UNIT 1

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Gateway B1+ Practice Online This course accompanies 'Gateway B1+'. There are ten units, each matching a student's book unit. Resources are grouped into five categories: grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, exam preparation and practice tests.

UNIT 1 Identity match This unit provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about people. Pronunciation

Practising identifying the number of syllables in single word adjectives. Practising identifying stressed words in questions.

Grammar

Contrasting the present simple and present continuous. Practising present simple and present continuous use. Practising stative verbs. Practising recognition of verbs that are not normally used in the continuous form. Practising the present continuous. Practising adverbs of frequency. Practising the word order of adverbs of frequency. Contrasting the negative forms of the present simple and continuous.

Practice test

Testing general language areas appropriate for this level and listening to descriptions about people.

PET - Exam preparation

Practising Paper 1 Reading Part 2, focusing on skimming and scanning. Practising Paper 1 Writing Part 1 , focusing on grammatical structures.

Vocabulary

Listening to descriptions of two people and choosing the adjectives that best describe each person. Listening to a man talking about his grandparents and selecting the adjectives you hear. Listening to a woman describing why she chose her job and identifying which adjectives she uses to describe a teacher.

Present simple and present continuous

Language Exercise

Present simple v continuous

Grammar Reference Unit

Stative verbs


State verbs

Language Exercise

Present continuous

Language Exercise

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Gateway B1+ Practice Online

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The water sports centre

Language Exercise

Syllable count

Pronunciation Activity

Negative forms of present tenses

Language Exercise

Sentence stress


Adverbs of frequency: word order


Paper 1 Reading Part 2

Exam Preparation Exercise

Ideal partners

Vocabulary Activity

Paper 1 Writing Part 1


Describing people

Listening Activity

Intermediate Test 07

Practice Test

Choosing the right job

Listening Activity

UNIT 2 Epic journeys This unit provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about transport and travel. Vocabulary

Practising vocabulary for journeys. Practising words related to travel. Practising words used to talk about airports.

Pronunciation

Practising identifying the correct tense in sentences. Practising identifying interested intonation in questions.

Grammar

Practising the past simple and past continuous. Practising full and short forms of the past perfect. Practising the past simple and past perfect. Contrasting the past simple with the past continuous. Practising 'used to' as a verb and as an adjective. Practising describing past habits/customs with 'used to'. Practising 'used to' for past habits and states. Practising the past simple.

Practice test

Testing general language areas appropriate for this level.


Practising Paper 1 Reading Part 5, focusing on vocabulary and grammar. Practising Paper 2 Listening Part 3, focusing on understanding and interpreting information.

Used to: verb, adjective


Habits

Language Exercise

Used to

Language Exercise

Last winter ...

Language Exercise

Past simple and past continuous

Language Exercise

Past perfect: affirmative


Past simple v past perfect

Language Exercise

Past simple v past continuous

Language Exercise

Describing journeys

Vocabulary Activity

Taking a flight?

Vocabulary Activity

Going on a trip

Vocabulary Activity

Word linking


Intonation




PET/PET for Schools Paper 2 Part 3



Practice Test



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UNIT 3 City life This unit provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about cities and houses. Grammar

Practising the present perfect simple with 'ever' and 'never'. Practising the present perfect simple and continuous. Practising the present perfect continuous. Practising word order with adverbs of time. Practising the present perfect. Practising the uses of amplifiers. Practising the difference between the past simple and the past perfect.

Vocabulary

Listening to a man describing Dubai and identifying the words you hear. Listening to a girl talking about her new house and selecting the correct words to complete sentences. Listening to a woman describing the place she lives in and choosing the correct sentences.

Practice test

Testing passives and prepositions of time: 'in', 'at', 'on'. Listening to a description of how cartoon films are made.

Pronunciation

Practising identifying word stress in sentences in which speakers express strong opinions and feelings.


Practising Paper 1 Writing Part 1, focusing on grammatical structures.

Present perfect simple

Language Exercise

Past simple v present perfect


Present perfect simple v continuous


Ambitious Dubai

Vocabulary Activity

Present perfect continuous

Language Exercise

A new home

Vocabulary Activity

Present perfect with adverbs of time

Language Exercise

A new lifestyle

Vocabulary Activity

Present perfect continuous: affirmative


A trip abroad



Present perfect: use




Modifiers: amplifiers




Practice Test



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UNIT 4 Food for thought This unit provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about food. Vocabulary

Practising words and phrases used in cooking. Listening to a recipe and matching verbs related to cooking and their definitions. Listening to a recipe and practising words and phrases used in cooking.


Practising Paper 2 Listening Part 1, focusing on factual information. Practising Paper 2 Listening Part 4, focusing on understanding detail and opinions.

Practice test


Grammar

Practising various future tenses. Practising future perfect statements and questions. Practising the future continuous. Practising the present continuous. Practising the future perfect. Practising when to use the future continuous. Practising the uses of the future perfect. Practising the present simple to talk about fixed future events.

Pronunciation

Practising identifying a speaker's opinion from the intonation of the word 'yes'. Practising intonation.

What are your plans?

Language Exercise

Cooking

Vocabulary Activity

Life in the year 2100

Language Exercise

A healthy recipe

Vocabulary Activity

Lynne's plans

Language Exercise

My favourite sandwich

Vocabulary Activity

Sally's diary

Language Exercise

What shall we do?


Virtual reality

Language Exercise

Interested or not?


Future continuous: use




Future perfect: use




Present simple with future meaning: fixed events



Practice Test



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UNIT 5 Learning for life This unit provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about school and university. PET - Exam preparation

Practising Paper 2 Listening Part 1, focusing on factual information. Practising Paper 1 Reading Part 1, focusing on understanding signs, notices, notes and other short texts.

Grammar

Practising modal verbs 'can', 'could' and 'may'. Practising the modal verbs 'should' and 'shouldn't'. Practising the modal verbs 'mustn't', 'don't have to', 'don't need to' and 'needn't'. Practising using 'should' and 'ought to' to give advice and opinions. Practising using 'mustn't' and 'don't have to' to talk about obligation and necessity. Practising 'can' and 'may'. Practising the second conditional. Practising the use of the second conditional.

Pronunciation

Practising syllable stress. Practising identifying the main stressed syllable in single words.

Vocabulary

Practising school subjects. Listening to a man describing his graduation day and matching words that go together. Practising words and phrases you need to talk about education.

Practice test

Testing present and future tenses and the order of adjectives. Listening to a student talking about her future plans as an athlete.

Modals of permission

Language Exercise

What are you studying?

Vocabulary Activity

Modal verbs

Language Exercise

Graduation day

Vocabulary Activity

Volcano

Language Exercise

Albert Einstein's education

Vocabulary Activity

Advice/opinion: should, ought to


Syllable stress


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


Word stress


Permission: can, may


PET for Schools Paper 2 Part 1



Second conditional

Language Exercise


Second conditional: use



Practice Test



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UNIT 6 Appliance of science This unit provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about everyday inventions. Practice test


Pronunciation

Practising word stress in sentences.

Grammar

Practising the passive voice. Practising different forms of the passive. Practising the way in which we use 'have something done'. Practising the passive and the active voice. Practising the present simple passive. Rearranging words to form passive sentences.

Vocabulary

Practising words and phrases that describe common electrical objects in homes. Practising names of pieces of electrical household equipment and their definitions. Practising collocations and choosing the correct verbs to complete short texts about advances in technology.


Practising Paper 1 Reading Part 3, focusing on reading for specific information. Practising Paper 2 Listening Part 2, focusing on understanding people's opinions and feelings as well as specific information.

Guest information

Language Exercise

Home entertainment

Vocabulary Activity

Buying goods and equipment

Language Exercise

Useful things

Vocabulary Activity

Passive

Language Exercise

Vocabulary Activity

Uses of have: have something done


Some snapshots of technological developments Sentence stress


How are bottles recycled?

Language Exercise



Passive v active

Language Exercise

Campus passives

Language Exercise

PET for Schools Paper 2 Part 4


The World Cup

Language Exercise


Practice Test



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UNIT 7 Game on! This unit provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about sports, sports venues and equipment. Pronunciation

Practising syllable stress.

Practice test

Testing tense consolidation and relative clauses. Listening to someone talking about Concorde and deciding whether a series of statements is true or false.

Vocabulary

Practising collocations with sports. Practising using 'play', 'go' and 'do' with different sports. Practising names of sports.


Practising Paper 1 Reading Part 5, focusing on understanding vocabulary and grammar. Practising Paper 2 Listening Part 4, focusing on understanding the main idea and specific information.

Grammar

Practising relative pronouns. Practising the relative pronouns 'which', 'whose', 'who' and 'that'. Practising relative pronouns and their use in defining and nondefining relative clauses. Practising the omission of object pronouns in relative clauses. Practising the difference between defining and non-defining relative clauses. Practising defining and non-defining relative clauses. Practising relative clauses.

Relative pronouns in impersonal statements

Language Exercise

The world of mystery and crime

Language Exercise

Using that in relative clauses

Language Exercise

Football

Vocabulary Activity

Defining and nondefining relative clauses

Language Exercise

My favourite sport

Vocabulary Activity Vocabulary Activity

Object pronoun omission in relative clauses


What's your favourite sport?


Defining v nondefining relative clauses: comparison


Words with three or more syllables Syllable stress



Relative clauses

Language Exercise


Relative clauses: use


PET Paper 2 Part 4


Upper Intermediate Test 05

Practice Test



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UNIT 8 Art attack This unit provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about art, theatre and music. Grammar

Practising reported and direct speech. Practising reported speech. Practising direct speech. Practising 'Wh-' reported questions. Practising reported commands. Practising reported statements. Practising the use of reported speech. Practising reported speech and questions.

Vocabulary

Practising words you need to talk about music. Listening to a man describing his childhood and choosing the correct words to complete sentences. Listening to a woman talking about her reading habits and selecting the correct words to complete sentences.

Pronunciation

Practising identifying a different-sounding ending in a group of regular past tense verbs. Practising word stress in sentences.


Practising Paper 1 Reading Part 3, focusing on matching pieces of information with the sections of the test in which they are mentioned. Practising Paper 3 Use of English Part 1, focusing on vocabulary.

Practice test


Reported speech

Language Exercise

Music

Vocabulary Activity

What did they say?

Language Exercise

A love of painting

Vocabulary Activity

Direct speech

Language Exercise

Reading for pleasure

Vocabulary Activity

Reported questions: wh- questions


Regular past tense verb endings


Reported commands: reported imperative


Film trailers


Reported statements

Language Exercise

Paper 3 Part 1


What did you say?

Language Exercise

Paper 1 Part 3

An interview with Picasso

Language Exercise



Practice Test



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UNIT 9 History's mysteries This unit provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about nations and politics. Practice test


Grammar

Practising word formation. Practising modals of deduction, 'must' and 'can't', and of possibility, 'might' and 'could'. Practising using 'must' and 'can't' to talk about things you are certain of and to make deductions. Practising the modal verbs 'can't' and 'must'. Practising using 'can', 'could', 'may', and 'might' to talk about possibility. Practising the uses of the third conditional. Practising all the conditional forms. Practising the negative form of the third conditional. Practising the passive and the active voice.

Pronunciation

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

Vocabulary

Practising political vocabulary. Practising fixed phrases.


Practising Paper 4 Listening Part 3, focusing on understanding opinion and attitude. Practising Paper 3 Use of English Part 4, focusing on grammar and vocabulary.

The greatest figures of the last millennium

Language Exercise

Certainty and possibility

Language Exercise

Certainty/deduction: must, can't


Possibility: could, may, might


Third conditional: use


Conditional: comparison of all forms


Third conditional: negative


Underwater discovery

Language Exercise

Talking about history

Language Exercise

Winston Churchill

Vocabulary Activity

Ancient art

Vocabulary Activity

Weak and strong forms


Weak and strong forms


Paper 4 Part 3


Paper 3 Part 4



Practice Test



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UNIT 10 Shop until you drop This unit provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about shops and shopping. Practice test


Pronunciation

Practising formal and informal responses in a shop. Practising identifying the stressed words in short sentences describing actions.

Vocabulary

Practising expressions that are useful when shopping. Practising words and phrases used in shops. Practising words related to shopping.


Practising Paper 3 Use of English Part 1, focusing on vocabulary. Practising Paper 4 Listening Part 4, focusing on understanding gist, specific information, attitude and opinion.

Grammar

Practising the uses of indefinite pronouns. Practising indefinite pronouns. Practising unreal tenses. Practising 'wish' and 'if only'. Practising expressing regret with 'wish', 'if only' and some conditional clauses. Practising the infinitive with indefinite pronouns. Practising the use of 'some', 'any' and their compounds.

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


Shopping around

Vocabulary Activity

Shopping

Vocabulary Activity

Would you like anything to eat?

Language Exercise

Shopping preferences

Vocabulary Activity

Going shopping

Vocabulary Activity

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


Conversations in a shop


Sentence stress


I wish ...

Language Exercise

Paper 3 Part 1


I wish I'd done that

Language Exercise

Paper 4 Part 4

Talking about a conference

Language Exercise


Infinitive: with indefinite pronouns



Practice Test



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