Spotlight on Advanced Student’s Book Table of Contents

Vocabulary / Grammar / Use of English / Reading / Listening / Speaking / Writing / Video
Unit 1
Beginnings / Starting again
Key word make / Review of tenses
(past and present) / Part 4: key word
transformation / Reading for specific information / Short extracts; interpreting context
from vocabulary / Talking about new
experiences / Part 2: a letter / Video: Profiles in exploration
Ideas generator: structuring
spontaneous answers
Unit 2
A child’s world / Parts of the body
idioms
Phrasal verb: pick up
Key word run / Passive forms
Passive form with
have and get / Part 1: multiple-choice
cloze / Pioneer nursery stays outdoors
Part 7: gapped text / Language development in children
Part 2: sentence completion / Part 3: using visual prompts / Part 2: a review
Unit 3
Are you game? / Phrases with up and
down
Phrasal verbs with take
Phrases with take
Key word game / Modal auxiliaries (1) / Part 4: Key word
transformation
Part 2: open cloze / A close encounter
Part 5: multiple choice / An interview with an explorer
Part 3: multiple choice / Part 3: interacting / Part 2: a formal letter / Video: Frozen search and rescue
Ideas generator:
brainstorming and selecting
Unit 4
Eureka! / Colourful language
Key word tell
Prefixes / The future / Part 3: word formation / Dinosaur books
Part 8: multiple matching / Inventions
Part 4: multiple matching / Part 4: three-way task / Part 1: an essay – using the notes provided / Review 1
Reading and Use of
English, Part 4: Key wordtransformation
Reading and Use of English,
Part 2: Open cloze
Unit 5
Safe and sound? / Crimes
Phrasal verbs with
turn
Key word law / Verbs followed by
infinitive or -ing / Part 4: key word
transformation
Part 2: open cloze / Of worms and woodpeckers
Part 7: gapped text / DNA analysis
Part 2: Sentence completion / Part 1: giving personal
information / Part 2: a report / Video: The world in a station
Ideas generator: interpreting
pictures
Unit 6
Hale and hearty / Expressions with food
Key word life / Conditionals / Part 4: key word
transformation
Identifying collocations
Part 1: multiple-choice
cloze / Superfoods: are they really
so super?
Part 6: cross-text multiple
matching / The benefits of eating raw food
Part 3: multiple choice / Part 2: comparing pictures / Part 1: an essay – developing
an argument
Unit 7
Wish you were there… / Describing places
Phrasal verbs and
phrases with look
Key word road / Inversion / Part 3: word formation
Part 2: open cloze / City reviews
Part 8: multiple matching / Commercial space travel
Part 4: multiple matching / Part 4: discussing / Part 2: a proposal / Video: Our ATM is a goat
Ideas generator: focusingyour ideas to talk aboutabstract topics
Unit 8
Making our mark / Phrases with bring
Key word that / Relative pronouns
Defining and nondefining
relative
clauses
Reduced relative
clauses / Part 3: word formation / Straw bale futures
Part 5: multiple choice / Working life
Part 1: multiple choice / Part 3: reaching a decision
through negotiation / Part 2: a review / Review 2
Reading and Use of English,
Part 3: Word formation
Reading and Use of
English, Part 4: Key word transformation
Unit 9
Brushstrokes and blueprints / Compound words
Evaluative adjectives
and adverbs
Key word pay / Changing sentence
structure: change in
emphasis, or different
meaning? / Part 4: key word
transformation / William Daniels’ exhibition
reviews
Part 6: cross-text multiple
matching / Interview with an artist
Part 3: multiple choice / Part 3: suggesting solutions,
justifying ideas / Part 1: an essay – supporting
your ideas / Video: Aboriginal rock art
Ideas generator: making adecision
Unit 10
The good life / Fixed phrases
Key word pull / Direct and reported
speech / Part 1: multiple-choice cloze / Long-distance families
Part 7: gapped text / (1) Identifying feelings
Part 4: multiple matching
(2) Freecycling
Note-taking / Part 2: organising a larger unit
of discourse / Part 2: a proposal
Unit 11
Making ends meet / Idiomatic phrases
with out
Key word money / Modal auxiliaries (2) / Part 3: word formation
Part 4: key word
transformation
Part 1: multiple-choice
cloze / The middleman
Part 5: multiple choice / The history of credit
Part 2: sentence completion / Parts 3 and 4: disagreeing
with someone else’s opinion / Part 2: a report / Video: Rainy day flea market
Ideas generator: alternative viewpoints
Unit 12
Behind the silver screen / Modifying and
intensifying
adjectives
Key word quite / Participle clauses / Part 2: open cloze / Film reviews
Part 8: multiple matching / Film makers
Part 1: multiple choice / Parts 3 and 4: exchanging
ideas / Part 2: a review / Review 3
Reading and Use of English,
Part 3: Word formation
Reading and Use of
English, Part 4: Key word transformation
Unit 13
Getting the
message across / Nouns followed by
particles
Key word set / Text references (this,
that, it, such, these,
those)
it/there as introductory
pronouns / Part 4: key word
transformation
Word formation / Hello, is there anybody out
there?
Part 7: gapped text / Communication skills
Part 4: multiple matching / Part 3: sustaining interaction / Part 2: a proposal / Video: The Braille Hubble
Ideas generator: making yourresponses relevant to thediscussion
Unit 14
Gaia’s legacy / Idioms from nature
Key word earth / Unreal tenses / Part 4: key word
transformation
Part 3: word formation / Planet Earth – the Gaia
Hypothesis
Part 5: multiple choice / Atmospheric conditions in the
Earth’s past
Part 2: sentence completion / Part 3: evaluating / Part 1: an essay –
discussing
issues that surround a topic
Unit 15
Our global village / Phrasal verbs and
phrases with pass
Key word pass / Adverbial clauses / Part 4: key word
transformation
Part 2: open cloze / Is tradition an obstacle to
progress?
Part 6: cross-text multiple
matching / The origin of kissing
Part 3: multiple choice
Living abroad
Part 4: multiple matching / Part 1: talking about
your country, culture and
background / Part 2: a report / Video: The Hadzabe tribe
Ideas generator: explainingfamiliar topics
Unit 16
Endings – and new beginnings / Word partners
Key word end / Making and
intensifying
comparisons / Part 4: key word
transformation
Part 1: multiple-choice
cloze / Saying goodbye to …
Part 8: multiple matching / Three short extracts
Part 1: multiple choice / Part 2: individual long turn / Part 2: a letter / Review 4
Reading and Use of
English, Part 4: Key word
transformation
Reading and Use of English,
Part 2: Open cloze