Contents Chapter A world of English 6 Language and grammar: the present tense, to ask questions Travelling words informative article 10 English – a world language map 13 Model text Cześć, hello, halló, hola! autobiography 14 The BFG (Roald Dahl) novel excerpt 23 “It’s all Greek to me!” idiomatic expressions 31 Ivan the Terrible (Anne Fine) novel excerpt 34 Easy read Excuse me, do you speak English? informative article 40 Further reading English – the “Babel fish” of the modern world informative article 44 Test yourself 48 Chapter Explore 50 Language and grammar: adjectives, the present tense Young inventors informative article 54 The creation of The Urban Legend interview 60 Could that be useful? photographs 65 Model text My dream destination informative article 66 The Curious Incident … (Mark Haddon) novel excerpt 72 Mary Shelley and Frankenstein’s monster informative article 78 Easy read One girl, one dream informative article 83 Further reading The Ocean Cleanup informative article 88 Talking Create a commercial oral assessment: presentation 92 Test yourself 94 Chapter Growing up 96 Language and grammar: linking words, the past tense, irregular verbs Q&A advice column 100 Dear diary, diary 107 The Rose That Grew from Concrete (Tupac Shakur) poem 112 Model text Food for thought opinion piece 114 Teenage styles through time photographs 121 The Halloween Party (R.J. Palacio) novel excerpt 123 Easy read Social gaming informative article 130 Further reading Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan) song lyrics 134 Test yourself 138
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