie/‘alse cuestions) Review: Zero, First and Second Conditional; adverbs Function: telephoning Speaking Strategies: telephoning Vocabulary: water activities; adjectives; wordbuilding (p 61-65) Speaking: making phone calls and taking messages Grammar: too+adjective; not+adjective+enough; Present Perfect (with Review Modules 9 & 10 (2 88) Pronuầciation: the sound /r/ for and since); Present Perfect and Present Simple Function: making suggestions 33 Edgar Allen Poe - The Maelstrom (p 94-95) (Literature) Skills Corner: Reading - matching Reading and Listening: a story (sequencing) Vocabulary: worcbuilding Language Problem Solving 6 (p 96): Present Perfect, Present Simple Vocabulary: weather; multi-part words; wordbuilding; mountains (p 66-70) and Past Simple Grammar: The Passive (p 75-79) 36 Communication Workshops (p 102-103) Writing: linking with time words; punctuation; editing a letter Writing: a formal letter of enquiry (listing) Skills Corner: Writing - short text (Email) Review: Present Perfect, Past Simple and Present Simple; the Passive Reading: brochure extracts Exam Zone (p 71-74): Use of English; Speaking; Reading; Listening Listening: a dialogue (‘ruc /false questions) and writing Function: requests (obtaining/giving information) Vocabulary: dances; adverbs; compound words; music Grammar: question words; Present Continuous for personal Speaking: 2 foleplay arrangements; be + going to for intentions; Present Simple for fixed Review Modules 11 & 12 (p 104)Eu) arrangements Pronunciation: sounds /a:/, Function: asking for, giving and refusing permission 39 Ireland (p 110-111) (Culture) Skills Corner: Speaking- photo description Reading: a magazine article (matching titles and patagraphs; true/false questions) Vocabulary: multi-part verbs Comparing Cultures: music and dance Listening: a song: ‘Don’t Say You Love Me’ by The Corrs Language Problem Solving 7 (p 112): Time clauses Vocabulary: musical instruments and styles; compound words (p 80-84) | Grammar: question tags ae Communication Workshops (p 118-119) Writing: linking words: although, however, but; punctuation: commas; riting: a letter to a magazine (contrast linkers) correct spellings; an email Skills Corner: Reading - matching nen a class presentation Review: Present Simple and be + going to; question tags Function: a class presentation Vocabulary: painting; multi-part verbs; words that mean the same; (p 85-89) Speaking Strategies: giving a class presentation opposites Grammar: relative clauses; relative pronouns: who, that, which, where, Speaking: a class presentation whose Review Modules 13 & 14 (p.120) Pronunciation: sounds /d/ and /t/ Function: describing scenes and pictures Skills Comer: Listening - true/false 45 Oscar Wilde — The Picture of Dorian Gray (p 126-127) (Literature) Reading and Listening: a story (true/false questions; multiple-choice questions) Vocabulary: multi-part verbs Language Problem Solving 8 (p 128): Prepositions Vocabulary: architecture; things found in homes; American English (p 90-94) 48 Communication Workshops (p 134-135) Grammar: reported requests and orders spelling; an email Listening: a tour guide Writing: linking: reason and result; punctuation; statements Skills Corner: Speaking - roleplay Writing: describing a house (linking so that) Review: relative pronouns; prepositions; reported Reading: museum brochure extracts Speaking: a discussion based on photos Exam Zone (p 95-98): Use of English; Speaking; Reading; Listening Speaking Strategies: expressing yourself fluently and writing Review Modules 15 & 16 (p 136) Pronunciation: sounds /1/ and /i:/ Progress Tests (p 99-106) Wordbank (p 107-114) Mini Grammar (p 115-128) A Starting Off 3 Match the module titles with the topics Example 1-c 1 Read the questionnaire and think about your Look through the book Which module interests you answers most? What Kind of learner 4 Look through the book again Match the are your features (1-5) with the descriptions (a-e) acy on ace ƠI 0 Nà 1 How do you like learning Language Problem Solving in class? Review Working alone Writing Help Working with a partner Grammar Summary Working in groups Mini-dictionary a guide for writing tasks N Do you feel nervous when a short grammar reference you speak English in class? a dictionary with important words from the o o No, | am always relaxed lessons Sometimes, when | speak in a focus on difficult grammar areas front of the whole class revision of language from two modules c Yes, | always feel nervous 5 In pairs, test your partner about this book Example Who is in the photos on page 34? w What helps you to remember 1 /2//0 a (films and stories, real heroes) words and phrases? 2 tomes b (restaurants, food trends) ocm When | see them When | hear them 3 Heroes ¢ (lifestyles, pets, life in the UK) When | see pictures of them 4 Challeros d (mobile phones, TV, radio) 5 Celestion e (dancing, nightclubs) x How often do you think 6 Food f (houses, housework, life in space) about grammar? 7 Money g (jobs, sports, disabilities) 0 ơo Only when | do grammar 8 Gadgets h (architecture, survival, dream houses) exercises reading or 9 Communiction 4 (machines, inventions, adverts) When | am when | am 10 The Ned j (weddings, parties, festivals) writing 11 The bea k (winter sports, Everest, holidays) Sometimes 12 Mountaine l (paintings, photography) speaking 13 Dance m (surfing the Internet) 14 Magic n (millionaires, banks and shops) 2 Work in pairs Tell your partner about 15 Z2/02# 0 (sailing, emigration) yourself 16 Buildings p (styles, concerts, rap) Example I like working in groups And you? B Words 2 Read the text List new words that: 1 you didrt have to understand to 1 Read the Strategies answer the questions Reading StratUsineg tghe iMine i-discti:onary = 2 you guessed the meaning of © Try to guess the meaning of new words first © Don’t look up all the new words - only those you need to correctly answer the questions 3 you had to look up in your Before you look up a word, decide if it is a noun, a verb, an adjective, etc Look for that part of speech in the dictionary Mini-dictionary If there is more than one definition, use the context to help Then match the underlined words in you decide ; the text with these definitions Finally, check that the definition fits with the use of the word in the text like preposition a in a similar way to something or Language Si, § ~ Some animals, (1) like dolphins or bees, have ways of communicating, but only humans (2) like someone using language for fun Some chimpanzees have ae b for example «2 , learnt sign language but they can only copy ® 3 like verb ee ; language - they don’t really communicate § ¢ to find someone or something Human language probably started between ”“ - pleasant 40,000 and 50,000 years ago when people started to live and hunt together However, those people 3 Now answer these questions about didn’t speak very well - they could only use the text.upwnr their voices (3) like small babies km 1 Give two examples of animals that q Today, we know about 4,000-5,000 7 z *®Z2-— can communicate with each other uM in the world But there are probably 2 Why are humans different? languages we haverft discovered yet How do chimpanzees use language? more that # When did language begin? How many languages are there in the world? 4 Write down new words from these two pages (in your vocabulary book or on cards) Include this information: spelling hunt part of speech verb definition to catch and kill animals example They hunted animals for food Remember to use the Mini-dictionary ‘in every English lesson LLG C Grammar 4 Look at these ways of organising grammar notes Choose a grammar area from Exercise 2 1 Complete the sentences with these words, and organise your own notes 00 nà ow a learning, can, I, important, use, went 1 Tables I a dictionary when I read English texts Present Simple: to London last year Vocabulary books very useful 1/You/We/ They live wa small flat We English at the moment lives | Pe fee He/she (It) always write down new words NEI eee 6 My father speak English quite well 2 Lists 2 Match the grammar words in the box with the Tereguar veros: linfinitive/past) words in Exercise 1 seelsaw awelaave adjective, modal verb, Past Simple, personal pronoun, Present Continuous, Present Simple, 3 Timelines the verb to be 3 How well can you use the grammar in the box (Past Simple) above? Use the box to give your answers T arrived on Tuesday Example adjectives - ** (I can use them, but I NOW sometimes make mistakes.) PAST % AAA^XXA^*^xr—UTURE Tam staying on the coast (Present Continuous) *** T can always use this structure with no 4 Examples with translations mistakes I carmot understand German ** Tan use it but I sometimes make mistakes Non Capisco il tedesco * T can’t use it very well I can understand English Capisco l’inglese (Í@@Wg@P - © read a magazine interview and an article listen to a TV programme and a song # © describe and talk about photos and lifestyles; A practise expressing preferences © read magazine articles © learn more about present tenses and -ing forms Look at the photos What kind of 7 lifestyle (occupation, free-time Ẳ activities, etc.) do you think Kelly and Matt have? Use the Key Words and the Mini-dictionary to help you ple I think Matt's life is very busy KEY WORDS: +2 -_ * active, bofinq, busy,“creative, dangerous, energetic, exciting, interesting, peaceful, relaxing, stressful, tiring 2 Listen to Kelly and Matt Copy an complete the table with these words ambulance driver, Australia, climbing, collecting tickets, diving, jogging, London, going to football matches, playing chess, surfing the Net, university student, watching TV From Matt Were your guesses in Exercise 1 correct? > Work in pairs Use the Key Words to talk about Kelly and Matt's lifestyles ‘ample ¡ Kelly's lifestyle is dangerous because Yes, but it’s very + Imagine the lifestyle of your dreams Write five sentences about it e I'm a rock guitarist I have a very beinit lifestyle I travel all over the world 2 Work in pairs Ask your partner about his/her dream lifestyle #1 í I lternnfives Before you start 1 What kinds of things do you do every day? Use the Key Words and the Mini-dictionary to help you KEY WORDS: Shy buy food, do the haiework: get up early, go to bed late, go to school/work, have breakfast, have a shower, play music, travel by bus/car, visit my friends, wash my hair, watch TV, phone/text my friends wn -2 Read the interview with the eco-protester Life In The Trees I'm in the eco: protesters’ ‘camp in Burnham Answer these questions Give reasons Wood It’s starting to rain Most of the Do you agree with the eco-protest? protesters aren’t working; they’re sitting Would you like to live in the eco-camp? How is your life different from the life of the around a wood fi Danny, the leader of the eco-protesters? 5 ‘protest, is Cutting some wood but he agrees Presentation to answer some questions 3 Complete the sentences about the eco-protesters, What are you doing here in the wood? using the Present Simple and the Present Continuous Well, we're not on holiday! We belong to a Use the Grammmar Summary, page 142 to help you protest group and this is the camp’s second 10 year The council want to build Kixury houses PRESENT SIMPLE here and we're trying to stop them This 1 Danny to a protest group wood is a thousand years old and it has 2 They a big meal in the evenings important wildlife 3 ‘ _ Danny eat meat?” ‘No, he i 4 4’ they like living in the camp?’ ‘Yes, they 4 Do you like life in the camp? > 5 Danny go to bed late 15 It's not easy But we like it because we're 4 6 They watch TV! : lose to nature We get up early and we're Present CONTINUOUS “ always busy We do the ‘housework’ and 7 Danny building a treehouse 8 They _ sitting around a fire different jobs in the camp We sleep in the oO” it getting cold at night?’ ‘Yes, it _! treehouses “ 10 ‘ _ they getting ready for summer?’ ‘No, they _/ 11 Danny _ asking questions 20 Are you getting ready for the winter? 12 They building boats Yes, at the moment I'm building a new treehouse It’s getting cold at night up in the trees and I hate that! 4 List three things that the protesters do every day 6 Find sentences 1 and 2 below in the text and three things they don’t do What tense does What tense is used? Which meaning, a or b, is Danny use to talk about them? correct? 5 Match the sentences (1,2) to the rules (a,b) = on om ¬ He is cutting some wood Find more examples in the text for each use He has an axe in his hand right now 1 We sleep in the treehouses He cuts wood a lot 2 We like it because we're close to nature At the moment, I’m building a new treehouse The Present Simple describes: 3 I’m busy with the treehouse right now, while a an activity we do regularly (e.g every day) we're talking most days this b a present state, a feeling or an opinion I’m busy with the treehouse month 10