CONTENTSTo THE TEACHER 1
Language Learning and the Intermediate Student 1
ABOUT THIS COURSE 2
Basic Aims 2
For Whom the Course is Intended 2
How Much Knowledge has been Assumed? 2
Assumed KnowledgeA Description of the CourseHOW TO USE THIS COURSE 7
Allocation of Time 7
Lesson 1:Guided Conversation 7
Lesson 2:Composition and Language Study 9
Dictations 10
Pre-Unit Tests 10
Additional Reading Material 10
Additional Oral Practice 10
Additional Written Practice 10
Future Work 10
Pre-Unit Test 11
UNIT ONE:Instructions to the Student 16
1 A Puma at Large—Word Order:Review 21
2 Thirteen Equals One—The Present:Continuous andSimple:Review 24
3 An Unknown Goddess—The Sinple Past:Review 27
4 The Double Life of Alfred Bloggs—The Present Perfect:Simple and Continuous:Review 30
5 The Facts—The Indefinite and Definite Articles:Review 33
6 Smash and Grab—The Past:Simple and Continuous:Review 36
7 Crazy—The Comparison of Adjectives:Review 40
8 A Famous Monastery—Review of Tenses 43
9 A Trip to Mars—The Future:Review 46
10 The Loss of the‘Titanic’—The Past Perfect:Review 49
11 Not Guilty—Indirect Speech:Review 53
12 Life on a Desert Island—Conditionals:Review 56
13 ‘It s Only Me’—Must:Review 59
14 A Noble Gangster—Have:Review 63
15 Sixpence Worth of Trouble—Can:Review 66
16 Mary had a Little Lamb—The Gerund:Review 69
17 The Greatest Bridge in the World—The Passive:Review 73
18 Electric Currents in Modern Art—Prepositions:Review 76
19 A Very Dear Cat—Review of Tenses 79
20 Pioneer Pilots—Special Difficulties:Review 82
Pre-Unit Test 86
UNIT TWO:Instructions to the Student 89
Note that a number of patterns previously taught inPractice and Progress are reviewed in this Unit.21 Daniel Mendoza 94
22 By Heart 98
23 One Man s Meat is Another Man s Poison 101
24 A Skeleton in the Cupboard 105
25 The‘Cutty Sark’ 108
26 Wanted:a Large Biscuit Tin 112
27 Nothing to Sell and Nothing to Buy 115
28 A Pound too Dear 119
29 Funny or Not? 122
30 The Death of a Ghost 125
31 A Lovable Eccentric 128
32 A Lost Ship 132
33 A Day to Remember 135
34 A Happy Discovery 139
35 Justice Was Done 143
36 A Chance in a Million 146
37 The Westhaven Express 150
38 The First Calendar 153
39 Nothing to Worry About 157
40 Who s Who 160
UNIT THREE:Instructions to the student 164
41 Illusions of Pastoral Peace 168
42 Modern Cavemen 172
43 Fully Insured 176
44 Speed and Comfort 179
45 The Power of the Press 183
46 Do It Yourself 187
47 Through the Earth s Crust 191
48 The Silent Village 194
49 The Ideal Servant 198
50 New Year Resolutions 202
51 Automation 206
52 Mud is Mud 210
53 In the Pubic Interest 214
54 Instinct or Cleverness? 217
55 From the Earth:Greetings 221
Passage 56 225
Passage 57 229
Passage 58 233
Passage 59 237
Passage 60 241
Key to Pre-Unit Tests 245