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Front Matter
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SCOPE and SEQUENCE
1: Don’t worry, be happy!
LESSON A
START
A happiness quiz
ENGLISH express
LISTENING
Happiness and health
HELP listening
ENGLISH express
VOCABULARY
It was hilarious!
culture matters
GRAMMAR
Gerunds
LESSON B
READING
Health depends on happiness
HELP reading
LIFE’S SIMPLE PLEASURES
PROJECT
SONG
These simple things
These simple things
PRONUNCIATION
Can and could
Conversation Takeaway
CONVERSATION STRATEGY
Talking about funny situations
Tell me more!
Writing Takeaway
HELP writing
Writing an article
Test Takeaway
Test-taking strategy
Using and understanding stress
PRACTICE
Answer Sheet
Language Takeaway
Unit review
2: Get a job!
LESSON A
START
The road to employment
culture matters
LISTENING
A job interview
JOB APPLICATION
HELP listening
VOCABULARY
Work factors and situations
culture matters
GRAMMAR
Present perfect versus simple past
culture matters
LESSON B
READING
A cover letter for a job
HELP reading
PROJECT
CULTURE
A job interview abroad
culture matters
GETTING AN INTERNATIONAL JOB
PRONUNCIATION
Tag question intonation
Conversation Takeaway
Checking facts
CONVERSATION STRATEGY
Tell me more!
Writing Takeaway
Writing a cover letter for a job
HELP writing
Test Takeaway
Test-taking strategy
Recognize signal words in test reading
Answer Sheet
PRACTICE
Language Takeaway
Unit review
3: Plugged in
LESSON A
START
ENGLISH express
Appliances and devices
LISTENING
HELP listening
New technology
VOCABULARY
culture matters
How does it work?
GRAMMAR
ENGLISH express
Phrasal verbs
LESSON B
READING
HELP reading
How texting stopped a thief
Stopped by a text message
PROJECT
SONG
Call home
Call home
Chorus
Chorus
PRONUNCIATION
Stress on phrasal verbs
Conversation Takeaway
CONVERSATION strategy
Asking for help in a store
Tell me more!
Writing Takeaway
HELP writing
Writing a news story
Test Takeaway
Test-taking strategy
Identifying degree of opinion / agreement
Example
PRACTICE
Answer Sheet
Language Takeaway
Unit review
4: It’s written on your face
LESSON A
START
Facial features
ENGLISH express
LISTENING
HELP listening
A real smile or a fake smile?
VOCABULARY
Facial expressions
ENGLISH express
GRAMMAR
Stative verbs
LESSON B
READING
Face reading
On The SPOT Interview
HELP reading
PROJECT
CULTURE
Greetings!
PRONUNCIATION
Sentence stress
Conversation Takeaway
CONVERSATION STRATEGY
Giving and receiving a compliment
Tell me more!
Writing Takeaway
Writing a compare and contrast essay about greeting customs
HELP writing
Test Takeaway
Test-taking strategy
Understanding compound words
Answer Sheet
PRACTICE
Language Takeaway
Unit review
5: At the movies
LESSON A
START
Classic movies
LISTENING
HELP listening
Hollywood remakes
VOCABULARY
Movie talk
ENGLISH express
GRAMMAR
Uses of make
ENGLISH express
LESSON B
READING
HELP reading
The remake or the original?
PROJECT
SONG
Let’s make a movie!
LET’S MAKE
A MOVIE!
PRONUNCIATION
Vowel sounds
Conversation Takeaway
Giving opinions
CONVERSATION STRATEGY
Tell me more!
Writing Takeaway
HELP writing
Writing a movie review
Test Takeaway
Test-taking strategy
Example
PRACTICE
Language Takeaway
Unit review
Review 1
VOCABULARY
LISTENING
GRAMMAR
6: The good and the bad
LESSON A
START
A bad week
LISTENING
A news story
HELP listening
culture matters
VOCABULARY
CONVERSATION STRATEGY
Good and bad luck
GRAMMAR
Passive voice
LESSON B
READING
Good luck stories
HELP reading
PROJECT
CULTURE
ENGLISH express
The role of luck
Watch Your Luck
1. OBJECTS AND ANIMALS
2. NUMBERS AND DAYS
3. ACTIONS AND EVENTS
PRONUNCIATION
Voice pitch
Conversation Takeaway
CONVERSATION STRATEGY
Reacting to good and bad news
Tell me more!
Writing Takeaway
Writing a news report
HELP writing
Test Takeaway
Test-taking strategy
Choosing the correct verb tense
PRACTICE
Answer Sheet
Language Takeaway
Unit review
7: Spending and saving
LESSON A
START
Spending choices
ENGLISH express
LISTENING
My finances
HELP listening
VOCABULARY
Prices and money
culture matters
GRAMMAR
Used to
LESSON B
READING
Waste not, want not
HELP reading
What is your favorite way of saving money?
PROJECT
SONG
Shopping
Chorous
Chorous
Chorous
ENGLISH express
PRONUNCIATION
Saying numbers and prices
Conversation Takeaway
CONVERSATION strategy
Returning things to a store
Tell me more!
Writing Takeaway
Writing a response to a question
HELP writing
Test Takeaway
Test-taking strategy
Listen to connect and synthesize ideas.
PRACTICE
Answer Sheet
Language Takeaway
Unit review
8: Step by step
LESSON A
START
Homemade toys
LISTENING
A moving image toy
HELP listening
ENGLISH express
VOCABULARY
Putting it together
GRAMMAR
Sequencing instructions
ENGLISH express
culture matters
LESSON B
READING
Survival guide
HELP reading
HOW TO MAKE A FIRE WITHOUT MATCHES
PROJECT
CULTURE
Kites
Kite facts
PRONUNCIATION
Pronouncing words with the letter u
Conversation Takeaway
CONVERSATION: STRATEGY
What’s it called?
Tell me more!
Writing Takeaway
HELP writing
Writing instructions on how to make a toy
Make a toy jet boat
Test Takeaway
Test-taking strategy
Example
PRACTICE
Answer Sheet
Language Takeaway
Unit review
9: What’s the matter?
LESSON A
START
Problems and advice
LISTENING
A radio call-in show
HELP listening
ENGLISH express
VOCABULARY
Problems, problems
ENGLISH express
GRAMMAR
Second conditional
ENGLISH express
LESSON B
READING
Blogging about a problem
HELP reading
PROJECT
SONG
What’s the matter with me?
WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH ME?
PRONUNCIATION
Contractions and weak forms
Conversation Takeaway
culture matters
Complaining
CONVERSATION STRATEGY
Tell me more!
Writing Takeaway
Writing a blog giving advice
HELP reading
Test Takeaway
Test-taking strategy
Determine what is implied in a reading passage
Example
PRACTICE
Answer Sheet
Language Takeaway
Unit review
10: Beastly things
LESSON A
START
Parts of the beast
LISTENING
I can’t believe my eyes!
HELP listening
VOCABULARY
Show me the evidence
ENGLISH express
ENGLISH express
GRAMMAR
Possibility in the past
LESSON B
READING
Animal sightings
HELP reading
ENGLISH express
ANIMAL SIGHTINGS
PROJECT
CULTURE
Legendary creatures
PRONUNCIATION
Weak forms
Conversation Takeaway
CONVERSATION strategy
Expressing certainty and doubt
Tell me more!
Writing Takeaway
HELP writing
Writing a news report of a sighting
Test Takeaway
Test-taking strategy
Example
PRACTICE
Answer Sheet
Language Takeaway
Unit review
Review 2
VOCABULARY
GRAMMAR
LISTENING
LISTENING
READING
Back Matter
Grammar Takeaway
Gerunds
Gerunds and gerund phrases as subject
Gerunds and gerund phrases as direct object of a sentence
Gerunds and gerund phrases as subject complement
Gerunds and gerund phrases as object of a preposition
Gerunds after certain verbs
Present perfect and simple past
Use the present perfect for experiences at an indefinite time in the past.
Use the simple past for experiences at a definite time in the past.
Use the present perfect when the time being discussed has not finished.
Use the simple past when the time being discussed has finished.
Use the present perfect with for and since when the actions have not finished.
Use the simple past with for and since when the actions have already finished.
Phrasal verbs
main verb + particle
Non-separable phrasal verbs
Separable phrasal verbs
Three-word non-separable phrasal verbs
Stative verbs
Stative verbs
Stative verbs associated with the five senses
The stative verbs look, sound, feel, taste, and smell are used to talk about the information you receive when you use your senses.
Uses of make
Sentence formation
Using passive forms
used to
Use this special expression to talk about activities that were regularly done in the past.
Use this special expression to talk about situations that were true in the past.
be used to
Sequencing instructions
Use by + verb-ing to explain how to do something. This way you can combine two sentences to make instructions.
Use so or so that to explain why you do something.
Use once + first instruction (passive verb*), second instruction (imperative**) to combine two instructions in one sentence and explain step by step.
*Passive sentences have the form: to be (in the correct tense) + past participle.
**Imperatives are made with the base form of the verb (infinitive without to).
Adjective order
Second conditional
Giving advice
Negation
Possibility in the past
Might have, may have and could have express possibility in the past. They are usually interchangeable—you can use any of them in a sentence.
Couldn’t have and must have express feelings of certainty about the past.
Must have is also used to speculate or to draw conclusions about the past, based on present evidence.
Reporting seeing things: verb + -ing
IRREGULAR VERBS
KEY TO PHONETIC SYMBOLS
Vowels
Consonants
VOCABULARY
Unit 1: Don’t worry, be happy!
Unit 2: Get a job!
Unit 3: Plugged in
Unit 4: It’s written on your face.
Unit 5: At the movies
Unit 6: The good and the bad
Unit 7: Spending and saving
Unit 8: Step by step
Unit 9: What’s the matter?
Unit 10: Beastly things
AUDIOSCRIPT
Unit 1: Don’t worry, be happy!
Unit 2: Get a job!
Unit 3: Plugged in
Unit 4: It’s written on your face
Unit 5: At the movies
REVIEW 1
Unit 6: The good and the bad
Unit 7: Spending and saving
Unit 8: Step by step
Unit 9: What’s the matter?
Unit 10: Beastly things
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