8th Grade
Dear Students and parents,
Welcome back to school! Our book is City Stars 8. There are 6 modules. Each module has grammar part, vocabulary part, dialogue and monologue practice, writing part and cultural corner. Besides, there are units about Moscow and Russia. Here below you can find all links to the related materials.Starter
Vocabulary Revision:
- Jobs
- Extreme sports
- Entertainment
- The internet
- The weather
- Health issues
- Appearance & Character
- The environment
Grammar Revision:
- Present Simple
- Adverbs of frequency
- Present Continuous
- Present Simple vs Present Continuous
- Stative Verbs
- Past Simple
- Present Perfect
- Have gone (to)/Have been (to)/Have been in
- Present Perfect Continuous
- Present Perfect vs Past Simple
Everyday English Revision:
- Going to an event
- Job interview
- Going out
- Doctor's appointment
Modules
Module 1. Breaking news
Grammar:
Vocabulary:
- World events
- Volcanic eruption
- Accidents & Injuries
- Types of TV programmes
- Weather phenomena
- Disasters
Module 2. Consumer society
Grammar:
- Future tenses ( will, be going to, present continuous, future continuous )
- Comparisons
- V-ing & (to) infinitive forms
- Exclamations
- Future Perfect - Future Perfect Continuous
- Clauses of concession
- Shops & Services
- Material and substances
- Supermarket shopping
- Furniture & Appliances
- Faulty products
Module 3. Doing the right thing
Grammar:
- Modals ( revision )
- Conditionals ( type 0, 1, 2, 3 )
- Wishes
- Relative clauses
- Mixed conditionals
- Community action
- Members of society
- World problems
- Raising awareness
- Space
- Environmental problems
Module 4. Still a mystery
Grammar:
- The passive
- Personal & Impersonal
- Constructors
- Articles
- Reflexive & Emphatic pronouns
- Mysterious events/places
- UFOs
- Characteristics of strange creatures
- Ways of looking
- Unexplained phenomena
- Types of books
Module 5. Lifelong learning
Grammar:
- Reported speech ( statements, questions, commands )
- Special introductory verbs
- Time clauses
- Learning experiences
- Martial art skills
- School subjects
- Technology in education
- Achievements
- Gap year experiences
- Higher education
Module 6. Getting to know you
Grammar:
- The causative
- Speculations
- Clauses
- Inversion
- Appearance & Character
- Changing one's appearance
- Types of people
- Body language
- Body idioms
- Communication mistakes