• talk to someone for the first time
• introduce yourself
• say where you are from
• ask people where they are from
• ask and say where places are
• say where you live
• ask and say if you are married
• say if you have children
 Target activity: Talk to someone for the first time
Grammar:
• Questions It’s …,
• Where is …?
• I / We + verb
• I’m not, we’re not

Vocabulary
• Hello, I’m, My …
• Countries
• big, small …
• Numbers 0–10
• boy, girl …

Reading
• I live …

Listening
• What’s your name?
• Olga from Moscow

Speaking
• Introducing yourself
• Saying where you are from

Writing
• Where you live

Classroom language
• Letter, word, sentence …

Sounds and spelling
• The letter I

Keyword
• this

EXPLORE Speaking
• say hello and goodbye

Across cultures
• Students

• talk about people you know
• ask and say how old people are
• talk about families
• ask and say where you work
• ask and say where other people work
• say where other people live and work
 Target activity: Talk about people you know
Grammar
• He’s …, She’s … p14
• He / She works p17
• lives, works, has p18

Vocabulary
• Numbers 11–20 p14
• Family p15
• work in, work for p16
• Places of work p16

Reading and Listening
• Donna’s family p18

Listening
• Omar and Emma p15
• Party conversations p16

Speaking
• Buying a birthday card p14
• Talking about families p15
• Talking about work p17

Classroom language
• Look, read, write …

Sounds and spelling
• The letters th

Keyword
• have (1)

EXPLORE Writing
• spell words aloud

Across cultures
• Families and children

• arrange to meet people
• describe a street
• say where you are in a town
• ask and say the time
• say what time of day you do things
• say if you are free
• say where and when to meet
 Target activity: Arrange to meet people
Grammar
• there’s, there are

Vocabulary
• Streets
• Places in towns
• Numbers 20, 25, 30 …
• Clock times
• morning, afternoon …
• Days
• in, on, at
• Let’s meet …

Reading
• Three cafés
• Sleep

Listening
• Describing streets
• Aki’s diary

Listening and Speaking
• Asking the time

Speaking
• Saying where you are
• Saying when you are free

Speaking and Writing
• Describing a street outside

Classroom language
• Your book

Sounds and spelling
• The letter a

Keyword
• at

EXPLORE Speaking
• respond to questions
• say you’re not sure

Across cultures
• Shops

• say how you spend your time
• talk about things you often do
• say what you like and don’t like
• say what you eat and drink
• ask for a drink in a café
• describe a restaurant or café
• ask how people spend their time
• ask what people like
 Target activity: Say how you spend your time
Grammar
• I don’t (like) …
• Do you …?

Vocabulary
• Activity verbs
• Food
• often, sometimes …
• Drinks

Reading
• A restaurant guide

Listening
• André

Listening and Speaking
• What you like and don’t like

Speaking
• Asking how people spend their time and what they like
 

Writing
• What you like and don’t like
• Describing a restaurant or café

Classroom language
• Noun, verb, adjective

Sounds and spelling
• e, ee and ea

Keyword
• go

EXPLORE Writing
• write a description
• join ideas using and / but

Across cultures
• Tea

• choose and buy things
• identify common objects
• ask about things in shops
• ask and say how much things are
• say what clothes you wear
• ask about prices
• say what colours you like
• look at things in shops
• ask about price and size
 Target activity: Choose and buy things
Grammar
• Singular and plural nouns
• How much …?
• He / She doesn’t + verb
• this, these

Vocabulary
• Common objects
• Numbers, prices
• Clothes
• Colours

Listening
• A street kiosk
• What colours do you like?

Speaking
• Conversations at a kiosk
• What colours do you wear?
• Asking the price

Classroom language
• Instructions (1)

Sounds and spelling
• The sound /ə/

Keyword
• in, on

EXPLORE Speaking
• use sorry and excuse me
• in conversations

Across cultures
• Office clothes

• talk about things you do every day
• talk about your daily routine
• say where and when you have meals
• describe transport in towns
• ask and say how to get to places
• say how you go to work or school
• ask about daily routines
• ask about weekends and holidays
 Target activity: Talk about things you do every day
Grammar
• Present simple: -s / -es endings
• Present simple questions

Vocabulary
• Daily routine
• Frequency
• Transport
• Adjectives
• How can I get to …?

Reading
• Daily routines

Listening
• Transport in London and Istanbul

 
Listening and Speaking
• Going to work

Speaking
• Questions with do

Classroom language
• Let’s …, Could you …?

Sounds and spelling
• o, oa and oo

Keyword
• have (2)

EXPLORE Writing
• give reasons and explanations
• join ideas using so / because

Across cultures
• Journeys

• talk about things you did or saw
• say what you often do at the weekend
• say what you did last weekend
• ask and say where people were
• say where you were
• talk about a film or a book
• talk about a place you know
 Target activity: Talk about things you did or saw
Grammar
• Past simple positive
• was, were
• Were you …?

Vocabulary
• Activities
• Place expressions
• A film called …, a book by …
• Adjectives

Reading
• An email

Reading and Listening
• Last Saturday

Speaking
• A place you know

Writing and Speaking
• Your weekend

Writing
• An email
• Films, books, restaurants

Classroom language
• Instructions (2)

Sounds and spelling
• /_:/, /_r/

Keyword
• see, look at, watch

EXPLORE Speaking
• make requests
• reply to requests

Across cultures
• Housework

• talk about a place you visited
• say what you saw and did
• say what you didn’t see or do
• talk about holiday activities
• ask people what they did
• talk about months and weather
• say when to visit a place
• ask about a holiday or business trip
 Target activity: Talk about a place you visited
Grammar
• Past simple negative
• Past simple questions

Vocabulary
• Past simple verbs
• Expressions with go
• Months, seasons
• Weather

Reading
• Mike and Anna in Cairo
• Travel weather

Listening
• On holiday
• Masumi’s trip

Speaking
• A place you visited recently

Writing
• A travel blog
• The weather in your country

Classroom language
• Instructions (3)

Sounds and spelling
• /ʃ/, /d_/ and /tʃ/

Keyword
• do

EXPLORE Writing
• write about a sequence
• of events

Across cultures
• Hostels

 Going out
• invite someone to go out
• talk on the phone
• say what you’re doing just now
• ask what people are doing
• talk about arrangements
• invite someone and reply
• decide what to do and where to go
• make suggestions
 Target activity: Invite someone to go out
Grammar
• Present progressive
• Present progressive (future meaning)
• can, can’t

Vocabulary
• Telephone expressions
• Future time expressions
• Going out
• Suggestions

 
Reading
• A ‘What’s On?’

Listening
• What are you doing?
• Arrangements

Speaking
• Ask what people are doing
• Invitations and replies

Writing and Speaking
• Future arrangements

Classroom language
• Talking about a picture

Sounds and spelling
• The letter u

Keyword
• that

EXPLORE Speaking
• reply to questions

Across cultures
• Family weekend

• talk about your life
• say when people were born and died
• say when people did things
• say what people did in their lives
• talk about important events in your life
• tell someone’s life story
• say when things happened
• talk about your past
• ask about someone’s past
 Target activity: Talk about your life
Grammar
• Past time expressions
• Questions: When …? How long …?

Vocabulary
• Nationalities, jobs
• Years
• Past simple verbs
• I think, I don’t know …
• Life events

Reading
• Are you from London?
• How to be a millionaire
Listening
• Who was Picasso?
• Two life stories
• An interview

Speaking
• Talking about a famous person
• Asking about someone’s past

Writing
• Famous people

Classroom language
• Questions

Sounds and spelling
• Revision

Keyword
• how

EXPLORE Writing
• write when things happened

Across cultures
• Birthdays