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Unit 1
Theme
People & Belonging
Who shaped you?
Lesson
Title
Grammar focus
1A
We are familyOpen lesson →
participle clauses (reduced relative & adverbial): Standing by the door…, Having lived abroad…
1B
A job for life?Open lesson →
discourse markers (1): linkers
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Phrasal Verbs 1Open →
work & routine
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Unit 2
Theme
Memory & Meaning
What memory leaves behind
Lesson
Title
Grammar focus
2A
Do you remember…?Open lesson →
the past: habitual events and specific incidents
2B
Reading between the linesOpen lesson →
advanced reported speech: reporting verbs & patterns
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Idioms 1Open →
memory & the mind
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Unit 3
Theme
History & Drama
History with a script
Lesson
Title
Grammar focus
3A
A love-hate relationshipOpen lesson →
get
3B
Dramatic licenceOpen lesson →
discourse markers (2): adverbs and adverbial expressions
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Phrasal Verbs 2Open →
relationships & communication
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Unit 4
Theme
Media & Mystery
Signal in the noise
Lesson
Title
Grammar focus
4A
Making headlinesOpen lesson →
adding emphasis (1): inversion
4B
The great unknownOpen lesson →
speculation and deduction
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Idioms 2Open →
news, truth & rumour
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Unit 5
Theme
Time & Money
Two currencies of life
Lesson
Title
Grammar focus
5A
No time for anythingOpen lesson →
distancing
5B
Not for profit?Open lesson →
unreal uses of past tenses
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Phrasal Verbs 3Open →
money & business
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Unit 6
Theme
Help & Habit
Habits, help and hooks
Lesson
Title
Grammar focus
6A
Help, I need somebody!Open lesson →
verb + object + infinitive or gerund
6B
Can't give it upOpen lesson →
conditional sentences
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Idioms 3Open →
habits & technology
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Unit 7
Theme
Art & Perception
How we perceive
Lesson
Title
Grammar focus
7A
As a matter of fact…Open lesson →
permission, obligation, and necessity
7B
A masterpiece?Open lesson →
perception and sensation
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Phrasal Verbs 4Open →
ideas, problems & solutions
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Unit 8
Theme
Health & Travel
Body, mind, movement
Lesson
Title
Grammar focus
8A
The best medicine?Open lesson →
advanced gerunds and infinitives
8B
A 'must-see' attractionOpen lesson →
expressing future plans and arrangements
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Idioms 4Open →
body, health & travel
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Unit 9
Theme
Animals & Food
What we eat, who we keep
Lesson
Title
Grammar focus
9A
Pet hatesOpen lesson →
ellipsis
9B
How to cook, how to eatOpen lesson →
nouns: compound and possessive forms
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Phrasal Verbs 5Open →
food & animals
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Unit 10
Theme
Sport & Direction
Focus, drive, direction
Lesson
Title
Grammar focus
10A
On your marks, set, go!Open lesson →
relative clauses
10B
No direction homeOpen lesson →
adding emphasis (2): cleft sentences
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Idioms 5Open →
sport, drive & direction
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