Lesson Overview

Lesson 1 - Crime

• Reading:  Law and Order in L.A.
• Listening: Theft in the Park
• Writing: Victim Report
• Speaking: Witness Statement
• Grammar: Past Simple and Continuous
• Vocabulary: Compound nouns

Lesson 2 - Apartment to Rent

• Reading: Happy and Unhappy Tenants
• Listening: Apartment to Rent
• Writing: Letter of reference
• Speaking: To rent or to buy
• Grammar:Present Simple and Continuous
• Vocabulary: Prefixes and suffixes

Lesson 3 - Discrimination

• Reading: School-girl sues for discrimination
• Listening: A day at school
• Writing: Reaction to video
• Speaking: discrimination; What would you do?
• Grammar: Future; will, going to and future cont.
• Vocabulary: Word building and compound nouns

Lesson 4 - If I Ruled The World

• Reading: Man takes staff hostage
• Listening:If I Ruled The World
• Writing: My English Lessons Diary Entry
• Speaking: If I ruled the World
• Grammar: Conditional

Lesson 5 - Strange Inventions

• Reading: Man Invents Toilet for Cars
• Listening: What's the matter?
• Speaking: Strange Inventions
• Grammar: Modals
• Vocabulary: Commonly confused words