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CONTENTS

Map of the book 4


Your Guide to Unlock Basic Literacy 8
STARTER UNIT The basics 10
UNIT 1 Meeting people 30
UNIT 2 People and things 46
UNIT 3 University life 62
UNIT 4 Different countries 78
UNIT 5 Work 94
UNIT 6 Food and health 110
UNIT 7 Places 126
UNIT 8 Spending 142
UNIT 9 Technology 158
UNIT 10 Free time and fashion 174
Audio scripts 190
Acknowledgements 193
MAP OF THE BOOK
KEY WORDS
UNIT LITERACY AND HANDWRITING LISTENING AND READING
FOR LITERACY

STARTER Greetings, numbers, classroom instructions, the alphabet, consonant sounds and vowel sounds

1 MEETING Capital letters for names and countries


Spelling names
Understanding personal Focus on he,
questions she, you, the
PEOPLE Writing numbers 0–10 (digits) Reading an email
ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS:
Punctuation: full stops and question marks
SPELLING CHALLENGE:
Words with a, e, i, o and u

2 PEOPLE AND Writing: Mr, Mrs, Dr; short verb forms with an
apostrophe, numbers 0–10 (words), numbers
Understanding details about Focus on are,
objects and people is, one, two,
THINGS 11–100 (digits and words) Reading a description of from
a class
ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS:
Punctuation: capital letters at the start of a
sentence
Full stops
SPELLING CHALLENGE:
Focus on date, lime, cape and pipe

3 UNIVERSITY Capital letters for subjects


Capital letters for days of the week
Understanding questions Focus on it, at,
about subjects people study in, on
LIFE Spelling words Reading an email
ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS:
Joining sentences with and
Punctuation: question marks, full stops and
commas
SPELLING CHALLENGE:
Focus on home, student, perfume, hole,
globe and dune

4 DIFFERENT Spelling words


Capital letters for countries and cities
Listening to short Focus on
introductions of places what, who,
COUNTRIES Reading short descriptions when, where
ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS:
of countries and cities
Joining sentences with and
Punctuation: breaking a longer text into
sentences
Commas
SPELLING CHALLENGE:
Focus on teacher, desert, jeep, beach,
family and sea

5 WORK Spelling of jobs


Verbs with s for he and she in Present simple
Understanding information Focus on with,
about people’s jobs we, work,
Capital letters for months Reading a poster with details write
ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS:
Recognising verbs in sentences
Punctuation: capital letters
Full stops at the end of a sentence
SPELLING CHALLENGE:
Focus on cries, washes, flies and watches

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MAP OF THE BOOK 

WRITING LANGUAGE PRONUNCIATION

Complete sentences with personal Vocabulary: Word stress


information. ID, countries, study objects SOUND AND
WRITING CHALLENGE: Grammar: SPELLING:
Write about you. Possessive adjectives p, b
Complete sentences The verb be Short vowels
with his, her, number and first.
Write about your teacher.

Write about your class. Vocabulary: SOUND AND


WRITING CHALLENGE: Family, my things, numbers 11–100 SPELLING:
Write about a person in your family. Grammar: th
Write about two teachers. The verb be: we and they Word stress
Write about your family. Possessive adjectives (our, their) Silent e – a_e, i_e
Regular plural nouns

Complete a timetable. Vocabulary: Word stress


Write about your timetable. Subjects, days of the week, adjectives, time SOUND AND
WRITING CHALLENGE: Grammar: SPELLING:
Write about you. When/where and in/on/at sh, ch, th
Write about a subject. The verb be: it Silent e – o_e, u_e

Make notes about a country, Vocabulary: Word stress


city and place. Describing countries, describing cities, Wh- SOUND AND
Write about your country and a questions SPELLING:
city in your country. Grammar: e, ee, ea
WRITING CHALLENGE: Prepositions in and from Wh- sounds
Write about your country. The verb be: negative
Write about a city in your country.

Write about your friend. Vocabulary: Word stress


WRITING CHALLENGE: Jobs, my day, work, months SOUND AND
Write about a person. Grammar: SPELLING:
Write about your day. Article a f, ph, ff
Preposition at Adding s
Preposition in with months ou
Present simple affirmative: he and she

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KEY WORDS
UNIT LITERACY AND HANDWRITING LISTENING AND READING
FOR LITERACY

6 FOOD AND Spelling of words describing food and drink Listening to a survey Focus on of,
Reading an academic some, lot, not
HEALTH ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS: statistical article
Avoiding repetition by using pronouns
Finding and correcting mistakes

SPELLING CHALLENGE:
Words with ee, ea and i

7 PLACES Spelling of: words describing places, phrases, Understanding information Focus on new,
plural nouns about places in the city old, between,
Reading a university website to
ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS:
Completing sentences with adjectives
Completing sentences with prepositions

SPELLING CHALLENGE:
Focus on start, park, airport and work
Focus on train, station, street and student

8 SPENDING Spelling of objects Understanding information Focus on buy,


Writing large numbers (digits and words) about people’s spending by, have, and
habits
ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS: Reading a business report
Word order in sentences
Punctuation: full stops and question marks
Completing sentences with frequency words

SPELLING CHALLENGE:
Focus on day, games, train, pay and
newspaper

9 TECHNOLOGY Spelling of words describing technology, Listening to a debate on Focus on can,


regular and irregular plural nouns technology never, often,
Reading an article on using always
ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS: technology
Joining sentences with but
Punctuation: full stops and commas

SPELLING CHALLENGE:
Focus on plays, glasses and blog
Focus on fridge and watch

10 FREE TIME Spelling of words describing free-time Understanding information Focus on this,
activities about people’s free time and these, they,
AND FASHION favourite colours and clothes their
ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS: Reading a blog with people’s
Joining sentences with and, but and also likes and dislikes
SPELLING CHALLENGE:
Focus on watch, student, drink and lunch

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MAP OF THE BOOK 

WRITING LANGUAGE PRONUNCIATION

Complete notes as preparation Vocabulary: Word stress


for writing. Food, daily routine, health, feelings SOUND AND
Write about your friend. Grammar: SPELLING:
WRITING CHALLENGE: don’t and doesn’t Review
Write about your friend. A lot of, some, not a lot of ea, i, e, ee
Write about your country. nk, st, nch

Write about a famous place in Vocabulary: Word stress


your city. Places in the city 1, places in the city 2, famous SOUND AND
WRITING CHALLENGE: places, location SPELLING:
Write about your city. Grammar: rt, rk
Write about your city in your Article a and an Review
country. There is / There are st, tr, str
Adjectives

Write about your friend. Vocabulary: Word stress


WRITING CHALLENGE: Things we buy, calendar time, shopping, money SOUND AND
Write about your friend. Grammar: SPELLING:
Write about your shopping. Frequency expressions ay, a_e, ai
Present simple: questions nd, ng

Complete notes as preparation Vocabulary: Word stress


for writing. Computers and the internet, things we use, SOUND AND
Write about your friend. people, asking for and giving opinions SPELLING:
WRITING CHALLENGE: Grammar: Review
Write about you. can and can’t (for possibility) bl, pl, gl
Write about a smart TV. Frequency expressions 2 dge, tch

Complete a survey as preparation Vocabulary: Word stress


for writing. Free time, free time review, clothes, colours SOUND AND
Write an email. Grammar: SPELLING:
WRITING CHALLENGE: Order of adjectives Review
Write about your free time. Like + -ing -ing
Write about your friend. This is / These are
Possessive ’s

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