Contents

STARTER A page 4–5 Environment | Computers Modal verbs

STARTER B page 6–7 Parts of the body | Health Pronouns: indefinite and reflexive

UNIT GRAMMAR VOCABULARY READING & LISTENING

1 Life Present tense review Book review My top coming-of-age novels
Present perfect simple review Things we read Oscar and Daisy
changes WORD ZONE recommend
My crazy life
page 8
STUDY SKILL Predicting the content
of a text

2 Chilled or Future review Life choices Get out there and do something
Future continuous Nouns ending in -ion and -ness different
stressed? First conditional with different WORD ZONE look forward to In my lifetime
page 18 conjunctions & modals So stressed!
STUDY SKILL Matching information

3 Moral Second conditional Money & finance I’m honest, aren’t I?

wish about the present Prepositional verbs The power of money
dilemmas Third conditional WORD ZONE dis-
The stars are out tonight
page 28 wish about the past STUDY SKILL Recording collocations

REVIEW UNITS 1–3 page 38 VIDEO page 39

4 In the Past simple & continuous Disasters Trapped underground
used to & would -ing forms It’s the latest local news
news Past perfect WORD ZONE expressions with just
Dead or alive?
page 40

5 Time for a Reported speech Describing a holiday Blueskies activity holidays

Reporting orders, requests & advice Abbreviations & acronyms On the move!
change Reported questions WORD ZONE Collocations
Into the wild
page 50
STUDY SKILL Checking true or false
information
6 A day in Present perfect continuous Describing jobs Jobs for the girls
Gerunds & infinitives Synonyms Student info for you
the life WORD ZONE keep doing something
Too much, too soon
page 60
STUDY SKILL Words with several
meanings
REVIEW UNITS 4–6 page 70 VIDEO page 71
The passive Art & architecture Architectural icons
7 Culture
Active & passive Homonyms An art debate on the radio
vultures have / get something done WORD ZONE Compound adjectives A life in painting
page 72 STUDY SKILL Writing quiz questions

Modals of speculation Mysteries Dark Matter

8 The fear
Modal perfects of speculation Negative prefixes The Loch Ness monster
of the WORD ZONE Words ending -proof Maritime mystery
unknown STUDY SKILL Reading authentic texts
page 82
9 Shop ’til Multi-part verbs Shopping Tricks of the trade
Adverbs Nouns ending in -al, -ance, -ence, Teens go shopping
you drop -ation, -ment
Big business
page 92 WORD ZONE Adjectives ending in-al
and -ic STUDY SKILL Matching when you listen

REVIEW UNITS 7–9 page 102 VIDEO page 103 REVIEW UNITS 1–9 page 104–112 GRAMMAR REFERENCE page 113–121
PREPARE FOR CAMBRIDGE EXAMS AND THE TOEFL JUNIOR® TEST page 122–139

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 CHALLENGE
Review and talk about a book
Describing a book
Giving opinions
Resolve a family conflict
Expressing a request
Expressing annoyance
Talk about ethical dilemmas
Discussing important things
Hold a class debate
Write and present a tourism brouchure
Give a talk to younger students
Talk about a painting
Describing a painting
Speculate and solve problems in groups
Plan an advert for a new product
STORIES The island page 140
IRREGULAR VERBS LIST page 153
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INTERACTION WRITING
Recommending a book A book review
Starting a conversation WRITING SKILL Giving reasons and results
Asking for information
Recommending a book
PRONUNCIATION /v/ and /b/
Giving advice A report
Giving advice WRITING SKILL Introducing results
Accepting and rejecting advice
PRONUNCIATION Contracted ’ll
Expressing different points of view A discussion essay
Asking for opinions | Giving opinions WRITING SKILL Organizing an essay (1)
Other points of view
Agreeing and disagreeing
PRONUNCIATION Sentence stress (1)
Telling anecdotes A news article
Sharing news | Keeping the story going WRITING SKILL Expressing contrast
Showing interest
PRONUNCIATION used to
STUDY SKILL Informal expressions
Making arrangements: persuading and making An email of complaint
excuses WRITING SKILL Ordering information
Inviting | Persuading and encouraging
Making and accepting excuses
PRONUNCIATION Abbreviations & acronyms
Going for a college interview An informal letter
Asking for personal information WRITING SKILL Expressions for giving
Giving yourself time to think | Rounding off examples
PRONUNCIATION Sentence stress (2)
Asking for information An article
Asking for and giving directions WRITING SKILL Expressing purpose
Asking for and giving instructions | Asking for clarification
PRONUNCIATION Sounding polite and sounding firm
Interrupting and continuing a conversation A story
Interrupting | Continuing a conversation WRITING SKILL Using adjectives and
PRONUNCIATION Stress in identical verbs and nouns adverbs
Complaining in a shop An opinion essay
Complaining | Expressing frustration WRITING SKILL Organizing an essay (2)
Calming things down
PRONUNCIATION Stress in nouns and verbs
Junk planet page 142 The body artist page 144 More
practice
Grammar
presentation
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