Professional Documents
Culture Documents
- People talking about special moments in their lives (multiple matching) - A radio news report about Google (sentence completion) - Listening to three different extracts - People talking about their favourite ways of relaxing (multiple matching)
- Short extracts linked to the theme of success (multiple choice) - An article about happiness (multiple choice) - An extract from an article on J.R.R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings (multiple choice) - An article about a hiking holiday in Tasmania (gapped text) - An article about the grandparent/ grandchild relationship
asking for/giving advice; giving an opinion; expressing uncertainty; giving and responding to news; comparing and contrasting speculating negotiating; reaching an agreement
celebrations; career success; collocations; words often confused; idioms; fixed phrases with on; phrasal verbs; communication: giving and responding to news pastimes and hobbies; leisure activities; adjectives; collocations; idioms; fixed phrases with at; phrasal verbs; communication: making and responding to suggestions; interrupting family; characteristics; words often confused; collocations;
gerund/infinitiv e
reviews
Travel, entertainment, leisure, relaxing UNIT 3 People Power - Peter and Carol talking about the news (multiple choice)
articles
Social problems, civil liberties, unemployment, poverty, international issues, environmental problems UNIT 5 Our Changing World Technology, computers, space travel, technology in everyday life
- Three different extracts (multiple choice) - A short talk about a volunteer helpline (sentence completion)
(multiple matching) - An extract from an article about confidence building (multiple choice) - Three short extracts which are linked to one theme (multiple choice) - An article about a day in a London magistrates court where a minor offences are dealt with (gapped text) - An article about artificial intelligence (multiple choice) - An article about American astronauts of the 1960s (multiple matching)
comparing and contrasting; speculating; discussing pros and cons; inviting speaker to continue discussing problems/offering solutions; evaluating; giving opinions reports and proposals
crime and the law; punishment; charity; social issues; workers in the legal system; phrasal verbs; idioms; fixed phrases with against; communication: discussing problems and offering solutions science and technology; computers; collocations; phrasal verbs; idioms; fixed phrases with in; communication: sharing opinions
- A radio discussion about the pros and cons of opening a new fast food restaurant in a small town called Manley (multiple choice) - People talking about technological devices that they use in their work (multiple
future forms
matching)
- Three different extracts (multiple choice) - A firefighter talking about his work (sentence completion)
- Three short extracts which are all linked to the theme of night working (multiple choice) - An article about todays public sector working hours (gapped text) - A text about four great medical discoveries (multiple choice) - An article about what a referees job involve (multiple choice)
set texts
jobs, work and workplaces; collocations; idioms; fixed phrases with on; phrasal verbs; communication: polite requests
- A medical adviser talking about exercise and health (sentence completion) - A radio interview in which two people discuss the sport of heliskiing (multiple choice) - Five people talking about sport (multiple matching)
the human body; problems; treatments; sports; playing areas; collocations; idioms; fixed phrases with under; phrasal verbs; communication: making appointments
The fashion industry, image, the visual arts UNIT 10 Shop Around
- Three different extracts about three unrelated topics (multiple choice) - A part of a radio interview with the university lecturer Dr Harry Gray about children and language learning (multiple choice) - An imageconsultant giving advice to students looking for job (sentence completion) - Some people talking about special effects in films (multiple matching) - Three different extracts about three unrelated topics (multiple choice) - A radio discussion about mens shopping habits (multiple choice)
- An article by a student who graduated from university with a first-class degree (multiple choice) - An article written by a mother whose child started reading later than others (gapped text) - An article about Betty Jackson, a fashion designer (gapped text) - Three short extracts which are all linked to one theme (multiple choice) - An article about the advantages and disadvantages of convenience stores compared with supermarkets (gapped text) - An article about young people and advertising
information sheets
school, college, university; study methods; subjects; learning; collocations; idioms; fixed phrases with by; phrasal verbs; communication: describing similarities/ differences
relative clauses
likes and dislikes; expressing surprise; reporting emergences; discussing; evaluating and selecting
competition entries
image; looks; films; collocations; idioms; fixed phrases with down; phrasal verbs; communication: expressing surprise; calling 999 shopping; money; advertising; collocations; idioms; fixed phrases with carry; phrasal verbs; communication: placing/ confirming an order; making/ answering a
money
(multiple choice)
complaint