vi Scope and Sequence
Unit Theme Grammar Topics Avoid Common Mistakes
PART 7 Modal Verbs and Modal-like Expressions
UNIT 19
page198
Amazing
Science
Ability Ability with Can and Could
(p.200)
Be Able To (p.204)
Remembering to spell cannot
as one word; remembering
the be and to in be able to
UNIT 20
page210
Good Causes Requests and
Offers
Permission (p.212)
Requests and Offers (p.216)
Avoiding could in short
answers to requests for
permission; avoiding could
or would in responses to
requests to do things
UNIT 21
page222
The Right Job Advice and
Suggestions
Advice (p.224)
Suggestions (p.228)
Remembering had in
had better; avoiding could
not in negative suggestions
UNIT 22
page232
How to Sell It Necessity,
Prohibition,
and
Preference
Necessity and Prohibition
(p.234)
Preference (p.238)
Avoiding an infinitive with
would rather; remembering
would before rather
UNIT 23
page242
Life Today,
Life Tomorrow
Present
and Future
Probability
Present Probability (p.244)
Modals of Future Probability
(p.247)
Avoiding can for present or
future probability; avoiding
couldn’t for uncertainty
PART 8 Verbs + Prepositions and Phrasal Verbs
UNIT 24
page252
Getting Along
at Work
Transitive and
Intransitive
Verbs;
Verbs and
Prepositions
Transitive and Intransitive
Verbs (p.254)
Verb + Object + Preposition
Combinations (p.256)
Verb + Preposition
Combinations (p.258)
Remembering the object
with a transitive verb; using
prepositions with verbs
UNIT 25
page262
Money,
Money,
Money
Phrasal Verbs Intransitive Phrasal Verbs
(p.264)
Transitive Phrasal Verbs
(p.267)
Remembering a particle
in phrasal verbs; avoiding
putting an object pronoun
after a particle
PART 9 Comparatives and Superlatives
UNIT 26
page272
We Are All
Different
Comparatives Comparative Adjectives and
Adverbs (p.274)
Comparisons with As . . . As
(p.279)
Avoiding using more and
-er together; remembering
the second as in as...as
comparisons
UNIT 27
page284
The Best and
the Worst
Superlative
Adjectives
and Adverbs
Superlative Adjectives and
Adverbs (p.286)
Remembering irregular
superlative forms; avoiding
an object pronoun before a
superlative