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New Inspiration 3 Practice Online

This course accompanies 'New Inspiration 3'. It corresponds to CEFR level B1 and Cambridge
ESOL PET. There are eight units and four 'Self Assessment' units. Resources are grouped into
nine categories: 'Language Focus', 'Vocabulary', 'Pronunciation', 'Listening', 'Reading', 'PET for
Schools', 'Language Game', 'Video' and 'Language Test' .

UNIT 1
Turning points
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language used to talk about teenagers. It also
provides practice of present and past tenses.

Pronunciation Practising consonant sounds.

Reading Practising skimming and scanning a text by matching the correct school holiday
activities with the correct people.
Listening Listening to a teenager asking for permission to go out. Listening to an interview
about life in the 1920s.
Video Watching a video of a fashion show, choosing the correct words to complete
descriptions, then choosing the correct words to complete sentences. Practising
words related to spare time by reading a text and identifying the activity it describes,
then selecting the correct word to complete sentences.
Vocabulary Practising words related to spare time.
PET for Schools Testing vocabulary and grammar by selecting the correct words to complete a text
about personal space.
Language Focus Contrasting the present simple and present continuous. Practising the present
continuous. Checking your knowledge of past simple and past continuous use.
Contrasting the past simple and past continuous. Contrasting the past simple with
the past continuous. Checking your knowledge of adverbs of frequency.

Present simple and Language Exercise Present continuous Language Exercise

present continuous
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continuous
Past simple and
past continuous
Grammar Spare time Vocabulary Activity
Reference Unit
Roger's hobby Vocabulary Activity
Language Exercise
Consonant sounds Pronunciation Activity

Past simple v past Language Exercise Going out! Listening Activity

continuous Generation gap Listening Activity
Adverbs of frequency: Grammar Paper 1 Reading Part 2 Exam Preparation
never to always Reference Unit Exercise
Fashion show Vocabulary Activity Paper 1 Reading Part 5 Exam Preparation
Exercise

UNIT 2
Arts
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language used to talk about the arts, likes and
dislikes. It also provides practice of infinitives and gerunds and the present passive.

Vocabulary Practising phrasal verbs with 'up'. Practising words you need to talk about music.
Language Focus Checking your knowledge of the use of gerunds and infinitives. Checking your
knowledge of the difference between the infinitive and '-ing' forms. Checking your
knowledge of the structure verb + object + infinitive. Checking your knowledge of
'-ing' forms after prepositions. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'so', 'neither'
and 'nor' to agree with somebody. Checking your knowledge of the present simple
passive form.
Pronunciation Practising syllable stress.
PET for Schools Practising grammatical structures by completing sentences so they have the same
meaning as a prompt sentence. Practising identifying specific information by listening
to a boy and a girl talking about some films and deciding whether statements are
correct or incorrect.
Reading Practising skimming and scanning by matching the correct books with the correct
people.
Language Game Playing a game in which the diving cat has to collect the treasure from the sunken
galleon by selecting words and phrases to do with art and entertainment.
Listening Listening to friends talking about going to the cinema. Listening to a radio interview
with a film star.

Gerunds and infinitives: Grammar Phrasal verbs with up Vocabulary Activity

likes and dislikes Reference Unit
Music Vocabulary Activity
Infinitive v -ing form Grammar
Reference Unit Syllable stress Pronunciation Activity

Verb + object + verb: Grammar Let's go to the cinema Listening Activity

object + infinitive Reference Unit Jack Johnson Show Listening Activity
-ing form: after Grammar Paper 1 Reading Part 2 Exam Preparation
prepositions Reference Unit Exercise
Inversion: with so, Grammar Paper 1 Writing Part 1 Exam Preparation
neither and nor Reference Unit Exercise
The passive: Grammar PET for Schools Exam Preparation
present simple Reference Unit Paper 2 Part 4 Exercise

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Self Assessment Units 1 and 2

This syllabus item provides additional practice of the language studied in Units 1 and 2.

Video Watching an elderly man talking about his childhood and completing sentences.
Watching a woman talking about her relationship with her husband, deciding whether
statements are true or false and then matching sentence halves.
Vocabulary Practising words you need to talk about music.
Language Focus Practising the past simple and past continuous. Practising the present and past
simple.

First day at school Language Exercise A love of painting Vocabulary Activity

A Titanic romance Language Exercise A lifetime together Vocabulary Activity
Music Vocabulary Activity

UNIT 3
Opinions
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language used to talk about opinions. It also
provides practice of modal verbs.

Video Watching a video about astronomy, putting things in order of size and then matching
words with their definitions.
PET for Schools Practising understanding specific information and detailed meaning by listening to a
radio programme and choosing the correct answers to questions.
Language Focus Checking your knowledge of 'must' and 'have to'. Practising modals of deduction,
'must' and 'can't', and of possibility, 'might' and 'could'. Contrasting the use of 'have
to', 'don't have to' for obligation, and 'should', 'shouldn't' for advice. Practising the
modal verb 'must', 'can't' and 'needn't'. Practising the modal verbs 'mustn't', 'don't
have to', 'don't need to' and 'needn't'. Practising 'must' and 'mustn't'.
Language Game Helping the manager find out what his employees were doing by matching actions
and their descriptions in the past continuous.
Vocabulary Practising phrasal verbs with 'down'.
Pronunciation Practising identifying silent consonants.
Reading Practising understanding signs, notices, notes and other short texts by choosing the
correct meaning for each item. Practising understanding global meaning by choosing
the correct answer to multiple-choice questions on a text about an unusual child.
Listening Listening to teenagers talking about a celebrity they met.
Language Test Testing your knowledge of general language areas appropriate to this level. Listening
to someone talking about dinosaurs and completing a text.

Obligation/necessity: Grammar Necessity and obligation Language Exercise

must, have to
Certainty and possibility
Obligation and advice
Reference Unit
Modal verbs Language Exercise
Language Exercise
The rules of football Language Exercise
Language Exercise

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Phrasal verbs with down
Silent consonants
Meeting a celebrity
Paper 1 Reading Part 4
Vocabulary Activity Paper 1 Reading Part 1 Exam Preparation
Exercise
Vocabulary Activity
PET/PET for Schools Exam Preparation
Pronunciation Activity Paper 2 Part 2 Exercise
Listening Activity Pre-intermediate Test 11 Practice Test
Exam Preparation Hard at Work Game
Exercise

UNIT 4
Mind over matter
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language used to talk about the brain and
mysteries. It also provides practice of the future and the first conditional.

Language Game Helping Friday to escape the cursed temple by choosing the correct keys.
Language Focus Practising the future with 'wh-' questions. Practising 'will' and 'going to'. Practising
the future with 'will' and 'won't'. Checking your knowledge of the first conditional.
Practising the use of the zero and first conditional. Checking your knowledge of using
'can' + verbs of perception. Practising the first conditional.
Listening Listening to a conversation about seeing a ghost. Listening to two English teachers
talking about learning English in the future.
PET for Schools Practising listening for detail by completing some notes with information from a radio
announcement. Practising grammatical structures by completing sentences so that
they have the same meaning as a prompt sentence.
Pronunciation Contrasting vowel sounds.
Language Test Testing your knowledge of tenses and quantifiers. Listening to a young woman talking
about an illness she has that affects her memory and deciding whether statements
are true or false.
Reading Practising focusing on the language in notices or short messages by choosing the
correct meaning for each notice or message.
Vocabulary Practising phrasal verbs with 'take'.

Future questions with will
Will v going to
Peter telephones Sally
First conditional: use
What if ...?
Can + verbs of perception
If you walk under
a ladder ...
Phrasal verbs with take
Language Exercise
Language Exercise
Language Exercise
Grammar
Reference Unit
Language Exercise
Grammar
Reference Unit
Language Exercise
Vocabulary Activity
Vowel sounds Pronunciation Activity
Ghost story Listening Activity
Learning English Listening Activity
Paper 1 Reading Part 1 Exam Preparation
Exercise
PET/PET for Schools Exam Preparation
Paper 2 Part 3 Exercise
Paper 1 Writing Part 1 Exam Preparation
Exercise
Intermediate Test 11 Practice Test
The Big Squeeze Game

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 Self Assessment Units 3 and 4
This syllabus item provides additional practice of the language studied in Units 3 and 4.

Video Watching a video in which a woman talks about her new life, deciding whether
statements are true or false, then choosing the correct words to complete sentences.
Language Focus Practising 'will' and 'going to'. Practising the modal verb 'should'.
Vocabulary

Will v going to Language Exercise Going green Vocabulary Activity

Modals of advice Language Exercise

UNIT 5
Challenges
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language used to talk about challenges, sport and
experiences. It also provides practice of the present perfect.

Pronunciation Practising vowel sounds.

Language Focus Checking your knowledge of the uses of 'just'. Practising the prepositions of time 'for'
and 'since' and the adverb of time 'ago'. Practising the present perfect with 'for' and
'since'. Practising 'does', 'plays' and 'goes'.
Language Test Testing your knowledge of general language areas appropriate to this level. Listening
to the story of the first man to ski down Everest and completing a text.
Vocabulary Practising names of sports.
Video Practising languages and countries by predicting the answers to questions about a
video and then selecting the correct language spoken in each country. Watching a
video of a man talking about his job as a personal trainer, putting the sentences in
the order they appear in the video and then choosing the correct words to complete
sentences.
Reading Practising reading for specific information and deciding if statements about a text on
the sport of BASE jumping are true or false.
Listening Listening to a conversation about windsurfing. Listening to an interview about a
family going to live on a desert island.
PET for Schools Practising listening for detail by completing some notes about a man's holiday in
Australia.

Uses of just Grammar What's your Vocabulary Activity

Reference Unit favourite sport?
For, since and ago Language Exercise Windsurfing Listening Activity
I've lived here for Language Exercise Life on a desert island Listening Activity
three years
Vowel sounds Pronunciation Activity
Life of a fitness freak Language Exercise
Paper 1 Reading Part 3 Exam Preparation
The most multicultural Vocabulary Activity Exercise
city in the world
Paper 2 Part 3 Exam Preparation
Personal trainer Vocabulary Activity Exercise

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UNIT 6
That's clever!
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language used to talk about inventions and
recycling. It also provides practice of the past simple, past perfect and past passive.

Reading Practising understanding the language in signs or notices by choosing the correct
meaning for each sign.
PET for Schools Practising listening for factual information by selecting the correct picture letter for
each question.
Vocabulary Practising names of pieces of electrical household equipment and their definitions.
Practising words for shapes and materials. Practising words relating to environmental
issues.
Video Practising words to do with recycling by predicting the content of a video and then
choosing the correct material for each group of objects for recycling.
Language Game Helping Molly get out of the dumping hole by identifying words that don't belong to
lexical sets related to parts of a house, parts of a town, show business and sport.
Listening Listening to four people talking about some new products. Listening to three
interviews with teenagers.
Language Test Testing your knowledge of general language areas appropriate to this level. Listening
to a woman describing when she was shipwrecked and deciding whether a series of
statements is true or false.
Language Focus Checking your knowledge of the use of the past simple and the past perfect.
Practising the past simple and the past perfect. Practising 'used to' and the past
simple. Practising the past passive voice. Checking your knowledge of nouns and
noun phrases with 'make' and 'do'.

Past simple v past perfect Grammar Recycling in London Vocabulary Activity

Past simple v past perfect
Used to v past simple
The story of jeans
Make v do : M-W
Make v do : A-L
Useful things
Shapes and materials
Reference Unit
Environmental advice Vocabulary Activity
Language Exercise
Strange inventions Listening Activity
Language Exercise
Points of view Listening Activity
Language Exercise
Paper 1 Reading Part 1 Exam Preparation
Grammar Exercise
Reference Unit
PET for Schools Exam Preparation
Grammar Paper 2 Part 1 Exercise
Reference Unit
Pre-intermediate Test 12 Practice Test
Vocabulary Activity
Molly in Trouble Game
Vocabulary Activity

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 Self Assessment Units 5 and 6
This syllabus item provides additional practice of the language studied in Units 5 and 6.

Video Watching a narrator talking about Dubai, clicking on the words you hear, then dragging
the correct words into the gaps to complete what the man says.
Vocabulary Practising collocations.
Language Focus Listening to people talking about life now and in the past. Practising 'used to' for past
habits and states.

Then and now Language Exercise Football Vocabulary Activity

Used to Language Exercise Ambitious Dubai Vocabulary Activity

UNIT 7
Communication
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language used to talk about different forms of
communication. It also provides practice of reported speech.

PET for Schools Practising listening for detail by listening to amazing stories about animals and
choosing the correct answers to multiple-choice questions.
Reading Practising reading for specific information and detailed comprehension by matching
people with the correct television programmes.
Language Test Testing your knowledge of tenses and the use of 'say', 'ask' and 'tell'. Listening to
three people talking about how they became rich and completing a text.
Pronunciation Identifying when to drop sounds in connected speech.
Language Focus Practising linking words. Checking your knowledge of reported requests. Checking
your knowledge of the verbs 'say' and 'tell'. Practising reported speech. Practising the
use of reported speech. Practising reported statements.
Vocabulary Practising common compound nouns.
Video Watching a woman arranging to hire a bike from a shop, answering questions to check
your understanding of the situation, then focusing on sentence stress.
Listening Listening to a group of people sailing to the site of a shipwreck.

A message from Mum Language Exercise Word linking in Pronunciation Activity

Reported requests Grammar
Reference Unit
Grammar
Say v tell Reference Unit
: differences and uses
I swam across an ocean Language Exercise
What did you say? Language Exercise
Reported statements Language Exercise
Compound nouns Vocabulary Activity
connected speech
At the bike shop Listening Activity
Visit to a shipwreck Listening Activity
Paper 1 Reading Part 2 Exam Preparation
Exercise
Paper 2 Part 2 Exam Preparation
Exercise
Pre-intermediate Test 04 Practice Test

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Natural world
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language used to talk about the natural world. It
also provides practice of the second conditional, question tags and modal verbs of advice.

Vocabulary Practising words for different types of health problems.

Language Test Testing your knowledge of general language areas appropriate to this level. Listening
to a review of two bikes and putting information in the correct order.
Language Focus Checking your knowledge of the second conditional. Practising question tags.
Checking your knowledge of using 'should' and 'ought to' to give advice and opinions.
Practising the modal verbs 'should' and 'shouldn't'.
Pronunciation Practising different consonant sounds.
Reading Practising understanding vocabulary and grammar by choosing the correct words to
complete a text about baby gorillas. Practising understanding vocabulary and grammar
by choosing the correct words to complete a text about sharks.
Language Game Helping 4P-2 climb up the crater and destroy the slimy monster by selecting words
related to the weather and pollution.
Video Watching a video of a man and a woman having a conversation about zoos, inserting
the missing expressions for giving opinions to complete a conversation and then
matching phrases or sentences with the same meaning.
PET for Schools Practising understanding and interpreting information by listening to a tour guide
talking about the city of Cardiff and keying the missing information in a set of notes.
Listening Listening to a recording about tropical rainforests in Belize. Listening to an interview
with a woman talking about her travel plans before going to university. Listening to a
conversation about Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the explorer.

Second conditional: use Grammar The rainforests Listening Activity

Reference Unit
Question tags Language Exercise
Advice/opinion: Grammar
should, ought to Reference Unit
Modals of advice Language Exercise
Do we need zoos? Vocabulary Activity
Weather report Vocabulary Activity
Feeling ill Vocabulary Activity
Consonant sounds Pronunciation Activity
Alison's trip to Australia Listening Activity
A great explorer! Listening Activity
Paper 1 Reading Part 5 Exam Preparation
Exercise
Paper 1 Reading Part 5 Exam Preparation
Exercise
PET/PET for Schools Exam Preparation
Paper 2 Part 3 Exercise
Pre-intermediate Test 14 Practice Test
Slimy Monster Game

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 Self Assessment Units 7 and 8
This syllabus item provides additional practice of the language studied in Units 7 and 8.

Language Focus Practising reported speech. Practising question tags.

Vocabulary Practising collocations.
Video Watching a man talking about what he and his wife do for a living, selecting the
correct answers to complete a text about the video and then choosing the correct
words to complete sentences.

What did they say? Language Exercise What do animals do? Vocabulary Activity
Question tags Language Exercise Under the sea Vocabulary Activity

UNIT 9

UNIT 10

UNIT 11

UNIT 12

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