Introduction 4
The IELTS Reading test 6
Unit 1 Full of energy
l Getting started 7
l Spotlight on language: energy collocations;
working from context 8
l Spotlight on exam skills 1: multiple choice 9
l Vocabulary builder 1: building your bank of
words and phrases 11
l Spotlight on exam skills 2: paragraph headings;
producing a paragraph-heading question 11
l Vocabulary builder 2: energy idioms; modifiers
and intensifiers 17
Unit 2 Health, wealth and happiness
l Getting started 19
l Spotlight on language: health and happiness
collocations 20
l Spotlight on exam skills 1: skimming and scanning;
sentence completion; word building; dealing with
new words 21
l Vocabulary builder: paraphrase practice 25
l Spotlight on exam skills 2: speed reading; paraphrase
practice; identifying text types; skimming for style;
skimming for content; sentence completion 26
Unit 3 Communication
l Getting started 31
l Vocabulary builder 1: communication vocabulary;
working from context 32
l Spotlight on exam skills 1: short-answer questions;
matching headings 33
l Spotlight on language: prefixes 36
l Spotlight on exam skills 2: topic sentences;
word-building practice; mutiple choice; pick from
a list 36
l Vocabulary builder 2: prepositional phrases;
organizing words 42
Unit 4 Work and money
l Getting started 45
l Vocabulary builder 1: jobs and professions 46
l Spotlight on exam skills 1: identifying what is
required; looking at words in context; dealing with
unknown words 47
l Vocabulary builder 2: paraphrase practice; choosing
words from a list 50
l Spotlight on exam skills 2: matching names; word
building; matching sentences 52
Unit 5 Society and social issues
l Getting started 57
l Vocabulary builder: social issues; word building 58
l Spotlight on exam skills 1: summary completion;
exam practice 59
l Spotlight on language: forms with –ing; active and
passive infinitives 65
l Spotlight on exam skills 2: note completion 66

Unit 6 The world around us
l Getting started 69
l Spotlight on exam skills 1: table completion 70
l Vocabulary builder: verbs of change; processes 72
l Spotlight on exam skills 2: flow-chart completion 74
l Spotlight on language: conditional practice;
sentence completion; useful expressions with if 76
l Spotlight on exam skills 3: table completion;
expressions with earth 78
Unit 7 Sell, sell, sell
l Getting started 81
l Vocabulary builder 1: advertising 82
l Spotlight on exam skills 1: True / False / Not Given 84
l Vocabulary builder 2: lifestyle; collocation practice 85
l Spotlight on exam skills 2: True / False / Not Given 86
l Spotlight on language: paraphrase practice 89
l Spotlight on exam skills 3: True / False / Not Given;
vocabulary development 90
Unit 8 The road to success
l Getting started 93
l Spotlight on exam skills 1: Yes / No / Not Given 93
l Vocabulary builder: positive and negative
expressions; success and failure 94
l Spotlight on language: understanding the author’s
point of view; patterns in a text 96
l Spotlight on exam skills 2: what is the author saying?;
Yes / No / Not Given 98
Unit 9 Networks
l Getting started 105
l Spotlight on language 1: describing groups 107
l Spotlight on exam skills 1: classifying 107
l Vocabulary builder: words in context 110
l Spotlight on language 2: oppositions and contrasts;
comparing and contrasting 111
l Spotlight on exam skills 2: exam practice 113
Unit 10 Sport, leisure and time
l Getting started 117
l Spotlight on exam skills 1: labelling a diagram;
question-type review 119
l Vocabulary builder: working with context 124
l Spotlight on language: chronology;
paraphrase practice 124
l Spotlight on exam skills 2: exam practice 126