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English Language Learning Units 1-12

This document provides a contents overview for units 1-12 of an English language learning book. It outlines the key grammar, vocabulary, reading, listening, pronunciation, and functional language topics covered in each unit. Unit 1 focuses on social networks and includes grammar points around auxiliary verbs, past participles, and reflexive pronouns. Unit 4 is about reinvention and covers the present perfect and past tenses. Unit 7 is on society and includes past modals and bureaucracy-related vocabulary.
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English Language Learning Units 1-12

This document provides a contents overview for units 1-12 of an English language learning book. It outlines the key grammar, vocabulary, reading, listening, pronunciation, and functional language topics covered in each unit. Unit 1 focuses on social networks and includes grammar points around auxiliary verbs, past participles, and reflexive pronouns. Unit 4 is about reinvention and covers the present perfect and past tenses. Unit 7 is on society and includes past modals and bureaucracy-related vocabulary.
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Contents Units 1–6 Units 7–12 Contents

Grammar Vocabulary Reading & Listening Pronunciation Grammar Vocabulary Reading & Listening Pronunciation

∙Auxiliary verbs ∙Relationships R Broad Banned! ∙Emphatic stress ∙Past modals: should have/ ∙Rules & behaviour R An online forum ∙Past modals
1 Social 7 Society and
networks ∙Past participles ∙Phrasal verbs L A podcast about profile pictures ∙Intonation: you could have ∙Bureaucracy ∙Herd Mentality ∙Intonation:
page 4 ∙Reflexive pronouns ∙Discussing family and friends question tags page 72 ∙Past modals: speculation ∙Collective nouns L Dress codes sounding frustrated
& deduction ∙How to deal with bureaucracy
page 12 Functional language: small talk page 13 Speaking task: offering solutions
page 152 Writing bank: a question-and-answer post page 80 Functional language: criticising page 81 Speaking task: ranking issues
page 155 Writing bank: a message board

∙The present ∙Health R Putting the fun back into fitness ∙Shifts in stress
2 Experts R Let the punishment fit the crime
page 14 ∙Used to do/Used to doing ∙Medicine ∙We’re all experts now ∙Intonation: stress 8 Crime and ∙If sentences: imagined ∙Crime ∙Wish & if only
L Conversations about crime
∙…ever L Opinions about health issues
punishment situations (1) ∙Scams ∙Intonation:
∙An interview about a medical page 82 ∙Wishes & regrets ∙On trial ∙A radio show about scams changing topic
career ∙If sentences: imagined ∙A courtroom report
situations (2), mixed time
page 22 Functional language: making polite requests page 23 Writing task: a blog post giving advice frames
page 90 Functional language: changing the subject page 91 Writing task: a blog post giving an opinion
∙Narrative tenses ∙Survival R An article about the Chilean ∙Sentence adverbs
3 Survival
page 24 ∙Adverbs ∙Talking about danger miners ∙Intonation:
∙Adding emphasis: cleft ∙Luck R Good luck charms ∙Modifying
∙Weather ∙Survivors’ Tales warnings 9 Luck and
L Solo sailing fortune sentences with is ∙Sport ∙‘The more I practise, the luckier I get’ comparisons
∙Extreme sports page 92 ∙Making comparisons ∙Verb collocations L Lucky rituals ∙Intonation:
∙Thrill seekers ∙Modifying comparisons ∙Working in film and TV contradicting

page 32 Functional language: giving warnings page 33 Speaking task: being supportive page 100 Functional language: arguing and making concessions page 101 Speaking task: a short talk
page 153 Writing bank: a travel blog page 156 Writing bank: a formal email

page 34 Review A, units 1–3 page 37 Bring it together 1, 2 & 3 page 102 Review C, units 7–9 page 105 Bring it together 7, 8 & 9

∙Either… or/Neither… nor ∙Shopping R A blog about bargain hunting ∙So & well
4 Reinvention ∙Present perfect or past ∙Appearance R Controversial careers ∙Schwa /ə/ 10 Value for L An interview with a retail expert
page 38 simple? ∙Describing people L An interview with an image ∙Intonation: listing money ∙Articles ∙Adjective order
∙Present perfect simple or consultant problems page 106 ∙Business & finance ∙Talking about China
continuous? ∙Discussing beauty trends ∙Underemployment
∙Uses of the –ing form ∙Speaking a different language
page 114 Functional language: arranging a service page 115 Writing task: a survey report
page 46 Functional language: complaining page 47 Writing task: an informal email

∙Relative clauses ∙Talking about ideas R Inventions ∙Relative clauses


11 Technology
∙Future forms ∙Food R On track for a fast-food world ∙Double contractions page 116 ∙So/Such & inventions ∙An article about Generation Y ∙Intonation: stress
5 Food for ∙Describing gadgets L The fast finger keyboard
thought ∙Clauses ∙Business L The future of food ∙Intonation: stress
∙A podcast about gadgets
page 48 ∙Future continuous ∙An interview about overfishing
∙Future perfect ∙Giving up gadgets

page 56 Functional language: checking understanding page 57 Speaking task: describing a dish page 124 Functional language: dealing with technical problems page 125 Speaking task: discussing pros and cons
page 154 Writing bank: a wiki page 157 Writing bank: a for-and-against essay

∙The passive voice ∙Entertainment R Why make a remake? ∙Word stress ∙Reporting verbs ∙Experiences R Over Coffee ∙Sentence stress
6 That's 12 Out of the
entertainment ∙Have something done ∙Noun-building ∙Game on! ∙Intonation: making ordinary ∙Review: perfect & ∙Night expressions ∙Online comments ∙Intonation:
page 58 suffixes L Talking about entertainment generalisations page 126 continuous ∙Idiomatic L Unforgettable experiences showing interest
∙Computer games ∙A radio show about unusual expressions ∙Interesting characters
hobbies ∙Night-time In Washington D.C.

page 66 Functional language: generalising page 67 Writing task: a review page 134 Functional language: showing interest page 135 Writing task: description of a memorable experience

page 68 Review B, units 4–6 page 71 Bring it together 4, 5 & 6 page 136 Review D, units 10–12 page 139 Bring it together 10, 11 & 12

page 140 Grammar reference page 152 Writing bank page 158 Communication bank
page 162 Transcripts page 168 Irregular verbs

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