Macmillan Practice Online 'Sky High 3' Course

This course accompanies 'Sky High 3'. There are 12 units, each matching a student's book unit. There is a review syllabus item every other unit to match the Checkpoint sections in the student's book. Resources are grouped into four categories: Building Grammar, Building Vocabulary, Listening Development and Pronunciation Practice.

UNIT 1
0 Personal history Syllabus components Building grammar Listening development

Description This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about past events in people's lives. Syllabus component description Practicing the past simple. Listening to a woman talking about life with her twin, answering questions and deciding if statements are true or false. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to tell stories. It covers the past simple, the past progressive and 'so' and 'neither'. Syllabus component description Contrasting the past simple and the past progressive. Practicing 'so' and 'neither'. Listening to someone talking about swimming with a whale and deciding if statements are true or false. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about past habits. It covers the use of 'used to'. Syllabus component description Practicing describing past habits and customs with 'used to'. Practicing 'used to' and the past simple.

Unforgettable memories Syllabus components Building grammar Listening development

Now and then Syllabus components Building grammar

Lifeline to scholarships and jobs This syllabus item provides practice of the language we use to write and talk about resumes and interviews. Syllabus components Syllabus component description Building vocabulary Listening development Practicing words and phrases used in letters and resumes when applying for a job. Listening to a conversation about a job applicant and filling in missing information. Description This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about lifestyles and future plans. Syllabus component description Listening to an interview about life in the 1920s and selecting the statements that match the speaker's opinions. Listening to an interview with a woman talking about her travel plans before going to college and deciding if statements are true or false. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the future. It covers 'will', 'going to' and participial adjectives. Syllabus component description Practicing the future with 'will' and 'won't'. Contrasting 'will' and 'going to'. Practicing adjectives ending '-ed' and '-ing'. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to make comparisons. It covers comparative and superlative adjectives. Syllabus component description Practicing comparative adjectives. Practicing comparative and superlative adjectives. Practicing equivalents using 'as ... as'. Practicing adjectives ending in '-ed' and '-ing'.

UNIT 2
4 Modern careers Syllabus components Listening development

Are you a workaholic? Syllabus components Building grammar Building vocabulary

Relaxation and play Syllabus components Building grammar Building vocabulary

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Lifeline to psychology Syllabus components Building grammar Listening development

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about stress and lowering our stress levels. Syllabus component description Practicing the future simple in sentences about promises that a spa makes to its customers. Listening to a dialog about cycling and deciding if statements are true or false. This syllabus item provides further practice of the language covered in Units 1 and 2. Syllabus component description Contrasting the past simple and past progressive. Practicing 'used to' for past habits and states. Practicing the use of 'will', 'going to' and the present simple to talk about the future. Practicing the comparative and superlative form of adjectives.

Checkpoint 1 Syllabus components Building grammar

UNIT 3
9 Energy sources Syllabus components Building grammar Listening development

Description This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the environment. Syllabus component description Reading a text about the environment and choosing the correct tense to complete the text. Listening to a passage about tourists polluting the environment and keying in the missing words to complete a text. Listening to a girl talking about her family and the environment and choosing the correct form of the present simple to complete sentences. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to make predictions. It covers the use of 'will' and 'going to'. Syllabus component description Practicing 'will' and 'won't'. Contrasting the use of 'will' and 'going to'. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about conditions and results. It covers the first conditional. Syllabus component description Practicing the first conditional. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about healthy food. Syllabus component description Listening to two friends talking about what they do to keep in shape and deciding which person expresses each opinion.

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Predicting the future Syllabus components Building grammar

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What if...? Syllabus components Building grammar

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Lifeline to health sciences Syllabus components Listening development

UNIT 4
13 Immigrants Syllabus components Building vocabulary Listening development

Description This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about places and their history. Syllabus component description Practicing words to talk about buildings. Practicing words to talk about places. Listening to a conversation about Gibraltar and choosing the correct answers to complete sentences. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about actions that happened at definite and indefinite past times. It covers the present perfect and the past simple. Syllabus component description Practicing the present perfect with 'for' and 'since'. Practicing word order with adverbs of time. Contrasting the past simple and the present perfect. Listening to a conversation between an immigration officer and two passengers and matching answers with the correct questions.

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Cultural differences

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City versus country Syllabus components Building grammar Building vocabulary Pronunciation practice

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the city and the country. It covers the use of 'too' and 'enough'. Syllabus component description Practicing the present simple and progressive in a text about life in cities. Practicing the use of 'too' and 'enough'. Practicing words related to places. Practicing syllable stress in words used to describe places. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about different aspects of the places where people live. Syllabus component description Listening to six people talking about different aspects of their town and identifying which aspects each speaker mentions. Listening to somebody talking about Bermuda and choosing the correct option to answer questions. This syllabus item provides further practice of the language covered in Units 3 and 4. Syllabus component description Contrasting 'will', 'won't' and 'going to'. Practicing the present perfect with 'for' and 'since'. Practicing the use of the present perfect and past simple. Practicing the use of 'too' and 'enough'.

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Lifeline to urban planning Syllabus components Listening development

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Checkpoint 2 Syllabus components Building grammar

UNIT 5
18 The lottery of life Syllabus components Building vocabulary Listening development

Description This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about people's daily lives and future plans. Syllabus component description Practicing words that are often confused. Listening to someone talking about his life, deciding if sentences are true or false and matching sentence halves. Listening to someone talking about his trip to South America and listing the place names in the order he mentions them. This syllabus item provides practice of the use of verb complementation. It covers the use of verbs followed by the infinitive, the infinitive without 'to' and '-ing' forms. Syllabus component description Contrasting the '-ing' form and the 'to' + infinitive. Practicing the structure verb + object + infinitive without 'to'. Practicing the structure verb + object + infinitive. Practicing the use of the infinitive and '-ing' forms. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about money. It covers connectors that express reason and purpose. Syllabus component description Practicing the connectors 'so' and 'because'. Practicing connectors of reason and result. Practicing connectors of purpose. Visiting an external website and answering questions about the European Central Bank and the euro. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about business. Syllabus component description Practicing words related to business. Listening to a business report and deciding if each topic is up, down or stable.

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Born to shop? Syllabus components Building grammar

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Money, money, money Syllabus components Building grammar Building vocabulary

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Lifeline to economics Syllabus components Building vocabulary Listening development

UNIT 6
22 Entertainment at home Syllabus components Building vocabulary Listening development

Description This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about entertainment preferences and habits. Syllabus component description Practicing words related to leisure time. Listening to a girl talking about an experiment her family had with TV and deciding whether statements are true or false. Page 3 of 7

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Going out Syllabus components Building grammar Pronunciation practice

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about places to go on vacation. It covers indefinite pronouns. Syllabus component description Practicing indefinite pronouns. Contrasting three different vowel sounds. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about movie stars. It covers relative clauses. Syllabus component description Practicing relative clauses. Practicing relative pronouns. Listening to two teenagers talking about a movie star, identifying who they're talking about and what he's done recently. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about movies. Syllabus component description Practicing vocabulary to do with movies. Listening to five people talking about movies, choosing the movie each person is describing and deciding if statements are true or false. This syllabus item provides further practice of the language covered in Units 5 and 6. Syllabus component description Practicing the use of '-ing' forms and infinitives. Practicing the use of infinitives with and without 'to'. Practicing the use of 'some' and 'any' and their compounds. Listening to a teenager asking for permission to go out and choosing the correct answer to questions.

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Movie history Syllabus components Building grammar Listening development

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Lifeline to movie and TV shows Syllabus components Building vocabulary Listening development

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Checkpoint 3 Syllabus components Building grammar Listening development

UNIT 7
27 Celebrations Syllabus components Building vocabulary

Description This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about festivals and celebrations. Syllabus component description Visiting external websites and answering questions about festivals around the world. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about fast food. It covers the present simple passive. Syllabus component description Practicing the present simple passive. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about life in another country. It covers verbs and expressions followed by the -'ing' form and the infinitive. Syllabus component description Practicing 'used to' as a verb and as an adjective. Practicing verbs followed by an '-ing' form or an infinitive without 'to'. Listening to a woman talk about where she lives in Italy and identifying which features or facilities she mentions. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to make an invitation and address people politely. Syllabus component description Listening to someone inviting a business visitor out for the evening and noting the details. Description This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about health and exercise. Syllabus component description Practicing words for parts of the body. Listening to two friends talking about what they do to keep in shape and deciding which person expresses each opinion. Page 4 of 7

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Culture on the table Syllabus components Building grammar

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Culture at home

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Lifeline to intercultural communication Syllabus components Listening development

UNIT 8
31 You and your body Syllabus components Building vocabulary Listening development

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Dangerous practices Syllabus components Building grammar Listening development

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to give advice. It covers the use of the structure 'have something done'. Syllabus component description Practicing the use of 'have' + object + past participle. Practicing the use of 'should' in sentences giving advice. Listening to advice about three different problems and deciding which advice you are listening to. This syllable item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about illnesses. It covers modals of deduction. Syllabus component description Practicing the use of of modal verbs that express deduction. Listening to people asking who has done various things and matching the speaker with the correct answer.

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The best remedies Syllabus components Building grammar Listening development

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Lifeline to alternative medicine Syllabus components Building vocabulary

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about health. Syllabus component description Practicing words related to health. Note: When playing 'Molly in the Building on Fire', select the topic 'Health'. This syllabus item provides further practice of the language covered in Units 7 and 8. Syllabus component description Practicing the present simple passive. Practicing the infinitive and the '-ing' form. Practicing words for parts of the body. Listening to a group of people sailing to the site of a shipwreck and matching sentence halves.

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Checkpoint 4 Syllabus components Building grammar Building vocabulary Listening development

UNIT 9
36 Dreams Syllabus components Building grammar Listening development

Description This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about hopes and dreams. Syllabus component description Practicing the use of the verbs 'hope' and 'expect'. Listening to people talking about the places where they would like to go and deciding if statements are true or false. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about wishes. It covers the use of 'I wish' and 'if only'. Syllabus component description Practicing the uses of 'wish' and 'if only'. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about imaginary situations. It covers the second conditional. Syllabus component description Practicing the second conditional. Listening to four people talking about how they would react in certain situations and deciding which situation each speaker is talking about. Identifying stress in questions in the second conditional.

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Wishes and hopes Syllabus components Building grammar

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Creatures of the imagination Syllabus components Building grammar Listening development Pronunciation practice

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Lifeline to physical sciences Syllabus components Building vocabulary

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about scientific concepts. Syllabus component description Visiting external websites, answering questions and completing tasks about science museums. Description This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about travel and vacations. Syllabus component description Practicing verbs and nouns for vacation activities. Listening to five clips about American cities, reading descriptions and matching them with the correct cities. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about transportation. It covers reporting verbs. Syllabus component description Practicing the use of 'say' and 'tell'. Practicing the use of reporting verbs in the present. Listening to two people talking about a new way to travel from the United Kingdom to France and choosing the correct answer to questions. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to request and state information. It covers embedded questions. Syllabus component description Practicing embedded questions. Listening to information about Framlingham Castle and choosing the correct answers. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about some aspects of tourism. Syllabus component description Listening to two travel agents talking about customer complaints and selecting the correct answer for each question. This syllabus item provides further practice of the language covered in Units 9 and 10. Syllabus component description Practicing embedded questions. Practicing the second conditional. Listening to someone speaking in favor of cars and selecting the statements the speaker uses in his argument.

UNIT 10
40 Armchair travel Syllabus components Building vocabulary Listening development

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The real thing Syllabus components Building grammar Listening development

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Visitors from abroad Syllabus components Building grammar Listening development

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Lifeline to tourism and hospitality Syllabus components Listening development

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Checkpoint 5 Syllabus components Building grammar Listening development

UNIT 11
45 Early breakthroughs Syllabus components Building vocabulary Listening development

Description This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about ancient civilizations. Syllabus component description Practicing noun suffixes with '-r', '-er' and '-ist'. Practicing suffixes used to make verbs into nouns. Listening to a radio interview with a man from a museum of archeology and deciding if statements are true or false. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about inventions. It covers the past passive. Syllabus component description Practicing the past simple passive. Practicing the active and passive forms of the past simple.

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Important inventions Syllabus components Building grammar

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Unexpected outcomes Syllabus components Building grammar Building vocabulary Listening development

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about new products. It covers the past progressive. Syllabus component description Practicing the past progressive. Practicing adjective suffixes 'un-', 'im-', 'in-' and 'ir-'. Listening to four people talking about some new products, selecting the correct name for each product and then deciding which products you hear being described. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about information technology. Syllabus component description Practicing words you need to talk about technology. Listening to six people talking about what they do online and selecting the correct words or phrases to complete the transcripts.

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Lifeline to Information Technology Syllabus components Building vocabulary Listening development

UNIT 12
49 Patterns of buying Syllabus components Building vocabulary Listening development

Description This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about buying and selling and to talk about clothes. Syllabus component description Practicing words for clothes. Note: When playing 'Molly in the Building on Fire', select the topic 'Clothes and accessories'. Listening to five people saying whether they are buying or selling something in a call-in radio show and selecting the correct answer for each speaker. Listening to an interview about fashions in the 60s and 70s and choosing the correct answers to questions about the interview. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about advertising. It covers the present perfect progressive. Syllabus component description Practicing the present perfect progressive. Listening to a telephone sales person trying to sell an advertisement and selecting true or false for each statement. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about corporations. It covers the present perfect simple and progressive. Syllabus component description Contrasting the present perfect simple and progressive. Visiting external websites and answering questions about department and retail stores in the U.S.A. Practicing numbers and prices. This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about marketing. Syllabus component description Practicing terms used in marketing. This syllabus item provides further practice of the language covered in Units 11 and 12. Syllabus component description Practicing the past simple passive. Practicing the past progressive. Practicing the present perfect simple and progressive. Practicing building sentences.

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The hard sell Syllabus components Building grammar Listening development

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Spotlight on a corporation Syllabus components Building grammar Building vocabulary

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Lifeline to advertising and marketing Syllabus components Building vocabulary

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Checkpoint 6 Syllabus components Building grammar

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