Beginner Lessons
Lesson Theme Grammar Focus
1. People, animals, food and clothing nouns, verbs, adjectives, questions, numbers

2. People, animals, shapes, colors, the body more verbs, pronouns, prepositions

3. More clothing, more shapes, professions negative verbs, quantity, demonstrative pronouns

4. Open-closed, coming-going, asleep-awake, vehicles Contractions, complements, antonyms

5. Math terms, hot-cold, furniture More verbs, more vocabulary, more quantities

6. Units of things, professions, alone-crowd Passive, demonstrative adjectives

7. Fast-slow, left-right, seasons Prepositions, verb conjugation

8. Countries, streets, directions Questions, comparative adjectives, possessives

High Beginner Lessons
Lesson Theme Grammar Focus
9. Office, sleeping, needing Modal auxiliaries, indirect objects, questions

10. Greetings, washing, travel Passive voice, measurement, temperature

11. Traffic signs, attire, physical activities Questions, answers, infinitives

12. Bank transactions, sounds, animals Modal verbs, reflexive verbs, subordinate clauses

13. Shopping, food preparation, restaurants Antonyms, questions

14. Sickness-health, five senses, weapons Causation, past/present/future, infinitives

15. Emotions, the calendar, nationalities More prepositions, time, directions

16. Love, history, the law More time, descriptions, preferences

17. Cartoons Humor, vocabulary

18. Buildings, clothing, countries New vocabulary

19. Auto parts, careers, sports New vocabulary

Core Lessons
Lesson Theme Grammar Focus
1. Hometowns adjectives/adverbs, pronouns, simple verb tenses

2. Daily Routines negatives, progressive verb forms, articles

3. Making Choices negatives, open questions, question tags

4. Cooking open questions, future forms, singular and plural

5. Clothes phrasal verbs, modals of possibility, adjectives and adverbs

6. Transportation prepositions of time, future forms, articles

7. Telling Tales prepositions of time, articles, modals of possibility

8. Asking for Help pronouns, word order, word forms

9. Danger prepositions of place and motion, perfect tenses, yes or no questions

10. Complaints progressive verb forms, open questions, negatives

11. School and Study subject/verb agreement, prepositions of place and motion, yes or no questions

12. Parties articles, pronouns, subject/verb agreement

13. Entertainment prepositions of time, subject/verb agreement, questions tags

14. Top-Ten Lists adjectives and adverbs, prepositions of time, open questions

15. What Will Happen Next? conditionals, negatives, articles

16. At Home prepositions of place and motion, pronouns, singular and plural

17. At Work progressive verb forms, subject/verb agreement, word forms

18. Visiting yes or no questions, modals of obligation, word order

19. On Vacation adjectives and adverbs, simple tenses, yes or no questions

20. Big Cities prepositions of time, singular and plural, adjectives and adverbs

21. Small Towns negatives, open questions, prepositions of place and motion

22. The Country negatives, simple tenses, subject/verb agreement

23. The Wilderness word order, question tags, articles

24. Getting Lost prepositions of place and motion, articles, the form of modals

25. Playing Games singular and plural, modals of possibility, prepositions of time

26. Arts adjectives and adverbs, perfect tenses, word order

27. The News prepositions of place and motion, future forms, subject/verb agreement

28. Money modals of possibility, singular and plural, question tags

29. Family question tags, word order, pronouns

30. Clothes and Fashion prepositions of time, perfect tenses, yes or no questions

Listening Skill Builders
Lesson Theme Grammar Focus
1. In a Restaurant Making Requests

2. "I don't feel well." Gerunds and Infinitives

3. Girlfriends and Boyfriends "-ing"

4. Cooking The First Conditional

5. My Apartment Articles (a, an, and the)

6. Asking for Money The Present Tense

7. At Work Yes/No Questions

8. The Movies Negative Questions

9. Making a Decision Adjectives and Adverbs

10. The Doctor's Office Modal Auxiliaries

11. Getting Into Trouble Imperatives

12. Going to the Theater Articles (a, an, and the)

13. Giving and Receiving Question Forms

14. Accidents Irregular Verbs

15. Out on the Town Prepositions

Reading Skill Builders
Lesson Theme
1. Hometowns

2. Daily Routines

3. Making Choices

4. Cooking

5. Clothes

6. Transportation

7. Telling Tales

8. Asking for Help

9. Danger

10. Complaints

11. School and Study

12. Parties

13. Entertainment

14. Top-Ten Lists

15. What Will Happen Next?

16. At Home

17. At Work

18. Visiting

19. On Vacation

20. Big Cities

21. Small Towns

22. The Country

23. The Wilderness

24. Getting Lost

25. Playing Games

26. Arts

27. The News

28. Money

29. Family

30. Clothes and Fashion

Core Lessons
Lesson Theme Grammar Focus
1. Around the House prepositions of place and motion, articles, tenses

2. Pets and Animals subject/verb agreement, pronouns, singular and plural

3. Faraway Places prepositions of place and motion, articles, adjectives and adverbs

4. Could It Be True? The form of modals, conditionals, negatives

5. Sports singular and plural, gerunds and infinitives, word forms

6. Art question tags, simple tenses, the form of modals

7. Music subject/verb agreement, adjectives and adverbs, articles

8. Relationships modals of advice, adjectives and adverbs, articles

9. Embarrassing Situations negatives, gerunds and infinitives, progressive verb forms

10. Getting / Having Things Done pronouns, gerunds and infinitives, singular and plural

11. Daily News open questions, progressive verb forms, modal auxiliaries

12. Truth and Lies conditionals, gerunds and infinitives, negatives

13. Advertising word forms, yes or no questions, question tags

14. Newspapers and Magazines subject/verb agreement, open questions, articles

15. At the Movies prepositions of place and motion, question tags, subject/verb agreement

16. Books future forms, singular and plurals, adjectives and adverbs

17. Celebrities singular and plural, pronouns, modals of possibility

18. Technology simple tenses, word order, preposition connections

19. The Old Days modal auxiliaries, simple tenses, prepositions

20. Crafts and Do-It-Yourself conditionals, gerunds and infinitives, prepositions of place and motion

21. Inventions and Discoveries progressive verb forms, articles, word forms

22. Cooking gerunds and infinitives, question tags, prepositions of place and motion

23. Hobbies word forms, adjectives and adverbs, gerunds and infinitives

24. Information and Data articles, singular and plural, progressive verb forms

25. Time Lines and Chronologies passive, prepositions, word order

26. Nature's Power modals of advice, adjectives and adverbs, conditionals

27. Supernatural Phenomena negatives, subject/verb agreement, word order

28. Personality Types phrasal verbs, adjectives and adverbs, modals of ability

29. Marriage and Weddings conditionals, gerunds and infinitives, articles

30. Living Abroad conditionals, question tags, negatives

Listening Skill Builders
Lesson Theme Grammar Focus
1. Shopping Too much / Not Enough

2. Travel Prepositions

3. Parents and Children The Present Progressive and The Present Perfect Progressive

4. Losing Things Question Forms

5. Hurry Up! The Future

6. Working Your Way to the Top Articles

7. Gossip Articles

8. The Salesman The Past

9. Good News and Bad News Modals

10. Keeping Secrets Phrasal Verbs

11. At the Doctor Countable and Uncountable Nouns

12. Your Dream Job Pronouns

13. Vacations "-ing"

14. Saying Goodbye Adjective Word Order

15. A Wedding Negative Structures

Reading Skill Builders
Lesson Theme
1. Around the House

2. Pets and Animals

3. Faraway Places

4. Could It Be True?

5. Sports

6. Art

7. Music

8. Relationships

9. Embarrassing Situations

10. Getting /Having Things Done

11. Daily News

12. Truth and Lies

13. Advertising

14. Newspapers and Magazines

15. At the Movies

16. Books

17. Celebrities

18. Technology

19. The Old Days

20. Crafts and Do-It-Yourself

21. Inventions and Discoveries

22. Cooking

23. Hobbies

24. Information and Data

25. Time Lines and Chronologies

26. Nature's Power

27. Supernatural Phenomena

28. Personality Types

29. Marriage and Weddings

30. Living Abroad

Core Lessons
Lesson Theme Grammar Focus
1. The Neighborhood adjectives and adverbs, word order, articles

2. Parents and Children yes or no questions, pronouns, perfect tenses

3. Man and Machine yes or no questions, gerunds and infinitives, word forms

4. Education subject/verb agreement, open questions, articles

5. Figuring Things Out yes or no questions, gerunds and infinitives, word forms

6. Identity pronouns, modals of advice, open questions

7. Points of View word forms, adjectives and adverbs, modals of possibility

8. "This Much I Know." Perfect tenses, conditionals, word forms

9. Best and Worst open questions, subject/verb agreement, perfect tenses

10. What Might Have Been . . . word order, conditionals, modals of obligation

11. What's On TV? Vocabulary, gerunds and infinitives, question tags

12. Fantasy the form of modals, word order, adjectives and adverbs

13. Disasters and Near Misses preposition connections, word forms, question tags

14. Influences vocabulary, prepositions of time, negatives

15. First and Last yes or no questions, perfect tenses, articles

16. Ages of Mankind articles, pronouns, preposition connections

17. Dreams and Nightmares question tags, negatives, subject/verb agreement

18. Humor subject/verb agreement, gerunds and infinitives, question tags

19. Negotiation conditionals, negatives, gerunds and infinitives

20. Government and Politics word forms, yes or no questions, singular and plural

21. American History and Culture subject/verb agreement, open questions, conditionals

22. Self-Discovery gerunds and infinitives, modals of advice, modals of ability

23. Religions future forms, yes or no questions, vocabulary

24. Conflict word forms, conditionals, negatives

25. English Around the World pronouns, singular and plural, open questions

26. The Earth's Oceans prepositions of place and motion, articles, adjectives and adverbs

27. Aviation and Space prepositions of place and motion, yes or no questions, gerunds and infinitives

28. Body and Mind simple tenses, word forms, progressive verb forms

29. Literature pronouns, conditionals, word order

30. Symbols subject/verb agreement, future forms, vocabulary

Listening Skill Builders
Lesson Theme Grammar Focus
1. Making a Deal Comparative Adjectives

2. Dangerous Situations The Passive

3. Storytelling Adverbs and Adjectives

4. In the Office Modal Auxiliaries

5. Complaints Mixed Tenses

6. School Conditional Sentences

7. Parents! Gerunds and Infinitives

8. Going Out to Dinner Pronouns

9. That's What Friends Are For The First Conditional

10. Making an Investment--Part I Idioms

11. Making an Investment--Part II The Third Conditional

12. "It's Not My Fault!" Phrasal Verbs

13. Use Your Imagination Noun Clauses (wh- clauses)

14. The Effects of Tourism Adjective Forms

15. The Fortune Teller Future Tenses

Reading Skill Builders
Lesson Theme
1. The Neighborhood

2. Parents and Children

3. Man and Machine

4. Education

5. Figuring Things Out

6. Identity

7. Points of View

8. "This Much I Know."

9. Best and Worst

10. What Might Have Been . . .

11. What's On TV?

12. Fantasy

13. Disasters and Near Misses

14. Influences

15. First and Last

16. Ages of Mankind

17. Dreams and Nightmares

18. Humor

19. Negotiation

20. Government and Politics

21. American History and Culture

22. Self-Discovery

23. Religions

24. Conflict

25. English Around the World

26. The Earth's Oceans

27. Aviation and Space

28. Body and Mind

29. Literature

30. Symbols