CONTENTS 1
Pre-Unit Test 2
TO THE TEACHER 7
Language Learning and the Intermediate Student 7
How Much Knowledge Has been Assumed? 8
Assumed Knowledge 8
UNIT ONE:Instructions to the Student 8
For Whom the Course is Intended 8
Basic Aims 8
ABOUT THIS COURSE 8
A Description of the Course 9
HOW TO USE THIS COURNE 12
Allocation of Time 12
Lesson 1:Guided Conversation 12
1 A Puma at Large—Word Order:Reviem 12
Lesson 2:Composition and Language Study 14
Dictations 14
2 Thirteen Equals One The Present:Continuous andSimple.Reviem 14
Pre-Unit Tests 15
Additional Reading Material 15
Additional Oral Practice 15
Additional Written Practice 15
Future Work 15
3 An Unknown Goddess—The Simple Past:Reviem 16
4 The Double Life of Alfred Bloggs The Present Perfect:Simple and Continuous:Reviem 18
5 The Facts The Indefinite and Definite Aricles:Reviem 20
6 Smash and Grab—The Past:Simple and Continuous:Reviem 22
7 Crazy—THe Comparison of Adjectives:Reviem 24
8 A Famous Monastery Reviem of Tenses 26
9 A Trip to Mars The Future :Reviem 28
10 The Loss of the Titanie The Past Perfect:Reviem 30
11 Not Guilty—Indirect Speech:Review 32
12 Life on a Desert Island—Conditionals:Reviem 34
13 It s Only Me —Must:Reviem 36
14 A Noble Gangster—Have:Reviem 38
15 Sixpence Worth of Trouble—Can:Reviem 40
16 Mary had a Little Lamb—The Gerund:Reviem 42
17 The Greatest Bridge in the World—The Passive:Reviem 44
18 Electric Currents in Modern Art—Prepositions:Reviem 46
19 A Very Dear Cat—Reviem of Tenses 48
20 Pioneer Pilots—Special Difficulties:Reviem 50
Pre-Unit Test 52
UNIT TWO:Instructions to the Student 56
Note that a number of patterns previously taught inPractice and Progress are reviewed in this Unit.21 Daniel Mendoza 60
22 By Heart 62
23 One Man S Meat is Another Man S Poison 64
24 A Skeleton in the Cupboard 66
25 The Cutty Sark 68
26 Wanted:a Large Biscuit Tin 70
27 Nothing to Sell and Nothing to Buy 72
28 A Pound too Dear 74
29 Funny or Not? 76
30 The Death of a Ghost 78
31 A Lovable Eccentric 80
32 A Lost Ship 82
33 A Day to Remember 84
34 A Happy Discovery 86
35 Justice Was Done 88
36 A Chance in a Million 90
37 The Westhaven Express 92
38 The First Calendar 94
39 Nothing to Worry About 96
40 Who s Who 98
UNIT THREE:Instructions to the student 103
41 Illusions of Pastoral Peace 106
42 Modern Cavemen 108
43 Fully Insured 110
44 Speed and Comfort 112
45 The Power of the Press 114
46 Do It Yourself 116
47 Through the Earth s Crust 118
48 The Silent Village 120
49 The Ideal Servant 122
50 New Year Resolutions 124
51 Automation 126
52 Mud is Mud 128
53 In the Public Interest 130
54 Instinct or Cleverness? 132
55 From the Earth:Greetings 134
Passage 56 136
Passage 57 138
Passage 58 140
Passage 59 142
Passage 60 144