English Learning Curriculum Guide
English Learning Curriculum Guide
4 MY THINGS Things in my school bag have got − What have you got in
page 28 Adjectives: things have got ? your school bag today?
Syllables
Life Skills Creativity & innovation: Being creative and being you page 32
5 WHAT CAN YOU DO? Activities and skills can / can’t Rubberboy
page 36 Parts of the body Prepositions: in, on, behind,
under
6 PARTY TIME! Food and drinks Countable and uncountable Party invitations
page 40 Telling the time (1) nouns
some, any, lots of
some
Prepositions: on, at, from,
until
Key to symbols:
Pronunciation Video
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LISTENING SPEAKING WRITING VIDEO
Asking and answering
questions about personal
details
Wales
A conversation Lists
about the rooms in Giving a list of what you
a house and a flat have in your bedroom
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Prepare Level 1
UNIT VOCABULARY GRAMMAR READING
11 MY DIGITAL LIFE Entertainment Adverbs of frequency: always, Conversations
page 68 Technology often, sometimes, never about digital
How much …? / How many …? devices
/w/ and /v/
17 DIFFERENT PLACES The natural world Comparatives: short Great days out
page 102 Adjectives: opinions adjectives
than
Comparatives: long adjectives
Review 5 Units 17–20 page 122 Extra activities page 124 Vocabulary list page 126
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Pronunciation Video
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LISTENING SPEAKING WRITING VIDEO
An interview with a Telling people about your
famous person friends
F amous museums
around the world
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Prepare Level 2
UNIT VOCABULARY GRAMMAR READING
0 GET STARTED! Things in the classroom Verb be
page 10 Numbers there is / there are
Dates have got
can
Present simple
2 THIS IS MY DAY Daily routines Present continuous and Tell us about your day …
page 18 Food simple
The sound /ə/
3 GREAT SOUNDS Music like, don’t like, hate, love Starting in the music
page 24 Music phrases + -ing business
Talking about music
7 AN EXCITING TRIP Holidays (1) Past simple: irregular Crossing the world on a
page 46 Holidays (2) verbs rickshaw to see the Olympics
Sounds and spelling
8 FAVOURITE PLACES Bedroom furniture someone, anyone, etc. Everyone needs a favourite
page 50 /ɜː/ and /ɔː/ Signs, notices place
Free-time activities and messages Artists’ favourite places
to work
Life Skills Physical well-being: Safety at home page 54
Review 2 Units 5–8 page 56
10 BUYING THINGS Buying and selling some, any, a lot of, a few, What kind of shopper are you?
page 62 Phrases with for a bit of Two young entrepreneurs to
Weak forms: /ə/ watch
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LISTENING SPEAKING WRITING VIDEO
Classroom language
Ask and answer
questions about
personal details
The alphabet
Summer camp
A conversation about holidays Telling a travel story Holidays
A description of a journey
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Prepare Level 2
UNIT VOCABULARY GRAMMAR READING
11 EATING OUT Food (1) as … as Menus
page 68 Food (2) Comparative adjectives Street food around the world
/ʌ/ and /ɒ/
16 AMAZING ANIMALS Animals Past simple and past Bear to the rescue
page 94 Phrasal verbs continuous Our animal friends
/uː/ and /ʊ/
19 SCHOOL CAN BE Trip activities have to / don’t have to The flipped classroom –
FUN! School collocations have to / has to what’s it all about?
page 112
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Pronunciation A2 Key for Schools exam task Video
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LISTENING SPEAKING WRITING VIDEO
A conversation about a street Ordering food Street foods
food festival
A view of Scotland
A story about looking for the A story about a strange
Loch Ness monster animal
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Prepare Level 3
UNIT VOCABULARY GRAMMAR READING
1 IT’S A CHALLENGE! Adjectives of personality Present simple and The Duke of Edinburgh’s
page 10 Personal details present continuous Award
The alphabet Register to do the Duke of
Edinburgh’s Award
2 OUR CHANGING Geographical features Verbs we don’t usually The Earth: A changing planet
PLANET th: /θ/ and /ð/ use in the continuous Learning about the giant
page 14 Animals panda
8 LIFE IN THE FUTURE Furniture and household Future with will What will you put in your
page 46 appliances Future with may and time capsule?
Words with two meanings might Reading Part 4
will and won’t
Life Skills Communication: Having a good conversation page 50
Review 2 Units 5-8 page 52 Reading Part 4
9 SPORTS, GAMES Sports and activities must, mustn’t, have to and Cool Zone Climbing Centre
AND ACTIVITIES Sports vocabulary don’t have to rules
page 54 must and mustn’t What are eSports?
Reading Part 3
Football
Prepare Level 3
UNIT VOCABULARY GRAMMAR READING
11 CITY LIVING Places in a city Determiners Signs, notices and messages
page 64 Uncountable nouns the Reading Part 1
12 FILMS Types of film Relative pronouns who, What makes a movie a hit?
page 68 Conjunctions which, that Showing today at Star Cinema
Spelling and syllables Reading Part 2
Life Skills Creativity and innovation: Brainstorming page 72
Review 3 Units 9-12 page 74 Reading Part 1
13 LIFE EXPERIENCES Outdoor activities Present perfect with ever The great outdoors: 10
page 76 Past participles and never things to do before you’re 16
Past participles Life quiz
Reading Part 5
14 SPENDING MONEY Shops Present perfect with just, York Times
page 80 Units of measurement yet and already Pocket money
and money Intonation: questions
and statements
Culture Shopping and money page 84
15 FREE TIME Free-time activities Present perfect with for My hobby – geocaching
page 86 Collocations about having and since Reading Part 3
fun Weak forms
16 LANGUAGES OF THE Words to describe Present perfect and past Languages of the world
WORLD language learning simple Speaking Part 1
page 90 Large numbers
Word stress in numbers
Life Skills Learning to learn: Effective learning page 94
Review 4 Units 13-16 page 96
20 LIFE CHANGES change as a verb and noun Past simple passive Life changes
page 112 Life changes Sounds and spelling Kevin Pearce
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Pronunciation A2 Key for Schools exam task Video
LISTENING SPEAKING WRITING VIDEO
World cities quiz Making requests in Favourite cities
Six short conversations different situations
A conversation about going to An invitation to the
the cinema cinema
Listening Part 3
Listening Part 3
An interview with an explorer Doing your own Life quiz Life experiences
Famous markets
Three young people talk about An interview about an
free-time activities unusual hobby
A girl talking about her unusual
hobby
Five short conversations Information about your
Listening Part 4 English class
A talk about different
languages
3 MY WAY OF LIFE Life events Is teenage life better now Comparatives and
page 20 too, enough, not enough than in the past? superlatives
not as … as
5 CALL THE POLICE! Crimes and criminals That isn’t allowed here Past simple and
page 32 ourselves, yourselves, continuous
themselves and each other
7 GETTING ON be, do, have and make Troublespot: don’t get angry have to and must
page 42 Phrasal verbs: relationships – get advice should
9 SHOP TILL YOU DROP Money and shopping Help! I just can’t stop Present perfect
page 54 Easily confused words: pay, shopping! The past participle
charge, cost of go: been and
gone
10 TASTE THIS! Food and drink adjectives Ollie, don’t eat that! Present perfect and
page 58 look, taste, smell past simple
How long? and
for/since
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LISTENING SPEAKING WRITING VIDEO
An online profile
Trendsetters
A story (1)
A story (2)
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Prepare Level 4
UNIT VOCABULARY READING GRAMMAR
11 A HEALTHY FUTURE Body and health We will live for 1,000 years will and be going to
page 64 Illnesses and injuries: verbs
13 MIXED FEELINGS Adjectives: moods and The worst day of just, already and yet
page 76 feelings the week
Adjectives: -ed or -ing
15 DIGITAL LIFE Computer phrases Apps for learning English Present simple
page 86 Phrasal verbs: technology passive
16 AMAZING SCIENCE Doing experiments The Ig Nobel Prize Zero and first
page 90 Phrasal verbs: science conditional
17 TALENTED Arts and entertainment Who are the real artists? Reported
page 98 Adjectives: -al and -ful commands
19 THE WRITTEN WORD Things that you read Signs, notices and Reported speech
page 108 say, speak, talk and tell messages
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B1 Preliminary for Schools exam task Video
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LISTENING SPEAKING WRITING VIDEO
An article (1) Healthy future
History of Hollywood
A biography Talented
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Prepare Level 5
UNIT VOCABULARY READING GRAMMAR
1 GOING SHOPPING Shopping Shopping: teen trends Determiners
page 10 any, e.g. anyone, anything Reading Part 4
3 FUN AND GAMES Sports phrases Meet Ntando Mahlangu, Present simple and
page 20 Suffixes: -ist, -er, -or Paralympian continuous
Reading Part 3
5 YOU MADE IT! Verbs for making things From hobby to job Past simple and continuous
page 32 Time adverbs Reading Part 4
6 TAKE CARE OF Health verbs Screen time at bedtime Modals: Obligation, necessity
YOURSELF Words with some, and advice (1)
page 36 any, every and no
9 THE FUTURE IS NOW Technology Electric car uses social Future forms
page 54 enough, too, very, media for fuel Future continuous
not … enough Reading Part 3
10 ANIMALS IN DANGER Nature and wildlife The Sumatran orangutan Conditional sentences
page 58 Phrases with at Reading Part 5 Second conditional
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LISTENING SPEAKING WRITING VIDEO
A short text
Shopping in London
An online comment Fun and games
Sports in Canada
An email (1)
Writing Part 1
An article (1)
Writing Part 2
Only in Australia
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Prepare Level 5
UNIT VOCABULARY READING GRAMMAR
11 OFF TO SCHOOL School Classrooms around the Past perfect
page 64 Compound nouns world
14 LET’S COOK Verbs for cooking Signs, notices and Defining relative clauses
page 80 Transitive and intransitive messages Non-defining relative clauses
verbs Reading Part 1
Culture Social media page 84
15 CITY OR COUNTRY? Artificial and natural world Teentalk … down under Articles: a/an, the and zero article
page 86 Phrasal verbs Reading Part 6
18 WE LOVE CELEBS! Personal feelings Celebrating the caring have something done
page 102 and qualities celebs!
Prepositions and
conjunctions
Reading Part 6
Culture Fan culture page 106
20 MAKING PLANS Hopes and dreams A meaningful summer Verbs with two objects
page 112 Phrasal verbs
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B1 Preliminary for Schools exam task Video
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LISTENING SPEAKING WRITING VIDEO
A story (2) Off to school
Writing Part 2
Collectors
An email (3)
Writing Part 1
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Prepare Level 6
UNIT VOCABULARY READING GRAMMAR
1 NEW YEAR, NEW Education: phrasal verbs This page will change your Question forms
CHALLENGE Education: -ion nouns life Subject and object
page 10 questions
2 LIVE MUSIC Music phrases Crisps, sweets and white Present tense
page 14 Verb + infinitive/-ing with a kittens? review
change in meaning
3 FAMILY MATTERS Verbs of communication Brothers and sisters Past tense review
page 20 Phrasal verbs:
relationships
6 LIVE TO EAT! Food and drink: phrasal The chicken connoisseur Present perfect and
page 36 verbs past simple
Forming adverbs with -ly
7 TEEN FICTION Fiction: adjectives and Writing for teenagers Modals of ability
page 42 nouns and possibility
Adjective + preposition
8 GETTING AWAY Holiday activities Pack and go! Future (1): plans
page 46 Phrasal verbs: travel and intentions
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B2 First for Schools exam task Video
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LISTENING SPEAKING WRITING VIDEO
An essay (1)
An informal email
A review
A story (1)
An article Money
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Prepare Level 6
UNIT VOCABULARY READING GRAMMAR
11 THE DIGITAL AGE Technological advances Want it? Need it? Print it! Present perfect
page 64 Adjective suffixes continuous
12 MY CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Personality adjectives Friends: What’s the ideal Zero and first
page 68 Adjective and noun suffixes number? conditionals
13 SPORTS STARS Reporting nouns Four young sports stars Reported statements
page 76 Reporting verbs
14 ACCIDENT AND Accidents and emergencies It’s an emergency! … Or is it? Reported questions
EMERGENCY have, make and give + and requests
page 80 noun
15 TELLING THE TRUTH Facial expressions The truth about lying have something done
page 86 -self, -selves for emphasis get someone to do
something
17 ART IS FUN! Adjectives describing art Does art have to be Modals of deduction:
page 98 Verbs often used in the serious? present
passive
19 AGAINST THE LAW Crime and criminals The decision Modals of deduction:
page 108 Negative prefixes past
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B2 First for Schools exam task Video
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LISTENING SPEAKING WRITING VIDEO
A persuasive email Digital age
Volunteer work
A story (2)
A news article
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Prepare Level 7
UNIT VOCABULARY READING GRAMMAR
1 CREATIVE MINDS Arts and media The ones to watch Simple,
page 10 Creative jobs Reading and Use of English Part 7 continuous or
perfect
2 ADDICTED TO Personality: adjective + The big question: Does fashion Present perfect
FASHION preposition actually matter? simple and
page 14 Verb + preposition Reading and Use of English Part 1 continuous
3 ALL IN THE MIND Abstract nouns Humans: the smartest species? The grammar of
page 20 Phrasal verbs: learning and Reading and Use of English Part 6 phrasal verbs
thinking
Review 1 Units 1–4 page 30 Reading and Use of English Part 1, Part 2 and Part 4
5 PAST TIMES History We used to sleep twice a night … Present and past
page 32 Expressing frequency Reading and Use of English Part 2 habits
6 TOTALLY EMOTIONAL Expressing emotions When fear becomes phobia be/get used to
page 36 Adverbs: type and position Reading and Use of English Part 1
7 TELLING STORIES Verbs of movement and The Bruce-Partington Plans Narrative tenses
page 42 sounds Reading and Use of English Part 5
Time phrases
Review 2 Units 5–8 page 52 Reading and Use of English Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3
9 A BRIGHT FUTURE Collocations 2050: A glimpse into the future Future (2):
page 54 Adjective and noun suffixes continuous and
Reading and Use of perfect
English Part 3
10 SURPRISE! Phrases with in, out of, Flash mob fun Modals (2):
page 58 at, by Reading and Use of English Part 6 modals in the
Extended meanings of past
words Reading and
Use of English
Part 4
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B2 First for Schools exam task Video
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LISTENING SPEAKING WRITING VIDEO
An essay (1) Creative minds
Writing Part 1
Influencers
An informal letter
or email
Writing Part 2
An article (1)
Writing Part 2
The meaning of
colours
A story Stories
Writing Part 2
A talk about a new skate park Comparing photographs (1) Where we live
Listening Part 2 Speaking Part 2
An essay (2)
Writing Part 1
Sensing language
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Prepare Level 7
UNIT VOCABULARY READING GRAMMAR
11 WE ARE FAMILY Phrasal verbs: relationships How we met Relative clauses
page 64 Compound adjectives Reading and Use of English Part 2
Review 3 Units 9–12 page 74 Reading and Use of English Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4
13 LEADING THE WAY Leadership and Three Dot Dash Challenge The passive (2):
page 76 achievement Reading and Use of English Part 7 other structures
Phrasal verbs with up
14 GETTING THERE Phrasal verbs: transport The high-speed Hyperloop Reported speech
page 80 Reporting verbs
Reading and Use of
English Part 4
16 NEW AND IMPROVED! Advertising: nouns and verbs Guerrilla marketing Conditionals (1):
page 90 Adverb + adjective Reading and Use of English Part 2 review
collocations
Review 4 Units 13–16 page 96 Reading and Use of English Part 1, Part 2 and Part 4
17 MAKING HEADLINES The media Fake news: what is it and how can Conditionals (2):
page 98 Phrasal verbs: the media you spot it? mixed
Reading and Use of English Part 3
18 CREATIVE CAREERS The world of work The big decision Uses of verb + -ing
page 102 Word pairs Reading and Use of English Part 5
Review 5 Units 17–20 page 118 Reading and Use of English Part 1, Part 3 and Part 4
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B2 First for Schools exam task Video
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LISTENING SPEAKING WRITING VIDEO
An article (2) Families
Writing Part 2
A formal letter or
email
Writing Part 2
Gap years
Fantastic fans
An essay (4)
Writing Part 1