Inside Out Upper-Intermediate

Lessons Units and topics

Speaking and writing

Reading and listening Grammar Lexis Pronunciation

1-2. 1 ImagesClose up p.4. Auxiliary verbs p. 6.

Talking about famous events in the twentieth century

People talking about memorable images of the twentieth century

Basic verb structures - review

Auxiliary verbs

3-4. 1/2 So and neither p. 6.Question tags and short answers p. 7.

So, neither

5-6. 1/3Sounding interested p. 7.Image queen p.9.

Material girl to geisha girl

Collocations Sounding interested - intonation

7-8. 1/4 Anecdote p. 10.You are what you wear p. 11.

Talking about your favourite famous personDiscussing people’s self-image

Four men talking about their self-images

Lessons Units and topics

Speaking and writing

Reading and listening Grammar Lexis Pronunciation

9-10. 1/5 Close up p.12.

Getting to know you – inside out!

TEST

11-12. 2 Familyp.14

Close up p.16.Make and let p. 16.

Talking about how parents can embarrass you

Problem Parents

Verb patterns:verb + to – infinitivemake, let

13-14. 2/2 Verb+ -ing form p.17.Verb+ preposition structures p.17.

Verb patterns: Verb+ -ing form Verb+ preposition structures

Single vowel sounds

Lessons Units and topics

Speaking and writing

Reading and listening

Grammar Lexis Pronunciation

15-16. 2/3 Meeting the parents p.19.

Anecdote p. 20.

Talking about bringing a boyfriend/girlfriend homeTalking about a couple you know well

Interview with parents and boyfriendConversation between boyfriend and girlfriend, boyfriend and parents

17-18. 2/4 Close up p.21.

Do come in p.22.Correspondence p.23.

Using formal and informal registerWriting formal and informal lettersTEST

Adjective structures

Phrasal verbsSocial register

19-20. 3 Money Talking about money

Gold feverCalifornia’s first millionaire

Verb+noun collocations

21-22. 3/2 Time is money p.26.Close up p.27.

Articles MetaphorSchwa

Lessons Units and topics

Speaking and writing

Reading and listening Grammar Lexis Pronunciation

23-24. 3/3 Money talks p.28.Close up p.30.

People talking about their attitude to money Unreal

conditionals

Money expressions

25-26. 3/4 Treasured possessions p.32.A day in my wealthy life p.33.

Talking about your most treasured possessionWriting a narrativeTEST

People talking about their most treasured possessions

Linkers

27-28. 4 BodyClose up p.34.Sounding sympathetic p.35.You’re the expert p.35.

Talking about health problems

Sympathy and advice

Body knowledge quizA health expert talking about the answers to a questionnaire

Functional language for sympathy and advice

Words and expressions for body ailmentsExpressions used to give advice

Sounding sympathetic

29-30. 4/2 Close up p.36.Body languagep.37.

Writing an informal letter giving advice

Conversation between friends

Recommendations Idioms with parts of the body

Lessons Units and topics

Speaking and writing

Reading and listening Grammar Lexis Pronunciation

31-32. 4/3Shape your body p.38.

Talking about diets

Food fadsTwo people talking about their diets

33-34. 4/4I will quit. Soon. p.39.Close up p.40.

TEST

I know it’s bad for me, but I still can’t stop Grammar of

phrasal verbsPhrasal verbs

35-36. 5 Ritual Football mad! p.30.

Talking about footballTalking about habits, routines, rituals

The sugar mouse ritual Words and expressions connected with football

37-38. 5/2 Close up p.44.

Verbs+ to- infinitive /-ing form

Lessons Units and topics

Speaking and writing

Reading and listening Grammar Lexis Pronunciation

39-40. 5/3 Anniversary night out p.46.A man and his car p.47.

A woman talking about her father

Collocations

41-42. 5/4Close up p.47.The big day p.49.Anecdote p.49.

Talking about people who annoy youTalking about a wedding you’ve been to

A woman talking about annoying habits

Three people talking about wedding rituals

Present and past habits – will, would, used toAnnoying habits – using present continous

Sounding annoyed

43-44. 5/5 Marriage is… p.50.Small talk p.51.

Talking and writing about marriageTEST

Short conversationsThe long goodbye

Social expressions connected with saying goodbye

Lessons Units and topics

Speaking and writing

Reading and listening Grammar Lexis Pronunciation

45-46. 6 DigitalText messaging p.52.Online p.53.

Talking about mobile phones and computers

Online

Words connected with mobile phones and computers

47-48. 6/2Close up p.54.

Verbs: dynamic and stative meanings

49-50. 6/3Lara Croft p.56.Close up p.57.

Interview with Lara Croft

Present perfect simple and continous

51-52. 6/4 Child’s play p.59.

Talking about children and technologyWriting about the advantages and disadvantages of mobile phonesTEST

Has technology ruined childhood?Five people talking about various activities

Linkers

Lessons Units and topics Speaking and writing

Reading and listening

Grammar Lexis Pronunciation

53-54. 7 Review 1In the dog house p.62.Interview with Madonna p.62.Four in a row p.63.

A good nose for a bargain

55-56. 7/2 Salad surprise p.63.Five years in space p.64.Agony aunt p.65.

Salad surprise

57-58. 7/3Wise words p.65.Mad millionaires p.65.

59-60. 7/4 Maze p.66.Cryptic conversations p.67.Thumb trouble p.67.

MID COURSE TEST

Thumb trouble61-62. 8 Escape

A day at the seaside p.68-69.

Talking about holidays and tourismTalking about a childhood family holiday

A day at the seaside

Lessons Units and topics Speaking and writing

Reading and listening

Grammar Lexis Pronunciation

63-64. 8/2Close up p.70. I’ll never forget you p.72.

Talking about people you meet on a holiday

Where’s my car? Two people talking about holiday romances

Reporting verbs Reporting verbsSpoken narrative linkers

65-66. 8/3 Weather lovely… p.73.Journey from hell p.75.

Every postcard tells a storyNever again! Adjective building

67-68. 8/4 Insider’s guide p.76.The Travel Talk Game p.77.

The Travel Talk GameTEST

Words connected with travel/holidays

69-70. 9 AttractionThe perfect face p.78.

Talking about beauty

Is beauty in the eye of the beholder?Three people discussing cosmetic surgery

Collocations with words to describe faces

Lessons Units and topics

Speaking and writing

Reading and listening Grammar Lexis Pronunciation

71-72. 9/2 Close up p.80.

Surgery changed my life

Passive report structures

73-74. 9/3 Speed dating p.82

Talking about dating and relationships

Your dream partner…in five minutes

Words to describe people’s physical appearance and characterSuffixationCompound adjectives

Word stress

75-76. 9/4 Blind date p.85.Close up p.86.Never Ever p.87. TEST

Contestants on the quiz programme Blind DateNever Ever (song)

77-78. 10 Genius The genius of the Guggenheim p.88.

Talking about an impressive building or monument you’ve seen

Where to go to see a masterpiece

Lessons Units and topics

Speaking and writing

Reading and listening Grammar Lexis Pronunciation

79-80. 10/2 I know what I like p.90.

Talking about art and paintings

Frida KahloThree people discussing paintings

Words and expressions about architecture and artCollocations with words to describe illness and injury

81-82. 10/3 Close up p.92.Eureka p.93.

Interview with Trevor BaylissDream invention

Modals of deduction

Word families Word linking

83-84. 10/4 Close up p.95.Trivia pursuit p.97. TEST

Narrative tenses

85-86. 11 SellThe playground pound p.98.Commercials p.100.

Talking about logos and adverts

A marketing executive and a head techer talking about the effects of advertising on children People describing favourite adverts

Collocations with words about marketing

87-88. 11/2 Reading p.100.Close up p.102.

Commercial breakdown

Relative clauses

Lessons Units and topics

Speaking and writing

Reading and listening Grammar Lexis Pronunciation

89-90. 11/3Truth or tabloid? p.104.

Talking about celebrity gossip stories

The truth about life with Sharon StoneDiscussion about truth and accuracy in tabloids

91-92. 11/4Close up p.105.Hype p.107.

Talking about a disappointing film you’ve seenTEST

The Blair Witch projectReactions to the movie, The Blair Witch Project

Emphasis (cleft sentences)

Emotive language Stress in cleft sentences

93-94. 12 StudentCould do better p.109.

Discussing educationTalking about a favourite teacher at school

Robbie WilliamsTwo people talking about teachers they remember from school

95-96. 12/2Teachers and parents know best

Talking about the future

Look at us now!Interview with an eighteen-year-old girl’s parents

Words and expressions about education

Lessons Units and topics

Speaking and writing

Reading and listening Grammar Lexis Pronunciation

97-98. 12/3Close up p.113.

Interview with an eighteen-year-old about her future

Future forms Present tense after when, if

Expressions about the future

99-100. 12/4Backpacking p.115.

Talking about student holidays

Why students love a journey to hell

Exaggerated language for description

101-102. 12/5Job hunting p.117.Angels p.119.

Writing a CV

TEST

Two friends discussing a third friendAngels (song)

103-104. 13 HomeIdeal homes p.120.

Talking about your favourite room

Describing what a room says about a person

Words and expressions about houses and furnishings

Lessons Units and topics

Speaking and writing

Reading and listening Grammar Lexis Pronunciation

105-106. 13/2 Close up p.122.

Quantity

107-108. 13/3Rise and shine p.124.

Talking about breakfast Three people describe

breakfast from their countryStart your day the Feng Shui way

Words and expressions about food

109-110. 13/4 The Freedom Ship p.126.

’Floating Monaco’ set to cruise the world

111-112. 13/5Close up p.128.Home page p.129.

Discussing ideal communitiesTalking about and writing an Internet home pageTEST

The passive

Lessons Units and topics Speaking and writing

Reading and listening Grammar Lexis Pronunciation

113-114. 14 Review 2Don’t quote me on that p.131. Dilemma p.131.

115-116. 14/2 Unsolved mysteries p.132.School daze p.133.

117-118. 14/3The Harry Potter phenomenon p.133.The thing I… p.133.

119-120. 14/4Revved up or relaxed? p.134.I’ve got loads of… p.135.Language trivia quiz p.135.

END OF COURSE TEST