IntroductionGrammar terms 4
Using a dictionary 5
Module 1
Making questions 6
Short answers 6
Question tags 7
Present Simple or Continuous 7
Word order:Adverbs of frequency 8
Pronunciation:/？/(schwa) 9
The letter's' 9
Grammar snack:both/neither 10
Vocabulary:Activities with do/play/go 11
Improve your writing:Spelling of the-ing form 11
Listen and read:Unusual lifestyles 12
Module 2
Past Simple or Continuous 13
Pronunciation:Syllable stress in Past Simple forms 14
used to 14
still,not any more/longer 15
Listen and read:Frankenstein 16
Grammar snack:Articles:first and second mention 17
Vocabulary:Scientists and technologists 17
Improve your writing:Spelling of Past Simple forms 18
Using when/while/as/during/for in stories 18
Module 3
Comparatives and superlatives 20
Comparative and superlative adverbs 21
Comparing things in different ways 22
Vocabulary:Places around town 22
Grammar snack:Prepositions of place:at,in,on 23
Pronunciation:/？/ and /θ/ 23
Improve your writing:Punctuation:capital letters 23
Grammar snack:The definite article:places 24
Improve your writing:Postcards 25
Module 4
Present Perfect Simple and Past Simple 26
Present Perfect+just/yet/already 27
for,since and ago 27
Present Perfect Continuous 28
Grammar snack:Articles with school,college,etc. 28
Vocabulary:Describing people's appearance 29
Pronunciation:/I/,/i:/ and /aI/ 30
Listen and read:Tom Cruise 30
Improve your writing:Punctuation:commas 31
Module 5
will and won't 32
going to 32
Present Continuous for future arrangements 33
Other ways of talking about the future 33
Future clauses with if,when,etc. 34
Grammar snack:Prepositions of time for the future 35
Pronunciation:/э:/,/？:/ and /？/ 35
Vocabulary:Jobs 36
Adjectives to describe jobs 36
Real life:Formal telephone conversations 37
Improve your writing:Apostrophes 37
Module 6
-ed/-ing adjectives 38
Grammar snack:Prepositions after-ed/-ing adjectives 38
The passive 39
Vocabulary:Films,TV and newspapers 40
Grammar snack:Prepositions for talking about books,films,etc. 41
Pronunciation:/f/,/v/ and /w/ 41
Listen and read:Letters to a TV magazine 42
Improve your writing:Linking ideas without repeating yourself 43
Module 7
Polite requests 44
Ways of making offers 45
will(instant decisions and responses) 46
Jazz chant(go) 47
Grammar snack:Articles:making generalisations 47
Listen and read:Food from other countries 48
Vocabulary:Food and cooking 49
Pronunciation:Lost letters 50
Improve your writing:Sending and replying to invitations by e-mail 50
Module 8
Defining relative clauses 51
Prepositions with defining relative clauses 52
Quantifiers(a feW,a lot of,etc.) 53
Grammar snack:Articles with countable/uncountable nouns 54
Vocabulary:Formation of nouns 54
Pronunciation:/？/,/∫/,/d？/ and /t∫/ 55
Reading 55
Improve your writing:Formal and informal styles 56
Module 9
Futures for prediction(will,might,may,etc.) 57
Hypothetical possibilities with if 58
Real and hypothetical possibilities 58
If sentences in social situations 59
Grammar snack:Word order of adverbs:certainly,probably,definitely 59
Vocabulary:Money verbs and prepositions 60
Improve your writing:Opening a bank account 61
Listen and read:Lottery winners 62
Pronunciation:/？/ 62
Module 10
Past Perfect or Past Simple 63
Present Perfect or Past Perfect 63
Reported statements 64
Reported questions 64
say and tell 65
Vocabulary:Weather phrases 65
Listen and read:Sherlock Holmes 66
Pronunciation:Connected speech:links between words 67
Grammar snack:Definite article for shared knowledge 67
Improve your writing:Time expressions for telling stories 68
Module 11
Obligation and permission 69
Obligation and permission in the past 70
must and have to 70
make and let 71
Spelling and pronunciation:School/university subjects 71
Vocabulary:Transport:noun+noun 72
Grammar snack:Prepositions of movement 72
Grammar snack:-ing forms as nouns 74
Improve your writing:Linking words 74
Module 12
could have/should have/would have 75
Past sentences with if 76
Grammar snack:Verb+object+infinitive 77
Jazz chant:Verbs that describe behaviour and reactions 77
Vocabulary:Using the dictionary:revision 78
Real life:Starting and finishing conversations 79
Improve your writing:A letter to sort out a problem 80
Answer key 81
Acknowledgements 97