CONTENTS

LANGUAGE SKILLS
GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATION VOCABULARY

1 My life ▪▪ the verb be

(I, you)
▪▪ the alphabet ▪▪ greetings Learning
Curve LISTENING WRITING
▪▪ word stress ▪▪ classroom ▪▪ completing a form
▪▪ a video introducing
Hello p4 ▪▪ the verb be ▪▪ numbers language
the Learning Curve ▪▪ capital letters
(he, she, it) ▪▪ countries and
1A Where’s she from? p6 team
▪▪ the verb be nationalities PERSONAL BEST
▪▪ listening for
1B Welcome to (we, you, they) ▪▪ numbers 1–100 ▪▪ a personal
information about
Learning Curve! p8 ▪▪ jobs people information form
1C We are the champions p10 ▪▪ adjectives (1) ▪▪ contractions

1D What’s your email

address? p12

2 People and things ▪▪ single and plural ▪▪ /ɪ/ and /iː/ ▪▪ personal objects READING Learning
Curve SPEAKING
nouns ▪▪ ’s ▪▪ colours ▪▪ an article about
▪▪ asking for
2A The man with only ▪▪ this, that, these, ▪▪ family and the London Lost information politely
15 things p14 those friends Property Office
▪▪ telling the time
▪▪ possessive ▪▪ preparing to read
2B Lost! p16
adjectives, ’s for ▪▪ adjectives and PERSONAL BEST

2C My family p18 possession nouns ▪▪ asking for

2D What time is it? p20 information at a
cinema or airport

1 and 2 REVIEW and PRACTICE p22

3 Food and drink ▪▪ present simple ▪▪ do you /djuː/ ▪▪ food and drink Learning
Curve LISTENING WRITING
(I, you, we, they) ▪▪ -s and -es ▪▪ days and times ▪▪ punctuation
▪▪ A video about cafés
3A Food for athletes p24 ▪▪ present simple endings of day around the world ▪▪ linkers (and, but)
3B Tea or coffe? p26
(he, she, it) ▪▪ common verbs (1)
▪▪ listening for times PERSONAL BEST

3C Chocolate for breakfast! p28 and days

▪▪ a blog about a
▪▪ the sound /ə/
3D A special meal p30 festival

4 Daily life ▪▪ adverbs of ▪▪ sentence stress ▪▪ daily routine READING Learning

Curve SPEAKING
frequency ▪▪ question words verbs ▪▪ a text about New
▪▪ being polite in shops
4A Day and night p32 ▪▪ present simple: ▪▪ transport York’s citi bikes
▪▪ shopping for food
4B My journey to work p34
wh- questions ▪▪ adjectives (2) ▪▪ finding specific
information PERSONAL BEST
4C Where do you work? p36
▪▪ ’s: possession or ▪▪ buying things in a
4D How can I help you? p38 contraction café or shop

3 and 4 REVIEW and PRACTICE p40

5 All about me ▪▪ can and can’t ▪▪ can and can’t ▪▪ common verbs (2) Learning
Curve LISTENING WRITING
▪▪ object pronouns ▪▪ /h/ ▪▪ electronic ▪▪ describing yourself
▪▪ a video about the
5A When can you start? p42 devices importance of ▪▪ because
5B I can’t live without my ▪▪ activities electronic devices PERSONAL BEST
phone p44 ▪▪ listening for specific
▪▪ an online profile
information
5C I love it! p46
▪▪ sentence stress
5D My profile p48

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GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATION VOCABULARY

6 Places ▪▪ there is/are ▪▪ linking ▪▪ places in a town READING Learning

Curve SPEAKING
▪▪ prepositions of consonants and ▪▪ parts of the ▪▪ an article about art ▪▪ checking
6A City or village? p50 place vowels body in public spaces information
▪▪ sentence stress ▪▪ rooms and ▪▪ reading in detail
6B City art p52 ▪▪ asking for and
furniture ▪▪ giving opinions giving directions
6C An unusual home p54
6D Is there a post office PERSONAL BEST

near here? p56 ▪▪ a conversation

asking for and
giving directions

5 and 6 REVIEW and PRACTICE p58

7 All in the past ▪▪ past simple: be ▪▪ was/were ▪▪ celebrities Learning

Curve LISTENING WRITING
▪▪ past simple: ▪▪ -ed endings ▪▪ months and ▪▪ writing informal
▪▪ a video about
7A When they were young p60 regular verbs ordinals Shakespeare and emails
7B I was there in July p62 ▪▪ time expressions the theatre ▪▪ sequencers

▪▪ listening for dates

7C Famous decades p64 PERSONAL BEST

▪▪ linking consonants
▪▪ an email about an
7D A weekend away p66 and vowels interesting weekend

8 Travel ▪▪ past simple: ▪▪ irregular past ▪▪ travel verbs READING Learning

Curve SPEAKING
irregular verbs simple verbs ▪▪ weather and ▪▪ posts about an ▪▪ starting and ending
8A Incredible journeys p68 ▪▪ there was/were ▪▪ sentence stress seasons unusual trip on a a phone call
8B Crazy weather! p70 ▪▪ nature travel website
▪▪ buying a ticket
▪▪ understanding the
8C Then and now p72 main idea PERSONAL BEST

8D A trip to Canada p74 ▪▪ modifiers ▪▪ a phone call buying

a ticket

7 and 8 REVIEW and PRACTICE p76

9 Shopping ▪▪ present ▪▪ -ing endings ▪▪ clothes Learning

Curve LISTENING WRITING
continuous ▪▪ sentence stress ▪▪ feelings ▪▪ describing a photo
▪▪ a video about how
9A Street style p78 ▪▪ how often + ▪▪ shopping our clothes affect ▪▪ describing position
9B How do you feel? p80
expressions of how we feel
frequency PERSONAL BEST
▪▪ identifying key
9C Love it or hate it? p82 ▪▪ an email describing
points
9D Garage sale p84 a photo
▪▪ filler words

10 Time out ▪▪ present ▪▪ sentence stress ▪▪ free time READING Learning

Curve SPEAKING
continuous for ▪▪ intonation in activities ▪▪ a listings page from
▪▪ showing interest
10A What are you doing at future plans questions ▪▪ types of music an entertainment
▪▪ asking about a
the weekend? p86 ▪▪ question review and film website
tourist attraction
▪▪ sports and ▪▪ scanning for
10B What’s on? p88
games information PERSONAL BEST

10C Royal hobbies p90 ▪▪ the imperative ▪▪ a conversation

10D Where are we going about a tourist
attraction
now? p92

9 and 10 REVIEW and PRACTICE p94

Grammar practice p96  Vocabulary practice p106  Communication practice p134  Irregular verbs p151

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