B2

Student’s Book
David Spencer

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 Contents
Vocabulary Reading Grammar

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Life and study at university Student helpline Internet Present tenses International Cultural Knowledge:
forum Gap years
Do and make Past tenses
Gap year experiences
Present perfect
p6 Efficient revision
Gerunds and
Informal emails infinitives 1

2
Work and jobs Job descriptions Past perfect Cross-curricular – Economics:
Learning English for work
Conditions and stages of The best job in the world Past and present
a job habits Cross-curricular – Language:
English and immigration
p18 Phrasal verbs: Work
English in the workplace:
Gerunds and
infinitives 2
Learning workplace jargon

Jargon

Gateway to Exams 1–2 p30

3
Space and space travel Space quiz Future forms Cross-curricular – Media studies/
Literature:
Travel, trip, journey, voyage Space junk Future activities in
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
the past
Prefixes The War of the Worlds
p32 Science-fiction stories
Future continuous
Future perfect
simple and
continuous

4
Personality adjectives What makes a genius? Making Cross-curricular – Science:
comparisons Albert Einstein
Noun suffixes Extraordinary facts about
Einstein Articles Cross-curricular – Philosophy:
p44 The ‘hobbit’ So/such/too/enough
What is intelligence?

Personality descriptions:
Patrick Rothfuss

Gateway to Exams 3–4 p56

5
Buying and selling Opening a bank account Modal verbs Cross-curricular – Literature:
of obligation, Q & A by Vikas Swarup
Money and banking Q & A by Vikas Swarup
prohibition and
International Cultural Knowledge:
Phrasal verbs: Money and Instructions: How to use a advice
p58 shopping cashpoint
Speculation and
Money quiz

deduction: Past,
present and future

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Listening Writing Speaking Exam success/Study skills
Vocabulary quiz Questions about Pair interviews and reports Vocabulary: Using a dictionary
experience
Introduction to gap years Expressing preferences Reading: Multiple matching
Project: Poster advertising
Tips for exam revision/ Speaking: Accuracy and fluency
gap year
preparation
Writing: Transactional tasks
Taking notes in informal
Expressing individual
interviews
preferences
Reply to a request in an
email

People describing their Writing interview Describing jobs Vocabulary: Studying phrasal verbs
jobs questions
Talking about work plans Listening: Matching speakers and statements
Workplace jargon Writing an essay plan
Stimulus-based Speaking: Stimulus-based discussions
Helicopter parents An opinion essay 1 discussions 1
Writing: Paragraphs
Pronunciation: Stress for
emphasis
Expressions in stimulus-
based discussions

Pronunciation: Word stress Predictions Discussing future Reading: Missing sentences

problems
The War of the Worlds by Making a plan Grammar: Learning from mistakes
H.G. Wells Checking future
A story: Science fiction Listening: Prediction
predictions
Dear Future Me radio
Writing: Stories
extract Stimulus-based
discussions 2
Space research and
government spending Expressing and justifying
opinions

Multiple intelligences Project: Geniuses Preparing and giving a Vocabulary: Keeping records
presentation 1
Animal intelligence A summary Use of English: Word formation cloze
Presentation on the value A description of a hero Speaking: Presentations
of exams
Writing: Checking

Pronunciation: Silent School rules/advice Speculation and Reading: Skimming and scanning
letters deduction
Deductions and Listening: Completing notes
A quiz programme speculations Talking about photos:
Speaking: Talking about photos
Comparing and
The history of money A formal letter of
contrasting Writing: Writing a plan
complaint
Comparing and
contrasting photos

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 Vocabulary Reading Grammar

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The body Healthy habits Conditionals Cross-curricular – Science/Nutrition/PE:
Nutrition for teenagers
Health Teenagers and nutrition Unless, as long as,
provided/providing Cross-curricular – Science/Popular
Idioms: Health The effects of technology on
p70 health
(that), in case
Third conditional
culture:
A healthy recipe from a teen chef

Mixed conditional
I wish/If only

Gateway to Exams 5–6 p82

7
Music and film How teenagers consume Reported speech International Cultural Knowledge:
media – statements and Glastonbury Festival
Media habits
questions
Arts reviews Popular culture:
Compound nouns and
p84 adjectives
Other reporting
structures
Woodstock
Song: Woodstock by Joni Mitchell

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Natural disasters News reports The passive: Verbs Cross-curricular – Science:
with two objects; Possible planetary threats
Prepositional phrases with The Icelandic eruption
with say, know, etc
verbs Popular culture:
Planetary threats
p96 Giving aid in a disaster
Passive infinitives
and gerunds
Disaster movies

Gateway to Exams 7–8 p108

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Everyday technology Useful inventions Defining and non- Cross-curricular – Computer science:
defining relative The world of hackers
Verbs and phrasal verbs: Hybrids by David Thorpe
clauses
Technology and computers Literature:
Article: The use of mobile
p110 phones
Nominal clauses
with that, what, all
Hybrids by David Thorpe

Report: The use of new

technology at school

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Newspaper sections Headlines Inversion International Cultural Knowledge:
Tabloids and quality papers
Newspaper headlines Newspaper stories Participle clauses
Cross-curricular – Media studies:
News: Collocations Comparing newspaper Indirect questions
p122 stories
Question tags
Comparing newspaper stories

Pronunciation:
Intonation

Gateway to Exams 9–10 p134

 Wordlists 136  Study skills 145

 Exam success 149  Progress checks 154

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 Listening Writing Speaking Exam success/Study skills
Recipe for egg fried rice Planning a meal Cooking habits Reading: Prediction
My favourite sport Making notes Negotiating and Use of English: Sentence transformations
collaborating
A for-and-against essay Speaking: Keep talking
Ways to beat stress
Writing: For-and-against and opinion essays

Pronunciation: Word stress Project: An information Media habits Reading: Deducing meaning
in compound nouns brochure questionnaire
Listening: Gist and specific information
Song: Woodstock A review Reporting a discussion
Speaking: Discussions and negotiation
and an interview
Film habits
Writing: Reviews and articles
Discussions 1 (presenting
Presenting an argument:
arguments)
Emphasis and examples

Reports on natural An opinion essay 2 (using Talking about natural Reading: Multiple choice
disasters linkers correctly) disasters
Listening: True/False/Not given
Film reviews Inventing a plot for a film
Speaking: Paraphrasing
Animals predicting natural Talking about statistics
Writing: Editing
disasters (numbers, proportions,
trends)
Fractions and percentages

Instructions Instructions Talking about technology Reading: Reference in a text

Radio programme: Taking notes Discussions 2 Use of English: Cloze tests
Hackers
Project: Designing a Clarifying and checking Speaking: Sentence stress
Technical problems and computer safety poster understanding
Writing: Reports
solutions
A report
Taking mobile phones into
class

News stories Linkers: A review Presentations 2 Reading: True/False/Not given

The press in Britain A magazine article Opposing points of view Vocabulary: Collocation
A robbery Listening: Multiple choice
A presentation: For and Writing: Stages
against

 Speaking bank 156  Writing bank 158

 Additional activities 166  Irregular verbs 167

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