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Empower 2nd ED level B1+Workbook

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CONTENTS Unit 1 Talk

Page

Who likes my posts?

Grammar Subject and object questions Vocabulary Friendship and communication

4

1B

I’m using an app for learning English

Grammar Present simple and present continuous Vocabulary Gradable and extreme adjectives

5

1C

Well, if you ask me …

Everyday English Giving and responding to opinions

Pronunciation Word groups

1D

Different ways of learning

Reading A guide

Writing skills Introducing a purpose; Referring pronouns 7 Writing A guide

Reading and listening extension

Reading An introduction to a textbook

Listening A conversation about a website

Review and extension

WORDPOWER yourself

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1A

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Unit 2 Modern life

Pronunciation Present perfect and past simple

Grammar Present perfect and past simple Vocabulary Work

2B

I’ve been playing on my phone all morning

Grammar Present perfect and present perfect continuous Vocabulary Technology

2C

Could you take it back to the shop?

Everyday English Making and responding to suggestions

Pronunciation Sentence stress

12

2D

I’m going to look for a new job

Reading An email about a new job

Writing skills Adding new information Writing An informal email

13

Reading and listening extension

Reading A summer camp website

Listening A job interview

14

Review and extension

WORDPOWER look

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They’ve just offered me the job

11

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Unit 3 Relationships

15

3A

She had moved there 20 years earlier

Grammar Narrative tenses Vocabulary Relationships

3B

People used to mix us up all the time

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Pronunciation Linking sounds

Grammar used to, usually Vocabulary Multi-word verbs

3C

You won’t believe what I did!

Everyday English Telling a story

Pronunciation Stress in word groups

18

3D

He wanted to see the world

Reading An email about a family member

Writing skills Describing time Writing A biography

19

Reading and listening extension

Reading A story

Listening A conversation between two students

20

Review and extension

WORDPOWER have

21

Unit 4 Personality

16 17

4A

I could sing very well when I was younger

Grammar Modals and phrases of ability Vocabulary Ability

22

4B

Are you an introvert?

Grammar Articles Vocabulary Personality adjectives

23

4C

Do you need a hand?

Everyday English Question tags; Offering and asking for help

Pronunciation Intonation in question tags

24

4D

No experience needed

Reading Adverts

Writing skills The language of adverts Writing An informal online advert

25

Reading and listening extension

Reading A book review

Listening A presentation

26

Review and extension

WORDPOWER so and such

Grammar Future forms Vocabulary Environmental issues

5B

If nature can do it, we can copy it

Grammar Zero and first conditionals Vocabulary The natural world

5C

Why did you become a florist? Everyday English Giving reasons, results and examples; Giving yourself time to think

5D

Looking after our seas

Pronunciation Sound and spelling: a

Pronunciation Voiced and unvoiced consonants Writing An essay

Reading and listening extension

Reading A discussion essay

Listening The introduction to a lecture

Review and extension

WORDPOWER problem

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Reading An essay

28

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People will care more about the environment

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27

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Unit 5 The natural world

2

10

2A

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