Level 1
Contents
Unit Grammar
Welcome Unit
Page 4
1 Welcome back! Present simple of verb
Page 6 to be, indefinite article
a/an, subject pronouns,
possessive adjectives,
question words
2 Different places There is/are, spelling of
Page 18 plural nouns, prepositions
of place, present simple of
to have
3 We love it! Present simple for likes, like/
Page 30 love/hate + -ing, irregular
plural nouns, object
pronouns, spelling of -ing
form
4 Delicious! Countable/Uncountable
Page 42 nouns, a/an, some/any,
how much/many?, this/
that/these/those, whose, ‘s,
possessive pronouns
5 Routines, routines! Prepositions in time
Page 54 expressions, when vs.
what time, present simple
for routines, adverbs of
frequency, how often?
6 Talented kids! Present continuous for
Page 66 present activities, can for
ability
7 Celebrations! Past simple of to be,
Page 78 comparative form of
adjectives, spelling of
comparative forms
8 That’s history! Past simple, spelling
Page 90 of regular past forms,
sequencers
9 Healthy and happy Going to for future
Page 102 plans, should for advice,
imperatives, superlative
form of adjectives
Pairwork Page 114 Transcripts Page 243
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Vocabulary Everyday English
Classroom objects, easy Activity instructions
English, colors
The alphabet, numbers Saying hello and good-bye,
1–30, professions, countries introducing people
and nationalities, family
members
Rooms, furniture and Asking about places
appliances, places in a
town, clothes, places at
school
School subjects, days of the Talking about your school
week, adjectives to describe day
school subjects and
pets, free-time activities,
entertainment
Stores and goods, food and Ordering food
drink, numbers 30–100,
prices, food containers
Telling the time, routine Making and responding to
activities, chores, sports suggestions
Musical instruments, Agreeing and disagreeing
artistic hobbies, summer
camp activities, adjectives
of physical appearance,
strengths and weaknesses
Adjectives for describing Describing people and
things, numbers 100–1,000, places
carnival vocabulary,
celebrations, adjectives of
personality
Household items, years, Making excuses
space travel, dates and
ordinal numbers
Parts of the body, summer Asking about health
camp activities, play/do/go problems
with activities, natural
features
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 Pronunciation
Countries, contractions
with to be
Unvoiced th sound, singular
and plural questions
Yes/no questions and wh-
questions
Word stress on numbers,
weak forms and sentence
stress, voiced th
Intonation of suggestions,
features of connected
speech, sh vs. ch, -s on third
person singular verbs in the
present simple
Stress on instruments,
sentence stress, can and
can’t
Positive and negative
intonation on adjectives,
weak forms of was/were,
counting syllables
Word stress, saying dates
Rhyme in poems, weak
form of going to, contrastive
stress, sentence stress in
superlative sentences
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Magazine
Read and write about
celebrities, listen to and
then role-play an interview
with a star
Read and write about an
ideal bedroom, listen to
a fashion report, discuss
differences between two
pictures
Listen to an interview
and survey results, read
and write about hobbies,
discuss likes and dislikes
Read about famous stores,
listen to teens talking about
their allowance, write about
favorite and least favorite
foods and drinks
Take a quiz, read and write
about a perfect day, listen
to a model talking about
staying in shape
Read about animal abilities,
listen to an interview with
a musician, write about a
relative, speculate about
images
Read about a festival and
famous child stars, listen
to a review of a rock band,
write about your best friend
Listen to descriptions of a
vacation experience and a
famous journey, take a quiz,
write about a vacation
Read about a famous
tree, discuss healthy and
unhealthy foods, listen to a
text about a wonder of the
world, write advice
21st Century Skills
Cognates in technology, to
be in online chats
Visualizing words, using an
online dictionary
Listening for the main idea,
using emoticons in e-mails
Using a spell checker,
scanning for information on
the Internet
Skimming for information
on the Internet, searching
online
Guessing meaning from
context, writing captions
for online photo collections
Using background
knowledge, abbreviations
in online chats
Scanning for information
on the Internet, making
timelines
Asking for language help,
technology abbreviations
Project
Write a profile and make an
interactive poster about a
famous person
Design and present an ideal
town
Write about and then
make a presentation of a
collection
Create a restaurant menu
and make a video or
an audio recording of a
dialogue
Write a blog
Write and give a
presentation about the
multiple intelligences of
famous people
Film a movie review and
make a movie review TV
show
Create a digital photo story
about a grandparent
Design an interactive poster
to promote helping the
environment
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Unit Grammar
1 The Rodriguez Present simple, present
family! continuous, going to for
Page 4 plans and predictions, will
for predictions, have to, don’t
have to and can’t
2 Travel back in time! Past simple, prepositions
of movement, there was/
Page 16
were, past continuous, past
simple vs past continuous
3 Sharing experiences Main verb forms, present
perfect for experiences and
Page 28
ongoing states, how long,
for and since, never and ever,
present perfect vs past simple
4 Facts and figures To be in compound verb
Page 40 forms, defining relative
pronouns and clauses,
present passive, past
passive, passive with by
5 American way of life Can/Could (possibility and
ability), how questions,
Page 52
verb + gerund or infinitive,
zero conditional, present
continuous for arrangements
6 Quantity and quality A few, a little, much, many
and a lot of, yet and already,
Page 64
copula verbs, like (prep.), too,
very and enough, too much/
many and not enough
7 Study and pleasure Going to for future plans,
Page 76 need to, want to, would like
to, might and adverbs of
possibility, first conditional
8 Rights and Modality, have to, don’t have
responsibilities to, can’t, must, mustn’t, had to,
Page 88 didn’t have to, could, couldn’t,
reported statements
9 That’s entertainment Comparatives and
superlatives, modifiers,
Page 100
used to, will vs going to, (not)
as…as, present perfect +
superlative
Pairwork Page 112 Transcripts Page 238
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Level 2
Vocabulary Everyday English
Landmarks, personal Reacting to news
items, luggage, furniture,
appliances, urban features
Transportation, natural and
man-made features, parts of
Buying a ticket, giving
directions
a car, classroom activities
People at different ages,
jobs and places of work,
Apologies and promises
collocations for experiences,
sports
Arts and crafts activities, Giving polite opinions
jewelry and accessories,
process verbs, materials
Americana, adverbs of
manner, collocations
Persuading
in education, toys and
electronics, animals
Foods, collocations with
do, get, have, make and find,
Showing approval and
disapproval
adjectives with sense verbs,
opposite adjectives
Party foods and drinks, Calming people down and
adjective prefixes (dis, un, offering help
in), education, kindergarten
Public places, phrasal Giving warnings
verbs for routine actions,
technology collocations,
crime
Free-time collocations,
collocations for playing
Asking for and giving
opinions
games, childhood games,
indoor sports, modern
dance styles
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 Pronunciation
Intonation of reacting to
news, /e/ vs /eI/, strong
and weak forms of will,
exclamations
-ed in past forms, /u/ vs
/ø/, N
Intonation of apologies and
promises, sentence stress
with the present perfect,
/oU/ vs /O/
Polite and rude intonation,
word families, /œ/ vs /ø/
/œ/ vs /ar/, short forms
Intonation of approval
and disapproval, /j/ vs /dZ/,
stress and intonation on
sentences with copula
verbs
Word stress, elision in
adverbs of probability
Stress to emphasize
warnings, elision in must
and mustn’t, sentence stress
in reported speech
Weak forms, elision in used
to, stress and rhythm in
(not) as…as
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Magazine
Write about job qualities,
read about household
chores, take and write a quiz,
listen to and discuss plans,
predictions and chores
Read and talk about best
trips, read about a famous
skateboarder, listen to a
product review, write about
a favorite possession
Listen to an interview
with a cheerleader and
a Chinese teen, take and
write a sports quiz, read and
talk about speed-eating
Write about a piece of art,
read about sandwich art
and how to take photos,
listen to a report on a field
trip, discuss photography
Read about the Amish, listen
to an interview with a rodeo
clown, take and write a quiz
on the U.S., read about a
problem and discuss advice
Write a recipe, read a survey
report, discuss favorite
lunches, listen to opinions
of movies, read and write a
sense poem
Discuss homeschooling
and presents for friends,
listen to an interview with a
Londoner, read a dilemma
and give advice
Read about cowboys, listen
to a report about skydiving,
write about the best things
about being a teen, discuss
secrets
Read about a star, listen
to a report on paintball,
read about and discuss
best parties, write about
personal future plans
21st Century Skills Project
Predicting the content of a Conduct a class survey
reading text, abbreviations
in text messages
Using visual information Design and present a car of
to help you listen, reading the future
timetables
Cooperation and teamwork, Make a slideshow of your
self-evaluation childhood
Classifying vocabulary, Create a photo mosaic
searching the web
Using a grammar rule, using Create and present
an online calendar a cultural profile
Noting key words and Write a review of a TV show
concepts while listening, and post it online
using abbreviations and
capital letters in messaging
sessions
Summarizing a text: Conduct an online interview
identifying main ideas, and then post it online
eliminating redundant
information and writing in
own words
Using online reference Make an interactive
materials: dictionary, school-rules poster
encyclopedia and thesaurus
Discovering patterns Make a video presenting
in language (inductive an idea for a pop group
approach), instant
messaging
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Unit Grammar
1 The photo Stative and dynamic verbs,
competition past simple with just, present
Page 4 perfect for reporting news,
present perfect continuous,
subject vs. object questions
2 The environment First conditional, possibility
Page 16 with may/could/might,
would, the second
conditional
3 A taste of China Past simple, indefinite
Page 28 pronouns, past perfect,
narrative tenses
4 Health, medicine, Comparatives and
exercise superlatives, modifiers, third
Page 40 conditional, allowed to,
make and let, so/such…that
5 Rumors from Mexico Reported statements, say
Page 52 vs. tell, reported questions,
reported commands and
requests, verb + object +
infinitive
6 It’s in the stars! Imperative, should, ought
Page 64 to, had better, reflexive
pronouns, have to, don’t
have to, can’t
7 Wishes and The second conditional,
regrets from India speculating with must/
Page 76 might/can’t, wish, regret and
criticism with should have
8 Technology and Defining relative clauses and
communication pronouns, passive modals,
Page 88 non-defining relative clauses
and pronouns, gerunds and
infinitives
9 Jobs and science Conjunctions, causative,
Page 100 so that and in order to,
infinitive of purpose, verb +
object + -ing
Pairwork Page 112 Transcripts Page 235
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Level 3
Vocabulary Everyday English
Photography, vocabulary Checking information
in context, getting ready,
public facilities
Environmental habits, Criticizing and complaining
threats to animals, pollution,
compound nouns related
to the environment
Word families, types of Speculating
animal and taxonomy,
cooking, time expressions in
narratives
Parts of the body, sports Making and responding to
vocabulary, health invitations
treatments and problems,
exercise verbs
Information technology, Making requests
voice mail, cell phone
vocabulary, collocations
related to gossip
Feelings and character, air Asking for, giving and
travel, phrasal verbs with refusing permission
look, collocations related to
stress
Money adjectives, crime, Making recommendations
home and garden, money
verbs
Technology collocations, Agreeing and disagreeing
technology compound
nouns, inventions, forms of
communication
Want ads, the bedroom, Making choices
science subjects, 21st
century jobs
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 Pronunciation
Intonation in tag questions,
rhythm and stress in news
reports, sentence stress
Rhythm and stress in
conditionals, elision in
modals, /U/, sentence stress
in the second conditional
Intonation in speculation,
elision in indefinite
pronouns, contraction of
had, stress in narratives
Rhythm and stress
in superlatives and
comparatives, stress and
intonation in the third
conditional, emphasis
/dZ/, contraction ‘d,
sentence stress
Word stress in adjectives,
elision and linking in
modals, reflexive pronouns,
weak forms with modals
Stress and rhythm in
recommendations,
intonation in speculation,
contractions in should have
+ past participle
E-mail and website
addresses, stress in passive
sentences, rhythm in non-
defining clauses, /oU/, /eI/,
/aI/
Weak forms in conjunctions,
stress in causative
sentences, /„/ vs. /Er/, stress
in compound nouns
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Magazine 21st Century Skills Project
Read about and discuss Effective study strategies Design a travel itinerary for
zoos, listen to a report on the local area
the CN Tower, write about
recent activities
Read about wolves and Time management for Your local environment
discuss conservation, listen teens
to a report on the Eden
Project, read and write about
a hypothetical situation
Read about and discuss the Techniques for Story building
Olympic Games, listen to remembering vocabulary
a report about the world’s
tallest man, write about
embarrassing moments
Read about Aboriginal Speaking in public Create and apply a health
Australians, write about an survey
indigenous culture, listen to
a report on animals, write
about sports experiences
Read about a famous Working in teams Create a gossip page for a
actor, listen to a report on website or magazine
dolphins, read and write
about favorite places
Read about and discuss Reading skills: survey, Write about your Chinese
Buddhist monks, listen to question, read, recall, review horoscope
a report on fortune telling,
write a similar report about
local customs
Read about Bollywood and Organizing information Carry out a role play
discuss movies, listen to a
report on Indian food, read
and write about regrets
Read about and discuss St. Social skills Invent a new gadget
Petersburg, listen to a report
on space exploration, read
about Moscow and write
about your hometown
Read about and discuss the Recognizing your strengths Part-time jobs for teenagers
Big Five, listen to a report on
a science fair, read and write
about a dream job
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Contents
Unit Grammar
1 Do we speak the Frequency expressions,
same language? would vs. used to, be used to,
Page 4 too/enough/too much/too
many + infinitive, articles
(definite, indefinite, zero)
2 A lesson from history Narrative tenses (past
Page 16 simple, continuous and
perfect), future in the past,
before/while/after + –ing,
past perfect continuous
3 Technology and Can, be able to, could, was/
design were able to, managed to,
Page 28 future obligation, necessity
and ability, future perfect,
future continuous
4 The arts Reported speech, reported
Page 40 time expressions, reporting
events that are still true,
indirect questions, reporting
verb patterns
5 Do the math Zero, first, second, third
Page 52 and mixed conditionals,
conditional phrases
(provided that, as long as,
unless)
6 Literature Defining and nondefining
Page 64 relative clauses in subjects
and objects, relative
pronouns and when to omit
them, cleft sentences
7 Civics and geography Present and past
Page 76 speculation and deduction,
regrets and criticism (wish
+ past perfect, should have,
third conditional)
8 The sciences Passive voice (present, past,
Page 88 modals), use of passive,
present perfect and present
continuous passive, be vs.
get, causative forms
9 Health and fitness Comparatives and
Page 100 superlatives, modifiers, as…
as, present tense review,
past tense review, future
tense review
Pairwork Page 112 Transcripts Page 237
Level 4
Vocabulary Everyday English
Schools, school people, Starting and ending a
periods and achievements, conversation
languages vocabulary,
character adjectives, media
and publishing
Bathroom collocations, Expressing sympathy and
accommodations, outdoor lack of sympathy: How +
activities, crime (verbs, adjective, What + noun
people, nouns), linking
words (conjunctions)
Project design (professions Asking for, giving and
and collocations), shapes refusing permission
(nouns and adjectives),
websites, future terms in
context
Instruments, musicians, Giving advice
music, movies (jobs, genres,
production), painting (styles,
materials, subjects), building
professions and tools
Money verbs, clothes, math Shopping (useful phrases
symbols, star qualities for customers and sales
(adjectives and nouns), assistants)
money collocations
Book genres, parts of a Fillers and discourse
book, publishing jobs, markers
adjectives of appearance,
character adjectives
(synonyms and antonyms)
Natural disasters, weather Speculating and coming to
(nouns and adjectives), conclusions
elections (verbs, nouns,
people), maps and natural
features
Science word families and Stating preference,
collocations, urban animals, enthusiasm and
baby animals, flowers, trees, indifference
herbs and spices, energy
and waste
Sports (verbs, venues, Being vague (phrases to
equipment, competitors), modify adjectives and
anatomy, health and quantities and to replace
fitness (activities, actions, nouns)
equipment), physical exam
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Pronunciation
Polite and impolite
intonation; to, two and too
Weak forms in future in the
past, sentence stress with
the past perfect continuous
Sentence stress with
affirmative and negative
modal verbs, weak forms
with the future perfect and
continuous
Stress and intonation with
indirect questions, linking
and elision with –ed
Sentence stress with
content words, word stress
Rhythm and intonation
with nondefining relative
clauses, word stress with
adjectives
Sentence stress with regrets
Sentence stress with
causative structures
Intonation and stress
with comparatives and
superlatives, intonation with
wh– questions
Magazine
Read and talk about the
abilities of apes, read an
e-mail from a teen with a
problem and respond with
advice
Read and talk about favorite
vacations, write about a
vacation: I will never forget
the vacation I had
Read and talk about jeans
and fashion, write an essay:
The clothes you wear say a
lot about your personality
Read and talk about a movie
review, discuss movies, write
a movie review
Read and talk about gender
inequality in math and
sciences, write advice about
a part-time job
Read and talk about a
review of a favorite literary
character, write about a
favorite literary character
Read and talk about child
rights and bullying, write
about your town
Read and talk about trash
in towns and cities, write
about a local pollution
problem
Read and talk about
bungee jumping and other
extreme sports, write about
meals in your country
21st Century Skills
How to learn a language:
ways to improve language
learning skills
Improve your memory
Using technology to help
you learn English
Planning and writing an
essay
Strategies for solving math
word problems
Ethical use of the Internet:
fair use of information for
homework and study
Using diagrams to present
information
Dealing with stress
Learn about the teenage
brain
Portfolio
Make a vocabulary
notebook and learn ways to
record vocabulary
Make a presentation of a
historical figure
Make an interactive poster
about your favorite gadget
Make a presentation of a
famous statue
Balancing a budget: work in
teams to choose the best
items for a camping trip
Write a biographical poem
Treasure hunt: make a map
of school and instructions
to get to some treasure
Create a mind map and
text about an endangered
species
Create an online scrapbook
with mementos of the year