English for the 21st Century
Series Overview
i-world A1+ i-world A2 i-world B1
Topics Topics Topics
World of English: names • countries and nationalities • first day Brain Power: the brain • verbs of the mind and the senses My Online Life: online personalities • describing personality
of school • the alphabet • cardinal and ordinal numbers • school • talented teens • school subjects • languages • time online • adjectives + prepositions • problems • social
rules • digital classrooms • classroom objects Homes and Lifestyles: different homes • furniture • unusual and media • social media expressions
A Typical Day: school life • telling the time • free time • chores exotic homes • lifestyles • rooms Everyday Heroes: real-life heroes • compound nouns • bravery
• routines • different lifetyles Sports: the Olympics • extreme sports • play, do, go • sporting awards • phrasal verbs • historical heroes
The USA: famous places • dates • immigration • famous places moments • sports equipment Blockbusters: Hollywood jobs • the movies • movie critics
• jobs • historical events • cognates Food, glorious food!: food around the world • cooking and • adjectives ending in -ed/-ing • Nollywood
Story Time: literature • sequencing words • mystery • adjective cooking verbs • recipes • menus • eating out A World of Festivals: festivals around the world • descriptive
opposites • storytelling • conjunctions Hidden Treasures: wonders of the world • places • the Legend of adjectives • idiomatic phrasal verbs • unusual festivals
Animal Antics: pets • action verbs • urban wildlife • animals El Dorado • life experiences • Macchu Picchu Shop Smart: shopaholics • shopping • gadgets • adjective prefixes
• nature • prepositions of place Technology: smartphones • electronic devices • technology of the and suffixes • online shopping
Time Well Spent: television • hobbies and pastimes • computer future • the outback Travelers’ Tales: cultural manners • travel • travel advice
games • places in a city In Fashion: changing styles • clothes and accessories • describing • accommodation • hostels • a record-breaking journey • words
Around the World: travel • transportation • modern explorers a process • traditional clothes with a similar meaning
• the natural world • indigenous communities • prepositions of Climate Matters: storm chasers • weather • the greenhouse effect A Better World: exploring Mars • the natural world • environmental
movement • extreme weather • collocations issues • phrasal verbs with get • endangered species •
Feeling Good: food and health • yoga for teens • parts of the body Volunteer: teen volunteers • feelings • word forms • volunteer philanthropy
• illness • weather guidelines • a day in the life Reading the Signs: superstitions • verbs + prepositions • body
Special Occasions: costume parties • clothes • celebrations Summer Camp: adventure • arts and sports • vacations • summer language • adjectives for emotions • codes and signals
• growing up • life events programs • making plans A Good Job: teens and work • jobs and professions • around the
Music Matters: entertainment • cognates • dreams and ambitions house • working abroad
• word fields • traditional music • adjective collocations Seeing the World: famous places and monuments • word
formation • amusement parks • connectors • living dangerously
Language Structures Language Structures Language Structures
Present simple to be • imperatives • there is/there are • present Can/Can’t for ability • gerunds and infinitives • relative pronouns Present tenses (stative and active verbs) • gerunds and infinitives
simple (affirmative and negative) • present simple (questions and • prepositions of place • adverbs of frequency • present simple • comparatives, superlatives, as...as • past simple and past
short answers) • adverbs of frequency • past simple to be • past vs. present continuous • past simple (regular verbs) • past simple continuous • past perfect simple • used to/didn’t use to • present
simple (regular verbs) • past simple (negative, questions, and short (irregular verbs) • past continuous • should/shouldn’t for advice perfect simple and continuous • just, already, (not) yet, still
answers) • relative clause (who/that/where) • past simple (irregular • quantity (much/many, some/any/no, a lot of/a little/a few) • present perfect and past simple • future forms • indefinite
verbs) • past time clauses with when • gerunds (-ing) • infinitives • present perfect (for experience, with for and since, with yet, pronouns • quantifiers • present and past passive • have/get
(purpose) • present continuous • verbs + gerunds or infinitives already and just) • present continuous (future) • will and might for something done • must, mustn’t, should, shouldn’t, ought to
• comparative adjectives • superlative adjectives • present perfect predictions • going to for intentions • comparatives and superlatives
• have to, don’t have to, allowed, not allowed • have to, allowed
(ever/never) • present perfect vs. past simple • must/mustn’t • passive voice • zero conditional • first conditional • past passive
to, able to (future and past) • verbs with two objects • future time
(obligation and prohibition) • countable and uncountable nouns • indirect speech: present tense • must/must not for obligation
clauses • first conditional (if, unless) • second conditional • relative
(some/any) • adverbs of manner • making suggestions • be going • have to/don’t have to for obligation and no obligation
clauses • reported statements • reported commands and requests
to • future time (will) • can for requests and permission
• so/neither • reported questions • tag questions • active and
passive voice • verb forms
English for the 21st Century
i-world B1+ i-world B2
Topics Topics
Personally Speaking: sleep and health • phrasal verbs • life Learning to Learn: ambition and success • phrasal verbs • reliving
balance • then and now • staying in touch • compound nouns the past • rising stars • describing people • skills • asking for help
• on the phone • informal letters • informal e-mails
Wild Things: animal activists • adjective suffixes • animal behavior Best of Friends: loyalty and friendship • solving problems • tough
• life experiences • cooperation • phrasal verbs with multiple situations • teen social lives • noun prefixes and suffixes • making
meanings • giving instructions • formal letters small talk • giving advice • articles
Very Mysterious: a ghost story • adverbs of manner and degree A Fairer World: ethical consumerism and business • compound
• a news story • investigating the news • a historical narrative adjectives and nouns • going organic • ethical dilemmas • making
• strong adjectives • stories policies • expressing concern • formal letters
That’s Garbage!: space debris • waste • an environmental problem Money: changing fortunes • nouns from adjectives and verbs
• making predictions • recycling • prefixes • opinion essays • poverty • looking after yourself • bargains • bargaining • for and
On the Move: traveler’s anecdotes • travel • getting lost • making against essays
deductions • exotic foods • food adjectives • buying food Fame: celebrities • adjectives + prepositions • privacy • giving a
A Place to Live: the Mayans • describing landscape • earthquakes point of view • crossover artists • expressions with take
• helping out • megacities • giving directions • reports • discussing problems • reviews
Making a Difference: courage • phrasal verbs • charity • Paying the Price: discipline • crime and punishment • justice
describing an organization • youth parliaments • politics • making • expressing wishes and hopes • travel troubles • overcoming
proposals • for and against essays misunderstandings • opinion essays
In the Spotlight: youth theater • performing arts • behind the Humor: laughter • humor • jokes • telling a funny story • April Fools
scenes • organizing an event • an arts festival • word formation Day • reacting to jokes • humorous anecdotes
• making suggestions • reviews Newsworthy: school news • news and media • a news bulletin
Books Matter: history of books • confusing adjectives • a teen • reporting the news • news in the US • phrasal verbs for media
author • getting inspired • a book fair • verb suffixes • making and communication • interviewing people • articles
recommendations • articles The Power of Music: music • health and healing • changing lives
Game over!: eSports • phrasal verbs • gaming • making a speech • lifestyle preferences • musical genres • giving and reacting to
• a traditional game • deciding and explaining • writing genres criticism • reports
Destinations: life after school • phrasal verb review • life skills
• proposing solutions • a college prospectus • attending an
interview • personal statements
Language Structures Language Structures
Past actions, routines, and states: used to, would and past simple Tense review • future time clauses • past and present modals
• be/get used to • present perfect simple and continuous • gerunds • modals for ability and deduction • conditionals review • mixed
and infinitives • narrative tenses • subject and object questions conditionals • quantifiers • reflexive verbs • gerunds and infinitives
• predictions and future continuous • future perfect • modality • that clauses • verb + object + preposition • wishes and regrets
• present deduction • past deduction • third conditional • relative (past and present) • wishes and hopes (present and future)
clauses (defining and non-defining) • participle clauses • passives • participle clauses • inversion • passive with two objects
• causatives (active and passive) • so/such • reported speech • reporting verbs • impersonal passive • expressing preferences
• verb forms • verb patterns • review of clauses
