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Gateway B2+ Practice Online

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.

Grammar 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.
Practice test Testing future tenses and past tense modals. Listening to three people talking about
their names and matching information to each speaker.
Exam preparation Practising Paper 3 Part 2, focusing mainly on grammar. Practising Paper 4 Part 4,
focusing on understanding gist, specific information, attitude and opinion.
Pronunciation Practising identifying the speaker's feelings about accepting a job offer by listening to
his intonation. Focusing on connected speech.
Vocabulary Practising word formation with suffixes. Practising expressions with parts of the body.
Practising idiomatic similes.

Past tenses Language Exercise Past tenses Language Exercise

Past tenses Language Exercise

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 Past perfect simple
v continuous
Future in the past
Grammar Getting to the top Vocabulary Activity
Reference Unit
A pain in the neck Vocabulary Activity
Grammar
Reference Unit My grandfather Vocabulary Activity

Grammar Are you sure you Pronunciation Activity

Reference Unit want that new job?
Would v used to : past Job candidates Pronunciation Activity
habits v past states
Paper 3 Part 2 Exam Preparation
Would : repeated Grammar Exercise
actions in the past Reference Unit
Paper 4 Part 4 Exam Preparation
Grammar Exercise
Would : predicting Reference Unit
behaviour Upper Intermediate Practice Test
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.

Vocabulary Practising words relating to driving and taking a driving test. Practising expressions
used to talk about legal and moral obligation. Practising verb collocations.
Pronunciation Focusing on word stress in sentences in which speakers express strong opinions and
feelings.
Grammar 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.
Practice test Testing future tenses and past tense modals. Listening to three people talking about
their names and matching information to each speaker.

Obligation/necessity: Grammar Certainty and possibility Language Exercise

need, needn't, must, Reference Unit
mustn't, have to, don't Certainty/deduction: Grammar
have to, needn't have, must, can't Reference Unit
didn't need to. <b>Modal verbs in Grammar
Uses of have : obligation Grammar academic writing</b> Reference Unit
Reference Unit Learning to drive Vocabulary Activity
Advice/opinion: Grammar Westfield Abbey Vocabulary Activity
should, ought to Reference Unit
A cycling hobby Vocabulary Activity
Permission: can, may, Grammar
be allowed to Reference Unit A trip abroad Pronunciation Activity
A money problem Language Exercise Advanced Test 01 Practice Test

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 UNIT 3
Beautiful minds
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use for word and sentence
formation.

Pronunciation Practising identifying consonants which are pronounced when linking words in natural
speech.
Practice test 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.
Exam preparation 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.
Grammar 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.
Vocabulary Practising using prefixes. Practising the formation of negative words. Practising the
formation of negative words.

Fear of flying Language Exercise Verb + object + verb: Grammar

Legal letters Language Exercise
-ing forms and infinitives Language Exercise
Infinitive v -ing form Grammar
Reference Unit
Verbs followed by Grammar
the -ing form: A-L Reference Unit
Verbs followed by Grammar
the -ing form: M-Z Reference Unit
Verb + object + verb: Grammar
object + -ing form Reference Unit
object + infinitive Reference Unit
A dull job Vocabulary Activity
Revising the website Vocabulary Activity
Sports star in court Vocabulary Activity
Word linking Pronunciation Activity
Paper 1 Part 3 Exam Preparation
Exercise
Paper 3 Part 1 Exam Preparation
Exercise
Upper Intermediate Practice Test
Test 01

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 UNIT 4
Unnatural science?
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about science.

Exam preparation Practising Paper 1 Part 2, focusing on filling gaps in a text with sentences that have
been removed from the text.
Vocabulary Practising compound nouns. Practising compound adjectives used to describe people.
Practising adverbs.
Pronunciation Contrasting voiced fricatives and unvoiced fricatives. Practising the use of strong
forms of auxiliary verbs.
Practice test 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.
Grammar 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 Grammar Virtual reality Language Exercise

of all forms Reference Unit
Bill's new business Vocabulary Activity
Conditionals Language Exercise
Compound adjectives Vocabulary Activity
Conditionals Language Exercise
Scientific research Vocabulary Activity
Future continuous: use Grammar
Reference Unit Voiced and unvoiced Pronunciation Activity
fricatives
Future perfect simple Grammar
v continuous Reference Unit Identifying strong forms Pronunciation Activity
of auxiliary verbs
Future perfect: use Grammar
Reference Unit Paper 1 Part 2 Exam Preparation
Exercise
Future perfect Grammar
continuous: use Reference Unit Advanced Test 02 Practice Test

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 UNIT 5
Under control
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to add emphasis.

Pronunciation Practising word stress. Focusing on distinguishing between formal and informal
statements.
Grammar 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'.
Vocabulary Practising phrases that include prepositions. Practising fixed prepositional phrases in
relative clauses. Practising combinations of verbs or nouns with prepositions.
Practice test Testing on tenses and quantifiers. Listening to five people talking about different
crimes and putting information in the correct order.

Modifiers: amplifiers Grammar Summer school Vocabulary Activity

Reference Unit
Word stress Pronunciation Activity
Modifiers: downtoners Grammar
Reference Unit Manager's motivational Pronunciation Activity
speech
Doing revision Language Exercise
Upper Intermediate Practice Test
Prepositional phrases Language Exercise Test 04
Small town politics Language Exercise

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.

Practice test Testing on tense consolidation and future tenses. Listening to three news reports and
completing a table.
Pronunciation Practising identifying speakers' attitudes from their intonation. Practising identifying
stressed words within sentences.
Grammar 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.
Vocabulary 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.
Exam preparation 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: Grammar Reporting verbs: use Grammar

past reporting verb Reference Unit Reference Unit

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 Reported speech: Grammar City quiz Listening Activity
tense changes Reference Unit
What does your room Listening Activity
Grammar say about you?
<b>Reported speech in Reference Unit
academic writing</b> Speaking with feeling Pronunciation Activity
European travel Pronunciation Activity
<b>Reporting verbs in Grammar Paper 4 Part 1 Exam Preparation
academic writing</b> Reference Unit Exercise
Chief Executive Language Exercise Paper 1 Part 3 Exam Preparation
faces the press Exercise
Reported statements Language Exercise Upper Intermediate Practice Test
Cities of the USA Listening Activity Test 17

UNIT 7
The hard sell
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about advertising,
marketing and selling.

Exam preparation Practising Paper 3 Part 1, focusing on vocabulary. Practising Paper 4 Part 4, focusing
on understanding gist, specific information, attitude and opinion.
Vocabulary 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.
Grammar 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'.
Pronunciation Focusing on word stress in sentences. Practising identifying the changing syllable
stress in nouns and their corresponding adjectives.
Practice test Testing wishes/regrets and connectors, and listening to an interview about changes in
employment patterns in the coming years and completing notes.

Grammar Money and business Vocabulary Activity

Reference Unit
<b>Passive verbs in Advertising and Vocabulary Activity
academic writing</b> marketing methods
Developments in Vocabulary Activity
The passive: impersonal Grammar advertising and marketing
statements Reference Unit Film trailers Pronunciation Activity
The passive: infinitive Grammar Changing stress in Pronunciation Activity
Reference Unit nouns and adjectives
Determiners Language Exercise Paper 3 Part 1 Exam Preparation
Determiners - quantifiers: Grammar Exercise
each, every Reference Unit FCE Paper 4 Part 4 Exam Preparation
Determiners - Grammar Exercise
quantifiers: no, none/ Reference Unit Advanced Test 03 Practice Test
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 UNIT 8
Live life
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to make comparisons.

Exam preparation Practising Paper 3 Part 1, focusing on vocabulary.

Pronunciation Focusing on word stress in descriptions of actions.
Practice test Testing on wishes/regrets and connectors, and listening to an interview with a
photographer who takes pictures of ghostly sites and complete notes.
Vocabulary Checking your knowledge of compound adjectives and verbs. Practising words that
are often confused. Practising collocations.
Grammar 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 Grammar Comparative adjectives: Grammar

Reference Unit the ... the Reference Unit
Participles: gerund Grammar Compounds: adjectives Grammar
Reference Unit and verbs Reference Unit
Comparative structures Language Exercise How much do you earn? Vocabulary Activity
Comparing and contrasting Grammar Boost your self-esteem Vocabulary Activity
in academic English Reference Unit
Football reports Pronunciation Activity
Comparative adjectives: Grammar
double comparatives Reference Unit Paper 3 Part 1 Exam Preparation
Exercise
Advanced Test 04 Practice Test

UNIT 9
New challenges
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about life and career
developments.

Grammar 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.
Pronunciation Practising intonation. Practising identifying the /r/ sound used in connected speech.
Vocabulary Practising words and phrases connected with how people perform in their jobs.
Practising verbs connected with management. Practising idiomatic expressions.
Exam preparation 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.

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 Articles: use of Grammar Appraisal Vocabulary Activity
indefinite article Reference Unit
A job description Vocabulary Activity
Articles: use of zero article Grammar
Reference Unit Big decisions Vocabulary Activity

Articles: contrast Grammar Interested or not? Pronunciation Activity

of all forms Reference Unit Daily routine Pronunciation Activity
Articles Language Exercise Paper 1 Part 2 Exam Preparation
Definite, indefinite Language Exercise Exercise
and zero articles Paper 3 Part 1 Exam Preparation
A politician's statement Language Exercise Exercise

UNIT 10
Parting words
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about communication.

Practice test Testing on conditionals and relative pronouns: '-ever'. Listening to a description of
Internet etiquette and reading sentences and selecting true or false.
Exam preparation 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.
Vocabulary Practising common compound nouns. Practising words that are often confused.
Practising phrasal verbs.
Grammar 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 Language Exercise <b>Gerund clauses in Grammar

academic writing</b> Reference Unit
Do you want to Language Exercise
be healthy? Compound nouns Vocabulary Activity
Infinitive v - ing form Language Exercise Talk or speak ? Vocabulary Activity
Gerunds and infinitives: Grammar Mixed phrasal verbs Vocabulary Activity
likes and dislikes Reference Unit
Paper 1 Part 1 Exam Preparation
The infinitive: form, Grammar Exercise
subject, complement, Reference Unit
purpose and split Paper 3 Part 2 Exam Preparation
Exercise
-ing form: purpose Grammar
Reference Unit Advanced Test 05 Practice Test

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