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 'New American Inside Out Advanced'. It corresponds to CEFR level C1. There are 12 syllabus items, each matching a student's book unit, as well as four 'review' syllabus items. Resources are grouped into five categories -,,, Reading, and. UNIT NUMBER 1 Conversation This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about life and relationships. It covers meaning and position of adverbials and word formation. to a private investigator talking about his life. to a conversation about the book 'Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus'. to someone from the Marriage Guidance Organization talking about the type of problems it helps couples with. Identifying attitude by listening to sentence intonation and stress. Practicing forming adverbs from adjectives. Practicing forming adjectives from nouns. Practicing suffixes used to make adjectives into nouns. Practicing forming verbs from nouns. Practicing forming nouns from verbs. Practicing forming new words by adding suffixes. Checking your knowledge of the word order of adverbs of frequency. Checking your knowledge of the word order of sentences that include adverbs. Checking your knowledge of adverbial expressions of time. Practicing forming new words by adding suffixes. Practicing reflexive pronouns and 'each other' in a text about marriage and divorce. Mick Malone's life story Adverbs of frequency: word order Adverbs: word order Adverbial phrases: time 1
Best-selling book review Word formation Adjectives and adverbs Forming adjectives Nouns from adjectives Nouns and verbs From a verb to a noun The difference between men and women Trouble and strife Getting married Are they angry? 2 Taste This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about food and restaurants and give opinions. It covers modification of nouns, order of adjectives, past tenses and fronting. Checking your knowledge of word order of adjectives. Practicing adjective word order in complex noun phrases. Practicing concession clauses in a text about restaurants in Sydney. Practicing introductory clauses. Checking your knowledge of contrasting narrative tenses. Practicing the simple past, past progressive and past perfect. Practicing pronoun reference in three texts about eating out. to a nutritionist talking about food and drink. to people talking about restaurants. to four stories about people's experiences in restaurants. to five people talking about their experiences in different restaurants. to eight different people being asked for their opinions about a proposal. Identifying speakers' attitudes in intonation. Identifying the speaker's feelings about accepting a job offer by listening to her intonation. What food is good for you? Past tenses Order of adjectives Adjective word order What's cooking? Food in the Harbor City The Sony Ericsson Empire Film Awards Narrative tenses contrasted Waiter, waiter... Eating out Pronoun reference Different opinions Does he believe it? Are you sure you want that new job? 2
3 City This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to describe cities and places and talk about living in cities. It covers inversion after negative and limiting adverbials and adding emphasis with 'just', 'really' and 'actually'. to a radio programme about a quiz on cities around the world. to somebody talking about a trip to Bermuda. to two people discussing the benefits of a city hosting the Olympic Games. to five clips about American cities. to a conversation between a shop owner and a security expert about preventing shoplifting. Checking your knowledge of the use of negative expressions that require inversion. Practicing contrasting the positions of adverbial phrases with and without inversion. Practicing inversion after negative and limiting adverbials. Checking your knowledge of the uses of 'just'. Practicing the connectors 'unless', 'as long as', 'in case', and 'although' in sentences giving advice to a New York tourist. City quiz The Olympic Games On business in Bermuda Inversion: negative expressions Uses of just Cities of the U.S.A. Inversion A visit to New York Inversion Shoplifting Review A This syllabus item provides further practice of the language points revised in the student's book unit. It also includes two games that provide supplementary material. Reading Practicing the simple past, past progressive and past perfect. Practicing different verb forms. Practicing negative inversion. Practicing a variety of grammar points by playing a game. Reading extracts from a seminar in which students discuss the future of newspapers and focus on the politeness strategies they use. to descriptions of four people and choosing the adjectives that best describe each person. Identifying phrases for disagreeing and deciding which ones are more polite. Past tenses Agreeing to disagree Not a good move Describing people Verbaticus Temple Game The future of newspapers Astro Explorer - Difficult Game 3
4 Story This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to tell stories and talk about urban myths. It also covers the future in the past. Reading to an interview with a professional storyteller. to a story about an urban myth. Practicing fixed phrases in a text about a strange creature. Checking your knowledge of how to form the auxiliary verb 'would'. Checking your knowledge of the different ways of expressing the future in the past. Visiting external websites and answering questions about two well-known series of children's books. Identifying the purpose and feeling of speakers. Practicing the use of strong forms of auxiliary verbs. Overheard phone calls A professional storyteller How to tell a story Would: form A strange creature <b>children's literature</b> Future in the past Identifying strong forms of auxiliary verbs Web Project 5 Bargain This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about shopping. It covers articles and British and American English. Practicing the articles 'a', 'an', 'the', or zero article (-). Checking your knowledge of the use of 'a' and 'an'. Checking your knowledge of definite, indefinite, and zero articles. Checking your knowledge of the differences in spelling between British and American English. Practicing the natural use of phrases with prepositions in relative clauses. to three people trying to buy or sell something on a radio programme. Checking your knowledge of the differences between British and American English vocabulary. Practicing identifying formal and informal responses. Buy and sell Conversations in a store Articles Articles: a v. an Articles: contrast of all forms Articles: use of definite article Articles: use of indefinite article Articles: use of zero article American v. British English: spelling American v. British English: vocabulary Prepositions in relative clauses 4
6 Mind This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the brain and intelligence. It covers stative verbs, participle clauses, and expressions with 'mind'. to a talk about dolphins and their intelligence. Practicing verbs describing ways of looking. Practicing words that are often confused. Practicing expressions connected with making decisions. Checking your knowledge of stative verbs. Practicing the simple and progressive forms of the present, past, and present perfect. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'can' and 'could' + verbs of perception. Checking your knowledge of the use of the participle in clauses. How intelligent are dolphins? Ways of looking Simple v. progressive Can + verbs of perception Watch or look? Stative verbs Participles: clauses Meeting David Beckham Review B This syllabus item provides further practice of the language points revised in the student's book unit. Distinguishing between formal and informal requests. Practicing relative pronouns. Practicing defining and non-defining relative clauses. Practicing participle clauses. Practicing the future in the past. The world of mystery and crime Relative clauses Participle clauses Past predictions At the airport 5
7 Digital This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the future, computers, video games and the internet. It covers 'will' for predictions and assumptions and discourse markers. Checking your knowledge of the future with 'will', the future progressive and the future perfect. Checking your knowledge of the simple future perfect and the future perfect progressive. Practicing a variety of future tenses. Practicing the future perfect and progressive, 'will' and 'going to'. Checking your knowledge of coordinating connectors. Checking your knowledge of balancing connectors. Checking your knowledge of connectors of contrast. Practicing a variety of discourse markers for contrasting ideas, adding similar information, and drawing conclusions. Practicing complex sentences. Checking your knowledge of compound adjectives and verbs. to a news item about the possibility that there may be life on other planets. to six people talking about what they do online. to a radio debate concerning the greatest inventions of the past 200 years. Practicing compound adjectives used to describe people. Is there life on other planets? Connectors: balancing Will v. future progressive v. future perfect Connectors: contrast Future perfect simple v. progressive Why video games are so popular Science fiction? Video games Future tense contrasts What do you do online? Future tenses Inventions Future tenses Complex sentences Connectors: coordinating Compounds: adjectives and verbs Compound adjectives 6
8 The law This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about crime, legal cases, and news stories. It covers the use of modals to talk about the present and the past and inversion after 'neither', 'nor', 'so', and 'such'. to people talking about crimes. to a Question and Answer session after a presentation at a Law and Order conference. to three radio news items. to an account of a bank robbery. Identifying when to drop the /t/ and /d/ sounds in connected speech. Practicing pronoun reference in a text about stealing. Checking your knowledge of 'can', 'could', 'may', and 'might' to talk about possibility. Checking your knowledge of 'must' and 'can't' to talk about things you are certain of and to make deductions. Checking your knowledge of 'should' and 'ought to' to give advice and opinions. Practicing a variety of modal verbs. Checking your knowledge of the use of inversion after 'so' and 'such'. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'so', 'neither', and 'nor' to agree with somebody. Practicing result clauses. Practicing the formation of negative words in a newspaper article about a sports star appearing in court. The law A money problem A policeman's tale Q & A session Word linking in connected speech Possibility: could, may, might Certainty/deduction: must, can't Advice/opinion: should, ought to News pieces on the radio A daring bank robbery Sports star in court Inversion: with so and such Inversion: with so, neither and nor Time travelers in amber 7
9 Night This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about luck, wishes and regrets. It covers unreal conditionals and statements with 'wish', 'if only', and 'regret', as well as phrasal verbs. Practicing word order with different types of phrasal verbs. Practicing separable and non-separable phrasal verbs. Practicing the use of phrasal verbs. Practicing phrasal verbs with two prepositions. to three conversations about regrets adults have about their schooldays. Practicing syllable stress. Practicing identifying the stressed syllable of multi-syllable nouns in sentences. Practicing word stress. Checking your knowledge of connectors of contrast. Checking your knowledge of word order with different types of phrasal verbs. Practicing separable and nonseparable phrasal verbs. Practicing phrasal verbs with two prepositions. Checking your knowledge of the third/unreal conditional, affirmative and negative. Checking your knowledge of inversion in conditional sentences. Checking your knowledge of the mixed conditional. Practicing 'wish', and 'if only'. Practicing expressing regret with 'wish', 'if only' and some conditional clauses. Practicing structures used after the verbs 'wish' and 'regret'. Practicing concessive clauses and adverbials. Connectors: contrast Third conditional: interrogative Syllable stress Stress Stress Phrasal verbs: word order 1 Phrasal verbs Phrasal verbs Third conditional: affirmative Third conditional: negative Third/Unreal conditional: use Inversion: conditional sentences Mixed conditional I wish... I wish I'd done that An aging movie star looks back No regrets! Concessive clauses and adverbials Review C This syllabus item provides further practice of the language points revised in the student's book unit. It also includes two games that provide supplementary material. Practicing linking words. Practicing modals of deduction, 'must' and 'can't', and of possibility, 'might' and 'could'. Practicing a variety of discourse markers for contrasting ideas, adding similar information, and drawing conclusions. Practicing a variety of grammar points by playing a game. Practicing collocations by playing a game. Corporate competition Certainty and possibility Will computers become the new pleasure domes? 8
The Word is Not Enough - Difficult Game Robbin' the Rich Game 10 Footprints This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the environment. It covers passive verbs, comparative adjectives and adverbs, and expressing cause and result. Contrasting various tenses of the passive voice. Practicing the passive. Practicing impersonal statements. Practicing active and passive verbs. Checking your knowledge of comparatives formed by adding '-er' to the adjective. Practicing 'more' + adjective. Checking your knowledge of irregular comparatives. Checking your knowledge of the structure 'the'... 'the'. Checking your knowledge of double comparatives. Checking your knowledge of '(not) as'... 'as'; 'less'...'than'. Checking your knowledge of the comparatives of adverbs. Practicing reforming sentences in directed ways. Practicing comparative structures. Passive Passive Passive Wonders of the world Comparative adjectives: + -er Comparative adjectives: more + adjective Comparative adjectives: irregular comparatives Comparative adjectives: the... the Comparative adjectives: double comparatives Comparative adjectives: (not) as... as; less... than Comparison of adverbs: comparatives Expressing cause and result Comparative structures 11 Words This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about English and writing letters and notes. It covers the use of pronouns, 'one'/'ones' and prepositions for substitution. Practicing the simple present, the present progressive and 'will'. Practicing mixed prepositions. Checking your knowledge of the uses of pronouns. Checking your knowledge of the uses of impersonal pronouns. Checking your knowledge of the omission of object pronouns. Checking your knowledge of the use of 'one' and 'ones'. Practicing pronoun reference. Practicing the use of prepositions in relative clauses. to different people talking about using English when travelling on business. Playing a game that practices selecting words that have the same sound as each other, but have different spellings. English: a global language Language needs Learning a language Pronoun contrast Impersonal pronouns: you, one, it, there Object pronoun omission in relative clauses One/ones: use Highway 101 9
A politician's statement General Gyst Game 12 Conscience This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about ethical issues. It covers special uses of the past simple. Identifying the main stress in pairs of sentences with changing information. Practicing word stress in answers to questions. Identifying the stressed word in a conversation where the first speaker is contradicted. Checking your knowledge of unreal tenses. Practicing unreal tenses. Practicing past tenses with various meanings. Practicing discourse markers in a text about hosting the Olympic Games. to different people commenting on travel. Unreal tenses: wish, if only, would rather, it's time, hope Sentence stress Contrastive stress Unreal tenses Present, past or future? Sentence stress Travel comments Olympic planning Review D This syllabus item provides further practice of the language points revised in the student's book unit. It also includes a game and a web project that provide supplementary material. Practicing newspaper headlines by playing a game. Practicing the use of the simple past in second/unreal conditional clauses. to an interview with an ecologist about protecting the environment. a lecture about ecotourism. Being green Nile News Game Vacations with a conscience Second conditional 10