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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

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

  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

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

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

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

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

English Vocabulary in Use   (answer key p. 210 onwards) - Unit 46: Praising and criticising  Listening 1)   Part 1 2)   Part 1   + Answers here 3)   Part 1   + Answers here 4)   Part 1   + Answers here 5)   Becoming successful (Part 3) + Answers here 6)   Autobiographies (Part 3)   + Answers here 7)   Getting an award (Part 3) + Answers here Reading 1)   Airport photographer (Part 6)   + Answers here 2)   The jet set (Part 6)   + Answers here 3)   Rising Star (Part 7) 4)   Celebrities (Part 7) UoE 1)   Royal residences (Part 1) + Answers here 2)   Inspiration (Part 2) + Answers here 3)  Image (Part 3)   + Answers here Writing (140-190 words) Essay englishaula.com

Vocabulary English Vocabulary in Use   (answer key p. 210 onwards):  - Unit 11 -   At home - Unit 55 - Possessions and giving Phrasal verbs for around the house Listening 1)   Part 1   + Answers here 2)   Moving to the countryside (Part 2)   + Answers here 3)   What your home says about you (video) 4)   What’s it like moving back home (as an adult)?  (video)   5)   Home with the Zuckerbergs (video)   6)   Where is home? (video)   7)   Why working from home is good for business (video)   Reading 1)   Knox Road 126 (Part 5) 2)   Island Life (Part 5)  3)   Burglary and how to avoid it (Part 5)   4)   Moving house (Part 5)   + Answers here 5)   Community News (Part 7)   UoE 1)   Alaska: It’s a state of mind (Part 2) 2)   Part 4   + Answers here Writing (140-190 words) Essay:   The design of building (Part 1)   - email your answer to me, please.

  Vocabulary English Vocabulary in Use   (answer key p. 210 onwards): - Unit 7: Describing people: appearance  - Unit 26:  Clothes Clothes phrasal verbs Listening 1)   Interview with a young fashion designer (Part 4) 2)   How do you define yourself (video) 3)   Looks aren’t everything (video) 4)   What does it mean to be beautiful? (video) 5)   Why clothes matter (video) 6)   What makes a person attractive (video) 7)   A reason not to worry what others think (video) Reading 1)   The complicated truth about social media and body image 2)   Is men’s make -up going mainstream? 3)   Pink on 'aging naturally' UoE 1)   Dress Code (Part 3) 2)   The best shades (Part 2)   + Answers here 3)   Part 4    + Answers here 4)   Part 4 Writing (140-190 words) Essay:  The fashion industry (Part 1)   - email to me, please.

Vocabulary Extreme sports   + incl.  video to practise your pronunciation.  Listening 1) Part 1   + Answers here 2) Tourism in Africa (Part 2)   + Answers here 3)  Indoor Skydiving (Part 2)   + Answers here 4) TV researcher (Part 2) 5) Extreme snowboarding (Part 2)   + Answers here 6) Rowing across the oceans (Part 4) 7) New inventions Reading 1)   Skydiving (Part 6)   + Answers here 2)   Following dreams (Part 7)   + Answers here 3)   20 unmissable extreme sports (and where to try them) UoE 1) The story of gold (Part 1) 2) Where to go whale watching (Part 1)   + Answers here 3) Developments in underwater diving (Part 2) 4) Swimming with seals (Part 2)   + Answers here Writing (140-190 words) Essay:  Excitement and adventure   - email to me, please

Vocabulary English Vocabulary in Use   (answer key p. 210 onwards): - Unit 61: Cause, reason, purpose and result -  Environment phrasal verbs Listening 1)   Part 1 2)   The ideas competition (Part 2)   + Answers here 3)   Is being vegan really better for the environment? (video) 4)   A day in my life with zero waste (video) 5)   Why palm oil is so cheap (video) 6)   The destruction of the Amazon, explained (video) 7)   Can we solve climate change? (video) Reading 1)   Nobel prize of conservation (Part 5) 2)   Plastic bags (Part 5) 3)   The Balkan War on Waste (Part 6) 4)   The ultimate green home: the WWF’s headquarters (Part 6)   + Answers here UoE 1)   Environmental concerns (Part 1) 2)   Space Junk (Part 1)   + Answers here 3)   The Goulburn Valley (Part 2) Writing (140-190 words) Email:  The environment - email to me, please.

Vocabulary English Vocabulary in Use   (answer key p. 210 onwards):  Unit 5 -  Countries, nationalities and languages + How to express dates, years & ordinal numbers + Public holidays in the UK/US & Spain: January 1/1 New Year’s Day 6/1 Epiphany February 14/2 Valentine’s Day March 8/3 International Women’s Day 17/3 St. Patrick’s Day (Ireland) April 1/4 April Fool’s Day  Easter  Holy Week Holy Thursday Good Friday Easter Sunday/Monday May 1/5 International Worker's Day 12/5 Mother’s Day (UK & US) 16/5 Father’s Day (UK & US) June 24/6 St. John’s Day July 4/7 Independence Day (US) September 2/9 Labor Day (US) October 12/10 Spain’s National Day / Columbus Day (in the US) 31/10 Halloween November 5/11 Bonfire night (Guy Fawkes Night) 11/11 Veterans Day (US) / Remembrance Day (also: Poppy/Armistice Day) (UK) 28/11 Thanksgiving Day (UK) December 24/12 Christmas Eve 25/12 Christmas Day 26/12 Boxing Day 31/12 New Year’s Eve Listening 1)   Unusual British festivals 2)  How to