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Thinking of You!
Unwelcome birthday cards. Police are keeping an eye on their local criminals.
Skills: Listening and grammar - present continuous.
Pre-Intermediate
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Roof Farms
Reading, Vocabulary, Grammar - the present perfect. There are 5 interactive exercises for you to do.
Pre-Intermediate
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Bags to Boats
Language - sometimes we use two words together to mean one thing or person etc.
Skills: Reading and vocabulary - compounds nouns, verbs and adjectives. There are 6 exercises to do.
Intermediate
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Waste Warriors
Read how refugee women and university students are battling the war against New Delhi's growing rubbish problem. You can practise using gerunds and -ing forms. There are 6 exercises for you to do.
Advanced
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Cool Under Pressure?
This lesson looks at some really dumb criminals. There are 6 exercises for you to do. Practice using the passive.
Pre-Intermediate
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I Am Sorry!
The thief, the shopkeeper and the apology. Why did they do it?
Elementary
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Life In the Dry Zone
This lesson looks at climate change and what some people must do to survive.
Skills:Reading, Grammar - modal verbs of obligation. There are 5 lessons for you to do.
Advanced
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Free Time ....
Some people believe that unpaid community service should be compulsory. These exercises look at the questions: volunteering or not? There are 8 exercises to do. You can also practice talking about activities in the past.
Intermediate
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Switch Off Your Phone!
Phone manners! When and how to use your phone in public. There are 5 exercises to do.
Upper-Intermediate
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Best Foot Forward
What not to wear to work in summer. There are 7 exercises to do. Reading, Vocabulary - clothing words, adjectives, Grammar - so and because.
Intermediate
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Unlucky Robbers
Read about two "unlucky robbers" and practise using the past perfect to put events in order. There are four exercises to do.
Pre-Intermediate
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Healthy Vegetables
This lesson looks at encouraging kids to eat vegetables and the benefits of cooked veges. There are 7 exercises for you to do, including a crossword puzzle and listening to an interview with international chefs.
Intermediate
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Strict Diets
Do diets actually help you lose weight? Try these 6 exercises and find out.
Advanced
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The Best Place To Live
Read about the best city in the world and then write an essay saying whether you think towns or cities are better places to raise children. There are 8 exercises to do.
Intermediate
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Behave or Hop Off
New rules for buses and trains. Reading, Grammar - passive, prepositions, past participles, Vocabulary. There are 5 exercises to do.
Intermediate
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No cake
No birthday cakes to school. Reading comprehension, Grammar - pronouns, Vocabulary. There are four exercises to do.
Elementary
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Stop Acting the Goat or You're Fired!
Acting the Goat - Animal Idioms - Cats, Cows and Goats. Find out about these animal expressions and how to use them.
Elementary
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Digital Assistants for Assistance?
Assistants or assistance? Confused? Try working with these easily confused words.
Advanced
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Computer Women
By the end of the lesson you will be able to:
Scan a news article closely to find details, Read an essay closely to find grammar mistakes, Write an essay giving your opinion, Use vocabulary from the AWL (Academic Word List), Use topic sentences when writing an essay, Describe infographics in an essay
Upper-Intermediate
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Scarecrow Town
Read about Tsukimi's scarecrows and practise your grammar and vocabulary. Enjoy the past simple crossword puzzle. There are 5 exercises to do.
Elementary
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A River-Truck?
This 3-year-old survives his adventure. Practise reading, listening, vocabulary, Grammar - past simple and past continuous. There are 5 exercises to do
Elementary
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Rent a Chicken
Reading, Grammar - preposition + ing, Vocabulary. There are 6 exercises to do.
Elementary
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Demining Animals
Dogs in Thailand have finished their difficult training to clear landmines. There are 6 exercises for you to do.
Elementary
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A Hairy Issue
"It costs to look this good ... and no, hubby doesn't need to know, nor does he ask." There are 6 exercises for you to do.
Upper-Intermediate
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How much is too much?
Giving Back
Some people say the most important thing about being rich is that it gives you the opportunity to give back. What do you think? There are six exercises to do.
Advanced
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Never Too Old To Graduate
They just keep on studying.
Skills: Reading, vocabulary - "keep +-ing" and grammar - pronouns.
Elementary
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Biological Bad Luck
Find out about the latest cancer research. There are four exercises to do. Practise reading comprehension, listening - dictation and grammar - adverbs of reason.
Upper-Intermediate
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London's Perilous Past
This lesson about research into one of the most turbulent periods of London's past has four exercises to do and you can practise using relative clauses.
Intermediate
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Next Stop Please...
Listen to the story of these two bus lovers' rides.
Skills: Listening, grammar - past continuous, adjectives and adverbs.
Elementary
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Air Rage
An argument over leg room and reclining seats forced a Florida-bound flight from New York to divert to a different airport, the third incident of a midair disruption caused by passengers in a week. Find out why air passengers in China are screaming mad as well. There are five exercises to do.
Intermediate
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Doll Hospital
English-to-go interviewed 3 people who work at the Doll Hospital. Read the interviews and answer the questions.
There are six exercises to do.
Elementary
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Hurricane Gender
Listen to people talking about a hurricane, write a letter and complete a quiz about hurricane names.
Skills: Grammar - Third Conditional, Reading Comprehension, Listening
Intermediate
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Avoidance Apps
Don't want to see somebody? This online lesson is about apps you can use on your phone so you can avoid meeting people.
Skills: Grammar - gerunds, Reading Comprehension
Pre-Intermediate
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Vending Machines
Topic: Grammar - The passive, adjectives and adjective order.
Skills: Reading comprehension, putting adjectives in order and writing an advertisement for "big Box".
Intermediate
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Dogs of war
People should not be allowed to keep dangerous dogs as pets. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
There are 7 exercisee fo you to do.
Upper-Intermediate Lesson Updated: 25 March 2014
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Noisy Travelers
What do Americans really dislike when they are travelling by plane? Find out! There are 5 exercises to do.
Skills: Grammar - present simple, expressing likes and dislikes, -ing form
Elementary
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The Bionic Man
Find out about the bionic man robot and practise your listening and grammar. There are four exercises to do.
Upper-Intermediate
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Dear Santa
"Dear Santa" letters are answered by U.S. Post Office program. There are four exercises to do.
Pre-Intermediate
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Leftovers
In Beijing, more than a third of women in their late 20s and 30s are looking for husbands.
Skills: Grammar - quantifiers, Reading comprehension - topic sentences, Vocabulary - relationship words. There are 6 exercises to try.
Upper-Intermediate
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A Drop of Wine
This Instant Workbook is done in conjunction with the Upper Intermediate Instant Lesson 'A Drop of Wine'. There are 8 exercises to do.
Upper-Intermediate
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Party Bribes
At prom parties throughout the United States, students will get expensive prizes and gifts just for turning up.
Skills: Reading, Vocabulary, Grammar - present simple and continuous, state verbs. There are 6 exercises to do.
Upper-Intermediate
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Not To Your Taste?
What don't these Presidents like? Listen to Susan talking about vegetables, talk about the future and practise your vegetable vocabulary. There are nine exercises to do.
Intermediate
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A Female Draft
This lesson is about a rather strange order that some trainee sailors have been given. There are eight exercises to do.
Skills: Grammar - reported speech, the passive, Vocabulary
Intermediate
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Record Chat
The Europeans
Skills: Listening and pronunciation, nationalities - adjectives and nouns. Match the words and their stress patterns. Use the nationality words. There are four exercises to do.
Pre-Intermediate Lesson Updated: 30 June 2013
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Barbie Land
Find out about the new cafe for Barbie lovers. Listen to two children talking about their toys.
There are eleven exercises to do.
Elementary
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Happy Travels
When you are travelling by train, what annoys you the most? Find out what annoys Japanese commuters. There are five exercises to do.
Upper-Intermediate
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Nasty Parasites
Parasites may get nastier with climate swings. There are three exercises to do.
Skills: Reading comprehension, Grammar - reported speech
Upper-Intermediate
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Breakfast Study
Read about the effect of missing breakfast and also read about changes to breakfast cereals.
Skills: Reading comprehension, Grammar - quantifiers, countable & uncountable nouns, Vocabulary. There are six exercises to do.
Pre-Intermediate
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When I'm Old .....
These two people have no intention of getting old quietly. Do you? Listen to a poem giving a warning of what may happen when this woman gets old.
Skills: Grammar - first conditional, Listening, Reading Comprehension - sequencing. There are 5 exercises to do.
Pre-Intermediate
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Better Late Than Never
Record returns for old library books. Find out about using the library and practise your grammar. There are six exercises to do.
Skills: Reading comprehension, Grammar - the passive, Vocabulary - library words
Pre-Intermediate
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