6 NA C1 1 Topic 11 Buying & Selling

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. (P. J. O'Rourke)       

Grammar	Reporting verbs
Language Function	Giving examples & explaining
Listening	Online shopping + audio
Reading	Spend away
Speaking	Advertising
Vocabulary	Advertising
Writing	Millennials' spending

 

5 NI B2 2 Topic 11 Spending & Ruling

If the government is injecting public money, it should also take the right to oversee board appointments, executive pay, and future business operations. (John McDonnell).

Grammar	Plurals
Language Function	Expressing numbers
Listening	Business news + audio
Reading	Money matters
Speaking	Global warming
Vocabulary	Elections in Britain
Writing	Plastic bags

 

4 NI B21 Topic 11 Money & Politics

I think it's a terrible system, but money in politics is like water running downhill - it finds its way. (Jonathan Alter)

Grammar	Amounts and quantity
Language Function	Expressing numbers
Listening	Michelle Obama + audio
Reading	Friends of the earth
Speaking	Low budgets
Vocabulary	Politics
Writing	Money tips

3 NI B1 Topic 11 Money & Shopping

 Debt is the slavery of the free. (Publilius Syrus)

Grammar	Have
Language Function	Making a complaint
Listening	Shopping + audio
Reading	Designer brands
Speaking	Money
Vocabulary	Clothes & accessories
Writing	Letter of complaint

2 NB 2 Topic 11 Shopping

I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist. (Tammy Faye Bakker)

Grammar	Comparative adjectives
Language Function	Comparing & defining
Listening	Shopping + audio
Reading	British currency
Speaking	Shopping
Vocabulary	Errands
Writing	Description

 

1 NB 1 Topic 11 Correspondence & Communication

Prior to email, our private correspondence was secured by a government institution called the postal service. Today, we trust AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook or Gmail with our private utterances. (John Battelle) 

Grammar	Communications
Language Function	Describing places & actions
Listening	Leaving a message + audio
Reading	Text messages to a friend
Speaking	Communications
Vocabulary	Crossword puzzle
Writing	A thank-you email

 

Book 6 2026 The Suspect by Rob Rinder

 'I only reminded her about something she'd spotted early on. I have to say, Patience didn't take me to task about overlooking that evidence to the extent I'd thought she would. Just told me that humiliation was the ultimate learning tool. I think I've partially made amends, though.'

For our sixth book of the year I recommend The Suspect by Rob Rinder. Not everything is what it seems to be in this mystery courtroom drama in which the evidence points to just one culprit. The case, however, is not as open-and-shut as everyone thinks. I just love the dialogues between Adam and his mother - they are a real treat! Here is the worksheet.

Meetup: Friday, 26th June 5pm

8 NA C2 Topic 10 Habitat & the Environment

Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and an unfriendly home. (John Dewey) 

Grammar	The natural world
Language Function	Drawing conclusions
Listening	Pigeons + audio
Reading	Big cat haven
Speaking	Invasive species
Vocabulary	The environment
Writing	Tornado preparedness

7 NA C1 2 Topic 10 Habitat & the Environment

Climate change, if unchecked, is an urgent threat to health, food supplies, biodiversity, and livelihoods across the globe. (John F. Kerry)

Grammar	Conditional sentences
Language Function	Describing natural disasters
Listening	Environmental issues + audio
Reading	Changing places
Speaking	Climate change
Vocabulary	Protecting the environment
Writing	Protecting the climate