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Whizzy ready-mades – classroom-ready interactive ELT teaching resources

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Magnet: fun, flexible fridge magnets
Syntex: the syntax explorer
Choptalk: dynamic word jigsaws
Clozer: interactive gap-fills
Snap: spot the equivalent words
Matching: match the tiles on the right with the tiles on the left
True or false: tick the boxes
Sequencing: put the lines in order
Ranking: choose your order of preference

Simply click the whizzy ready-made icons

and the resource will pop up.

Reading

Atmosphere at work

25.7 k 47.1 k 3.6 k	Help me with my work problem! (06/08/2008)
	Related resources: Reading \| Speaking \| Business English \| Atmosphere at work
	This resource asks students to solve a complex problem while developing their reading, vocabulary, and oral fluency. There is an interactive version of task 2 (Matching).
	B2

Form-filling

31.7 k 104.4 k 3.6 k	Form filling / personal information (25/01/2008)
	Related resources: Reading \| Writing \| Form-filling
	A mixture of tasks with an emphasis on correct information rather than perfect grammar. The aim of the lesson is that learners can give necessary and relevant personal information when and where appropriate. Includes interactive versions of tasks 3 and 4 (Magnet and Matching).
	A1

Friends (intermediate)

42.1 k 128.0 k 3.6 k	Help me with my friendship problem! (15/08/2008)
	Related resources: Reading \| Speaking \| Friends (intermediate)
	Students solve a complex problem while developing their reading, vocabulary, and oral fluency. They can write a letter from an Agony Aunt as a follow-up. There is an interactive version of task 2 (Matching).
	B2

Money and wealth

73.2 k 149.5 k 3.6 k	Help me with my money problem! (15/08/2008)
	Related resources: Reading \| Speaking \| Money and wealth
	Students solve a complex problem while developing their reading, vocabulary, and oral fluency. They can invent a dialogue as a follow-up. There is an interactive version of task 2 (Matching).
	B2 \| C1

Past (basic)

487.4 k 408.6 k 58.8 k	Victorian times (15/03/2010)
	Related resources: Reading \| Writing \| Past (basic)
	A reading comprehension about the Victorian era in Britain with follow-up sentence writing to consolidate the present and past simple. Best suited to learners studying in Britain so that they can compare Britain then and now. Includes some great pictures and an interactive version of the T/F task (Flash icon).
	A2

Past (intermediate)

235.0 k 123.4 k 42.8 k	Witness (21/02/2008)
	Related resources: Reading \| Grammar \| Past (intermediate)
	Students read a witness statement, practise the past simple and past perfect tenses, and investigate a brutal hamster murder. The Flash file is an interactive version of task 2 (Sequencing).
	B2

Prepositions (intermediate)

47.4 k 100.4 k 3.3 k 42.4 k	An eventful day (21/02/2008)
	Related resources: Reading \| Grammar \| Prepositions (intermediate)
	A well-structured activity to teach common time prepositions used in narrative. It starts with students identifying time prepositions in a letter and builds up to them telling a story using prompts. There are interactive versions of tasks 1 and 4 (Magnet and Sequencing).
	B1 \| B2

Relationships and marriage

207.3 k 188.4 k 3.6 k	Help me with my relationship problem! (15/08/2008)
	Related resources: Reading \| Speaking \| Relationships and marriage
	This resource asks students to solve a complex problem while developing their reading, vocabulary, and oral fluency. They can write a letter from an Agony Aunt as a follow-up. There is an interactive version of task 2 (Matching).
	B2

Supernatural

230.5 k 302.1 k 3.8 k	The supernatural (21/02/2008)
	Related resources: Reading \| Speaking \| Supernatural
	Lovely varied resource with plenty of room for students' own ideas and opinions, and nice short texts about supernatural events. The Flash file contains interactive versions of tasks 2, 3 and 9 (Clozer, Choptalk, T/F).
	B1

Topical lessons: architecture

258.2 k 50.5 k 298.0 k 43.4 k 58.5 k	Topical lesson: Dresden: sacrificing beauty for convenience? (15/07/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: architecture
	The 'Best articles: Foreign' feature from p14 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: describing and comparing cities, paraphrasing, and a role-play about building a new bridge. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains whizzy versions of task 3 (matching) and task 4 (T/F).
	B2

Topical lessons: business

83.1 k 137.2 k 181.8 k 16.7 k	Topical lesson: Why are we insulting this generous man? (27/01/2010)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: business
	The 'Best articles: Foreign' feature from p16 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes discussion about how to become a successful business person, various reading skills, and work on subject questions. The first PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is an interactive version of task 6.
	B1 \| B2

552.9 k 60.2 k 100.9 k 15.0 k 2,238.9 k	Topical lesson: Amazonian funds: do women add value? (02/11/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Business English \| Topical lessons: business
	The 'City' feature from p46 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes work on idioms from the text, discussion about women in top management, listening to a presentation of NetApp and making a company presentation. The PDF is the magazine page. The MP4 is the audio file. The Flash file contains whizzy versions of task 2 (T/F) and task 3 (matching).
	B2 \| C1

60.2 k 98.2 k 86.0 k 3.6 k	Topical lesson: 'The best ... bicycle accessories' (08/06/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Business English \| Topical lessons: business
	The 'Consumer' feature on p32 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: scanning skills, language for advertising, inventing a new product and writing adverts for everyday objects. Suitable for students in marketing and those who are keen on cycling. The second PDF is the magazine page. There are also interactive versions of Worksheet 1 (ranking) and Worksheet 3 (clozer).
	C1 \| C2

92.6 k 889.2 k 251.9 k 3.7 k	Topical lesson: 'Consumer' (22/04/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Business English \| Topical lessons: business
	The 'Consumer' feature from p34 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: work on car vocabulary, technical abbreviations and adjectives used in marketing, jigsaw reading, a product presentation, a role-play on buying and selling a car, and another designing and marketing a new household appliance. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains whizzy versions of 'Before you read' (ranking) and task 5 (matching).
	B1 \| B2

Topical lessons: crime and law

4,092.7 k 86.6 k 321.0 k 15.7 k	Topical lesson: Stop these self-appointed moral zealots (09/09/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: crime and law
	The 'Best articles: Foreign' feature on p16 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes a morality questionnaire (with Flash version), a running dictation, a T/F activity (with Flash version), discussion about banning 'immoral' practices and work on modals. The second PDF is the magazine page.
	B2 \| C1

60.4 k 1,364.3 k 69.6 k 59.0 k	Topical lesson: The “terrorist plot”: another police fiasco? (07/05/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Academic English \| Topical lessons: crime and law
	The 'Talking Points' feature on p19 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Focuses on identifying and presenting arguments, the use of quotations as well as providing speaking and writing practice. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (T/F) version of task 3.
	B2 \| C1

177.4 k 40.1 k 187.4 k 58.6 k	Topical lesson: The police: a failure in leadership (27/04/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: crime and law
	The 'Talking points' feature from p20 of The Week magazine. Includes: describing and comparing photos, writing and performing dialogues, discussing police behaviour, choosing the best summaries for the article and discussing the use of names in discipline. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy version of task 2 (T/F).
	B2

84.3 k 267.3 k 96.8 k 42.5 k	Topical lesson: 'The Nazi "most wanted" list' (18/02/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: crime and law
	The 'Briefing' feature from p13 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes a discussion on war crimes, a dictionary race, scanning, a headings match and a debate on the punishment of war crimes. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (sequencing) version of task 4.
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

27.8 k 1,140.6 k 54.8 k 43.7 k	Topical lesson: Catching serial killers (14/05/2008)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: crime and law
	The 'The Main Stories' feature from p4 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes discussion about serial killers, real and fictional, vocabulary matching, true or false and an agree/disagree discussion about punishment for serial killers. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (matching) version of task 4.
	B2 \| C1

26.8 k 1,067.0 k 43.5 k 43.4 k	Topical lesson: Baby's remarkable survival (09/05/2008)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: crime and law
	The 'Europe at a glance' feature from p7 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes vocabulary matching, a gapfill summary of the text and discussion questions on escape and arson. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (matching) version of task 2.
	B1

Topical lessons: economics and finance

180.0 k 133.9 k 101.9 k 16.1 k	Topical lesson: politicians and the pound (10/03/2010)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Business English \| Topical lessons: economics and finance
	The 'City' feature from p40 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: work on financial and political vocabulary, comprehension questions for each paragraph, and discussion about economics. The first PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains whizzy versions of tasks 2 (matching) and 5 (T/F). Suitable for learners with some knowledge of finance.
	C1 \| C2

483.7 k 63.5 k 149.5 k 15.1 k	Topical lesson: Issue of the week: mortgage crackdown (28/10/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Business English \| Topical lessons: economics and finance
	The 'City' feature from p46 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes printable and interactive vocabulary exercises, discussion on appropriate forms of credit and a role-play of a mortgage application. The PDF is the magazine page. The flash file contains whizzy versions of task 2 (T/F) and task 4 (matching).
	B2 \| C1

56.1 k 224.3 k 62.0 k 2.4 k	Topical lesson: Making money: what the experts think (02/09/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Business English \| Topical lessons: economics and finance
	The 'City' feature on p41 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes work on financial collocations and a presentation justifying investment decisions. The second PDF is the magazine page. The HTML file is a whizzy version of task 3 (clozer).
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

79.5 k 511.4 k 76.3 k 59.0 k	Topical lesson: Bad times in Dubai (06/04/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: economics and finance
	The 'Briefing' feature on p11 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes discussion about the financial crisis, T/F comprehension questions (plus whizzy version), choosing the best ending to a sentence and finding synonyms. The second PDF is the magazine article.
	B2 \| C1

64.7 k 387.3 k 77.3 k 1.5 k 59.0 k	Topical lesson: The crusader for capitalism (31/03/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: economics and finance
	The 'Briefing' feature from p13 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes T/F comprehension questions (plus Flash version), a focus on relative pronouns and discussion on books or films that have affected learners' lives. The HTML file is a whizzy version of task 5 (clozer).
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

80.5 k 104.4 k 78.3 k 44.0 k	Topical lesson: Bankers and their bonuses (29/10/2008)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Business English \| Topical lessons: economics and finance
	The 'Briefing' feature from p12 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. This resource is suitable for learners with experience in banking or finance. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (matching) version of task 2.
	C1 \| C2

26.3 k 670.5 k 54.3 k 15.5 k	Topical lesson: Nationalising the Rock (09/05/2008)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: economics and finance
	The 'The Main Stories' feature from p4 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes word matching, matching comprehension questions and answers, and discussion on national and private companies. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains whizzy (matching) versions of tasks 2 and 3.
	B2 \| C1

Topical lessons: engineering

124.3 k 93.8 k 240.1 k 3.7 k	Topical lesson New cars: what the critics say (24/06/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: engineering
	The 'Consumer' feature on p36 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: multiple choice questions about the reviews, a word search of car parts and how to drive in six easy steps. The second PDF is the magazine page. Includes interactive versions of the driving verbs task (Clozer, multiple choice and sequencing).
	B2 \| C1

482.0 k 86.5 k 81.4 k 43.4 k	Topical lesson: The car that's faster than a bullet (03/11/2008)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: engineering
	The 'Health & Science' feature from p21 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes a focus on the use of articles, a role-play, and a contextualised writing activity, plus suggestions for a class debate. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (matching) version of task 1.
	B1 \| B2 \| C1

Topical lessons: environment

110.9 k 1,230.8 k 43.5 k	Topical lesson: Russia suffers from heat and mismanagement (19/08/2010)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: environment
	The 'Best articles: foreign' feature from p14 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes using vocabulary from the text in other contexts, work on cleft sentences and a natural disasters role-play. The PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is an interactive version of task 5 (matching).
	B2

60.7 k 731.6 k 151.0 k 43.7 k	Topical lesson: Greening the Recession (04/03/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: environment
	The 'Briefing' feature from p13 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes jigsaw reading tasks, scanning for specific information, and a well-constructed role-play. The Flash file is a whizzy (matching) version of 'Before you read'.
	B2 \| C1

26.8 k 761.5 k 71.2 k 43.5 k	Topical lesson: The "facts" about plastic bags (25/09/2008)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: environment
	The 'Health & Science' feature from p19 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes word matching, comprehension questions, practice with the passive and a discussion about what individuals and governments could do to save the planet. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains a whizzy (matching) version of task 2.
	B1 \| B2

26.2 k 1,007.4 k 67.1 k 58.9 k	Topical lesson: Biofuels – the green answer to petrol? (23/06/2008)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: environment
	The 'Briefing' feature from p13 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes brainstorming energy sources, guessing the content, true/false comprehension questions, and class discussion about life in the future. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (T/F) version of task 4.
	B2 \| C1

Topical lessons: food and drink

79.0 k 103.5 k 64.0 k 43.6 k	Topical lesson: Best restaurant lists are idiotic and misleading (14/05/2010)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: food and drink
	The 'Best articles: foreign' feature from p18 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes reading for detail, vocabulary work, and a fun speaking activity where learners present dubious candidates for 'best restaurant'. The Flash file is an interactive version of task 4 (matching). The first PDF is the magazine page.
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

94.3 k 125.3 k 85.5 k 15.6 k	Topical lesson: McItaly: the burger that betrayed a nation? (24/02/2010)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: food and drink
	The 'Best articles: Foreign' feature from p16 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: speaking about eating habits, IELTS-style comprehension questions and an IELTS-style formal letter-writing task. The first PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains whizzy versions of tasks 2 and 3(Matching) and task 5 (Clozer).
	B2

136.5 k 146.4 k 80.9 k 17.0 k	Topical lesson: Mr Gü's guide to making millions (03/02/2010)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: food and drink
	The 'City' feature from p38 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: discussion about chocolate, work on numbers and business collocations, and writing about food-related memories. The first PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains whizzy versions of the warm-up (Syntex), the numbers task (matching and snap) and the T/F activity.
	B1

386.9 k 126.6 k 889.3 k 2.4 k 58.6 k	Topical lesson: Pizza East (11/11/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: food and drink
	The 'Food & Drink' feature from p40 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes a cloze exercise, true/false questions, work on the verbs 'lay/lie/lie' and a discussion on British cheeses. The first PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains whizzy versions of tasks 3 (clozer) and 4 (T/F).
	B1 \| B2

413.4 k 70.6 k 128.5 k 58.7 k	Topical lesson: What the experts recommend (20/10/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: food and drink
	The 'Food & Drink' feature on p37 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes developing vocabulary for describing restaurants, writing a review of a local restaurant and posting it on the internet for all to see. The PDF is the magazine page. The flash file is a whizzy version of task 3 (T/F).
	B2

1,107.2 k 80.3 k 206.8 k 43.5 k 1,555.0 k	Topical lesson: Food & Drink (14/10/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Listening \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: food and drink
	The 'Food & Drink' feature on p36 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes a T/F speaking game on 'the strangest food I have eaten', a listening activity on a recipe, writing a menu and a recipe, and designing an advertising campaign for a sherry. The first PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy version of tasks 6 and 8 (matching).
	B1

381.3 k 66.1 k 219.6 k 43.6 k	Topical lesson: Britain's best gastropubs (29/09/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: food and drink
	The 'Food & Drink' feature from p36 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes a comprehension exercise, a crossword puzzle and a discussion/writing resource. The first PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy version of task 2 (matching).
	B1 \| B2

80.1 k 109.2 k 88.1 k 1.8 k 56.9 k	Topical lesson: Wine choice (26/08/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: food and drink
	The 'Food & Drink' feature on p31 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes a T/F and a text ordering activity (with whizzy versions), a review of comparative and superlative adjectives and a wonderful wine-tasting role-play. The second PDF is the magazine page.
	A2 \| B1 \| B2

54.7 k 74.4 k 135.7 k 16.0 k	Topical lesson: Organic food: grub for the gullible? (12/08/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: food and drink
	The 'Talking points' feature from p19 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: a 'How gullible are you?' quiz, an 'Are you an ethical consumer?' questionnaire, a jigsaw reading and vocabulary work. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains whizzy versions of the 'In more detail' task (matching).
	C1 \| C2

Topical lessons: health

152.2 k 116.7 k 33.0 k	Topical lesson: Don't listen to football in the car (21/07/2010)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: health
	The 'Health & Science' feature from p19 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes work on reading to check predictions, saying figures, and comparisons using 'as ... as'. The PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is an interactive version of task 1.3.
	A2

141.3 k 180.3 k 179.2 k 40.9 k	Topical lesson: The perils of a junk-food fix (14/04/2010)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: health
	The 'Health & Science' feature from p19 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: discussion about food and addiction, scanning and reading for detail, work on questions, past participles and pronunciation, and practice giving advice. The first PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is an interactive version of task 4 (sequencing).
	B1 \| B2

182.8 k 162.0 k 747.0 k 3.6 k	Topical lesson: Are you old? Well that depends (30/03/2010)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: health
	The 'Health & Science' feature from p20 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: a sequencing activity for the stages of life (plus interactive version), a writing task describing older people, and discovering rules for forming nationalities (with interactive version – Magnet). The first PDF is the magazine page.
	A2 \| B1

120.0 k 194.1 k 162.3 k 15.6 k	Topical lesson: The Sleeping Beauty of Worthing (02/03/2010)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Teenagers \| Topical lessons: health
	The 'Health & Science' feature from p19 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: true/false comprehension questions, work on collocations, a 'find someone who' on sleeping habits, and speaking and writing about fairy tales. The first PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains whizzy versions of tasks 3 and 6 (T/F) and task 4 (matching).
	B1 \| B2

817.3 k 56.0 k 57.9 k 58.8 k	Topical lesson: Anti-smoking vaccine (03/12/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: health
	The 'Health & Science' feature from p18 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: true/false questions, a fun exercise on common acronyms, discussion on smoking, and lots of links to useful websites. The first PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy version of task 2 (T/F).
	B1

73.4 k 320.7 k 70.7 k 1.6 k 59.0 k	Topical lesson: Swine flu: even teddy bears pose a risk (05/08/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: health
	The 'Talking points' feature from p18 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: a cloze exercise plus whizzy, true/false comprehension questions plus whizzy, the use of 'bring' and 'take' and a doctor and patient role-play. The second PDF is the magazine page.
	B1 \| B2 \| C1

53.6 k 1,025.5 k 236.0 k 58.8 k	Topical lesson: Does swimming make you fat? (11/03/2009)
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	The 'Health & Science' feature from p17 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes brainstorming, a crossword puzzle, comprehension and vocabulary exercises, and using words in new contexts. The second PDF is the magazine page. The flash file is a whizzy (T/F) version of task 3.
	A2 \| B1 \| B2

68.1 k 968.2 k 122.4 k 3.6 k	Topical lesson: 'Depression can be good for you' (02/02/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: health
	The 'Health & Science' feature on p26 of The Week magazine. Includes two different lead-ins and discussion sections, one for mental health professionals and one for learners of general English. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (matching) version of task 2.
	B1 \| B2 \| C1

55.1 k 1,000.6 k 1,183.7 k 43.8 k	Topical lesson: How to stroke pain away (29/09/2008)
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	The 'Health & Science' feature from p19 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes predicting the content from topic sentences, scanning for missing numbers and work on basic calculation. Also includes detailed reading of the 'How to stroke pain away' text and discussion about students' own experience of pain and pain relief. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (matching) version of task 5.
	B2

60.3 k 832.1 k 80.9 k 1.7 k 58.1 k	Topical lesson: Red Bull: a heart attack in a can? (01/09/2008)
	Related resources: Reading \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: health
	The 'Health & Science' feature on p20 of The Week magazine. Includes discussion about relaxation techniques and ways of staying awake, a review of health-related collocations, inference from information in the text, writing an email, and creating an advert. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains whizzy versions of task 3 (Magnet) and task 6.
	B2 \| C1

100.5 k 1,177.6 k 171.5 k 43.5 k	Topical lesson: Getting fit without doing exercise (18/08/2008)
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	The 'Health & Science' feature on p17 of The Week magazine. Includes guessing the content from the title, a comprehension/discussion boardgame, a link to the same news story on CBS and suggestions for writing activities. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (matching) version of task 3.
	B1 \| B2

84.1 k 1,633.7 k 176.6 k 43.4 k	Topical lesson: A Spanish paradise for insomniacs (04/08/2008)
	Related resources: Reading \| Speaking \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: health
	The 'Travel' feature from p32 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes a questionnaire about sleeping habits, vocabulary matching plus whizzy version, reading comprehension and discussion. The second PDF is the magazine page.
	B1 \| B2

29.4 k 909.2 k 51.7 k 43.5 k	Topical lesson: Wiping bad memories (02/06/2008)
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	The 'Health & Science' feature from p17 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes comprehension questions, vocabulary matching and discussion on brain surgery and medical ethics. This topic may of course be sensitive for some students. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (matching) version of task 2.
	B2

Topical lessons: history

72.4 k 79.0 k 119.8 k 43.4 k	Topical lesson: The Moon landing: where did it get us? (27/07/2009)
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	The 'Talking points' feature from p21 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: making notes on the main points of the text and a focus on the emphatic and work on synonyms of 'old'. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (matching) version of task 3.
	B2 \| C1

417.7 k 330.4 k 888.3 k 58.6 k	Topical lesson: 'Why Chairman Mao is a la mode again' (21/05/2009)
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	The 'Best articles: Foreign' feature from p14 of The Week magazine. Includes: a photo identity parade of famous dictators, a webquest on them, discussion about dictators' memorabilia and about a clip from Chaplin's The Great Dictator. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy version of Vocabulary 2 (T/F).
	B2 \| C1

Topical lessons: linguistics

145.3 k 145.3 k 384.5 k 58.9 k	Topical lesson: learning the language of orangutans (07/07/2010)
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	The 'Health & Science' feature from p19 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes discussion about body language, reading for gist, work on uses of the gerund and a mime game to practise the present progressive. The PDF is the magazine page.
	B1 \| B2

123.6 k 65.6 k 525.8 k 43.8 k	Topical lesson: Something we'll miss about Bush (18/11/2008)
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	The 'Best of the American columnists' feature on p15 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes discussion about the the importance (or otherwise) of accurate grammar and vocabulary and has students correcting some classic Bushisms! The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (matching) version of task 3.
	C1 \| C2

Topical lessons: literature

170.0 k 159.5 k 205.8 k 14.8 k	Topical lesson: Review of reviews: Books (16/06/2010)
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	The 'Review of reviews: Books' feature from p28 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes research on the cultural content, reading for detail, work on multi-word verbs and a role-play of an interview with an author. The first PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains interactive versions of tasks C (T/F) and D (matching).
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

192.3 k 54.7 k 118.8 k 58.3 k	Topical lesson: Novel of the week: The Slap (11/06/2010)
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	The 'Review of reviews: Books' feature from p29 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes predicting the content, reading for detail, writing a book review and/or discussing child discipline. The first PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is an interactive version of the speaking task (T/F).
	B1 \| B2

192.5 k 56.1 k 108.0 k 43.4 k	Topical lesson: Novel of the week – 'The Last Weekend' (02/06/2010)
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	The 'Review of reviews: Books' feature from p29 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes book vocabulary, scanning and reading for detail, work on adverbs and adjectives, and finishes with students writing their own book reviews. The first PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains an interactive version of the vocabulary task (matching).
	B1

183.0 k 430.1 k 448.5 k 15.7 k	Topical lesson: Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris (28/04/2010)
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	The 'Review of reviews: books' feature from p26 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes discussion about reading habits, an activity on word class, IELTS-style comprehension questions and a review-writing task. The first PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains whizzy versions of task 5 (T/F) and the alternative lead-in (matching).
	B2 \| C1

Topical lessons: media

79.4 k 136.5 k 159.2 k 16.6 k	Topical lesson: Best articles: Foreign (23/03/2010)
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	The 'Best articles: Foreign' feature from p16 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: comprehension questions, extensive work on vocabulary and parts of speech and discussion about privacy. The first PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains whizzy versions of tasks C (T/F), D (Matching) and F (Clozer).
	B2 \| C1

41.3 k 1,442.5 k 74.8 k 15.4 k	Topical lesson: Susan Boyle: Britain's unlikely new star (30/04/2009)
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	The 'Talking points' feature from p20 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: discussion of how to win a talent competition, work on vocabulary for describing and reacting to people, an interview with the star, and the class's own talent competition. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains whizzy versions of task 2 (matching) and task 3 (T/F).
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

89.9 k 1,330.4 k 134.1 k 17.0 k	Topical lesson: 'Film' (21/01/2009)
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	The 'Film' feature from p26 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes jigsaw reading, work on adjectives and writing a film review. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains whizzy versions of 'Before reading' (matching) and task 2.7 (T/F).
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

99.7 k 1,007.6 k 136.7 k 3.5 k	Topical lesson 'Film' (12/01/2009)
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	The 'Film' feature from p23 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes speed-reading, completing a table with information from the texts, film genres and descriptions, and discussion about the films that students would and wouldn't like to see. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains whizzy versions of task 4 (matching) and task 6 (T/F).
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

Topical lessons: politics

84.2 k 84.2 k 322.6 k 17.4 k	Topical lesson: Best articles: Foreign (23/06/2010)
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	The 'Best articles: Foreign' feature from p16 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes work on collocation and idiom, jigsaw reading, and writing a letter to a newspaper. The Flash file contains interactive versions of tasks 1, 3 and 5 (Magnet, matching, T/F). The PDF is the magazine page.
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

79.0 k 131.6 k 146.9 k 43.6 k 43.7 k 1,539.0 k	Topical lesson: Best articles: Foreign (12/05/2010)
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	The 'Best articles: Foreign' feature from p18 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes a jigsaw reading about politics and a fantastic diplomacy roleplay. The MP3 file is an audio recording for task 7 (on English as a lingua franca). The Flash files contain interactive versions of tasks 3A/B (matching). The first PDF is the magazine page.
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

100.4 k 98.5 k 149.0 k 43.8 k	Topical lesson: Switzerland's 'slap in the face' to Muslims (11/12/2009)
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	The 'Best articles: Foreign' feature from p14 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes a wordsearch for introducing or revising new vocabulary. The first PDF is the magazine page.

244.1 k 58.6 k 1,999.4 k 58.8 k	Topical lesson: Pirate Party spreads across Europe (07/07/2009)
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	The 'Best articles: Foreign' feature from p14 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes some lovely photos, putting the phrases back into the text, T/F questions (plus whizzy version) a focus on participle phrases, discussion questions, and a suggestions for a role-play in which groups form their own political parties. The second PDF is the magazine page.
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

216.6 k 934.8 k 449.0 k 1.6 k 3.6 k	Topical lesson 'More dangerous than bin Laden' (03/06/2009)
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	The 'Best articles: Foreign' feature from p16 of The Week magazine. Includes: discussion about things that are dangerous, a gapfill of the text, true/false questions, work on the verb 'move', a nationalities crossword and discussion about what students are afraid of. The second PDF is the magazine page. Includes interactive versions of task 2 (T/F) and task 3 (clozer).
	B1 \| B2

167.3 k 438.7 k 196.1 k 3.6 k	Topical lesson: 'Life after the White House' (28/01/2009)
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	The 'Briefing' feature from p13 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes reading comprehension, vocabulary in context, textual cohesion (pronouns and articles), CPE-style summary writing, and discussion about retirement. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (matching) version of task 6.
	C1 \| C2

75.2 k 730.2 k 127.5 k 44.1 k 15.9 k	Topical lesson: 'Greenland: northern rights' (16/12/2008)
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	The 'Briefing' feature from page 11 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes a Greenland trivia quiz, a whizzy date-matching activity, summarising paragraphs, completing a summary, practice with comparative forms, and an interactive crossword to revise vocabulary. The second PDF is the magazine page.
	B2

82.3 k 542.3 k 111.6 k 17.0 k 1,629.3 k	Topical lesson: Best of the American columnists (21/10/2008)
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	The 'Best of the American columnists' feature from p15 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. A treasure trove of material on the US election and the current economic crisis, and even an audio file on the differences between the Democratic and Republican parties. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains a wealth of whizzy versions (matching, snap, T/F and sequencing).
	C1

Topical lessons: sciences

141.3 k 706.0 k 1,817.1 k 963.7 k 15.1 k	Topical lesson: The SUV of the animal kingdom (13/04/2010)
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	The 'Health & Science' feature from p19 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: vocabulary for parts of a car and writing a comparison of vehicles and animals. The first PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is an interactive version of tasks 3 and 6 (matching).
	B1 \| B2

158.6 k 152.1 k 105.0 k 43.4 k 43.4 k	Topical lesson: Health & Science (11/01/2010)
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	The 'Health & Science' feature from p15 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: a health and science quiz, multiple choice comprehension questions, vocabulary matching (plus whizzy version) work on reporting verbs, and discussion about health and science. The first PDF is the magazine page.
	B2 \| C1

139.7 k 1,303.5 k 1,367.0 k 3.9 k	Topical lesson: A Sahara seething with monstrous crocs (11/12/2009)
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	The 'Health & Science' feature from p17 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: putting words in order to summarise the text, drawing a pre-historic creature and inventing a new hybrid. Ties in perfectly with a biology lesson. The first PDF is the magazine page. There are interactive (Syntex) versions of task 3.
	B1

59.4 k 507.7 k 78.3 k 1.6 k	Topical lesson: The power of red and blue (25/02/2009)
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	The 'Health & Science' feature on p17 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes putting sentences in order, a whizzy Choptalk version of part of the text, a gapfill of verbs relating to thinking and performing actions and another of fixed expressions. Can be used in conjunction with the resource 'Richard Of York Gave Battle in Vain'. The second PDF is the magazine page.
	B2 \| C1

116.0 k 299.0 k 410.1 k 3.6 k	Topical lesson: 'How Darwin changed the world' (11/02/2009)
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	The Briefing feature from p13 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes a Darwin quiz, guessing vocabulary from the context and a controversial roleplay. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (matching) version of task 2.
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

72.0 k 863.8 k 71.2 k 43.2 k	Topical lesson: Unveiling the monster (17/09/2008)
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	The 'Health & Science' feature from p17 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes word matching, a spidergram of the word 'waste', guess the context, spot the error and practice with the third conditional. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (matching) version of task 3.
	B2

175.8 k 490.3 k 98.3 k 15.4 k	Topical lesson: Was Malthus right after all? (04/07/2008)
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	The 'Briefing' feature from p13 of The Week magazine. Includes predicting the content, vocabulary matching, a true/false comprehension activity, finding synonyms in the text, and a discussion about 'Frankenstein science'. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains whizzy versions of tasks 3, 5 and 8 (matching and T/F).
	C1

Topical lessons: shopping

276.1 k 92.6 k 485.4 k 43.6 k	Topical lesson: The best ... handy kitchen accessories (16/06/2009)
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	The 'Consumer' feature from p38 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: a 'describe and guess' game, a role-play in a kitchen accessory shop and an 'invent a recipe' version of 'Call my Bluff'. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (matching) version of task 1.
	B1

Topical lessons: society

167.7 k 331.8 k 370.7 k 58.8 k	Topical lesson: War Games (28/05/2010)
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	The 'Review of reviews: books' feature from p26 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes discussion about donating to charity, vocabulary for international aid, reading for gist and detail, and a speaking task about charity gifts. The first PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains a whizzy version of task 5 (T/F).
	B2 \| C1

80.4 k 116.3 k 85.5 k 15.4 k	Topical lesson: We may not be sexy, but we are competent (17/02/2010)
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	The 'Best articles: Foreign' feature from p14 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes work on reading and writing skills: students write an article debunking common misconceptions about their countries. The first PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains whizzy versions of task 3 (Matching and Snap).
	B2 \| C1

123.8 k 256.4 k 570.9 k 3.6 k	Topical lesson: 'Don’t spare the rod' (22/01/2010)
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	The 'Health & Science' feature from p19 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: discussion on mischief and corporal punishment, a word cloud for matching vocabulary, comprehension questions, a group problem-solving activity and writing a blog. The first PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains a whizzy version of the matching activity.
	B2

113.2 k 145.2 k 192.0 k 15.7 k	Topical lesson: How to deal with racist Tintin (21/12/2009)
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	The 'Best Articles: Foreign' feature from p16 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: discussion about banning things, vocabulary for inappropriate behaviour, a crossword, and debating language. The first PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains whizzy versions of the lead-in (ranking) and the debating expressions (T/F).
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

40.3 k 80.7 k 101.9 k 43.1 k 43.1 k	Topical lesson: Britain's ageing population: the cost of care (22/07/2009)
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	The 'Talking points' feature from p19 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: completing a summary of the text, a focus on reduced relative clauses and work on synonyms of 'old'. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (matching) version of task 3.
	B2 \| C1

452.4 k 92.6 k 458.2 k 43.6 k	Topical lesson: How to donate to charity shops (16/06/2009)
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	The 'Consumer' feature from p38 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: discussion of the cultural and social issues surrounding charity shops and work on giving advice using conditionals. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (matching) version of task 3. Try the related listening activity, 10026 Charity shopping.
	B1

62.8 k 461.7 k 109.1 k 15.1 k	Topical lesson: Jordan: a very public separation (27/05/2009)
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	The 'Talking points' feature on p21 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: predicting the content of the text, vocabulary matching, comprehension questions, work on direct and indirect speech and discussion about fame and success. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (matching) version of task 3.
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

88.0 k 281.5 k 82.9 k 58.8 k	Topical lesson: A loss of humanity in our virtual age (08/12/2008)
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	The 'Best of the American columnists' feature from p15 of The Week magazine. Note that although the subject (internet suicide) is sensitive, discussion revolves mainly around learners' use of new forms of communication and their dehumanising effect more generally. The second PDF is the magazine page. The flash file is a whizzy (T/F) version of task 4.
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

64.8 k 418.4 k 70.7 k 3.6 k	Topical lesson : This recession won't make us better people (03/12/2008)
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	The 'Best of the American columnists' feature on p15 of The Week magazine. Includes vocabulary-matching (plus whizzy version), discussion, and work on expressions of cause and effect. The second PDF is the magazine page.
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

65.2 k 51.3 k 94.2 k 58.4 k	Topical lesson: Chicago, Paris and the death of suburbia (10/09/2008)
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	The 'Best of the American columnists' feature from p15 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes a crossword, predicting the content, guessing meaning from form and context, discussing change, and writing an article. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (T/F) version of task 2.
	B2

33.6 k 968.7 k 171.5 k 42.8 k	Topical lesson: Sharia law in Britain (09/05/2008)
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	The 'The Main Stories' feature from p4 of The Week magazine. Includes a vocabulary gapfill, reordering a summary of the text and discussion on immigration and integration. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (sequencing) version of task 3.
	B2

Topical lessons: sport

124.5 k 95.7 k 3.6 k	Topical lesson: No speaka da English (01/09/2010)
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	The 'Sport' feature from p22 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes discussion about factors affecting language learning, work on skimming, scanning and vocabulary, and a task on how to help Fabio Capello improve his English! The PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is an interactive version of the vocabulary task.
	B1

124.0 k 2,006.6 k 43.9 k 43.9 k	Topical lesson: Athletics: record medal haul raises hopes for London 2012 (10/08/2010)
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	The 'Sport' feature from p20 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes scanning, reading for detail, and work on multi-word expressions and figurative language. The PDF is the magazine page. The Flash files are interactive versions of tasks 5 and 6 (matching).
	B2 \| C1

126.0 k 184.8 k 43.6 k	Topical lesson: sport (14/07/2010)
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	The 'Sport' feature from p24 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes work on the third conditional, presenting an Olympic bid, and a spelling World Cup. The PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is an interactive version of task 2.
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

Topical lessons: travel

278.0 k 1,180.1 k 274.9 k 3.6 k	Topical lesson: 'Arcadia in Anatolia' (28/08/2008)
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	The travel feature from p34 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes discussion about places that are heaven or hell on earth, matching the places mentioned in the text with what you can do there, role-plays on developing rural areas, and writing a guidebook entry. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (matching) version of task 2.
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

Topical lessons: various topics

74.0 k 162.6 k 150.5 k 16.0 k	Topical lesson: Best articles: Foreign (12/02/2010)
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	The 'Best articles: Foreign' feature from p18 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: predicting the content from the headlines, guessing vocabulary from context, summarising a text and discussing protests, censorship, home schooling and religious education. The first PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains a whizzy version of task 2 (Clozer).
	C2

631.0 k 58.9 k 3,032.1 k 59.1 k	Topical lesson: Best articles: Foreign (01/07/2009)
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	The 'Best articles: Foreign' feature from p16 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes predicting the vocabulary in a text, T/F questions (plus whizzy version) and some fantastic pictures to match to the texts and write captions for. The second PDF is the magazine page.
	B2 \| C1

179.7 k 2,487.5 k 185.9 k 58.6 k	Topical lesson: Health & Science (22/12/2008)
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	The 'Health & Science' feature from pp18-19 of The Week magazine. Includes predicting the content of the articles, a spelling correction exercise and a crossword. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is a whizzy (T/F) version of task 1.
	B1 \| B2

Speaking

Academic writing

54.6 k 38.9 k 15.4 k	[IELTS] Academic writing 1: gathering ideas (27/10/2008)
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	This resource helps learners to become aware of a) their strengths and weaknesses in academic writing and to b) the processes involved in writing an academic assignment. It draws on learners' life experience rather than on any specific academic discipline. There are interactive versions of tasks 1 and 2 (Ranking and Sequencing).
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

Critical thinking

28.2 k 35.3 k 3.6 k	Summarising points of view (12/05/2009)
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	Students brainstorm some everyday problems, try to reach a group consensus about what to do, learn and use some expressions for summing up that point of view, then continue the discussion as a whole class.
	B1 \| B2 \| C1

27.7 k 43.5 k 3.8 k	Challenging other people's views (11/05/2009)
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	Students practise challenging other people's opinions and their own in direct and more polite ways. Includes interactive Syntex activities for students to rearrange words and punctuation into the correct order.
	B1 \| B2

Present (intermediate)

88.6 k 579.6 k 5.1 k 47.7 k	The rocky road of relationships (21/02/2008)
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	Through two perspectives on a relationship, students focus on stative verbs that are not normally used in the continuous tenses. Includes interactive activities for tasks 1 and 4 (Choptalk and Matching).
	B1 \| B2

Present perfect (intermediate)

195.7 k 1,310.2 k 43.6 k	What have you been doing? (03/02/2009)
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	Pictures illustrate the difference in use between the present perfect simple and the present perfect continuous, particularly looking at the emphasis on the result of the action with the simple and the duration of the action with the continuous. There's some speaking practice in the context of activities at a leisure centre. The Matching whizzy combines tasks 1 and 2.
	B2

Questions (basic)

160.6 k 142.8 k 3.5 k	Disco fever (01/06/2010)
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	Students visit nightclub managers to ask about location, opening hours, prices, music and dress code. Includes a series of Syntex activities for students to rearrange the words and punctuation into the correct order.
	A2 \| B1

Questions (intermediate)

74.5 k 207.9 k 3.6 k	A night at the movies (21/02/2008)
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	Using a dialogue about a film, students explore and practise question tags used to ask for confirmation or agreement. The resource includes the 'Don't say 'yes' or 'no' game'. There is an interactive version of task 3 (Matching).
	B2

Seminar skills

43.7 k 42.5 k 3.6 k	Seminar skills 2: preparing a presentation (15/12/2008)
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	This resource helps students to devise an appropriate title and to prepare a seminar systematically. There is an interactive version of task 3 (Sequencing).
	C1 \| C2

54.6 k 58.9 k 3.6 k	Seminar skills 3: considering different perspectives (15/12/2008)
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	This resource helps students to formulate considered opinions, to see things from different perspectives, and to see flaws in arguments. Includes a useful table for analysing perspectives in written or spoken texts. There is an interactive version of task 5 (T/F).
	C1 \| C2

48.6 k 55.3 k 3.6 k 984.6 k	Seminar skills 6: delivery (15/12/2008)
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	This resource helps students give a presentation using the appropriate body language, volume, speed, and signpost phrases. Should also raise some laughs as students direct their teacher like a remote-controlled puppet! There is an interactive version of task 6 (Matching). The MP4 is the audio file.
	C1 \| C2

Listening

Family (advanced)

34.8 k 107.5 k 42.6 k	When you meet the parents you shouldn't... (02/06/2008)
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	A fun and thought-provoking activity using two clips from the film 'Meet the Parents'. Can be used to practise modals for advice and speculation. There is an interactive version of task 8 (Sequencing). NB You will need to have access to the video clip on DVD or on YouTube.
	B2 \| C1

Leisure activities (advanced)

29.9 k 545.8 k 43.7 k	Women and sport - Bend it like Beckham (30/05/2008)
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	A discussion-based lesson which focuses on a short clip from the film Bend it like Beckham. Guaranteed to get the students talking and probably laughing too! It introduces some slang vocabulary which may not be appropriate for some learners. There is an interactive version of task 4 (Matching). NB You will need to have access to the video clip on DVD or on YouTube.
	C1 \| C2

Shopping (intermediate)

50.1 k 1,216.5 k 2.4 k	Charity shopping (12/01/2010)
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	Short excerpts of an authentic conversation between three young women. Accompanies [PET] Bargain hunting or How to donate to charity shops. There are key vocabulary lists, ideas for activities, and different versions of the transcript. The members' version is a Talking Transcript with audio files embedded in the Word document.
	B1 \| B2

Telephone

122.8 k 64.0 k 2.4 k 383.6 k	You have one new message (29/03/2010)
	Related resources: Listening \| Business English \| Telephone
	Intensive listening practice with an authentic voicemail message in Canadian English. Students also have the opportunity to leave their own voicemail messages and write 'thank you' emails. The MP4 file is the message. The Flash file is an interactive version of task D (Clozer).
	B1

Telling the time

166.7 k 334.3 k 3.6 k	Time game (01/04/2009)
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	Children practise recognising and saying what time they get up. Comes with an interactive activity matching digital times and their equivalents in words.
	A1 \| A2

Writing

Academic writing

75.8 k 48.6 k 6.1 k	Academic writing 8: references and bibliographies (27/10/2008)
	Related resources: Writing \| Academic English \| Academic writing
	Students work on paraphrase and quotation and learn how to order and format items in a bibliography. There is an interactive Notebook version of task 2.
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

57.8 k 48.1 k 58.8 k	[IELTS] Academic writing 3: the introduction and conclusion (27/10/2008)
	Related resources: Writing \| Academic English \| Academic writing
	This resource helps learners to understand the essential components of introductions and conclusions. They also have the chance to plan and write their own effective introductions and conclusions in the context of topical economics and finance issues. The interactive task is a T/F version of task 2.
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

Adjectives and adverbs (intermediate)

1,261.8 k	As pretty as a picture (17/08/2009)
	Related resources: Writing \| Grammar \| Adjectives and adverbs (intermediate)
	A beautifully designed Notebook resource on the effects of similes and how to use them to appeal to the senses.
	B1

Creativity

40.4 k 85.0 k 23.4 k 42.7 k	Write your own English poem (14/09/2009)
	Related resources: Writing \| Creativity
	A worksheet that guides learners step-by-step through the stages of writing a poem. With work on similes and rhyming that encourages leaners to focus on pronunciation.
	B1

Essays

50.4 k 63.0 k 3.6 k	How to, and how not to, write an effective introduction (02/03/2009)
	Related resources: Writing \| Essays
	Students often have a hard time writing effective introductions. This document gets them thinking about what an introduction should include and what to avoid. It is accompanied by an activity where they practise rewriting poor introductions. There is an interactive version of 'What do you think? (2)' (Matching).
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

Letters, emails and postcards (intermediate)

22.4 k 76.3 k 59.2 k 15.8 k	Writing a formal letter (18/06/2008)
	Related resources: Writing \| Business English \| Letters, emails and postcards (intermediate)
	Students work together to put sections of a formal letter in the right order. They then work in pairs to spot the mistakes in another formal letter and finish with a quiz to check their knowledge.
	B1 \| B2

Newspaper articles

33.0 k 79.4 k 3.6 k	Jaws Attacks! (17/08/2009)
	Related resources: Writing \| Young learners (under 12) \| Teenagers \| Newspaper articles
	An inspiring way of getting students to write in class, based around the death of Alex Kintner in the film Jaws. Follows on from What is Jaws doing? Practises reported speech and use of inverted commas.
	A2 \| B1

Past (advanced)

27.0 k 51.2 k 16.6 k	All in the past (21/02/2008)
	Related resources: Writing \| Grammar \| Past (advanced)
	Students analyse corpus-based examples of different uses of the simple past and then write sentences of their own to practice them. There are interactive versions of tasks 2 and 3 (Matching and Syntex).
	C1 \| C2

Pronunciation

Questions (intermediate)

30.5 k 53.2 k 3.6 k	Question tags (11/03/2008)
	Related resources: Pronunciation \| Grammar \| Questions (intermediate)
	Revision and practice of question tags, including using the correct intonation. There is an interactive version of task 6 (Matching).
	B2 \| C1

Grammar

Academic grammar

35.5 k 58.4 k 2.4 k 2.4 k	The passive voice (08/02/2010)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Academic English \| Academic grammar
	A systematic resource on why the passive is used and how it is formed in the different tenses. Refers to a variety of academic contexts.
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

40.6 k 97.3 k 3.6 k	'I'll see you tomorrow,' she said. (30/06/2009)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Academic English \| Academic grammar
	A systematic guide to using indirect speech to report what was said previously, to challenge speakers and to check understanding of a presentation. Uses both non-academic and academic contexts (global warming). The interactive snap game practises the change in time expressions between direct and indirect speech.
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

24.0 k 38.4 k 3.5 k	Tense use in written assignments (22/06/2009)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Academic English \| Academic grammar
	Looking at examples from an assignment on teenage drinking, students analyse which tenses are typically used in which sections of an academic essay and what functions they fulfil. The interactive sequencing tasks can be used as consolidation.
	B1 \| B2

Adjectives and adverbs (intermediate)

216.1 k 1,372.2 k 889.5 k 1,323.0 k 4.2 k	Objects of desire (27/02/2008)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Adjectives and adverbs (intermediate)
	Students explore the order of adjectives before nouns using some fantastic photos. Warning, the file is large and takes a bit of time to download. Either print out the images in colour or show the PowerPoint slides provided. There are interactive versions of tasks 5 and 7 (Syntex and Magnet) and of the whole lesson (Promethean Flipchart).
	B2

Conditionals (advanced)

438.1 k 1,550.3 k 58.2 k	What if ...? (26/01/2009)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Conditionals (advanced)
	An illustration of a typical holiday crisis forms the jumping-off point for comparing and contrasting the first, second, third and mixed conditionals. Includes lots of practice too. There is an interactive version of task 2 (T/F).
	C1

27.0 k 48.6 k 3.7 k	Simple past clauses in the second conditional (22/02/2008)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Conditionals (advanced)
	This resource presents corpus-based examples of simple past clauses and asks learners to analyse different uses of it. Then the learner is asked to do a number of increasingly difficult productive exercises. There are interactive versions of tasks 2 and 3 (Matching and Syntex).
	C2

27.9 k 53.8 k 3.8 k	Simple present clauses in the first conditional (21/02/2008)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Conditionals (advanced)
	This resource presents corpus-based examples of simple present clauses and asks the learner to analyse different uses of them. Then the learner is asked to do a number of increasingly difficult productive exercises. There are interactive versions of tasks 2 and 3 (Matching and Syntex).
	C2

Conditionals (basic)

73.3 k 87.0 k 3.6 k	If you see a black cat, you'll have good luck (28/10/2009)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Conditionals (basic)
	The first conditional in the context of superstitions. Lots of opportunity for comparing superstitions across cultures and even inventing some!
	A2 \| B1

Determiners (advanced)

95.6 k 101.4 k 3.6 k	This is the life! (27/02/2008)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Determiners (advanced)
	Students read a letter presenting the use of the definite article for specifics and the zero article for generalities. They do consolidation exercises and finish with a game. There is an interactive version of task 1 (T/F).
	B2 \| C1

Determiners (intermediate)

235.3 k 633.9 k 224.2 k 3.6 k	Anyone for tennis? (24/04/2008)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Determiners (intermediate)
	A lively and systematic presentation of the differences between the determiners all, both, every, each, none, neither with structured practice. Students complete descriptions of a picture and make dialogues about sports clothes shopping. There is a whizzy version of task 1 (T/F).
	B1 \| B2

Future (advanced)

124.0 k 42.5 k 3.7 k	Going to (22/02/2008)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Future (advanced)
	This resource presents corpus-based examples of 'going to' and asks the learner to analyse different uses of it. There are interactive versions of tasks 2 and 3 (Matching and Syntex).
	C2

26.8 k 57.3 k 17.0 k	Will (21/02/2008)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Future (advanced)
	This resource presents corpus-based examples of the modal verb 'will' and asks the learner to analyse different uses of it. Then the learner is asked to do a number of increasingly difficult productive exercises. There are interactive versions of tasks 2 and 3 (Matching and Syntex).
	C2

Future (basic)

61.6 k	You'll know them all soon (19/04/2010)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Future (basic)
	An interactive snap game to practise contractions with the 'will' future.
	A2

Likes and dislikes

223.2 k 399.9 k 3.6 k	He really hates rabbits! (26/01/2009)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Young learners (under 12) \| Likes and dislikes
	Children match some amusing sentences with some gorgeous pictures to learn about like / don't like + -ing. The interactive Syntex task has children putting words in order to reconstruct some of the sentences.
	A1 \| A2

Modals (basic)

31.3 k 70.7 k 4.8 k	Revision of can & can't (25/01/2008)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Teenagers \| Modals (basic)
	Three tasks providing solid revision of the three most common uses of can. The Magnet interactive task asks students to match a verb (e.g. speak) to a relevant noun (e.g. Chinese).
	A2

Modals (intermediate)

120.3 k 82.4 k 3.6 k	Should we or shouldn't we? (27/02/2008)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Modals (intermediate)
	Activities to practise should/shouldn't for advice in everyday situations. There is an interactive version of task 1 (T/F).
	B1

28.0 k 44.0 k 3.6 k	Playing by the rules (21/02/2008)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Teenagers \| Modals (intermediate)
	Practice of must, mustn’t, needn’t. Includes two interactive activities in which students select sentences showing the correct use of these words (Magnet).
	A2 \| B1

Passive

89.0 k 981.5 k 47.9 k	English is spoken here (05/03/2008)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Passive
	Comprehensive analysis and practice of the passive voice in various tenses, using signs and notices, and an originally-presented general knowledge quiz. There is an interactive version of task 3 (Matching).
	B2

Past (advanced)

234.9 k 1,355.8 k 3.5 k	Lifestyle changes (03/02/2009)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Past (advanced)
	Students consider the past and present life of a prisoner to analyse the difference between the past simple and 'used to', and between 'used to do' and 'be used to doing'. They then use them in a guessing game about what has changed in someone's life. There are interactive versions of tasks 3 and 5 (Matching and T/F).
	C1

Past (basic)

3.6 k	It wasn't difficult (19/04/2010)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Past (basic)
	An interactive snap game on contractions of the verb 'to be' in the past simple.
	A1 \| A2

Past (intermediate)

3.6 k	I wouldn't have learnt it if I hadn't played this game (19/04/2010)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Past (intermediate)
	An interactive snap activity to practise contractions with the past perfect. Also includes 'let's'.
	B2

Prepositions (advanced)

23.4 k 53.8 k 3.6 k	At once, without fail! (27/03/2008)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Prepositions (advanced)
	Students build on their knowledge of prepositional phrases using 'at', 'by', 'for', 'under' and 'without'. There is an interactive Matching activity for exercise 2.
	C1

Present (advanced)

28.2 k 54.3 k 3.7 k	The present continuous (21/02/2008)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Present (advanced)
	This resource presents corpus-based examples of the present continuous and asks the learner to analyse different uses of it. The learner is also asked to do a number of increasingly difficult productive exercises. There are interactive versions of tasks 2 and 3 (Matching and Syntex).
	C1 \| C2

29.4 k 54.8 k 3.9 k	He turns... he shoots! (21/02/2008)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Present (advanced)
	This resource presents corpus-based examples of the simple present and asks the learner to analyse different uses of it. There are interactive versions of tasks 2 and 3 (Matching and Syntex).
	C1 \| C2

Present (basic)

61.6 k	We're good at contractions (19/04/2010)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Present (basic)
	An interactive snap game to practise contractions of the verb 'to be' in the present simple.
	A1

63.7 k 91.1 k 43.6 k	What does he do and what is he doing? (23/02/2009)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Teenagers \| Present (basic)
	A resource to revise and reinforce the use of present simple and present continuous. The Matching whizzy activity is a more challenging combination of tasks 3 and 7.
	A2

39.1 k 75.8 k 3.6 k	International friends: names and addresses (22/05/2008)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Teenagers \| Present (basic)
	Students use information from Ed's MySpace page to review the verb 'be' and subject pronouns. They put the grammar into practice by interviewing two classmates and reporting back to a third. There is an interactive version of exercise 5 (Matching).
	A1

Present perfect (advanced)

28.0 k 48.1 k 3.8 k	The present perfect (21/02/2008)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Present perfect (advanced)
	This resource presents corpus-based examples of the present perfect and asks the learner to analyse diffent uses of it. Then the learner is asked to do a number of increasingly difficult productive exercises. There are interactive versions of tasks 2 and 3 (Matching and Syntex).
	C2

Present perfect (basic)

3.6 k	I've learnt it all (19/04/2010)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Present perfect (basic)
	An interactive snap game to practise contractions with the present perfect.
	A2 \| B1

Present perfect (intermediate)

55.1 k 161.3 k 3.6 k	Europe, past and present (21/02/2008)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Present perfect (intermediate)
	Students brush up their knowledge of EU history as well as comparing and practising the uses of the present perfect and past simple with for/since/in. The Flash file is an interactive (T/F) version of task 1.
	B2

Pronouns and possessive adjectives

58.5 k 43.0 k 3.6 k	Personal pronoun snap (22/02/2008)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Teenagers \| Pronouns and possessive adjectives
	A fun game, useful for revising personal pronouns. The interactive version will get any class buzzing!
	A2

Questions (basic)

44.5 k 59.9 k 166.6 k	What is Jaws doing? (17/08/2009)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Young learners (under 12) \| Teenagers \| Questions (basic)
	Seriously gory fun based on still images from the film Jaws. Learners practise question forming and the use of commas and inverted commas in reported speech. As a follow-up, you could try Jaws attacks.
	A2 \| B1

Questions (intermediate)

234.2 k 511.5 k 3.6 k	But what's he like as a person? (22/03/2010)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Questions (intermediate)
	A succinct resource which clarifies the difference between 'be like', 'look like' and 'how is/are'? Includes great pictures of famous people from history. The Flash file is an interactive version of the matching exercise.
	B1 \| B2

Vocabulary

Academic listening

56.6 k 81.4 k 3.6 k 412.1 k 848.0 k	Listening to lectures 2: understanding a lecturer's signals (11/02/2009)
	Related resources: Speaking \| Listening \| Vocabulary \| Academic English \| Academic listening
	Learners pool their previous knowledge of signpost phrases, study some more, listen to examples of how they can be employed in an introduction and in a main section of a talk, then practise using them in their own introductions and sections. There is an interactive version of task 2 (Matching). The MP4s are audio files.
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

Adjectives and adverbs (intermediate)

139.1 k 662.0 k 3.6 k	Character of a peacemaker (27/04/2010)
	Related resources: Speaking \| Vocabulary \| Adjectives and adverbs (intermediate)
	Inspired by Nobel Prize winners, but applicable to normal mortals too – adjectives for describing people's peacemaking qualities and discussion about which qualities are the most important. Also includes work on opposite adjectives. Useful for exams and for learners in human resource management.
	B2 \| C1

Animals (basic)

62.4 k 2,262.5 k 43.4 k	Animal magic! (11/03/2008)
	Related resources: Vocabulary \| Young learners (under 12) \| Animals (basic)
	Children learn vocabulary for animals and creatures that live in water, on land or that fly and practise useful language for describing different animals. There is an interactive version of task 3 (Matching).
	B1

Books and movies

356.1 k 68.1 k 3.6 k	The silver screen (03/02/2009)
	Related resources: Vocabulary \| Books and movies
	Essential vocabulary for describing films and their genres. There is an interactive version of task 1 (Matching).
	B2 \| C1

British or American

42.3 k 99.3 k 3.7 k 61.1 k	You say aubergine ... I say eggplant (21/02/2008)
	Related resources: Vocabulary \| British or American
	Lots of fun options for matching American English words to their British English counterparts, as a quiz or a game of dominoes, or as an interactive snap game and a memory game in which students try to find the matching word pairs (Magnet).
	B1 \| B2 \| C1 \| C2

Connectors

18.8 k 68.6 k 16.2 k	[IELTS] Creating a contrast (15/04/2008)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Vocabulary \| Academic English \| Connectors
	This resource encourages students to see patterns in the use of different linkers and then to compose their own sentences using the appropriate patterns. Useful for IELTS and when studying any subject. The questions in exercise 4 are also available here as Syntex whizzies.
	B2 \| C1

21.4 k 78.3 k 44.2 k	[IELTS] Drawing conclusions (11/03/2008)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Vocabulary \| Academic English \| Connectors
	This resource is intended to help IELTS students to finish their written papers with a flourish, thereby making a positive impression on the examiner! There is an interactive version of task two (Matching).
	C1

Crime and punishment

21.0 k 97.8 k 3.5 k	The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth (24/04/2008)
	Related resources: Speaking \| Vocabulary \| Crime and punishment
	A probing resource where students discuss subjects from white lies to capital punishment. They do a crossword to build their basic legal vocabulary, match more advanced collocations, and look at expressions with 'tell'. There are interactive versions of exercises 6 and 7 (Matching and Ranking).
	B1 \| B2 \| C1

Days and months

58.8 k 74.2 k 3.6 k	Months of the year (24/08/2010)
	Related resources: Vocabulary \| Days and months
	A resource for the very lowest levels, including work on spelling, punctuation and pronunciation. Suitable for children and adults.
	A1

Dictionaries

30.4 k 65.5 k 3.6 k	Introducing dictionaries (25/01/2008)
	Related resources: Vocabulary \| Teenagers \| Dictionaries
	A short but sweetly varied introduction to the language of dictionaries. There are four Magnet activities to go with task 6 which ask students to unjumble 4 dictionary-related words.
	A1 \| A2

Engineering

32.8 k 45.6 k 3.6 k	Simple solutions for facade fastening (23/02/2009)
	Related resources: Reading \| Vocabulary \| Business English \| Engineering
	Working from an article by a specialist engineering supplier, this resource guides learners through an authentic product review and helps them develop their technical vocabulary. There is an interactive version of the vocabulary matching exercise. Learners then do a roleplay based on the article and there are ideas for two extended projects.
	C1 \| C2

Everyday words

40.7 k 65.0 k 3.6 k	Daily life collocations (30/06/2009)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Vocabulary \| Teenagers \| Everyday words
	A lively mingle activity where students find the match for the other half of their collocation. Also useful for practising tenses. Includes a worksheet for consolidation work and instructions for different ways to exploit the resource.
	A2

50.1 k 51.2 k 2.2 k 43.2 k	Words, words, words (31/03/2008)
	Related resources: Pronunciation \| Vocabulary \| Teenagers \| Everyday words
	This resource gives learners the feeling that they know lots of English words and teaches them some techniques for learning and remembering words. Includes interactive activities for tasks 3 and 4 (Magnet and Matching).
	A1

Food and drink (intermediate)

285.2 k 202.2 k 3.5 k	Absolutely delicious (22/04/2008)
	Related resources: Speaking \| Vocabulary \| Food and drink (intermediate)
	A wealth of activities around the subject of food in the UK and elsewhere: find someone who ..., vocabulary matching, creating a menu, a restaurant role-play, and suggestions for written work as a follow-up. There are interactive versions of exercises 4 and 5 (Matching).
	B2

141.3 k 175.1 k 3.6 k	Bon appetit! (27/03/2008)
	Related resources: Speaking \| Vocabulary \| Food and drink (intermediate)
	A variety of adjectives for describing food by both taste and texture, and a look at what is really meant by 'English food'. There is an interactive version of exercise 4 (Matching).
	B1 \| B2 \| C1

Holiday/Vacation

3.6 k	I had a great holiday (17/05/2010)
	Related resources: Vocabulary \| Holiday/Vacation
	Irregular verbs that are useful for talking about holidays: two interactive snap games to practise infinitives and the corresponding past simple forms and two interactive magnet activities on holiday collocations with those verbs.
	A1 \| A2

Jobs and recruitment

26.6 k 59.9 k 3.6 k	Are you a workaholic? (24/04/2008)
	Related resources: Speaking \| Vocabulary \| Business English \| Jobs and recruitment
	Students interview each other about their past, present and future jobs, look at some job titles and what they would like/dislike about those jobs, discuss motivating factors and finally do a fun questionnaire with a serious message. Includes interactive versions of exercises 3, 4 and 5 (Matching, Ranking and T/F).
	A2 \| B1 \| B2

Leisure activities (basic)

3.6 k 5.0 k	I broke the record (17/05/2010)
	Related resources: Vocabulary \| Leisure activities (basic)
	Irregular verbs that are useful for talking about sports and games: an interactive snap game matching infinitives and their corresponding past simple forms and an interactive magnet activity on collocations with those verbs.
	A1 \| A2 \| B1

Letters, emails and postcards (basic)

53.7 k 66.0 k 1.3 k	Holiday postcards (25/01/2008)
	Related resources: Writing \| Vocabulary \| Young learners (under 12) \| Teenagers \| Letters, emails and postcards (basic)
	Students read a postcard, complete another using given vocabulary and then write a postcard about their own holiday. There is an interactive version of the gapfill in task 2 (Clozer). This resource could be used with mixed-level groups and in substitute lessons.
	A1

Marketing

51.4 k 97.3 k 3.6 k	The art of persuasion (27/08/2009)
	Related resources: Speaking \| Vocabulary \| Business English \| Marketing
	Students learn vocabulary for different advertising techniques, analyse some adverts, vintage and modern, then create their own TV commercial. The Flash file is an interactive version of the matching task.
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

27.9 k 51.7 k 2.4 k	Choosing the right media (27/08/2009)
	Related resources: Speaking \| Vocabulary \| Business English \| Marketing
	Analysis of different advertising media, their advantages and disadvantages and discussion of controversial products such as tobacco and alcohol. The Flash file is an interactive version of the gap-fill task.
	B2 \| C1

Music

36.3 k 64.5 k 3.6 k	Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' (09/09/2009)
	Related resources: Listening \| Vocabulary \| Music
	A thought-provoking resource on a very popular song. Includes work on vocabulary sets, writing a new verse and designing a CD case for a new cover version of the single.
	B2 \| C1

Newspaper articles

255.0 k 68.1 k 3.5 k	Divine definitions (18/03/2008)
	Related resources: Writing \| Vocabulary \| Newspaper articles
	Lovely ideas for improving vocabulary including a fun definitions game. The interactive matching task can be used as a follow-up.
	C1 \| C2

Phrasal verbs

31.9 k 50.2 k 3.5 k	Cheer up and take down these phrasal verbs. (02/06/2009)
	Related resources: Vocabulary \| Phrasal verbs
	Students learn common phrasal verbs with 'up' and 'down'.
	B1 \| B2

Prepositions (basic)

842.5 k 2,895.4 k 3.8 k	All in the home (11/04/2008)
	Related resources: Grammar \| Vocabulary \| Prepositions (basic)
	Students describe a picture using prepositions of place and give advice about safety in the home. Even if students find the grammar quite simple, they will find the vocabulary challenging. There are interactive versions of tasks 3 and 5 (Magnet and Syntex).
	B1

Relationships and marriage

384.6 k 587.3 k 3.6 k	Embarrassing dates (17/09/2008)
	Related resources: Reading \| Listening \| Vocabulary \| Teenagers \| Relationships and marriage
	Hilarious stories of cringeworthy dating experiences! Includes a sudoku puzzle and crossword to practise writing new vocabulary items, a great picture story and some true-life anecdotes. There is an interactive version of task B1 (Matching).
	B1 \| B2

Sales

114.7 k 184.3 k 2.4 k	How would you like to pay for that? (27/08/2009)
	Related resources: Speaking \| Vocabulary \| Business English \| Sales
	Students discuss how they usually pay for things then role-play a sales transaction offering different payment options. An interactive version of the gap-fill task is also available.
	B1 \| B2 \| C1

32.7 k 54.8 k 3.6 k	Displaying products (27/08/2009)
	Related resources: Speaking \| Vocabulary \| Business English \| Sales
	Students design their own supermarket and present their designs to the class. The Flash file is an interactive version of the matching task.
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

56.6 k 115.2 k 3.6 k	Communicating with customers (27/08/2009)
	Related resources: Speaking \| Vocabulary \| Business English \| Sales
	Discussion on what is appropriate in different cultures, some essential sales vocabulary and plenty of opportunity for practice and feedback. The Flash file is an interactive version of the matching task.
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

103.8 k 126.0 k 3.6 k	There seems to be a bit of a problem (17/08/2009)
	Related resources: Speaking \| Vocabulary \| Business English \| Sales
	Learners brainstorm potential problems with products, learn vocabulary for forms of compensation, improve a dialogue between a customer and a sales assistant and role-play a customer complaint.
	B1 \| B2

Seasonal resources

107.3 k	Christmas baubles (30/11/2009)
	Related resources: Pronunciation \| Vocabulary \| Seasonal resources
	Decorate the tree with the Christmas words only – don't be fooled by the words that look or sound similar!
	A2 \| B1

282.5 k	Christmas snakes and ladders (30/11/2009)
	Related resources: Vocabulary \| Seasonal resources
	A fabulous cross between Blockbusters and snakes and ladders – sure to liven up any Christmas lesson!
	B1 \| B2

Shopping (intermediate)

501.9 k 506.9 k 43.4 k	A trolley of groceries (16/08/2010)
	Related resources: Vocabulary \| Shopping (intermediate)
	A colourful resource that helps learners recognise food products and the way they are packaged in the UK. The Flash file is an interactive version (matching).
	B1 \| B2

33.1 k 82.9 k 3.6 k	Can I help you? (21/02/2008)
	Related resources: Speaking \| Vocabulary \| Shopping (intermediate)
	Activities to practise vocabulary and phrases frequently used when shopping. There are interactive versions of tasks 1 and 4 (Matching).
	B1

Sport

517.8 k 512.0 k 201.2 k 3.6 k	Football crazy (01/06/2010)
	Related resources: Vocabulary \| Young learners (under 12) \| Sport
	A colourful resource with a whole host of activities including matching, sequencing and anagrams. The Flipchart file is a version for interactive whiteboards and the Flash file has whizzy games of the sequencing tasks.
	A1 \| A2

Stressful situations

201.8 k 855.0 k 575.5 k 43.3 k	[FCE] Stressful situations (01/04/2008)
	Related resources: Reading \| Speaking \| Vocabulary \| Stressful situations
	A lovely mixture of activities exploring the causes of stress. Includes reading and discussions, phrasal verbs and comparative/superlative adjectives. There is an interactive version of text-based task d (Matching).
	C1

Synonymy, collocation and idiom

105.4 k 91.6 k 1.6 k	What's the opposite of 'dry'? (14/07/2010)
	Related resources: Vocabulary \| Synonymy, collocation and idiom
	A seemingly simple question, but with a surprisingly complex answer. This resource explores how an adjective may have various opposites, depending on the context.
	B2 \| C1

70.2 k 75.3 k 2.4 k	[CAE, CPE] Walk this way! (02/03/2010)
	Related resources: Vocabulary \| Teenagers \| Synonymy, collocation and idiom
	Serious fun with synonyms of 'walk'. Has both teacher and students miming them, to great hilarity! A really useful resource for exams or just general vocabulary building.
	C1 \| C2

165.5 k 271.9 k 99.4 k 3.5 k	In at the deep end (22/02/2010)
	Related resources: Vocabulary \| Business English \| Synonymy, collocation and idiom
	Lighten up any business lesson with this fun resource on commonly used business idioms.
	C1 \| C2

37.9 k 84.0 k 14.9 k	Old or new? (19/01/2010)
	Related resources: Vocabulary \| Synonymy, collocation and idiom
	Students sort the synonyms into the correct circles, old or new. The Notebook file is a version for interactive whiteboards.
	B2 \| C1 \| C2

70.9 k 86.5 k 4.5 k	Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain (25/02/2009)
	Related resources: Speaking \| Vocabulary \| Synonymy, collocation and idiom
	A rainbow of bright activities: sorting colours into shades of red or blue (there's an interactive Magnet option for this one), exchanging ideas about colour symbolism, and guessing the missing colour in idioms.
	C1 \| C2

Telephone

48.8 k 59.4 k 42.7 k	[PET] Telephone jumble (27/02/2008)
	Related resources: Vocabulary \| Teenagers \| Telephone
	A fun exercise that allows students to practise informal language used in telephone conversations. Encourages fluency and confidence. Includes whizzy Sequencing activity of exercise 1.
	B1

Topical lessons: politics

88.9 k 187.4 k 124.4 k 2.4 k	Topical lesson: Gaddaffi's real reason to turn on the Swiss (18/03/2010)
	Related resources: Reading \| Vocabulary \| Topical resource [The Week] \| Topical lessons: politics
	The 'Best articles:Foreign' feature from p16 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: comprehension questions, guessing vocabulary from context, work on phrasal verbs with 'turn' and role-play or letter-writing task on complaints in hotels. The first PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file contains a whizzy version of task 6 (Clozer).
	B2 \| C1

Travel

392.6 k 78.3 k 59.2 k 3.5 k	Dutch or German? (07/07/2010)
	Related resources: Pronunciation \| Vocabulary \| Travel
	Helps learners with the 'tricky' nationality words. See topical lesson 13752 for the more regular ones. The Flash file contains interactive versions – Matching for initial practice and Snap for a quick-fire revision game.
	A1 \| A2 \| B1

32.1 k 60.9 k 3.5 k	Have a good trip! (21/04/2009)
	Related resources: Vocabulary \| Travel
	This resource helps students to clarify and practise the confusing travel words: travel, journey, tour, trip, excursion, cruise, flight. It also reinforces the use of certain prepositions.
	B2

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