Search This Blog

Thursday, 23 January 2025

8 C2 Topic 6 House & Home

Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. (William Morris)


Grammar

  Home hunting     

Language Function

   Renting   

Listening

 First impressions + audio  

Reading 

  Heritage sites      

Speaking

  Biophilic cities      

Vocabulary

  Housing    

Writing

 Waste collection   

Wednesday, 22 January 2025

7 C1 2 Topic 6 House & Home

The best time to buy a home is always five years ago. (Ray Brown)

Grammar

Active & passive voice

Language Function

Interpreting information

Listening

 Wonders of the world  + audio

Reading 

 High ideals    

Speaking

 The perfect city     

Vocabulary

 Dwellings  

Writing

 Renting a property     

Tuesday, 21 January 2025

6 NA C1 1 Topic 6 House & Home

 Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.  (Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.)

Grammar

 Active & passive voice    

Language Function

 Interpreting information   

Listening

  Favourite buildings audio 

Reading 

 Architecture & feelings     

Speaking

 Renting or buying property     

Vocabulary

Living with words   

Writing

Living in a commuter town    

Monday, 20 January 2025

5 NI B2 2 Topic 6 Dwelling & Residing

Home is where one starts from. (T.S. Eliot). 

Grammar

Pets    

Language Function

Asking for confirmation    

Listening

  Home improvements + audio 

Reading  

Neighbours    

Speaking

Dialogue    

Vocabulary 

Tools  

Writing

An appropriate apartment  

Sunday, 19 January 2025

4 NI B2 1 Topic 6 House & Home

A man's house is his castle. (James Otis)

Grammar 

Adjectives   

Language Function

Describing things   

Listening

Renting audio 

Reading

Plans    

Speaking

Accommodation 

Vocabulary

Places to live 

Writing 

Living in a village 

 

Saturday, 18 January 2025

3 NI B1 Topic 6 Home

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort. (Jane Austen)

Grammar

Compounds some, any, every, no 

Language Function

Criticising  

Listening

Dream house audio 

Reading

Living alone    

Speaking  

Your town/city   

Vocabulary

Soft furnishings     

Writing

Apartment to rent     

 

Friday, 17 January 2025

2 NB A2 Topic 6 A Life

Every man dies. Not every man really lives. (William Wallace)

Grammar

The past 

Language Function

Interpreting information 

Listening

Life changes audio

Reading

Nelson Mandela  

Speaking

Life story   

Vocabulary    

A footballer's life   

Writing

A biography  

Thursday, 16 January 2025

1 NB A1 Topic 6 Food & Eating Out

If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts. (W. Somerset Maugham)

Grammar

   much, many, a lot       

Language Function

       Expressing likes         

Listening

      Ordering food in a café : audio   

Reading

        School meals          

Speaking  

       Food poem         

Vocabulary

         Food & drink            

Writing

          My favourite meal               

 

Wednesday, 15 January 2025

Book 2 2025 Lost for Words by Stephanie Butland

'I like books cause they don't care
if your knickers match your bra.
If you've washed your hair.
I like books cause they don't invade your space
They sit on your shelf
They don't get in your face.
I like books cause they don't mind
What your heart contains
Who you've left behind.
I like a book cause it doesn't give a shit
When you get to the end what you think of it.
Books don't care if you've got a degree
What you watch on TV.
Books don't judge if you've got tattoos
If your friends are few.
I like books cause they don't care.'


For our second book of the year I recommend Lost for Words by Stephanie Butland. This is the tale of Loveday, who has come to prefer books to people, but who is eventually coaxed back into trusting and loving others, above all, herself. It is beautifully written and as her story unfolds, you will find yourself rooting for the girl who works hard but knows she is also hard work. Here is the worksheet.