Lower Intermediate Course – A=activity, L=listening, R=reading, V=video
Grammar Vocabulary
Unit 1 – Nice to meet you!
L Question forms
6 Minute Grammar
R Keith Wallace, travel
journalist
Question forms practice
R Questions forms
Grammar reference
Unit 2 – What to wear
L Present simple and
present continuous
6 Minute Grammar
V Tom Ford, fashion
designer
Using present simple and
present continuous
R Present simple and
present continuous
Grammar reference
Unit 3 – Like this, like that
L 'Like' as a verb and
preposition
6 Minute Grammar
L London voxpops
What's it like where you live?
R 'Like'
Grammar reference
Unit 4 – The daily grind
L Adverbs of Frequency
6 Minute Grammar
L London voxpops
Commuting and adverbs of
frequency
News and Drama
L Suffixes L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary Tipping
V Ways to say hello L The Race – Episode
1
R Formal and informal Asking questions and
writing giving information
L Adjectives and L News Report
adverbs How fashionable is
6 Minute Vocabulary business?
V Smart or scruffy? L The Race – Episode
Describing your clothes 2
Present simple and
present continuous
L Prefixes L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary How dangerous are
cats?
V Do you like cats?
Vocabulary to describe L The Race – Episode
cats 3
Using the word 'like'
L Nick Grimshaw, DJ
Using 'like' as a filler
word
L Chunks of language L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary Extreme commuting
L Travel vocabulary L The Race – Episode
4
L Pronunciation Adverbs of frequency
Two ways to say 'often'
 R Adverbs of frequency
Grammar Reference
Unit 5 – Christmas every day
L 'Have to' and 'must' L Binomials L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Christmas dinner

L 'Have to' and 'must' L The Race – Episode

Future and past usage 5
L Informal English 'Have to' and 'must'
L Jagtar's interview 'Have got to' versus
Language practice 'have to'

R 'Have to' and 'must'

Grammar reference V Pronunciation
Silent letters
Unit 6 – Great achievers
L Past Simple L -ing and –ed L News Report
6 Minute Grammar adjectives Is Ronaldo the perfect
6 Minute Vocabulary player?
L Rob and the triathlon
Learn the past simple L The pub quiz L The Race – Episode
Using the past simple 6
A Danny Murphy, footballer Using the past simple
Past simple questions & V Pronunciation
negatives Past simple endings

R Past Simple
Grammar reference
Unit 7 – The Titanic
L Past simple and L Lexical sets L News Report
continuous 6 Minute Vocabulary Happy and sad jobs
6 Minute Grammar
R Titanic vocabulary L The Race – Episode
V Eva's story 7
Past simple and continuous V Eva's animated story Past simple and
Titanic survivor continuous
R Learn the language
Past simple and continuous R Karen's letter
Titanic survivor
A Past simple and
continuous L Gus's audio story
Quiz Titanic survivor

R Past simple and

continuous
Grammar reference
Unit 8 - Travel
L Articles L Compound adjectives L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary The island at the end of
the earth
L Learn the language L Holiday vocabulary
Articles L The Race – Episode
V Pronunciation 8
A When to use 'the' Articles in spoken Articles
English
L When to use the zero
article V Talking about your
city
R Articles St Petersburg
Grammar reference
Unit 9 – The big wedding
L 'Going to' and present L Word stress L News Report
continuous 6 Minute Vocabulary A wedding on a budget
6 Minute Grammar
R Wedding vocabulary
A Past, present or future? L The Race – Episode
Wedding stories L Pronunciation 9
'Gonna' 'Going to' and present
A 'Going to' and the continuous to talk about
present continuous V Is that rain? the future
Planning a wedding Different ways to talk
about the future
R 'Going to' and present
continuous to talk about Language for making
the future plans
Grammar reference
Unit 10 – Sunny’s job hunt
L Verb patterns L Job Suffixes L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Girl power in Ghana's
schools
R When to use the gerund R Sunny's mistakes
and when the infinitive Writing a covering letter L The Race – Episode
after a verb 10
L Craig, BBC HR Verb patterns
R Verb patterns Manager
Grammar reference Interview advice
Unit 11 – The bucket list
L Present Perfect L Contractions L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Swiss children used as
slave labour
L Londoners' experiences
Past participles and the
 present perfect
A Asking questions
Present perfect questions
R Present perfect
Grammar reference
Unit 12 – Moving and immigration
L Present perfect with 'for'
and 'since'
6 Minute Grammar
R Present perfect reminder
R Present perfect with 'for'
and 'since'
Grammar reference
Unit 13 – Welcome to BBC Broadcasting House
L Comparatives and
superlatives
6 Minute Grammar
R Newest, largest and
bigger
Comparatives and
superlatives explained
R Much and more
More about comparatives
R Comparing nouns
R Comparatives and
superlatives
Grammar reference
Unit 14 – New Year, New Project
L 'Just', 'already' and 'yet'
with the present perfect
tense
6 Minute Grammar
R 'Just' and 'already'
The rules
A Life experiences L Frankenstein –
Collocations Episode 1
Present perfect with
R Susan Boyle's 'never' and 'ever'
present perfect life
V Pronunciation
Present perfect
L Adjective order L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary Mushrooms are the
business for Burmese
L Sourena, broadcast migrant
journalist
Changing jobs L Frankenstein –
Episode 2
L How long have you Present perfect with 'for'
lived here? and 'since'
Students speak about
the UK
L Similar words L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary Minecraft player builds
virtual city
R Find out about the
BBC L Frankenstein –
Superlatives and Episode 3
comparatives activity Present perfect with
'yet', 'just' and 'already'
V The BBC
A superlative guide
L Describing change in
your neighbourhood
L Compound nouns L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary Too many graduates,
not enough jobs
V New Year's
resolutions L Frankenstein –
Episode 4
A A vegetarian Comparatives and
breakfast? superlatives
 A 'Yet'
More rules
R 'Just', 'already' and 'yet'
with the present perfect
tense
Grammar reference
Unit 15 – From Handel to Hendrix
L Defining relative clauses
6 Minute Grammar
R Handel and Hendrix
Getting a handle on relative
clauses
R Which, where or that
R Relative clauses
A structure
R Defining relative clauses
Grammar reference
Unit 16 – What’s the weather like?
L May, might and could
6 Minute Grammar
R The weather
supercomputer
Understanding might, may
and could
R Predicting the weather
Using will and might
R May, might and could for
possibility
Grammar reference
Present perfect with 'yet',
'just' and 'already'
practice
L 'Just', 'yet' and
'already' in business
Business vocabulary
L The Sagrada Familia
A listening activity
L Homophones L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary The Taj Mahal in your
living room
V Famous London
Descriptions with relative L Frankenstein –
clauses Episode 5
Relative clauses
A What does … mean?
A useful question
L The Handel House
Museum
A listening activity
L Weather words L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary Entrepreneurial spark
A Welcome to the L Frankenstein –
weather Episode 6
Weather vocabulary and 'May', 'might' and 'could'
symbols
V A weather forecast
Understanding a weather
forecast?
V Climate change
Cause and effect
relationships
R Climate change
Is the risk from extreme
weather set to rise?
 L Meet a weather
presenter
Using 'could' and
'couldn't

L Britain's great storm

Unit 17 – The Digital Revolution
L Used to L New words L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Experimental schools of
the 1970s
R Talking about change V Modern technology is
A guide to used to great? L Frankenstein –
selfie, photobomb and Episode 7
R Used to and the past trolling Used to
simple
What's the difference? L Modern technology –
the debate
V Used to or use to? old-school, bizarre, video
call …
R Used to
Grammar reference R Robot trucks do the
jobs
Mining and tech
vocabulary

L Christine's life
Using 'used to'
Unit 18 – A detective story
L Subject questions L Male and female job L News Report
6 Minute Grammar words Murder mystery
6 Minute Vocabulary
A Inspector Stone's L Frankenstein –
case notes (Ep 1) V Inspector Stone Episode 8
Possessive 's' and subject Episode 1 Subject questions
questions Wedding vocabulary

R Gathering the evidence V Inspector Stone

Forming subject questions Episode 2
Listening for specific
R The Inspector finds a information
notebook More on subject
Word order questions

R 'Whose' or 'who's'? V Inspector Stone

Episode 3
L Inspector Stone's case Practising the past
simple negative
 notes
Intonation and question tags
R Subject-object questions
Grammar reference
Unit 19 – A place to live
L 'Too', 'very', 'enough'
6 Minute Grammar
R The mother of the
bride
Find the past simple
negative mistakes
V Inspector Stone
Episode 4
Intonation and solving
the crime
L Strong adjectives L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary School shortage

A Modifying adjectives with V Goldilocks and the L Frankenstein –

'too', 'very' and 'enough' three bears Episode 9
'Too', 'very' and 'enough' 'Too much', 'too many',
R 'Too much', 'too many', 'enough', 'not enough',
'enough', 'not enough', R London’s housing 'very'
'very' crisis
Grammar reference Housing vocabulary

V 'ough' words
Pronunciation tips for
words like ‘enough’

L 'Too', 'very' and

'enough'
Using these words to say
what’s wrong
Unit 20 – The Cult of Celebrity
L Tenses L –ic and –ical L News Report
6 Minute Grammar – present adjectives Robin Williams
simple, present continuous, 6 Minute Vocabulary honoured
past simple, present perfect,
going to, present continuous V Life after The Box L Frankenstein –
with future meaning Talking about plans for Episode 10
the future Past simple, present
V Daisy's audition simple, present perfect,
Present simple, present R Daisy goes global present continuous,
continuous, past simple, Fame vocabulary 'going to' future
present perfect
R A disease called
V Living in The Box fame
Present simple, present Fame vocabulary
continuous, past simple,
present perfect
 R Mixed tenses
Grammar reference
Unit 21 – Welcome to your new job
L Indirect questions
6 Minute Grammar
R Indirect questions
R Indirect questions
Grammar reference
Unit 22 – Beyond the planets
L Present and past
passives
6 Minute Grammar
R The passive voice
R Present and past
passives
Grammar reference
Unit 23 – Great expectations!
L First conditional
6 Minute Grammar
L Advice for new mums
Using the first conditional
R First conditional
Grammar reference
L Multi-word verbs L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary Work after sport
V Going Up: Amith's L Alice in Wonderland
First Day – Part 1
Polite language Indirect questions
R Indirect questions
with 'if' and 'whether'
L 'I wonder if you could
help me'
Listening to phone
messages
R French cafe causes a
stir
Read an article about a
French cafe
L Onomatopoeia L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary Comets
L NASA's last shuttle L Alice in Wonderland
flight – Part 2
Space vocabulary Present and past simple
passives
R Is there hope for the
future?
Stories about the future
L Silent letters L News Report
6 Minute Vocabulary Dads attending births
L Baby talk L Alice in Wonderland
Idioms relating to having – Part 3
a baby The first
conditional
L Parents-to-be
'If' + present simple + will
R Different countries,
different systems
 Reading about
healthcare and
pregnancy
Unit 24 – Eco-tourism
L The second conditional L Re- pre- and pro- L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary
If cars could run
L Would the world be R Would you go to themselves
better if… Antarctica?
Second conditionals Eco-tourism vocabulary L Alice in Wonderland
– Part 4
R Second conditional L My dream holiday The second conditional
Grammar reference Talking about dream
destinations
Unit 25 – Moving house
L State verbs L Phrasal verbs and L News Report
6 Minute Grammar context Sharing accommodation
6 Minute Vocabulary
A State verbs: 'love' and L Alice in Wonderland
'hate' R Finding somewhere – Part 5
to live State verbs
R State verbs and action Vocabulary relating to
verbs living together
Grammar reference
L Getting along with
your housemates
Talking about living
together

R How can you avoid

choosing a terrible
flatmate?
Talking about the
problems of living
together
Unit 26 – It must be love
L Present perfect and past L Spelling words that L News Report
simple begin with /s/ Breaking News
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary
L Alice in Wonderland
R Present perfect and past L She’s the one – Part 6
simple Talking about Present perfect and
Grammar reference relationships past simple

R The man who robbed

a bank for love
Unit 27 – Job hunting success… and failure
L Question tags L Business jargon L News Report
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary Job interviews

A Making questions in R The ideal candidate L Alice in Wonderland

English Vocabulary of job – Part 7
adverts Question tags
A Find the correct question
tags R The dos and don'ts
of job interviews
R Question tags Vocabulary relating to
Grammar reference job interview processes
Unit 28 – Speeding into the future
L 'Will', 'going to', 'might' L British and American L News Report
and 'be likely to' English The future of travel
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary
L Alice in Wonderland
R Predicting the future R Too much tech? – Part 8
'Will', 'going to', 'be likely to' Vocabulary relating to 'Will', 'going to', 'might'
and 'might' digital technology

R 'Will', 'going to', 'be likely R Do we need to rescue

to', 'might'
Grammar reference
Unit 29 – Lost arts
L 'Used to' and 'would'
6 Minute Grammar
R 'Used to' and 'would'
Grammar reference
our kids from the
digital world?
Vocabulary relating to
use of digital technology
L Pronouncing verbs L News Report
and nouns Health stories
6 Minute Vocabulary
L Alice in Wonderland
L The Knowledge – Part 9
'Used to' and 'would' in 'Used to' and 'would'
context

R How to plant the

perfect tree
Suggestions, instructions
and advice
Unit 30 – Tales of survival
L 'Can', 'could', 'be able to', L Words with double L News Report
'manage' letters Surviving the tsunami
6 Minute Grammar 6 Minute Vocabulary
L Alice in Wonderland
R Turning tragedy into – Part 10
triumph
'Can', 'could', 'be able to' and R Surviving in tough Expressions of ability in
'manage to' in context times the past
Talking about ability
R Present and past modals
of ability R After Typhoon
Grammar reference Haiyan
Vocabulary relating to
natural disasters

L Meet Jackie
Broadcasting in and
about disaster zones
 Upper-Intermediate Course – R=reading, V=video
Grammar Vocabulary Drama
Unit 1 – Go beyond intermediate with our video course
V English Class V News Review V The White
The third conditional James Bond – censor, Elephant – Episode 1
censorship, ridicule, Panic!
R Grammar reference mockery, make a mockery
The third conditional
V Lingohack
Syria airstrikes; Iraq;
Facebook founder giveaway
– extremists, raids, pledged

V Stop saying…!
Double contractions
Unit 2 – Reported speech in 90 seconds!
V English Class V News Review V The White
Reported speech Beijing smog – red alert, Elephant – Episode 2
toxic, engulf, portmanteau Quick!
R Grammar reference word
Reported speech
V Lingohack
Syrian rebels; Paris
warnings; lions poisoned –
ceasefire, ringleader,
allegations

V Stop saying…!
Say and tell
Unit 3 – If or whether?
V English Class V News Review V The White
'If and whether Star Wars – franchise, Elephant – Episode 3
merchandising, cash cow Broken
R Grammar reference
If and whether V Lingohack
Solar superpower; South
Africa's navy; historic
hospital demolished – plant,
broke new ground, to
renovate

V Stop saying…!
Would you?
Unit 4 – 5 ways to use 'would'
 V English Class V News Review V The White
5 ways to use would Japan's hunt for whales – Elephant – Episode 4
fleet, whaling fleet, in the Annoyed
R Grammar reference pursuit of
5 ways to use 'would'
V Lingohack
US/UK in Afghanistan;
cancer; athletics boss
resignation – confront,
reinforces, stepping down

V Stop saying…!
Indirect questions
Unit 5 – Let and allow
V English Class V News Review V The White
'Let' and 'allow' Obama takes on gun crime – Elephant – Episode 5
background checks, bypass, Happy
R Grammar reference executive action
'Let' and 'allow'
V Lingohack
North Korea bomb; Fifa boss
ban; chip makes woman see
again – announcement,
suspended, bionic

V Stop saying…!
Let’s go
Unit 6 – Passive voice
V English Class V News Review V The White
Passive voice Reinventing the light – Elephant – Episode 6
incandescent, comeback, Kindness
R Grammar reference revamp, significantly,
Active and passive forms prototype

V Lingohack
Obama's final address;
counting Africa's elephants;
Elvis celebration – vowed,
partisan, bold ambition,
census, iconic

V Stop saying…!
Irregular verbs
Unit 7 – Unless
 V English Class
'Unless'
R Grammar reference
'Unless'
Unit 8 – Mixed conditionals
V English Class
Mixed conditionals
R Grammar reference
Mixed conditionals; second and
third conditionals
Unit 9 – The zero article – in 90 seconds
V English Class
Zero articles
R Grammar reference
Zero article
Unit 10 – The indefinite article – in 90 seconds
V News Review V The White
China's economic slowdown Elephant – Episode 7
– pace, growth, slump, Late!
shrinking, depreciation
V Lingohack
New rules for migrants;
irregular heartbeat; Spike
Lee Oscars comment –
evenly, condition, boycott
V Stop saying…!
Answering negative
questions
V News Review V The White
Beatrix Potter story Elephant – Episode 8
discovered – published,
double life, archive, unseen, Lucky
rediscovered, in a spin
V Lingohack
Migrants and refugees in
Europe; ebola outbreak over;
device detects brain injuries
– crossing, sporadic, spot
V Stop saying…!
Present perfect
V News Review V The White
Will Zika affect Rio Elephant – Episode 9
Olympics? – the spread of, Secrets
constitutes, endangered,
outbreak, declared,
nightmare
V Lingohack
UK's draft EU deal; China's
stranded travellers;
groundhog predicts the
weather – hailed, hampering,
backlog, prediction
V Stop saying…!
Pronouncing the 'th' sound
 V English Class
Indefinite articles with singular
countable nouns
R Grammar reference
Definite and indefinite articles
Unit 11 – The. That's right – the! Learn all about it in 90 seconds
V English Class
The definite article
R Grammar reference
Definite, indefinite and zero
articles
Unit 12 – The continuous passive
V English Class
Continuous passive
R Grammar reference
Continuous passive voice forms
Unit 13 – Future perfect
V News Review V The White
Violence on the streets of Elephant – Episode
Hong Kong – batons, 10
clashes, street vendors, Angry
warning shots, crackdown
V Lingohack
Trump and Sanders win;
Zuma in court; horses don't
like long faces – outsider,
refurbishing, adapting
V Stop saying…!
Pronouncing unstressed
words / schwa
V News Review V The White
Swift's war of words – Elephant – Episode
album, lavish, artist, sweep, 11
diss, all over the place Success
V Lingohack
US-Cuba flights; Australia
drug bust; male cosmetic
surgery – restoring, seized,
went under the knife
V Stop saying…!
Vowel to vowel linking
V News Review V The White
Dry Dehli – restored, cut off, Elephant – Episode
canal, vulnerable, grapple, 12
unrest Shock!
V Lingohack
Republicans against
Guantanamo closure; plastic
found in Mars bars; gorilla
born in zoo – have come out,
recalling, caesarean
V Stop saying…!
Not being direct
 V English Class
The future perfect
R Grammar reference
The future perfect
(will + have + past participle)
Unit 14 – Need + verb-ing
V English Class
Need + verb-ing
R Grammar reference
Need + verb-ing
Unit 15 – Have something done
V English Class
Have something done
R Grammar reference
Have something done
Unit 16 – Wish
V News Review V The White
Calais migrants forced to Elephant – Episode
leave – demolition, 13
dismantle, makeshift, evict, Resilience
braced for, bulldozer
V Lingohack
Super Tuesday Trump and
Clinton; Zika threat to US;
back from space –
dominated, warning, manned
V Stop saying…!
The future perfect
V News Review V The White
Shrapova's failed drug test – Elephant – Episode
outcome, tested positive, let 14
her fans down, suspend, let Clever
down, tarnishing
V Lingohack
EU-Turkey plan; Indonesia's
three minutes of darkness;
fifth Beatle dies – violate,
solar eclipse, influential,
accomplishments
V Stop saying…!
The disappearing ‘t’
V News Review V The White
Bangladesh's missing Elephant – Episode
millions – central bank, 15
audacious, breached, heist, Sad
cyber, hush up
V Lingohack
Ethiopia drought; hope for
MS patients; French anger at
new spelling – triggered,
remarkable, outrage
V Stop saying…!
Irregular verbs - revision
 V English Class V News Review V The White
The verb 'wish' Unlocking the Apple – Elephant – Episode
unlock, postponement, 16
R Grammar reference manufacturer, row, hack, Calm!
Verb forms that follow 'wish back down

V Lingohack
Begium in mourning; Zika
virus; online 'fitness
challenge' – mourning,
odious, abnormally,
unrealistic

V Stop saying…!
I wish…
Unit 17 – Word stress
V English Class V News Review V The White
Participle clauses Great Barrier Reef damage – Elephant – Episode
reef, episodes, coral 17
R Grammar reference bleaching, devastate, aerial, Timing
Participle clauses in the grip of

V Lingohack
Driverless cars; cleaning up
Dehli's air; south Africa’s
power crisis – driverless,
choking, toxic, abundance,
predominantly

Unit 18 – Different ways of saying 'if'
V English Class
Different ways of saying 'if'
R Grammar reference
Ways of saying 'if'
V Stop saying…!
Stress in long words
V News Review V The White
Panama tax leaks – at the Elephant – Episode
heart of, leak, blacklisted, 18
sanctions, links, bombshell Excellence
V Lingohack
Fifa president; Sydney
railway; dog gets medal –
prominent, prompted,
honoured

V Stop saying…!
Compound words
Unit 19 – Passive reporting structures
 V English Class
Passive reporting structures
R Grammar reference
Passive reporting structures
Unit 20 – The subjunctive
V English Class
The subjunctive
R Grammar reference
The subjunctive
Unit 21 – When and if
V English Class
'When' and 'if'
R Grammar reference
'When' and 'if'
V News Review V The White
Brazil's president on the edge Elephant – Episode
– impeachment, stormy, 19
coup, back, hurdle Love
V Lingohack
Hawking backs space travel
project; Russia celebrates
cosmonaut; wallaby becomes
internet star – ambitious,
exceptional, triumph, the
height of, winning hearts
V Stop saying…!
Transitive and intransitive
verbs
V News Review V The White
Ancient arch triumphs in Elephant – Episode
London – replica, behind, 20
recreate, unveil, on display Failure
V Lingohack
Diabetes increase warning;
world heritage sites under
threat; UK stamps celebrate
Queen at 90 – to date,
precious, released
V Stop saying…!
British and American
English pronunciation
V News Review V The White
Chernobyl remembered – Elephant – Episode
meltdown, reactor, 21
radioactive, swathe, vigils, Clean
fallout, on
V Lingohack
Hillsborough inquest; Big
ben stops chiming for
repairs; gorilla surprise at
Prague Zoo –
catastrophically, fall silent,
 scaffolding, glimpse,
delivery

V Stop saying…!
Not finishing conditional
sentences
Unit 22 – Inversion
V English Class V News Review V The White
Inversion Leicester City win the Elephant – Episode
Premier League – squad, 22
R Grammar reference outsiders, bookmakers, Disaster
Inversion fairytale, nuts, bonkers, a
one-off

V Lingohack
Trump knocks out Cruz;
antibiotics overprescribed;
escalator behaviour trial –
presumptive, inappropriately,
long-standing

V Stop saying…!
Adjective or adverb
Unit 23 – Phrasal verbs
V English Class V News Review V The White
Phrasal verbs Plants facing extinction – Elephant – Episode
species, sprawling, habitats, 23
R Grammar reference at risk of, kill off Sleepy
Multi-word verbs / Phrasal verbs
type 1, 2, 3, 4 V Lingohack
Obama visit to Hiroshima;
Canada wildlife aftermath;
NASA discovers new planets
– highly symbolic,
obliterated, inflicted,
exoplanets

V Stop saying…!
More phrasals
Unit 24 – The future
V English Class V News Review V The White
Seven ways to talk about the Wild bee numbers decline – Elephant – Episode
future abundant, an abundance of, 24
boom, biofuels, decline, on Honesty
R Grammar reference the decline, dwindle
Future forms – will, present
continuous, be going to, future
 continuous, future perfect,
present simple, be + to +
infinitive
Unit 25 – Modals in the past
V English Class
Modal verbs in the past
R Grammar reference
Modal verbs – might, may, could, emergency, plague, bat’s
must, can’t
Unit 26 – Narrative tenses
V English Class
Narrative tenses – 'used to', past
perfect, past perfect continuous,
past continuous
R Grammar reference
Narrative tenses – past simple,
past continuous, past perfect
Unit 27 – Phrasal verb myths
V English Class
More phrasal verbs – take out,
pick up, make up, give away,
bring up
V Lingohack
Sri Lanka mudslide; art
rescued from sea; football
heroes’ welcome – missing,
submerged, rapturous
V Stop saying…!
Different futures
V News Review V The White
Flying fox bats invade – Elephant – Episode
declared an emergency, 25
besieged, relocate, state of Brave
insane
V Lingohack
EU money for Greece;
Russian athletes' doping;
friendly robots – bailout
funds, samples, collaborative
V Stop saying…!
The 'dark L'
V News Review V The White
Threat from new superbug - Elephant – Episode
resistant, antibiotics, strain, 26
superbug, nightmare, drug- Sick
proof
V Lingohack
Worker unrest in France;
world's longest rail tunnel; an
unusual race – bitter stand-
off, the heart of, thriving
V Stop saying…!
Alternatives to 'and'
V News Review V The White
Muhammad's funeral plans – Elephant – Episode
heavyweight, nomination, 27
pallbearers, memorial, a Fashion
biopic, an autobiography
 R Grammar reference
Multi-word verbs/Phrasal verbs
type 1, 2, 3, 4
Unit 28 – Conditionals review
V English Class
Conditionals – zero, first, second, Remembering Orlando's
third and mixed conditionals
R Grammar reference
Conditionals review
Unit 29 – Used to – review
V English Class
'Used to' review
R Grammar reference
'Used to'
Unit 30 – Linking words of contrast
V English Class
Linking words of contrast –
V Lingohack
Clinton historic moment;
Chelsea doctor dismissal;
surfing in Australia
V Stop saying…!
Phrasal verbs: informal,
formal or neutral?
V News Review V The White
Elephant – Episode
victims – vigils, to honour, 28
tributes, gather, a gathering, Empathy
moving
V Lingohack
French police warn against
football violence; alligator
drags boy into water; Tate
modern extension opens – on
high alert, paddling, range
V Stop saying…!
Do native English speakers
make mistakes?
V News Review V The White
Floppy disks control US Elephant – Episode
weapons – arsenal, upgrade, 29
deterrent, phase out, nukes, Competition
ancient
V Lingohack
A dangerous route to Europe;
safety concerns in Mumbai;
bad news for British school
pupils – cracks down,
merciless, infrastructure,
think tank
V Stop saying…!
Past habits without 'used to'
V News Review V The White
Brexit: What next for the UK Elephant – Episode
and the EU? – face, triggers,
 though/although/even though,
despite/in spite of
R Grammar reference
Linking words of contrast
More
mechanism, rule out, 30
divorce, unleash Hope
V Lingohack
Bomb in Turkey; Cameron
meets EU leaders; Hockney's
latest exhibition –
propaganda, urged,
distinguished
V Stop saying…!
Climbing to advanced level
 Towards Advanced Course – R=Reading, V=Video
Grammar
Unit 1
V Masterclass
Non-defining relative clauses Welcome to Jupiter! – probe, orbit,
R Grammar reference
Relative clauses
Unit 2
V Masterclass
5 ways to talk about the
future – be + full infinitive,
be due + full infinitive, be +
sure/bound + full infinitive,
on the verge of/ on the brink
of, present tense with future
meaning
R Grammar reference
Future forms
Unit 3
V Masterclass
Using the present to talk
about the past
R Grammar reference
Uses of the present
Vocabulary Pronunciation
V News Review V Tim's
Pronunciation
spacecraft, hostile, core Workshop
Assimilation of /t/ and
V Lingohack /p/
Chilcot Iraq report published;
people killed for defending their
land; Juno space probe successs –
on such a scale, judgement, on
record, loggers, orbiting
V X uses of Y: Treasure Island
9 uses of 'time' – a long time, in no
time, only a matter of time, at
times, as time goes by, at one time
or another, time after time, in no
time, time-consuming
V News Review V Tim's
A new prime minister for Britain – Pronunciation
set to, to become, follow in Workshop
someone's footsteps, take the reins Linking /r/
V Lingohack
The UK has a new PM; train crash
investigation in Italy; Indian state
introduces 'fat tax' – pressing,
scene, malnutrition, so-called
V X uses of Y: Oliver Twist
7 uses of 'light' – light, shed light
on, out like a light, in the light of,
brings to light
V News Review V Tim's
Are these speeches similar – Pronunciation
plagiarise, rip off, a rip-off, bear a Workshop
striking similarity Twinning or
germination with /s/
V Lingohack
Trump seals nomination; IOC to
take legal advice on Russia; hottest

Unit 4
V Masterclass
Linking words of contrast –
however, although,
despite/in spite of, while,
R Grammar
referenceLinking
words of contrast
Unit 5
V Masterclass
Stative verbs in continuous
form – have, want, love
R Grammar reference
Stative verbs in the
continuous form
ever June is recorded – candidate,
damning, trend
V X uses of Y: The Rue Morgue
9 uses of 'run' – make your blood
run cold, run, running, run up
against (something), runs through,
running through (his head), run the
risk of, runs away, runs after
V News Review V Tim's
The smell of chickens – repel, Pronunciation
something/someone repels you, Workshop
deter, a pun, steer clear of Elision of /t/
V Lingohack
Hillary Clinton makes history;
thousands flee California wildfires;
cloned animals aging no
differently – breaking through,
eluded, blazes, prematurely
V X uses of Y: Little Red Riding
Hood
9 uses of 'cut' – cut out, to cut a
long story short, cut (someone)
short, shortcut, cut to the chase,
cutting down, woodcutters, cut
(someone/something) up, cutbacks
V News Review V Tim's
Water pollution at the Rio Pronunciation
Olympics – alarmingly, filthy, Workshop
sewage, teeming with, unfazed, Intrusive /r/
favela
V Lingohack
Obama says Trump unfit to be
president; Singapore scientists
create cyborg beetle; scans reveal
how teenage brain develops –
questioned, remotely, insight
V X uses of Y: Pride and
Prejudice
11 uses of 'look' – looking for, has
the looks, the look of, looks on,
looks like, looking to, looks as if,

Unit 6
V Masterclass
Infinitives of purpose
R Grammar reference
Infinitives of purpose
Unit 7
V Masterclass
Mixed conditionals
R Grammar reference
Conditionals review
Unit 8
V Masterclass
Using the past to talk about
the present and future
looks over, look down on, look up,
look forward to
V News Review V Tim's
World's longest hunger strike ends Pronunciation
–activist, hunger strike, fast, 'iron' Workshop
Schwa
V Lingohack
Michael Phelps swims into
Olympic history; scientists find
new marine species in Scotland;
scary Lucy statue is replaced in the
US – wondering, to log, stylish,
unveiled
V X uses of Y: Robin Hood
9 uses of 'stand' – stand up for,
can’t stand, don’t stand a chance,
stand for, stands to lose, won’t
stand for, stand out, stands by,
stands
V News Review V Tim's
Brazil wins a gold medal in Pronunciation
athletics – an upset, pull something Workshop
off, egg somebody on, Linking /w/
pandemonium
V Lingohack
British couple ride into Olympic
history; scientists discover 400-
year-old shark; pigeon race
champion banned for life – medal
tally, feeds on, cheating
V X uses of Y: Pygmalion
8 uses of 'round' – driving him
round the bend, comes round,
round and round, round the clock,
round, goes round to, in a
roundabout kind of way, round off
V News Review V Tim's
Olympics closing ceremony – kick Pronunciation
off, pass the baton, wrap up Workshop
Assimilation of /n/
followed by /p/
 R Grammar reference
Using the past to talk about
the present or future
Unit 9
V Masterclass
Gerund or infinitive – stop,
regret and go on
R Grammar reference
Verb patterns – gerunds or
infinitives
Unit 10
V Masterclass
Future continuous
R Grammar reference
Future continuous
V Lingohack
China opens longest glass bridge;
HRT increases risk of cancer;
Hindu monk claims to be 120
years old – peer, underestimates,
put (something) down
V X uses of Y: Dr Jekyll and Mr
Hyde
9 uses of 'sound' – sound out, by
the sound of it, sounds, doesn’t
like the sound of (something, not a
sight or sound of (someone),
sounds strange, sound, sounds as
though, sounds like
V News Review V Tim's
Migrant rescue – flee, some, hub, Pronunciation
sorties, rickety Workshop
Elision of /d/
V Lingohack
World's largest protected area
created off Hawaii; new Earth-like
planet discovered; goodbye
Cookie: pink cockatoo dies at 83 –
marine reserve, orbiting, mourning
V X uses of Y: Romeo and Juliet
8 uses of 'break' – break the news,
break off, break into, break up,
breaks down, break her promise,
breaking, breaks her heart
V News Review V Tim’s
Major problem with world's Pronunciation
oceans – underestimated, Workshop
livelihoods, soaring, plummeting, Pronunciation of 'nd'
staggering, bear the brunt of
V Lingohack
Two billion 'at risk of Zika in
Africa and Asia'; first face
transplant patient dies in France;
rare white whale filmed in
Australia – outbreaks, passed
away, spotted

Unit 11
V Masterclass
Native speaker 'mistakes'
R Grammar reference
Native speaker 'mistakes' –
past participles, me, splitting
infinitives
V X uses of Y: Frankenstein
10 uses of 'make' – makes, has
made a name for himself, to make
matters worse, makes for, make a
start, makes his blood boil, makes
up his mind, make of, makes time
V News Review V Tim's
Hillary Clinton's illness – Pronunciation
hold/keep/play your cards close to Workshop
your chest, come clean, big deal, Pronunciation of 'have
not that big a deal, bout, bat away to'
V Lingohack
EU not at risk after Brexit; US
athletes' medical files hacked;
human ancestor mystery solved –
address, leaked, cracked

V X uses of Y: Hansel and Gretel

13 uses of 'turn' – take a turn for
the worse, turns out, turns a blind
eye, turning, turn back, turn of
events, turn up, turns into, turns,
turn her nose up, turned, in turn
Unit 12
V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's
Giving emphasis World's largest telescope – Pronunciation
giant/massive/gigantic, Workshop
R Grammar reference extraterrestrial, eavesdrop Pronunciation of 'and'
Adding emphasis – 'it' cleft
sentences V Lingohack
Benefits of statins underestimated;
'Brangelina' is no more; karaoke
star Ted, 80, lands record deal –
potential, saddened, sensation

V X uses of Y: The Snow Queen

9 uses of 'stick' – stick up for,
sticks, stick with, stick by, stick,
stuck, can’t stick, stick together
Unit 13
V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's
More native speaker Trump vs Clinton: first US Pronunciation
'mistakes' presidential TV debate – to clash, Workshop
head-to-head, to lose your cool Pronunciation of 'was'
and 'were'
 R Grammar reference
More native speaker
'mistakes' – innit,
there/their/they're, what as a
relative pronoun
V Lingohack
Former Israel President Shimon
Peres dies; button batteries risk to
children; the farmer who paints
sheep – forging, injuries, novel

V X uses of Y: Far from the

Madding Crowd
11 uses of 'set' – set, set their sights
on, dead set against, sets off, set
out, sets him off, setback, set, set
on, sets on, all set
Unit 14
V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's
Giving emphasis using 'what' Colombia's peace vote – common Pronunciation
ground, pick yourself up, scramble Workshop
R Grammar reference Consonant-vowel
Adding emphasis – 'what' V Lingohack linking
cleft sentences Rubbish threat to Machu Picchu;
Prince Harry on HIV awareness
campaign; David Bowie's
collection on show – inability,
deadline, stigma, auctioned

V X uses of Y: The Piper of

Unit 15
V Masterclass
Future in the past
R Grammar reference
The future in the past
Hamelin
12 uses of 'pay' – pay up, pays a
heavy price, pay attention, pay,
pay off, pay handsomely, pay in
cash, be in the pay of, pay, pay
day, pay, without paying a penny
V News Review V Tim's
A problem with Samsung Galaxy Pronunciation
Note 7 – a burning issue, burn a Workshop
hole in (someone’s accounts), Assimilation of /d/ to
money burns a hole in my pocket, /g/
it burnt a hole in my pocket,
come/be under fire

V Lingohack
Is Russia hacking the US
election?; the end of Samsung's
Galaxy Note 7; the zoo where
chimps 'learn to be chimps' –
destabilise, appetite, limiting the
damage, nudge

Unit 16
V Masterclass
Discourse markers
R Grammar reference
Discourse markers
V X uses of Y: Sherlock Holmes
and the Hound of the
Baskervilles
9 uses of 'dead' – dead, dead
certain, deadly danger, the dead of
night, stop dead in his tracks, dead
silence, stone dead, dead
giveaway, dead ringer
V News Review V Tim's
Dead frog mystery in Peru – Pronunciation
endangered species, get to the Workshop
bottom of, a turn of events, pleas Pronunciation of 'can'
V Lingohack
Ecuador limits Jullian Assange's
internet access; sweet potato helps
tackle child malnutrition; work
starts on British polar research ship
– classified, deficiency, vessel

V X uses of Y: David
Copperfield
13 uses of 'take' – takes, taken
someone into (your) care, takes the
opportunity, take (someone) off to,
take refuge, takes pity on, takes an
instant dislike to, seems/is taken
with, taken advantage of, takes up,
take off, take a turn for the worse,
take care of
Unit 17
V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's
Advanced learner mistakes Women and alcohol – out- Pronunciation
drinking, wine o’clock, knocking Workshop
R Grammar reference back, boozer Plosives - /d/ /b/ /t/ /p/
Advanced learner mistakes – /k/ and /g/
word order in Wh- clauses V Lingohack
Heathrow airport expansion
approved; time with parents can
improve children's autism; dogs
are trained as lifeguards – given
the green light, severity, charity

V X uses of Y: Orpheus and

Eurydice
13 uses of 'long' – all day long,
long, before long, last long, a long
 way off, take long, long gone, as
long as I live, no longer, a long
shot, at long last, so long as,
longed
Unit 18
V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's
More advanced learners The fight against cyber crime – Pronunciation
mistakes – go, come, take, strike back, vow, malicious, cyber, Workshop
bring shore up Pronunciation of 'the'

R Grammar reference V Lingohack

More advanced learner Nepal drains dangerous Everest
mistakes lake; promising signs for new male
contraceptive; new home for
thousands of baby turtles –
airlifted, side effects, released

V X uses of Y: Jamaica Inn

10 uses of 'stay' – stay, stay out of
his way, stay on, stay over, stays
up, stay away from, stay put, stay
out of trouble, stay together
Unit 19
V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's
Formal and informal English Trump vs Clinton: US election day Pronunciation
– polls, ballot, pitch Workshop
R Grammar reference Linking /j/
Formal and informal English V Lingohack
Trump beats Clinton to take White
House; India's cinema for the
homeless; poetry in a box – storm,
shattering the dreams, makeshift,
inspired

V X uses of Y: The Princess and

the Pea
9 uses of 'sleep' – loses sleep over
something, sleeps through it, sleep,
sleeping like a baby, get some
sleep, falls asleep, didn’t sleep a
wink, sleep on it
Unit 20
V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's
Subject-verb agreement 1 A new world record for the world Pronunciation
– sweltering/sizzling/scorching, on Workshop
R Grammar reference course/on track/on pace, make Pronunciation of
Subject-verb agreement 1 – ‘been’
 singular and plurals, no
plural, no singular
Unit 21
V Masterclass
Subject-verb agreement 2
R Grammar reference
Subject-verb agreement 2 –
collective nouns, quantities,
amounts, indefinite nouns
Unit 22
V Masterclass
Subject-verb agreement 3
R Grammar reference
Subject-verb agreement 3 –
and, or, neither, nor,
separated subjects and verbs,
singular or plural verb with a
cleft sentence
tracks, lose track, go off the beaten
track
V Lingohack
India withdraws rupee notes;
molecules on your phone reveal
your lifestyle; robot sets new
Rubik's Cube record – evade tax,
traces, solving
V X uses of Y: Moby Dick
9 uses of 'see' – see, you see, see
how, wait and see, see sense, sees
red, see eye to eye
V News Review V Tim's
The end of a partnership – pull the Pronunciation
plug on something, Workshop
scrap/ditch/dump, renounce, a Assimilation of /s/
(bath/sink) plug, a plug
V Lingohack
Tracing the origin of Islamic State
group's weapons; making UK
health tourism pay; building the
world's biggest wind farm – a
murky world, fell into the hands
of, falling well short of, boom
V X uses of Y: The Vampyre
9 uses of 'keep' – keep away from,
keep, keeps him company, keep
his eyes open, keep (something) a
secret, keep his word, a kept
woman, keep (something) to
himself
V News Review V Tim's
Uluru rescue – designated, Pronunciation
indigenous, sacred Workshop
Pronunciation of
V Lingohack ‘from’
Football fans hold vigil for team;
worst destruction ever for Great
Barrier Reef; mission to clean
 space – mourning, cathartic
release, prognosis, advance

V X uses of Y: 20,000 Leagues

Under the Sea
10 uses of 'get' – getting out of
hand, get, gets underway, get to,
get away, get worse, get off, get
through, getting up to (something)
Unit 23
V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's
Uses of 'wish' Tackling online extremism – Pronunciation
fingerprint, team up, pledge Workshop
R Grammar reference Gemination of /t/
5 uses of 'wish' V Lingohack
Caesarian births 'affecting human
evolution'; UK ranked 15th for
school science education;
researchers to uncover secret life
of seals – in labour, keeping up, up
close

V X uses of Y: The Adventures

Unit 24
V Masterclass
How to soften your English
R Grammar reference
Being polite: how to soften
your English
of Huckleberry Finn
9 uses of 'come' – come into,
coming across as, comes, comes
up with, come with, come to the
rescue, yet to come, comes to light,
come naturally
V News Review V Tim's
Methane threatens global warming Pronunciation
efforts – surge, undermining, Workshop
spiked Assimilation of /d/
and /j/
V Lingohack
Yemen at 'breaking point'; bus for
the homeless; city living for bees –
a testament, lived rough,
sanctuaries, urban oasis

V X uses of Y: Rumplestiltskin
8 uses of 'cry' – a far cry from, cry,
a shoulder to cry on, cries, cry
your eyes out, crying out for, for
crying out loud, crying out
Unit 25
 V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's
Inversion 1: after negative or The animals protecting Britain’s Pronunciation
limiting adverbs Christmas dinners – standing Workshop
guard, keeping watch, brainchild Assimilation of /d/ to
R Grammar reference /b/
Inversion 1 V Lingohack
Beijing's 'giant toxic cloud';
Iceland's volcanic powers; a
'virtual wife' for lonely man –
cabin feverish (to have cabin
fever), harness, holographic,
companion

V X uses of Y: Cinderella
12 uses of 'go' – go shopping, go
downhill, it goes without saying,
go to, go into detail, goes by, to go,
go without, touch and go, give it a
go, goes, go with
Unit 26
V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's
Inversion 2 Vinyl records make a comeback – Pronunciation
tangible, embraced, record high, Workshop
R Grammar reference turning the tables Contracted 'have'
Inversion 2 – reduced
conditionals, adverbs of V Lingohack
place or movement, UK develops app with advice on
consequences of an adjective terror attacks; charity offers
surplus food to homeless; steepest
street into tourist attraction –
mock-up, social isolation,
daredevils

V X uses of Y: The North Wind

Unit 27
V Masterclass
Discourse markers 2
R Grammar reference
Discourse markers 2 – to tell
you the truth, I mean, you
see, in other words, at the
and the Sun
10 uses of 'catch' – catching, catch
my breath, caught off guard,
catches sight of, catch hold of,
catch his death, catch up, catch,
caught out
V News Review V Tim's
The World Cup expands – the bulk Pronunciation
of, facelift, set to Workshop
Elision of /h/
V Lingohack
Denmark's drug-taking rooms for
addicts; dementia rates higher near
 end of the day, I know, so to busy roads, says study; meet the
speak baby red pandas at a US zoo –
seedy, urban areas, cubs

V X uses of Y: King Midas

7 uses of 'touch' – touch and go, a
touch, touched, touches, a nice
touch, gets in touch, sense of touch
Unit 28
V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's
Question tags Democrats to skip Trump Pronunciation
inauguration – boycott, legitimate, Workshop
R Grammar reference swell Assimilation of /t/
Question tags followed by /k/
V Lingohack
Rising knife crime in UK; giraffes
facing 'silent extinction'; meet one
of Spain's four female bullfighters

Unit 29
V Masterclass
Participle clauses
R Grammar reference
Participle clauses
V X uses of Y: Emma
8 uses of 'right' – right, in her own
right, right through, has no right,
do the right thing, right away
V News Review V Tim's
Can toast cause cancer? – over-, Pronunciation
potential, browned off Workshop
Assimilation of /t/
V Lingohack followed by /j/
Help for UK babies; tempting bird-
watchers to Uganda; the secret to
Dutch children’s happiness –
premature, wholesome, obesity

V X uses of Y: The Island of Dr.

Moreau
8 uses of 'with' – travelling with,
with, with bated breath, live with,
with his bare hands, with the aid of
Unit 30
V Masterclass V News Review V Tim's
Aspect Trump dismisses US attorney Pronunciation
general over immigration ban – Workshop
R Grammar reference sack/fire, defying, betrayal Summary
Aspect – simple, continuous,
perfect V Lingohack
British MPs to investigate 'fake
 news'; more babies than expected
affected by Zika virus; unusual job
vacancy in Austria – outrageous,
looking into, hermit

V X uses of Y: Macbeth
12 uses of 'out' – out, set out, out
of, out of his mind, get out, find
out, sets out, gives out, left out
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