CONTENTS

LANGUAGE SKILLS
GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATION VOCABULARY

1 Your unique style ▪ present

forms; like,
▪
▪
as ▪ body
language and
Talking
Zone LISTENING WRITING
stress in narrative ▪ identifying attitude ▪ making a narrative
1A Communication and you p4 as if, and as tenses communication
▪ consonant-consonant interesting
though ▪ compound
1B The cool factor p6 reduction ▪ time linkers
▪ narrative adjectives
1C Great expectations p8 tenses ▪ expectations
PERSONAL BEST

1D My bad purchase! p10 ▪ a blog post about an

unexpected event

2 Culture vultures ▪ question ▪ intonation in tag ▪ adjective READING Talking

Zone SPEAKING
patterns questions suffixes ▪ skimming and ▪ making recommendations
2A But is it art? p12 ▪ using linkers ▪ sentence stress ▪ phrasal verbs (1) scanning ▪ describing a movie
2B Dear Juliet… p14 (1) ▪ clauses with what PERSONAL BEST

2C It’s music to my ears! p16 ▪ recommending and

2D It’s definitely worth deciding on what to watch
seeing p18

1 and 2 REVIEW and PRACTICE p20

3 A sense of place ▪ advice, ▪ supposed, ought ▪ urban places and Talking

Zone LISTENING WRITING
expectation, and allowed problems ▪ identifying advice ▪ writing a persuasive article
3A You're not supposed to and ▪ linking in phrasal ▪ easily confused ▪ intonation in ▪ contrasting expectations
do that here! p22 obligation verbs words negative questions with reality
▪ phrasal verbs
3B My happy place p24 PERSONAL BEST

3C To go, or not to go p26 ▪ a text persuading someone

3D A fantastic place to live p28 to move to a new city

4 Mind and behavior ▪ subject-verb ▪ of ▪ personality and READING Talking

Zone SPEAKING
agreement ▪ sentence stress in behavior ▪ identifying attitude ▪ responding to arguments
4A It really annoys me… p30 ▪ perfect and perfect forms ▪ word families ▪ conditionals ▪ describing memorable
4B How to get along p32 past forms for advice and experiences
4C I see you’ve been busy! p34 suggestions PERSONAL BEST

4D Road rage p36 ▪ talking about a memorable

experience

3 and 4 REVIEW and PRACTICE p38

5 Our planet ▪ so and such; ▪ sentence stress ▪ the environment Talking

Zone LISTENING WRITING
so much/ with so and such ▪ moods ▪ identifying cause ▪ writing an opinion essay
5A Going green p40 many, so ▪ will have ▪ adjective and effect ▪ formal linkers
little/few prefixes
5B Weather effects p42 ▪ linking consonants PERSONAL BEST
▪ future
5C In the year 2100 … p44 and vowels
predictions ▪ an essay using topic
5D Let me persuade you … p46 sentences and formal
linkers

6 Habits and change ▪ the habitual

past
▪
▪
use and used ▪ expressions
with time
READING Talking
Zone SPEAKING
sentence stress ▪ understanding non- ▪ challenging assumptions
6A My best decade p48 ▪ be used with be used to ▪ expressions literal meaning ▪ solving problems
6B Healthy living: myths to and get and get used to with ▪ contradicting
used to prepositions PERSONAL BEST
and facts p50
▪ solving a family problem
6C My generation and me p52
6D A suitable roommate p54

5 and 6 REVIEW and PRACTICE p56

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LANGUAGE SKILLS
GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATION VOCABULARY

7 Lifelong learning ▪ relative ▪ comment clauses ▪ collocations Talking

Zone LISTENING WRITING
clauses; ▪ sentence stress with attend, ▪ identifying sequence ▪ writing a set of guidelines
7A Unique college programs p58 reduced and in conditional get, make, and ▪ reduced forms ▪ linkers to add ideas
comment sentences submit
7B Successful learning p60
clauses ▪ ability
PERSONAL BEST

7C If I remember correctly… p62 ▪ present and ▪ a blog post on something

▪ mind and
7D It’s never too late to learn! p64 future real memory you’ve learned or would
conditions like to learn

8 The changing media ▪ using linkers ▪ emphatic stress ▪ the media READING Talking
Zone SPEAKING
(2) ▪ to ▪ expressions ▪ inferring meaning ▪ expressing annoyance
8A TV in the 21st Century p66 ▪ -ing with at, for, in, using related words and indifference
8B Digital media for you p68 forms and and on ▪ generalizing ▪ clarifying and reacting
infinitives
8C Binge-watching p70 PERSONAL BEST

8D Ads to drive you crazy p72 ▪ talking about annoying

things on TV

7 and 8 REVIEW and PRACTICE p74

9 The power of design ▪ position of ▪ syllable stress ▪ collocations Talking

Zone LISTENING WRITING
adverbs with adverbs of with have and ▪ understanding key ▪ writing a magazine article
9A Steps to a better life p76 ▪ passives and degree take points ▪ articles a, an, the, and
9B Good or bad design? causative ▪ stress in passive ▪ colors ▪ silent h
p78 zero (–)
have and causative ▪ dimensions and
9C Extreme designs p80 have sentences PERSONAL BEST
weight
9D Accessible spaces p82 ▪ an article about
improving your city or
neighborhood

10 The business world ▪ quantifiers ▪ (a) few and (a) ▪ trends and READING Talking
Zone SPEAKING
▪ comparison little business ▪ understanding text ▪ discussing pros and cons
10A Careers on the rise p84 ▪ sentence stress ▪ word pairs: development ▪ being supportive
10B Starting your own with the…, the sooner or later, ▪ complex negative PERSONAL BEST
business p86 comparisons ups and downs, sentences
side by side ▪ talking about things that
10C Job interview tips p88 upset you and offering
10D Two job offers p90 support

9 and 10 REVIEW and PRACTICE p92

11 Fact and fiction ▪ present and

past modals
▪ reduction of past
modals
▪
▪
science Talking
Zone LISTENING WRITING
opposite ▪ identifying ▪ writing a personal
11A It can’t have been real! p94 of deduction ▪ /t/ and /d/ adjectives conclusions recommendation
▪ reported ▪ sleep
11B Fake news p96 ▪ the ‘flap’ in American ▪ order of adjectives
speech
11C The science of sleep p98 English
patterns PERSONAL BEST

11D I first met Julia … p100 ▪ a recommendation using

adjectives of opinion
and fact

12 New discoveries ▪ present and

future unreal
▪ consonant-vowel
linking
▪ phrasal verbs
(2)
READING Talking
Zone SPEAKING
▪ predicting ▪ talking about future trends
12A Must-have apps p102 conditions ▪ stress in past ▪ collocations
▪ adverbs and intended ▪ keeping a conversation
▪ past unreal unreal conditional with come, do,
12B A robot revolution? p104 meaning going
conditions sentences go, and make
12C Changes and regrets p106 PERSONAL BEST

12D Fads and trends p108 ▪ having an extended

conversation about fads
and trends

11 and 12 REVIEW and PRACTICE p110

Grammar practice p112 Vocabulary practice p136 Communication practice p158 Irregular verbs p175

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