LIST OF LESSONS AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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1. Elementary
Lesson
1 What's your name?
Introducing yourself
Grammar and functions
Present simple (1): to be
Asking and saying who
people are and where
they are from
2 This is Bruno and
Maria
Jobs and nationalities
Present simple (2): to be
Possessive adjectives
Articles (I): a/an
3 Questions,
questions
Personal information
Questions
Negatives
Short answers
4 How many students
are there?
A brochure for a
language school
There is/are
Plurals (1): regular
Position of adjectives
5 Where's my pen?
Personal possessions
Has/have got
Prepositions of place (1)
Progress Check
lessons 1-5
Revision
6 Families
Family relationships
Possessive 's and s'
Plurals (2): regular and
irregular
7 What's the time?
Present simple (3): for
Customs around the
customs and routines
world at different times of Prepositions of time (1)
day
8 Home
Some and any (1)
The home of a family in
Prepositions of place (2)
Russia
Vocabulary
Countries
Skills and sounds
Reading: reading for main ideas
Listening: listening for main ideas
Sounds: syllable stress
Speaking: asking and saying who you are and where
you are from
Jobs
Sounds: syllable stress
Reading: reading for main ideas
Writing: writing a description saying who people are,
where they come from and what their job is
Forms giving
Listening: listening for specific information
personal information
Speaking: using a model dialogue for guided speaking
Writing: completing a form; joining two pieces of
information with and
Numbers
Sounds: pronunciation of numbers
Classroom
Reading: reading for specific information
vocabulary
Speaking: talking about your ideal school
Adjectives to describe Writing: writing a brochure for your ideal school
people or things
Personal possessions Listening: listening for context; listening for specific
information
Sounds: pronunciation of the alphabet
Speaking: talking about personal possessions
Organising new
vocabulary
Expressions to use
when you don't
understand
Members of the
family
Times of day
Rooms
Furniture
Parts of the house
Sounds: long and short /i/; syllable stress
Reading: reading for main ideas
Writing: punctuation of sentences
Sounds: weak syllables /a/
Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas; inferring
Speaking: talking about your family
Speaking: telling the time
Reading: reading for main ideas
Listening: listening for specific information
Writing: writing an informal letter
Sounds: syllable stress
Reading: reading for specific information
Listening: predicting; listening for specific information
Writing: completing a chart about different homes
Reading: reading for specific information
Sounds: third person singular present simple
Listening: listening for specific information
Speaking: talking about ways of relaxing in your free
time
9 How do you relax?
Different ways of
relaxing
Present simple f4): for
habits and routines
Wh- questions
Third person singular
(he/she/it)
Hobbies
10 Do you like jazz?
Different kinds of
entertainment
Pronouns
Present simple (5):
talking about likes and
dislikes
Entertainment and
recreation
Reading: reading for main ideas; reading for specific
information
Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information
Sounds: interested intonation in sentences
Writing: writing an advert for a penfriend
Progress check
lessons 6-10
Revision
Parts of speech
Noting down new
vocabulary
Features of a
dictionary
Sounds: /a/; /s/ and /z/; polite intonation
Reading: reading for main ideas
Speaking: talking about lifestyles in Britain and in your
country
Lesson
11 A day in my life
A day in the life of a TV
presenter
Grammar and functions
Present simple (6):
saying how often you do
things
Prepositions of time (2)
Vocabulary
Everyday actions
Skills and sounds
Reading: reading fox main ideas; understanding text
organisation
Speaking: talking about your typical day
Listening: listening for specific information
Writing: writing about a typical day in your life using
then, after, that and and
12 How do you get to
work?
Different means of
transport
Articles (2): a/an, the and
no article
Talking about travel
Means of transport
Adjectives and their
opposites
Reading: reading for main ideas; reading for
13 Can you swim?
Talking about what
people can and can't do
Can and can't
Questions and short
answers
Sills and abilities
Reading: reading and answering a questionnaire
information
Sounds: /da/ and /c i:/
Speaking: talking about how to get to work/school
Writing: writing a paragraph on how to get to
work/school
Sounds: strong and weak forms of can
Listening: listening for specific information; listening for
context
14 How do I get to
Queen Street?
Finding your way around
a town
Prepositions of place (3)
Asking for and giving
directions
15 What's happening?
Describing actions taking
place at the moment
Present continuous
Progress check
lessons 11-15
Revision
16 Who was your first
friend?
Talking about childhood
Past simple (1): be
17 How about some
oranges?
Typical food at different
meals
Some and any (2)
Countable and
uncountable nouns
Making suggestions
18 I was born in
England
Biographies of Sting and
Whitney Houston
Past simple (2): regular
verbs
Have
19 What's he like?
Talking about
appearance
Describing people (1)
Speaking: talking about personal abilities
Listening: listening for specific information; listening for
main ideas
Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas; reading for
specific information
Speaking: talking about shopping in Britain and your
country
Compass points
Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific
Adjectives to describe information
places
Sounds: stressed words
Speaking: talking about cities around the world
Writing: writing a postcard to a friend
International words
Sounds: / / and /e/; /a:/; /ar/ and /s/; syllable stress;
Words from other
stressed words
languages
Writing: writing addresses
Words and
Speaking: asking for and giving addresses
expressions used in
everyday situations
Adjectives to describe Speaking: talking about childhood
character
character
Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information
Sounds: strong and weak forms of was
Writing: writing true and false statements about your
childhood
Items of food and
Listening: listening for specific information; listening for
drink
main ideas
Sounds: /s/ and /z/ in plural nouns; /an/ in noun
expressions with and
Speaking: talking about eating conventions in Britain
and your country
Words connected
Reading: predicting; reading for specific information
with the music
Sounds: past simple endings: /t/, /d/ and /td/
business
Listening: predicting; listening for specific information
Important life events
Speaking: talking about the life of a famous person
Adjectives to describe Writing: writing a letter giving a personal description
people's appearance
Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific
Physical features
Speaking: talking about typical appearance
Shops and town
facilities
Lesson
20 A grand tour
Visiting cities in Europe
Grammar and functions
Past simple (3): irregular
verbs
Yes/no questions and
short answers
Progress check
lessons 15-20
Revision
21 Mystery
An extract from an article
about Agatha Christie
Vocabulary
Verbs connected with
tourism
Irregular verbs
Word association
Word charts
Words formed from
other parts of speech
Past simple (4): negatives New words from a
passage about
Wh- questions
Agatha Christie
22 Dates
Special occasions and
important dates
Past simple (5)
Expressions of time
Ordinal numbers
Pates, months of the
year
23 What's she
wearing?
Clothes and fashion
Describing people (2)
Present continuous or
present simple
24 I'm going to save
money
Talking about resolutions
and future plans
Going to
Because and so
Items of clothing and
accessories
Colours
Actions of the face,
hand and body
New verbs from this
lesson
25 Eating out
Eating in different kinds
of restaurants
Would like
Talking about prices
Food items
Progress check
Lessons 21-25
Revision
26 Can I help you?
Shopping
Reflexive pronouns
Saying what you want to
buy
Giving opinions
Making decisions
Whose
Possessive pronouns
Describing objects
Techniques for
dealing with difficult
words
Word puzzle
Items of shopping
27 Whose bag is this?
Describing objects and
giving information
Skills and sounds
Sounds: pronunciation of some European cities and
countries
Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information
Speaking; talking about a holiday
Sounds: / :/, /3/ and /o/; silent letter patterns;
interested intonation in sentences; syllable stress
Speaking: playing a game called Twenty Questions
Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas; reading for
specific information
Sounds: weak stress of auxiliary verbs
Writing: writing a short autobiography
Speaking: talking about your life
Sounds: pronunciation of ordinal numbers and dates
Listening: listening for main ideas; understanding text
organisation
Speaking: talking about your answers to a quiz
Listening: listening for specific information
Reading: reading and answering a questionnaire
Speaking: discussing your answers to the
questionnaire
Reading: predicting, reading for main ideas
Listening: predicting, listening for main ideas
Writing: writing resolutions; joining sentences with
because and so
Listening: predicting, listening for specific information
Sounds: pronunciation of like and 'd like
Reading: reading for specific information
Speaking: talking about eating out in your country
Sounds: words with the same pronunciation but
different spelling; /Ť/ and /u:/; syllable stress; polite
intonation
Writing: preparing a quiz
Listening: listening for specific information; listening for
main ideas
Sounds: polite and friendly intonation
Speaking: talking about shopping habits
Adjectives to describe Speaking: acting out a conversation in a Lost Property
objects
office
Materials
Sounds: polite and friendly intonation
Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific
28 What's the matter?
Minor illnesses
Healthcare in Britain
Asking and saying how
you feel
Sympathising
Should, shouldn't
Adjectives to describe
how you feel
Nouns for illnesses
Parts of the body
Making comparisons (1):
comparative and
superlative forms of short
adjectives
Adjectives to describe
countries
Measurements
information
Listening: listening for main ideas
Reading: reading for specific information; dealing with
unfamiliar words
Writing: writing an advice leaflet about healthcare for
visitors in your country
29 Country factfile
Facts about Thailand,
United Kingdom and
Sweden
Lesson
30 Olympic spirit
Olympic records
Progress check
Lessons 26-30
Grammar and functions
Making comparisons (2):
comparative and
superlative forms of
longer adjectives
Revision
Vocabulary
Sports
Adjectives to describe
sports
Skills and sounds
Listening: listening for main ideas
Speaking: talking about Olympic sports
Reading: understanding text organisation
Adjectives and
opposites
Sounds: words which rhyme; /ei/ and /ˆŠ/; stress
patterns
Listening: listening for main ideas
Reading: reading for main ideas
Speaking: talking about rules and customs in different
countries
Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information
Sounds: pronunciation of must and mustn't
Writing: writing advice and rules
Reading: reading for main ideas
Sounds: strong and weak forms of have and haven't
Writing: writing a postcard; writing about your
experiences
Listening: listening for specific information
Speaking: acting out a conversation about good and
bad luck
31 When in Rome, do
as the Romans do
Customs and rules in
different countries
Needn't, can, must,
mustn't
New words from this
lesson
32 Have you ever been
to London?
Travel experiences
Present perfect (1):
talking about experiences
New words from this
lesson
33 What's happened?
Talking about good and
bad luck
Present perfect (2):
talking about recent
events
Just and yet
Imperatives
Infinitive of purpose
Adverbs and their
opposites
Adverbs
Adverbs and their
opposites
Progress check
Lessons 31-35
Revision
Collocation
36 I'll go by train
Travel by train and plane
Future simple (1): (will)
for decisions
Features of an airport
and station
37 What will it be like in
the future?
Talking about the future
38 Hamlet was written
by Shakespeare
World facts
Future simple (2): (will)
for predictions
Nouns and adjectives
for the weather
Listening: listening for specific information
Active and passive
Verbs used for
passive
Reading: reading and answering a quiz
Listening: listening for specific information
39 She said it wasn't far
Staying in a youth hostel
Reported speech:
statements
Items connected with
travel
Writing: writing a quiz for your country
Reading: reading for main ideas
Listening: listening for specific information
40 Dear Jan ... Love
Ruth
A short story by Nick
McIver
Progress check
Lessons 36-40
Tense review
New words from this
lesson
Writing: writing a letter of complaint
Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas
Listening: listening for specific information
34 Planning a perfect
day
Favourite outings
35 She sings well
Schooldays
Words connected
with outings
Speaking: talking about a perfect day
Reading: reading for main ideas
Writing: writing advice for planning the perfect day out
Sounds: identifying attitude and mood
Reading: reading for main ideas; reading for specific
information
Listening: listening for main ideas
Speaking: talking about achievement at school
Sounds: words with the same vowel sound; / Ť/ and
/‚Š/; words stress and a change of meaning
Reading: reading for specific information
Writing: focusing on unnecessary words
Listening: listening for specific information
Reading: reading for specific information
Reading: predicting; reading for specific information
Writing: writing a different ending to the story
Revision
Prepositions
Word association
Sounds: /‚/ and /‚Š/; syllable stress
Speaking: playing Reward Snakes and Ladders
2. Pre–intermediate
Lesson
1 Welcome!
Hospitality customs in
different countries
Grammar and functions
Present simple (1) for
customs and habits
Questions
Adverbs of frequency
Vocabulary
Hospitality: verbs
2 A day in the life of the
USA
Typical daily routines
Present simple (2) for
routines: third person
singular
Expressions of time
Routine activities
Meals
Times of the day
Matching verbs and
nouns
3 Home rules
Different ideas of 'home'
in different cultures
Articles
Plurals
4 First Impressions
Impressions of Britain
and the USA
Verb patterns (1): -ing
form verbs
Talking about likes and
and dislikes
Present simple and
present continuous
Types of housing
Rooms
Furniture and
equipment
Positive and negative
adjectives
Matching nouns and
adjectives
Words for everyday
transactions, such as
shopping
Identyfing verbs and
nouns; grouping
words according to
subject
Words with more than
one part of speech
Choosing useful
words
Starting a Wordbank
5 Take a closer look
Describing a situation
Progress check
Lessons 1-5
Revision
6 Surprising behaviour
An extract from The
Kingdom by the Sea, by
Paul Theroux
Past simple (1): regular
and irregular verbs
7 The world's first
package tours
The life of Thomas Cook
8 Something went wrong
Travel situations when
something went wrong
New words from a
passage by Paul
Theroux
Adjectives and nouns
which go together
Past simple (2): questions Travel and tourism
Nouns, adjectives
and short answers
and verbs which go
together
Expressions of past time
Journeys by train,
So, because
boat and plane
Hotel accommodation
9 Family life
Portrait of a French
family; typical families
from different countries
Possessive 's
Possessive adjectives
10 The town where I live
Venice; talking about the
advantages and
disadvantages of life in
your home town
Have got
Skills and sounds
Listening: listening for main ideas
Speaking: talking about suitable questions to ask
people
Reading: reading for main ideas
Writing: writing simple sentences with adverbs of
frequency
Reading: reading for main ideas
Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information
Sounds: third person singular present simple endings:
/s/,
/z/, /Šz/
Writing: writing connected sentences about daily
routines using and and then
Reading: reacting to a passage and comparing
information in a passage with personal opinion
Speaking: talking about typical homes and ideas of
'home'
Reading: reading for main ideas; inferring
Sounds: strong intonation for likes and dislikes
Speaking: talking about likes and dislikes
Speaking: talking about people's lifestyles; describing a
situation
Sounds: /n/ and / /
Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for context
Sounds: third person singular present simple endings:
/s/, /z/, /Šz/; /Š/ and /Š:/; interested intonation
Speaking: talking about customs and traditions of
hospitality
Writing: punctuation of sentences; writing about
customs of hospitality
Reading: reading for main ideas; inferring
Sounds: past simple endings: /t/, /d/, /Šd/
Speaking: talking about surprising behaviour
Reading: reading for main ideas; reading for specific
information
Speaking: talking about important events in Thomas
Cook's life; talking about experiences as a tourist
Listening: predicting, listening for specific information
Speaking: talking about a situation where something
went wrong
Writing: writing a story about something that went
wrong using and, but and because
Members of the
Listening: listening for specific information
Sounds: weak syllables /ˆ/; contrastive stress
family
Reading: reading for main ideas
Speaking: giving general and/or specific information
about families in your country
Town features and
Listening: listening for specific information; listening for
facilities
main ideas
Adjectives to describe Writing: writing a description of the town where you live
towns
using and and but
Lesson
Progress check
Lessons 6-10
Grammar and functions
Revision
11 How ambitious are
you?
Talking about ambitions
Verbs patterns (2): to +
infinitive; going to for
intentions, would like to
for ambitions
Will for predictions
12 English in the future
The role of English
language in the future of
your country
13 Foreign travels
Planning a trip to South
America
14 In Dublin's fair city
Finding your way around
town
15 An apple a day
Typical meals in different
countries
Progress check
Lessons 11-15
16 What's on?
Typical entertainment in
different countries
17 Famous people
Describing faces
18 Average age
Personal qualities at
different age
19 Dressing up
Typical clothes in
different countries
20 Memorable journeys
A car journey across the
USA
Progress check
Lessons 16-20
Going to for plans and will
for decisions
Expressions of future
time
Prepositions of place
Asking for and giving
directions
Vocabulary
Word chains
Compound nouns
Categorising
vocabulary
Ambitions
Verbs and nouns
which go together
Skills and sounds
Sounds: syllable stress in words; /—/ and /‰/; /„/ and
/ Ť/; friendly intonation
Writing: predicting a story from questions
Speaking: talking about past events; families
Reading: reading and answering a questionnaire
Writing: writing a paragraph describing your ambitions
using because and so
Jobs
School subjects
Listening: listening for main ideas
Sounds: syllable stress in words; /e/ and /eŠ/
Speaking: talking about the future of English
Writing: writing a paragraph about what people think
about the future of English
Listening: listening for specific information
Speaking: plannig a trip
Equipment for
travellers
Town features
Reading: reacting to a passage
Adjectives to describe Listening: listening for specific information
Sounds: /‹:/, /˜/ and /‡/
bars
Speaking: giving directions around town
Expressions of quantity
Food and drink
Listening: listening for specific information
(1): countable and
Meals
Speaking: talking about typical meals and food in
uncountable nouns, some
different countries
and any, much and many
Sounds: weak syllables /ˆ/; /t…/ and /…/; contrastive
Revision
Word maps
Nouns from verbs
stress; polite intonation in questions
and nouns from other Speaking: planning a lunch party for friends
nouns
Noun suffixes for jobs
Prepositions of time and
Types and places of
Listening: listening for specific information
place
entertainment and
Speaking: talking about typical entertainment
Making invitations and
related words
Writing: writing and replying to invitations
suggestions
Describing appearance
Words to describe
Listening: listening for main ideas
Speaking: describing people
and character: look like,
height, age, looks,
be like
build and character
Writing: writing a letter describing your appearance
Making comparison (1):
Adjectives of
Reading: reacting to a passage and comparing
comparative and
character
information in a passage with your own experience
superlative adjectives
Speaking: talking about exceptional people
Writing: writing sentences describing exceptional
people
Making comparisons (2): Clothes
Reading: reading for specific information
Sounds: weak syllables /ˆ/ and /Š/; weak forms /—ˆn/,
more than, less than, as
Colours
/ˆz/ and /frˆm/; stress for disagreement
... as
Personal categories
for organising new
Listening: listening for main ideas
vocabulary
Speaking: talking about clothing
Talking about journey
Numbers
Listening: listening for specific information
time, distance, speed and Words to describe a
Sounds: syllable stress in numbers
prices
long-distance journey Speaking: talking about a memorable journey
by car
Sounds: /Ť/ and /u:/; /d /; polite and friendly intonation
Revision
International words
Adjective suffixes
Speaking: mutual dictation
Male and female
Writing: mutual dictation to recreate a story
words
Lesson
21 How are you
keeping?
Your body and your
health
22 What's new with you?
Talking about changes in
your life
Grammar and functions Vocabulary
Present perfect simple (1) Parts of the body
for experiences
Skills and sounds
Reading: reading and answering a questionnaire
Speaking: talking about experiences
Present perfect simple (2) Political and social
for past actions with
conditions
present results
23 It's a holiday
Important national or
local events and festivals
Present perfect simple
(3): for and since
Words to describe
important events and
festivals
24 Divided by a common
language
A comparison of British
and American English
Defining relative clause:
who, which/that and
where
American words with
different meanings in
British English
25 What's it called in
English?
Describing objects
Describing things when
you don't know the word
Progress check
Lessons 21-25
Revision
26 Safety first
Safety instructions and
rules
Modal verbs
Must for obligations;
mustn't for prohibition
Adjectives for shape,
material, size etc.
Words to describe
something if you don't
know the English
word
Everyday objects
Verbs from nouns
and nouns from verbs
Noun suffixes
Meanings of get
Words to describe
situations where
safety instructions
apply: on a
motorway, in a train,
at the border, in the
street
New words from a
story The Skylight
Listening: predicting; listening for specific information
Sounds: linking of /v/ and /s/ endings before certain
verbs
Writing: writing a letter describing recent changes in
your life
Listening: listening for specific information
Sounds: weak form /fˆ/
Writing: writing a paragraph describing an important
national occasion
Speaking: talking about useful types of English
Reading: inferring
Sounds: comparing American and British standard
pronunciation; difference in specific phonemes
Listening: listening for specific information
Listening: listening for main ideas
Sounds: consonant clusters; word linking in sentences
Speaking: describing everyday objects
27 The Skylight
Can, could (1) for ability
A short story by Penelope
Mortimer
28 Breaking the rules?
Rules and customs in
everyday situations in
different countries
Can, can't (2) for
permission and
prohibition
Words to describe
rules in everyday
situations
29 Warning: flying is bad
for your health
Advice on staying healthy
30 Doing things the right
way
Behaviour and manners
in different social
situations
Progress check
Lessons 26-30
Should and shouldn't for
advice
Medical complaints
Parts of body
Asking for permission
Asking people to do
things
Offering
Words from a
questionnaire about
behaviour in social
situations
Revision
Adjectives and nouns
which go together
Words with more than
one meaning and part
of speech
Techniques for
dealing with words
you don't understand
Word association
Sounds: / :/ and /ˆ/; /‚:/ and /‡/
Speaking: Talking about your travel experiences
Writing: writing a paragraph about other students travel
experiences
Speaking: talking about safety instructions
Sounds: linking of /m‡st/ and /m‡snt/; insistent
intonation
Reading: reading about safety instructions
Listening: listening for main ideas
Speaking: talking about what you can or can't do;
predicting what happens next in a story
Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information
Reading: reading and answering a questionnaire
Sounds: strong and weak forms of can; American
English can and can't
Listening: listening for main ideas
Speaking: talking about rules
Reading: reading for specific information
Listening: listening for specific information
Speaking: talking about advice for staying healthy
Reading: reading and answering a questionnaire
Sounds: polite intonation in questions
Listening: listening for specific information
Sounds: / Ť/ and /‚Š/; /…/, /t…/ and /d /; polite and
friendly intonation
Speaking: talking about advice and rules for foreign
visitors to your country
Writing: writing some advice and rules for foreign
visitors
Lesson
31 My strangest dream.
An English woman talks
about her dream in which
the Queen came to tea
Grammar and functions
Past Continuous (1) for
interrupted actions.
When
Vocabulary
Verbs and
prepositions which go
together
Adjective and noun or
noun and noun
combinations
Words for story telling
New words from a
passage called Time
Travellers
Skills and sounds
Speaking: predicting what happens next in a story
Listening: listening for specific information
Writing: writing a story using suddenly, fortunately,
unfortunately, to my surprise, finally
32 Time Travellers
A true story about two
women who travelled
back in time
33 Is there a future for
us?
Two children give their
views on the environment
in the future
34 The day of the dead
An article about Mexico’s
Day of the Dead
Past Continuous (2) while
and when
Expressions of quantity
(2); too much/many, not
enough, fewer, less, and
more
Geographical
features and location
Reading: reading for specific information; inferring
Speaking: talking about the geography of your country;
talking about the environment
Present simple passive
Religion
Rituals and festivals
35 Mind your manners!
Table manners and
behaviour in social
situations
Making comparisons (3):
but, although, however
Food
Plates, cutlery etc.
Cooking utensils
Progress check
Lessons 31-35
Revision
Multi-part verbs
36 Lovely weather
The best times to visit
different countries
37 Help!
Emergency situations
Might and may for
possibility
Weather
First conditional
Words to describe
emergency situations
Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas; reacting to
a passage
Speaking: talking about a ritual or festival in your
country
Writing: writing about a ritual or festival
Reading: reading and answering a questionnaire
Listening: listening for specific information
Sounds: stress and intonation in sentances with but,
however, although
Speaking: talking and writing about table manners and
social occasions in your country
Sounds: stress in multi-part verbs
Writing: punctuating a story; inserting words into a
story
Reading: reading for specific information
Writing: writing a letter giving advice about the best
time to visit your country
Speaking: talking about emergency situations;
predicting the end of a story
Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information
Speaking: talking about luxuries and necessities;
talking about your perfect weekend
Reading: reacting to a passage
Sounds: linking of /d/ ending before verbs beginning in
/t/ or /d/
Listening: listening for main ideas
38 My perfect weekend
Would for imaginary
Two people describe their situations
perfect weekend
Luxuries and
necessities
New vocabulary from
a passage called My
perfect weekend
39 The umbrella man
A short story by Roald
Dahl
Second conditional
New vocabulary from
a story called The
umbrella man
30 How unlucky can you
get
Unlucky experiences
Past perfect: after, when
and because
New vocabulary from
a story called How
unlucky can you get?
Progress check
Lessons 36-40
Revision
Make and do
Formation of adverbs
Reading: predicting; reading from main ideas
Speaking: talking about travelling in time
Reading: predicting, reading for main ideas; reading for
specific information
Listening: listening for specific information
Writing: rewriting a story from a different point of view
Listening: listening for specific information
Sounds: linking of /d/ in past perfect sentences
Speaking: predicting the end of a story
Writing: writing sentences using after, because and
when
Sounds: stressed words
Speaking: talking about difficult situations; preparing
and acting out a dialogue
3. Intermediate
Lesson
1 Could I ask you
something?
Personal information;
classroom language
Grammar and functions
Asking questions
Vocabulary
Language learning
and classroom
language
Words for giving
personal information
Skills and sounds
Reading: reading and answering a questionnaire
Listening: listening for main ideas
Sounds: polite intonation in questions
Speaking: talking about personal information
2 Going places USA
Plans and arrangements
Present simple and
present continuous
Journeys by trains
Listening: listening with background noise, listening for
main ideas
Writing: writing a personal letter
3 All dressed in red
Wedding customs in
different countries
Describing a sequence of
events (1): before and
after; during and for
Words to describe
weddings
4 Are you a couch
potato?
Leisure activities
5 Face the music
Different types of music
Progress check
Lessons 1-5
6 How we met
Friendship
7 The way things used to
be
Childhood memories
8 Cold, lost, hungry and
alone
Experiences in a foreign
country
9 Chocolate - like falling
in love
Facts about chocolate
10 What did I do?
Social gaffes around the
world
Progress check
Lessons 6-10
Reading: reacting to a passage
Speaking: talking about wedding customs
Writing: writing about traditional weddings in your
country
Adverbs (1): adverbs and Adjectives to describe Reading: reading for main ideas
adverbial phrases of
Listening: listening for main ideas
likes and dislikes
frequency; talking about
Leisure activities
Speaking: talking about what you like doing in your
likes and dislikes; verb
spare time
patterns (1): to or -ing
Writing: writing about other people's favourite leisure
activities; linking words with and, but and because
Adjectives (1): -ed and Types of music
Reading: reading for main ideas; inferring
ing endings; question
Adjectives to express Sounds: intonation in question tags to show agreement
tags
how you feel about
or ask a real question
something
Speaking: giving opinions about contemporary music
Revision
Countries,
Sounds: stress change in words for countries and
people; /Š/ and /i:/; being aware of the speaker's
nationalities and
people
attitude
Techniques for
Writing: joining sentences with after and before
dealing with difficult
clauses; writing a paragraph about New Year's Eve
words
Starting a Wordbank
Past simple and past
Nouns and adjectives Reading: reading for specific information
Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for detail
continuous
to describe personal
qualities
Writing: writing a paragraph about a special friend
Used to and would +
New words from a
Reading: reading for specific information
infinitive
passage called
Sounds: stress and intonation when correcting
Investing in memories someone
Nouns and verbs
Writing: writing a paragraph about the way things used
which go together
to be; linking words when, as soon as, while, just as,
until
Describing a sequence of New words from a
Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific
events (2): when, as soon passage called Cold, information
as, as, while, just as, until lost, hungry and
Reading: reading for specific information
alone
Writing: writing paragraphs about experiences in a
foreign country; linking words when, as soon as, as,
while, just as, until
Non-defining relative
Words related to food Reading: reacting to a text; reading for main ideas
clauses; who, which,
Speaking: talking about well-known people, things and
where
places
Writing: writing about well-known people, things and
places
Verbs with two objects;
New words from a
Reading: reading for main ideas
complaining and
passage What did I
Listening: listening for specific information
apologising; making
do?
Sounds: intonation in complaints and apologies
requests
Speaking: talking about misunderstandings
Revision
Adjectives and strong Sounds: linking words in connected speech; words
equivalents
stress in sentences
Adjective prefixes
Writing: deleting and inserting words
Homophones
Speaking: talking about embarrassing incidents
Lesson
11 Do it now!
Organisational skills and
routine activities
Grammar and functions
Present perfect (1):
already, yet, still
Vocabulary
Verbs for household
actions
12 London calling
Radio news broadcasts
Present perfect
continuous (1): for asking
and saying how long
Words connected
with news items;
politics and military
13 Fictional heroes never
die
Famous characters from
fiction
14 Twin cities
A view of Prague
Present perfect simple (2) New words from a
present perfect
passage called
continuous (2)
Fictional heroes
never die
Making comparisons
Town features and
facilities
15 I couldn't live without it Adjectives (2): order of
adjectives
Personal possessions
Progress check
Lessons 11-15
Revision
16 Do it in style
Style and fashion
Asking for and giving
advice; must and should
17 Rose Rose
A ghost story by Barry
Pain
Making predictions: may
and might; going to and
will
18 What do you do for a
living?
Jobs and conditions of
work
Drawing conclusions;
must, can't, might, could;
describing impressions
19 Guided tours
Talking about obligation,
Pilgrimage to Santiago de permission and
Compostela
prohibition
20 How unfair can you
get?
Emotional reactions
Progress check
Lessons 16-20
Talking about ability and
possibility: can, could, be
able to
Revision
Possessions and
objects around the
home
Compound nouns
Nouns and adjectives
which go together
Techniques for
dealing with
unfamiliar words
Adjectives and
participles
Adjectives which go
after the noun
Clothes, accessories,
appearance
Material and colours
Techniques for
dealing with
unfamiliar words
New words from a
story called Rose
Rose
Skills and sounds
Reading: reading and answering a questionnaire
Listening: listening for specific information
Speaking: talking about domestic activities and
personal organisation
Listening: listening for main ideas
Sounds: word stress in sentences
Writing: reconstructing a text
Speaking: expressing opinions
Reading: reading for main ideas
Writing: writing a short biography
Listening: inferring
Reading: reading for specific information
Writing: writing a description of a town, using linking
words the main reason why, another reason is that,
both... and, neither... nor, while, whereas
Reading: reading for main ideas
Sounds: stress in compound nouns
Speaking: talking about personal possessions
Sounds: consonant clusters in end position; linking
words in connected speech; stressed words in
sentences
Speaking: describing objects
Reading: reading for main ideas
Speaking: talking about fashion
Writing: writing advice for visitors to your country
Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for
specific information
Writing: writing the ending of a story from a different
point of view; linking words although, in spite of + -ing
Jobs
Speaking: talking about your job or your ideal job
Adjectives to describe Sounds: stressed syllables in words; intonation when
personal and
disagreeing
professional qualities Listening: listening for specific information
Reading: understanding text organisation
Religion and tourism
Reading: reading for main ideas; inferring
Sounds: strong and weak forms of can, have to and
must
Writing: writing a description of rules in your country
Compound adjectives Listening: predicting; listening for main ideas;
listening for detail, listening for specific information
Multi-part verbs:
phrasal verbs and
prepositional verbs
with objects
Sounds: different ways of pronouncing the letter a;
linking words in connected speech; consonant
clusters in initial position
Speaking: talking about unlikely statements
Writing: writing statements which must be, might be
and can't be true
Lesson
21 Cinema classics
Films
Grammar and functions
Adverbs (2): formation;
giving opinions;
emphasising
Vocabulary
Types of films
Adjectives to describe
opinions
22 Wild and beautiful
Animal conservation
Adverbs (3): position of
adverbs and adverbial
phrases
Animals
23 Valentine
A poem
Reported speech (1):
statements
24 Medium wave
The media
25 A cup of tea
A short story by
Katherine Mansfield
Progress check
Lessons 21-25
26 Eat your heart out... in
the USA
American regional
cooking
27 Home thoughts from
abroad
Holiday postcards
28 Local produce
Things grown and made
in Britain
29 Just what we're
looking for!
Looking for somewhere
to live
30 Sporting chance
New rules for old sports
Progress check
Lessons 26-30
Skills and sounds
Listening: listening for specific information; listening
for main ideas
Sounds: strong intonation for emphasising an opinion
Writing: inserting words
Speaking: talking about classic films
Reading: reading for main ideas; evaluating a text
Speaking: talking about environmental changes in
the world
Writing: writing about something which has changed
with linking words ago, then, today, in... years' time
Reading: reading for specific information
Listening: inferring; listening for main ideas
Sounds: reciting a poem
Writing: writing a poem
Love symbols
Techniques for
dealing with
unfamiliar words
Adjectives to describe
personal
characteristics
Reported speech (2):
Newspapers,
Listening: listening for specific information
questions
television and radio
Writing: writing a report of an interview; linking words
the reason for this, because, another reason for this,
besides
Speaking: talking about the media
Reported speech (3):
New words from a
Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas
reporting verbs
story called A cup of
Writing: rewriting the story from another point of view
tea
Revision
Multi-part verbs;
Sounds: different ways of pronouncing the letter e;
phrasal verbs without silent consonants; stress when correcting someone
objects and phrasal
Speaking: talking about yourself
prepositional verbs
Giving instructions and
Food
Speaking: talking about typical food from your
special advice
Ways of preparing
country or region
food, ways of
Reading: reading for specific information; reacting to
cooking, kitchen
a text
equipment
Listening: listening for specific information;
understanding text organisation
Defining relative clauses
Holidays
Reading: reading for main ideas; linking ideas
Sounds: pauses in relative clauses
Listening: listening for main ideas
Writing: writing postcards
The passive
Manufactured and
Reading: reading for main ideas
natural products
Speaking: talking about typical food, drink or
Words which go
products of your town, region or country
together
Writing: writing about typical food, drink or products
Techniques for
dealing with
unfamiliar words
Verb patterns (2): need + Adjectives to describe Reading: reading for main ideas
-ing and passive infinitive; things which go
Speaking: talking about homes
causative constructions
wrong with a house
with have and get;
Furniture and fittings
reflexive pronouns
Jobs
Verbs for household
maintenance
Verb patterns (3): make
Sports and sports
Reading: inferring
and let; infinitive
equipment
Listening: listening for main ideas
constructions after
Words which go
Sounds: stress words in sentences
adjectives
together
Speaking: talking about sport
Revision
Verbs which go
Sounds: different ways of pronouncing the letter i
together
Reading: understanding text organisation
Words which are
Writing: inserting words and sentences
sometimes confused
Lesson
31 I never leave home
without it
Useful objects and
equipment
32 Politely but firmly
Letters
Complaining about a new
car
Grammar and functions
Zero conditional: in case
Vocabulary
Skills and sounds
Personal possessions Listening: listening for main ideas
Sounds: syllable stress
Reading: reading for main ideas
Describing a sequence of
events (3): as soon as,
when and after for future
events
Parts of a car
Speaking: talking about making complaints
Reading: reading for main ideas
Listening: listening for main ideas
Writing: writing a letter of complaint
33 Superhints
Practical household
advice
Verb patterns (4):
infinitive of purpose; by +
-ing; giving advice; if
clauses
Household objects
and actions
34 The green tourist
The effects of tourism on
the environment
First conditional
35 Lost in the pacific
The story of Amelia
Earhart
Progress check
Lessons 31-35
Past perfect simple and
continuous
New words from a
passage called Are
you green tourist?
Words which go
together
New words from a
passage about
Amelia Earhart
English words
borrowed from other
languages
Words which go in
pairs
Antonyms
Relationships
Reading: reading for specific information
Sounds: different pronunciation of vowels and
diphthongs; weak forms in connected speech
Listening: listening for specific information
Writing: writing household advice
Reading: reading for main ideas; inferring
Sounds: /ł/; stress and intonation in first conditional
sentences
Listening: listening for specific information
Speaking: talking about the effects of tourism
Reading: reading for main ideas; understanding text
organisation
Writing: writing a paragraph about an unsolved mystery
Sounds: different ways of pronouncing the letter o;
syllable stress
Speaking: talking about true and false information
about Britain
Listening: listening for main ideas
Revision
36 What's your advice?
Second conditional;
Letters to a problem page giving advice
37 You should have been
here last week!
A visit to Hong Kong
Past modal verbs (1):
should have
38 Now you see me, now
you don't
Strange and supernatural
incidents
39 Making the grade
Education in Britain and
the USA
Past modals (2): may
have, might have, could
have, must have, can't
have
Expressing wishes and
regrets
40 The man who was
everywhere
A thriller by Edward D
Hoch
Progress check
Lessons 36-40
Third conditional
New words form a
story called The man
who was everywhere
Rervision
Colloquial language
Idiomatic expressions
Techniques for
dealing with
unfamiliar words
Tourism in Hong
Kong
Techniques for
dealing with
unfamiliar words
New words from
three stories about
strange incidents
Education
Subjects that are
studied at school or
college
Reading: reading for main ideas
Sounds: linking words in connected speech
Listening: listening for main ideas
Writing: writing a letter of advice
Reading: reading for main ideas; inferring
Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for detail
Speaking: talking about something you did wrong and
which you regret
Reading: understanding text organisation; inserting
phrases
Speaking: telling stories
Listening: listening for specific information
Sounds: /d/; intonation in sentences with if only
Speaking: talking about important events in your
educational career
Writing: writing a description of the education system in
your country; linking words like and unlike
Reading: understanding text organisation;
understanding a writer's style
Listening: listening for main ideas
Writing: rewriting the story from a different point of view
Sounds: different ways of pronouncing the letter u;
silent letters; linking words in connected speech
Reading: understanding text organisation
4. Upper–intermediate
Lesson
1 English ... at home and
abroad
Signs in English from
around the world
Grammar and functions
Grammar; basic rules
Discussing about
learning; learning styles
Question tags; negative
questions; imperative
questions; suggestions
and reply questions
2 Friends and relations
Customs and rituals in
different cultures
The indefinite, definite
and zero article
Vocabulary
Words used in
English from other
languages
Vocabulary to
describe language
errors and parts of
speech
Gestures and
movements of the
body
Hobbies and leisure
activities
4 wenty-four hours in
your town
Arranging a day out in
Boston, USA
Planning a tourist guide
of a town or region
Tense review: present
tenses
Criticising behaviour and
habits; agreeing and
disagreeing
Tense review: talking
about the future; making
suggestions and
responding to them
Sport and leisure
activities
People, places and
types of
entertainment
Tense review: talking
about the future with will
Features of city life
Progress check
Lessons 1-4
Revision
5 An extract from Great
Railway Journeys by Lisa
St Aubin de Teran
Tense review: present
perfect simple and
continuous
Using a monolingual
dictionary; learning
vocabulary
Important life events
Personal achievements
and ambitions
Tense review: present
perfect simple and
continuous
Sounds: intonation in question tags; using a model
dialogue for guided speaking practice
Listening: listening for main ideas; inferring
Writing: writing a composition The best way to learn
English
Speaking: talking about ways of greeting and
addressing people; using a model dialogue for guided
speaking
Reading: reading for main ideas; understanding text
organisation; focusing on topic sentences; inferring
Sounds: /—i:/ and /—ˆ/
Listening: listening for main ideas; interpreting
information; talking about customs and rituals
Writing: text organisation in an informal letter; writing
an informal letter about customs and rituals
Speaking: exchanging information on hobbies and
leisure activities
Reading: reading for main ideas; linking ideas; dealing
with unfamiliar words
Writing: preparing a commentary of a sporting event
Customs in different age
groups
3 Passion play
Italian football
Skills and sounds
Reading: reading signs from around the world; reading
and answering a questionnaire; reading for main ideas
Speaking: talking about hopes and expectations for an
English course; asking questions about Reward Upperintermediate
Writing: writing questions about Reward Upperintermediate
Speaking: talking about hobbies and leisure activities
Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information
Sounds: stressed words in sentences of complaint
Listening: identifying context and purpose; listening for
specific information
Speaking: planning a day out in Boston; making
suggestions
Writing: identifying the difference between formal and
informal expressions; writing a formal business letter
Reading: reading for specific information; evaluating a
text
Sounds: polite and friendly intonation
Speaking: describing different aspects of a town or
region
Writing: writing a tourist guide for a town or region
Sounds: /‚:/ and / :/; /ˆ/; stressed words in sentences
Writing: writing a letter giving advice about greeting
people and arrangements for a stay
Speaking: talking about personal achievements and
ambitions
Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas; reading for
specific information; evaluating a text; inferring
Writing: writing questions to obtain biographical
information
Sounds: weak form /bŠn/
Listening: listening for specific information
Writing: writing a biography for a newspaper article
Lesson
6 Trust me – I’m a doctor
Grammar and functions
Tense review: past
tenses
Vocabulary
Skills and sounds
Speaking: talking about truth and deception
Listening: predicting the order of events; listening for
main ideas; listening for specific information
Writing: rewriting the story from a different point of view
The story of a doctor in
th
the 19 century
Describing a sequence of
events in the past
Words connected
with medical matters
7 Wish you were here?
An extract from The lost
continent by Bill Bryson
Adjectives
Sounds: syllable stress; stress in compound nouns
Reading: reading for main ideas; inferring; dealing with
unfamiliar words
Speaking: talking about different jobs
Speaking: talking about features of a holiday;
discussing holiday preferences
Writing: writing statements about holiday preferences
Reading: reading for main ideas; understanding writer’s
style; distinguishing between fact and opinion
Talking about holidays
Describing position
Geographical
description
8 Strange sensations
Four stories from True
ghost stories of our time
Participle (-ing) clauses
Words connected
with the senses
Listening: listening for specific information; inferring
Sounds: linking sounds /y/, /w/
Writing: writing a description of a town or region using
fact and opinion adjectives
Reading: reading for main ideas; reading for specific
information; dealing with difficult vocabulary
Speaking: Talking about ghost stories
A ghost story set in
Scotland
Verbs of sensation
Words connected
with sounds
Progress check
Lessons 5-8
Revision
9 Impressions of school
An extract from Jane
Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Talking about memories:
remember + noun / -ing
An interview with an
English teacher in Sudan
Used to and would +
infinitive;
Be/get used to + noun /
-ing
10 Rules of Law
Strange laws around the
world
Modal verbs: must, have
to, have got to, can’t,
mustn’t
Words connected
with crimes
Sounds: syllable stress
Reading: reacting to a text; reading for main ideas;
reading for specific information
Speaking: talking about new laws
Writing: writing new laws
The legal system in
Britain
Modal verbs: don’t need
to / needn’t, needn’t have
/ didn’t need to,
should/shouldn’t
Words connected
with law and order
11 Discoveries and
inventions
The story of the inventor
and traveller, Francis
Galton
Clauses of purpose
Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information
Reading: reacting to a text; reading for main ideas
Writing: writing a letter to a newspaper expressing an
opinion; linking words and expressions for opinions
Speaking: talking about inventions; talking about tips
for everyday situations
Reading: reacting to a text; reading for main ideas;
dealing with unfamiliar words
Writing: writing practical advice
Strange inventions
Noun / adjective + to +
infinitive
Household items and
actions
Speaking: guessing the purpose of different inventions
Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information
Sounds: assimilation of /t/ and /d/ in connected speech
Writing: writing a product description
Truth and deception:
Sister Coxall’s revenge, a
short story in two parts
Sounds: pauses, word stress, intonation for dramatic
effect
Listening: predicting; listening for specific information;
inferring; dealing with difficult expressions
Speaking: talking about ghost story
Writing: writing a ghost story; linking words meanwhile,
eventually, finally
Positive and negative Sounds: stressed words in sentences
connotation; adjective Listening: listening and note-taking
suffixes
Speaking: retelling a story
Education at school
Speaking: talking about early schooldays
Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas; dealing
with unfamiliar words; inferring
Listening: listening for specific information; inferring
Sounds: /j/ in British and American words
Writing: interpreting and writing a school report
Lesson
12 Food, glorious food
What your choice of food
reveals about you
Grammar and functions
Conditionals (1): zero,
first and second
conditionals; if and when
Vocabulary
Food and drink
Skills and sounds
Speaking: talking about typical food and drink
Reading: reading and answering a questionnaire;
reading for main ideas
Listening: listening for specific information; inferring
Sounds: stressed words in sentences
Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas; reading for
specific information
Speaking: talking about car-engine cooking
Writing: writing advice on eating in different situations,
such as picnics and barbecues
Car-engine cooking
Conditionals (2): unless,
even if, as long as,
provided (that),
or/otherwise
Remember, forget,
try, stop, regret + -ing
or infinitive; opposite
or negative meanings
with prefixes
Words connected
with technology
Sounds: /o:/, /aŤ/ and /‚:/; different ways of pronouncing
-ough; stressed words in connected speech
Listening: listening and note-taking
Writing: rewriting news stories
Passive infinitive; passive
gerund
Words connected
with different kinds of
communication
14 Lifestyles
The Amish people of
Pennsylvania
Relative clauses
New words from the
passage about the
Amish people
Listening: listening for specific information; inferring
Sounds: stress in compound nouns
Speaking: a discussion about technology and
communication
Writing: writing a summary of a discussion
Speaking: talking about lifestyles; talking about
changes in lifestyles
Reading: reading for specific information; inferring
Living in California
Relative and participle
clauses
Progress check
Lessons 9-12
Revision
13 High-tech dreams or
nightmares?
A computerised home
The passive
Items of new technology
15 Lucky escapes
Talking about lucky
escapes
Stories about good and
bad luck
Third conditional
Expressing wishes and
regrets
16 All-time greats
Phrasal verbs
The story of the song The
Girl from Ipanema
Favourite music and
books
Lifestyle in California
Positive and negative
feelings
Opinions
Types of music and
words connected with
music
Phrasal verbs
Words connected
with music and books
Reading: predicting; reading for specific information;
inferring
Writing: writing a letter of complaint
Listening: predicting; listening for specific information
Sounds: pauses in defining and non-defining relative
clauses
Writing: writing a diary of a day in the life of an Amish
family or in a Californian community
Speaking: talking about lucky and unlucky situations
Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information
Reading: reading for specific information
Writing: writing a summary
Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas;
understanding text organisation
Sounds: /s/ and /…/; stressed words in sentences
expressing wishes and regrets
Speaking: talking about the stories
Speaking: talking about different rypes of music
Reading: reading for main ideas; inferring; linking ideas
Sounds: stressed words in sentences with phrasal
verbs
Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information
Writing: completing a book review using attitude words
or phrases; writing a review of a favourite piece of
music or book
Speaking: talking about favourite pieces of music and
books
Lesson
Progress check
Lessons 13-16
Grammar and functions
Revision
Vocabulary
Phrasal verbs
17 Spending money
An extract from Tender is
the Night by F Scott
Fitzgerald
Countable and
uncountable nouns
Shopping items; new
words from a story
Different shopping habits
Ways of expressing
quantity
18 Trends
How to survive the 21st
century
Future continuous and
future perfect
Future trends and party
politics
Future in the past
Words connected
with money
Skills and sounds
Sounds: /ˆ/ and /—/; silent consonants; being aware of
speaker's attitude
Writing: writing about a lucky escape
Speaking: playing a game called If things had been
different
Speaking: talking about shopping
Reading: predicting; understanding the writer's style;
reading for main ideas; reacting to a text
Sounds: timing and intonation in jokes; different ways
of telling a joke
Speaking: talking about words connected with money
Listening: predicting; listening for main ideas; listening
for specific information
Speaking: talking about shopping habits
Writing: writing a questionnaire about people's
shopping habits
Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas; dealing
with difficult vocabulary; inferring
Writing: writing advice about future trends
Words connected
with politics
Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information
Sounds: syllable stress
Writing: looking at words and phrases often used in
discussions
Reading: reading for main ideas; reading for specific
information
Speaking: talking about legends
Listening: predicting; listening for specific information;
listening and note-taking; inferring
Sounds: stressed words in a dialogue
Writing: writing a guide to legendary people and places
19 Legendary Britain
Passive constructions
The legend of King Arthur with say, believe etc.
and the Knights of the
Round Table
Legendary places
Speculating about the
past: may have, might
have, must have, can't
have
Words connected
with legends
20 The real thing?
Characteristics of
different brands and
products
Reported speech
Adjectives to describe Listening: predicting; listening for main ideas; listening
different products
for specific information
Sounds: understanding different tones of voice
Reporting verbs
Global advertising
Progress check
Lessons 17-20
Revision
Idioms; slang and
informal language
Speaking: talking about advertising
Reading: reading for main ideas; linking ideas;
distinguishing between main ideas and examples
Listening: predicting; understanding text organisation
Writing: writing a dialogue complaining about an
advertising claim
Sounds: homophones; homographs
Speaking: planning a stay in a foreign country