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Starter unit Aa Bb  Vocabulary 

Classroom objects • ​Colours • Countries and nationalities   Speaking  The alphabet and spelling  • ​Classroom expressions  • ​Saying hello  • ​Telling the time
p6 Days, months and ordinal numbers • ​The family • ​Basic descriptions
  Grammar 
to be  •  Subject pronouns and possessive adjectives 
have got  •  Possessive’s  •  Demonstrative pronouns

Vocabulary Aa Bb
Reading Grammar Life skills Listening Speaking Writing Exam success

It’s my life The school day ▶ The BRIT School    Present simple Personal ▶ Free-time activities ▶ Introducing yourself ▶ An informal email Reading: True/False/
p14 affirmative and negative well-being: Not Mentioned
Free-time activities Teenage stress Talking about stress Comparing schools A video message or
Unit 1

Dealing with stress

Prepositions of time informal email Listening: Matching
Places to go in a An informal email Introducing yourself Free-time activities
town Adverbs of frequency
Present simple questions

Around the Rooms ▶ Inside the White    There is/There are The world ▶ Everyday dialogues ▶ Speaking on the phone ▶ A description of a house Use of English: Multiple-
house House around you: choice cloze
Household objects Prepositions of place Saving energy Famous homes A leaflet
Unit 2

p26 Making your house

and furniture To save the planet, Writing: Checking your
Present continuous green Speaking on the phone Describing rooms
begin at home! work
Jobs around the
Present simple and
house My dream house
present continuous

Gateway to exams: Units 1–2 p38

Fitness Parts of the body ▶ Cliff-diving    can/can’t Physical ▶ Sepak Takraw ▶ Asking for information ▶ An announcement Reading: Multiple-choice
fanatics well-being:
Physical activities Fitness blog and Adverbs of manner Exercise habits Dangerous sports A fitness programme Speaking: Information
Unit 3

p40 Designing a fitness

article exchange
Sports have to/don’t have to, programme Asking for information You and sports
Club must/mustn’t
announcements

Tourist Countries and ▶ Tourist graffiti    Past simple of Autonomy and ▶ Edinburgh ▶ Talking about a holiday ▶ A postcard Listening: True/False/
information nationalities to be enterprise: Not Mentioned
How to start a A presentation of a new Your opinion on graffiti A presentation
Unit 4

p52 Developing a
Words connected business Past simple of can product Speaking: Talking about
product Tourism
with tourism past events
A postcard Past simple affirmative Talking about a holiday
Transport (regular and irregular
verbs)

Gateway to exams: Units 3–4 p64

Great Places of work ▶ Becoming a    Past simple Art and culture: ▶ Charles Dickens ▶ Talking about a past ▶ A story Reading: Matching
works best-selling author negative Getting the event
Jobs and work Getting the reading habit A poster Listening: Completing notes
Unit 5

p66 reading habit

The power of Past simple questions Being a professional writer
Culture and work Talking about a past event
reading and short answers
Culture and work
A story Past continuous

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 Vocabulary Aa Bb
Reading Grammar Life skills Listening Speaking Writing Exam success

Eat well, Food and drink ▶ What’s in your    Countable and Physical ▶ Fizzy drinks ▶ Ordering food ▶ An invitation Use of English: Missing
live well food? uncountable nouns well-being: sentences
Containers Favourite snacks Your diet A poster
Planning a
Unit 6

p78 The Eatwell plate some/any/a/an Writing: Formal and

balanced diet Ordering food Your ideal menu
informal style
Invitations a lot of/much/many
should/shouldn’t

Gateway to exams: Units 5–6 p90

Wildlife Wild animals and ▶ Wild Bear    be going to Numeracy: ▶ Wildlife centres ▶ Making suggestions and ▶ A short message Speaking: Pair activities
watch insects prepares to attack Using infographics plans
will/won’t The Northern White Rhino A presentation Writing: Handwriting and
again!
Unit 7

p92 The natural world Outdoor activities and presentation

Present continuous for Making suggestions and
A quick introduction survival
The weather future plans
to infographics
The natural world where
Messages you live

The world Feelings ▶ Happy    Comparative Social skills and ▶ News stories ▶ Describing a photo ▶ A formal letter of Use of English: Open cloze
around me teenagers? adjectives citizenship: opinion
Personality Helping a charity Comparing countries and Speaking: Describing a
Helping a charity
Unit 8

p104 Three charities Superlative adjectives social problems A list/plan photo

Social problems Describing a photo
A newspaper Articles Describing feelings
editorial and letter

Gateway to exams: Units 7–8 p116

Top shops Clothes ▶ T-shirts that tell    Present perfect Money and ▶ Sales ▶ Shopping ▶ A job application form Listening: Multiple-choice
p118 a story finance:
Accessories Present perfect with ever Interviews outside a A special T-shirt Use of English: Dialogue
Investigating
Unit 9

Sweatshops and never shopping centre activities

Shops ethical trade Your clothes
Present perfect with just, Shopping
already and yet

Brilliant Useful inventions ▶ Women    The passive ICT: ▶ A science TV ▶ A presentation ▶ A biography Speaking: Giving
brains inventors Checking programme presentations
Creating and The passive with by Inventions by women A video message
Unit 10

p130 information on the

inventing Pyramids of glass A student’s online Writing: Paragraphs
Zero conditional Internet Discussing useful inventions
discovered in the investigation
Nouns ending in -ion
ocean First conditional
A presentation
A biography

Gateway to exams: Units 9–10 p142

Aa Bb
  Unit-by-unit wordlist  p144   Exam success  p152   Communication activities  p154   Irregular verbs  p157   Writing bank  p158

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