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Sky High 5B Practice Online
This course accompanies 'Sky High 5B'. There are 6 units, each matching a student's book unit.
There is a review syllabus item every other unit, to match the Learning Check sections. Resources
are grouped into 4 categories: Building Grammar, Building Vocabulary, Listening Development and
Pronunciation Practice.
UNIT 7
Your view
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about sports.
Building Vocabulary
Practicing adjective and preposition combinations by keying in the correct prepositions
to complete a conversation between two friends. Practicing expressions with parts
of the body by choosing the correct part of the body to complete each sentence.
Practicing using 'play', 'go' and 'do' with different sports by deciding which sport goes
with which verb.
Listening Development
Listening to a conversation about windsurfing and rearranging the sentences to match
what you hear.
The swimming lesson
Vocabulary Activity
I do aerobics
Vocabulary Activity
A pain in the neck
Vocabulary Activity
Windsurfing
Listening Activity
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The business view
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about sports.
Building Grammar
Practicing the relative pronouns 'which', 'whose', 'who' and 'that' by deciding which
pronouns can be replaced by 'that.' Practicing relative pronouns and their use in
defining and nondefining relative clauses by using pronouns to complete sentences.
Practicing 'that' clauses by reading a report of a burglary and choosing the correct
clause to complete sentences. Checking your knowledge of the use of the participle in
clauses by keying in the missing words to complete the sentences.
Building Vocabulary
Completing a web project about different American sports by choosing one sport from
a list of four and finding information about it from various websites.
Sports in the U.S.A.
Relative pronouns
Web Project
Language Exercise
Defining and nondefining
relative clauses
Language Exercise
A burglary
Language Exercise
Participles: clauses
Grammar
Reference Unit
The career view
This syllabus item provides practice of relative clauses.
Building Grammar
Practicing defining and non-defining relative clauses by completing a text about
a couple living in Italy, and putting sentences into the correct category. Practicing
relative pronouns by keying in the correct pronoun to complete a text about the crime
novelist, Agatha Christie. Checking your knowledge of the difference between defining
and non-defining relative clauses by selecting the correct definition for each sentence.
Checking your knowledge of the difference in punctuation between defining and nondefining relative clauses by selecting the correct punctuation for each sentence.
Relative clauses
Language Exercise
Relative clauses
Language Exercise
Agatha Christie
Language Exercise
Defining v. nondefining relative
clauses: comparison
Grammar
Reference Unit
Defining v. nondefining relative
clauses: punctuation
Grammar
Reference Unit
Language for life: the REALLY big sports festival
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about the Olympic
Games.
Building Grammar
Practicing discourse markers by selecting the correct word or phrase to complete a
text about hosting the Olympic Games.
Listening Development
Listening to two people discussing the benefits of a city hosting the Olympic Games
and completing the dialog with 'just', 'really' or 'actually.'
Building Vocabulary
Practicing expressions connected with making decisions by reading a text about a
young girl's soccer playing experiences.
Olympic planning
Language Exercise
Meeting David Beckham
Vocabulary Activity
The Olympic Games
Listening Activity
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UNIT 8
Making faces
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to give advice.
Building Grammar
Checking your knowledge of using 'should' and 'ought to' to give advice and opinions
by keying in the correct form of 'should' and 'ought to' to complete sentences.
Checking knowledge of how to make suggestions and give advice using 'would' by
keying in the missing words to complete sentences.
Building Vocabulary
Practicing compound adjectives used to describe people by matching two words to
make a compound adjective.
Listening Development
Listening to Sarah's parents discussing how they feel about meeting her boyfriend,
deciding if statements are true or false and selecting the correct verb form to
complete sentences.
Advice/opinion:
should, ought to
Grammar
Reference Unit
Would : suggestions/advice
Grammar
Reference Unit
Compound adjectives
Vocabulary Activity
Meet the boyfriend
Listening Activity
Cosmetic surgery
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about cosmetic surgery.
Pronunciation Practice
Practicing distinguishing between formal and informal statements, and deciding
whether things said by a doctor to a patient are formal or informal.
Building Grammar
Practicing all forms of the passive by matching sentences about animals with the
passive tense used. Practicing passives and causatives by keying in the correct form
of a given verb to complete a text about Cher.
Listening Development
Listening to three people discussing cosmetic surgery, reading some of the points
made in the discussion and deciding who made each point.
Passive forms
Language Exercise
Plastic surgery
Listening Activity
Cher
Language Exercise
Doctor's statements
Pronunciation Activity
Selling beauty
This syllabus item provides practice of the ways we use the passive and the active voices.
Pronunciation Practice
Practicing identifying stressed words in questions.
Building Grammar
Contrasting various tenses of the passive voice and keying in the correct form of a
given verb to complete sentences. Practicing impersonal statements by rearranging
words to make correct sentences. Practicing the use of the passive and the active
voice by choosing the correct form of the verb to complete sentences.
Passive
Language Exercise
Passive v. active
Language Exercise
Passive
Language Exercise
Sentence stress
Pronunciation Activity
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Language for life: advertising and promotion
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about advertising.
Building Grammar
Practicing verb forms and reading comprehension by deciding whether verbs in a text
should be in the infinitive or the '-ing' form.
Listening Development
Listening to three advertisements and deciding who each ad is aimed at. Listening to
a presentation by an advertising executive about a campaign his agency is planning for
a client and selecting the correct answer to each question.
Building Vocabulary
Practicing words and phrases connected with advertising and marketing by keying
in the correct words to complete a short article about modern developments in
advertising and marketing.
Recognition of company
logos and brands
Language Exercise
Radio advertisements
Listening Activity
Developments in
advertising and marketing
Vocabulary Activity
Presentation about an
advertising campaign
Listening Activity
Learning check 4
This syllabus item provides further practice of the language covered in Units 7 and 8.
Listening Development
Listening to a journalist from a men's fashion magazine, CHAPS, stopping four men in
the street and asking them about their self-image. Listening to two people planning a
presentation to promote a food product and putting the agenda in the correct order.
Building Vocabulary
Practicing words associated with marketing by choosing the correct words to
complete a report.
A successful exhibition
Vocabulary Activity
You are what you wear
Listening Activity
Planning a presentation
Listening Activity
UNIT 9
Good and bad luck
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about superstition.
Listening Development
Listening to a conversation about lucky charms and matching each charm with the
correct country.
Building Vocabulary
Practicing forming nouns from verbs by adding suffixes or making bigger changes to
the verb. Practicing using suffixes to make nouns from verbs by keying in the noun for
each verb.
Lucky charms
Listening Activity
From a verb to a noun
Vocabulary Activity
Noun suffixes
Vocabulary Activity
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Optimism versus pessimism
This syllabus item provides practice of the ways in which we use the conditional.
Building Grammar
Practicing modals and reading comprehension by choosing modal verb phrases to
complete a text and selecting which sentences refer to positive and negative humor in
the workplace. Practicing mixed conditionals by keying in the correct form of a given
verb to complete sentences. Practicing your understanding of conditional sentences
by matching conditional sentences with their meaning.
Humor in the workplace
Language Exercise
Conditional sentences
Language Exercise
Conditionals
Language Exercise
What if...?
This syllabus item provides practice of using conditional sentences.
Building Grammar
Practicing the zero, first, second, third and mixed conditionals by completing
a conversation and then deciding what types of conditionals are used in the
conversation. Practicing the second and third conditional by selecting the correct form
of the verb in each conditional clause to complete sentences. Practicing conditional
sentences with 'if' and 'unless' by keying in 'if' or 'unless' to complete sentences.
Getting to work
Language Exercise
Second and third
conditional
Language Exercise
If you asked ...
Language Exercise
Language for life: building a bright future
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about work prospects.
Listening Development
Listening to a conversation between two managers who are discussing job applicants
they have interviewed and deciding what the managers say about each applicant.
Listening to a hotel manager interviewing a woman who has applied for a job as a
hotel receptionist and deciding if sentences are true or false.
Building Vocabulary
Practicing verbs connected with management by choosing the correct verbs to
complete a list of a manager's duties. Practicing words and phrases often used in
job advertisements by choosing the correct words and phrases to complete a job
advertisement.
A job description
Vocabulary Activity
Who should get the job?
Listening Activity
Job ad
Vocabulary Activity
Interviewing for a
hotel receptionist
Listening Activity
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UNIT 10
Blood sports
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to agree or disagree with
someone.
Pronunciation Practice
Practicing identifying a speaker's opinion from the intonation of the word 'yes.'
Practicing identifying homophones and selecting the added word.
Building Vocabulary
Practicing homophones by selecting the correct word to complete sentences.
Listening Development
Listening to eight different people being asked for their opinions about a proposal and
deciding if they agree, disagree or can't decide.
Piece or peace?
Vocabulary Activity
Intonation
Pronunciation Activity
Different opinions
Listening Activity
Same sound,
different spelling
Pronunciation Activity
A game of skill and luck
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to give instructions.
Listening Development
Listening to an aircraft announcement and choosing the five things the passengers are
asked to do. Listening to someone giving instructions about what to do with different
documents and choosing the correct actions.
Building Grammar
Choosing linking words to complete a note written by a mother to her daughter.
Practicing the linkers 'although', 'however', 'furthermore', 'in spite of', 'because' and
'because of' by completing sentences about computer games.
A message from Mom
Language Exercise
An aircraft announcement
Listening Activity
What do you think of
computer games?
Language Exercise
Documents for a meeting
Listening Activity
Let's get together
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about socializing.
Listening Development
Listening to people discussing social events after a meeting and deciding if
statements are true or false.
Building Grammar
Practicing the use of 'almost' and 'hardly' by deciding which of these words correctly
fills blanks in a dialog between a company employee and a visitor to the company.
Checking your knowledge of adverbs indicating relative position in time by rearranging
words to make sentences. Checking your knowledge of adverbs of manner by
selecting the correct sentences. Checking your knowledge of adverbs of place by
selecting the correct words to complete sentences.
What should we do
this evening?
Listening Activity
Adverbs of manner:
word order
Grammar
Reference Unit
How has your visit been?
Language Exercise
Adverbs of time: relative
position in time
Grammar
Reference Unit
Adverbs of place: here,
there, ahead, back,
away, below, around
Grammar
Reference Unit
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Language for life: being sociable
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about personality.
Building Vocabulary
Practicing compound adjectives used to describe people by matching two words
to make a compound adjective. Practicing using synonyms by selecting the correct
words to complete a text about personal space.
Listening Development
Listening to five people talking about teachers they had at school and matching the
speakers with the correct statements. Listening to descriptions of four people and
choosing the adjectives that best describe each person.
Building Grammar
Practicing 'wish' and 'if only' by completing sentences to say what a man wishes
about himself.
I wish ...
Language Exercise
My old teacher
Listening Activity
Compound adjectives
Vocabulary Activity
Describing people
Listening Activity
Personal space
Vocabulary Activity
Learning check 5
This syllabus item provides further practice of the language covered in Units 9 and 10.
Building Grammar
Practicing mixed conditional tenses by keying in the correct form of a given verb to
complete sentences. Checking your knowledge of mixed adverbial expressions by
selecting the correct answers to complete the sentences. Checking your knowledge
of the differences in the use of adverbs in British and informal American English by
deciding if sentences are correct in American English only, or both American and
British English.
Conditional sentences
Language Exercise
Adverbial phrases: mixed
Grammar
Reference Unit
American v. British
English: adverb use
Grammar
Reference Unit
UNIT 11
Preservation or extinction
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about animals.
Building Grammar
Checking your knowledge of '(not) as ... as'; 'less ... than' by choosing the correct
option to complete sentences.
Building Vocabulary
Practicing word formation by keying in the correct form of a given word to complete a
text about the lives of animals. Practicing ways to characterize animals by associating
animals with the sounds they make. Practicing expressions of possibility, probability
and certainty by choosing the correct word or phrase to complete a text about bird.
Comparative adjectives:
(not) as ... as; less ... than
Grammar
Reference Unit
The lives of animals
Vocabulary Activity
What sound does
a cat make?
Vocabulary Activity
Feed the birds
Vocabulary Activity
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Responsible ownership
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about animals.
Listening Development
Listening to facts about corals and deciding whether sentences are true or false.
Building Grammar
Practicing phrasal verbs by choosing the correct verbs to complete a text about the
endangered rhinoceros. Practicing the past simple by choosing the correct verb phrase
to complete a joke about a smart dog. Checking your knowledge of unreal tenses by
keying in the correct form of given verbs to complete sentences.
Save the rhinos
Language Exercise
A smart dog
Language Exercise
Unreal tenses: wish,
if only, would rather,
it's time, hope
Grammar
Reference Unit
The world of the coral reef
Listening Activity
Animals as healers and teachers
This syllabus item provides practice of infinitives and gerunds.
Building Grammar
A party invitation
-ing form v. infinitive
Practicing 'have' followed by an object plus infinitive without 'to' or an '-ing' form.
Practicing verbs and phrases followed by the '-ing' form or a 'to-' infinitive by keying
in the correct form of a given verb to complete sentences. Practicing verbs followed
by objects plus infinitive with or without 'to' by listening to speakers and rearranging
words to make correct sentences.
Language Exercise
Language Exercise
Verbs followed by an
object and infinitive
Language Exercise
Language for life: one traveler's experiences with canines
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about special animals.
Listening Development
Listening to part of a radio show about the customs service in an airport and putting
sentences in the correct order. Listening to Laura talking about her father and his car,
matching phrases and deciding if they are true or false.
Building Grammar
Practicing all forms of the passive by matching sentences about animals with the
passive tense used.
Passive forms
Language Exercise
Hidden secrets
Listening Activity
Rituals
Listening Activity
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UNIT 12
Read to learn
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to talk about texts.
Building Vocabulary
Practicing statements which give a positive, negative or neutral meaning by identifying
which reviewer's statements are positive, negative or neutral.
Building Grammar
Practicing identifying politeness strategies by reading extracts from a seminar.
Practicing pronoun reference by reading a text and identifying who, what or where
the words in bold refer to. Practicing pronoun reference by reading three texts about
eating out and then deciding what various pronouns refer to. Practicing pronoun
reference by reading a text about stealing and identify what, when or who words in
bold refer to.
The future of newspapers
Language Exercise
A policeman's tale
Language Exercise
Highway 101
Language Exercise
Escape to Zalcabar
Vocabulary Activity
Pronoun reference
Language Exercise
Writing in the right tone
This syllabus item provides practice of formal and informal language.
Building Grammar
Practicing the use of linking words and phrases in formal business contexts by
completing sentences. Practicing using 'before' and 'after' followed by the '-ing' form
by reading sentences, then choosing 'before' or 'after.' Checking your knowledge of
how formal verbs are used in academic English by choosing the most appropriate
verbs to complete sentences. Checking your knowledge of the subjunctive by reading
sentences and deciding if they are formal or neutral.
Negotiations
Language Exercise
Before and after
Language Exercise
Formal verbs in
academic writing
Grammar
Reference Unit
The subjunctive:
form and use
Grammar
Reference Unit
The art of listening
This syllabus item provides practice of listening strategies.
Pronunciation Practice
Practicing identifying whether responses are formal or informal and deciding whether
a salesperson is being cooperative or uncooperative.
Listening Development
Listening to part of a radio show about business meals and clicking on the correct
answers. Listening to a TV interview about language and culture and deciding if
statements are true or false.
Conversations in a store
Pronunciation Activity
Business meals
Listening Activity
Language and culture
Listening Activity
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Language for life: say what you mean
This syllabus item provides practice of the kind of language we use to communicate effectively.
Listening Development
Listening to a woman making phone calls to tell two job applicants the results of their
interviews and choosing the correct endings to sentences. Listening to a story about
an urban myth, matching sections of the story with definitions and matching specific
features with extracts from the story.
Pronunciation Practice
Practicing identifying informal spoken contractions common in informal speech and
deciding what the full and correct forms of the phrases they use are. Practicing
distinguishing between formal and informal requests by deciding whether the people
you hear are making informal requests to a friend or formal requests to a stranger.
Interview results
Listening Activity
How to tell a story
Listening Activity
Students talking
over coffee
Pronunciation Activity
At the airport
Pronunciation Activity
Learning check 6
This syllabus item provides further practice of the language covered in Units 11 and 12.
Building Grammar
Practicing the present simple, present continuous and present perfect by choosing the
correct tense to complete a postcard.
Listening Development
Listening to part of a job interview and choosing the correct endings to sentences.
Building Vocabulary
Practicing words and phrases used in letters when applying for a job by selecting
the correct word to complete sentences from application letters. Practicing words
and phrases commonly used in application letters by selecting the correct words to
complete a job application letter.
Application letter extracts
Vocabulary Activity
Postcard to a friend
Language Exercise
Letter of application
Vocabulary Activity
Interview questions
Listening Activity
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