Conocer y utilizar todas las formas del presente simple, el presente continuo, el pasado simple, el pasado continuo, el present perfect y el present perfect continuo, el past perfect y el past perfect continuo, el will- going to; aprender y saber usar los adverbios de frecuencia, los relativos y las oraciones relativas; los nexos when, while, and, so, as, because, although, even, though, however. Saber usar los comparativos y los superlativos; los nombres contables e incontables; los pronombres reflexivos; los tres tipos del condicional; los verbos modales; el infinitivo; la forma –ing; la voz pasiva; la question tag; preguntas cortas; reported speech; reported questions; reported orders; el uso de too- enough. Aprender y saber usar los verbos frasales más comunes.

UNIT 1: Busy Days
Topics: work; routines; activities; animals
Vocabulary: jobs; work routines; everyday & free-time activities; job qualities
Grammar: present simple; present continuous; adverbs of frequency; relatives; relative clauses
Phrasal verb: LOOK
Reading: It’s a Dog’s Life
Writing: discursive article: advantages & disadvantages of a job
(project) a letter of reference
Listening & speaking: match speakers to routines; talking about people’s/ your routine; comparing jobs; taking notes
Pronunciation: word stress in compound nouns
Communication: register with unemployment office

UNIT 2: What a Story!
Topics: misfortunes; disasters; experiences
Vocabulary: misfortunes; natural & made disasters; feelings
Grammar: past simple; past continuous; linkers: when, while, and, so, as, because
Phrasal verbs: BREAK, BRING
Reading: Lost in the Jungle
Writing: narrative essay
(project) a letter to a friend describing a nasty experience
Listening & speaking: listening for gist; talking about past activities; narrative events
Pronunciation: intonation of apologies
Communication: giving apologies

UNIT 3: On the Move
Topics: our world; the weather holidays; accommodation
Vocabulary: continents; countries; climate; types of holiday equipment; means of transport
Grammar: present perfect; present perfect continuous (yet, never, already, since, for, ever); linkers: although, even though, however
Phrasal verb: GET
Reading: The Pride of Africa
Writing: letter of complaint
(project) a letter to a friend about your recent news
Listening & speaking: listening for identifying correct picture; completing an advertisement; making decisions; talking about activities
Pronunciation: silent letters
Communication: room-service

UNIT 4: Out and About
Topics: town & country
Vocabulary: accidents; holiday experiences; sights
Grammar: comparatives; superlatives; past perfect; past perfect continuous
Phrasal verb: TURN
Reading: Poland – Portugal – Chile
Writing: letter to a friend about your holidays
(project) a letter to a friend recommending a gym
Listening & speaking: listening for specific information; past experiences; comparing places; expressing preferences
Pronunciation: intonation in questions of choice
Communication: book a hotel room

UNIT 5: Tasty treats
Topics: food & drink
Vocabulary: types of food/ drink; ways of cooking; taste; containers
Grammar: countable-uncountable nouns; will – going to; reflexive pronouns
Conditional Types 0 & 1
Phrasal verb: Give
Reading: Miracle oil
Writing: a proposal (restaurant – supermarket)
(project) an article about foods that cure
Listening & speaking: listening for specific information; making predictions; ordering from a menu
Pronunciation: intonation in conditional sentences
Communication: complaining about food/ service; book a table at a restaurant

UNIT 6: All Work and no Play
Topics: the arts; clothes; entertainment
Vocabulary: social life; music & mood; feelings & comments; clothes & accessories
Grammar: infinitive; -ing form; modal verbs: must (n’t); (don’t) have to; can (‘t); may; might
Phrasal verb: SET
Reading: Living Statues
Writing: a letter to the editor
(project) a film review
Listening & speaking: filling in an advertisement; evaluating films; describing costumes; making rules
Pronunciation: rising intonation in polite requests
Communication: responding to invitations

UNIT 7: Nature’s Warning
Topics: the environment
Vocabulary: environmental issues; the greenhouse effect; global warming; recycling
Grammar: the passive
Phrasal verbs: CARRY, HOLD
Reading: Wind Farms Get Green Light; Greenhouse for the Future; Zoos: The Wildlife Time Capsule
Writing: an article providing solutions to a problem
(project) a letter to a friend about changes in a place
Listening & speaking: listening for lexical items; making suggestions
Pronunciation: sentences stress
Communication: giving advice

UNIT 8: One Good Turn Deserves Another
Topics: public services; aches
Vocabulary: public services; parts of the body; aches & pains; symptoms
Grammar: question tags; short questions; reported speech (statements)
Phrasal verb: MAKE, PUT
Reading: OXFAM; VSO; Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for the Disabled
Writing: a transactional letter asking for information
(project) a letter to the editor suggesting types of voluntary work to help people en your town
Listening & speaking: listening for gist; giving advice
Communication: register as a volunteer

UNIT 9: A Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body
Topics: education, sports
Vocabulary: school subjects; educational system in England; games & sports; sports equipment; the time; days of the week
Grammar: reported questions; reported orders; too – enough
Phrasal verb: TAKE
Reading: Sports & Leisure Centre
Writing: an opinion essay
(project) an article about your country’s education system
Listening & speaking: listening for detail; filling in tables expressing likes/ dislikes; talking about educational system in your country Pronunciation: stressed syllables
Communication: buying tickets for a football match

UNIT 10: Our Changing World
Topics: inventions; inventors; technology; ambitions; regrets
Vocabulary: electronic machines; scientific instruments; appliances; future plans
Grammar: Conditionals Type 2 & 3; wishes
Phrasal verbs: COME, RUN
Reading: People who Changed the World
Writing: a letter of application for a part-time job
(project) an article about which objects you would put en a time capsule
Listening & speaking: positioning objects; describing your ideal house
Pronunciation: intonation in conditionals
Communication: regrets; opposite wishes