Page 3 - Think 4. Teacher's Book B2

CONTENTS

Welcome p 4 A A lucky pilot; Descriptive verbs; Phrasal verbs; Childhood memories; Elements of a story; Talking about past routines C Conversations; Personality; Using should; Career paths; Decisions; Permission
B Future plans; Life plans; Future continuous; Future perfect; Being emphatic: so and such; Extreme adjectives D A change of lifestyle?; Reporting verbs; Negative adjectives; Another country; Changes; Regrets: I wish … / If only …
FUNCTIONS & SPEAKING GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION THINK! SKILLS
Unit 1 Issuing and accepting a challenge Verbs followed by infinitive or gerund Verbs of movement Dipthongs: Train to Think: Thinking Reading Article: Surviving for seven weeks Article: How to survive in the wilderness
Survival instinct Discussing situations and your emotional Verbs which take gerund and Adjectives to describe alternative spellings rationally Writing A diary page about an experience Listening Radio show: Exams advice
p 12 reactions to them infinitive with different meanings: uncomfortable feelings
remember, forget, regret, try, stop WordWise: Expressions with right
Unit 2 Introducing information Relative clauses (review) Groups of people Phrasal verb stress Train to Think: Distinguishing Reading Article: Getting to work Blog: A Brazilian adventure
On the road Discussing nomadic people which to refer to a whole clause Phrasal verbs (1) fact from opinion Writing An informal email Listening Radio quiz about migration in nature
p 20 Omitting relative pronouns Values: Learning from other
Reduced relative clauses cultures
Life Competencies: Giving yourself a challenge , Culture: Nomadic people , Review B2 First for Schools practice

Unit 3 Emphasising Quantifiers Costumes and uniforms Adding emphasis Train to Think: Changing your Reading Blog: An embarrassing dad Website page: To sharent or not to sharent
Growing up Discussing sharenting so and such (review) Bringing up children opinions Writing An essay about parenting
p 30 do and did for emphasis Listening Podcast about a hero dad
Unit 4 Expressing frustration be / get used to (doing) vs. Personality adjectives Pronouncing words Train to Think: Lateral thinking Reading Article: A big change for artists Web post: A problem on Your answers here
The art of thinking Guessing game to practise personality used to (do) Common adverbial phrases with gh Values: Appreciating creative Writing A story beginning: ‘I had no idea what to do.’
p 38 adjectives Adverbs and adverbial phrases WordWise: Expressions with good solutions Listening Talking heads – thinking imaginatively
Literature: About a Boy by Nick Hornby, Life Competencies: Being supportive , Review B2 First for Schools practice

Unit 5 Advice and obligation Obligation, permission and prohibition Technology (nouns) The schwa /ə/ sound Train to Think: The PMI Reading Article: A digital detox
Too much tech? Talking about technology (review) Technology (verbs) strategy Article: Great success for teenage teachers: When silver surfers get connected
p 48 Necessity: didn’t need to / needn’t have Writing Instructions Listening A conversation about an invention
Ability in the past (could, was / were able
to, managed to, succeeded in)
Unit 6 Using intensifying comparatives Comparatives Ways of speaking Linked words with Train to Think: Exaggeration Reading Email: Comic Con Article: CoderDojo Coolest Projects International
Better together Discussing community projects Linkers of contrast Friendship idioms /dʒ/ and /tʃ/ Values: Doing good Writing An essay about social media Listening Podcast: Friendships
p 56 Role play: The missing suitcase
Culture: Four of the smartest cities , Literature: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Review B2 First for Schools practice
Unit 7 Cheering someone up Ways of referring to the future (review) Phrases to talk about the future: Intonation: Train to Think: Learning to Reading Blog: My takes on life, the universe and everything
Rose-tinted Silver linings game: thinking of optimistic Future continuous (review) about to, off to, on the point of, due to encouraging see things from a different Website page: Quotations for worriers
glasses solutions Future perfect (review) Feelings about future events someone perspective Writing A short story ending: ‘Every cloud has a silver lining’
p 66 WordWise: Expressions with so Listening Radio show: Silver Linings
Unit 8 Saying ‘Yes’ and adding conditions Conditionals (review) Phrasal verbs (2) Weak forms with Train to Think: The ‘goal-setting’ Reading Book review: The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
List it! Discussing wonders of the world Mixed conditionals Alternatives to if: suppose, provided, conditionals checklist Blog: Elisa’s list blog
p 74 as long as, otherwise, unless Values: Lists Writing An essay: A wonder of the natural world Listening A conversation about bucket lists
Life Competencies: Being tactful , Culture: Seven wonders of the natural world , Review B2 First for Schools practice
Unit 9 Asking someone politely to change their I wish and If only Life’s ups and downs Linking: intrusive /w/ Train to Think: Jumping to Reading Presentation: Making difficult decisions Quiz: What kind of a friend are you?
Take charge behaviour I would prefer to / it if, It’s time, Work and education and /j/ a hasty conclusion Writing An article for the school magazine Listening A radio programme about life choices
p 84 Discussing further education and work I’d rather / sooner
experience
Unit 10 Making a point Reported speech (review) Sharing news Linking: omission of Train to Think: Recognising the Reading Magazine article: Fake news Article: The Secret Paparazzo
Unbelievable Introducing news Reported questions and requests Reporting verbs the /h/ sound source of a statement Writing A magazine article about an interview with a well-known person
news Interviewing a well-known person WordWise: Expressions with way Listening An interview with a foreign correspondent
p 92 Discussing the ethics of journalism
Literature: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, Life Competencies: Laughing at yourself , Review B2 First for Schools practice

Unit 11 Sympathising about past situations Speculating (past, present and Space idioms Stress on modal verbs Train to Think: Spotting flawed Reading Article: A mission to Mars
Shoot for the stars Discussing films future) Adjectives commonly used to for speculation arguments Blog: Top four space films of all time
p 102 Discussing life in space Cause and effect linkers describe films Writing A report about a problem on a school trip Listening Podcast about space tourism
Unit 12 Speaking persuasively Passive report structures Geographical features Linking: intrusive /r/ Train to Think: Exploring Reading Article: Saving great discoveries!
Off the beaten Giving a presentation about human activity The passive: verbs with two objects Verb + noun collocations hidden messages Article: Explorers: a friend to the native people: Cândido Rondon
track and the natural world Values: Human activity and the Writing A short biography Listening A talk about discovering new species
p 110 natural world
Culture: A multinational enterprise , Literature: The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle, Review B2 First for Schools practice
Pronunciation pages 120–121 Get it right! pages 122–126 Speaking activities pages 127–128

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