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Gateway B2 Practice Online

This course accompanies 'Gateway B2'. There are ten units, each matching a student's book unit.
Resources are grouped into five categories: grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, exam preparation
and practice tests.

UNIT 1
Study plans
This unit provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about life and study at university.

Practice test Testing tenses and verbs followed by '-ing' forms or the infinitive. Listening to people
discussing the weather and choosing the correct ending for a series of sentences.
FCE - Exam preparation Practising Paper 3, Part 1, focusing on vocabulary in a text about studying English
abroad. Practising Paper 1, Part 2, focusing on filling gaps in a text about an exam
invigilator and a cheat.
Pronunciation Identifying the correct stress pattern for multi-syllable nouns and verbs. Practising
contrastive stress in questions.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of past simple and past continuous use. Practising the
past simple and past continuous. Checking your knowledge on when to use the
present perfect continuous. Practising the past simple and present perfect simple and
continuous. Practising verbs followed by an '-ing' form or an infinitive without 'to'.
Vocabulary Listening to a woman listing the things she has to do, completing her 'To do' list and
choosing the correct word to complete expressions. Practising words you need to
talk about education. Checking you knowledge of nouns and noun phrases used with
'make' and 'do'.

Past simple v past Grammar Present perfect Grammar

continuous Reference Unit continuous: use Reference Unit
First day at school Language Exercise Mixed tenses Language Exercise

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 The Martians are Language Exercise Word stress Pronunciation Activity
not coming
Sentence stress Pronunciation Activity
-ing form v infinitive Language Exercise
Paper 3 Part 1 Exam Preparation
-ing form v infinitive Language Exercise Exercise
Things to do Vocabulary Activity Paper 1 Part 2 Exam Preparation
Exercise
Brown University, USA Vocabulary Activity
Upper Intermediate Practice Test
Make v do : A-L Grammar Test 02
Reference Unit

UNIT 2
Work experience
This unit provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about work and jobs.

FCE - Exam preparation Practising Paper 4, Part 3, focusing on understanding the opinion and attitude of
people talking about holiday jobs. Practising Paper 1, Part 1, focusing on detailed
comprehension in a text about the profession of travel journalism.
Vocabulary Practising words and phrases relating to the workplace. Practising phrasal verbs.
Practice test Testing general language areas appropriate for this level. Listening to the story of the
'Mary Celeste' and completing a text.
Pronunciation Practising identifying attitude by listening to sentence intonation and stress. Practising
distinguishing between words which contain a diphthong and words which don't.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of the use of the past perfect and past perfect continuous.
Checking your knowledge of the use of the past simple and the past perfect.
Practising the past perfect simple and continuous. Checking your knowledge of the
use of 'would' and 'used to' to talk about past habits and states. Practising verb
patterns with 'to' plus infinitive or '-ing'. Practising verbs followed by an '-ing' form
or an infinitive with a change in meaning. Listening to a woman talking about her
annoying work-mate and selecting 'will' or 'always' to complete sentences.

Past perfect simple Grammar -ing forms and infinitives Language Exercise
v continuous Reference Unit
At work Vocabulary Activity
Past simple v past perfect Grammar
Reference Unit Meaning of phrasal verbs Language Exercise

Tsunami Language Exercise Phrasal verbs Vocabulary Activity

Grammar Are they angry? Pronunciation Activity

Would v used to : past
habits v past states
Used to v past simple
Working in a restaurant
-ing forms and infinitives
Reference Unit Diphthongs Pronunciation Activity
FCE Paper 4 Part 3 Exam Preparation
Exercise
Language Exercise
Paper 1 Part 1 Exam Preparation
Language Exercise Exercise
Language Exercise Upper Intermediate Practice Test
Test 10

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 UNIT 3
Space and time
This unit provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the future.

Practice test Testing tenses. Listening to four descriptions of a building or place and completing a
table.
FCE - Exam preparation Practising Paper 1, Part 3, focusing on matching pieces of information in a text about
a change that has been made at a university. Practising Paper 4, Part 1, focusing on
various types of understanding.
Vocabulary Practising words for journeys. Checking your knowledge of word formation using
prefixes. Practising negative adjective prefixes.
Pronunciation Practising identifying the main stressed syllable in single words. Practising identifying
the stressed syllable of multi-syllable nouns in sentences.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of different tenses used to talk about the future. Practising
various future tenses. Checking your knowledge of the different ways of expressing
the future in the past. Practising the future perfect simple and continuous, 'will' and
'going to'.

Future tenses: will/
won't v going to v
present continuous
What are your plans?
Future in the past
Grammar Travel around the world Vocabulary Activity
Reference Unit
Word formation - Grammar
affixes: prefixes Reference Unit
Language Exercise
Negative adjective prefixes Vocabulary Activity
Grammar
Reference Unit Word stress Pronunciation Activity

Future perfect simple Grammar Stress Pronunciation Activity

v continuous Reference Unit Paper 1 Part 3 Exam Preparation
Future tense contrasts Language Exercise Exercise

The rain will have Language Exercise Paper 4 Part 1 Exam Preparation
stopped by then Exercise

Future tenses Language Exercise Upper Intermediate Practice Test

Test 07
Email about future plans Language Exercise

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 UNIT 4
Extraordinary behaviour
This unit provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about people and personality.

Grammar Practising comparatives and superlatives. Checking your knowledge of '(not) as ...
as', 'less ... than'. Checking your knowledge of the comparative form of adverbs.
Checking your knowlege of the superlative form of adverbs. Checking your knowledge
of articles. Checking your knowledge of '(not) enough' and 'too' plus adjective plus
infinitive. Practising 'too' and 'enough'. Checking your knowledge of the uses of 'so',
'such', 'too', 'enough' and 'quite'.
Pronunciation Practising identifying the changing syllable stress in nouns and their corresponding
adjectives. Practising identifying two different pronunciations of the word 'the'.
FCE - Exam preparation Practising Paper 3, Part 2, focusing on grammar in a text about the influence of music
lessons on childrens ability to remember things. Practising Paper 3, Part 3, focusing
on vocabulary in a text about Salvador Dal.
Practice test Testing general language areas appropriate for this level. Listening to five people
talking about courses they have attended and choosing the correct answers to
questions.
Vocabulary Listening to descriptions of four people and choosing the adjectives that best describe
each person. Practising using suffixes to make nouns from verbs. Practising using
suffixes to make nouns from adjectives.

Travelling light Language Exercise Modifiers: use of so, Grammar

such, too, enough, quite Reference Unit
Comparative adjectives: Grammar
(not) as ... as; less ... than Reference Unit
Describing people Listening Activity
Comparison of adverbs: Grammar Noun suffixes Vocabulary Activity
comparatives Reference Unit
Nouns from adjectives Vocabulary Activity
Comparison of adverbs: Grammar
superlatives Reference Unit Changing stress in Pronunciation Activity
nouns and adjectives
Articles: contrast Grammar
of all forms Reference Unit Pronunciation of Pronunciation Activity
the article the
Determiners - quantifiers: Grammar
(not) enough , too Reference Unit Paper 3 Part 2 Exam Preparation
+ adj + infinitive Exercise

Hard times prison Language Exercise Paper 3 Part 3 Exam Preparation

Exercise
Upper Intermediate Practice Test
Test 09

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 UNIT 5
Money talks
This unit provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about money and banking.

FCE - Exam preparation Practising Paper 3, Part 1, focusing on vocabulary in a text about two girls who found
some money. Practising Paper 4, Part 3, focusing on understanding gist, specific
information and attitude.
Practice test Testing tenses and quantifiers. Listening to four people talking about how they spend
their pocket money and completing a table.
Pronunciation Practising identifying silent consonants.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of 'must' and 'have to'. Checking your knowledge of using
'can', 'may' and 'be allowed' for permission. Checking your knowledge of using
'must', 'need' and 'have to' to talk about obligation and necessity. Practising the
modals 'mustn't', 'don't have to', 'don't need to' and 'needn't'. Practising a variety
of modal verbs. Listening to a group of people sailing to the site of a shipwreck and
matching beginning and endings of sentences.
Vocabulary Practising verbs you need to talk about money. Practising words used to talk about
money. Practising phrasal verbs.

Obligation/necessity: Grammar Companies Language Exercise

must, have to Reference Unit
Quotations about money Vocabulary Activity
Permission: can, may, Grammar
be allowed to Reference Unit A banking complaint Vocabulary Activity

Obligation/necessity: Grammar Connecting phrasal verbs Language Exercise

need, needn't, must, Reference Unit Silent consonants Pronunciation Activity
mustn't, have to, don't
have to, needn't have, Paper 3 Part 1 Exam Preparation
didn't need to. Exercise
Modal verbs Language Exercise Paper 4 Part 3 Exam Preparation
Exercise
A money problem Language Exercise
Upper Intermediate Practice Test
Visit to a shipwreck Listening Activity Test 14
Modal verb structures Language Exercise

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 UNIT 6
Healthy habits
This unit provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about what we eat and what we
do to keep fit.

Grammar Practising zero, first, second and third conditional sentences. Practising the
connectors 'unless', 'as long as', 'in case' and 'although'. Practising the connectors
'in case', 'unless', 'if', 'as long as' and 'when'. Checking your knowledge of the mixed
conditional. Practising mixed conditional tenses. Practising the zero, first, second,
third and mixed conditionals. Practising structures used after the verbs 'wish' and
'regret'.
FCE - Exam preparation Practising Paper 3, Part 4, focusing on grammar and vocabulary. Practising Paper 4,
Part 4, focusing on understanding gist, specific information, attitude and opinion.
Vocabulary Listening to part of a radio programme about food and choosing the correct answer
to questions. Listening to a nutritionist talking about food and drink and deciding
whether statements are true or false. Listening to to part of a discussion about
nutrition and choosing vitamins and minerals that types of food contain.
Pronunciation Practising identifying stress in questions in the second conditional. Practising
identifying the stressed word in a conversation where the first speaker is
contradicted.

Conditional sentences Language Exercise Fast food Listening Activity

A visit to London Language Exercise What food is good for you? Listening Activity
Learning English Language Exercise Food and nutrition Listening Activity
Mixed conditional Grammar Rhythm stress in Pronunciation Activity
Reference Unit second conditional
Conditional sentences Language Exercise Sentence stress Pronunciation Activity
Getting to work Language Exercise Paper 3 Part 4 Exam Preparation
Exercise
If only you had a job! Language Exercise
Paper 4 Part 4 Exam Preparation
An ageing film Language Exercise Exercise
star looks back

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 UNIT 7
What's hot, what's not
This unit provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about music and films.

FCE - Exam preparation Practising Paper 3, Part 3, focusing on vocabualry in a text about drama courses.
Practice test Testing tenses and connectors. Listening to a radio interview with an actor and
deciding whether a series of statements is true or false.
Vocabulary Practising words associated with music. Listening to a narrator talking about 'Pirates
of the Caribbean' star Johnny Depp, deciding whether statements are true or false
and completing a text about what the man says.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of reported speech with past reporting verbs. Checking your
knowledge of the tense changes used in reported speech. Checking your knowledge
of other changes in reported speech. Checking your knowledge of the verbs 'say' and
'tell'. Practising reported questions. Practising reporting verbs.
Pronunciation Practising word stress in compound nouns. Practising syllable stress in words with
more than three syllables.

Reported speech: Grammar Warehouse fire Language Exercise

past reporting verb Reference Unit
Scissor Sisters Vocabulary Activity
Reported speech: Grammar
tense changes Reference Unit Johnny Depp Vocabulary Activity

Reported speech: changes Grammar Word stress in Pronunciation Activity

Reference Unit compound nouns

Grammar Words with more Pronunciation Activity

Say v tell Reference Unit than three syllables
: differences and uses Paper 3 Part 3 Exam Preparation
Quiz show Language Exercise Exercise

Reporting verbs Language Exercise Upper Intermediate Practice Test

Test 06

UNIT 8
Disaster areas
This unit provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about natural disasters and
important events.

FCE - Exam preparation Practising Paper 3, Part 4, focusing on grammar and vocabulary. Practising Paper 4,
Part 1, focusing on various types of understanding.
Grammar Practising all forms of the passive. Practising active and passive verb patterns.
Contrasting various tenses of the passive voice. Checking your knowledge of the
passive voice. Practising impersonal statements. Practising active and passive verbs.
Practising the passive infinitive.
Vocabulary Practising different verb forms in a text about natural disasters. Checking your
knowledge of verbs followed by prepositions. Practising verbs followed by
prepositions.
Pronunciation Practising identifying vowel sounds. Practising identifying consonant sounds.

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 Passive forms Language Exercise Natural disasters Language Exercise
Ryan's new song Language Exercise Verbs followed by Grammar
prepositions: about Reference Unit
Passive Language Exercise , at , for, from , in
The passive: impersonal Grammar Verbs and prepositions Language Exercise
statements Reference Unit
Vowel sounds Pronunciation Activity
Passive Language Exercise
Consonant sounds Pronunciation Activity
Wonders of the world Language Exercise
Paper 3 Part 4 Exam Preparation
The passive: infinitive Grammar Exercise
Reference Unit
Paper 4 Part 1 Exam Preparation
Win a luxury Language Exercise Exercise
Caribbean holiday!

UNIT 9
High-tech heaven
This unit provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the use of technology.

Practice test Testing tenses and relative clauses. Listening to someone talking about Concorde, the
supersonic plane, and deciding whether a series of statements is true or false.
Pronunciation Contrasting the two ways of pronouncing 'that' in English. Practising sound and
spelling relationships.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of the difference in punctuation between defining and
non-defining relative clauses. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'that' in relative
clauses. Practising relative pronouns. Checking your knowledge of relative clauses.
Practising the use of 'What' at the beginning of sentences for emphasis. Practising
'that' clauses.
FCE - Exam preparation Practising Paper 4, Part 4, focusing on understanding gist, specific information,
attitude and opinion. Practising Paper 1, Part 3, focusing on matching statements with
people.
Vocabulary Practising phrasal verbs to do with computers. Listening to five people talking about
different technological items and matching each speaker with the correct item.
Listening to two people bieng interviewed about computer games and deciding
whose opinion is represented by the statements.

Defining v non- Grammar Comments on the cinema Language Exercise

defining relative Reference Unit
clauses: punctuation A burglary Language Exercise

Defining v non- Grammar Computer crisis Vocabulary Activity

defining relative Reference Unit I couldn't live without it Listening Activity
clauses: use of that
Computer games Listening Activity
Relative pronouns Language Exercise Weak and strong Pronunciation Activity
forms of that
Agatha Christie Language Exercise
Rhyming words Pronunciation Activity
Relative clauses: Grammar
word order Reference Unit Paper 4 Part 4 Exam Preparation
Exercise
Prepositions in Language Exercise
relative clauses Paper 1 Part 3 Exam Preparation
Exercise

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 Upper Intermediate Practice Test
Test 05

UNIT 10
Breaking news
This unit provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about newspaper stories.

Practice test Testing general language areas appropriate for this level. Listening to three interviews
about television and choosing the correct answer to a series of questions.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of inversion in statements. Practising negative inversion.
Checking your knowledge of the use of the participle in clauses. Checking your
knowledge of embedded questions. Practising embedded questions. Practising
question tags.
Pronunciation Practising question tags. Practising identifying single vowel sounds.
Vocabulary Practising words used in newspaper headlines. Listening to three radio news items,
matching headlines with the story and deciding whether statements are true or false.
Listening to an account of a bank robbery, reading the newspaper report and selecting
the information that is different from the information you hear.
FCE - Exam preparation Practising Paper 1, Part 2, focusing on filling in gaps in a text about why glaciers are
melting. Practising Paper 4, Part 2, focusing on understanding specific information in
an interview with a firefighter.

Inversion: statements Grammar In the news Vocabulary Activity

Reference Unit
News items on the radio Listening Activity
Not a good move Language Exercise
A daring bank robbery Listening Activity
Participles: clauses Grammar
Reference Unit Question tags Pronunciation Activity

Participle clauses Language Exercise Single vowel sounds Pronunciation Activity

Embedded questions: use Grammar Paper 1 Part 2 Exam Preparation

Reference Unit Exercise

Hotel requests Language Exercise Paper 4 Part 2 Exam Preparation

Exercise
Question tags Language Exercise
Upper Intermediate Practice Test
Question tags Language Exercise Test 08

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