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Unit 1: Let’s start
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Unit 2: Time, place and family
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| 1A: | Times and days | Telling the time, times of day and days of the week |   |
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Guess the age What time is it? |
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| 1B: | Timetables | School subjects and schedules | |
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| 2A: | People and places | Countries and nationalities | |
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Wh Question match up | |
| 2B: | Favorite places | Colors, describing places | |
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| 3A: | City and country | Features in nature and in cities | |
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East and west reading questions | |
| 3B: | A new country | Presenting information about a country | |
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| 4A: | Families at home | Your family and where you live | |
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Family tree info gap | |
| 4B: | Meet the family | Families and their homes | |
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Unit 3: Leisure and interests
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| 1A: | My free time | Free time activities and how often you do them | |
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How often bar chart | |
| 1B: | Free time survey | Class interviews about free time activities | |
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| 2A: | Things you do | Sports, games and other activities | |
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It’s true! Board game | |
| 2B: | Sports and games | Sport and sport preferences | |
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| 3A: | Helping out | Personal preferences, hobbies & pastimes | |
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What do you think? | |
| 3B: | Likes and dislikes | Giving opinions about things people do | |
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| 4A: | My world | Daily routines and the times that you do things | |
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Personal profile mixed up | |
| 4B: | What are you like? | Asking and answering about daily routines | |
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Unit 4: We can do it!
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| 1A: | I can sing | Abilities and how good you are at them | |
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Can you Pictionary | |
| 1B: | I’m good at it | Asking and answering about abilities | |
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| 2A: | The body in question | Parts of the body and face | |
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Monster body | |
| 2B: | Describing people | Describing how people look | |
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| 3A: | Kids can do it | How well you can do things | |
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Incredible kids – Reading activity | |
| 3B: | Challenges | Creating a physical and metal exercise survey | |
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| 4A: | Animal facts | Saying what animals are like | |
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Match the animals | |
| 4B: | Animal abilities | Giving information about animals and their lives | |
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Unit 5: When was it?
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| 1A: | It’s her birthday | Birthdays and birthday celebrations | |
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Birthday wishes | |
| 1B: | When’s your birthday? | Creating a class birthday chart | |
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| 2A: | Everyone together | Celebrations and festivals | |
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Wedding anniversary reading gap fill | |
| 2B: | Important dates | Years and large numbers | |
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| 3A: | Days and dates | Time phrases, dates and past events | |
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Dates match up | |
| 3B: | Special days | Describing past events | |
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| 4A: | A day to remember | Talking about last summer. Describing the weather. | |
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Weather Forecast | |
| 4B: | Seasons and climate | Talking about seasons and the climate in your country | |
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Unit 6: Having fun
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| 1A: | A night out | Going out with friends | |
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In or out? | |
| 1B: | Going out and staying in | Different activities to do at night | |
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| 2A: | Movie time | Types of films and film preferences | |
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Movie time! | |
| 2B: | Movie habits survey | Film viewing habits of your classmates | |
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| 3A: | Books and authors | Books and people who write them | |
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Books match up | |
| 3B: | Types of books | Different types of books and book preferences | |
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| 4A: | In the news | News topics and news sources | |
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Magazine vocab quiz | |
| 4B: | News topics | Interesting news topics and articles | |
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Unit 7: Out & about
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| 1A: | Eat and drink | Food and drink preferences | |
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A-Z food challenge | |
| 1B: | Food around the world | Food from around the world and using plurals | |
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| 2A: | Let’s go shopping | Shopping and supermarket jobs | |
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Mini-Supermarket | |
| 2B: | Supermarket shopping | Deciding what to buy for a trip from a supermarket | |
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| 3A: | Money, money, money | Buying things and say how much they cost | |
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Who said that? | |
| 3B: | What shall we buy? | Shopping plans and your shopping preferences | |
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| 4A: | Something to wear | Describing what people wear and discussing fashion | |
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Dress up George | |
| 4B: | Can I help you? | Describing clothes and shopping in a clothing outlet | |
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