Syllabus checklist Grammar Vocabulary

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4 A Hello! verb be: I and you numbers 0–10

6 B Where are you from? verb be: he, she, it countries

8 C We’re from the USA. We’re American. verb be: we, you, they; nationalities;
negatives (all persons) numbers 11–20

10 Practical English The alphabet classroom language

spelling your name
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14 A What’s in your bag? singular and plural nouns; small things
a / an, the
16 B Family and friends possessive adjectives; people and family
possessive s
18 C A man’s car or a woman’s car? adjectives colours and
common adjectives

20 Practical English Personal information phone numbers;

introducing people numbers 21–100
personal information: age, address, etc.
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24 A A bad hair day present simple: I and you common verbs 1

26 B What do you have for breakfast? present simple: we, you, they food and drink

28 C He speaks English at work present simple: he, she, it jobs and places of work

30 Practical English What time is it? days of the week

telling the time

32 Revise & Check What do you remember? What can you do?

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34 A Do you like mornings? adverbs of frequency; a typical day
present simple
36 B Life at the top of the world word order in questions; common verbs 2
question words
38 C You can’t park here can / can’t: common verbs 2
permission and possibility

40 Practical English How much is it?

saying and understanding prices
buying a coffee
42 Revise & Check What do you remember? What can you do?

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 Pronunciation Speaking Listening Reading

word stress; introducing yourself people introducing themselves

/h/, /@U/, and /Q/
sentence stress; Where are you from? Where is he from? Can you hear the difference?
/I/ and /aI/ Where is she from? Where is it from?
word stress; talking about nationalities understanding a dialogue
/e/, /i;/, and /S/
song: D-I-S-C-O;
People in the street:
What’s your name?
How do you spell it?
Where are you from?

/z/ and /s/; What’s in your bag? understanding short

plural endings conversations
/D/, /V/, and /@/ talking about family and friends understanding dialogues

/&/, /eI/, /A;/, and /O;/ talking about cars song: You’re beautiful What car? – Men and
women are different

People in the street:

Do you have brothers and sisters?
How old are they?

/u;/, /w/, and /v/; talking about your lifestyle understanding a longer
linking conversation
word stress; food questionnaire a radio programme: Breakfast in Japan
/tS/, /dZ/, and /g/ You are what you eat and Hungary
3rd person s; talking about people who work understanding a dialogue English at work
word and sentence stress
silent consonants song: Friday I’m in love;
People in the street:
What do you do?
Do you like it?
What time do you start and finish?

sentence stress questionnaire: an interview A day in the life of

Do you like mornings? James Blunt
/e@/, /Q/, /aU/, and /j/ your free time your free time Hammerfest in winter

sentence rhythm Can you...? understanding dialogues

/U@/, /s/, and /k/ saying prices understanding prices;

song: Money, money, money
People in the street:
Where do you usually have lunch?
What do you have?
How much is it?

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 Grammar Vocabulary
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44 A Before they were famous... past simple: be in, at, on: places

46 B A perfect day? past simple: have, go, get irregular verbs; revision of
daily routine verbs
48 C It changed my life past simple: regular verbs common verbs 3;
more irregular verbs

50 Practical English What’s the date today? ordinal numbers;

saying the date months

52 Revise & Check What do you remember? What can you do?

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54 A On an island in Scotland there is / there are hotels;
in, on, under
56 B Dream town? there was / there were places
58 C Strangers on a train revision of past simple; common verbs 3
object pronouns: me, him, etc.
60 Practical English What do you think of it?
asking for and giving opinions

66 Revise & Check What do you remember? What can you do?

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64 A What do you like doing? like + verb + -ing activities
66 B Trip of a lifetime be going to (plans) future time expressions

68 C What’s going to happen?
be going to (predictions) the weather;
revision: verb collocation
70 Practical English Is there a bank near here? prepositions of place
asking for and giving directions
72 Revise & Check What do you remember? What can you do?

74 The Can you…? Game

76 Communication
82 Listening
88 Grammar Bank
102 Vocabulary Bank Numbers, Countries and nationalities, Things, People and family,
Adjectives, Common verbs 1, Food and drink, Jobs and places of work, The time and
ordinal numbers, A typical day, Common verbs 2 and 3, Hotels, Places, Irregular
verbs
117 Sound Bank

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 Pronunciation Speaking Listening Reading

/3;/ and was / were Where were they?

sentence stress What did you do yesterday? a phone conversation One day in history
song: Perfect day
regular past simple endings What did you do this I loved, I lived, I cried…
morning / yesterday?, etc.

People in the street:
When’s your birthday?
What did you do on your last birthday?

/e@/ and /I@/ Is there a TV? Where is it? dialogue: asking about hotel facilities Hotels with a difference

the letters ea Good or bad holiday? Jeff and Kelly’s holiday One man’s dream
sentence stress answering questions about Strangers on a train; Strangers on a train
a story song: I’m a believer

strong stress People in the street:

What’s the last film you saw?
What did you think of it?

/U/, /u;/, and /N/ What do you like doing? Free time
sentence stress future plans: a dream trip Liz’s trip to South America

revision of sounds What’s going to happen? weather forecast;

song: Three little birds

polite intonation understanding directions

People in the street:
Is there a / an … near here?

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