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Literature & Reading

Vocabulary -  Books and literature vocabulary (incl. quiz) -  English Vocabulary in Use   (answer key p. 210 onwards) U. 51: Time Listening 1)  Part 1   + Answers here 2) Part 1   + Answers here 3) Novelist (Part 4)   + Answers here 4) Interview with John Irving   5)  Interview to a literary translator  6) The book you really need to read next (video) 7) How to read fewer books and get wiser (video) Reading 1) The Dictionary (Part 5)   + Answers here 2) Alice in Wonderland (Part 5)    + Answers here 3) Recently read books (Part 7)   4) Roald Dahl Day: Seven fantastic facts about the author UoE 1) Write the perfect crime novel (Part 1) 3) Gutenberg (Part 2)   4) Robin Hood (Part 3)   Writing (140-190 words) Review:  A reader writes
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Family

Vocabulary English Vocabulary in Use   (answer key p. 210 onwards): - Unit 8:  Describing people: character   - Unit 10:  Relationships    Basic family vocabulary Family phrasal verbs Listening 1)   Part 1   + Answers here 2)   Difficulties in life (Part 3)   + Answers here 3)   Attending a wedding (Part 3)   + Answers here 4)   At a hotel with kids (Part 3)   + Answers here 5)   John, Sally and father (Part 4)   + Answers here 6)   What’s in a name 7)   The test to judge how good your parents were (video) Reading 1)   Memorial (Part 5)  2)   Sisters (Part 5)   + Answers here 3)   Fathers and sons (Part 7)   + Answers here 4)   Growing up (Part 7) UoE 1)   What is genealogy (Part 1) 2)   How one divorce changed history (Part 3) 3)   Part 4   Writing (140-190 words) Article examenglish.com

Holidays

  Vocabulary English Vocabulary in Use   (answer key p. 210 onwards):  Unit 31 -  Holidays   + flashcards - Travel phrasal verb flashcards Listening 1)  Dutch-Scottish connections  (Part 2)   2)   My vacation job in Australia (Part 2)   + Answers here 3)   Volunteering in Africa (Part 2)   + Answers here 4)   Visiting cities (Part 3)   + Answers here 5)   Holiday jobs (Part 3)   + Answers here 6)   In a tourist office (Part 4) 7)   Travelling abroad (Part 4)   + Answers here Reading 1) The effects of tourism on local people (Part 7)   + Answers here 2) Here are 8 ways travel will change after the pandemic (article) UoE 1)  The eighth wonder of the world (Part 1)   + Answers here 2)  Akbar (Part 1) 3)  Camping holidays (Part 2)   4) Rome (Part 3) 5) Luxemburg (Part 3)   Writing (140-190 words) TravelWise (letter of complaint)   + tips

Sports

Vocabulary English Vocabulary in Use   (answer key p. 210 onwards):  Unit 17 - Sport + check your basic sports vocabulary here (incl. video to practise your pronunciation). Listening  1)   Women’s basketball (Part 2)   + Answers here   2)   Swimming instructor (Part 2)   + Answers here 3)   Cycling (Part 3)   4)   A tennis player (Part 4)   + Answers here 5)   The strongest woman in the UK (Part 4) 6)   Running (Part 4)   + Answers here 7)   Professional athlete (Part 4)   + Answers here Reading 1) Good preparation (Part 6) 2) Skating in Sweden this winter (Part 6)   + Answers here 3)  Jim Barber, Scottish footballer (similar to Part 6) 4)  How to get into martial arts (article & videos) 5)  The most dangerous winter olympic sports (article & video) UoE 1)   New cycling schemes (Part 1)   + Answers here 2)   Zambezi River (Part 3)   + Answers here   Writing (140-190 words)   Report examenglish.com

Music

Vocabulary English Vocabulary in Use   (answer key p. 210 onwards):  - Unit 20 -  Music - Unit 54 - Sound and light Listening 1)   Part 1   + Answers here 2)   Singing Twins (Part 2)   + Answers here 3)   Musical Instrument Maker (Part 2)   + Answers here 4)   Classical Music (Part 3)   + Answers here 5)   Being a musician (Part 3) 6)   Music teaching (Part 4)   + Answers here 7)   Boy bands Reading 1) A g uitar that’s a work of art (Part 6) 2) Summer festivals (Part 7) 3) Why you should pay for music 4)  How Europe’s Opera Houses won over millennials UoE 1)   Part 4   + Answers here 2)   Guitar experience (Part 2) 3)   Concert visits (Part 3) Writing (140-190 words) Review

Health(care)

Vocabulary English Vocabulary in Use   (answer key p. 210 onwards): - Unit 27: Health and medicine - Unit 28: Medicine and technology Health phrasal verbs Listening 1)   Part 1   + Answers here 2)   Part 1 3)   Visiting a hospital (Part 3)   + Answers here 4)   Chronic Fatigue syndrom (video) 5)   Bush medicine (video)   6)   Prescribing nature for health (video) 7)   The real reason why American healthcare is so expensive (video)   Reading 1)   Speaking a second language may delay dementia 2)   Seasonal Affective Disorder 3)   The healthiest countries to live in 4)   Want to live forever? 5)   Millennials are cutting down on alcohol UoE 1)   Don’t catch a cold (Part 3)   + Answers here 2)   Part 4   Writing (140-190 words) Essay examenglish.com

The Media

Vocabulary English Vocabulary in Use   (answer key p. 210 onwards): - Unit 35:  The press and the media - Unit 13: Global problems Listening 1) Part 1   + Answers here 2) Society and the media (Part 2)   + Answers here 3) Women in sport (Part 2)   + Answers here 4) A radio station (Part 3)   + Answers here 5) Horoscopes (Part 3)   + Answers here 6)  Children magazine (Part 4)   + Answers here 7) My hero Reading 1) Unusual TV commercials (Part 6) 2) Working as a TV news producer (Part 6)   + Answer here 3) Working in Prague (Part 5)   + Answers here 4)  The BBC is struggling to survive the era of fake news (article) 5) Understanding citizen journalism (article) 6) China's lack of press freedom causes problems for the world (article) UoE 1)   Part 4 Writing (140-190 words) Review examenglish.com