IN THIS UNIT YOU LEARN HOW TO:

1 JOBS • ask and answer common questions about jobs

• talk about what you’re doing at work at the
moment
• talk about arrangements and appointments
• recognise and use collocations
• describe what different jobs involve
page 6

2 SHOPS •
•
•
talk about shopping and things you buy
make and respond to compliments
talk about problems you can have with shopping
• offer help
• compare places and products
• have conversations with shop assistants
page 14
VIDEO 1: A child’s garden of gators page 22 REVIEW 1: page 23 WRITING 1: Organising ideas page 150

3 GETTING THERE •
•
•
talk about buildings and places
ask for and give directions
tell stories better
• apologise for being late
• talk about different ways of travelling
• describe problems you can have on journeys
page 24

4 EAT •
•
•
describe restaurants and meals
discuss where and what to eat
talk about your experiences
• understand menus and explain dishes
• ask and answer questions in a restaurant
• talk about typical foods and eating habits
page 32
VIDEO 2: Forbidden fruit page 40 REVIEW 2: page 41 WRITING 2: Anecdotes page 152

5 RELAX •
•
•
talk about activities, places and equipment
introduce negative comments
make plans and arrange what to do
• talk about watching and doing different sports
• compare three or more things
• discuss relaxing and stressful experiences
page 42

6 FAMILY AND • describe people you know

• explain who people are – and which people you
mean

FRIENDS • ask and answer common questions

• discuss similarities and differences
• describe character and abilities
• discuss uses of social media and online habits
page 50
VIDEO 3: WOMAD page 58 REVIEW 3: page 59 WRITING 3: A personal profile page 154

7 YOUR PLACE •
•
•
explain where you are from
describe your town and area
ask useful questions when staying with people
• ask for permission to do things
• show guests round your house or apartment

page 60

8 EDUCATION •
•
•
describe your academic experiences
respond with surprise to negative sentences
talk about future situations
• talk about the education system in your country
• discuss cheating in education – and in other areas
of life
page 68
VIDEO 4: Fainting goats! page 76 REVIEW 4: page 77 WRITING 4: Describing places page 156

90101_00_PRE_p001-005.indd 2 21/08/2015 14:59

 GRAMMAR VOCABULARY READING LISTENING DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS

• Present simple and • Talking about jobs • There’s no money • Talking about work • Questions about jobs
present continuous • Understanding in it • Managing your time
• Present simple and vocabulary:
present continuous Collocations
for the future • Activities at work

• Past simple • Describing things you • Click to buy! • Talking about • Complimenting
• Comparatives bought shopping • Offering to help and
• Shopping online • Conversations in a responding
shop

• Past simple and past • Places in town • Lessons in life: how • Asking for directions • Giving directions
continuous • Travelling by plane not to miss flights • Travel news • Apologising for being late
• Quantifiers with • Transport
countable and
uncountable nouns

• Present perfect • Restaurants • Breakfast around the • Discussing where • Making and responding to
simple • Describing food world to eat suggestions
• too and not … • Choosing dishes from • Offers, requests, suggestions
enough a menu

• Plans and • Places and • There’s more to sport • Plans for the • Introducing negative comments
arrangements equipment than football weekend
• Superlatives • Sports and games • Why is football
• Understanding popular?
vocabulary: • Hobbies to help
Word families you relax

• Question formation • Family and friends • Online friends • Talking about people • Explaining who people are
• Similarities and • Character and habits • What kind of an • The family business
contrasts • Understanding online friend are you?
vocabulary: Words
with the same verb
and noun forms

• have to, don’t have • Describing places • My new home • Where are you from? • Explaining where places are
to, can and can’t • Where I live • Staying in someone’s • Asking for permission
• will / won’t • Staying with people home

• First conditionals • Stages of education • Cheating their way to • Comparing education • No?
• had to and could • Education systems the top systems
• Cheating

Contents  3

90101_00_PRE_p001-005.indd 3 21/08/2015 14:59

 IN THIS UNIT YOU LEARN HOW TO:

9 MIND AND BODY •

•
•
describe common illnesses and their symptoms
give advice and understand medical advice
ask and answer common questions about illness
• give instructions
• understand instructions on medicines

page 78

10 PLACES TO STAY •
•
•
describe places you stayed in
book somewhere to stay
apologise for bad news
• explain and deal with problems in hotels
• talk about imagined situations
• talk about past habits
page 86
VIDEO 5: The future of a village page 94   REVIEW 5: page 95   WRITING 5: Postcards page 158

11 SCIENCE AND •
•
•
talk about the weather
discuss and respond to news stories
talk about animals

NATURE •
•
•
tell better stories
talk about scientists and research
understand newspaper headlines
page 96

12 ON THE PHONE •
•
•
talk about different kinds of phones
give and take phone messages
ask for people and explain where people are
• work out the meaning of new words
• explain stories and report crimes
• report what people said
page 104
VIDEO 6: Memory man page 112   REVIEW 6: page 113   WRITING 6: Plans and schedules page 160

13 CULTURE •
•
•
describe different kinds of films
say what you have heard about things
talk about how things make you feel
• talk about the film industry and culture
• discuss your favourite music, books or films
• ask how long people have been doing things
page 114

14 STUFF • talk about common household objects

• explain where things are in a house
• describe things, people and places that you don’t
know the names of
• talk about food shopping
• discuss some environmental issues
• talk about suitable gifts
page 122
VIDEO 7: Oxford page 130   REVIEW 7: page 131   WRITING 7: Complaints page 162

15 MONEY •
•
•
talk about the economy
use time phrases to say when things happen
compare prices
• talk about money issues and problems
• say different kinds of numbers

page 132

16 EVENTS • describe different kinds of parties and events

• ask and answer linked questions
• explain major historical events in a country’s
history
• say different dates
• talk about special days in your life
page 140
VIDEO 8: Columbus and the New World page 148   REVIEW 8: page 149   WRITING 8: Invitations page 164

90101_00_PRE_p001-005.indd 4 21/08/2015 14:59

 GRAMMAR VOCABULARY READING LISTENING DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS

• Giving advice • Illnesses and health • Mind over matter • How are you feeling? • Common questions about
• Imperatives problems • Health advice illness
• Understanding
vocabulary: Phrases
with mind and matter
• Parts of the body

• Second conditionals • Places to stay • Memories of • Hotel information • Apologising

• used to • Solving hotel childhood holidays • Credit card details
problems • A difficult hotel guest

• Past perfect simple • Science and nature in • Man’s best friends • Discussing the news • Responding to news and
• Passives the news • An animal experiment • Science phone-in comments
• Animals

• yet, already, still and • Using phones • It’s an emergency! • Telephone messages • Explaining where people are
just • Understanding • Problems after a
• Reporting speech vocabulary: Forming crime
negatives
• Reporting crimes

• Noun phrases • Films • Nollywood dreams • Discussing what film • supposed to

• Present perfect • Understanding to see
continuous vocabulary: • Talking about music,
-ed / -ing adjectives art and books
• Music, art and books

• Relative clauses • Things in the house • Rubbish food • New flatmates • Explaining where things are
• must / mustn’t • Containers • Fact file: rubbish • Memorable presents
• Understanding
vocabulary: Verbs
with two objects

• Time phrases and • The economy and • Will power • Quality of life • Comparing prices
tense quality of life • The reading of the
• Time clauses • Money verbs will
• Dealing with banks • Money problems

• Articles • Describing parties • Fact file: Britain • Talking about parties • Linked questions
• Verb patterns (-ing or and events • Around the world • Talking about a
infinitive with to) • Historical events in 300 words … special day
Kazakhstan

Grammar reference pages 166–185   Information files pages 186 –191   Audio scripts pages 192–210
Contents  5

90101_00_PRE_p001-005.indd 5 21/08/2015 14:59