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New Inside Out Upper Intermediate Practice OnlineThis course accompanies 'Inside Out Upper Intermediate'. It corresponds to CEFR level B2 and Cambridge ESOL FCE. There are 16 syllabus items, including four 'Review' syllabus items, each matching a student's book unit. Within each syllabus item, resources are grouped into five categories - Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation, Listening and Reading.
UNIT NUMBER1 Impressions
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about appearances and impressions. It covers mixed tenses, auxiliary verbs, 'so' and 'neither', question tags and embedded questions.
Listening Listening to a boss complaining politely to an employee about his clothes. Listening to a journalist from a men's fashion magazine, CHAPS, stopping four men in the street and asking them about their self-image. Listening to an interview about fashions in the 60s and 70s.
Pronunciation Practising intonation of questions qith tags.
Vocabulary Practising collocations.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of when to use the present perfect continuous. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'so', 'neither' and 'nor' to agree with somebody. Checking your knowledge of 'both ... and', 'either ... or', 'neither ... nor'. Checking your knowledge of question and reply tags. Checking your knowledge of embedded questions. Practising the present simple and past simple. Practising the past simple, present perfect, past perfect simple and continuous. Practising the past simple and present perfect simple and continuous. Practising the present perfect simple and continuous. Practising 'so' and 'neither' and the auxiliary verbs that you use with them in short responses. Practising question tags. Practising indirect questions during an interview. Practising question tags and negative questions.
Present perfect continuous: use
Grammar Reference Unit
Inversion: with so, neither and nor
Grammar Reference Unit
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Determiners - quantifiers: both ... and, either ... or, neither ... nor
Grammar Reference Unit
Question, reply tags: use Grammar Reference Unit
Embedded questions: use Grammar Reference Unit
Present simple v past simple
Language Exercise
Past tenses Language Exercise
Mixed tenses Language Exercise
Ibiza - paradise lost Language Exercise
A day at school Language Exercise
Question tags Language Exercise
Interviewing a young star Language Exercise
Questions, questions! Language Exercise
Boost your self-esteem Vocabulary Activity
Question tags Pronunciation Activity
The dress code Listening Activity
You are what you wear Listening Activity
Fashion Listening Activity
2 Generations
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about relationships between teenagers and parents. It covers verbs + infinitive and 'ing' and adjective structures.
Pronunciation Contrasting vowels and diphthongs in minimal pairs.
Listening Listening to an interview about life in the 1920s. Listening to Andy saying how he feels about meeting his girlfriend's parents. Listening to Sarah's parents discussing how they feel about meeting her boyfriend.
Vocabulary Practising phrasal verbs with 'get'. Practising words for family relationships. Practising using synonyms. Practising phrasal verbs.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of the structure object + infinitive without 'to'. Checking your knowledge of the structure verb + object + infinitive. Checking your knowledge of common adjectives followed by the prepositions 'about', 'at', 'by' and 'for'. Checking your knowledge of adjectives followed by the prepositions 'in', 'of', 'to' and 'with'. Checking your knowledge of adjectives ending in '-ed' followed by a preposition. Practising verbs followed by an '-ing' form or infinitive with a change in meaning. Practising the use of prepositions after certain adjectives.
Verb + object + verb: object + infinitive without to
Grammar Reference Unit
Verb + object + verb: object + infinitive
Grammar Reference Unit
Adjectives followed by prepositions: about, at, by, for
Grammar Reference Unit
Adjectives followed by prepositions: in, of, to, with
Grammar Reference Unit
Adjectives ending in -ed and -ing: -ed adjectives followed by prepositions
Grammar Reference Unit
Working in a restaurant Language Exercise
-ing forms and infinitives Language Exercise
-ing forms and infinitives Language Exercise
My musical friend Language Exercise
Daniela's problem Vocabulary Activity
Family relationships Vocabulary Activity
A society wedding Vocabulary Activity
Personal space Vocabulary Activity
Julie's bossy parents Vocabulary Activity
Minimal pairs contrasting vowels
Pronunciation Activity
Generation gap Listening Activity
Meeting the parents Listening Activity
Meet the boyfriend Listening Activity
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This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about money matters. It covers reported speech and unreal tenses.
Pronunciation Practising the schwa sound. Practising identifying the schwa sound.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of reported speech. Checking your knowledge of 'Wh-' reported questions. Checking your knowledge of 'yes/no' reported questions. Checking your knowledge of the tense changes used in reported speech. Practising reported speech. Practising reported speech and questions. Practising a variety of reporting verbs. Checking your knowledge of unreal tenses. Checking your knowledge of the uses of the second conditional. Practising the second conditional.
Reading
Listening Listening to four young people talking about how they spend their pocket money and completing a table.
Vocabulary Practising collocations with the verbs 'take', 'have' and 'break'. Practising collocations with the verbs 'get', 'do' and 'make'. Practising words that are often confused. Practising verbs you need to talk about money.
Reported speech: changes Grammar Reference Unit
Reported questions: wh- questions
Grammar Reference Unit
Reported questions: yes/no questions
Grammar Reference Unit
Reported speech: tense changes
Grammar Reference Unit
The spy granny Language Exercise
An interview with Picasso Language Exercise
Reporting verbs Language Exercise
Unreal tenses: wish, if only, would rather, it's time, hope
Grammar Reference Unit
Second conditional: use Grammar Reference Unit
Second conditional Language Exercise
Take, have or break? Vocabulary Activity
Get, do and make Vocabulary Activity
How much do you earn? Vocabulary Activity
Money Vocabulary Activity
Money, money, money Pronunciation Activity
Find the schwa Pronunciation Activity
Upper Intermediate Test 14
Practice Test
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Review A
This syllabus item provides further practice of the language points revised in the student's book unit. It also provides additional practice of listening skills.
Pronunciation Identifying the stress pattern in two- and three-syllable words.
Listening Listening to five people talking about their sisters and matching statements with each speaker.
Vocabulary Practising phrasal verbs with 'take'. Practising phrasal verbs used to talk about relationships. Playing a problem-solving game involving buying and selling.
Grammar Testing your knowledge of tenses and quantifiers. Practising the past simple, present perfect and present perfect continuous. Practising the present and past simple. Practising the use of the verbs 'hope' and 'expect'. Practising unreal tenses. Practising question tags. Checking your knowledge of the use of gerunds and infinitives. Testing your knowledge of tenses and verbs followed by '-ing' form or infinitive. Practising the use of reported speech. Playing a game to match statements in the present with their reply tags. Playing a game to complete the conditional sentences.
Upper Intermediate Test 04
Practice Test
The Martians are not coming
Language Exercise
A Titanic romance Language Exercise
Visitor hopes and expectations
Language Exercise
Unreal tenses Language Exercise
Question tags Language Exercise
Gerunds and infinitives: likes and dislikes
Grammar Reference Unit
Upper Intermediate Test 02
Practice Test
What did you say? Language Exercise
An emergency meeting Language Exercise
In the Restaurant Game
The Balloon Fiesta Game
Phrasal verbs with take Vocabulary Activity
Chat room introduction Vocabulary Activity
Terraformer - Average Game
Word stress Pronunciation Activity
Paper 4 Part 3 Exam Preparation Exercise
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This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about challenges and health. It covers future tenses and phrasal verbs.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of how to use narrative tenses correctly. Checking your knowledge of the uses of the future perfect. Checking your knowledge of when to use the future continuous. Checking your knowledge of the different ways of expressing the future in the past. Checking your knowledge of the future with 'will', the future continuous and the future perfect. Practising the present simple, the present continuous and 'will'. Practising the future perfect and continuous, 'will' and 'going to'.
Listening Listening to a conversation about Sir Ranulph Fiennes. Listening to a man called Leonard talking to a friend of his about a sports club.
Vocabulary Practising common idioms of health and sickness. Practising the correct use of words and the understanding of a text by putting the correct forms of certain words into gaps to complete the text, and then selecting which points are made about health and safety in the article. Practising looking for more formal equivalents for a number of different expressions in an article that discusses the impacts on health of banning smoking in public places. Practising words for different types of health problems. Practising phrasal verbs used to talk about sports and hobbies.
Reading Reading and choosing the correct options to answer questions on a text about people who gave up TV for a month. Reading for gist and specific information and selecting the correct option to answer questions on a text about smoking in the developing world.
Narrative tenses contrasted
Grammar Reference Unit
Future perfect: use Grammar Reference Unit
Future continuous: use Grammar Reference Unit
Future in the past Grammar Reference Unit
Will v future continuous v future perfect
Grammar Reference Unit
English: a global language Language Exercise
Future tense contrasts Language Exercise
Feeling off-colour Vocabulary Activity
Health and safety Vocabulary Activity
Health effects of banning smoking
Vocabulary Activity
Health problems Vocabulary Activity
Why I love my hobby Vocabulary Activity
Paper 1 Part 3 Exam Preparation Exercise
Reading Part 3 Exam Preparation Exercise
A great explorer! Listening Activity
Paper 4 Part 4 Exam Preparation Exercise
Listening Section 1: Sports club (Task 1)
Exam Preparation Exercise
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5 Ritual
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about rituals, ceremonies and habits. It covers 'would' and 'used to' for habits and verb patterns.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of 'would' and 'used to' to talk about past habits and states. Checking your knowledge of how to use 'would' to talk about repeated actions in the past. Practising 'used to' for past habits and states. Testing your knowledge of tenses and verbs followed by gerund or infinitive. Practising mixed prepositions. Completing a text about how much TV very young children in Britain watch.
Pronunciation Identifying attitude by listening to sentence intonation and stress. Listening to different people talking about celebrations they have attended and keying in the correct answers, then, choosing what linking sound is made between words.
Listening Listening to Laura talking about her father and his car. Listening to someone from the Marriage Guidance Organization talking about the type of problems it helps couples with. Listening to students exchanging views on declining birth rates. Listening to a conversation about seeing a ghost. Listening to a woman talking about her annoying work-mate.
Vocabulary Practising phrasal verbs. Practising word formation. Playing a game by putting all the phrases to do with a teenager's daily routine in order.
Would v used to: past habits v past states
Grammar Reference Unit
Would: repeated actions in the past
Grammar Reference Unit
Used to Language Exercise
Upper Intermediate Test 01
Practice Test
Women's dating rules Language Exercise
Paper 3 Part 2 Exam Preparation Exercise
Upper Intermediate Test 03
Practice Test
A night at the Oscars! Vocabulary Activity
Horoscopes Vocabulary Activity
Salvador Dali Vocabulary Activity
Gobbling Goblins Game
Are they angry? Pronunciation Activity
Celebrations Pronunciation Activity
Rituals Listening Activity
Trouble and strife Listening Activity
Declining birth rates Listening Activity
Ghost story Listening Activity
Annoying habits Listening Activity
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6 Eat
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about food and eating out. It covers the present perfect, the passive and linkers.
Pronunciation Practising the difference between 'like' and 'would like' in its contracted form.
Vocabulary Practising words for parts of the body. Practising words and phrases used in cooking. Practising words related to eating and drinking. Practising numbers and prices.
Listening Listening to extracts from a conversation about international food. Listening to two business people discussing which restaurant to go to. Listening to a nutritionist talking about food and drink. Listening to someone ordering food in a restaurant.
Reading Understanding details, attitudes and opinions, and the purpose of a text in an article on 'greasy spoons' (cheap, typical English cafés).
Grammar Checking your knowledge of the use of the present perfect simple and continuous. Checking your knowledge of when to use the present simple, the present continuous or the present perfect. Contrasting various tenses of the passive voice. Practising the linkers 'although', 'however', 'furthermore', 'in spite of', 'because' and 'because of'. Practising linking words like 'however', 'since' and 'therefore'. Practising concession clauses.
Present perfect simple v continuous
Grammar Reference Unit
Present simple v present continuous v present perfect
Grammar Reference Unit
Passive Language Exercise
What do you think of computer games?
Language Exercise
Linkers Language Exercise
Food in the Harbour City Language Exercise
Parts of the body Vocabulary Activity
Cooking Vocabulary Activity
Eating and drinking Vocabulary Activity
Eating out Vocabulary Activity
Numbers and prices Vocabulary Activity
Contracted speech Pronunciation Activity
Paper 1 Reading Part 4 Exam Preparation Exercise
International food Listening Activity
Where shall we eat? Listening Activity
What food is good for you? Listening Activity
Restaurants and eating out Listening Activity
Review B
This syllabus item provides further practice of the language points revised in the student's book unit. It also provides additional practice of reading and listening skills.
Pronunciation Identifying the main stressed words in sentences and questions.
Vocabulary Practising mixed phrasal verbs. Practising words for parts of the body. Practising words for different types of health problems.
Listening Listening to people talking about restaurants. Listening to two people ordering food. Listening to parents talking to their daughter about mobile phones.
Reading Reading for gist and specific information and selecting the correct option to answer questions on a text about smoking in the developing world.
Grammar Practising a variety of future tenses. Practising past tenses with various meanings. Practising 'used to' and the past simple. Practising different forms of the passive. Practising the passive. Practising linking with '-ing' clauses.
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Future tenses Language Exercise
Future tenses Language Exercise
The rain will have stopped by then
Language Exercise
Present, past or future? Language Exercise
Used to v past simple Language Exercise
Buying goods and equipment
Language Exercise
Passive Language Exercise
Visit to a restaurant Language Exercise
An appointment with the dentist
Vocabulary Activity
Parts of the body Vocabulary Activity
Feeling ill Vocabulary Activity
Sentence stress Pronunciation Activity
Reading Part 3 Exam Preparation Exercise
What's cooking? Listening Activity
What's on the menu? Listening Activity
Paper 4 Part 4 Exam Preparation Exercise
7 Escape
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about travelling and holidays. It covers reporting verbs, modals and articles.
Vocabulary Practising suffixes used to make adjectives into nouns. Practising adjective prefixes (un-, im-, in-, ir-). Practising verb prefixes (mis-, dis-, un-). Practising verbs and nouns for holiday activities. Completing a text about a prize holiday.
Reading Choosing the correct options to answer questions on a text about campsites in various countries.
Pronunciation Focusing on word stress in sentences in which speakers express strong opinions and feelings. Identifying speakers' attitudes from their intonation. Identifying the main syllable stress in countries and nationalities.
Listening Listening to three speakers talking about their holidays.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of the verbs 'say' and 'tell'. Checking your knowledge of reporting verbs. Checking your knowledge of how to use reporting verbs. Checking your knowledge of talking about ability in the past. Checking your knowledge of using forms of 'must', 'need' and 'have to' to talk about obligation and necessity. Checking your knowledge of articles. Practising the use of articles.
Say v tell: differences and uses
Grammar Reference Unit
Reporting verbs: list Grammar Reference Unit
Reporting verbs: use Grammar Reference Unit
Ability: could, be able to
Grammar Reference Unit
Obligation/necessity: need, needn't, must, mustn't, have to, don't have to, needn't have, didn't need to.
Grammar Reference Unit
Articles: contrast of all forms
Grammar Reference Unit
Marketing strategies Language Exercise
Nouns from adjectives Vocabulary Activity
Adjective prefixes (un-, im-, in-, ir-)
Vocabulary Activity
Verb prefixes (mis-, dis-, un-)
Vocabulary Activity
Holiday paradise Vocabulary Activity
Paper 3 Part 3 Exam Preparation Exercise
A trip abroad Pronunciation Activity
Speaking with feeling Pronunciation Activity
Word stress Pronunciation Activity
Paper 1 Part 3 Exam Preparation Exercise
Holidays Listening Activity
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8 Attraction
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about appearance and attraction. It covers passive structures, passive reporting verbs and unreal tenses.
Vocabulary Practising fixed phrases. Practising idiomatic similes. Practising compound adjectives used to descibe people. Practising word formation. Practising word building.
Pronunciation Practising identifying the changing syllable stress in nouns and their corresponding adjectives.
Listening Listening to the desciptions of four people. Listening to three people discussing cosmetic surgery. Listening to teenagers talking about a celebrity they met.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of the way in which we use 'have something done'. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'have somebody / something do something'. Checking your knowledge of the passive voice. Practising the passive and causatives. Checking your knowledge of unreal tenses. Practising unreal tenses. Checking your knowledge of how reported speech is used in academic English.
Uses of have: have something done
Grammar Reference Unit
Uses of have: have somebody / something do something
Grammar Reference Unit
The passive: impersonal statements
Grammar Reference Unit
Cher Language Exercise
Unreal tenses: wish, if only, would rather, it's time, hope
Grammar Reference Unit
Unreal tenses Language Exercise
<b>Reported speech in academic writing</b>
Grammar Reference Unit
A strange creature Vocabulary Activity
My grandfather Vocabulary Activity
Compound adjectives Vocabulary Activity
Could Shakespeare write? Vocabulary Activity
Paper 3 Part 3 Exam Preparation Exercise
Changing stress in nouns and adjectives
Pronunciation Activity
Describing people Listening Activity
Plastic surgery Listening Activity
Meeting a celebrity Listening Activity
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This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about art and inventions. It covers modals of deduction, certainty and possibility.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of the use of 'have' to make deductions. Practising modals of deduction, 'must' and 'can't', and of possibility, 'might' and 'could'. Practising the use of the linking phrase 'as if/as though' for describing impressions.
Pronunciation Practising syllable stress in single words. Practising syllable stress.
Reading Matching pieces of information with the sections of the text in which they are mentioned. Focusing on detailed comprehension of points made, opinions expressed and vocabulary used in a text. Doing a web project on Easter Island.
Listening Listening to four people talking about some new products. Listening to a radio debate concerning the greatest inventions of the past 200 years. Listening to part of a radio programme about a museum and keying in missing information to complete sentences. Listening to part of a radio programme about a museum and keying in missing information to complete sentences. Listening to the description of the Nazca Lines in Peru.
Vocabulary Practising words you need to talk about music. Practising words used to describe different kinds of paintings. Practising fixed phrases. Practising grouping nouns with their related nouns and adjectives. Selecting the correct words to complete a text about ancient art.
Uses of have: deduction Grammar Reference Unit
Certainty and possibility Language Exercise
Progress report Language Exercise
Music Vocabulary Activity
What kind of paintings are they?
Vocabulary Activity
Ancient art Vocabulary Activity
Word building Vocabulary Activity
Paper 3 Part 1 Exam Preparation Exercise
Word stress patterns Pronunciation Activity
Word stress Pronunciation Activity
Paper 1 Part 3 Exam Preparation Exercise
Paper 1 Part 1 Exam Preparation Exercise
Strange inventions Listening Activity
Inventions Listening Activity
Paper 4 Part 2 Exam Preparation Exercise
Mysteries: the Nazca Lines Listening Activity
<b>Exploring Easter Island</b>
Web Project
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Review C
This syllabus item provides further practice of the language points revised in the student's book unit. It also provides additional practice of reading and listening skills.
Vocabulary Selecting the correct adjectives to complete a conversation about pony-trekking.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of how to make suggestions and give advice using 'would'. Checking your knowledge of using 'had better' and 'would rather' to give advice and opinions. Checking your knowledge of using 'should' and 'ought to' to give advice and opinions. Practising reporting verbs like 'agree', 'accuse' and 'insist'. Testing your knowledge of the passive voice and tense consolidation. Testing your knowledge of future tenses and past tense modals. Practising the modal verbs 'can't' and 'must'. Testing your knowledge of passives and prepositions of time: 'in', 'at', 'on'.
Listening Listening lecturer talking about the Young British Artists and completing a student's notes with missing words. Listening a speaker talking about the life of Andy Warhol and keying in the missing words to complete the student's notes.
Reading Reading a short text on the art movement known as Impressionism and deciding on the meaning of a series of words in the context of the text. Reading an article about Scottish inventions and discoveries and deciding if a series of statements expressing the writer's opinion are true, false or if the answer is not given.
Pronunciation Identifying interested intonation in questions.
Would: suggestions/adviceGrammar Reference Unit
Advice/opinion: had better, would rather
Grammar Reference Unit
Advice/opinion: should, ought to
Grammar Reference Unit
Certainty/deduction: must, can't
Grammar Reference Unit
Reporting verbs Language Exercise
Upper Intermediate Test 11
Practice Test
Advanced Test 01 Practice Test
Underwater discovery Language Exercise
Intermediate Test 10 Practice Test
A world of Scottish invention
Language Exercise
A great time Vocabulary Activity
Impressionism Vocabulary Activity
Intonation Pronunciation Activity
Young British Artists Listening Activity
A biography of Andy Warhol
Listening Activity
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10 Sell
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about buying and selling, and marketing. It covers relative clauses and cleft sentences.
Listening Listening to an interview about marketing and selecting the correct answer to questions. Listening to a presentation by an advertising executive about a campaign his agency is planning for a client.
Reading Reading a text about an important event that took place in the United States in 1929 and choosing the correct heading for each paragraph of the passage.
Pronunciation Identifying speakers' attitudes from their intonation.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of the omission of object pronouns in relative clauses. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'that' in relative clauses. Checking your knowledge of the difference between defining and non-defining relative clauses. Checking your knowledge of relative pronouns. Practising the use of 'What' at the beginning of sentences for emphasis. Practising fronting. Contrasting the positions of adverbial phrases with and without inversion.
Vocabulary Practising collocations that are widely used in business. Practising words and phrases in common use in the world of advertising and marketing. Watching a video and matching business terms to their definitions. Using language from the video to create a summary of the presentation. Practising terms used in marketing. Practising words and phrases connected with advertising and marketing.
Object pronoun omission in relative clauses
Grammar Reference Unit
Defining v non-defining relative clauses: use of that
Grammar Reference Unit
Defining v non-defining relative clauses: comparison
Grammar Reference Unit
Relative pronouns: use Grammar Reference Unit
Comments on the cinema Language Exercise
The Sony Ericsson Empire Film Awards
Language Exercise
Inversion Language Exercise
Business news extracts Vocabulary Activity
Advertising and marketing methods
Vocabulary Activity
Video 3: New lines Vocabulary Activity
What does that mean? Vocabulary Activity
A successful exhibition Vocabulary Activity
Developments in advertising and marketing
Vocabulary Activity
Speaking with feeling Pronunciation Activity
Academic Reading Passage 3: The Wall Street Crash (Task 1)
Exam Preparation Exercise
BEC Vantage Listening Part 3
Exam Preparation Exercise
Presentation about an advertising campaign
Listening Activity
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11 Student
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about education and job interviews. It covers future forms and time clauses.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of how to express future predictions and intentions in academic English. Checking your knowledge of the use of the future perfect continuous. Checking your knowledge of using the present simple to talk about fixed future events. Checking your knowledge of the use of the present simple to talk about the future in subordinate clauses. Checking your knowledge of how to use 'would' to express future in the past. Checking your knowledge of using 'be possible' and 'be likely' to talk about possibility.
Listening Listening to a telephone conversation about a job interview and deciding if statements are true or false. Listening to a speaker giving advice about job interviews to a group of college students. Listening to a conversation about how people are selected for job interviews.
Vocabulary Reading a text explaining to university students some of the facilities available on campus and completing the text with words and phrases. Practising words and phrases you need to talk about education. Watching a video of an applicant being interviewed for a job, identifying phrases expressing likes and dislikes and deciding how much each applicant likes his or her job. Practising common collocations in business language. Practising the full form of common English abbreviations. Matching vocabulary and abbreviations with their definitions.
Reading Focusing on scanning and understanding gist in job descriptions and advertisements. Identifying which words are incorrect or unnecessary in a job advertisement.
Future predictions and intentions in academic English
Grammar Reference Unit
Future perfect continuous: use
Grammar Reference Unit
Present simple with future meaning: fixed events
Grammar Reference Unit
Present simple with future meaning: subordinate clauses
Grammar Reference Unit
Would: future in the past Grammar Reference Unit
Possibility: be likely, be possible
Grammar Reference Unit
On the campus Vocabulary Activity
Albert Einstein's education Vocabulary Activity
Brown University, USA Vocabulary Activity
Video 1: Why are you applying for the job?
Vocabulary Activity
Applying for a job Vocabulary Activity
Acronyms Vocabulary Activity
Bills included? Vocabulary Activity
Reading Part 1 Exam Preparation Exercise
Reading Part 6 Exam Preparation Exercise
Short-listed for an interview
Listening Activity
Your first interview Listening Activity
Talking about CVs and job interviews
Listening Activity
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12 Home
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about houses and eating habits. It covers participle clauses, prepositions and quantity expresssions.
Listening Understanding gist, specific information, attitude and opinion in a talk about architecture in the United States. Listening to part of a radio programme on business meals. Listening to a psychologist talking about what a room says about the person living there.
Reading Reading a text about houses of the future in Britain.
Vocabulary Playing a game by selecting the prepositions that describe the movements of the egg while it goes through the machine and helping Professor Keen have a good breakfast. Practising words related to houses. Practising phrasal verbs connected with daily routines.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of the use of the participle in clauses. Practising participle clauses. Checking your knowledge of the uses of quantity pronouns. Practising 'a lot of', 'a little', 'a few', 'too many', 'too much' and 'enough'. Practising verbs followed by certain prepositions. Practising prepositions following adjectives. Checking your knowledge about prepositions that follow nouns.
Participles: clauses Grammar Reference Unit
Participle clauses Language Exercise
Quantity pronouns: enough, plenty, a lot, a great deal
Grammar Reference Unit
Quantity Language Exercise
Verbs and prepositions Language Exercise
Prepositions after adjectives
Language Exercise
Prepositions following adjectives
Grammar Reference Unit
Prepositions following nouns
Grammar Reference Unit
Professor Keen's Eggcellent Breakfast
Game
My home Vocabulary Activity
A very bad day Vocabulary Activity
Academic Reading Passage 2: Houses of the future (Task 1)
Exam Preparation Exercise
Academic Reading Passage 2: Houses of the future (Task 2)
Exam Preparation Exercise
Academic Reading Passage 2: Houses of the future (Task 3)
Exam Preparation Exercise
FCE Paper 4 Part 4 Exam Preparation Exercise
Business meals Listening Activity
What does your room say about you?
Listening Activity
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Review D
This syllabus item provides further practice of the language points revised in the student's book unit. It also provides additional practice of reading and listening skills.
Reading Choosing the correct word to complete a text about a target market. Reading a text explaining to university students some of the facilities available on campus.
Vocabulary Reading a lecture transcript about the methodology and results of a piece of research and selecting the correct answers to complete the text. Practising rooms and places inside and outside the home.
Grammar Checking your knowledge of using the present simple to talk about fixed future events. Checking your knowledge of the future with 'will' and the present simple to talk about the future. Checking your knowledge of how to use the present simple of 'be' to talk about events in the future. Checking your knowledge of participle clauses in academic English. Practising the use of the verbs 'hope' and 'expect'. Practising 'wh-' clauses. Practising defining and non-defining relative clauses. Practising relative pronouns and their use in defining and non-defining relative clauses. Practising the use of prepositions in relative clauses.
Listening Listening to a colleague explaining the focus of an advertising campaign. Listening to a lecturer talk about independent and state schools in the United Kingdom. Listening to people talking about breakfast habits in different places.
Present simple with future meaning: fixed events
Grammar Reference Unit
Will/won't v present simple
Grammar Reference Unit
Present simple with future meaning: other uses
Grammar Reference Unit
Participle clauses in academic English
Grammar Reference Unit
Visitor hopes and expectations
Language Exercise
A protest march Language Exercise
Relative clauses Language Exercise
Defining and non-defining relative clauses
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On the campus Vocabulary Activity
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