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Scope and Sequence: Level 5

All units practise skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking basedaround particular structures and vocabulary. Specific study skills are listedseparately.

Unit Vocabulary Study Skills

1 New neighbours. Pages 4–9She likes cats. Hobbies and interests. Vocabulary practiceHe is interested in computers. Accidents. Alphabetical orderThe cat climbed the tree. Spelling: present participlesDid you see the cat?

2 Have you ever been abroad? Pages 10–15Have you ever been to? Travel experiences. Definitions: guessing from contextI have been to … Countries. Spelling: past tense (regular)She has never … past tense (doubling the He went to … consonant)

3 What were they doing? Pages 16–21While she was working, he was playing. Capital cities. Scanning: locating entries inWhile people are sleeping in America, they are awake in China. a dictionary

4 If you want to see the cows … Pages 22–27If you go into the barn, you’ll see the lambs. Baby animals. Parts of speech: identifying nouns They’ll eat your hat if you’re not careful.I didn’t enjoy myself.

5 What are you doing this weekend? Pages 28–33What are you doing at the weekend? Leisure activities. Parts of speech: identifying verbsI’m going shopping.We’re arriving at 10 o’clock.

6 I’ve just taken some photos. Pages 34–39I have just made a cake. Activity verbs. Matching: vocabulary practiceWhat has he just done? Hobbies. Alphabetical order: words Who has just broken a window? beginning with the same letterHe isn’t tall enough. Spelling: long/short vowel sounds

7 In the news. Pages 40–45How long have you lived here? Competitions and games. Parts of speech: identifying I have known her since August. adjectivesThey have played together for two years.

8 How is bread made? Pages 46–51Bread in made by the baker. Baking. Parts of speech: identifying What is this made of? Manufacturing clothes. adverbsThe pieces are sewn together.

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Scope and Sequence: Level 5Unit Vocabulary Study Skills

9 He’s been saving his money for months. Pages 52–57They’ve been waiting for ages. Spending and saving. Matching: parts of speech He has been saving his money for months. Describing animals. and abbreviations

10 A helping hand. Pages 58–63I enjoy doing … Jobs around the house. Matching: vocabulary practiceHe doesn’t mind doing … Alphabetical order: words with

the first 2 letters the sameSpelling: irregular plurals

11 How things used to be. Pages 64–69I have just made a cake. School equiment, past and Parts of speech: words which Children used to write on slates. present. have more than one meaningShe said that her favourite toy was a rocking horse. Toys, past and present. (adj./v./n./adv.)

12 Mountain adventure. Pages 70–75He said that it was cold. Mountaineering. Parts of speech:He said that the path looked very steep. finding verb tenses using A climber fell from the path. verb tenses

13 Inventions. Pages 76–81It was invented in 1897. Inventions. Matching: vocabulary practiceThe clothes were put into the box. Animals and the homes they Alphabetical order: words with

build. first 3 letters the sameSpelling: irregular plurals

14 If I had a horse, … Pages 82–87If I had a horse I would call it Star. Leisure activities and sports. Parts of speech:It’s so boring. adjectives – finding comparatives At last we saw a ship. and superlatives

15 Welcome home! Pages 88–93The orchids look pretty, don’t they? The senses. Parts of speech:It was so loud! Animals. nouns – irregular plurals

16 Read me a story. Pages 94–99This book is so funny you will laugh out loud. Detective stories. Parts of speech:I think it was … because … adjectives

17 How did they do that? Pages 100–105Perhaps they built rafts. Coasts and the environment. Matching:I think they used to … Diving. abbreviations to full formsHe knew that people had travelled … expanding abbreviations

18 Volcanoes. Pages 106–111The volcano erupts quickly and noisily. Volcanoes. Matching: vocabulary practiceRevision Alphabetical order: list of 10 words

Spelling: add 2 letters

Grammar round-up Pages 112–116

Irregular verbs list Page 117

Word list Pages 118–119

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