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U8.P86.A6 Listen to two friends gossiping about celebrities and fill in the blanks with a word from the box.
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U8.P86.A6 Listen to two friends gossiping about celebrities and fill in the blanks with a word from the box.
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U8.P85.A3 Listen to a clip from a show talking about celebrities and mark the answers T (True), F (False) or NA (Not Applicable), then correct the wrong information.
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U1.P6.A1 Look at the concepts for self-improvement and match them to the pictures.
U1.P7.A1 Look at the people in the photos. Which words or phrases from the boxes can be matched to the people? Why?
U1.P7.A3 Match the words to make phrases.
U1.P7.A4 Listen to the people giving advice about their professions and fill in the blanks in the excerpts.
U1.P7.A 2 Minute Grammar
U1.P7.A6 Look at the excerpts from above activity 4 and rewrite the sentences using the… the comparative structure.
U1.P8.A10 Share your notes with a partner and discuss the questions.
U1.P9.A 5 Minute Grammar Look at the table and fill in the structure. Use the wishes above to help. Write your own examples.
U1.P10.A3 Match the scenario with a wish.
U1.P10.A4 What is happening in the pictures and what might the people wish for?
U1.P11.A2 Read a news article about the benefits of travel and answer the questions.
U1.P11.A3 Find the sentences below in the article and find a new word(s) to replace the missing word, while keeping the same meaning.
U1.P11.A4 Rephrase the sentences in bold in the article.
U2.P16.A1 How much do you know about the history of film-watching technology? Label the pictures below.
U2.P16.A2 Look at the ways to watch movies and put them in the bubbles on the timeline.
U2.P17.A2 Match the words with their definitions.
U2.P18.A4 Are the following statements T (True), F (False) or NA (Not Applicable)?
U2.P18.A5 Fill in the blanks with the missing information.
U2.P19.A2 Listen to four snippets from the vlogs and number them in the order that you hear them.
U2.P19.A3 Complete the excerpts from the listening with the missing words.
U2.P19.A 5 Minute Grammar
U2.P20.A6 Rephrase the sentences using a causative.
U2.P21.A2 Look at the pictures and write an apology for each situation.
U2.P21.A3 Listen to 6 people reacting to the people they are speaking with and match the dialogue to the correct emotion.
U3.P28.A1 Do you know these sights? Where are they? Work with a partner and research them online.
U3.P29.A 2 Minute Grammar Look at the excerpts from the lecture and answer the questions.
U3.P30.A6 Look at the underlined words in the text and complete the table. Use a dictionary to help you.
U3.P31.A2 Read the article and fill in the blanks with the words.
U3.P31.A3 Read the article and choose the correct summary.
U3.P31.A4 For each set, choose the event that happened first. Use the text and the linkers in bold to help.
U3.P33.A3 Read the text below about the Saxon King Offa.
U3.P33.A4 Read the text again and answer the questions below.
U3.P33.A5 Look at the phrases and chunks in bold in the text and match them to their definitions.
U4.P38.A1 Look at the different crafts from around the world. What are they? Where do you think they’re from? What are they made of and how are they made?
U4.P39.A3 Read about three different traditional forms of jewellery from around the world and answer the questions.
U4.P40.A4 Complete the gaps in the sentences below. Use the table above to help you.
U4.P41.A2 Listen to a conversation about an international art exhibition and fill in the blanks.
U4.P41.A3 Look at the excerpts again and underline the adverbs and circle the adjectives.
U4.P41.A4 Fill in the tables below with the adjectives or adverbs and what they refer to (referent).
U4.P41.A5 Look at the pronouns in bold and underline what they refer to.
U4.P42.A7 Read the paragraph below and correct the mistakes in the text if necessary.
U4.P43.A3 Listen to excerpts from a reporter as he guides us through an international craft fair and tick the things he mentions from the points below.
U4.P43.A4 Listen again and complete missing words from the excerpts.
U5.P51.A2 Skim the letters to the editor quickly. Which controversial issue are they related to?
U5.P51.A3 Read the letters and answer the questions.
U5.P51.A 2 Minute Grammar
U5.P52.A4 Fill in the gaps with the correct past modal.
U5.P53.A1 Look at the graphic for how to present an argument. Do you know what the terms mean? Write definitions for them.
U5.P53.A2 Look at the paragraphs below and match their function to the diagram.
U5.P54.A6 Listen again and complete the phrases.
U5.P55.A1 Look at the excerpts from a debate. Match a rebuttal to a point being made.
U6.P60.A2 Match the headline to the picture.
U6.P61.A 2 Minute Grammar
U6.P62.A3 Read the text about a UFO sighting. Fill in the blanks with a relative pronoun and then write ‘D’ if it is a defining relative clause or ‘ND’ if it is non-defining.
U6.P62.A4 Match the two sentence halves and join them using a relative clause.
U6.P62.A5 Complete the sentences.
U6.P63.A2 Listen to the news report and choose the correct headline from the options.
U6.P63.A 2 Minute Grammar
U6.P64.A8 Look at the sentences below and use a connecting word from the box to complete the gaps. There may be more than one appropriate word.
U6.P65.A2 Listen to the interview and fill in the blanks.
U7.P73.A4 Look at the excerpts from the listening. Complete the gaps and then listen and check.
U7.P74.A8 Look at the words below and match them to their definitions.
U7.P75.A2 Read about Justin Hays, his career in marketing and his plans for the future and answer the questions.
U7.P75.A 5 Minute Grammar
U7.P76.A3 Fill in the blanks with already, just, or yet.
U7.P76.A4 Rephrase the sentences using future perfect or future perfect continuous.
U7.P77.A2 Match the words with their definitions.
U7.P77.A3 Fill in the blanks with a word from exercise 2, then listen and check.
U7.P78.A3 Match the words or phrases in bold to their meaning.
U8.P83.A2 Read about three different celebrity stories and match the title to the correct description.
U8.P84.A3 Look at the idioms in bold on page 83 and match them to their meanings.
U8.P84.A5 Complete the sentences with an idiom from before.
U8.P85.A2 Match the words or phrases with their definitions.
U8.P85.A3 Listen to a clip from a show talking about celebrities and mark the answers T (True), F (False) or NA (Not Applicable), then correct the wrong information.
U8.P87.A5 Read the text again and answer the questions.
U8.P87.A6 Look at the words in bold in the text. What do these words mean? Match them to the correct meaning.
U9.P95.A2 Listen to the podcast with people discussing the graph on the previous page. What do the hosts think is the key to a happy life? What do they say about the various aspects in the chart?
U9.P95.A3 Listen again and fill in the missing words in the excerpts.
U9.P96.A 2 Minute Grammar
U9.P97.A3 Complete the sentences with one adverb and the extreme form of an adjective from the box.
U9.P98.A 2 Minute Grammar + U9.P98.A6
U9.P99.A3 Look at the text again. Complete the word webs with -ever phrases from the text.
U9.P99.A4 Complete the sentences with the words from the word webs.
U10.P105.A2 Read the introduction to a lecture on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and choose the best title.
U10.P105.A3 Listen to the lecture about climate change and complete the table.
U10.P106.A7 Read the text and answer the questions.
U10.P106.A8 Find words in the text and match them to the meanings.
U10.P107.A2 Read the information about the charity concert, Live Aid and answer the questions.
U10.P108.A5 Listen to people answering the questions above and fill in the missing words.
U10.P109.A3 Fill in the blanks with words from activity 2.
Recap 1 (Units 1-2) Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.
Recap 2 (Units 1-2) Rephrase the following sentences using the structures you learned.
Recap 3 (Units 1-2) Finish the sentences.
Recap 1 (Units 3-4) Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.
Recap 2 (Units 3-4) Read the situation and then write a sentence using past perfect continuous.
Recap 3 (Units 3-4) Use a verb from the box in the correct form to complete the sentences.
Recap 1 (Units 5-6) Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.
Recap 2 (Units 5-6) Change the direct speech into reported speech.
Recap 3 (Units 5-6) Fill in the blanks with the correct relative clause from the box.
Recap 1 (Units 7-8) Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.
Recap 2 (Units 7-8) Complete the sentences using ‘could / should / would’ or ‘might have’ and your own ideas.
Recap 3 (Units 7-8) Finish the sentences using future perfect and future perfect continuous.
Recap 1 (Units 9-10) Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.
Recap 2 (Units 9-10) Finish the sentences with your own ideas.
Recap 3 (Units 9-10) Rewrite the sentences using ‘have, get, let’ or ‘make’.
Vocab 1 (Units 1-2) Fill in the spaces with the words from the box.
Vocab 2 (Units 1-2) Write a response to the statements using one of the reaction phrases from the box.
Vocab 1 (Units 3-4) Fill in the blanks with the most suitable word or phrase from the box.
Vocab 2 (Units 3-4) Fill in the gaps with a noun or adjective from the box.
Vocab 1 (Units 5-6) Fill in the blanks with the words from the box. Change the form of the word if necessary.
Vocab 2 (Units 5-6) Match the word to the definition.
Vocab 3 (Units 5-6) Use an appropriate connecting phrase in the sentences below.
Vocab 1 (Units 7-8) Fill in the blanks with the words from the box.
Vocab 2 (Units 7-8) Replace the underlined words using an idiom from the box.
Vocab 1 (Units 9-10) Fill in the blanks with ‘whenever, whoever, however’ or ‘whichever’.
Vocab 2 (Units 9-10) Fill in the missing words in the sentences with the words from the box.
Vocab 3 (Units 9-10) Rewrite the sentences using a phrase from the box.
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U8.P87.A5 Read the text again and answer the questions.