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Pre-intermediate Philip Kerr
Straightforward
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Grammar
Vocabulary
1a
Family life p6
Questions with to be
Family & friends
1b
Where are they now? p8
Questions with auxiliary verbs
Verb collocations
Functional language
Pronunciation
1a
Contractions 1
1b
The alphabet
1c
(friendship)
1c
Neighbours p10
1d
Making contact p12
How & what questions
Phone numbers
1d
Phone messages
1 Language reference p14
2a
2b
School days p16
Irish schools p18
Past simple
Used to
Adjectives with
Regular past simple
prepositions
verbs
Education
Irregular past simple
2a
2b
verbs
2c
Red faces p20
2d
Which school? p22
Past continuous
2c
School facilities
Asking for information
2d
2 Language reference p24
3a
Flatmates p26
Countable & uncountable
House & home
/h/
3a
nouns with some, any & no
3b
Another country p28
Some, many & most
3c
3d
Home town p30
Quantifiers
Lost! p32
3b
Towns
Places in a town
Directions
To
3c
3d
Final -s
4a
3 Language reference p34
4a
Online dating p36
Present simple, frequency
adverbs & phrases
4b
Wedding bells p38
Present continuous,
Weddings
4b
stative verbs
4c
At the movies p40
4d
Going out p42
Relationship verbs
Prepositions of time
Telling stories
/I/ & /i…/
Invitations & suggestions
4c
4d
4 Language reference p44
5a
Tourist trail p46
5b
Planes p48
5c
A weekend break p50
5d
Holiday heaven p52
Future 1 (future plans)
Compound nouns
Air travel
Future 2 (will)
5a
Requests
Intonation
Hotels
5b
5c
Verb patterns
Silent letters
5d
Word stress 1
6a
6b
5 Language reference p54
6a
6b
Junk food p56
Modifiers
Food
Slow food p58
Comparatives
Adjectives (opposites)
6c
Coffee break p60
Superlatives
6d
Class meal p62
6c
Eating out
Making a reservation
In a restaurant
6 Language reference p64
2
Emphatic stress
6d
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Reading & Listening
Speaking
Writing
(in the Workbook)
1a
1b
R
L
L
Mother love
Talking about your family & friends
A description of a typical English family
Describing a typical family in your country
A conversation about an old photograph
Discussing friendship
A personal message
Communication activity: Friends Reunited
for a website
Did you know? Friends Reunited website
1c
R
Who would you like as a neighbour?
Talking about your neighbours
1d
R
L
Newspaper advertisements
Talking about different ways of making contact
Four phone messages
Roleplay: phone messages
L
Three people talk about their school days
Talking about your school days
Ranking famous people as good/bad neighbours
2a
Describing a favourite teacher
2b
R
Schools in Europe: The Republic of Ireland
Talking about schools in your town
A story 1
Comparing schools now & in the past
2c
R
Web page: an internet discussion group
Describing pictures
2d
L
Asking for information in a language school
Choosing a language school
Discussing ways parents & children can embarrass each other
Roleplay: asking for information
Did you know? The English language
3a
L
A conversation between two friends
Roleplay: solving problems in a shared flat
about where they live
3b
3c
3d
R
R
L
Scots abroad
Discussing emigration
A description of
Did you know? The United Kingdom
your town
Web page: www.livinginmontreal.com
Describing & comparing towns
Asking for directions in Newcastle
Comparing Newcastle to towns in your country
Roleplay: directions
4a
R
An internet dating agency advertisement
Discussing internet dating
4b
R
If you ask me ...
Describing a wedding
Discussing & choosing a dating agency advertisement
An email to a friend
Did you know? Wedding traditions
4c
L
A description of a film (You’ve Got Mail)
Inventing a film dialogue
4d
L
Two phone calls: arranging to go out
Describing an imaginary date with a famous person
Communication activity: retelling film stories
Discussing dating rules in your country
5a
R
The ruins of Machu Picchu
Talking about tourism in your country
Planning improvements in your town for tourists
5b
L
Three conversations at the airport
Describing a journey
An email to arrange
Roleplay: on a plane
a trip
5c
L
A radio programme about the worst hotel in Britain
5d
R
Web page: www.heavenholidays.com
Planning a trip for visitors around your country
6a
6b
R
R
L
R
Eating the Elvis Presley way
Planning a theme restaurant
Quiz: Are you a foodie?
Discussing a quiz
Describing the best/worst hotel you have stayed in
Did you know? Las Vegas hotels
6c
An interview about ‘slow food’
Coffee break
A review of a
Talking about your favourite drinks
restaurant
Did you know? Starbucks
6d
L
L
Two phone calls: making restaurant reservations
Talking about restaurants in your town
A conversation in a restaurant
Roleplay: in a restaurant
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Rising stars p66
7a
7b
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Grammar
Vocabulary
Present perfect simple
Work
Hard work p68
Functional language
Pronunciation
/œ/ & /ø/
Verb collocations
7a
7
(work)
7c
Job selection p70
Present perfect simple with
Adjectives & nouns
already & yet
(personality)
The recruitment
7d
Curriculum vitae
7c
Advice
agency p72
Email & website
7
addresses
7 Language reference p74
The futurological
8a
Predictions 1 (may, might & will)
Contractions 2
8a
Word stress 2
8
conference p76
Space tourists p78
8b
8c
Help! p80
8d
Great ideas p82
Predictions 2 (maybe,
Compound nouns
probably, certainly, etc)
with numbers
Computer actions
Present tense in future
Giving instructions
8c
Adjectives with infinitives
8
time clauses
8 Language reference p84
9a
What’s on p86
9b
9c
Reality TV p88
Passive
TV programmes
Oscars and
Passive with agent
Films
-ing & -ed adjectives
Diphthongs
9a
9
9c
raspberries p90
9d
Box office p92
At the box office
Dates
9
9 Language reference p94
10a
Animal lovers p96
Present perfect simple
10
with for & since
10b
Stress p98
Present perfect simple for
Collocations with get
10
unfinished time
10c
Marathon men p100
Present perfect simple with
Sport
/O…/
10
been & gone
10d
Doctor, doctor p102
Body & health
At the doctor’s
Sentence stress
10
Paraphrasing
/T/ & /D/
11
10 Language reference p104
11a
Things p106
Infinitive of purpose
Personal possessions
11b
Fashion victim p108
Modals of obligation
Clothes
11
(present time)
11c
Camden Market p110
Modals of obligation
11
(past time)
11d
At the mall p112
Fit, go with & suit
In a clothes shop
Word linking
11
/‰…/
12
11 Language reference p114
12a
Around the world p116
Prepositions of movement
Phrasal verbs
12b
Let’s dance p118
Relative clauses
Festivals
12c
Global English p120
12
Countries & languages
British & American
12
accents
12d
Global issues p122
Global issues
12 Language reference p124
Communication activities p126
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Tapescripts p133
Unit reviews p148
Agreeing & disagreeing
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Reading & Listening
Speaking
Writing
(in the Workbook)
7a
7b
L A radio programme about people who have met celebrities
R Life on the other side
Describing & guessing jobs
Talking about your experiences of work
Describing an imaginary life
A letter of application
Did you know? Salaries in the UK
7c
7d
R An article about horoscopes & work
R Horoscopes
L An interview in a recruitment agency
Deciding what qualities are needed for different jobs
Talking about finding a job in your town
Roleplay: careers advice
8a
R A conference programme
Talking about science fiction films
Giving a thirty-second talk
8b
L
A description of Star Quest, a TV game show
Deciding who is the best candidate for Star Quest
8c
L
A conversation about how to send an email
Talking about how you use computers
8d
L Descriptions of gadgets
R A great idea?
Discussing & choosing gadgets on a website
9a
L
Talking about entertainment in London & your town
9b
9c
R Reality TV – love it or leave it
R Oscars night
Planning a reality TV show
9d
L
Roleplay: at the box office
A note giving
instructions
Did you know? Computer games in the USA
A radio programme about entertainment in London
Did you know? Leisure activities in the UK
A review of a film
Talking about going to the cinema
Acting a scene from Titanic
Four people buy tickets on the phone
Describing a concert
10a
R The United States of animals
Talking about pets & animals
Communication activity: guessing animals
10b R
An article about stress
Discussing stressful jobs
A story 2
Ranking stressful experiences
10c
L
10d L
11a
L
11b R
A news report about the marathon runners,
Talking about how fit you are
Ranulph Fiennes & Mike Stroud
Did you know? Sport in Australia
Two doctors’ appointments
Roleplay: at the doctor’s
Two people talk about things they wanted when
Describing a favourite possession
they were younger
Communication activity: describing & guessing objects
Office worker flip flops out of job
Discussing clothes & appearance
A description of a
favourite possession
11c
R Home comforts
Giving a presentation on shopping in your town
Did you know? Shopping in London
11d L
12a
L
12b R
12c
A conversation in a shopping mall
Roleplay: in a clothes shop
A news report about the American adventurer,
Discussing famous explorers
Steve Fossett
Planning a ‘round the world’ trip
An email describing Trinidad carnival
Talking about festivals
An opinion
Describing a festival
composition
R English as an International Language – no problem, OK?
12d L
Four conversations at a party
Talking about the English language in your country
Discussing global issues
Did you know? Oxfam
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