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Personal Best
British
English
Series Editor Jim Scrivener
Student’s Book AuthorGraham Burton
Workbook AuthorsElizabeth Walter
and Kate Woodford
Student’s Book and Workbookcombined edition AB1+ Intermediate
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Language App, unit-by-unit grammar and vocabulary games
STUDENT’S BOOK CONTENTS
2
LANGUAGE SKILLS
GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATION VOCABULARY
1 Communication
1A Connected p4
1B Smart living? p6
1C Liar, liar p8
1D Small talk p10
▪ present simple and continuous; action and state verbs
▪ question forms
▪ sentence stress ▪ question intonation
▪ communication ▪ say, tell, speak and talk
READING ▪ a text about surviving without a smartphone
▪ skimming a text ▪ actually, in fact
LearningCurve SPEAKING
▪ making small talk ▪ keeping a conversation going
▪ having an informal conversation
2 Tell me a story
2A What a coincidence! p12
2B Do we make our own luck? p14
2C Radical changes p16
2D It happened to me p18
▪ narrative tenses ▪ used to and usually
▪ /d/ in the past perfect
▪ sentence stress
▪ -ed and -ing adjectives
▪ phrasal verbs
LearningCurve LISTENING
▪ a video looking at the role of luck in our lives
▪ listening for the main idea
▪ linking consonants and vowels
WRITING ▪ making a narrative interesting
▪ time linkers
▪ a blog post about a memorable event
1 and 2 REVIEW and PRACTICE p20
3 People
3A It’s a plan p22
3B Born to rebel p24
3C Good neighbours, bad neighbours p26
3D I have some news p28
▪ future forms: present continuous, be going to and will
▪ defining and non-defining relative clauses
▪ going to ▪ pausing in relative clauses
▪ personality adjectives
▪ relationships
READING ▪ an article about birth order and personality
▪ reading for specific information
▪ linkers of reason and result
LearningCurve SPEAKING
▪ giving and responding to news
▪ giving bad news
▪ exchanging news with a friend
4 Places and homes
4A What makes your city great? p30
4B City or country? p32
4C A place to stay in NYC p34
4D Hope to hear from you soon! p36
▪ quantifiers ▪ comparatives and superlatives, as … as
▪ sentence stress ▪ /ə/ sound
▪ compound nouns
▪ common verb phrases
▪ describing homes
LearningCurve LISTENING
▪ a video looking at how we feel about where we live
▪ understanding key points
▪ linking similar consonant sounds
WRITING ▪ writing an informal email
▪ informal discourse markers
▪ an email catching up with a friend
3 and 4 REVIEW and PRACTICE p38
5 Money and shopping
5A Spend, spend, spend p40
5B Black Friday p42
5C Tomorrow’s world of shopping p44
5D It isn’t working p46
▪ zero and first conditional; future time clauses
▪ predictions: will, be going to, may/might
▪ intonation ▪ word stress
▪ money ▪ shopping
READING ▪ an article about the Black Friday shopping phenomenon
▪ identifying opinions ▪ even, just
LearningCurve SPEAKING
▪ explaining what’s wrong
▪ taking something back to a shop
▪ getting a refund or exchange
6 Work and education
6A Career change p48
6B Dream job p50
6C School days p52
6D I am writing to apply … p54
▪ present perfect and past simple, already, yet, recently
▪ present perfect continuous and simple
▪ present perfect and past simple
▪ weak form of been
▪ work and careers (1)
▪ work and careers (2)
▪ education
LearningCurve LISTENING
▪ a video looking at how we feel about our jobs
▪ understanding specific information
▪ sentence stress
WRITING ▪ writing a covering letter ▪ prepositions after verbs, nouns and adjectives
▪ an email to apply for a job
5 and 6 REVIEW and PRACTICE p56
PERSONAL BEST
PERSONAL BEST
PERSONAL BEST
PERSONAL BEST
PERSONAL BEST
PERSONAL BEST
Grammar practice p112 Vocabulary practice p136 Communication practice p156 Irregular verbs p175
LANGUAGE SKILLS
GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATION VOCABULARY
1 Communication
1A p2
1B p3
1C p4
1D p5
▪ present simple and continuous; action and state verbs
▪ question forms
▪ sentence stress ▪ question intonation
▪ communication ▪ say, tell, speak and talk
READING ▪ skimming a text
SPEAKING ▪ making small talk
1 REVIEW and PRACTICE p6
2 Tell me a story
2A p8
2B p9
2C p10
2D p11
▪ narrative tenses ▪ used to and usually
▪ /d/ in the past perfect ▪ sentence stress
▪ -ed and -ing adjectives
▪ phrasal verbs
LISTENING ▪ listening for the main idea
WRITING ▪ making a narrative interesting
2 REVIEW and PRACTICE p12
3 People
3A p14
3B p15
3C p16
3D p17
▪ future forms: present continuous, be going to and will
▪ defining and non-defining relative clauses
▪ going to ▪ pausing in relative clauses
▪ personality adjectives ▪ relationships
READING ▪ reading for specific information
SPEAKING ▪ giving and responding to news
3 REVIEW and PRACTICE p18
4 Places and homes
4A p20
4B p21
4C p22
4D p23
▪ quantifiers ▪ comparatives and superlatives, as … as
▪ sentence stress ▪ /ə/ sound
▪ compound nouns ▪ common verb phrases
▪ describing homes
LISTENING ▪ understanding key points
WRITING ▪ writing an informal email
4 REVIEW and PRACTICE p24
5 Money and shopping
5A p26
5B p27
5C p28
5D p29
▪ zero and first conditional; future time clauses
▪ predictions: will, be going to, may/might
▪ intonation ▪ word stress
▪ money ▪ shopping
READING ▪ identifying opinions
SPEAKING ▪ explaining what’s wrong
5 REVIEW and PRACTICE p30
6 Work and education
6A p32
6B p33
6C p34
6D p35
▪ present perfect and past simple, already, yet, recently
▪ present perfect continuous and simple
▪ present perfect and past simple
▪ weak form of been
▪ work and careers (1)
▪ work and careers (2)
▪ education
LISTENING ▪ understanding specific information
WRITING ▪ writing a covering letter
6 REVIEW and PRACTICE p36
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LANGUAGE SKILLS
GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATION VOCABULARY
1 Communication
1A Connected p4
1B Smart living? p6
1C Liar, liar p8
1D Small talk p10
▪ present simple and continuous; action and state verbs
▪ question forms
▪ sentence stress ▪ question intonation
▪ communication ▪ say, tell, speak and talk
READING ▪ a text about surviving without a smartphone
▪ skimming a text ▪ actually, in fact
LearningCurve SPEAKING
▪ making small talk ▪ keeping a conversation going
▪ having an informal conversation
2 Tell me a story
2A What a coincidence! p12
2B Do we make our own luck? p14
2C Radical changes p16
2D It happened to me p18
▪ narrative tenses ▪ used to and usually
▪ /d/ in the past perfect
▪ sentence stress
▪ -ed and -ing adjectives
▪ phrasal verbs
LearningCurve LISTENING
▪ a video looking at the role of luck in our lives
▪ listening for the main idea
▪ linking consonants and vowels
WRITING ▪ making a narrative interesting
▪ time linkers
▪ a blog post about a memorable event
1 and 2 REVIEW and PRACTICE p20
3 People
3A It’s a plan p22
3B Born to rebel p24
3C Good neighbours, bad neighbours p26
3D I have some news p28
▪ future forms: present continuous, be going to and will
▪ defining and non-defining relative clauses
▪ going to ▪ pausing in relative clauses
▪ personality adjectives
▪ relationships
READING ▪ an article about birth order and personality
▪ reading for specific information
▪ linkers of reason and result
LearningCurve SPEAKING
▪ giving and responding to news
▪ giving bad news
▪ exchanging news with a friend
4 Places and homes
4A What makes your city great? p30
4B City or country? p32
4C A place to stay in NYC p34
4D Hope to hear from you soon! p36
▪ quantifiers ▪ comparatives and superlatives, as … as
▪ sentence stress ▪ /ə/ sound
▪ compound nouns
▪ common verb phrases
▪ describing homes
LearningCurve LISTENING
▪ a video looking at how we feel about where we live
▪ understanding key points
▪ linking similar consonant sounds
WRITING ▪ writing an informal email
▪ informal discourse markers
▪ an email catching up with a friend
3 and 4 REVIEW and PRACTICE p38
5 Money and shopping
5A Spend, spend, spend p40
5B Black Friday p42
5C Tomorrow’s world of shopping p44
5D It isn’t working p46
▪ zero and first conditional; future time clauses
▪ predictions: will, be going to, may/might
▪ intonation ▪ word stress
▪ money ▪ shopping
READING ▪ an article about the Black Friday shopping phenomenon
▪ identifying opinions ▪ even, just
LearningCurve SPEAKING
▪ explaining what’s wrong
▪ taking something back to a shop
▪ getting a refund or exchange
6 Work and education
6A Career change p48
6B Dream job p50
6C School days p52
6D I am writing to apply … p54
▪ present perfect and past simple, already, yet, recently
▪ present perfect continuous and simple
▪ present perfect and past simple
▪ weak form of been
▪ work and careers (1)
▪ work and careers (2)
▪ education
LearningCurve LISTENING
▪ a video looking at how we feel about our jobs
▪ understanding specific information
▪ sentence stress
WRITING ▪ writing a covering letter ▪ prepositions after verbs, nouns and adjectives
▪ an email to apply for a job
5 and 6 REVIEW and PRACTICE p56
PERSONAL BEST
PERSONAL BEST
PERSONAL BEST
PERSONAL BEST
PERSONAL BEST
PERSONAL BEST
Grammar practice p112 Vocabulary practice p136 Communication practice p156 Irregular verbs p175
3
Writing practice p74
LANGUAGE SKILLS
GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATION VOCABULARY
1 Communication
1A p2
1B p3
1C p4
1D p5
▪ present simple and continuous; action and state verbs
▪ question forms
▪ sentence stress ▪ question intonation
▪ communication ▪ say, tell, speak and talk
READING ▪ skimming a text
SPEAKING ▪ making small talk
1 REVIEW and PRACTICE p6
2 Tell me a story
2A p8
2B p9
2C p10
2D p11
▪ narrative tenses ▪ used to and usually
▪ /d/ in the past perfect ▪ sentence stress
▪ -ed and -ing adjectives
▪ phrasal verbs
LISTENING ▪ listening for the main idea
WRITING ▪ making a narrative interesting
2 REVIEW and PRACTICE p12
3 People
3A p14
3B p15
3C p16
3D p17
▪ future forms: present continuous, be going to and will
▪ defining and non-defining relative clauses
▪ going to ▪ pausing in relative clauses
▪ personality adjectives ▪ relationships
READING ▪ reading for specific information
SPEAKING ▪ giving and responding to news
3 REVIEW and PRACTICE p18
4 Places and homes
4A p20
4B p21
4C p22
4D p23
▪ quantifiers ▪ comparatives and superlatives, as … as
▪ sentence stress ▪ /ə/ sound
▪ compound nouns ▪ common verb phrases
▪ describing homes
LISTENING ▪ understanding key points
WRITING ▪ writing an informal email
4 REVIEW and PRACTICE p24
5 Money and shopping
5A p26
5B p27
5C p28
5D p29
▪ zero and first conditional; future time clauses
▪ predictions: will, be going to, may/might
▪ intonation ▪ word stress
▪ money ▪ shopping
READING ▪ identifying opinions
SPEAKING ▪ explaining what’s wrong
5 REVIEW and PRACTICE p30
6 Work and education
6A p32
6B p33
6C p34
6D p35
▪ present perfect and past simple, already, yet, recently
▪ present perfect continuous and simple
▪ present perfect and past simple
▪ weak form of been
▪ work and careers (1)
▪ work and careers (2)
▪ education
LISTENING ▪ understanding specific information
WRITING ▪ writing a covering letter
6 REVIEW and PRACTICE p36
WORKBOOK CONTENTS
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