Clockwise Upper-Intermediate Classbook

Contents

PEOPLE

 

01 YOURS INSINCERELY p.4

 

Listening/Pronunciation

 

Focusing on social exchanges. ‘Mirroring’ with enthusiastic intonation.

 

English in use Expressions for party talk (introductions, offers and invitations etc.).

 

Responding to what’s been said (Neither can I, So do we).

 

Speak out

 

Roleplay. Meeting new people at a party.

PLACES

 

05 HOME TOWN p.15

 

Listening

 

Following someone talking about where they come from.

 

English in use /Pronunciation Responding in a conversation. Sounding interested using short questions and enthusiastic intonation.

 

Key word

 

Expressions with like (Would you like to ...? What's it like?)

 

Speak out

 

Group work. Talking about your hometown.

STORIES

 

09 IT HAPPENED TO ME p.26

 

Listening

 

Following the stages of a story.'1 Vocabulary/Pronunciation

 

Multi-word verbs related to driving (slow down, run over).

 

Extreme adjectives (delicious, gorgeous).

 

Using emphatic stress.

 

English in use

 

Participating during storytelling. Speak out

 

Group work. Telling a personal anecdote.

WORK

 

13 GETTING THROUGH p.37

 

Reading

 

Looking at formality. Picking up on tone.

 

Vocabulary

 

Multi-word verbs related to telephoning (cut off, look up). Listening

 

Dealing with different callers.

 

English in use

 

Expressions which reflect levels of formality.

 

Speak out

 

Rolepiay. Telephone conversations.

02 PERSONAL PROFILES p.7

 

Grammar

 

Linking past and present.

 

Ever! never + superlatives. Reading/Vocabuiary Looking at obsessions.

 

Setting reading goals.

 

Listening /Pronunciation Showing enthusiasm, responding to the speaker.

 

Weak forms.

 

Speak out

 

Roleplay. Talking about a hobby.

06 HAPPY TOGETHER p.18

 

Listening

 

Following and taking notes on people talking about an unusual community.

 

Grammar

 

Modals of obligation, permission, and necessity (can’t, have to, etc.). Permit, oblige, require, and forbid. Speak out

 

Group work. Talking about lifestyles, rules, and regulations in three different places.

10 DRIVING PASSIONS p.29

 

Reading

 

Driving stories. Skimming a text for gist.

 

Grammar

 

Past narrative tenses.

 

Then, after that, after and afterwards.

 

Speak out

 

Group work. Telling personal anecdotes about driving experiences.

14 INTO THE FUTURE p.40

 

Listening

 

Following five everyday situations. Grammar

 

Ways of expressing the future. Adjectival phrases (bound tò, likely to).

 

Speak out

 

Group work. Ranking the likelihood of future events occurring.

03 FIXING YOU UP p.10

 

Listening /Vocabulary Different views of a relationship. Phrases related to relationships. English in use Saying what you think.

 

Reading

 

Finding a partner. Predicting the contents of a text.

 

Four types of multi-word verbs. Speak out

 

Pair/group work. Ranking factors for successful relationships and agreeing.

04 FAMILY LIFE

Vocabulary

 

Multi-word verbs related to families (get on with, take after). />

 

Family relationship words (only (t,, child, sibling). • fig

 

Reading

 

Jigsaw reading. Looking at family -jj, relationships. '%;■}

 

Expressions with keep (keep an eye' on, keep cool).

 

Speak out

 

Class survey. Talking about families and upbringing.

07 POLITENESS PAYS p.21

 

Reading

 

Looking at standards of politeness. Listening

 

Listening to different requests. English in use

 

Being polite. Softening requests and replies.

 

Speak out

 

Group work. A board game to practise making requests.

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/4/)sed to and and states.

 

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Vocabulary Щ

 

Remember,,rerrijnd, and forget. Won^s'felated to memory (memorize, reminder).

 

Speak

 

Talking about c ini! ffiffo cfm e m o r i e s.

11 HIGHLY p.32

 

RECOMMENDED .

 

Vocabulary

 

Words associated with taste (sweet, spicy). Adjectives used to describe films, books, etc. (gripping, tedious). Reading Three reviews.

 

Listening

 

Recommending kinds of entertainment.

 

English in use/Pronunciation

 

Making recommendations (It’s on at..., You should see it...). Using exaggerated intonation.

 

Speak out

 

Pair/group work. Giving personal reviews.

 

12 SAME BUT DIFFERENTp.35

 

Reading

 

Re-assembling a jumbled text about a linguistically embarrassing situation.

 

Vocabulary

 

False friends and words which are easily confused (library/bookshop, diary /agenda).

 

Key word

 

Expressions with mind (Mind out! Nevermind).

 

Speak out

 

Pair/group work. Telling anecdotes.

15 DRESS FOR p.43

 

SUCCESS

 

Listening

 

Following advice on interviews.

 

Key word

 

Multi-word verbs and patterns with look (look up to, look like).

 

Reading / Vocabulary An article about dressing for work. Looking at different adjectives to describe ifnage.

 

English in use

 

Dealing with interview questions. Speak out

 

Roleplay. Doing a job interview.

16 CATS AND RATS p.46

 

Reading

 

Looking at a text about work and salaries. Job titles and status. Vocabulary

 

Adjectives to describe jobs (stressful, rewarding). Noun phrases (application form, overtime) and expressions (to be made redundant, to pull strings).

 

Speak out

 

Pair work. Looking at a text about an unusual job. Discussion about unemployment.

GLOBAL CULTURE

 

17 GOING PLACES p.48

 

Reading/Vocabulary ,

 

Scanning a holiday brochure. Confusing words (excursion/journey). Listening

 

Following a discussion about a tour. Focusing on colloquial lexical phrases in context (keen on, do your own thing).

 

English in use

 

Suggestions and preferences.

 

Verb forms (-ing form or infinitive). Asserting yourself.

 

Speak out

 

Group work. Making suggestions, asserting your own point of view, agreeing.

 

18 ALL THE BEST p.51

 

Reading

 

Evaluating a text about tourists. Adjectives to describe national characteristics.

 

Grammar

 

Comparatives and superlatives. Modifiers and quantifiers.

 

Listening

 

Following an anecdote about a hotel. Speak out

 

v Group work. Inventing stories around picture prompts.

19 SO MANY p.54

 

QUESTIONS

 

Listening

 

Understanding tone.

 

English in use Forming indirect questions.

 

Evasive answers.

 

Reading

 

An interview. Matching questions and answers.

 

Speak out

 

Pair work. Asking personal questions.

20 WHO DO YOU p.57 THINK YOU ARE?

 

Vocabulary / Pronunciation

 

Adjectives describing character and attitudes.

 

Word stress patterns.

 

Reading

 

A magazine article about opinions from different cultures.

 

Speak out

 

Pair work. Deciding where to live.

HUMAN INVENTION

 

21 FESTIVAL p.59

 

Listening

 

Following a talk and note-taking.

 

English in Use

 

Language signals (Anyway...,

 

You see ...) and repetition (fewer and fewer).

 

Keyword

 

Expressions with take

 

(take advantage of, take part in).

 

Speak out

 

Group work. Giving a talk about a special event.

22 EUREKA! p.62

 

Reading

 

Exchanging information/completing notes.

 

Words and phrases related to the innovation of a product.

 

Grammar

 

Form and uses of the passive.

 

The causative have and get.

 

Speak out

 

Group work. Describing how a product was invented and promoting its benefits.

23 A GOLDEN AGE? p.65

 

Listening

 

Following a guided tour.

 

English in Use

 

Expressions for showing people around.

 

Key word

 

Different meanings of get (get hurt, get worse).

 

used to + base form /used to + -ing form.

 

Speak out

 

Group work. Planning the stages of a guided tour.

24 THE WAY TO DO IT p.68

 

Vocabulary

 

Technology and computing vocabulary.

 

Listening

 

Understanding and giving instructions.

 

Expressions to describe position (inside out, upside down).

 

Speak out

 

Pair work. Practising giving and carrying out instructions.

ISSUES

 

25 INSTANT OPINIONS p.70

 

Reading

 

Understanding word play in headlines. Reading between the lines. Listening

 

Following the reactions of different people to newspaper stories.

 

English in use Ways of giving opinions, contradicting, reacting, and drawing similarities.

 

Key word

 

Expressions with thing (The thing is..., that’s the main thing).

 

Speak out

 

Group work. Discussing and giving opinions.

 

26 THE GREATEST p.73 HOAX OF ALL?

 

Listening

 

Following a conversation about the moon landings.

 

Grammar

 

Modals of deduction and speculation. Speak out

 

Group work. Talking about the story behind the picture. Using language of speculation.

27 IT’S MY LIFE p.76

 

Reading

 

Looking for opinions expressed in a text about a schoolgirl model. Vocabulary

 

Focusing on multi-word verbs in context.

 

Listening

 

Following people having a heated discussion.

 

English in use/Pronunciation

 

Expressing blame (should/ought to have done) Expressions with on earth (What/How on earth...?). Using emphatic stress.

 

Speak out

 

Group work. Ranking and discussion exercise.

 

28 LIGHTING A CANDLE p.79

 

Vocabulary

 

The vocabulary of headlines. Word-building: nouns from adjectives (poor I poverty).

 

Listening

 

Following two people discussing a charity.

 

Words in context from a brochure (civilians, casualties). Speak out

 

Group work. Discussing and agreeing.

SOCIAL ROLES

 

29 RUMOURS p.81

 

Listening

 

Following two conversations about gossip.

 

English in use/Pronunciation

 

Expressions for gossiping (You'll never guess what I’ve heard,

 

I won't breathe a word).

 

Looking at intonation and voice range.

 

Speak out

 

Pair work/whole class activity. Exchanging rumours.

30 TRADING PLACES p.84

 

Reading

 

Making notes on a text about gender swapping.

 

Grammar

 

Hypothesizing. First, second, third, and mixed conditionals.

 

Forms of wish.

 

Listening

 

Following three people talking about what/ who they would like to have been.

 

Speak out

 

Pair/ group work. Talking about regrets.

 

31 REPUTATIONS p.87

 

Reading

 

Interpreting different views of a teacher.

 

Listening

 

Following four conversations and how different people interact. English in use Focusing on conversational techniques.

 

Speak out

 

Pair work. Discussing and agreeing on an evening’s entertainment.

32 FOLLOW YOUR p.90 DREAM

 

Reading

 

Ranking qualities for successful business people. Reading about a successful business.

 

Vocabulary

 

Recording and classifying different types of multi-word verbs.

 

Listening

 

Following the story of a business success.

 

Speak out

 

Pair work. Ordering a picture story.