B1
VOCABULARY | time out
LISTENING | listen to a radio programme about going out
in New York
GRAMMAR | present continuous/be going to for future
PRONUNCIATION | fast speech: going to
SPEAKING | talk about your future plans
WRITING | write an email invitation
VOCABULARY | places to visit
PRONUNCIATION | stress in compound nouns
READING | read about how people spend their free time
around the world
GRAMMAR | questions without auxiliaries
SPEAKING | discuss how you spend your free time
VOCABULARY | make and do
GRAMMAR | present perfect + ever/never
PRONUNCIATION | weak forms: have
LISTENING | listen to someone descibing how he used
his hidden talent
SPEAKING | talk about hidden talents
WRITING | check your work and correct mistakes
VOCABULARY | education
READING | read an article about di erent schools
GRAMMAR | can, have to, must
PRONUNCIATION | weak forms: have to
SPEAKING | talk about rules in schools
B1+
VOCABULARY | organisation
LISTENING | listen to people discussing making plans
GRAMMAR | the future (plans)
PRONUNCIATION | fast speech: going to
SPEAKING | discuss your plans and arrangements
WRITING | messages; learn to use note form
READING | read an article about the future
VOCABULARY | future time markers
PRONUNCIATION | stress in time markers
GRAMMAR | the future (predictions)
SPEAKING | talk about predictions
VOCABULARY PLUS | idioms
VOCABULARY | personal qualities
READING | read an article about millionaires
GRAMMAR | must/have to/should (obligation)
PRONUNCIATION | fast speech: have to
SPEAKING | discuss how important becoming a millionaire
is for you
VOCABULARY PLUS | confusing words
LISTENING | listen to people describing dream jobs
gone wrong
VOCABULARY | extreme adjectives
PRONUNCIATION | intonation: emphasis
GRAMMAR | used to, would
PRONUNCIATION | linking: used to
SPEAKING | talk about past habits
WRITING | a covering letter; learn to organise your ideas
B2
VOCABULARY | organisation
LISTENING | listen to people discussing making plans
GRAMMAR | the future (plans)
PRONUNCIATION | fast speech: going to
SPEAKING | discuss your plans and arrangements
WRITING | messages; learn to use note form
READING | read an article about the future
VOCABULARY | future time markers
PRONUNCIATION | stress in time markers
GRAMMAR | the future (predictions)
SPEAKING | talk about predictions
VOCABULARY PLUS | idioms
VOCABULARY | personal qualities
READING | read an article about millionaires
GRAMMAR | must/have to/should (obligation)
PRONUNCIATION | fast speech: have to
SPEAKING | discuss how important becoming a millionaire
is for you
VOCABULARY PLUS | confusing words
LISTENING | listen to people describing dream jobs
gone wrong
VOCABULARY | extreme adjectives
PRONUNCIATION | intonation: emphasis
GRAMMAR | used to, would
PRONUNCIATION | linking: used to
SPEAKING | talk about past habits
WRITING | a covering letter; learn to organise your ideas
B2+
READING | read stories with a moral
GRAMMAR | narrative tenses
PRONUNCIATION | weak forms: auxiliaries
VOCABULARY | sayings
SPEAKING | tell anecdotes
WRITING | a story
VOCABULARY | adjectives for stories
LISTENING | listen to a BBC radio programme about very
short stories
GRAMMAR | I wish, if only
PRONUNCIATION | sentence stress
SPEAKING | tell a six-word story
VOCABULARY PLUS | multi-word verbs
SPEAKING | talk about life stories
VOCABULARY | free time
READING | read about how our free time is changing
GRAMMAR | present and past habits
PRONUNCIATION | connected speech: contractions
SPEAKING | discuss how you use your time
WRITING | write an opinion essay; learn to use linkers
VOCABULARY | positive adjectives
PRONUNCIATION | word stress
LISTENING | listen to people talk about holidays
GRAMMAR | future forms
PRONUNCIATION | connected speech
SPEAKING | plan an alternative holiday
VOCABULARY PLUS | uncountable and plural nouns
C1
VOCABULARY | landscapes
READING | read three texts about memorable holiday
moments
SPEAKING | describe a holiday moment
GRAMMAR | noun phrases
PRONUNCIATION | word stress: compound nouns/adjectives
WRITING | a description of a place; learn to add detail
LISTENING | listen to an account of homes around the world
VOCABULARY | -y adjectives
PRONUNCIATION | long/short vowels
GRAMMAR | relative clauses
SPEAKING | talk about an ‘alternative’ home
VOCABULARY PLUS | prefi xes
READING | read an article about a miscarriage of justice
VOCABULARY | crime collocations
SPEAKING | talk about criminal justice
GRAMMAR | introductory it
VOCABULARY PLUS | lexical chunks
PRONUNCIATION | pauses and chunks
VOCABULARY | social issues
PRONUNCIATION | stress patterns
SPEAKING | discuss social issues
LISTENING | listen to people describe someone they admire
GRAMMAR | the perfect aspect
WRITING | a problem-solution essay; learn to use parallelism