Gateway B2+ Practice Online

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1 Macmillan Practice Online is the easy way to get all the benefits of online learning and with over 100 courses to choose from, covering all competence levels and ranging from business English to exam practice and from academic to general English, you re sure to find the one that suits your needs. Take a look at the syllabus below for a complete list of the resources offered by this Macmillan Practice Online course. This course accompanies 'Gateway B2+'. There are ten units, each matching a student's book unit. Resources are grouped into five categories: grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, exam preparation and practice tests. UNIT 1 Social animals This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about present and past habits. Practising the past simple, present perfect and present perfect continuous. Practising the past simple, present perfect, past perfect simple and continuous. Practising the past simple, past continuous and past perfect. Checking your knowledge of the use of the past perfect and past perfect continuous. Checking your knowledge of the different ways of expressing the future in the past. Checking your knowledge of 'would' and 'used to' to talk about past habits and states. Checking your knowledge of how to use would to talk about repeated actions in the past. Checking your knowledge of how to use 'would' for predictable actions and behaviour. Testing future tenses and past tense modals. Listening to three people talking about their names and matching information to each speaker. Practising Paper 3 Part 2, focusing mainly on grammar. Practising Paper 4 Part 4, focusing on understanding gist, specific information, attitude and opinion. Practising identifying the speaker's feelings about accepting a job offer by listening to his intonation. Focusing on connected speech. Practising word formation with suffixes. Practising expressions with parts of the body. Practising idiomatic similes. Past tenses Past tenses Past tenses 1

2 Past perfect simple v continuous Future in the past Would v used to: past habits v past states Would: repeated actions in the past Would: predicting behaviour Getting to the top A pain in the neck My grandfather Are you sure you want that new job? Job candidates Paper 3 Part 2 Paper 4 Part 4 Upper Intermediate Test 16 UNIT 2 On the road This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about obligation and speculation. Practising words relating to driving and taking a driving test. Practising expressions used to talk about legal and moral obligation. Practising verb collocations. Focusing on word stress in sentences in which speakers express strong opinions and feelings. Checking your knowledge of using forms of 'must', 'need' and 'have to' to talk about obligation and necessity. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'have to' to talk about obligation. Checking your knowledge of using 'should' and 'ought to' to give advice and opinions. Checking your knowledge of using 'can', 'may' or 'be allowed to' to ask for and give permission. Practising a variety of modal verbs. Practising modals of deduction, 'must' and 'can't', and of possibility, 'might' and 'could'. Checking your knowledge of using 'must' and 'can't' to talk about things you are certain of and to make deductions. Checking your knowledge of how modal verbs are used in academic English. Testing future tenses and past tense modals. Listening to three people talking about their names and matching information to each speaker. Obligation/necessity: need, needn't, must, mustn't, have to, don't have to, needn't have, didn't need to. Uses of have: obligation Advice/opinion: should, ought to Permission: can, may, be allowed to Certainty and possibility Certainty/deduction: must, can't <b>modal verbs in Learning to drive Westfield Abbey A cycling hobby A trip abroad A money problem Advanced Test 01 2

3 UNIT 3 Beautiful minds This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use for word and sentence formation. Practising identifying consonants which are pronounced when linking words in natural speech. Testing on tense consolidation and verbs followed by gerund or infinitive. Listening to an interview with an astronaut and choosing the correct ending for a series of sentences. Practising Paper 1 Part 3, focusing on matching pieces of information with the sections of the text in which they are mentioned. Practising Paper 3 Part 1, focusing on vocabulary. Practising verbs followed by the gerund or the infinitive. Practising the use of the infinitive or the '-ing' form after certain verbs. Practising verbs followed by an '-ing' form or infinitive with a change in meaning. Checking your knowledge of the difference between the infinitive and '-ing' forms. Checking your knowledge of verbs form from A-L followed by '-ing'. Checking your knowledge of verbs from M-Z followed by the '-ing' form. Checking your knowledge of the structure object + '-ing' form. Checking your knowledge of the structure verb + object + infinitive. Practising using prefixes. Practising the formation of negative words. Practising the formation of negative words. Fear of flying Legal letters -ing forms and infinitives Infinitive v -ing form Verb + object + verb: object + infinitive A dull job Revising the website Sports star in court Verbs followed by the -ing form: A-L Verbs followed by the -ing form: M-Z Verb + object + verb: object + -ing form Word linking Paper 1 Part 3 Paper 3 Part 1 Upper Intermediate Test 01 3

4 UNIT 4 Unnatural science? This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about science. Practising Paper 1 Part 2, focusing on filling gaps in a text with sentences that have been removed from the text. Practising compound nouns. Practising compound adjectives used to describe people. Practising adverbs. Contrasting voiced fricatives and unvoiced fricatives. Practising the use of strong forms of auxiliary verbs. Testing future tenses and past tense modals. Listening to three speakers talking about how they dodged admission costs to various events and matching information to each speaker. Checking your knowledge of all the conditional forms. Practising your understanding of conditional sentences. Practising the first, second and third conditional. Checking your knowledge of when to use the future continuous. Checking your knowledge of the future perfect simple and the future perfect continuous. Checking your knowledge of the future perfect. Checking your knowledge of the use of the future perfect continuous. Practising the future perfect. Conditional: comparison of all forms Conditionals Conditionals Future continuous: use Future perfect simple v continuous Future perfect: use Future perfect continuous: use Virtual reality Bill's new business Compound adjectives Scientific research Voiced and unvoiced fricatives Identifying strong forms of auxiliary verbs Paper 1 Part 2 Advanced Test 02 4

5 UNIT 5 Under control This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to add emphasis. Practising word stress. Focusing on distinguishing between formal and informal statements. Checking your knowledge of the uses of amplifiers. Checking your knowledge of the uses of 'so', 'such', 'too', 'enough' and 'quite'. Rearranging words to make correct emphatic sentences. Practising emphasizing an action using structures with 'what', 'all' and 'it'. Practising phrases that include prepositions. Practising fixed prepositional phrases in relative clauses. Practising combinations of verbs or nouns with prepositions. Testing on tenses and quantifiers. Listening to five people talking about different crimes and putting information in the correct order. Modifiers: amplifiers Modifiers: downtoners Doing revision Prepositional phrases Summer school Word stress Manager's motivational speech Upper Intermediate Test 04 Small town politics UNIT 6 Home truths This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about cities and the homes we live in. Testing on tense consolidation and future tenses. Listening to three news reports and completing a table. Practising identifying speakers' attitudes from their intonation. Practising identifying stressed words within sentences. Checking your knowledge of reported speech with past reporting verbs. Checking your knowledge of how to use reporting verbs. Checking your knowledge of the tense changes used in reported speech. Checking your knowledge of reported speech with past reporting verbs. Practising reported speech with infinitives and '-ing' forms. Checking your knowledge of how verbs used in reported speech are used in academic English. Practising reported statements. Reading descriptions and match them with the correct cities. Listening to a radio programme about a quiz on cities around the world. Listening to a psychologist talking about what a room says about the person living there. Practising Paper 4 Part 1, focusing on various types of understanding. Practising Paper 1 Part 3, focusing on matching statements with short text extracts. Reported speech: past reporting verb Reporting verbs: use 5

6 Reported speech: tense changes <b>reported speech in <b>reporting verbs in Chief Executive faces the press Reported statements Cities of the USA Listening Activity City quiz What does your room say about you? Speaking with feeling European travel Paper 4 Part 1 Paper 1 Part 3 Upper Intermediate Test 17 Listening Activity Listening Activity UNIT 7 The hard sell This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about advertising, marketing and selling. Practising Paper 3 Part 1, focusing on vocabulary. Practising Paper 4 Part 4, focusing on understanding gist, specific information, attitude and opinion. Practising frequently used business and money words. Practising words and phrases in common use in the world of advertising and marketing today. Practising words and phrases connected with advertising and marketing. Checking your knowledge of how passive verbs are used in academic English. Checking your knowledge of the use of the agent in passive sentences. Checking your knowledge of the passive infinitive. Practising the determiners 'both', 'either', 'none', 'all' and 'each'. Checking your knowledge of 'each' and 'every'. Checking your knowledge of 'no', 'none'/'none of', 'neither of'. Focusing on word stress in sentences. Practising identifying the changing syllable stress in nouns and their corresponding adjectives. Testing wishes/regrets and connectors, and listening to an interview about changes in employment patterns in the coming years and completing notes. <b>passive verbs in The passive: impersonal statements The passive: infinitive Determiners Determiners - quantifiers: each, every Determiners - quantifiers: no, none/ none of, neither of Money and business Advertising and marketing methods Developments in advertising and marketing Film trailers Changing stress in nouns and adjectives Paper 3 Part 1 FCE Paper 4 Part 4 Advanced Test 03 6

7 UNIT 8 Live life This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to make comparisons. Practising Paper 3 Part 1, focusing on vocabulary. Focusing on word stress in descriptions of actions. Testing on wishes/regrets and connectors, and listening to an interview with a photographer who takes pictures of ghostly sites and complete notes. Checking your knowledge of compound adjectives and verbs. Practising words that are often confused. Practising collocations. Checking your knowledge of the use of the past participle. Checking your knowledge of the use of the gerund. Practising comparative structures. Checking your knowledge of words and structures used to compare and contrast in academic English. Checking your knowledge of double comparatives. Checking your knowledge of the structure 'the... the'. Participles: past participles Comparative adjectives: the... the Participles: gerund Compounds: adjectives and verbs Comparative structures How much do you earn? Comparing and contrasting in academic English Comparative adjectives: double comparatives Boost your self-esteem Football reports Paper 3 Part 1 Advanced Test 04 UNIT 9 New challenges This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about life and career developments. Checking your knowledge of the indefinite article. Checking your knowledge of the zero article. Checking your knowledge of articles. Practising the articles 'a', 'an', 'the' or zero article (-). Practising the use of 'a/an', 'the' and the zero article. Practising the use of prepositions in relative clauses. Practising intonation. Practising identifying the /r/ sound used in connected speech. Practising words and phrases connected with how people perform in their jobs. Practising verbs connected with management. Practising idiomatic expressions. Practising Paper 1 Part 2, focusing on filling gaps in a text with sentences that have been removed from the text. Practising Paper 3 Part 1, focusing on vocabulary. 7

8 Articles: use of indefinite article Articles: use of zero article Articles: contrast of all forms Articles Definite, indefinite and zero articles A politician's statement Appraisal A job description Big decisions Interested or not? Daily routine Paper 1 Part 2 Paper 3 Part 1 UNIT 10 Parting words This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about communication. Testing on conditionals and relative pronouns: '-ever'. Listening to a description of Internet etiquette and reading sentences and selecting true or false. Practising Paper 1 Part 1, focusing on detailed comprehension of points made, opinions expressed and vocabulary used in a text. Practising Paper 3 Part 2, focusing mainly on grammar. Practising common compound nouns. Practising words that are often confused. Practising phrasal verbs. Practising verbs followed by an '-ing' form or infinitive with a change in meaning. Contrasting the '-ing' form and the 'to' + infinitive. Practising the infinitive and the '-ing' form. Checking your knowledge of the use of gerunds and infinitives. Checking your knowledge of the form and uses of the infinitive. Checking your knowledge of '-ing' forms to indicate purpose. Checking your knowledge of how structures using certain words and phrases followed by a gerund are used in academic English. -ing forms and infinitives Do you want to be healthy? <b>gerund clauses in Compound nouns Infinitive v -ing form Talk or speak? Gerunds and infinitives: likes and dislikes The infinitive: form, subject, complement, purpose and split -ing form: purpose Mixed phrasal verbs Paper 1 Part 1 Paper 3 Part 2 Advanced Test 05 8