WEEK

UNIT

GRAMMAR

VOCABULARY

LANGUAGE SKILLS

1

Unit 1

Friends and family

Present tenses/ State and dynamic verbs

Family connections

Reading: Family soap operas/ Gossip

2

Unit 1

Friends and family

Present perfect simple & Present perfect continuous

Talking about people/describing people

Listening: Talking about people

Speaking: asking and answering questions

3

Unit 2

Jobs and Work

Making comparisons

Jobs and work

Reading: What is Raleigh international?

4

Unit 2

Jobs and Work

As...as/ comparatives and superlatives

Key word: as

Listening: Talking about jobs

5

Unit 3

Sport and leisure

Obligation and necessity Must/have to/need to

Sports and pastimes

Reading: Eccentric sports

6

Unit 3

Sport and leisure

Transformations

Key word: time

Listening: An early history of football

Speaking: Expressing ability

7

Unit 4

Nature and animals

The grammar phrasal verbs

Animals

Reading: A dogs Life

8

Unit 4

Nature and animals

Countable and uncountable determiners

Key word: look

Listening: Animals and humans/ Almost human

9

Review 1

Writing 01

Writing 02

Revision units 1 – 4

A letter or e-mail / A letter of application

A review/ an e-mail

10

Unit 5

A good story

Narrative tenses

Books and films

Reading: The bangle

Speaking: tenses

11

Unit 5

A good story

Verbs of manner

Key word: thing

Listening: Great adaptations

12

Unit 6

Transport and travel

Expressing the future

Countable words

Reading: Dream holidays

Speaking: organizing a schedule

13

Unit 6

Transport and travel

Intentions/plans/timetables/regular events/ decisions at the time of speaking

Travel

Key word: just

Listening: Travel arrangements/ travel and visits

14

Unit 7

Technology

Verbs followed by the gerund or the infinitives

Inventors and inventing

Reading: Robot revolution

15

Unit 7

Technology

Suggesting and recommending

Key word: to

Computers and technology

Listening: Intelligent robots

16

Unit 8

Crime and social responsibility

Relative clauses

Open clause

Crime and punishment

Reading: Police Watch

17

Unit 8

Crime and social responsibility

Informality and formality in relative clauses

Key word: get

Speaking: Showing you are listening

Listening: Stopped by the police/ Social responsibility

18

Review 2

Writing 03

Writing 04

Revision -  units 5-8

 A short story/ A report

An article / A review

19

Unit 9

You are what you eat

Used to  or would /Used to or the past simple

Food and drink

Reading: Sonya the black widow

Expressing preferences

20

Unit 9

You are what you eat

Key words / transformations

Key word: take

Listening: Eating out/

In the dark

21

Unit 10

Is it real?

Modal verbs for guessing/ Transformations

Guessing and speculating

Reading: Out of the blue/

22

Unit 10

Is it real?

Speculating and deducting

Key word: seem/ Describing objects

Listening: Crop circles

23

Unit 11

Shopping and money

Conditionals

Shopping and consumerism

Reading: Pocket money

24

Unit 11

Shopping and money

Regret/ advice/ suggestions

Key word: if/

Phrasal verbs

Listening: Money habits

25

Unit 12

Forces of nature

Contrast and concession

The definite articles

Weather and disasters

Reading: Weather forcasts

26

Unit 12

Forces of nature

Criticising and complaining/

though

Key word: way

Listening: Natural disasters/

Hurricanes

27

Review 3

Writing 05

Writing 06

Revision -  units 9-12

An opinion essay/ Compulsory e-mail

An opinion essay/ A discussion-type essay

28

Unit 13

In the news

Reporting spoken English

 Reported speech

News and newspapers

Reading: Paparazzi

29

Unit 13

In the news

Reporting verbs/

Suggest

Key word: say and tell

Agreeing on what to watch

Listening: A news report

30

Unit 14

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