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Laser B1 Practice Online This course accompanies 'Laser B1'. There are 16 units, each matching a student's book unit. There is a review syllabus item every other unit to match the 'Review' sections in the student's book. Resources are grouped into five categories: grammar, vocabulary, listening, writing, web projects and use of English.

UNIT NUMBER Unit 1 - Welcome Back! This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about education. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 1 of the student's book. Listening

Listening to a conversation about a penpal magazine.

Use of English

Practising the present continuous. Practising the difference between the present simple and the present continuous.

Pronunciation

Contrasting long and short vowels. .

Vocabulary

Practising words and phrases you need to talk about education. Practising words and phrases about graduating by inserting the correct words to complete what a man says about his graduation and then matching words that go together. Practising collocations.

Writing Grammar

Checking your knowledge of the difference between the use of the present simple and present continuous. Checking your knowledge of stative verbs. Checking your knowledge of adverbs of frequency.

Present simple v continuous

Grammar Reference Unit

Adverbs of frequency: never to always

Grammar Reference Unit

Stative verbs

Grammar Reference Unit

Present continuous

Language Exercise

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Today I'm saving the world!

Language Exercise

Albert Einstein's education

Vocabulary Activity

Graduation day

Vocabulary Activity

School mornings

Vocabulary Activity

Penpals

Listening Activity

Long and short vowels

Pronunciation Activity

Unit 2 - The Weird and the Unexplained This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about unexplained events and mysteries. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 2 of the student's book. Listening

Listening to a radio interview with a man from a museum of archeology. Listening to a conversation about seeing a ghost.

Writing

Writing a description of a town and then looking at the model answer and comments.

Use of English

Contrasting the past simple and past continuous by selecting the correct option to complete a story about a suspected burglary. Contrasting the past simple with the past continuous by selecting the correct form of the verb to complete sentences.

Pronunciation

Practising long and short vowels.

Grammar

Checking your knowledge of how to use 'would' to talk about repeated actions in the past. Checking your knowledge of 'would' and 'used to' to talk about past habits and states.

Vocabulary

Practising common English collocations. Practising descriptive language by listening to a description of Santorini, an island in Greece, and matching words used to describe the island, then choosing correct adjectives to complete sentences.

Would : repeated actions in the past

Grammar Reference Unit Grammar Reference Unit

Would v used to : past habits v past states Past simple and past continuous

Language Exercise

Past simple v past continuous

Language Exercise

Making collocations

Vocabulary Activity

Santorini Island

Vocabulary Activity

Interview with Dr Martin

Listening Activity

Ghost story

Listening Activity

Vowel sounds

Pronunciation Activity

A description of my town

Sample Essay

Units 1 and 2 - Revision This syllabus item provides a review of the language you have learned and practised in units 1 and 2. Games

Recognizing the paradigms of irregular verbs and remembering where each item is by matching the three showmen that form part of the same paradigm.

Use of English

Listening to people talking about life now and in the past and deciding whether sentences are true or false. Practising past simple 'wh-' questions. Practising 'does', 'plays' and 'goes' by selecting the correct word to complete a text about the schedule of a fitness freak. Choosing the correct form of the present simple to complete sentences. Contrasting the present simple and present continuous by keying in the correct form of a given verb to complete a text about living with noisy neighbours.

Pronunciation

Practising long and short vowels.

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Then and now

Language Exercise

The Showmen

Game

All about you

Language Exercise

What are they doing?

Language Exercise

Life of a fitness freak

Language Exercise

Life in the big city

Language Exercise

Present simple: affirmative and negative

Listening Activity

A visit to the school library

Listening Activity

Noisy neighbours

Language Exercise

Vowel sounds

Pronunciation Activity

Unit 3 - The Law's the Law This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about crime. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 3 of the student's book. Use of English

Practising the use of articles 'a', 'an', 'the' or zero article. Practising countable and uncountable nouns.

Grammar

Checking your knowledge of irregular countable nouns derived from foreign words. Checking your knowledge of irregular countable nouns with the same singular and plural form. Checking your knowledge of the difference between countable and uncountable nouns.

Vocabulary

Practising nouns for different types of criminals. Practising expressing opinion by inserting the missing expressions for giving opinions to complete a conversation and then matching phrases or sentences with the same meaning.

Listening

Listening to a burglar talking to his friend and reading his police statement to decide which parts of his statement are true. Listening to three interviews with teenagers and matching what they say with pictures. Then, listening for phrases they said.

Pronunciation

Identifying a speaker's opinion from the intonation of the word yes.

Irregular countable nouns: foreign words

Grammar Reference Unit

Choosing countable or uncountable nouns

Language Exercise

Irregular countable nouns: same singular and plural

Grammar Reference Unit

Crime

Vocabulary Activity

Countable v uncountable nouns: definition and contrast

Grammar Reference Unit

Do we need zoos?

Vocabulary Activity

Ron the burglar

Listening Activity

Points of view

Listening Activity

A school day

Language Exercise

What shall we do?

Pronunciation Activity

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Unit 4 - Meet the Stars This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the media. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 4 of the student's book. Pronunciation

Identifying the sound schwa in single words.

Use of English

Contrasting the the present perfect simple and the present perfect continuous. Practising superlatives. Practising comparatives and superlatives.

Vocabulary

Practising negative adjective prefixes ('un-', 'im-', 'in-', 'ir-'). Practising different types of news categories. Practising names of types of TV programmes.

Listening

Listening to teenagers talking about a celebrity they met.

Grammar

Checking your knowledge of the present perfect continuous.

Present perfect continuous: use

Grammar Reference Unit

Adjective prefixes (un-, im-, in-, ir-)

Vocabulary Activity

Present perfect simple and continuous

Language Exercise

Negative adjective prefixes

Vocabulary Activity

Superlatives

Language Exercise

Here is the news ...

Vocabulary Activity

Who is the fittest?

Language Exercise

Television programmes

Vocabulary Activity

Find the schwa

Pronunciation Activity

Meeting a celebrity

Listening Activity

Units 3 and 4 - Revision This syllabus item provides a review of the language you have learned and practised in units 3 and 4. Pronunciation

Recognising the schwa in individual words.

Games

Selecting the correct words to complete the sentences.

Listening

Listening to a radio competition about film trivia.

Grammar

Checking your knowledge your knowledge of uncountable nouns that are all materials. Checking your knowledge of articles. Checking your knowledge of the use of the present perfect simple and continuous.

Use of English

Contrasting 'the' with the zero article. Practising the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives.

Vocabulary

Practising prefixes.

Uncountable nouns: material

Grammar Reference Unit

Young people now and then

Language Exercise

Articles: contrast of all forms

Grammar Reference Unit

Prefixes

Vocabulary Activity

Present perfect simple v continuous

Grammar Reference Unit

Fan club radio phonein competition

Listening Activity

The or nothing?

Language Exercise

Identifying the schwa

Pronunciation Activity

Robot Wars - Average

Game

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Unit 5 - The Space Race This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about technology. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 5 of the student's book. Pronunciation

Contrasting vowel sounds.

Vocabulary

Practising choosing the correct word for text completion and reading for summary completion. Practising words you need to talk about information technology.

Grammar

Checking your knowledge of the different uses of the future with 'going to'. Checking your knowledge of using the present simple to talk about fixed future events. Checkingyour knowledge of the future with 'will' and the present simple to talk about the future.

Listening

Listening to two English teachers talking about learning English in the future.

Use of English

Contrasting the use of 'will' and 'going to'. Practising the future with 'will' and 'won't'. Practising the use of future forms with 'will' and present continuous.

Future with going to : use

Grammar Reference Unit

Present simple with future meaning: fixed events

Grammar Reference Unit

Will/won't v present simple

Grammar Reference Unit

Will and going to

Language Exercise

Peter telephones Sally

Language Exercise

Talking about the future

Language Exercise

New technology for communication

Vocabulary Activity

Information technology

Vocabulary Activity

Learning English

Listening Activity

Vowel sounds

Pronunciation Activity

Unit 6 - It Takes All Sorts This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about people. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 6 of the student's book. Pronunciation

Practising different vowel sounds.

Use of English

Practising the modal verbs 'can', 'could' and 'be able to'. Contrasting the use of 'have to', 'don't have to' for obligation, and 'should', 'shouldn't' for advice. Practising the modal verbs 'can't' and 'must'. Practising the modal verbs 'can', 'could' and 'may'.

Listening

Listening to two teenagers talking about a friend they're worried about.

Vocabulary

Practising words to describe people.

Grammar

Checking your knowledge of 'must' and 'have to'. Checking your knowledge of using 'mustn't' and 'don't have to'. Checking your knowledge of using 'could', 'may' and 'might' to talk about possibility.

Obligation/necessity: must, have to

Grammar Reference Unit

Obligation/necessity: mustn't, don't have to

Grammar Reference Unit

Possibility: could, may, might

Grammar Reference Unit

Modals of ability

Language Exercise

Obligation and advice

Language Exercise

Can't , and must

Language Exercise

Modals of permission

Language Exercise

Best friends

Vocabulary Activity

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Popstar crazy

Listening Activity

Vowel sounds

Pronunciation Activity

Units 5 and 6 - Revision This syllabus item provides a review of the language you have learned and practised in units 5 and 6. Vocabulary

Practising words you need to talk about information technology by first predicting the missing collocations and then selecting the correct word to complete sentences about computing. Practising names of pieces of electrical household equipment and their definitions.

Games

Escaping from the different asteroid fields by selecting the right answer in each star.

Use of English

Practising the present continuous for future use. Contrasting 'will', 'won't' and 'going to'. Practising modal verbs 'mustn't', 'don't have to', 'don't need to' and 'needn't'. Practising modal verbs 'should' and 'shouldn't'. Putting the instructions for using a cash machine into the order they appear on the cash machine screen, then completing sentences from the video.

Listening

Listening to four people talking about some new products.

Pronunciation

Practising vowel sounds.

Round-the-world trip

Language Exercise

It's a dog's life

Vocabulary Activity

Will , won't , going to

Language Exercise

Useful things

Vocabulary Activity

Modal verbs

Language Exercise

Strange inventions

Listening Activity

Modals of advice

Language Exercise

Vowel sounds

Pronunciation Activity

Using a cash machine

Language Exercise

Astro Explorer - Average

Game

Unit 7 - Going Out and Staying In This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about entertainment. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 7 of the student's book. Vocabulary

Practising words you need to speak about music.

Use of English

Practising 'had to', 'didn't have to' and 'couldn't' by selecting the correct verb to complete a text about Bill Wyman from the Rolling Stones. Practising the use of '-ing' forms and infinitives.

Listening

Listening to a radio interview with a film star.

Pronunciation

Practising verbs ending in '-ing'. Practising consonant sounds.

Web project

Doing a web project about memorable locations in Britain.

Writing

Writing an article for a school newspaper on exam stress.

Grammar

Checking your knowledge of the use of gerunds and infinitives.

Gerunds and infinitives: likes and dislikes

Grammar Reference Unit

Schooldays of a rock star

Language Exercise

Talking about your job

Language Exercise

What's that sound?

Language Exercise

Music

Vocabulary Activity

Jack Johnson Show

Listening Activity

Verb + - ing

Pronunciation Activity

Pronouncing sounds

Pronunciation Activity

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Shot on location in Britain

Web Project

Exam stress

Sample Essay

Unit 8 - The Problem Page This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about relationships. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 8 of the student's book. Vocabulary

Watching a woman talking about her relationship with her husband, then deciding whether statements are true or false and matching sentence halves. Practising suffixes used to make adjectives into nouns. Practising suffixes use d to make verbs into nouns.

Grammar

Checking your knowledge of the first conditional. Checking your knowledge of the second conditional. Checking your knowledge of the zero conditional. Checking your knowledge of connectors of time.

Listening

Listening to three people explaining their problems on the telephone. Listening to advice about three different problems.

Pronunciation

Identifying attitude by listening to sentence intonation and stress.

First conditional: use

Grammar Reference Unit

Second conditional: use

Grammar Reference Unit

Zero conditional: use Connectors: time

A lifetime together

Vocabulary Activity

Nouns from adjectives

Vocabulary Activity

Nouns from verbs

Vocabulary Activity

Grammar Reference Unit

Advice hotline

Listening Activity

Personal problem helpline

Listening Activity

Grammar Reference Unit

Are they angry?

Pronunciation Activity

Units 7 and 8 - Revision This syllabus item provides a review of the language you have learned and practised in units 7 and 8. Games

Identifying the potential couples and help them go on a date by matching the invitations with the correct replies. Y

Web project

Doing a web project on musicals on film.

Use of English

Contrasting the '-ing' form and the infinitive. Practising the '-ing' form and infinitive with 'to'. Practising the second conditional. Practising the first conditional. Practising the prepositions of time 'since', 'for', 'until', 'by' and 'from'.

Listening

Listening to two teenagers talking about a favourite film star.

Grammar

Checking your knowledge of the use of the prepositions of time 'before', 'after', 'till/ until' and 'since'.

Prepositions of time: till/until, since, from

Grammar Reference Unit

If you walk under a ladder ...

Language Exercise

Going out

Language Exercise

Prepositions of time

Language Exercise

Fitness freaks

Language Exercise

Fan clubs

Listening Activity

Second conditional

Language Exercise

Merry musical melodies

Web Project

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Cupid Games

Game

Unit 9 - It's the Way You Tell'em! This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about humour. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 9 of the student's book. Pronunciation

Practising numbers from 1 to 10. Practising numbers from 11 to 101.

Grammar

Checking your knowledge of the third conditional. Checking your knowledge of how to use 'would' with the second and the third conditionals. Checking your knowledge of all the conditional forms. Checking your knowledge of relative clauses. Checking your knowledge of the difference between defining and non-defining relative clauses. Checking your knowledge of the use of that in relative clauses.

Use of English

Practising relative pronouns.

Third conditional: use

Grammar Reference Unit

Would : conditional

Grammar Reference Unit

Conditional: comparison of all forms

Grammar Reference Unit

Relative clauses: use

Grammar Reference Unit

Defining v nondefining relative clauses: comparison

Grammar Reference Unit

Defining v nondefining relative clauses: use of that

Grammar Reference Unit

Relative pronouns in impersonal statements

Language Exercise

Reggae and Bob Marley

Language Exercise

Numbers 1-10

Pronunciation Activity

Numbers 11-101

Pronunciation Activity

Unit 10 - Fair Play This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about sport. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 10 of the student's book. Vocabulary

Practising 'play', 'go' and 'do' with different sports. Practising the names of sports. Practising collocations with the verbs 'take', 'have' and 'break'.

Use of English

Practising conditional sentences. Practising 'too' and 'enough'. Practising 'so' and 'enough' and 'so/too' followed by 'much/many', 'little' and 'few'.

Web project

Doing a project about different American sports.

Grammar

Checking your knowledge of all the conditional forms. Checking your knowledge of the uses of 'so', 'such', 'too', 'enough' and 'quite'.

Listening

Listening to a dialogue about cycling.

Conditional: comparison of all forms

Grammar Reference Unit

Modifiers and quantifiers

Language Exercise

Modifiers: use of so, such, too, enough, quite

Grammar Reference Unit

My favourite sport

Vocabulary Activity

What's your favourite sport?

Vocabulary Activity

If you asked ...

Language Exercise

Take, have or break?

Vocabulary Activity

Hard times prison

Language Exercise

Mad about cycling!

Listening Activity

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Sport in the USA

Web Project

Units 9 and 10 - Revision This syllabus item provides a review of the language you have learned and practised in units 9 and 10. Web project

Doing a web project about the Formula One Championship.

Games

Visiting the Magic Forest and help Jason collect as many crocks of gold from the gnomes as possible.

Use of English

Listening to short dialogues practising the use of 'if', 'unless' and 'when'. Contrasting the use of 'too' and 'enough'. Practising sports verbs.

Vocabulary

Practising collocations. Watching a man talking about his job as a personal trainer. Practising using 'play', 'go' and 'do' with different sports.

Grammar

Checking your knowledge of relative clauses.

Relative clauses: structure 1

Grammar Reference Unit

Relative clauses: structure 2

Grammar Reference Unit

Are you sure?

Language Exercise

Too and enough

Language Exercise

Robert's sport timetable

Language Exercise

Football

Vocabulary Activity

Personal trainer

Vocabulary Activity

I do aerobics

Vocabulary Activity

The Formula One flying circus

Web Project

The Magic Forest

Game

Unit 11 - The Land of Plenty? This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the environment. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 11 of the student's book. Listening

Listening to someone talking about swimming with a whale.

Vocabulary

Practising words relating to environmental issues. Practising phrasal verbs. Practising hompohones.

Grammar

Checking your knowledge of the use of the agent in passive sentences. Checking your knowledge of the way in which we use 'have something done'.

Web project

Doing a web project about endangered species.

Use of English

Practising dragging and dropping passive verbs into the correct gaps. Practising the present passive. Practising all forms of the passive.

The passive: omission of agent

Grammar Reference Unit

Uses of have: have something done

Grammar Reference Unit

Campus passives

Language Exercise

The environment

Language Exercise

Passive forms

Language Exercise

Environmental advice

Vocabulary Activity

Protecting our planet

Vocabulary Activity

Piece or peace ?

Vocabulary Activity

Swimming with a whale

Listening Activity

Creature feature

Web Project

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Unit 12 - C U @ 8 This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about communication. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 12 of the student's book. Writing

Writing an email invitation to an English friend.

Grammar

Checking your knowledge of the verbs 'say' and 'tell'. Checking your knowledge of the use of the past perfect and past perfect continuous. Checking your knowledge of when to use the past perfect continuous. Checking your knowledge of the tense changes used in reported speech. Checking your knowledge of reported speech.

Vocabulary

Practising the use of collocations. Practising words and phrases used in informal business emails.

Use of English

Practising the use of reported speech. Practising reported statements.

Say v tell : differences and uses

Grammar Reference Unit

Reported speech: changes

Grammar Reference Unit

What did you say?

Language Exercise

Reported statements

Language Exercise

Past perfect simple v continuous

Grammar Reference Unit

Past perfect continuous: use

Grammar Reference Unit

Telephone calls

Vocabulary Activity

You've got mail

Vocabulary Activity

Reported speech: tense changes

Grammar Reference Unit

Paper 1 Writing Part 2

Exam Preparation Exercise

Units 11 and 12 - Revision This syllabus item provides a review of the language you have learned and practised in units 11 and 12. Vocabulary

Practising collocations.

Games

Helping 4P-2 climb up the crater to destroy the slimy monster by selecting words related to the weather and pollution.

Listening

Listening to a recording about tropical rainforests in Belize.

Use of English

Practising the use of the passive and the active voice. Practising the present simple passive. Practising reported speech.

Grammar

Checking your knowledge of active and passive voice. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'have somebody / something do something'. Checking your knowledge of when to use the past perfect.

Pronunciation

Practising homophones.

The passive: passive v active

Grammar Reference Unit

Uses of have: have somebody / something do something

Grammar Reference Unit

Past perfect: use

Grammar Reference Unit

Passive v active

Language Exercise

How are bottles recycled?

Language Exercise

What did they say?

Language Exercise

What do animals do?

Vocabulary Activity

The rainforests

Listening Activity

Same sound, different spelling

Pronunciation Activity

Slimy Monster

Game

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Unit 13 - Getting By This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about work. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 13 of the student's book.

Reported questions: wh- questions

Grammar Reference Unit

Astronaut

Language Exercise

Reported questions: yes/no questions

Grammar Reference Unit

I swam across an ocean

Language Exercise

I've got an interview!

Vocabulary Activity

Embedded questions: use

Grammar Reference Unit

Letter of application

Vocabulary Activity

Quiz show

Work survey

Listening Activity

Language Exercise

Word stress

Pronunciation Activity

Unit 14 - Away From Home This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about travelling. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 14 of the student's book. Grammar

Checking your knowledge of the future perfect. Checking your knowledge of when to use the future continuous. Checking your knowledge of the future with 'will', the future continuous and the future perfect.

Vocabulary

Practising words for journeys. Practising words related to travel.

Web project

Doing a project about Vancouver, Canada.

Use of English

Practising 'I wish' and 'If only'.

Pronunciation

Practising consonant sounds.

Listening

Listening to different people talking about travel. Listening to a businessman talking about business travel.

Future perfect: use

Grammar Reference Unit

Travel around the world

Vocabulary Activity

Future continuous: use

Grammar Reference Unit

Going on a trip

Vocabulary Activity

If things were different

Listening Activity

Will v future continuous v future perfect

Grammar Reference Unit

Travelling tales

Listening Activity

Consonant sounds

Pronunciation Activity

I wish ...

Language Exercise

A trip to Vancouver, Canada

Web Project

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Units 13 and 14 - Revision This syllabus item provides a review of the language you have learned and practised in units 13 and 14. Pronunciation

Practising words stress.

Use of English

Practising the past simple and present perfect.

Games

Helping Turtle the Time Tourist to get all the pieces of a time compass and come back to the present.

Listening

Listening to an interview with a park keeper. Listening to a woman talking about a journey across North America.

Vocabulary

Watching a woman talking about her job. Watching a man talking about his job and choosing the correct words to complete what the man says. Watching a man talking about what he and his wife do for a living. Practising verbs and nouns for holiday activities. Watching a video about Dubai and clicking on the words you hear.

The worst job

Language Exercise

Ambitious Dubai

Vocabulary Activity

An ideal job

Vocabulary Activity

In the park

Listening Activity

At work

Vocabulary Activity

A memorable journey

Listening Activity

Under the sea

Vocabulary Activity

Word stress

Pronunciation Activity

Paradise Islands

Vocabulary Activity

Turtle the Time Tourist - Average

Game

Unit 15 - Make or Break This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about success and failure. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 15 of the student's book. Pronunciation

Practising vowel sounds. Contrasting words with different spellings with the same vowel sound.

Web project

Doing a web project about the history of the Nobel Prize.

Listening

Listening to a conversation about Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the explorer.

Grammar

Checking your knowledge of using 'had better' and 'would rather' to give advice and opinions. Checking your knowledge of unreal tenses. Checking your knowledge of verbs that can have two objects. Checking your knowledge of verbs followed by two objects. Checking your knowledge of the structure verb + object + infinitive. Checking your knowledge of object pronouns.

Advice/opinion: had better, would rather

Grammar Reference Unit

Verb + object + verb: object + infinitive

Grammar Reference Unit

Unreal tenses: wish, if only, would rather, it's time, hope

Grammar Reference Unit

Object pronouns: pronoun reference

Grammar Reference Unit

A great explorer!

Listening Activity

Verbs followed by two objects: word order

Grammar Reference Unit

Sounds and spelling

Pronunciation Activity Pronunciation Activity

Verb followed by two objects: pronoun use

Grammar Reference Unit

Same sound, different spelling The Nobel Prize

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Unit 16 - Buy, Buy, Buy! This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about shopping and money. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 16 of the student's book. Listening

Listening to a conversation between a shop assistant and a customer.

Pronunciation

Practising question tags.

Vocabulary

Practising expressions that are useful when shopping.

Use of English

Practising question tags. Practising the use of 'although', 'despite' and 'in spite of'.

Web project

Doing a web project about high street stores in the UK.

Grammar

Checking your knowledge of question tags. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'in spite of', 'despite', 'for all' and 'with all'.

Writing

Checking your knowledge of semi-colons (;), colons (:) and dashes (-).

Question tags: word order

Grammar Reference Unit

Question tags

Language Exercise

Preposition expressions: despite, in spite of

Grammar Reference Unit

Contrasting ideas

Language Exercise

Shopping around

Vocabulary Activity

Punctuation 2

Grammar Reference Unit

In the sports shop

Listening Activity

Question tags

Question tags

Pronunciation Activity

Language Exercise

High Street Stores

Web Project

Units 15 and 16 - Revision This syllabus item provides a review of the language you have learned and practised in units 15 and 16. Listening

Listening to conversations in a shop.

Writing

Checking your knowledge of capital letters and paragraphs.

Web project

Doing a web project about how a credit card company markets its services.

Games

Testing your sentence-building skills and rebuilding a bridge.

Use of English

Practising the conjunctions 'and' and 'but'. Practising using authentic language.

Grammar

Checking your knowledge of connectors of contrast. Checking your knowledge of question and reply tags.

Connectors: contrast

Grammar Reference Unit

Punctuation 3

Grammar Reference Unit

Question, reply tags: use

Grammar Reference Unit

A legend

Language Exercise

Jeremy's talent

Language Exercise

Can I help you?

Listening Activity

Credit cards

Web Project

Bridge Builder - Average

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