UNIT 1...Practising the affirmative, negative and interrogative forms of the verb 'to be'....

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Straightforward Beginner Practice OnlineThis course accompanies 'Straightforward Beginner'. There are twelve units in this course. Resources are grouped into five categories: Language Focus, Grammar, Vocabulary, Listening and Pronunciation.

UNIT 1Lessons 1A-1D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about personal information and greetings. It also provides practice of verb 'to be', possessive adjectives and asking and answering questions.

Language focus Practising the affirmative and interrogative forms of the verb 'to be'. Practising the verb 'to be' and subject pronouns. Practising the affirmative, negative and interrogative forms of the verb 'to be'. Practising possessive adjectives.

Pronunciation Identifying a speaker's attitude from the intonation of questions.

Listening Listening to a conversation about mobile phone numbers. Listening to a conversation between two students about their classmates.

Vocabulary Practising completing forms with the correct details. Practising languages and countries.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the use of 'to be' in the present simple. Checking your knowledge of the use of possessive adjectives. Checking your knowledge of the form of possessive adjectives.

Hello Language Exercise

What's your name? Language Exercise

Where are you from? Language Exercise

Possessive adjectives Language Exercise

Be: present simple use

Grammar Reference Unit

Possessive adjectives: use Grammar Reference Unit

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Possessive adjectives: form


Completing forms Vocabulary Activity

What language do they speak?

Vocabulary Activity

Mobile phone numbers Listening Activity

Who's he? Listening Activity

Intonation Pronunciation Activity

UNIT 2Lessons 2A-2D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about restaurants, numbers and spelling. It also provides practice of plurals, demonstratives and articles.

Vocabulary Practising the full form of common English abbreviations. Practising spelling numbers from one to a hundred.

Listening Listening to someone ordering food in a restaurant. Listening to and identifying four different sets of numbers and letters. Listening to two people ordering food.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the use of 'a' and 'an'. Checking your knowledge of demonstrative adjectives and pronouns.

Pronunciation Listening to the alphabet song and keying in the missing letters in the alphabet. Contrasting the sounds /i/ and /i:/.

Language focus Practising demonstrative adjectives. Practising making nouns plural.

Buying things Language Exercise

Plurals Language Exercise

Articles: a v an Grammar Reference Unit

Demonstratives: adjectives and pronouns


Acronyms Vocabulary Activity

Meet my family Vocabulary Activity

Restaurants and eating out Listening Activity

Letters and numbers Listening Activity

What's on the menu? Listening Activity

Alphabet rap Pronunciation Activity

Long and short vowels Pronunciation Activity

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UNIT 3Lessons 3A-3D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about jobs, colours and nationalities. It also provides practice of the affirmative, negative and interrogative forms of the verb 'to be'.

Pronunciation Identifying the main syllable stress in countries and nationalities within three pattern groups. Practising consonant sounds.

Vocabulary Practising words for different types of job. Practising the use of nationality nouns and adjectives. Practising the days of the week. Practising useful classroom language.

Language focus Practising contractions. Practising the present tense of the verb 'to be'.

Listening Listening to a conversation about preferences for colours and clothes.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the present simple affirmative form of 'to be'. Checking your knowledge of the present simple negative form of 'to be'. Checking your knowledge of the present simple interrogative form of 'to be'.

Contractions of the verb to be

Language Exercise

Conference introductions Language Exercise

Be: present simple affirmative


Be: present simple negative


Be : present simple interrogative


What's your job? Vocabulary Activity

Where are they from? Vocabulary Activity

Days of the week Vocabulary Activity

How do you spell ...? Vocabulary Activity

I don't like the colour! Listening Activity

Word stress Pronunciation Activity

Consonant sounds Pronunciation Activity

UNIT 4Lessons 4A-4D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about family relationships, places and numbers. It also provides practice of possessives and prepositions of place.

Vocabulary Practising words for family relationships. Practising spelling numbers from one to a hundred. Practising family relationships.

Language focus Practising using the possessive 's'. Practising 'in', 'on', 'under' and 'at'. Practising prepositions of place (saying where things are).

Pronunciation Identifying schwa sounds in sentences.

Listening Listening to a man and a woman talking about where their friends' possessions are. Listening to a phone call about arrangements for a business trip.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the prepositions of place 'at', 'in', 'on' and 'under'. Checking your knowledge of the possessive case.

Possessives Language Exercise Where are the keys? Language Exercise

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Where's my ...? Language Exercise

Prepositions of place 1 Grammar Reference Unit

Possessive case: form Grammar Reference Unit

Family relationships Vocabulary Activity

Meet my family Vocabulary Activity

The family tree Vocabulary Activity

Where is it? Listening Activity

What time do you arrive? Listening Activity

Vowel sounds Pronunciation Activity

UNIT 5Lessons 5A-5B

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about work and technology. It also provides practice of the present simple.

Pronunciation Identifying stressed words in questions. Practising the consonants /s/, /z/ and /iz/.

Listening Listening to an interview, deciding if statements are true or false and completing sentences with the correct form of the present simple. Listening to six people talking about their jobs and matching the names to the correct job.

Language focus Reading about someone's daily routine and putting events in order. Practising the affirmative, negative, interrogative and short answer forms of the verb 'have got'. Practising the use of adjectives and adverbs.

Vocabulary Practising words describing people's jobs. Practising words you need to talk about office equipment.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the affirmative form of the present simple. Checking your knowledge of negative forms of the present simple. Checking your knowledge of the present simple interrogative.

Max's day Language Exercise

Have got Language Exercise

Adjectives and adverbs Language Exercise

Present simple: affirmative Grammar Reference Unit

Present simple: negative Grammar Reference Unit

Present simple: interrogative


Job types Vocabulary Activity

Office equipment Vocabulary Activity

My job Listening Activity

Jobs Listening Activity

Sentence stress Pronunciation Activity


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UNIT 6Lessons 6A-6D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about free time, routines and food. It also provides practice of the use of the present simple and adverbs of frequency.

Language focus Practising the present simple by completing sentences with the correct form of a verb. Practising 'wh-' questions in the present simple. Practising the question form 'How often' with the present simple. Practising the time. Practising question words.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the use of the present simple. Checking your knowledge of adverbs of frequency.

Pronunciation Practising vowel sounds in single words spelled with 'o' and 'u'.

Listening Listening to four radio extracts and identifying the correct time. Listening to someone talking about her free time.

Vocabulary Practising types of hobbies. Practising places that people go to for entertainment. Practising words about food.

Present simple Language Exercise

Question formation Language Exercise

Modern communication Language Exercise

What's the time? Language Exercise

Interview with a TV director

Language Exercise

Present simple: use Grammar Reference Unit

Adverbs of frequency: never to always


What's your hobby? Vocabulary Activity

Places of entertainment Vocabulary Activity

Food Vocabulary Activity

What's the time? Listening Activity

Free time Listening Activity


UNIT 7Lessons 7A-7D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about travelling and places in town. It also provides practice of 'there is/there are'.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the affirmative form of 'there is' and 'there are'. Checking your knowledge of the interrogative form of 'there is' and 'there are'. Checking your knowledge of the negative form of 'there is' and 'there are'.

Pronunciation Identifying interested intonation in questions. Identifying the tone of the voice in questions. Practising the consonant sounds /v/ and /w/.

Language focus Practising the use of 'there is', 'there are', 'there isn't' and 'there aren't'. Practising the use of 'there is' and 'there are'. Practising 'there is/are' + countable/uncountable nouns.

Listening Listening to someone talking about places in a town.

Vocabulary Practising the names of buildings and places. Practising words associated with travelling by plane. Practising expressions that are useful when using public transport. Practising forms of transport.

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Is there a bank on this street?

Language Exercise

There is, there are Language Exercise

Harry and Mandy make lunch

Language Exercise

There is/are: affirmative Grammar Reference Unit

There is/are: interrogative Grammar Reference Unit

There is/are: negative Grammar Reference Unit

Places and buildings Vocabulary Activity

Travelling by plane Vocabulary Activity

Travelling by public transport

Vocabulary Activity

Getting around Vocabulary Activity

My town Listening Activity




UNIT 8Lessons 8A-8D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to give opinions, likes and dislikes. It also provides practice of the past simple of to be and the use of personal pronouns.

Pronunciation Identifying a speaker's attitude from the intonation of questions and deciding if they are interested or not interested. Identifying the tone of the voice in questions by listening and selecting polite or impolite according to the intonation.

Listening Listening to four conversations about likes and dislikes and deciding who is speaking. Listening to two people talking about the sports they like, then selecting the sports they like and don't like.

Language focus Contrasting the use of 'was' and 'were'. Practising making questions and giving short answers with 'was' and 'were'. Practising affirmative and negative sentences with 'like', 'love' and 'hate'. Expressing likes and dislikes with singular and plural nouns. Practising the affirmative, negative and interrogative forms of the present simple with the pronouns 'I', 'you', 'we' and 'they'.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of past simple use of 'to be'. Checking your knowledge of the past simple affirmative of 'to be'. Checking your knowledge of the past simple interrogative of 'to be'. Checking your knowledge of the past simple negative of 'to be'.

Were you ill? Language Exercise

Questions and short answers with was and were

Language Exercise

Do you like that? Language Exercise

Likes and dislikes Language Exercise

What do you like? Language Exercise

Be: past simple use


Be: past simple affirmative Grammar Reference Unit

Be: past simple interrogative


Be: past simple negative Grammar Reference Unit

Likes and dislikes Listening Activity

What sports do you like? Listening Activity



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UNIT 9Lessons 9A-9D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about holidays and music. It also provides practice of the past simple and prepositions of time.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the affirmative form of the past simple regular. Checking your knowledge of the negative form of the past simple regular. Checking your knowledge of the affirmative form of the past simple irregular. Checking your knowledge of the negative form of the past simple irregular.

Pronunciation Contrasting the different endings for regular verbs in the past simple. Practising consonant sounds.

Listening Listening to announcements and choosing the correct preposition. Listening to a conversation about a holiday trip.

Language focus Practising the past simple and present simple verb forms of irregular verbs. Practising the past simple. Practising regular and irregular past simple forms in affirmative and negative sentences. Practising the prepositions of time 'in', 'at' and 'on'.

Vocabulary Practising words connected with travel. Practising words you need to talk about music.

Past and present hobbies Language Exercise

What did you do last weekend?

Language Exercise

A busy day at work Language Exercise

Dates and times Language Exercise

Past simple regular: affirmative


Past simple regular: negative


Past simple irregular: affirmative


Past simple irregular: negative


Taking a holiday Vocabulary Activity

Music Vocabulary Activity

What are they saying? Listening Activity

On holiday Listening Activity

Regular verb endings Pronunciation Activity


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UNIT 10Lessons 10A-10D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about weekend activities and shopping. It also provides practice of questions in the past simple.

Vocabulary Practising words and phrases used in shops. Practising words related to shopping. Practising the names of shops and what you can buy in them.

Pronunciation Distinguishing the sounds /ai/ and /ei/. Contrasting two different diphthong sounds.

Listening Listening to people asking about how much things cost. Listening to people talking about sport.

Language focus Practising the past simple. Practising questions in the past simple. Practising ways to ask for information in a shop by rearranging words to form questions.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the interrogative form of the past simple regular. Checking your knowledge of the interrogative form of the past simple irregular.

What did you do last weekend?

Language Exercise

Questions in the past simple

Language Exercise

Asking for information in a shop

Language Exercise

Past simple regular: interrogative


Past simple irregular: interrogative


Shopping Vocabulary Activity

Shopping preferences Vocabulary Activity

What can you buy here? Vocabulary Activity

Shopping Listening Activity

I play cricket Listening Activity


Out or oat Pronunciation Activity


This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about art. It also provides practice of 'can' and the present continuous.

Vocabulary Practising vocabulary to talk about different kinds of paintings. Practising phrasal verbs connected with machines.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of affirmative, negative and interrogative forms of the modal verb 'can'. Checking your knowledge of the present continuous affirmative. Checking your knowledge of the use of the present continuous.

Listening Listening to two teenagers talking about a healthier lifestyle and choosing the correct option between the present simple and the present continuous.

Language focus Practising the modal verb 'can/can't' for ability. Practising the present continuous. Practising adverbs with the present continuous.

Pronunciation Practising consonant sounds by listening and choosing the correct sound for each word. Identifying the words 'can' and 'can't' in simple sentences and questions.

Can for ability Language Exercise Present continuous Language Exercise

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Present continuous Language Exercise

What are they doing? Language Exercise

Ability: can Grammar Reference Unit

Present continuous: affirmative


Present continuous: use Grammar Reference Unit

What kind of paintings are they?

Vocabulary Activity

Instructions for using a tumble dryer

Vocabulary Activity

Healthy eating Listening Activity

Pronouncing sounds Pronunciation Activity



This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about future plans, phone calls and travelling. It also provides practice of the future with 'going to'.

Pronunciation Identifying the sounds /tə/ and /tu:/ when 'to' links with other words in sentences.

Listening Listening to ten different extracts from phone calls and deciding if statements are true or false. Listening to a phone call about arrangements for a business trip and choosing the correct times and numbers to complete the conversation. Listening to a conversation about holiday problems.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the different uses of the future with 'going to'. Checking your knowledge of how to form the affirmative full and short forms of the future with 'going to'. Checking your knowledge of the negative forms of the future with going to. Checking your knowledge of the interrogative forms of the future with 'going to'.

Language focus Listening to three conversations about different kinds of plans, matching the conversations with pictures and completing sentences with 'going to'.

Vocabulary Practising use of collocations related to telephone language. Practising words and expressions used on the phone. Practising words used to talk about airports. Practising recognizing feelings.

Plans Language Exercise

Future with going to: use Grammar Reference Unit

Future with going to: affirmative


Future with going to: negative


Future with going to: interrogative


Telephone calls Vocabulary Activity

Can I leave a message? Vocabulary Activity

Taking a flight? Vocabulary Activity

How do you feel? Vocabulary Activity

On the phone Listening Activity

What time do you arrive? Listening Activity

Holiday problems Listening Activity

Weak and strong forms Pronunciation Activity

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Straightforward Elementary Practice OnlineThis course accompanies 'Straightforward Elementary'. There are twelve units in this course. Resources are grouped into five categories: Language Focus, Grammar, Vocabulary, Listening and Pronunciation.

UNIT 1Lesson 1A-1D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about social relations, people and personal possessions. It also provides practice of the present simple of the verb 'to be' and questions .

Grammar Checking your knowledge of apostrophe 's'.

Pronunciation Identifying the main stressed words in sentences and questions.

Vocabulary Practising names of pieces of electrical household equipment and their definitions.

Listening Listening to a woman talking about her 21st birthday party plans. Listening to people talking about breakfast habits in different places. Listening to five conversations at a party. Listening to five people talking at the airport.

Language Focus Practising word order in personal questions. Practising the affirmative and interrogative forms of the verb 'to be'. Practising the question words 'when', 'why', 'what', 'how' and 'where'. Practising possessive adjectives. Practising the pronouns 'this', 'that', 'these' and 'those'.

Interview with Maria Language Exercise

My English class Language Exercise

Asking personal questions Language Exercise

Possessive adjectives Language Exercise

Demonstratives Language Exercise

's: is, has, possession Grammar Reference Unit

Useful things Vocabulary Activity

Party time Listening Activity

Breakfast all over the world

Listening Activity

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The barbecue Listening Activity

Which bag is ... Listening Activity


UNIT 2Lesson 2A-2D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about family life, people and routines. It also provides practice of questions in the present simple.

Vocabulary Practising describing appearances. Practising words for parts of the body. Practising useful language to talk about hobbies.

Pronunciation Practising word stress. Practising the sounds /z/ and /s/ at the ends of words.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of how to use 'wh-' questions.

Listening Listening to two people talking about their daily routine in different countries. Listening to a French woman talking about her family.

Language Focus Practising question words. Practising the present simple for routine. Practising short answers to present simple questions.

My cousin Jane Language Exercise

What I do on Saturdays Language Exercise

What does Mrs Bari do? Language Exercise

Wh- words: what, where, when, etc.


Who has long hair? Vocabulary Activity

Parts of the body Vocabulary Activity

Talking about hobbies Vocabulary Activity

Daily routine Listening Activity

People and activities Listening Activity

Family life Listening Activity



UNIT 3Lesson 3A-3D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about houses and furniture. It also provides practice of prepositions of place, 'much' and 'many'.

Language Focus Contrasts 'there is' and 'there are' with the pronouns 'it' and 'they'. Contrasts the prepositions of place 'at' and 'to'. Practising 'much' and 'many'.

Listening Listening to a teenager describing his bedroom. Read a description of a house and listening to descriptions of three people, then deciding which one lives in the house. Listening to directions in an office.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the use of 'there is/are'. Checking your knowledge of the prepositions of place 'behind', 'between', 'in front of', 'near', 'next to' and 'opposite'. Checking your knowledge of the prepositions of place 'beside/next to/by, near/by, over/above and under/below'.

Vocabulary Practising words related to houses. Practising words for rooms and places inside and outside the home. Practising words for furniture and appliances.

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Beach life Language Exercise

At or to? Language Exercise

Much, many Language Exercise

There is/are: use




My home Vocabulary Activity

Houses Vocabulary Activity

Furniture and appliances Vocabulary Activity

My bedroom Listening Activity

Finding your way Listening Activity

Who lives there? Listening Activity

UNIT 4Lesson 4A-4D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about days of the week and what time it is. It also provides practice of prepositions of time, collocations and adverbs of frequency.

Language Focus Practising prepositions of time 'in', 'on' and 'at'. Listening to four radio extracts, clicking on the correct time of day for each extract, and selecting 'am' or 'pm' for each time. Practising the prepositions of time: 'on', 'at' and 'in'.

Pronunciation Contrasting vowels/diphthongs in minimal pairs. Practising the vowel sounds /a:/, /ea/, /ei/ and /ai/. Contrasting diphthongs and vowel sounds.

Listening Listening to somebody talking about his travel plans.

Vocabulary Practising different ways of writing the time. Practising telling the time. Practising the days of the week. Practising frequently used verb-noun collocations.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the word order of adverbs of frequency.

Prepositions of time Language Exercise

What's the time? Language Exercise

Mr Gonzales starts work at 9 am.

Language Exercise

Adverbs of frequency: word order


Telling the time Vocabulary Activity

What time is it? Vocabulary Activity

Days of the week Vocabulary Activity

Common collocations Vocabulary Activity

A working holiday Listening Activity

Minimal pairs contrasting vowels

Pronunciation Activity



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UNIT 5Lesson 5A-5D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the weather and travelling. It also provides practice of the past and 'can'.

Language Focus Practising the use of 'can' for requests. Practising the past simple of 'have'. Practising the past simple. Practising adverbs of frequency in sentences about seasons and the weather.

Vocabulary Practising words for different types of weather. Practising words related to the weather. Practising words for journeys. Practising words and phrases commonly used when travelling on business.

Pronunciation Identifying the words 'can' and 'can't' in simple sentences and questions.

Listening Listening to a teenager asking for permission to go out. Listening to a radio interview with a man from a museum of archeology. Listening to telephone messages.

On the phone Language Exercise

Past simple of have Language Exercise

Past simple Language Exercise

Describing the weather Language Exercise

The weather forecast Vocabulary Activity

Weather Vocabulary Activity

Travel around the world Vocabulary Activity

Travel language Vocabulary Activity

Going out! Listening Activity

Interview with Dr Martin Listening Activity

Can you do this? Listening Activity


UNIT 6Lesson 6A-6D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about feelings and opinions. It also provides practice of the past simple and adverbs of manner.

Pronunciation Identifying the speaker's feelings about accepting a job offer by listening to his intonation. Identifying a speaker's opinion from the intonation of the word 'yes'.

Listening Listening for mood and tone of voice in telephone messages. Listening to two students talking about the school library.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of use of the past simple irregular. Checking your knowledge of adverbs of manner.

Language Focus Practising the past simple. Practising irregular past simple and past participle forms. Practising irregular forms of the past simple.

Vocabulary Practising names for sports. Practising useful language to talk about hobbies.



Irregular past forms Language Exercise

Different hobbies Language Exercise

Past simple irregular: use Grammar Reference Unit

Adverbs of manner: word order


Sports Vocabulary Activity

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What's your favourite sport?

Vocabulary Activity

Talking about hobbies Vocabulary Activity

Leaving a telephone message

Listening Activity

A visit to the school library Listening Activity

Are you sure you want that new job?


What shall we do? Pronunciation Activity

UNIT 7Lesson 7A-7D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about food and eating out. It also provides practice of countable and uncountable nouns.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of uncountable nouns that represent food.

Language Focus Practising 'there is/are' + countable/uncountable nouns. Practising the present simple of the verb 'to be' with countable and uncountable nouns. Practising the use of 'do' as an auxiliary verb.

Pronunciation Practising syllable stress. Identifying the stress pattern in two- and three-syllable words.

Vocabulary Practising words and phrases used in restaurants. Practising words for food. Practising the language used in restaurants when eating out with clients or contacts.

Listening Listening to two people ordering food. Listening to someone ordering food in a restaurant. Listening to a woman booking a table at a restaurant.

Harry and Mandy make lunch

Language Exercise

The verb to be with countable and uncountable nouns

Language Exercise

I love pizza Language Exercise

Uncountable nouns: food Grammar Reference Unit

Eating out Vocabulary Activity

Fruit, vegetable, dairy or meat?

Vocabulary Activity

Let me buy you lunch Vocabulary Activity

What's on the menu? Listening Activity

Restaurants and eating out Listening Activity

Booking a restaurant Listening Activity



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UNIT 8Lesson 8A-8D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about travelling and transport. It also provides practice of the present simple and the present continuous.

Pronunciation Practising consonant sounds.

Language Focus Practising the present simple and present continuous. Contrasting the present simple with the present continuous. Practising using 'let's' for suggestions.

Vocabulary Practising words used when describing air travel. Practising collocations with 'travel' or 'tourist'. Practising collocations with the verbs 'take', 'have' and 'break'. Practising suggesting solutions to problems.

Listening Listening to two people talking about travelling around in a large city. Listening to two people visiting the Transport Museum in London.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the use of the present continuous. Checking your knowledge of the use of the present simple and the present continuous. Checking your knowledge of the use of gerunds and infinitives.

Present simple v present continuous

Language Exercise

Present continuous v present simple

Language Exercise

Suggestions with Let's Language Exercise

Present continuous: use Grammar Reference Unit

Present simple v continuous


Gerunds and infinitives: likes and dislikes


Holiday in Florida Vocabulary Activity

Travel expressions Vocabulary Activity

Take, have or break? Vocabulary Activity

Why don't you ... ? Vocabulary Activity

Travelling Around Listening Activity

Public transport Listening Activity

Pronouncing sounds Pronunciation Activity

UNIT 9Lesson 9A-9D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about health and the body. It also provides practice of imperatives and possessives.

Language Focus Practising imperative verbs. Practising the use of apostrophe 's'. Practising the use of object and subject pronouns and possessive pronouns and adjectives. Practising using the possessive 's'.

Pronunciation Practising vowel sounds. Recognizing words with and without an initial /h/.

Listening Listening to instructions given at a gym lesson.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of imperatives. Checking your knowledge of possessive pronouns.

Vocabulary Practising spelling words for clothes. Practising words for parts of the body. Practising words for different types of health problems.

Following instructions Language Exercise Apostrophe 's Language Exercise

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Pronouns and possession Language Exercise

Possessives Language Exercise

Possessive pronouns Grammar Reference Unit

Clothes Vocabulary Activity

Parts of the body Vocabulary Activity

Where are they? Vocabulary Activity

Health problems Vocabulary Activity

Taking exercise Listening Activity


Sounds Pronunciation Activity

Imperative Grammar Reference Unit

UNIT 10Lesson 10A-10D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about places in a city. It also provides practice of modals of necessity, comparatives and superlatives.

Language Focus Practising the modals of necessity 'must' and 'mustn't'. Practising comparative adjectives. Practising superlatives.

Listening Listening to someone talking about places in a town. Listening to conversations in a shop.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of superlatives formed by adding 'the most' before the adjective. Checking your knowledge of the order of two or more adjectives used together. Checking your knowledge of comparatives formed by adding '-er' to the adjective.

Vocabulary Practising words related to places. Practising giving directions in a town.

Pronunciation Identifying the stress pattern in two- and three-syllable words. Identifying whether the final 't' in 'must' or 'mustn't' is pronounced within a sentence.

Life changes Language Exercise

Spot the difference Language Exercise

Superlatives Language Exercise

Superlative adjectives: the most + adjective


Order of adjectives Grammar Reference Unit

Comparative adjectives: + -er


Places - town and country Vocabulary Activity

How do I get there? Vocabulary Activity

My town Listening Activity

Where is it? Listening Activity

Can I help you? Listening Activity


Word linking Pronunciation Activity

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This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about work and invitations. It also provides practice of the future with 'will' and 'going to'.

Pronunciation Practising the consonant sounds /v/ and /w/.

Vocabulary Practising collocations with the verbs 'get', 'do' and 'make'. Practising collocations of verbs and nouns in a work context. Practising jobs and their descriptions. Practising words used to talk about jobs.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of using 'shall' and 'would' to make offers and invitations. Checking your knowledge of nouns and noun phrases used with 'make' and 'do'.

Listening Listening two interviews about people's working lives.

Language Focus Practising 'will' and 'won't'. Practising the future with 'going to'. Practising future 'wh-' questions with 'will'.

A future quiz Language Exercise

Holiday problems Language Exercise

Future questions with will Language Exercise

Offers/invitations: shall, would


Make v do: A-L Grammar Reference Unit

Make v do: M-W Grammar Reference Unit

Get, do and make Vocabulary Activity

Work expressions Vocabulary Activity

Job descriptions Vocabulary Activity

What do you do? Vocabulary Activity

Work survey Listening Activity



This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about music. It also provides practice of the present perfect.

Language Focus Practising the present perfect simple with 'ever' and 'never'.

Pronunciation Identifying the sounds used when 'to' links with other words in sentences. Practising the weak and strong forms of 'was', 'were', 'can' and 'are'.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of present perfect questions and short answers. Checking your knowledge of 'been' and 'gone'. Checking your knowledge of irregular past participles from A-D. Checking your knowledge of irregular past participles from E-K. Checking your knowledge of irregular past participles from L-R. Checking your knowledge of irregular past participles from S-W. Checking your knowledge of the use of irregular past participles.

Listening Listening to a conversation about Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the explorer.

Vocabulary Practising words you need to talk about music.

Present perfect simple Language Exercise Present perfect: interrogative


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Present perfect: been v gone


Irregular past participles: A-D


Irregular past participles: verbs E-K


Irregular past participles: verbs L-R


Irregular past participles: S-W


Participles: past participles Grammar Reference Unit

Music Vocabulary Activity

A great explorer! Listening Activity



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Straightforward Pre-intermediate Practice Online



Straightforward Pre-intermediate Practice OnlineThis course accompanies 'Straightforward Pre-intermediate'. There are twelve units in this course. Resources are grouped into five categories: Language Focus, Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading and Listening, and Pronunciation.

UNIT 1Lessons 1A-1D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about people and family relationships. It also provides practice of Wh- and Yes / No questions.

Reading and Listening Listening to a woman talking about her family. Listening to an interview about life in the 1920s.

Language Focus Practising wh- questions. Practising question words. Practising short answers to questions. Practising wh- question formation.

Vocabulary Practising phrasal verbs. Practising phrasal verbs that describe what people are doing. Practising common English collocations.

Pronunciation Identifying a speaker's attitude from the intonation of questions.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of auxiliary verbs. Checking your knowledge of Wh- questions that ask about a subject. Checking your knowledge of Wh- questions that ask about an object. Checking your knowledge of asking questions beginning with 'how'.

Wh- questions

Language Exercise

Choosing question words Language Exercise

Short answers Language Exercise

Ask some questions ... Language Exercise

Auxiliary verbs: summary and contrasts


Wh- questions: subject Grammar Reference Unit

Wh- questions: object Grammar Reference Unit

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Wh- words: how + adverbs/adjectives


Julie's bossy parents Vocabulary Activity

Street scene Vocabulary Activity

Making collocations Vocabulary Activity

Talking about families Listening Activity

Generation gap Listening Activity


UNIT 2Lessons 2A-2D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about schools and education. It also provides practice of the past simple and the past continuous and 'used to'.

Language Focus Practising irregular past simple and past participle forms. Practising 'used to' for past habits and states. Listening to people talking about life now and in the past. Contrasting the past simple with the past continuous.

Reading and Listening Reading Part 4: understanding global meaning. Choosing the correct answer to five multiple-choice questions on a text about an unusual child. Listening to two English teachers talking about learning English in the future.

Vocabulary Practising collocations. Practising combinations of verbs or nouns with prepositions. Practising words and phrases you need to talk about education.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of use of the past simple irregular. Checking your knowledge of the use of used to as a verb and as an adjective. Checking your knowledge of use of the past continuous. Checking your knowledge of past simple and past continuous use.

Pronunciation Contrasting the different endings for regular verbs in the past simple.

Irregular past forms Language Exercise

Used to Language Exercise

Then and now Language Exercise

Past simple v past continuous

Language Exercise

Past simple irregular: use Grammar Reference Unit

Used to: verb, adjective Grammar Reference Unit

Past continuous: use Grammar Reference Unit



School mornings Vocabulary Activity

Summer school Vocabulary Activity

Albert Einstein's education Vocabulary Activity

Brown University, USA Vocabulary Activity

Paper 1 Reading Part 4 Exam Preparation Exercise

Learning English Listening Activity

Regular verb endings Pronunciation Activity

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UNIT 3Lessons 3A-3D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about homes and hometowns. It also provides practice of countable and uncountable nouns, indefinite pronouns and quantifiers.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the uses of indefinite pronouns. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'some', 'any', 'no' and 'a/an'. Checking your knowledge of 'much' v. 'many'. Checking your knowledge of 'little/a little', 'few/a few'.

Pronunciation Practising recognizing words with and without an initial 'h'.

Vocabulary Practising giving directions in a town. Practising words related to houses. Practising words related to places.

Reading and Listening Listening to six people talking about different aspects of their town.

Language Focus Practising countable and uncountable nouns. Practising the use of 'a', 'some' and 'any'. Practising words indicating quantity: 'much', 'many', 'a lot of', 'a little', 'a few', 'enough'.

Choosing countable or uncountable nouns

Language Exercise

Countable and uncountable nouns

Language Exercise

A, some, any Language Exercise

Quantity words Language Exercise

Indefinite pronouns: some, any, every, no + compounds


Some, any, no, a/an Grammar Reference Unit

Determiners - quantifiers: much v many


Determiners - quantifiers: little/a little, few/a few


How do I get there? Vocabulary Activity

My home Vocabulary Activity

Places - town and country Vocabulary Activity

The town where I live Listening Activity

Sounds Pronunciation Activity

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UNIT 4Lessons 4A-4D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about personal relationships. It also provides practice of the present simple and the present continuous and prepositions of time.

Vocabulary Practising phrasal verbs used to talk about relationships. Practising phrasal verbs with 'get'.

Pronunciation Practising long and short vowels. Practising contrasting the different sounds for words spelt with 's'.

Language Focus Practising the present simple. Contrasting the present simple and present continuous. Practising recognition of the verbs that are not normally used in the continuous forms. Practising the prepositions of time 'in', 'on' and 'at'. Practising mixed prepositions.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of stative verbs. Checking your knowledge of adverbs of frequency. Checking your knowledge of adverbial expressions of frequency. Checking your knowledge of the use of the prepositions of time 'at', 'on', 'in', 'by' and cases when no preposition is used.

Reading and Listening Listening to a radio interview with a film star.

Present continuous Language Exercise

Present simple and present continuous

Language Exercise

Noisy neighbours Language Exercise

State verbs Language Exercise

Prepositions of time Language Exercise

Women's dating rules Language Exercise

Stative verbs Grammar Reference Unit

Adverbs of frequency: never to always


Adverbs of frequency: expressions of frequency


Prepositions of time: position


Chat room introduction Vocabulary Activity

Daniela's problem Vocabulary Activity

Jack Johnson Show Listening Activity

Feet or fit Pronunciation Activity

Pronunciation of the letter 's'


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UNIT 5Lessons 5A-5D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about holidays and travelling. It also provides practice of future forms: 'will' and 'going to' and the language of requests and permission.

Vocabulary Practising to a conversation about pony-trekking. Practising verbs and nouns for holiday activities. Practising words related to travel. Practising words used to talk about airports.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of when to use the future with 'will/won't'. Checking your knowledge of the different uses of the future with 'going to'. Checking your knowledge of how to use 'can' and 'may'.

Reading and Listening Listening to someone talking about his trip to South America.

Language Focus Practising the future with 'will' and 'won't'. Contrasting the use of 'will' and 'going to'. Practising 'will' and 'going to'. Contrasting 'will', 'won't' and 'going to'. Practising making offers and requests. Practising the modal verbs 'can', 'could' and 'may'.

Pronunciation Identifying polite or impolite intonation in requests.

A school trip Language Exercise

Will and going to Language Exercise

Will v going to Language Exercise

Will, won't, going to Language Exercise

Offers and requests Language Exercise

Modals of permission Language Exercise

Future with will/won't: use Grammar Reference Unit


Permission: can, may Grammar Reference Unit

A great time Vocabulary Activity

Holiday paradise Vocabulary Activity

Going on a trip Vocabulary Activity

Taking a flight? Vocabulary Activity

Going places Listening Activity


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UNIT 6Lessons 6A-6D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about food. It also provides practice of comparatives and superlatives and modifiers.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of irregular comparatives. Checking your knowledge of the uses of emphasizers. Checking your knowledge of the uses of amplifiers. Checking your knowledge of the uses of downtoners.

Language Focus Practising comparative and superlative adjectives. Practising superlatives. Practising comparatives and superlatives. Contrasting the use of 'too' and 'enough'.

Pronunciation Identifying the stress pattern in two- and three-syllable words.

Reading and Listening Listening activity you listen to three sets of information about food and complete a text. Reading Part 4: understanding details, attitudes and opinions and the purpose of a text by choosing the correct answer to questions about an article on 'greasy spoons' (cheap English cafés).

Vocabulary Practising the language used in restaurants when eating out with clients or contacts. Practising words and phrases used in cooking. Practising words related to eating and drinking.

Comparative and superlative adjectives

Language Exercise

Superlatives Language Exercise

Who is the fittest? Language Exercise

Too and enough Language Exercise

Comparative adjectives: irregular comparatives


Modifiers: emphasizers Grammar Reference Unit

Modifiers: amplifiers Grammar Reference Unit

Modifiers: downtoners Grammar Reference Unit

Let me buy you lunch Vocabulary Activity

Cooking Vocabulary Activity

Eating and drinking Vocabulary Activity

Pre-intermediate Test 03 Practice Test



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UNIT 7Lessons 7A-7D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about work, job applications and interviews. It also provides practice of the present perfect simple.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the present perfect affirmative. Checking your knowledge of the present perfect negative. Checking your knowledge of the use of the present perfect.

Reading and Listening Listening to a conversation about how people are selected for job interviews.

Vocabulary Practising words and phrases used to talk about work. Practising words and phrases used to talk about skills and qualifications. Practising words and phrases commonly used in letters of application. Practising phrases often used in job interviews.

Pronunciation Contrasting the vowel sounds /æ/ and /ʌ/ in sentences.

Language Focus Practising the present perfect. Practising present perfect questions. Practising word order with adverbs of time. Practising the past simple and the present perfect.

My colleagues Language Exercise

Present perfect Language Exercise

Present perfect with adverbs of time

Language Exercise

The worst job Language Exercise

Present perfect: affirmative


Present perfect: negative Grammar Reference Unit

Present perfect: use Grammar Reference Unit

Work, work, work Vocabulary Activity

How skilled are you? Vocabulary Activity

Letter of application Vocabulary Activity

I've got an interview! Vocabulary Activity

Talking about CVs and job interviews

Listening Activity


UNIT 8Lessons 8A-8D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the future. It also provides practice of the language used for making predictions.

Reading and Listening Listening to two English teachers talking about learning English in the future.

Pronunciation Practising word stress.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of using the present simple to talk about fixed future events. Checking your knowledge of the use of the present simple to talk about the future in subordinate clauses. Checking your knowledge of using 'can', 'could', 'may' and 'might' to talk about possibility. Checking your knowledge of adjectives + the infinitive.

Vocabulary Practising words made up of two nouns. Practising everyday language.

Language Focus Practising the use of future forms: 'will' and the present continuous. Practising the use of the present continuous. Practising the use of future forms. Practising the present continuous. Practising a variety of future tenses for predictions and assumptions.

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Talking about the future Language Exercise

Leaving messages Language Exercise

Sally's diary Language Exercise

Science fiction? Language Exercise

Present simple with future meaning: fixed events


Present simple with future meaning: subordinate clauses


Possibility: could, may, might


Adjectives + infinitive Grammar Reference Unit

Compound nouns Vocabulary Activity

Computer classes Vocabulary Activity

Learning English Listening Activity

Word stress in compound nouns


UNIT 9Lessons 9A-9D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about films and television. It also provides practice of the passive and adjectives ending in '-ed' and '-ing'.

Language Focus Practising the present passive. Practising the past passive. Practising the use of active and passive voice. Practising '-ed' and '-ing' adjective endings.

Pronunciation Distinguishing between words which contain diphthongs and words which don't.

Reading and Listening Listening to a radio competition about film trivia. Reading a text about famous pets.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the present simple passive form. Checking your knowledge of the past simple passive form. Checking the use of 'by' + agent in passive sentences. Checking your knowledge of the use of the agent in passive sentences. Checking your knowledge of adjectives ending in -ed and -ing and adjectives ending in '-ed' followed by a preposition.

Vocabulary Placing adjectives in the correct order and help the cinema manager advertise his films. Practising names of types of TV programmes.

Helping the environment Language Exercise

The story of jeans Language Exercise

Passive v active Language Exercise

Adjectives ending with -ed and -ing

Language Exercise

The passive: present simple


The passive: past simple Grammar Reference Unit

The passive: by + agent Grammar Reference Unit

The passive: omission of agent


Adjectives ending in-ed and -ing: use


Popcorn Frenzy Game

Television programmes Vocabulary Activity

Fan club radio phone-in competition

Listening Activity

Paper 1 Part 4 Exam Preparation Exercise

Diphthongs Pronunciation Activity

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This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about health and fitness. It also provides practice of the present perfect with adverbs of time.

Reading and Listening Listening to two teenagers talking about a healthier lifestyle.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the use of the prepositions of time 'for' and 'since'. Checking your knowledge of the difference between the use of the past simple and the present perfect.

Pronunciation Contrasting the vowel sounds /ɔ:/ and /ɜ:/ in single words.

Language Focus Practising the prepositions of time 'for' and 'since' and the adverb of time 'ago'. Practising the present perfect with 'for' or 'since'. Practising 'for' and 'since' with the present perfect. Practising word order with adverbs of time.

Vocabulary Practising collocations. Practising words for different types of health problems. Practising the correct use of words and the understanding of a text about health and safety in the workplace.

For, since and ago Language Exercise

I've lived here for three years

Language Exercise

Present perfect with for and since

Language Exercise

Present perfect with adverbs of time

Language Exercise

Prepositions of time: for v since


Past simple v present perfect


Football Vocabulary Activity

Feeling ill Vocabulary Activity

Health and safety Vocabulary Activity

Healthy eating Listening Activity



This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about fashion. It also provides practice of modals of obligation and the infinitive to express purpose.

Pronunciation Practising the sounds /θ/ and /ð/.

Vocabulary Practising words related to technology and clothes. Practising expressions that are useful when shopping. Practising finding the meaning of definitions.

Reading and Listening Reading to extract the main points made in a text about shoppers and retail companies. Listening to an interview about fashions in the 60s and 70s.

Language Focus Practising the modal verbs 'must / mustn't'. Practising the modal verbs 'mustn't' and 'don't have to'. Practising the modal verbs 'mustn't', 'don't have to', 'don't need to' and 'needn't'. Practising the modal verbs 'must', 'can' and 'needn't'.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the use of 'have to' to talk about obligation. Checking your knowledge of 'must' and 'have to'. Checking knowledge of using 'mustn't' and 'don't have to' to talk about obligation and necessity. Checking your knowledge of the form and uses of the infinitive.

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Modals of obligation Language Exercise

Modals of obligation and necessity

Language Exercise

Modal verbs Language Exercise

Necessity and obligation Language Exercise

Uses of have: obligation Grammar Reference Unit

Obligation/necessity: must, have to


Obligation/necessity: mustn't, don't have to


The infinitive: form, subject, complement, purpose and split


Smart clothes Vocabulary Activity

Shopping around Vocabulary Activity

The science of shopping Vocabulary Activity

Fashion Listening Activity



This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the world and global issues. It also provides practice of relative clauses and prepositions of movement.

Vocabulary Practising the use of nationality nouns and adjectives.

Pronunciation Identifying the main syllable stress in countries and nationalities.

Reading and Listening Listening to somebody talk about changed arrangements.

Language Focus Practising prepositions of movement and verbs used for describing movement. Practising relative pronouns.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the prepositions of place 'into/out of', 'onto/off', 'over/under', 'to/from' and 'up/down'. Checking your knowledge of the prepositions of movement 'across', 'along', '(a)round', 'past' and 'through'. Checking your knowledge of relative pronouns. Checking your knowledge of the omission of object pronouns in relative clauses. Checking your knowledge of the differences between British and American English vocabulary. Checking your knowledge of preposition use in British and American English.

Stanley goes to the playground

Language Exercise

Relative pronouns Language Exercise

Reggae and Bob Marley Language Exercise

Relative pronouns in impersonal statements

Language Exercise

Prepositions of movement 1


Prepositions of movement 2


Relative pronouns: use Grammar Reference Unit

Object pronoun omission in relative clauses


British v American English: vocabulary


British v American English: prepositions


Where are they from? Vocabulary Activity

What's happening this week?

Listening Activity


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Straightforward Intermediate Practice Online



Straightforward Intermediate Practice OnlineThis course accompanies 'Straightforward Intermediate'. There are twelve units in this course. Resources are grouped into five categories: Language Focus, Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading and Listening, and 'Pronunciation'.

UNIT 1Lessons 1A-1C

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about people . It also provides practice of stative verbs, questions and present tenses.

Reading and Listening Listening to a journalist from a men's fashion magazine, CHAPS, stopping four men in the street and asking them about their self-image and rearranging words to make correct questions. Understanding global meaning by choosing the correct answer to five multiple-choice questions on a text about an unusual child.

Language Focus Contrasting the present simple and present continuous. Practising the present simple and the present continuous. Practising question words.

Vocabulary Practising phrasal verbs that describe what people are doing. Practising word formation. Practising phrasal verbs.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of stative verbs. Checking your knowledge of Wh- questions that ask about a subject. Checking your knowledge of Wh- questions that ask about an object. Checking your knowledge of present simple and continuous use.

Stative verbs Grammar Reference Unit

Wh- questions: subject Grammar Reference Unit

Wh- questions: object Grammar Reference Unit

Present simple v continuous


Noisy neighbours Language Exercise

Life in the big city Language Exercise

My cousin Jane Language Exercise

Street scene Vocabulary Activity

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Salvador Dali Vocabulary Activity

Winston Churchill Vocabulary Activity

You are what you wear Listening Activity


UNIT 2Lessons 2A-2C

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about travelling around the world. It also provides practice of the present perfect and the past simple.

Pronunciation Identifying the correct tense in sentences.

Vocabulary Practising words for journeys. Practising collocations.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the difference between the use of the past simple and the present perfect. Checking your knowledge of the use of the prepositions of time, 'for' and 'since'. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'ever' and 'never'.

Language Focus Practising the present perfect and the past simple. Practising the past simple. Practising separable and non-separable phrasal verbs.

Reading and Listening Listening to information about Framlingham Castle and choosing the correct answers. Deciding if statements about a text on a trip to Arundel Castle are true or false.

Past simple v present perfect


Prepositions of time: for v since


Adverbs of frequency: ever and never


Timeways travel Language Exercise

Last winter ... Language Exercise

Phrasal verbs Language Exercise


Describing journeys Vocabulary Activity

Take a holiday Vocabulary Activity

Framlingham Castle Listening Activity



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UNIT 3Lessons 3A-3C

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about accommodation and homes. It also provides practice of modals of obligation, permission and prohibition and making requests.

Reading and Listening Listening to a teenager describing his bedroom. Understanding people's opinions and feelings as well as specific information by listening to a couple talking about inviting an exchange student to stay with them and their daughter,

Vocabulary Practising vocabulary associated with things you might say or be told in a hotel. Reading three advertisements offering accommodation and matching vocabulary and abbreviations with their definitions. Practising ways of making requests.

Language Focus Practising the modal verbs 'can't' and 'must'. Practising the modal verbs 'mustn't', 'don't have to', 'don't need to' and 'needn't'. Practising making offers and requests.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of using can, may or be allowed to to ask for and give permission. Checking your knowledge of using forms of 'must', 'need' and 'have to' to talk about obligation and necessity.

Pronunciation Identifying polite or impolite intonation in requests.

Permission: can, may, be allowed to


Obligation/necessity: need, needn't, must, mustn't, have to, don't have to, needn't have, didn't need to.


Can't, and must Language Exercise

Modal verbs Language Exercise


When in Rome ... Vocabulary Activity

Bills included? Vocabulary Activity

Requests Vocabulary Activity

My bedroom Listening Activity



UNIT 4Lessons 4A-4C

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about being lucky and taking risks. It also provides practice of past tenses and linkers.

Pronunciation Practising the weak and strong forms of 'was', 'were', 'can' and 'are'.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of past simple and past continuous use. Checking your knowledge of the use of the past simple and the past perfect. Checking your knowledge of 'both ... and', 'either ... or', 'neither ... nor'. Checking your knowledge of the connectors of time.

Language Focus Contrasting the past simple and past continuous. Contrasting the past simple and past perfect. Practising 'so' and 'neither' and the auxiliary verbs that you use with them in short responses. Completing a text about British superstitions using the first conditional.

Reading and Listening Reading for specific information and deciding if statements about a text on the sport of BASE jumping are true or false. Listening to a conversation about lucky charms.

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Past simple v past perfect Grammar Reference Unit

Determiners - quantifiers: both ... and, either ... or, neither ... nor


Connectors: time Grammar Reference Unit

Past simple and past continuous

Language Exercise

Past simple v past perfect Language Exercise

A day at school Language Exercise

If you walk under a ladder ...

Language Exercise


Lucky charms Listening Activity


UNIT 5Lessons 5A-5C

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about buying and selling. It also provides practice of comparatives and prefixes.

Language Focus Practising comparatives using '-er ... than', 'more ... than' and 'less ... than'. Practising comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs. Using prefixes to make negative adjectives.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of irregular comparatives. Checking your knowledge of '(not) as ... as' and 'less ... than'. Checking your knowledge of the comparatives of adverbs.

Vocabulary Practising negative adjective prefixes. Practising words associated with marketing.

Reading and Listening Listening to a telephone sales person trying to sell an advertisement. Reading a text about IKEA and looking for specific information.

Pronunciation Practising the consonants /s/, /z/ and /ʃ/.

Comparative adjectives: irregular comparatives


Comparative adjectives: (not) as ... as; less ... than


Comparison of adverbs: comparatives


Our holiday Language Exercise

Supermarket reviews Language Exercise

Prefixes Language Exercise

Negative adjective prefixes Vocabulary Activity

A successful exhibition Vocabulary Activity

Selling advertisements Listening Activity

Reading Part 5 Exam Preparation Exercise


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UNIT 6Lessons 6A-6C

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about holidays and plans for travelling. It also provides practice of future tenses and indirect questions.

Language Focus Practising the present continuous. Practising 'will', 'going to' or the present continuous to complete short conversations. Practising the future with 'will' and 'won't'. Practising embedded questions.

Vocabulary Practising verbs with 'go' and 'get'. Practising words for journeys. Playing a game identifying words that collocate in sentences related to travelling in order to get through the haunted graveyard.

Pronunciation Practising syllable stress.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of when to use the future with 'will/won't'. Checking your knowledge of the different uses of the future with 'going to'. Checking your knowledge of the different tenses to talk about the future.

Reading and Listening Listening to an aircraft announcement.

Future with will/won't: use Grammar Reference Unit


Future tenses: will/won't v going to v present continuous


Sally's diary Language Exercise

What are your plans? Language Exercise

Peter telephones Sally Language Exercise

Hotel requests Language Exercise

Why did I go on holiday? Vocabulary Activity


Ghosts Game

An aircraft announcement Listening Activity

Words with more than three syllables


UNIT 7Lessons 7A-7C

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about changes and dilemmas in life. It also provides practice of the present perfect continuous and giving advice.

Vocabulary Practising phrasal verbs used to talk about relationships.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of when to use the present perfect continuous. Checking your knowledge of the use of the present perfect simple and continuous. Checking your knowledge of using 'should' and 'ought to' to give advice and opinions.

Language Focus Practising the present perfect continuous. Contrasting the present perfect simple and continuous. Practising the present perfect simple and continuous. Practising structures used for giving advice to someone who has not been working at a company for long.

Pronunciation Identifying the speaker's feelings about accepting a job offer by listening to his intonation and clicking on sure or unsure. identifying speakers' attitudes from their intonation by listening to people talking about their holidays and choosing the correct attitude for each speaker.

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Present perfect continuous: use


Present perfect simple v continuous


Advice/opinion: should, ought to


Present perfect continuous Language Exercise

Present perfect simple and continuous

Language Exercise

Ibiza - paradise lost Language Exercise

Advice from an old hand Language Exercise

Chat room introduction Vocabulary Activity

No regrets! Listening Activity

Are you sure you want that new job?


Speaking with feeling Pronunciation Activity

UNIT 8Lessons 8A-8C

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about crime and the news. It also provides practice of the second and third conditionals and making offers.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the uses of the second conditional. Checking your knowledge of the uses of the third conditional. Checking your knowledge of how to use 'would' with the second and third conditionals. Checking your knowledge of how to use 'would' to make offers.

Pronunciation Distinguishing the sounds /ʊ/ and /u:/ in single words.

Language Focus Practising the second conditional. Practising zero, first, second and third conditional sentences. Completing sentences using the first, second and third conditional. Practising making offers and requests.

Vocabulary Practising different types of news categories. Playing a game recognizing and matching phrasal verbs with drawings.

Reading and Listening Listening to a plan to kidnap a racehorse for money.

Second conditional: use Grammar Reference Unit

Third conditional: use Grammar Reference Unit

Would: conditional Grammar Reference Unit

Would: offersGrammar Reference Unit

Second conditional Language Exercise

Conditional sentences Language Exercise

Conditionals Language Exercise


Here is the news ... Vocabulary Activity

A kidnap plan Listening Activity

Usual Suspects Game


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UNIT 9Lessons 9A-9C

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about shops and shopping. It also provides practice of articles, determiners and quantifiers.

Language Focus Practising 'so' and 'enough', and 'so/too' followed by 'much/many', 'little' and 'few' and choosing the correct answer to complete sentences. Using determiners to complete a newspaper article about a survey asking people about social issues. Using articles to complete a text about marketing strategies.

Vocabulary Practising phrases you might need while shopping. Using common compound nouns to complete a text about email. Practising phrasal verbs with 'take'. Practising the use of collocations relating to telephone language.

Reading and Listening Listening to two people talking about a late delivery and noting the details which need to be included in an email to the customer. Listening to someone making a complaint.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of '(not) enough' and 'too + adjective + infinitive' and putting the words in the correct order. Checking your knowledge of' 'little/a little', 'few/a few' and choosing the right words to complete the sentences. Checking your knowledge of 'all', 'half', 'none', 'the whole', 'most' and selecting the correct words to complete the sentences.

Determiners - quantifiers: (not) enough, too + adj + infinitive


Determiners - quantifiers: little/a little, few/a few


Determiners - quantifiers: all, half, none, the whole, most


Modifiers and quantifiers Language Exercise

Social issues survey Language Exercise

Marketing strategies Language Exercise

Going shopping Vocabulary Activity

Compound nouns Vocabulary Activity

Phrasal verbs with take Vocabulary Activity

Telephone calls Vocabulary Activity

Delayed deliveries Listening Activity

Complaining about a service

Listening Activity

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UNIT 10Lessons 10A-10C

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about mysteries and secrets. It also provides practice of modals of deduction, certainty and possibility and the use of the infinitive.

Pronunciation Identifying the main stress in pairs of sentences with changing information.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of using 'must' and 'can't' to talk about things you are certain of and to make deductions. Checking your knowledge of using 'can', 'could', 'may', and 'might' to talk about possibility. Checking your knowledge of the structure verb + object + infinitive. Checking your knowledge of the structure object + infinitive without 'to'.

Reading and Listening Listening to the description of the Nazca Lines in Peru. Focusing on detailed comprehension of points made, opinions expressed and vocabulary used in a text about UFOs.

Vocabulary Grouping nouns with their related nouns and adjectives. Practising negative adjective prefixes.

Language Focus Practising the modal verbs 'can't' and 'must'. Practising modals of deduction, 'must' and 'can't', and of possibility, 'might' and 'could'. Practising the past simple and present perfect to complete a text about UFOs. Practising the structure of verbs followed by objects plus the infinitive.

Certainty/deduction: must, can't


Possibility: could, may, might


Verb + object + verb: object + infinitive


Verb + object + verb: object + infinitive without to


Can't, and must Language Exercise

Certainty and possibility Language Exercise

Mr Smith and the UFO Language Exercise

Verbs followed by an object and infinitive

Language Exercise

Word building Vocabulary Activity

Negative adjective prefixes Vocabulary Activity

Mysteries: the Nazca Lines Listening Activity

Unidentified flying objects Listening Activity



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This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about sport. It also provides practice of the passive, 'have something done', 'make' and 'do', and question tags.

Reading and Listening Listening to a conversation about windsurfing.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of active and passive voice. Checking your knowledge of passive modals. Checking your knowledge of the way in which we use 'have something done'. Checking your knowledge of question and reply tags. Checking your knowledge of question tags. Checking your knowledge of nouns and noun phrases used with 'make' and 'do'.

Language Focus Practising all forms of the passive. Contrasting active and passive verbs. Practising question tags.

Vocabulary Practising phrasal verbs used to talk about sports and hobbies. Practising names of sports. Playing a game to identify words that collocate relating to sports.

Pronunciation Practising the /ıə/ and /eə/ vowel sounds.

The passive: passive v active


The passive: modals Grammar Reference Unit

Uses of have: have something done


Question, reply tags: use Grammar Reference Unit

Question tags: word order Grammar Reference Unit

Make v do: A-L Grammar Reference Unit

Make v do: M-W Grammar Reference Unit

Passive forms Language Exercise

The World Cup Language Exercise

Question tags Language Exercise

Why I love my hobby Vocabulary Activity

What's your favourite sport?

Vocabulary Activity

The Magic Forest Game

Windsurfing Listening Activity

Same spelling, different sound


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This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about money. It also provides practice of reported speech.

Reading and Listening Reading a text about the Wall Street Crash of 1929.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the tense changes used in reported speech. Checking your knowledge about reported speech. Checking your knowledge of reporting verbs. Checking your knowledge of 'Wh-' reported questions. Checking your knowledge of 'yes/no' reported questions.

Pronunciation Identifying polite or impolite intonation in questions. Identifying polite or impolite intonation in requests.

Language Focus Practising reporting verbs. Practising reported statements. Practising reported questions. Practising direct and reported speech.

Vocabulary Practising words used to talk about money. Matching business and money words with the correct definition. Practising words that are often confused. Playing a problem-solving game by creating a successful business on a new planet.

Reported speech: tense changes


Reported speech: changes Grammar Reference Unit

Reporting verbs: list Grammar Reference Unit

Reported questions: wh- questions


Reported questions: yes/no questions


Direct and reported speech

Language Exercise

Reported statements Language Exercise

Interview questions Language Exercise

Reported speech Language Exercise

A banking complaint Vocabulary Activity

Money and business Vocabulary Activity

All about money Vocabulary Activity

Terraformer - Average Game

Academic Reading Passage 3: The Wall Street Crash (Task 2)

Exam Preparation Exercise



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Straightforward Upper Intermediate Practice Online



Straightforward Upper Intermediate Practice OnlineThis course accompanies 'Straightforward Upper Intermediate'. There are twelve units in this course. Resources are grouped into five categories: Language Focus, Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading and Listening, and Pronunciation.

UNIT 1Lesson 1A - 1D

This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about leisure and hobbies. It also provides practice of different tenses.

Vocabulary Practising the correct forms of given words to complete a text about a prize holiday. Practising verb collocations. Practising words related to spare time.

Reading and Listening Choosing the correct meanings of idiomatic expressions to complete a text about a film review. Listening to an interview with a schoolgirl who has her own successful company.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of how to use narrative tenses correctly.


Language Focus Practising the past simple and present perfect simple and continuous. Practising the past simple, present perfect and present perfect continuous. Practising the past simple, past continuous and past perfect. Practising the past simple, present perfect, past perfect simple and continuous. Practising 'wh-' clauses.

Mixed tenses Language Exercise

The Martians are not coming

Language Exercise

A burglary Language Exercise

Past tenses Language Exercise

A protest march Language Exercise

Narrative tenses contrasted



A cycling hobby Vocabulary Activity

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Spare time Vocabulary Activity

Review of Indiana Jones Listening Activity

The schoolgirl millionaire Listening Activity



This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about wildlife and animals. It also provides practice of giving opinions and talking about habits.

Pronunciation Listening to a woman talking about a trip she has been on and deciding which words are stressed in each sentence. Identifying attitude by listening to sentence intonation and stress.

Language Focus Practising 'used to' for past habits and states. Practising describing past habits/customs with 'used to'. Practising phrasal verbs. Reading two texts that express opposing views on the same topic and deciding whether a series of statements about the text are true, false or unclear.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of 'would' and 'used to' to talk about past habits and states.

Vocabulary Practising verbs with 'go' and 'get'. Selecting language used to ask for and express opinions and rearranging the words in the sentences to express polite disagreement.

Reading and Listening Reading a text about sea birds and answering a multiple-choice question. Reading a text about the migration of swans. Listening to a husband and wife talking about small creatures and insects which live in and around their home and garden.

Used to Language Exercise

Habits Language Exercise

Save the rhinos Language Exercise

Animal testing on trial Language Exercise

Would v used to: past habits v past states


Why did I go on holiday? Vocabulary Activity

Video 5: I see your point Vocabulary Activity

Academic Reading Passage 1: Seabirds (Task 3)



Natural world Listening Activity

A trip abroad Pronunciation Activity

Are they angry? Pronunciation Activity

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This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about fashion and personal appearance. It also provides practice of relative and participle clauses.

Reading and Listening Listening to an interview about fashions in the 60s and 70s. Listening to three people discussing cosmetic surgery.

Language Focus Practising articles and reading comprehension in a text about a family business. Practising the use of pronouns in relative clauses. Practising 'wh-' clauses. Practising participle clauses.

Pronunciation Identifying clusters of three or more consonant sounds.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the use of the participle in clauses. Checking your knowledge of the difference between defining and non-defining relative clauses. Checking your knowledge of the use of the gerund.

Vocabulary Practising compound adjectives used to describe people. Practising adjectives that collocate with nouns.

Family businesses in Spain Language Exercise

Diet pills Language Exercise

A protest march Language Exercise

Participle clauses Language Exercise

Participles: clauses Grammar Reference Unit

Defining v non-defining relative clauses: comparison


Participles: gerund Grammar Reference Unit

Compound adjectives Vocabulary Activity

Made in Brazil Vocabulary Activity

Fashion Listening Activity

Plastic surgery Listening Activity

Clusters of three or more consonants



This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about fears and phobias. It also provides practice of the present perfect and the past simple.

Language Focus Contrasting the present perfect simple and the present perfect continuous. Practising the past simple and present perfect. Practising prepositions.

Pronunciation Listening to compound nouns in sentences and deciding which part of the noun is stressed. Practising homophones.

Reading and Listening Listening to an interview with a firefighter. Listening to a lecturer talking about the Levellers, a radical political movement in the English Civil War. Listening to a lecture about the life of Mahatma Gandhi.

Vocabulary Practising suffixes used to make adjectives into nouns. Practising homophones.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the affirmative form of the present perfect continuous. Checking your knowledge of the connectors of purpose.

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Present perfect simple and continuous

Language Exercise

Mr Microsoft Language Exercise

Horror films Language Exercise

Present perfect continuous: affirmative


Nouns from adjectives Vocabulary Activity

Piece or peace? Vocabulary Activity


The English Civil War Listening Activity

Mahatma Gandhi Listening Activity

Word stress in compound nouns


Same sound, different spelling


Connectors: purpose Grammar Reference Unit


This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the arts. It also provides practice of narrative tenses.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of how to use narrative tenses correctly. Checking your knowledge of the use of the past perfect and past perfect continuous.

Pronunciation Practising distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds in sentences. Practising long and short vowels.

Language Focus Practising the past perfect. Contrasting the use of the past simple with the past perfect.

Vocabulary Practising word formation. Practising fixed phrases. Selecting the correct words to complete a text about ancient art.

Reading and Listening Reading a short text on the art movement known as Impressionism and deciding on the meaning of a series of words in the context of the text. Matching pieces of information with the sections of a text about art in Toronto Airport. Listening to different people talking about a book they have read and deciding whether statements are true or false.

What happened then? Language Exercise

Describing pictures Language Exercise

Narrative tenses contrasted


Past perfect simple v continuous


Impressionism Vocabulary Activity

Salvador Dali Vocabulary Activity

Ancient art Vocabulary Activity



What do you think? Listening Activity


Feet or fit Pronunciation Activity

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This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about politics. It also provides practice of real and unreal conditions.

Pronunciation Identifying stress in questions in the second conditional. Identifying the changing syllable stress in nouns and their corresponding adjectives. Contrasting diphthongs and long vowel sounds.

Reading and Listening Listening to a lecture about former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the affirmative form of the third conditional. Checking your knowledge of unreal tenses.

Language Focus Practising expressing regret with 'wish', 'if only' and some conditional clauses. Practising the second and third conditional. Completing conditional sentences. Practising 'wish' and 'if only'.

Vocabulary Practising political vocabulary.

I wish I'd done that Language Exercise

Second and third conditional

Language Exercise

If only you had a job! Language Exercise

I wish ... Language Exercise

Third conditional: affirmative


Unreal tenses: wish, if only, would rather, it's time, hope


Winston Churchill Vocabulary Activity

A great British leader Listening Activity


Rhythm stress in second conditional


Changing stress in nouns and adjectives




This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the environment. It also provides practice of future tenses.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the uses of the future perfect. Checking your knowledge of when to use the future continuous. Checking your knowledge of the future with 'will', the future continuous and the future perfect.

Language Focus Practising a variety of future tenses. Practising future perfect statements and questions. Practising the future perfect and continuous, 'will' and 'going to'.

Pronunciation Practising vowel sounds. Contrasting words spelt with 'ou'.

Reading and Listening Listening to a lecture about the effects of climate change, such as increased rainfall, flooding and rising sea levels. Matching pieces of information with the sections of the text in which they are mentioned.

Vocabulary Practising words relating to environmental issues. Practising phrasal verbs.

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Future tenses Language Exercise

Life in the year 2100 Language Exercise

Future tense contrasts Language Exercise

Future perfect: use Grammar Reference Unit

Future continuous: use Grammar Reference Unit

Will v future continuous v future perfect


Environmental advice Vocabulary Activity

Protecting our planet Vocabulary Activity

The effects of climate change

Listening Activity



Words spelt with 'ou' Pronunciation Activity


This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about health and medicine. It also provides practice of modal verbs.

Pronunciation Focusing on the informal spoken contractions common in informal speech.

Reading and Listening Listening to part of a discussion about nutrition. Listening to a nutritionist talking about food and drink. Reading three texts which discuss different aspects of complementary medicine, identifying the writer's purpose in each text and answering questions about how the writer gets his or her message across.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of 'must' and 'have to'.

Vocabulary Practising the correct use of words and understanding of an article about health and safety in the workplace. Practising common idioms of health and sickness. Practising words for different types of health problems. Practising avoiding vocabulary errors in academic writing by choosing the correct words to complete a text about alternative medicine.

Language Focus Contrasting the use of 'have to', 'don't have to' for obligation, and 'should', 'shouldn't' for advice. Practising a variety of modal verbs and the structures that follow them. Practising modal verbs of permission, obligation and recommendation.

Obligation and advice Language Exercise

Modal verb structures Language Exercise

Permission, obligation and recommendation

Language Exercise

Obligation/necessity: must, have to


Health and safety Vocabulary Activity

Feeling off-colour Vocabulary Activity

Health problems Vocabulary Activity

Alternative medicine today

Vocabulary Activity

Food and nutrition Listening Activity

What food is good for you? Listening Activity

Complementary medicine Language Exercise

Students talking over coffee

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This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about heroes and villains. It also provides practice of the use of adjectives, modifiers and contrasting information.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of common adjectives followed by the prepositions 'about', 'at', 'by' and 'for'. Checking your knowledge of connectors of contrast.

Language Focus Practising adjective word order in complex noun phrases. Practising ordering adjectives. Practising the order of adjectives in descriptions. Practising prepositions following verbs, nouns and adjectives. Practising the use of 'although', 'despite' and 'in spite of'.

Reading and Listening Listening to someone talking about two thieves who tried to steal a mobile phone. Listening to a conversation between a shop owner and a security expert about preventing shoplifting.

Vocabulary Practising phrasal verbs related to crime.

Pronunciation Identifying polite or impolite intonation in questions.

Adjective word order Language Exercise

Caribbean holidays Language Exercise

The perfect birthday present

Language Exercise

Prepositions after adjectives

Language Exercise

Job advertisements Language Exercise

Contrasting ideas Language Exercise

Adjectives followed by prepositions: about, at, by, for


Connectors: contrast Grammar Reference Unit

Carnival criminals Vocabulary Activity

A lucky break Listening Activity

Shoplifting Listening Activity



This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about jobs and interviews. It also provides practice of reported speech.

Vocabulary Practising phrases often used in job interviews. Practising common collocations in business language. Practising the phrases used when talking about jobs and job interviews. Practising the correct words to complete a text about jobs that involve working outdoors.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of how to use reporting verbs.

Reading and Listening Filling gaps in a text about office work with sentences that have been removed from the text. Listening to five people talking about holiday jobs and match opinions with each speaker.

Pronunciation Distinguishing between questions that ask for information and questions asked when the speaker thinks they already know the answer. Identifying the stressed word in information questions.

Language Focus Practising reporting verbs like 'agree', 'accuse', 'insist', etc. Practising reporting questions. Practising asking questions during a job interview.

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Reporting verbs Language Exercise

Interview questions Language Exercise

A job interview Language Exercise

Reporting verbs: use Grammar Reference Unit

I've got an interview! Vocabulary Activity

Applying for a job Vocabulary Activity

Interview questions Vocabulary Activity



FCE Paper 4 Part 3 Exam Preparation Exercise

Dealing with fame Pronunciation Activity



This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about travel and places. It also provides practice of articles.

Reading and Listening Reading a text about geological features in the valley of Glencoe and labelling a diagram with the features you find in the text. Filling gaps in a text with sentences that have been removed from the text by keying in the correct sentence letters. Listening to a conversation about Gibraltar.

Pronunciation Practising the correct pronunciation of 'th'. Identifying the schwa sound in sentences.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the indefinite article. Checking your knowledge of the zero article. Checking your knowledge of the definite article. Checking your knowledge of the uses of 'so', 'such', 'too', 'enough' and 'quite'.

Vocabulary Practising words related to places.

Language Focus Practising the use of the definite article 'the', and the zero article. Practising the articles 'a', 'an', 'the' or zero article (-).

Mountains of the world Language Exercise

Articles Language Exercise

Articles: use of indefinite article


Articles: use of zero article Grammar Reference Unit

Articles: use of definite article


Modifiers: use of so, such, too, enough, quite


Out and about Vocabulary Activity

The geology of Glencoe Language Exercise


Gibraltar Listening Activity



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This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about money and crimes. It also provides practice of passive forms.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the passive voice. Checking your knowledge of the passive form of 'make' + infinitive. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'have somebody / something do something'.

Reading and Listening Listening to people talking about crimes. Listening to a burglar talking to his friend.

Vocabulary Practising words that are often confused. Practising words used to talk about money. Practising phrasal verbs.

Language Focus Practising the passive. Practising 'have' followed by an object plus infinitive without 'to' or an '-ing' form. Practising phrasal verbs.

Pronunciation Practising variable stress patterns that affect meaning.

Passive Language Exercise

A party invitation Language Exercise

Phrasal verbs Language Exercise

The passive: impersonal statements


The passive: make + infinitive


Uses of have: have somebody / something do something


How much do you earn? Vocabulary Activity

A banking complaint Vocabulary Activity

Mixed phrasal verbs Vocabulary Activity

The law Listening Activity

Ron the burglar Listening Activity


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Straightforward Advanced Practice Online



Straightforward Advanced Practice OnlineThis course accompanies 'Straightforward Advanced'. There are twelve units in this course. Resources are grouped into five categories: Language Focus, Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading and Listening and Pronunciation.


This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about change. It also provides practice of simple and continuous tenses.

Pronunciation Identifying the changing syllable stress in nouns and their corresponding adjectives.

Reading and Listening Reading to understand text structure. Listening to advice about three different problems.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of when to use the past perfect continuous. Checking your knowledge of the affirmative form of the future perfect continuous. Checking your knowledge of the future perfect simple and the future perfect continuous.

Language Focus Practising the past perfect simple and continuous. Practising the present continuous for future use. Practising pronoun reference.

Vocabulary Completing a text about a very old man in Britain who is still working. Practising forming nouns from verbs. Practising using suffixes to make nouns from verbs.

Tsunami Language Exercise

Round-the-world trip Language Exercise

Pronoun reference Language Exercise

Highway 101 Language Exercise

Past perfect continuous: use


Future perfect continuous: affirmative


Future perfect simple v continuous



From a verb to a noun Vocabulary Activity

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Noun suffixes Vocabulary Activity


Personal problem helpline Listening Activity

Changing stress in nouns and adjectives



This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about memory and memories . It also provides practice of infinitives, gerunds and comparison.

Language Focus Practising verbs followed by the gerund or the infinitive. Practising verbs followed by an '-ing' form or infinitive with a change in meaning. Keying in the missing words to complete a text about the influence of music lessons on children's ability to remember things.

Pronunciation Identifying interested intonation in questions.

Reading and Listening Reading a text on memory and choosing the correct option in multiple-choice questions. Reading a text on memory and deciding whether statements are True, False, or Not Given. Listening to five people talking about a museum and matching opinions with each speaker.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the form and uses of the infinitive. Checking your knowledge of the infinitive without 'to'. Checking your knowledge of the structure 'the ... the'. Checking your knowledge of double comparatives.

Vocabulary Selecting the correct words to complete a text on memory. Practising verb collocations.

Fear of flying Language Exercise

-ing forms and infinitives Language Exercise


The infinitive: form, subject, complement, purpose and split


The infinitive without to: form + use


Comparative adjectives: the ... the


Comparative adjectives: double comparatives



A cycling hobby Vocabulary Activity

Academic Reading Passage 1: Memory (Task 1)


Academic Reading Passage 1: Memory (Task 3)




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This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about society. It also provides practice of adding emphasis.

Reading and Listening Listening to parents talking to their daughter about mobile phones and choosing the correct answers to multiple-choice questions. Reading a text about approaches in different countries to the growing problem of environmental pollution caused by plastic bags. Keying in the correct paragraph letters to complete a text about people who start and run their own businesses. Listening to a passage about tourists polluting the environment.


Vocabulary Practising finding the meaning of definitions and reading to extract the main points made in a text. Practising suffixes used to make nouns into adjectives. Practising suffixes used to make adjectives into nouns. Using context to work out the meaning of words.

Language Focus Practising the use of 'What' at the beginning of sentences for emphasis. Practising fronting.

Comments on the cinema Language Exercise

The Sony Ericsson Empire Film Awards

Language Exercise

The science of shopping Vocabulary Activity

Adjectives from nouns Vocabulary Activity

Nouns from adjectives Vocabulary Activity

Eliminating plastic bags Vocabulary Activity


The plastic problem Language Exercise


The environment Listening Activity

Waste products and recycling

Listening Activity


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This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to make complaints and express emotions. It also provides practice of reported speech.

Pronunciation Contrasting voiced and unvoiced fricatives.

Reading and Listening Reading an article about what makes people happy and selecting appropriate academic words to complete the text. Listening to a conference participant complaining. Listening to someone making a complaint about a service. Choosing the correct option to answer multiple-choice questions on a text about ghostwriters - people who write books on behalf of other people. Choosing the correct option to answer multiple-choice questions on a text about laughter.

Language Focus Practising reported speech. Practising reported speech with infinitives and '-ing' forms.

Vocabulary Practising verbs describing ways of speaking. Practising phrasal verbs.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of how verbs used in reported speech are used in academic English.

An emergency meeting Language Exercise

Chief Executive faces the press

Language Exercise

Reporting verbs in academic writing


Ways of speaking Vocabulary Activity

A night at the Oscars! Vocabulary Activity

How to accept an Oscar Vocabulary Activity

The psychology of happiness

Vocabulary Activity

Listening to complaints Listening Activity

Complaining about a service

Listening Activity



Voiced and unvoiced fricatives

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This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about running a business. It also provides practice of the third conditional and relative clauses.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the difference between defining and non-defining relative clauses. Checking your knowledge of inversion in conditional sentences.

Language Focus Practising defining and non-defining relative clauses. Practising the use of prepositions in relative clauses. Practising mixed conditional tenses. Practising structures which are variations on the first, second and third conditionals.

Pronunciation Practising questions with tags.

Vocabulary Practising words associated with how well companies are performing. Practising words related to running a business.

Reading and Listening Completing a text about people who start and run their own businesses. Listening to a business report about a Swiss watchmaker. Listening to a conversation about the book 'Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus'.

Relative clauses Language Exercise

A politician's statement Language Exercise

Conditional sentences Language Exercise

Responses to complaints Language Exercise

Defining v non-defining relative clauses: comparison


Inversion: conditional sentences


Business news Vocabulary Activity

Running your own business

Vocabulary Activity


A business report Listening Activity

The difference between men and women

Listening Activity

Question tags Pronunciation Activity

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This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about health care. It also provides practice of passives.

Reading and Listening Reading an article that discusses the impacts on health of banning smoking in public places and looking for more formal equivalents for a number of different expressions. Focusing on detailed comprehension of points made, information given, opinions and feelings expressed and aims of speaking in three short conversations. Selecting the correct option to answer questions on a text about smoking in the developing world.

Language Focus Practising passive '-ing' forms. Practising passive infinitives. Practising the passive and causatives. Keying in the missing words to complete a text about how much TV very young children in Britain watch.

Vocabulary Choosing the most appropriate words and phrases to complete an extract from an academic essay about obesity in children. Practising mixed phrasal verbs. Keying in the correct forms of the words in brackets to complete an article about the effects of cleaning products on health.

Pronunciation Listening and clicking on semi-vowels which join the words in bold in each phrase. Identifying the /r/ sound used in connected speech.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the passive infinitive.

A bad experience at the airport

Language Exercise

Win a luxury Caribbean holiday!

Language Exercise

Cher Language Exercise

The passive: infinitive Grammar Reference Unit

Health effects of banning smoking

Vocabulary Activity


Obesity in western children

Vocabulary Activity

An appointment with the dentist

Vocabulary Activity


CAE Paper 4 Part 1 Exam Preparation Exercise



Daily routine Pronunciation Activity

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This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about crime and the law. It also provides practice of participle clauses.

Language Focus Practising linking with '-ing' clauses. Practising relative pronouns. Practising phrasal verbs.

Reading and Listening Reading and focusing on detailed comprehension of points made, information given, opinions expressed and literary style used in three short texts. Listening to people talking about crimes.

Vocabulary Practising expressions used to talk about legal and moral obligation. Focusing on vocabulary related to writing books for children. Practising vocabulary connected with legal matters in business. Practising phrasal verbs related to crime.

Pronunciation Identifying polite intonation.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of participle clauses in academic English. Checking your knowledge of how structures using certain words and phrases followed by a gerund are used in academic English.

Visit to a restaurant Language Exercise

Agatha Christie Language Exercise

Police appeal for witnesses

Language Exercise

Participle clauses in academic English


Gerund clauses in academic writing


Westfield Abbey Vocabulary Activity


Legal department letters Vocabulary Activity

Carnival criminals Vocabulary Activity


The law Listening Activity

Polite intonation Pronunciation Activity

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This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about relationships and people. It also provides practice of nouns and noun phrases.

Reading and Listening Listening to a conversation about friends and choosing the correct answers to multiple-choice questions. Focusing on detailed comprehension of points made, information given, opinions expressed and literary style used in three short texts on the subject of relationships. Listening to a twin, Pauline, talking about life with her twin Diana. Listening to someone from the Marriage Guidance Organization talking about the type of problems it helps couples with. Focusing on detailed comprehension of points made and opinions expressed in a text about a rock star.

Pronunciation Identifying the correct stress pattern for multi-syllable noun and verb forms.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of the use of long noun phrases (or noun strings) in academic English. Checking your knowledge of the use of noun forms (nominalization) in academic English. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'of'.

Vocabulary Practising collocations to complete a text about how to boost your self-esteem. Practising word formation to complete a text about the study of handwriting.

Language Focus Practising the use of prepositions after certain nouns.

My sister Language Exercise

Noun phrases in academic writing


Nominalization/nouns in academic writing


Possessives - of: use Grammar Reference Unit

Boost your self-esteem Vocabulary Activity

Could Shakespeare write? Vocabulary Activity

FCE Paper 4 Part 4 Exam Preparation Exercise


Double trouble - twins! Listening Activity

Trouble and strife Listening Activity

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This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about homes and travel. It also provides practice of inversion and the use of modals 'would', 'will' and 'shall'.

Vocabulary Practising verbs and nouns for holiday activities. Practising collocations. Practising words connected with travel.

Reading and Listening Listening to five different people talking about their homes and keying in the correct answers to match speakers to choices in two different tasks. Understanding specific information and completing sentences. Matching statements with the publishing companies to which they refer.

Pronunciation Distinguishing between formal and informal requests.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of how to use 'wouldn't' to talk about lack of willingness. Checking your knowledge of how to use 'would' to talk about repeated actions in the past. Checking your knowledge of the use of negative expressions that require inversion.

Language Focus Practising making offers and requests. Practising future tenses and past tense modals. Practising inversions.


Advanced Test 01 Practice Test

Company security Language Exercise

Would: willingnessGrammar Reference Unit

Would: repeated actions in the past


Inversion: negative expressions


Holiday paradise Vocabulary Activity

Travel expressions Vocabulary Activity

Taking a holiday Vocabulary Activity




At the airport Pronunciation Activity

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This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about success. It also provides practice of modals and future tenses.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of using the present simple to talk about fixed future events. Checking your knowledge of the use of the present simple to talk about the future in subordinate clauses. Checking your knowledge of how to use the present simple of 'be' to talk about events in the future.

Pronunciation Practising contrastive word stress.

Reading and Listening Listening to an interview with a schoolgirl who has her own successful company. Reading a text about people who gave up TV for a month and answering questions about it.

Language Focus Testing your knowledge of future tenses and past tense modals. Practising a variety of modal verbs. Practising the use of the structure ''d better' + infinitive without 'to' for giving advice. Practising phrasal verbs with two prepositions.

Vocabulary Selecting the correct word to complete a text about someone who made and appeared in wildlife programmes on British television. Practising expressions used to talk about differences and similarities to complete sentences about TV soaps.


Volcano Language Exercise

Advice on problems at work

Language Exercise

Phrasal verbs with two prepositions

Language Exercise

Present simple with future meaning: fixed events


Present simple with future meaning: subordinate clauses


Present simple with future meaning: other uses



TV soaps Vocabulary Activity

The schoolgirl millionaire Listening Activity


Contrastive stress Pronunciation Activity

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This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about different forms of art. It also provides practice of determiners, quantifiers and unreal tenses.

Language Focus Practising a variety of quantifiers. Practising the use of determiners. Practising structures used with 'prefer' and 'would rather'. Practising unreal tenses.

Reading and Listening Keying in the correct paragraph letters to complete a text about some research on artists. Reading and selecting the correct answers to multiple-choice questions on texts that are all connected with the subject of music. Listening to a speaker talking about the life of Andy Warhol.

Vocabulary Practising verbs describing ways of looking. Practising verbs describing ways of moving.

Grammar Checking your knowledge of 'no', 'none/none of', 'neither of'. Checking your knowledge of 'a lot of', 'lots of', 'loads of', 'several'.

Pronunciation Identifying the purpose and feeling of speakers.

Quantifiers Language Exercise

Social issues survey Language Exercise

Order negotiations Language Exercise

Unreal tenses Language Exercise

Determiners - quantifiers: no, none/none of, neither of


Determiners - quantifiers: a lot of, lots of, loads of, several


Ways of looking Vocabulary Activity

Ways of moving Vocabulary Activity



A biography of Andy Warhol

Listening Activity

Overheard phone calls Pronunciation Activity


This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about science and technology. It also provides practice of a variety of grammar points.

Pronunciation Practising identifying stressed words within sentences.

Reading and Listening Reading about scientific exploration on Mars and choosing the correct vocabulary to complete the text. Listening to an interview with a radio presenter of a science programme and choosing the correct answers to multiple-choice questions. Listening to a radio programme about transparent buildings and keying in missing information to complete sentences.

Language Focus Testing your knowledge of wishes/regrets and connectors. Testing your knowledge of conditionals and relative pronouns: '-ever'.

Vocabulary Practising collocations. Practising words related to technology and clothes. Choosing the correct word for text completion and reading for summary completion. Practising phrasal verbs to do with computers. Practising the formation of negative words.

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Technology Pronunciation Activity

UNIT 1...Practising the affirmative, negative and interrogative forms of the verb 'to be'....

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