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Contents STARTER A page 4–5 STARTER B page 6–7

UNIT 1 Life

changes

Environment | Computers Parts of the body | Health

GRAMMAR

VOCABULARY

READING & LISTENING

Present tense review Present perfect simple review

Book review Things we read WORD ZONE recommend

My top coming-of-age novels Oscar and Daisy My crazy life STUDY SKILL Predicting the content of a text

Future review Future continuous First conditional with different conjunctions & modals

Life choices Nouns ending in -ion and -ness WORD ZONE look forward to

Get out there and do something different In my lifetime So stressed! STUDY SKILL Matching information

Second conditional wish about the present Third conditional wish about the past

Money & finance Prepositional verbs WORD ZONE disSTUDY SKILL Recording collocations

I’m honest, aren’t I? The power of money The stars are out tonight

Past simple & continuous used to & would Past perfect

Disasters -ing forms WORD ZONE expressions with just

Trapped underground It’s the latest local news Dead or alive?

Reported speech Reporting orders, requests & advice Reported questions

Describing a holiday Abbreviations & acronyms WORD ZONE Collocations

Blueskies activity holidays On the move! Into the wild STUDY SKILL Checking true or false information

Present perfect continuous Gerunds & infinitives

Describing jobs Synonyms WORD ZONE keep doing something

Jobs for the girls Student info for you Too much, too soon STUDY SKILL Words with several meanings

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2 Chilled or

stressed? page 18

3 Moral

dilemmas page 28

REVIEW UNITS 1–3 page 38

4 In the

news

page 40

5 Time for a

change page 50

6 A day in

the life

VIDEO page 39

page 60 REVIEW UNITS 4–6 page 70

7 Culture

vultures page 72

8 The fear

of the unknown

Modal verbs Pronouns: indefinite and reflexive

VIDEO page 71

The passive Active & passive have / get something done STUDY SKILL Writing quiz questions

Art & architecture Homonyms WORD ZONE Compound adjectives

Architectural icons An art debate on the radio A life in painting

Modals of speculation Modal perfects of speculation

Mysteries Negative prefixes WORD ZONE Words ending -proof

Dark Matter The Loch Ness monster Maritime mystery STUDY SKILL Reading authentic texts

Multi-part verbs Adverbs

Shopping Nouns ending in -al, -ance, -ence, -ation, -ment WORD ZONE Adjectives ending in-al and -ic

Tricks of the trade Teens go shopping Big business STUDY SKILL Matching when you listen

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9 Shop ’til

you drop page 92

REVIEW UNITS 7–9 page 102

VIDEO page 103

REVIEW UNITS 1–9 page 104–112

GRAMMAR REFERENCE page 113–121

PREPARE FOR CAMBRIDGE EXAMS AND THE TOEFL JUNIOR® TEST page 122–139

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CHALLENGE

INTERACTION

WRITING

Review and talk about a book Describing a book Giving opinions

Recommending a book Starting a conversation Asking for information Recommending a book PRONUNCIATION /v/ and /b/

A book review WRITING SKILL Giving reasons and results

Resolve a family conflict Expressing a request Expressing annoyance

Giving advice Giving advice Accepting and rejecting advice PRONUNCIATION Contracted ’ll

A report WRITING SKILL Introducing results

Talk about ethical dilemmas Discussing important things

Expressing different points of view Asking for opinions | Giving opinions Other points of view Agreeing and disagreeing PRONUNCIATION Sentence stress (1)

A discussion essay WRITING SKILL Organizing an essay (1)

Hold a class debate

Telling anecdotes Sharing news | Keeping the story going Showing interest PRONUNCIATION used to STUDY SKILL Informal expressions

A news article WRITING SKILL Expressing contrast

Write and present a tourism brouchure

Making arrangements: persuading and making excuses Inviting | Persuading and encouraging Making and accepting excuses PRONUNCIATION Abbreviations & acronyms

An email of complaint WRITING SKILL Ordering information

Give a talk to younger students

Going for a college interview Asking for personal information Giving yourself time to think | Rounding off PRONUNCIATION Sentence stress (2)

An informal letter WRITING SKILL Expressions for giving examples

Talk about a painting Describing a painting

Asking for information Asking for and giving directions Asking for and giving instructions | Asking for clarification PRONUNCIATION Sounding polite and sounding firm

An article WRITING SKILL Expressing purpose

Speculate and solve problems in groups

Interrupting and continuing a conversation Interrupting | Continuing a conversation PRONUNCIATION Stress in identical verbs and nouns

A story WRITING SKILL Using adjectives and adverbs

Plan an advert for a new product

Complaining in a shop Complaining | Expressing frustration Calming things down PRONUNCIATION Stress in nouns and verbs

An opinion essay WRITING SKILL Organizing an essay (2)

STORIES The island page 140 IRREGULAR VERBS LIST page 153

Junk planet page 142

The body artist page 144

More practice

Grammar presentation

INTERACTIVE RESOURCES:

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