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1 English ...at home Questions: basic rules Words used in English from Reading: reading signs from around the world; reading
and abroad other languages and answering a questionnaire; reading for main ideas
Signs in English from Speaking: talking about hopes and expectations for an
around the world English course; asking questions about Reward
Upper-intermediate
Writing: writing questions about Reward
Upper-intermediate
Discussion about learning; Question tags; negative Vocabulary to describe Sounds: intonation in question tags; using a model
learning styles questions; imperative language errors and parts dialogue for guided speaking practice
questions; suggestions of speech Listening: listening for main ideas; inferring
and reply questions Writing: writing a composition The best way to learn
English
2 Friends and relations The indefinite, definite Gestures and movements Speaking: talking about ways of greeting and addressing
Customs and rituals in and zero article of the body people; using a model dialogue for guided speaking
different cultures Reading: reading for main ideas; understanding text
organisation; focusing on topic sentences; inferring
Customs in different Sounds: /Qi:/ and /0э/
age groups " v .. 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
3 Passion play Tense review: present tenses Speaking: exchanging information on hobbies and leisure
Italian football activities; a commentary of a sporting event
Reading: reading for main ideas; linking ideas;
dealing with unfamiliar words
Writing: preparing a commentary of a sporting event
Hobbies and leisure Criticising behaviour and Sport and leisure activities Speaking: talking about hobbies and leisure activities; a
activities habits; agreeing and discussion about hobbies
disagreeing Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for
specific information
Sounds: stressed words in sentences of complaint
Writing: writing a report of a discussion on hobbies
4 Twenty-four hours in Tense review: talking about People, places and types Listening: identifying context and purpose; listening for
your town the future; making of entertainment specific information
Arranging a day out in suggestions and Speaking: planning a day out in Boston; making
Boston, USA responding to them suggestions
Writing: identifying the difference between formal and
informal expressions; writing a formal business letter
Planning a tourist guide of Tense review: talking about Features of city life Reading: reading for specific information; evaluating a text
a town or region the future with will Sounds: polite and friendly intonation
Speaking: describing different aspects of a town or region
Writing: note-taking; writing a tourist guide for a town
or region
Progress check Revision Using a monolingual Sounds: /o:/ and /з:/; /э/; stressed words in sentences
lessons 1-4 dictionary; learning Speaking: talking about plans for a penfriend’s visit
vocabulary Writing: writing a letter giving advice about greeting
people and arrangements for a stay
5 Achievements and Tense review: present perfect Important life events Speaking: talking about personal achievements and
ambitions simple and continuous ambitions; exchanging information about biographies
An extract from Great Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas; reading for
Railway Journeys by specific information; evaluating a text; inferring
Lisa St Aubin de Teran Writing: writing questions to obtain biographical
information
Personal achievements Tense review: present perfect Sounds: weak form /bin/
and ambitions simple and continuous Listening: listening for specific information
Writing: writing a biography for a newspaper article
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6 Trust me - I’m a Tense review: past tenses Speaking: talking about truth and deception
doctor Listening: predicting the order of events; listening for
Truth and deception; main ideas; listening for specific information
Sister CoxalVs revenge, a Writing: rewriting the story from a different point of view
short story in two parts
The story of a doctor in Describing a sequence of Words connected with Sounds: syllable stress; stress in compound nouns
the 19th century events in the past medical matters Reading: reading for main ideas; inferring; dealing with
unfamiliar words
Speaking: talking about different jobs
7 Wish you were here? Adjectives Speaking: talking about features of a holiday; discussing
~An extract from The Lost holiday preferences
Writing: writing statements about holiday preferences
Continent by
Bill Bryson Reading: reading for main ideas; inferring; understanding
writer’s style; distinguishing between fact and opinion
Talking about holidays Describing position Geographical description Listening: listening for specific information; inferring
Sounds: linking sounds /у/, /w/
Writing: writing a description of a town or region using
fact and opinion adjectives
8 Strange sensations Participle (-ing) clauses Words connected with Reading: reading for main ideas; reading for specific
Four stories from True the senses information; dealing with difficult vocabulary
Speaking: talking about ghost stories
ghost stories of our time
A ghost story set in Verbs of sensation Words connected with sounds Sounds: pauses, word stress, intonation for dramatic effect
Scotland Listening: predicting; listening for specific information;
inferring; dealing with difficult expressions
Speaking: talking about a ghost story
Writing: writing a ghost story; linking words meanwhile,
eventually, finally
Progress check Revision Positive and negative Sounds: /oi/ and /эи/; stressed words in sentences
lessons 5-8 connotation; adjective Listening: listening and note-taking
suffixes Speaking: retelling a story
9 Impressions of school Talking about memories: Education and school Speaking: talking about early schooldays
An extract from Jane Eyre remember + noun /-ing Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas; dealing with
unfamiliar words; inferring
by Charlotte Bronte
An interview with an Used to and would + infinitive; Listening: listening for specific information; inferring
English teacher in be/get used to + nouW-ing Sounds: /)/ in British and American words
Sudan Writing: interpreting and writing a school report
10 Rules of law Modal verbs: must, have to, Words connected with crimes Sounds: syllable stress
Strange laws around the have got to, can’t, mustn’t Reading: reacting to a text; reading for main ideas;
world reading for specific information
Speaking: talking about new laws
Writing: writing new laws
The legal system in Britain Modal verbs: don’t need to Words connected with law Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for
/needn’t, needn’t and order specific information
have/didn’t need to, Reading: reacting to a text; reading for main ideas
should/shouldn’t Writing: writing a letter to a newspaper expressing an
opinion; linking words and expressions for opinions
11 Discoveries and Clauses of purpose Speaking: talking about inventions; talking about tips for
■ inventions everyday situations
Reading: reacting to a text; reading for main ideas;
The story of the inventor
and traveller, Francis dealing with unfamiliar words
Writing: writing practical advice
Galton
Strange inventions Noun/adjective + to Household items and actions Speaking: guessing the purpose of different inventions
+ infinitive Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for
specific information
Sounds: assimilation of /t/ and /d/ in connected speech
Writing: writing a product description
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12 Food, glorious food Conditionals (1): zero, first Fo9d and drink Speaking: talking about different ways of cooking and
What your choice of food and second conditionals; preparing food; talking about typical food and drink
reveals about you if and when Reading: reading and answering a questionnaire; reading
for main ideas
V Listening: listening for specific information; inferring
Sounds: stressed words in sentences
Car-engine cooking Conditionals (2): unless, Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas; reading for
even if, as long as, specific information
provided (that), or/otherwise Speaking: talking about car-engine cooking
Writing: writing advice on eating in different situations,
such as picnics and barbecues t
Progress check Revision Remember, forget, try, stop, Sounds: /0:/, /аи/ and /э:/; different ways of pronouncing
lessons 9-12 regret + -ing or infinitive; -ough\ stressed words in connected speech
opposite or negative Listening: listening and note-taking
meanings with prefixes Writing: rewriting news stories
13 High-tech dreams or The passive Words connected with Reading: predicting; reading for specific information;
nightmares? technology inferring
A computerised home Writing: writing a letter of complaint
Items of new technology Passive infinitive; Words connected with Listening: listening for specific information; inferring
passive gerund different kinds of Sounds: stress in compound nouns
communication Speaking: a discussion about technology and
communication
Writing: writing a summary of a discussion
14 Lifestyles Relative clauses New words from a passage Speaking: talking about lifestyles; talking about changes
The Amish people of about the Amish people in lifestyles
Pennsylvania Reading: reading for specific information; inferring
Living in California Relative and participle clauses Lifestyle in California 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
15 Lucky escapes Third conditional Positive and negative feelings Speaking: talking about lucky and unlucky situations
Talking about lucky escapes Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific
information
Reading: reading for specific information
Writing: writing a summary
Stories about good and Expressing wishes and regrets Opinions Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas; understanding
bad luck text organisation
Sounds: /s/ and ///; stressed words in sentences expressing
wishes and regrets
Speaking: talking about the stories
16 All-time greats Phrasal verbs Types of music and words Speaking: talking about different types of music; talking
The story of the song The connected with music about national characteristics of music
Girl from Ipanema Reading: reading for main ideas; inferring; linking ideas
Favourite music and books Phrasal verbs Words connected with music Sounds: stressed words in sentences with phrasal verbs
and books 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
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Progress check Revision Phrasal verbs Sounds: /э/ and /6/; silent consonants; being aware of
lessons 13-16 speaker’s attitude
Writing: preparing for a game called If things had
been different
i Speaking: playing a game called If things had been
different
17 Spending money Countable and uncountable Shopping items; new words Speaking: talking about shopping; discussing
An extract from Tender is nouns from a story humorous sayings
the Night by F Scott Reading: predicting; understanding the writer’s style;
Fitzgerald reading for main ideas; reacting to a text
Sounds: timing and intonation in jokes; different ways of
telling a joke
Different shopping habits Ways of expressing quantity Words connected with money Speaking: talking about words connected with money
Speaking: talking about shopping habits
Writing: writing a questionnaire about people’s
shopping habits
18 Trends Future continuous and Reading: predicting; reading for main ideas; dealing with
How to survive the future perfect difficult vocabulary; inferring
21st century Speaking: talking about future trends
Writing: writing advice about future trends
Future trends and party Future in the past Words connected with politics Listening: listening for main ideas; listening for specific
politics information
Sounds: syllable stress
Writing: looking at words and phrases often used in
discussions; writing a composition about the
21st century
19 Legendary Britain Passive constructions with Reading: reading for main ideas; reading for
The legend of King Arthur say, believe etc specific information
and the Knights of the Speaking: talking about legends
Round Table
Legendary places Speculating about the past: Words connected with legends Listening: predicting; listening for specific information;
may have, might have, listening and note-taking; inferring
must have, can’t have Sounds: stressed words in a dialogue
Writing: writing a guide to legendary people and places
20 The real thing? Reported speech Adjectives to describe Speaking: talking about well-known brands and products
Characteristics of different different products Listening: predicting; listening for main ideas; listening
brands and products for specific information
Sounds: understanding different tones of voice
Global advertising Reporting verbs Speaking: talking about advertising; using a model
dialogue for guided speaking practice
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
Progress check Revision Idioms; slang and Sounds: homophones; homographs
lessons 17-20 informal language Speaking: planning a stay in a foreign country
О \English... at home and abroad
Questions: basic rules
VOCABULARY
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1 Here are some words from other
languages which are used in English.
Are there any which you also use in your Pur'^4 * unv?ea^e'
language? Are there any words which
come from your language?
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sushi pasta pizza salon samba alpha
sauna karate boutique mascara drama
panorama fez delicatessen kindergarten
delta concerto kebab glasnost junta
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expected to
complain at the
office between
2 Work in pairs. Say what the words in the I в
the hours of
box mean and where they come from.
9 and 11am daily
3 Write down five English words which you p\ease \eave V
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often see in your country.
va\ u e s a ^
READING AND SPEAKING
1 Look at the signs written in English from
around the world. Read them and decide
where you might see them. Choose from
these places:
STOP-DRIVE
- in a hotel - in a zoo - in a laundry
- in a restaurant - in a street
SIPEWAYS
2 Work in pairs. The English in the signs is
grammatically correct but each sign has a
different meaning from what it intends
to say. Say what each sign intends to say
and what it really says.
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3 Which sign do you find the most
amusing? Have you come across any » y o u n o th in g W
similar confusing signs in English or in
I hope for.
your language?
2
lesson /
4 Here are some questions about using English at 6 Work in groups of three or four and make a list of your
home and abroad. Read them and think about your hopes and expectations for your English lessons. Use
answers to them. these phrases:
1 Have you ever been to an English-speaking We hope we7/... We’d like to... We expect we41...
country? When you have finished, share your ideas with the rest
2 Can you meet English-speaking people in your of the class and make a class list. You could put your
country? hopes and expectations on a wall poster to remind you.
3 Where can you hear English spoken or written in
your town?
GRAMMAR
4 Have you ever spoken English with a native
speaker?
Questions: basic rules
5 How long have you been learning English?
6 What do you like most and least about learning Here are some rules for forming questions.
You put the auxiliary verb before the subject in
English?
written questions and usually in spoken questions.
7 Do you ever use your own language during your
You put the rest of the verb after the subject.
English lessons?
Have you ever studied another foreign language?
8 Do you usually ask questions during your lessons?
When a verb has no auxiliary, you use the auxiliary do
9 Who speaks to you most often in English? Your in the question, followed by an infinitive without to
teacher or your fellow students? Do you write down every new word you come across?
10 Are you looking forward to your Upper- You don’t use do in questions with modal verbs or the
intermediate English course? verb be.
Can you guess what a word means from the context?
Are you looking forward to working in groups?
5 Work in pairs and talk about your answers to
When you use a question word {who, what, where,
the questions.
when, how) you put an auxiliary verb before the
I’ve been to the States a couple of times, and... subject.
How long have you been in this class?
When who, what or which is the subject of the
sentence, you don’t use do.
What gives you most help, your textbook or
your dictionary?
1 Read the rules for making questions in the grammar
box. Find one more example of each rule in Reading
and speaking activity 4.
2 Work in pairs and think of questions that you could ask
your fellow students. Work with another pair and ask
your questions. Then tell the rest of the class some of
the things you have found out about your partners.
WRITING AND SPEAKING
1 Look through Reward Upper-intermediate. Write five
questions about the book to ask your partner.
Where’s the pronunciation guide?
2 Work in pairs and exchange questions. Can you answer
your partner's questions?
The pronunciation guide is at the back of the book.
3
|English^ at home and abroad
Question tags; negative questions; LISTENING
imperative questions; suggestions; reply questions
1 Look at these statements about English and decide if
you agree with them. Work in pairs and compare your
SOUNDS AND SPEAKING answers with a partner.
You’ll forget a language if you don’t use it.
1 Read the dialogue. Decide where Pat's sentences a-g You can learn a language outside the classroom.
below go in the dialogue.
The best way to learn a language is to go to the
PAT (1) ____ country where it is spoken.
don Yes. In fact, I speak French and Russian. You should always use the dictionary if you don’t
PAT (2) ____ understand a word.
don Yes, when I was seventeen, I did Russian for a Don’t worry about making mistakes; it’s more
couple of years. important to make yourself understood.
pat (3)____ Learning about grammar is very useful.
don No, I’ve almost forgotten it. It’s easy to forget a Listening, especially to native speakers, is the most
language if you don’t practise. difficult skill to develop.
pat (4)____ Children find it easier to learn a foreign language.
don No, I practised when I was in France.
pat (5)____
2 \(°~Щ Listen to Hazel, Michael and Janet talking
don For the day? about how they learned a foreign language.
pat (6)____ Find out where and when they first started learning
don Does it? I didn’t know that. Aren’t you worried the language.
about the cost?
PAT (7) ____
3 Work in pairs. Put the name of the speaker by the
a You speak French, don’t you? statements in 1 that you think they would agree with.
b Why not? It only takes three hours by train now, ESQ Now listen and check.
doesn’t it?
с Russian! You didn’t learn Russian at school,
GRAMMAR
did you?
d I’ve got an idea. Let’s go to Paris, shall we?
e Well, say something in Russian, will you? Tags after affirmative statements
f No, it’ll be good fun. And there’ll be plenty of You speak French, don't you?
opportunities to speak French, won’t there? There’ll be opportunities to speak French, won't there?
g And what about your French? You haven’t forgotten Tags after negative statements
that as well, have you? You haven’t forgotten that as well, have you?
You didn’t learn Russian at school, did you?
Negative questions
2 Q Now listen to the dialogue. Write R if you
Aren't you worried about the cost?
think the intonation is rising on Pat's question tags
Imperative questions
and F if you think the intonation is falling. Say something in Russian, will you?
For more information on the intonation of
Suggestions
question tags, see the Grammar review at the back Let's go to Paris, shall we?
of the book. Reply questions
It only takes three hours. Does it? I didn’t know that.
He doesn’t like grammar. Doesn't he? I thought he did.
3 Work in pairs and act out the dialogue.
For more information, see the Grammar review at the
back of the book.
4
lesson /
1 Look at the grammar box. How do WRITING AND VOCABULARY
you form the following?
1 question tags after affirmative
1 This composition was written by a learner of English. It contains
statements twenty-three mistakes. Mark the mistakes in the following ways.
2 question tags after negative
- Underline any words which are wrong.
statements - Circle and arrow any words which are in the wrong position.
3 question tags after imperatives - Insert any words which are missing.
4 question tags after let’s to make
The first four have been done for you.
a suggestion
5 negative questions
6 reply questions 2 Work in pairs. Use these words to analyse the mistakes in the composition.
punctuation spelling word order missing word wrong word preposition
2 Complete the sentences with a verb form noun adjective
suitable question word or tag.
Are there any mistakes which you often make?
1 Pass me your book,___?
2 You haven’t been waiting long,
_ p
3 Write a composition with the same title. When you have finished your first
3 Let’s finish now,____? draft, read it through and check that you have avoided the types of mistake
4 You haven’t got a pen,___? mentioned in activity 2.
5 ‘We must go.’ ‘Oh,___stay
longer?’
4 Work in pairs and exchange your compositions. Do you both agree on the
6 ‘___dreadful weather?’ ‘Yes,
best way to learn English?
it is.’
7 ‘I didn’t like the film.’ ‘____?
I did.’
8 ‘I’m tired.’ ‘___? You don’t look The best way to learn English
tired.’
™ vpars people have/trying to
3 Choose four statements from Since,many years, f и
Listening activity 1 and rewrite
find the best way to learning, a
them with question tags.
Work in pairs and ask each other
For me' the bBSt WSy
your questions.
is to last a long time in the country,
such as England or United States.
Listening comprehention is extremely
hardy and you needed to hear to English
auhtentic. it is good to hear to the
radio and wacth television in English.
Gramer is important as wel, so you must
spend long time to learn the rules. At
s
last, the most important thing to do i
seize the opportunity to talk at peple
as much as you can. Do you agree?
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