UNIT 1 OBJECTIVES

Hello, my name is Trishia and I´ll lead your way along this course.

In this unit we are going to learn how to describe people´s personality and appearance, link sentences by using the correct relative word and make deductions.

UNIT 2 OBJECTIVES

In this unit we are going to talk about probability and possibility, to hypothesize about the past, present and future, and to use vocabulary related to animals.

UNIT 3 OBJECTIVES

In this unit we are going to listen to people talking about their place.

We are also going to learn how to use modals of obligation and advice, in the present and the past and how to use have/get something done.

We are going to learn vocabulary related to the different types of housing, the different rooms in a house, the different types of housework and phrasal verbs related to personal relations.

UNIT 4 OBJECTIVES

In this unit we are going to use infinitives with or without to and–ing forms and to decide whether certain verbs are followed by infinitive or –ing or both.

We are also going to use words, set phrases and idioms related to money and to talk about money matters.

UNIT 5 OBJECTIVES

In this unit we are going to learn some structures to emphasize some parts of the speech and we are also going to learn vocabulary related to crime.

UNIT 6 OBJECTIVES

In this unit we are going to talk about the past and about travelling, extreme sports and other leisure activities.

UNIT 7 OBJECTIVES

In this unit we are going to listen to people giving their opinion on TV and learn vocabulary related to TV: people, TV programmes and a TV guide.

Grammar-wise, we are going to learn words and phrases to express contrast and impersonal passive structures.

UNIT 8 OBJECTIVES

In this unit we are going to learn vocabulary related to parts of the body, health and illness. Also, we are going to report statements, questions and commands.

UNIT 9 OBJECTIVES

In this unit we are going to learn to express wishes and regrets, talk about preferences with would rather and would sooner, give advice using had better and describe feelings.

UNIT 10 OBJECTIVES

In this unit we are going to use the Future Perfect and the Future Continuous, compounds with –ever, and the definite article when generalising.

UNIT 1 NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER

VOCABULARY Describing people: personality and appearance. Compound adjectives

GRAMMAR Defi ning and non-defi ning relative clauses. Modals for deduction (past and present)

WRITING An informal email

PRONUNCIATION Compound adjectives

UNIT 2 DOWN-TO-EARTH

VOCABULARY Animal idioms. Animal collocations: animal sounds

GRAMMAR Modals and expressions of probability. Conditionals. Alternatives to IF

WRITING An article

PRONUNCIATION Contractions. Linking

UNIT 3 HOME SWEET HOME

VOCABULARY Types of housing. Places in the home. Housework. Phrasal verbs connected to people relations

GRAMMAR Modals of obligation/absence of obligation/prohibition/advice. Have/Get something done

WRITING A report

PRONUNCIATION Consonant clusters

UNIT 4 A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS

VOCABULARY Money. Jobs

GRAMMAR Infi nitive versus –ing. Participle clauses

WRITING A covering letter

PRONUNCIATION Stress shift

UNIT 5 CAUGHT RED-HANDED

VOCABULARY Crime. Criminals

GRAMMAR Emphasis (do, so and indeed). Cleft sentences. Inversions

WRITING An opinion composition

PRONUNCIATION How to sound emphatic

UNIT 6 OUT AND ABOUT

VOCABULARY Leisure activities: Travelling. Extreme sports

GRAMMAR Used to, Would. Narrative tenses

WRITING A blog post

PRONUNCIATION-ED endings

UNIT 7 TV OR NOT TV?

VOCABULARY Headlines. Television (people, TV programmes and a TV guide)

GRAMMAR Impersonal report structures. Contrast (despite, in spite of, although…)

WRITING A “for and against” composition

PRONUNCIATION Contrastive intonation

UNIT 8 AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY

VOCABULARY Health and illness. Idioms related to the parts of the body. Food and Diet

GRAMMAR Reported speech. Reporting statements, commands and questions.

WRITING A complaint email/letter

PRONUNCIATION Homographs. Homophones

UNIT 9 NO REGRETS JUST LESSONS LEARNED

VOCABULARY Feelings

GRAMMAR I wish/If only. Would rather, would sooner, had better. It´s time

WRITING A personal anecdote

PRONUNCIATION /s/ - /z/ - /?/

UNIT 10 FACEBOOK = LANGUAGE FACELIFT?

VOCABULARY Compounds with –ever. The Internet. Fast Writing

GRAMMAR Future perfect and continuous. Use of the article for generalizing

WRITING A review

PRONUNCIATION Words pronounced diff erently in Spanish/English

LISTENING TRANSCRIPTS PER UNIT

EXERCISE KEY