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1 Macmillan Practice Online is published by Macmillan English Campus Laser B1 Practice Online Macmillan Practice Online is the easy way to get all the benefits of online learning – and with over 100 courses to choose from, covering all competence levels and ranging from business English to exam practice and from academic to general English, you’re sure to find the one that suits your needs. Take a look at the syllabus below for a complete list of the resources offered by this Macmillan Practice Online course. Laser B1 Practice Online This course accompanies 'Laser B1'. There are 16 units, each matching a student's book unit. There is a review syllabus item every other unit to match the 'Review' sections in the student's book. Resources are grouped into five categories: grammar, vocabulary, listening, writing, web projects and use of English. UNIT NUMBER Unit 1 - Welcome Back! This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about education. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 1 of the student's book. Listening Listening to a conversation about a penpal magazine. Use of English Practising the present continuous. Practising the difference between the present simple and the present continuous. Pronunciation Contrasting long and short vowels. . Vocabulary Practising words and phrases you need to talk about education. Practising words and phrases about graduating by inserting the correct words to complete what a man says about his graduation and then matching words that go together. Practising collocations. Writing Grammar Checking your knowledge of the difference between the use of the present simple and present continuous. Checking your knowledge of stative verbs. Checking your knowledge of adverbs of frequency. Present simple v continuous Grammar Reference Unit Stative verbs Grammar Reference Unit Adverbs of frequency: never to always Grammar Reference Unit Present continuous Language Exercise

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Macmillan Practice Online is the easy way to get all the benefits of online learning – and with over 100 courses to choose from, covering all competence levels and ranging from business English to exam practice and from academic to general English, you’re sure to find the one that suits your needs.

Take a look at the syllabus below for a complete list of the resources offered by this Macmillan Practice Online course.

Laser B1 Practice OnlineThis course accompanies 'Laser B1'. There are 16 units, each matching a student's book unit. There is a review syllabus item every other unit to match the 'Review' sections in the student's book. Resources are grouped into five categories: grammar, vocabulary, listening, writing, web projects and use of English.

UNIT NUMBERUnit 1 - Welcome Back!

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about education. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 1 of the student's book.

Listening Listening to a conversation about a penpal magazine.

Use of English Practising the present continuous. Practising the difference between the present simple and the present continuous.

Pronunciation Contrasting long and short vowels. .

Vocabulary Practising words and phrases you need to talk about education. Practising words and phrases about graduating by inserting the correct words to complete what a man says about his graduation and then matching words that go together. Practising collocations.

Writing

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the difference between the use of the present simple and present continuous. Checking your knowledge of stative verbs. Checking your knowledge of adverbs of frequency.

Present simple v continuous

Grammar Reference Unit

Stative verbs Grammar Reference Unit

Adverbs of frequency: never to always

Grammar Reference Unit

Present continuous Language Exercise

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Language Exercise

Albert Einstein's education Vocabulary Activity

Graduation day Vocabulary Activity

School mornings Vocabulary Activity

Penpals Listening Activity

Long and short vowels Pronunciation Activity

Unit 2 - The Weird and the Unexplained

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about unexplained events and mysteries. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 2 of the student's book.

Listening Listening to a radio interview with a man from a museum of archeology. Listening to a conversation about seeing a ghost.

Writing Writing a description of a town and then looking at the model answer and comments.

Use of English Contrasting the past simple and past continuous by selecting the correct option to complete a story about a suspected burglary. Contrasting the past simple with the past continuous by selecting the correct form of the verb to complete sentences.

Pronunciation Practising long and short vowels.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of how to use 'would' to talk about repeated actions in the past. Checking your knowledge of 'would' and 'used to' to talk about past habits and states.

Vocabulary Practising common English collocations. Practising descriptive language by listening to a description of Santorini, an island in Greece, and matching words used to describe the island, then choosing correct adjectives to complete sentences.

Would: repeated actions in the past

Grammar Reference Unit

Would v used to: past habits v past states

Grammar Reference Unit

Past simple and past continuous

Language Exercise

Past simple v past continuous

Language Exercise

Making collocations Vocabulary Activity

Santorini Island Vocabulary Activity

Interview with Dr Martin Listening Activity

Ghost story Listening Activity

Vowel sounds Pronunciation Activity

A description of my town Sample Essay

Units 1 and 2 - Revision

This syllabus item provides a review of the language you have learned and practised in units 1 and 2.

Games Recognizing the paradigms of irregular verbs and remembering where each item is by matching the three showmen that form part of the same paradigm.

Use of English Listening to people talking about life now and in the past and deciding whether sentences are true or false. Practising past simple 'wh-' questions. Practising 'does', 'plays' and 'goes' by selecting the correct word to complete a text about the schedule of a fitness freak. Choosing the correct form of the present simple to complete sentences. Contrasting the present simple and present continuous by keying in the correct form of a given verb to complete a text about living with noisy neighbours.

Pronunciation Practising long and short vowels.

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Then and now Language Exercise

All about you Language Exercise

Life of a fitness freak Language Exercise

Present simple: affirmative and negative

Listening Activity

Noisy neighbours Language Exercise

The Showmen Game

What are they doing? Language Exercise

Life in the big city Language Exercise

A visit to the school library Listening Activity

Vowel sounds Pronunciation Activity

Unit 3 - The Law's the Law

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about crime. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 3 of the student's book.

Use of English Practising the use of articles 'a', 'an', 'the' or zero article. Practising countable and uncountable nouns.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of irregular countable nouns derived from foreign words. Checking your knowledge of irregular countable nouns with the same singular and plural form. Checking your knowledge of the difference between countable and uncountable nouns.

Vocabulary Practising nouns for different types of criminals. Practising expressing opinion by inserting the missing expressions for giving opinions to complete a conversation and then matching phrases or sentences with the same meaning.

Listening Listening to a burglar talking to his friend and reading his police statement to decide which parts of his statement are true. Listening to three interviews with teenagers and matching what they say with pictures. Then, listening for phrases they said.

Pronunciation Identifying a speaker's opinion from the intonation of the word yes.

Irregular countable nouns: foreign words

Grammar Reference Unit

Irregular countable nouns: same singular and plural

Grammar Reference Unit

Countable v uncountable nouns: definition and contrast

Grammar Reference Unit

A school day Language Exercise

Choosing countable or uncountable nouns

Language Exercise

Crime Vocabulary Activity

Do we need zoos? Vocabulary Activity

Ron the burglar Listening Activity

Points of view Listening Activity

What shall we do? Pronunciation Activity

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Unit 4 - Meet the Stars

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the media. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 4 of the student's book.

Pronunciation Identifying the sound schwa in single words.

Use of English Contrasting the the present perfect simple and the present perfect continuous. Practising superlatives. Practising comparatives and superlatives.

Vocabulary Practising negative adjective prefixes ('un-', 'im-', 'in-', 'ir-'). Practising different types of news categories. Practising names of types of TV programmes.

Listening Listening to teenagers talking about a celebrity they met.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the present perfect continuous.

Present perfect continuous: use

Grammar Reference Unit

Present perfect simple and continuous

Language Exercise

Superlatives Language Exercise

Who is the fittest? Language Exercise

Adjective prefixes (un-, im-, in-, ir-)

Vocabulary Activity

Negative adjective prefixes Vocabulary Activity

Here is the news ... Vocabulary Activity

Television programmes Vocabulary Activity

Find the schwa Pronunciation Activity

Meeting a celebrity Listening Activity

Units 3 and 4 - Revision

This syllabus item provides a review of the language you have learned and practised in units 3 and 4.

Pronunciation Recognising the schwa in individual words.

Games Selecting the correct words to complete the sentences.

Listening Listening to a radio competition about film trivia.

Grammar Checking your knowledge your knowledge of uncountable nouns that are all materials. Checking your knowledge of articles. Checking your knowledge of the use of the present perfect simple and continuous.

Use of English Contrasting 'the' with the zero article. Practising the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives.

Vocabulary Practising prefixes.

Uncountable nouns: material

Grammar Reference Unit

Articles: contrast of all forms

Grammar Reference Unit

Present perfect simple v continuous

Grammar Reference Unit

The or nothing? Language Exercise

Young people now and then

Language Exercise

Prefixes Vocabulary Activity

Fan club radio phone-in competition

Listening Activity

Identifying the schwa Pronunciation Activity

Robot Wars - Average Game

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Unit 5 - The Space Race

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about technology. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 5 of the student's book.

Pronunciation Contrasting vowel sounds.

Vocabulary Practising choosing the correct word for text completion and reading for summary completion. Practising words you need to talk about information technology.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the different uses of the future with 'going to'. Checking your knowledge of using the present simple to talk about fixed future events. Checkingyour knowledge of the future with 'will' and the present simple to talk about the future.

Listening Listening to two English teachers talking about learning English in the future.

Use of English Contrasting the use of 'will' and 'going to'. Practising the future with 'will' and 'won't'. Practising the use of future forms with 'will' and present continuous.

Future with going to: use Grammar Reference Unit

Present simple with future meaning: fixed events

Grammar Reference Unit

Will/won't v present simple

Grammar Reference Unit

Will and going to Language Exercise

Peter telephones Sally Language Exercise

Talking about the future Language Exercise

New technology for communication

Vocabulary Activity

Information technology Vocabulary Activity

Learning English Listening Activity

Vowel sounds Pronunciation Activity

Unit 6 - It Takes All Sorts

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about people. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 6 of the student's book.

Pronunciation Practising different vowel sounds.

Use of English Practising the modal verbs 'can', 'could' and 'be able to'. Contrasting the use of 'have to', 'don't have to' for obligation, and 'should', 'shouldn't' for advice. Practising the modal verbs 'can't' and 'must'. Practising the modal verbs 'can', 'could' and 'may'.

Listening Listening to two teenagers talking about a friend they're worried about.

Vocabulary Practising words to describe people.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of 'must' and 'have to'. Checking your knowledge of using 'mustn't' and 'don't have to'. Checking your knowledge of using 'could', 'may' and 'might' to talk about possibility.

Obligation/necessity: must, have to

Grammar Reference Unit

Obligation/necessity: mustn't, don't have to

Grammar Reference Unit

Possibility: could, may, might

Grammar Reference Unit

Modals of ability Language Exercise

Obligation and advice Language Exercise

Can't, and must Language Exercise

Modals of permission Language Exercise

Best friends Vocabulary Activity

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Popstar crazy Listening Activity Vowel sounds Pronunciation Activity

Units 5 and 6 - Revision

This syllabus item provides a review of the language you have learned and practised in units 5 and 6.

Vocabulary Practising words you need to talk about information technology by first predicting the missing collocations and then selecting the correct word to complete sentences about computing. Practising names of pieces of electrical household equipment and their definitions.

Games Escaping from the different asteroid fields by selecting the right answer in each star.

Use of English Practising the present continuous for future use. Contrasting 'will', 'won't' and 'going to'. Practising modal verbs 'mustn't', 'don't have to', 'don't need to' and 'needn't'. Practising modal verbs 'should' and 'shouldn't'. Putting the instructions for using a cash machine into the order they appear on the cash machine screen, then completing sentences from the video.

Listening Listening to four people talking about some new products.

Pronunciation Practising vowel sounds.

Round-the-world trip Language Exercise

Will, won't, going to Language Exercise

Modal verbs Language Exercise

Modals of advice Language Exercise

Using a cash machine Language Exercise

It's a dog's life Vocabulary Activity

Useful things Vocabulary Activity

Strange inventions Listening Activity

Vowel sounds Pronunciation Activity

Astro Explorer - Average Game

Unit 7 - Going Out and Staying In

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about entertainment. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 7 of the student's book.

Vocabulary Practising words you need to speak about music.

Use of English Practising 'had to', 'didn't have to' and 'couldn't' by selecting the correct verb to complete a text about Bill Wyman from the Rolling Stones. Practising the use of '-ing' forms and infinitives.

Listening Listening to a radio interview with a film star.

Pronunciation Practising verbs ending in '-ing'. Practising consonant sounds.

Web project Doing a web project about memorable locations in Britain.

Writing Writing an article for a school newspaper on exam stress.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the use of gerunds and infinitives.

Gerunds and infinitives: likes and dislikes

Grammar Reference Unit

Schooldays of a rock star Language Exercise

Talking about your job Language Exercise

What's that sound? Language Exercise

Music Vocabulary Activity

Jack Johnson Show Listening Activity

Verb + -ing Pronunciation Activity

Pronouncing sounds Pronunciation Activity

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<b>Shot on location in Britain</b>

Web Project Exam stress Sample Essay

Unit 8 - The Problem Page

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about relationships. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 8 of the student's book.

Vocabulary Watching a woman talking about her relationship with her husband, then deciding whether statements are true or false and matching sentence halves. Practising suffixes used to make adjectives into nouns. Practising suffixes use d to make verbs into nouns.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the first conditional. Checking your knowledge of the second conditional. Checking your knowledge of the zero conditional. Checking your knowledge of connectors of time.

Listening Listening to three people explaining their problems on the telephone. Listening to advice about three different problems.

Pronunciation Identifying attitude by listening to sentence intonation and stress.

First conditional: use Grammar Reference Unit

Second conditional: use Grammar Reference Unit

Zero conditional: use Grammar Reference Unit

Connectors: time Grammar Reference Unit

A lifetime together Vocabulary Activity

Nouns from adjectives Vocabulary Activity

Nouns from verbs Vocabulary Activity

Advice hotline Listening Activity

Personal problem helpline Listening Activity

Are they angry? Pronunciation Activity

Units 7 and 8 - Revision

This syllabus item provides a review of the language you have learned and practised in units 7 and 8.

Games Identifying the potential couples and help them go on a date by matching the invitations with the correct replies. Y

Web project Doing a web project on musicals on film.

Use of English Contrasting the '-ing' form and the infinitive. Practising the '-ing' form and infinitive with 'to'. Practising the second conditional. Practising the first conditional. Practising the prepositions of time 'since', 'for', 'until', 'by' and 'from'.

Listening Listening to two teenagers talking about a favourite film star.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the use of the prepositions of time 'before', 'after', 'till/until' and 'since'.

Prepositions of time: till/until, since, from

Grammar Reference Unit

Going out Language Exercise

Fitness freaks Language Exercise

Second conditional Language Exercise

If you walk under a ladder ...

Language Exercise

Prepositions of time Language Exercise

Fan clubs Listening Activity

<b>Merry musical melodies</b>

Web Project

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Cupid Games Game

Unit 9 - It's the Way You Tell'em!

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about humour. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 9 of the student's book.

Pronunciation Practising numbers from 1 to 10. Practising numbers from 11 to 101.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the third conditional. Checking your knowledge of how to use 'would' with the second and the third conditionals. Checking your knowledge of all the conditional forms. Checking your knowledge of relative clauses. Checking your knowledge of the difference between defining and non-defining relative clauses. Checking your knowledge of the use of that in relative clauses.

Use of English Practising relative pronouns.

Third conditional: use Grammar Reference Unit

Would: conditional Grammar Reference Unit

Conditional: comparison of all forms

Grammar Reference Unit

Relative clauses: use Grammar Reference Unit

Defining v non-defining relative clauses: comparison

Grammar Reference Unit

Defining v non-defining relative clauses: use of that

Grammar Reference Unit

Relative pronouns in impersonal statements

Language Exercise

Reggae and Bob Marley Language Exercise

Numbers 1-10 Pronunciation Activity

Numbers 11-101 Pronunciation Activity

Unit 10 - Fair Play

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about sport. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 10 of the student's book.

Vocabulary Practising 'play', 'go' and 'do' with different sports. Practising the names of sports. Practising collocations with the verbs 'take', 'have' and 'break'.

Use of English Practising conditional sentences. Practising 'too' and 'enough'. Practising 'so' and 'enough' and 'so/too' followed by 'much/many', 'little' and 'few'.

Web project Doing a project about different American sports.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of all the conditional forms. Checking your knowledge of the uses of 'so', 'such', 'too', 'enough' and 'quite'.

Listening Listening to a dialogue about cycling.

Conditional: comparison of all forms

Grammar Reference Unit

Modifiers: use of so, such, too, enough, quite

Grammar Reference Unit

If you asked ... Language Exercise

Hard times prison Language Exercise

Modifiers and quantifiers Language Exercise

My favourite sport Vocabulary Activity

What's your favourite sport?

Vocabulary Activity

Take, have or break? Vocabulary Activity

Mad about cycling! Listening Activity

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Units 9 and 10 - Revision

This syllabus item provides a review of the language you have learned and practised in units 9 and 10.

Web project Doing a web project about the Formula One Championship.

Games Visiting the Magic Forest and help Jason collect as many crocks of gold from the gnomes as possible.

Use of English Listening to short dialogues practising the use of 'if', 'unless' and 'when'. Contrasting the use of 'too' and 'enough'. Practising sports verbs.

Vocabulary Practising collocations. Watching a man talking about his job as a personal trainer. Practising using 'play', 'go' and 'do' with different sports.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of relative clauses.

Relative clauses: structure 1

Grammar Reference Unit

Relative clauses: structure 2

Grammar Reference Unit

Are you sure? Language Exercise

Too and enough Language Exercise

Robert's sport timetable Language Exercise

Football Vocabulary Activity

Personal trainer Vocabulary Activity

I do aerobics Vocabulary Activity

<b>The Formula One flying circus</b>

Web Project

The Magic Forest Game

Unit 11 - The Land of Plenty?

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the environment. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 11 of the student's book.

Listening Listening to someone talking about swimming with a whale.

Vocabulary Practising words relating to environmental issues. Practising phrasal verbs. Practising hompohones.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the use of the agent in passive sentences. Checking your knowledge of the way in which we use 'have something done'.

Web project Doing a web project about endangered species.

Use of English Practising dragging and dropping passive verbs into the correct gaps. Practising the present passive. Practising all forms of the passive.

The passive: omission of agent

Grammar Reference Unit

Uses of have: have something done

Grammar Reference Unit

Campus passives Language Exercise

The environment Language Exercise

Passive forms Language Exercise

Environmental advice Vocabulary Activity

Protecting our planet Vocabulary Activity

Piece or peace? Vocabulary Activity

Swimming with a whale Listening Activity

<b>Creature feature</b> Web Project

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Unit 12 - C U @ 8

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about communication. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 12 of the student's book.

Writing Writing an email invitation to an English friend.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the verbs 'say' and 'tell'. Checking your knowledge of the use of the past perfect and past perfect continuous. Checking your knowledge of when to use the past perfect continuous. Checking your knowledge of the tense changes used in reported speech. Checking your knowledge of reported speech.

Vocabulary Practising the use of collocations. Practising words and phrases used in informal business emails.

Use of English Practising the use of reported speech. Practising reported statements.

Say v tell: differences and uses

Grammar Reference Unit

Past perfect simple v continuous

Grammar Reference Unit

Past perfect continuous: use

Grammar Reference Unit

Reported speech: tense changes

Grammar Reference Unit

Reported speech: changes Grammar Reference Unit

What did you say? Language Exercise

Reported statements Language Exercise

Telephone calls Vocabulary Activity

You've got mail Vocabulary Activity

Paper 1 Writing Part 2 Exam Preparation Exercise

Units 11 and 12 - Revision

This syllabus item provides a review of the language you have learned and practised in units 11 and 12.

Vocabulary Practising collocations.

Games Helping 4P-2 climb up the crater to destroy the slimy monster by selecting words related to the weather and pollution.

Listening Listening to a recording about tropical rainforests in Belize.

Use of English Practising the use of the passive and the active voice. Practising the present simple passive. Practising reported speech.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of active and passive voice. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'have somebody / something do something'. Checking your knowledge of when to use the past perfect.

Pronunciation Practising homophones.

The passive: passive v active

Grammar Reference Unit

Uses of have: have somebody / something do something

Grammar Reference Unit

Past perfect: use Grammar Reference Unit

Passive v active Language Exercise

How are bottles recycled? Language Exercise

What did they say? Language Exercise

What do animals do? Vocabulary Activity

The rainforests Listening Activity

Same sound, different spelling

Pronunciation Activity

Slimy Monster Game

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Unit 13 - Getting By

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about work. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 13 of the student's book.

Reported questions: wh- questions

Grammar Reference Unit

Reported questions: yes/no questions

Grammar Reference Unit

Embedded questions: use Grammar Reference Unit

Quiz show Language Exercise

Astronaut Language Exercise

I swam across an ocean Language Exercise

I've got an interview! Vocabulary Activity

Letter of application Vocabulary Activity

Work survey Listening Activity

Word stress Pronunciation Activity

Unit 14 - Away From Home

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about travelling. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 14 of the student's book.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the future perfect. Checking your knowledge of when to use the future continuous. Checking your knowledge of the future with 'will', the future continuous and the future perfect.

Vocabulary Practising words for journeys. Practising words related to travel.

Web project Doing a project about Vancouver, Canada.

Use of English Practising 'I wish' and 'If only'.

Pronunciation Practising consonant sounds.

Listening Listening to different people talking about travel. Listening to a businessman talking about business travel.

Future perfect: use Grammar Reference Unit

Future continuous: use Grammar Reference Unit

Will v future continuous v future perfect

Grammar Reference Unit

I wish ... Language Exercise

Travel around the world Vocabulary Activity

Going on a trip Vocabulary Activity

If things were different Listening Activity

Travelling tales Listening Activity

Consonant sounds Pronunciation Activity

<b>A trip to Vancouver, Canada </b>

Web Project

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Units 13 and 14 - Revision

This syllabus item provides a review of the language you have learned and practised in units 13 and 14.

Pronunciation Practising words stress.

Use of English Practising the past simple and present perfect.

Games Helping Turtle the Time Tourist to get all the pieces of a time compass and come back to the present.

Listening Listening to an interview with a park keeper. Listening to a woman talking about a journey across North America.

Vocabulary Watching a woman talking about her job. Watching a man talking about his job and choosing the correct words to complete what the man says. Watching a man talking about what he and his wife do for a living. Practising verbs and nouns for holiday activities. Watching a video about Dubai and clicking on the words you hear.

The worst job Language Exercise

An ideal job Vocabulary Activity

At work Vocabulary Activity

Under the sea Vocabulary Activity

Paradise Islands Vocabulary Activity

Ambitious Dubai Vocabulary Activity

In the park Listening Activity

A memorable journey Listening Activity

Word stress Pronunciation Activity

Turtle the Time Tourist - Average

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Unit 15 - Make or Break

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about success and failure. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 15 of the student's book.

Pronunciation Practising vowel sounds. Contrasting words with different spellings with the same vowel sound.

Web project Doing a web project about the history of the Nobel Prize.

Listening Listening to a conversation about Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the explorer.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of using 'had better' and 'would rather' to give advice and opinions. Checking your knowledge of unreal tenses. Checking your knowledge of verbs that can have two objects. Checking your knowledge of verbs followed by two objects. Checking your knowledge of the structure verb + object + infinitive. Checking your knowledge of object pronouns.

Advice/opinion: had better, would rather

Grammar Reference Unit

Unreal tenses: wish, if only, would rather, it's time, hope

Grammar Reference Unit

Verbs followed by two objects: word order

Grammar Reference Unit

Verb followed by two objects: pronoun use

Grammar Reference Unit

Verb + object + verb: object + infinitive

Grammar Reference Unit

Object pronouns: pronoun reference

Grammar Reference Unit

A great explorer! Listening Activity

Sounds and spelling Pronunciation Activity

Same sound, different spelling

Pronunciation Activity

<b>The Nobel Prize</b> Web Project

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Unit 16 - Buy, Buy, Buy!

This syllabus item provides further practice of the kind of language we use to talk about shopping and money. You'll practise and broaden your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar from unit 16 of the student's book.

Listening Listening to a conversation between a shop assistant and a customer.

Pronunciation Practising question tags.

Vocabulary Practising expressions that are useful when shopping.

Use of English Practising question tags. Practising the use of 'although', 'despite' and 'in spite of'.

Web project Doing a web project about high street stores in the UK.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of question tags. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'in spite of', 'despite', 'for all' and 'with all'.

Writing Checking your knowledge of semi-colons (;), colons (:) and dashes (-).

Question tags: word order Grammar Reference Unit

Preposition expressions: despite, in spite of

Grammar Reference Unit

Punctuation 2 Grammar Reference Unit

Question tags Language Exercise

Question tags Language Exercise

Contrasting ideas Language Exercise

Shopping around Vocabulary Activity

In the sports shop Listening Activity

Question tags Pronunciation Activity

<b>High Street Stores</b>

Web Project

Units 15 and 16 - Revision

This syllabus item provides a review of the language you have learned and practised in units 15 and 16.

Listening Listening to conversations in a shop.

Writing Checking your knowledge of capital letters and paragraphs.

Web project Doing a web project about how a credit card company markets its services.

Games Testing your sentence-building skills and rebuilding a bridge.

Use of English Practising the conjunctions 'and' and 'but'. Practising using authentic language.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of connectors of contrast. Checking your knowledge of question and reply tags.

Connectors: contrast Grammar Reference Unit

Punctuation 3 Grammar Reference Unit

Question, reply tags: use Grammar Reference Unit

A legend Language Exercise

Jeremy's talent Language Exercise

Can I help you? Listening Activity

<b>Credit cards</b> Web Project

Bridge Builder - Average Game

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