C1 CAE practice

https://www.examenglish.com/CAE/cae_use_of_english1.htm  5 Use of English 

https://www.examenglish.com/CAE/cae_listening1.htm  5 listenings

https://www.examenglish.com/CAE/cae_reading_use_of_english5.htm Readings 5-8

A2 Genitive case

https://agendaweb.org/grammar/apostrophe-genitive-case.html

C1 In the money

http://www.businessenglishresources.com/idioms-exercises-idioms-about-money/ Idioms about money

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertberger/2014/04/30/top-100-money-quotes-of-all-time/ Top 100 money quotes

https://www.wgea.gov.au/addressing-pay-equity/what-gender-pay-gap What's the gender pay gap?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/whats-the-problem-with-zero-hours-your-questions-answered-9306346.html Zero-hours contracts

https://www.indeed.co.uk/Zero-Hour-Contracts-jobs Indeed Zero Hour Contracts Jobs

https://www.gov.uk/contract-types-and-employer-responsibilities/zero-hour-contracts Contract types

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0001f0k BBC You and Yours: How are earning enough to get by?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p04dbjy8 BBC You and Yours: Are you part of the 'vampire economy'?

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/judge-says-sugar-dispenser-claim-is-compensation-culture-gone-mad-1.1630183 The  Irish Times. Judge says sugar dispenser claim is ‘compensation culture gone mad’

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p04gp3rd BBC Radio 4 in Four How you can beat the Black Friday deals?

https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/categories/universal-credit  Universal Credit. The Money Advice Service

https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/blog/problems-universal-credit  The problems with Universal Credit. Institute for govenment

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/25/universal-credit-benefits-scheme-iain-duncan-smith The Guardian. Universal Credit: what is it and what exactly is wrong with it?

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/11/universal-credit-rollout-linked-to-rising-food-bank-use-amber-rudd-admits The Guardian.  Universal credit rollout linked to rising fook bank use
https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=461213445558831148#editor/target=post;postID=4237488677916273810;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=1;src=link  10 Social Interprise Examples and the 7 principles that guide them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_0nbKWwbEk  Grameen Danone: A Success Story of Social Business

https://www.theguardian.com/business-call-to-action-partnerzone/2019/may/03/drinkable-pure-safe-the-business-bringing-affordable-clean-water-to-bangladesh The Guardian. 'Drinkable, pure, safe': the business of bringing affordable clean water to Bangladesh

https://www.thebalance.com/pros-and-cons-of-moving-to-a-cashless-society-4160702  The Pros and Cons of Moving to a Cashless Society

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/27/680385220/upset-over-rising-prices-protesters-in-sudan-take-to-the-streets
NPR Upset Over Rising Prices, Protesters in Sudan take to the streets

A SOCIAL BUSINESS SUCCESS STORY: GRAMEEN DANONE IN BANGLADESH

A SOCIAL BUSINESS SUCCESS STORY: GRAMEEN DANONE IN BANGLADESH

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/inversion.html Inversion I

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/4g85-inversion-multiple-choice.php Inversion II

https://a2cristina.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/inversion-exercise/ Inversion III

A2 The time

https://www.examenglish.com/A2/A2_listening_daily_routine.htm

https://agendaweb.org/vocabulary/time-exercises.html

C1 Writing a review

http://cpesamplewritings.blogspot.com/p/how-to-write-a.html CPE sample writings.

http://cpesamplewritings.blogspot.com/p/how-to-write-review-of-restaurant.html A review of a restaurant.

http://www.theliteraryreview.org/book-review/a-review-of-reservoir-13-by-jon-mcgregor/ A review of a book. Reservoir 13.

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2018/oct/12/the-east-london-hotel-bethnal-green-review The Guardian. A review of a hotel.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/30/movies/bohemian-rhapsody-review.html The NYT. A review of a film. Bohemian Rhapsody.

A2 UNIT 3

http://www.teachya.com/grammar/beginner/present_simple.php Present simple

https://agendaweb.org/vocabulary/people_jobs_personalities-exercises.html Jobs

A2 UNIT 2

https://agendaweb.org/grammar/demonstratives-exercises.html Demonstratives

https://www.ef.com/english-resources/english-grammar/singular-and-plural-nouns/ Singular and plura nouns
http://iteslj.org/v/ei/adjectives.html Adjectives

C1 Strong emotion

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04zvm64 BBC radio 4 Why it can be good to be angry

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000qkz/episodes/player BBC radio 4 Why are we so angry?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04zvm64 BBC radio 4 Why anger goes viral

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/25/age-of-anger-history-of-the-present-pankaj-mishra-review  The Guardian Age of Anger by Pankaj Mishra review – globalisation is rebounding on us
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode27/ languagepoint.shtml BBC Idioms of anger
https://www.myenglishteacher.eu/blog/8-idioms-about-happiness-that-make-you-happy-as-a-clam-infographic/ 8 Idioms about happiness
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000mj9/episodes/player  BBC radio 4The Anatomy of Loniliness
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/inside-the-consumer-mind/201302/how-emotions-influence-what-we-buy  PT How emotions influence what we buy
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/inside-the-consumer-mind/201610/the-emotions-luxury
PT The emotions of luxury
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b080py3v  Michael Blubé
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv149.shtml Learning English. Cleft sentences.
https://www.grammar-quizzes.com/sent-cleft.html#hide1  Cleft sentences. Grammar Quizzes.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p049fj7n  BBC radio 4 Fresh Bread as a marketing tool
https://www.ted.com/talks/tristram_stuart_the_global_food_waste_scandal/transcript#t-61844
TED talk The global food waste scandal
http://www.marketing-schools.org/types-of-marketing/celebrity-marketing.html Celebrity marketing
http://www.marketing-schools.org/types-of-marketing/ambush-marketing.html Ambush marketing
http://www.marketing-schools.org/types-of-marketing/stealth-marketing.html Stealth marketing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09kx8b5 BBC The Reservoir tapes
https://www.theguardian.com/media/commentisfree/2019/may/05/how-ethical-is-it-for-advertisers-to-target-your-mood The Guardian. How ethical is it for advertisers to target your mood?

A2 Reading comprehension practice

https://www.grammarbank.com/beginners-reading-worksheet.html

C1 Writing a report

A report is a formal document which you write to a figure of authority to describe an experience such as attending a conference or taking part in a project. 

http://cpesamplewritings.blogspot.com/p/how-to-write-report.html

C1 Global living

Research shows that globalization affects different countries different ways, producing winners and losers, both between countries and within them. The most obvious winners are generally agreed to be the middle class and women while the obvious losers are the poor and the environment.

http://aliciapatterson.org/stories/beyond-stereotypes-globalizations-winners-and-losers

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/urbanization-and-the-future-of-cities-vance-kite

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/mar/19/urban-explosion-kinshasa-el-alto-growth-mexico-city-bangalore-lagos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUYNB4a8d2U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHO_zkHPTaI

  https://www.theguardian.com/society/davehillblog/2013/feb/06/paul-kerswill-multicultural-london-english

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwnzpLJbpT8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGLseQFTgeM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kS0cMziUJY  English cities of the future
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000mk0     BBC radio4 Word of Mouth Multicultural London English

https://www.theguardian.com/society/davehillblog/2013/feb/06/paul-kerswill-multicultural-london-english   The Guardian The Real Roots of  Multicultural London English

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013q210 BBC radio 4 Word of Mouth English as a Lingua Franca

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180705-what-australian-slang-has-given-the-world BBC Culture- What Australia slang has given the world.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/41bfxxr0Gfr7h6v5LJyJh9s/totally-awesome-seven-ways-you-use-americanisms-every-day  Totally awesome: Seven ways you use Americanisms every day

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190610-the-unique-culture-of-japanese-convenience-stores The unique culture of Japanese convenience stores

A2 Countries, nationalities, present of be and numbers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtpKmC1y8WE

ps://agendaweb.org/verbs/to-be-exercises.html

https://agendaweb.org/vocabulary/numbers-1-100-exercises.html

Stereotypes

Is it acceptable to rail against gypsies or travellers? Negative stereotyping of those communities has become a popular (and populist) pastime this year. In this programme, we examine these and otherstereotypes: why we use them; whether they tend to be true, and if they are, whether we should still shut up about them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bbslsr

Wish you weren't here: how the tourist boom – and selfies – are threatening Britain's beauty spots

Poldark, Instagram and the heatwave have led to a 20% spike in tourists to Cornwall this year. While crucial to the local economy, the crowds are proving overwhelming. Can a balance be found?

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2018/aug/16/wish-you-werent-here-how-the-tourist-boom-and-selfies-are-threatening-britains-beauty-spots

We’re in a new age of obesity. How did it happen? You’d be surprised

The shift has not happened by accident.  Food companies have invested heavily in designing products that use sugar to bypass our natural appetite control mechanisms, and in packaging and promoting these products to break down what remains of our defences, including through the use of subliminal scents. They employ an army of food scientists and psychologists to trick us into eating more than we need, while their advertisers use the latest findings in neuroscience to overcome our resistance.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/15/age-of-obesity-shaming-overweight-people

Street performers embrace 'tap to tip' card payments at Edinburgh festival

N

oel Byrne is rallying the passing lunchtime crowds to the open air stage in West Parliament Square, just off Edinburgh’s High Street. The seasoned street performer is a Fringe regular with his comedy acrobatics, The Leap of Death. But Byrne is introducing a new element to his act this year: a contactless payment terminal which allows audience members without loose change to “tap and tip”.

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/aug/10/street-performers-embrace-tap-to-tip-payments-at-edinburgh-festival

What you can do to be more creative

Tips on how you can spark your creativity on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. on how you can spark your creativity on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06gtxmt

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06gtxks

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06gtxhg

Have smartphones killed the art of conversation?

So we’ve gone off voice calls yet spend hours glued to our phones. But it’s simply that the rules of conversation have been redrawn in the age of WhatsApp, Snapchat and emojis

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/05/smartphones-kill--art-of-conversation-voice-calls-whatsapp-emojis

The Story of Scottish pop

Discover the story of Scottish pop music at the National Museum of Scotland as we take you on a musical journey from the 1950s to the present day.

https://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland/whats-on/rip-it-up/

The Travelling gallery

Travelling Gallery was established in 1978 and continues to bring contemporary art to communities throughout Scotland. Its dual focus is to create highly engaging exhibitions and to provide a unique platform for arts education.

https://vimeo.com/138974205

http://www.travellinggallery.com/

Can Belgium claim ownership of the French fry?

Whether it’s English fish and chips or poutine in Québec, Parisian steak-frites or Belgian frieten with mayonnaise – or even a ‘supersized’ fry order in the US – many places have laid claim to the simple fried potato.

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180730-can-belgium-claim-ownership-of-the-french-fry

Critical Thinking

Mariella Frostrup is joined by First News Editor Nicky Cox, Buzzfeed's James Ball, columnist and comedian Viv Groskop and former A and AS Level Critical Thinking Chief Examiner John Butterworth to discuss the value of critical thinking and how to nurture it as a habit of mind in children and young people.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08x8n8g

Split-ticketing – and nine more simple secrets to saving money on UK rail fares

A

verage train fares in the UK have risen by nearly 25 per cent since 2011. Travelling at peak times on inter-city routes can be especially exorbitant, and the sheer complexity of the ticket pricing system often makes it difficult to find the cheapest fares, so Telegraph Travel has come up with 10 strategies to help you cut the cost of rail travel. 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/advice/cheap-uk-rail-fares-how-to-save-money/

Meltdown! Ten ways to beat the heat

This could be the hottest week of the heatwave, so how can you keep your cool? Follow these tips on when to exercise, how to sleep – and what to talk about.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jul/24/10-ways-beat-heat-hottest-week-exercise-sleep-talk

What Australian slang has given the world

Australia is well-known for its unique turns of phrase. But few realise how many terms in use globally originated down under.

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180705-what-australian-slang-has-given-the-world

How multitasking sabotages you

If you juggle tasks, they take longer and you’re more likely to make mistakes. There are better ways to reclaim your time.

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180629-how-multitasking-sabotages-you

Dollar stores are thriving – but are they ripping off poor people?

The cost of a trip can be so negligible – the average customer drops $29 a month – and dollar stores have grown so ubiquitous, that it’s hard to countenance what economists confirm: visitors to dollar stores are often paying more than well-off consumers who shop elsewhere.

                   

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/28/dollar-store-ripping-people-off-poverty-inequality

Social media giants

Companies earn their profits by exploiting their environment. Mining and oil companies exploit the physical environment; social media companies exploit the social environment. This is particularly nefarious, because these companies influence how people think and behave without them even being aware of it. This interferes with the functioning of democracy and the integrity of elections.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/feb/15/eu-facebook-google-dominance-george-soros?CMP=fb_gu

Why you are afraid to share your opininions

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180615-why-youre-afraid-to-share-your-opinions

What are the pros and cons of bilingual parenting?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0698ydf

2NA About food

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3383368/Homemade-new-app-allows-cook-meal-sell-neighbour.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06801k8

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-20550429/five-minutes-with-jamie-oliver

http://www.bbc.com/travel/gallery/20180522-the-renaissance-of-northern-irelands-forgotten-seafood

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/25/people-just-have-less-time-now-is-the-mediterranean-diet-dying-out

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/11/junk-food-ads-to-be-banned-london-tubes-and-buses-sadiq-khan

2NI Quantifiers

https://agendaweb.org/grammar/quantifiers-determiners-exercises.html

2NI Work , gerunds and infinitives

https://agendaweb.org/vocabulary/people_jobs_personalities-exercises.html

https://agendaweb.org/verbs/infinitives-gerunds-grammar

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p066l2c7

2NA Animal world

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/16/we-treat-our-pets-as-people-is-it-because-its-getting-harder-to-have-faith-in-humans

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09s88vl

https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/idioms-animal.htm

2NI What makes us lucky?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxal-UbCMGI

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/3304496/Be-lucky-its-an-easy-skill-to-learn.html

2NA Travelling

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b092mbhf
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09025sc

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-43700833

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/nov/01/amsterdam-tourists-worst

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2018/feb/28/fishing-for-plastic-amsterdam-canal-tour-with-a-difference

2NI Third conditional

http://oomongzu.com/intermediate/third-conditionals/https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/third-conditional-exercise-1.html
https://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/grammar-thirdconditional1.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-24/session-2/activity-1

2NA About health

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/22/homeopathy-quackery-plain-and-simple-whatever-royal-family-sayshttp://www.idiomconnection.com/medical.html

https://www.nhs.uk/Video/Pages/singing-for-the-brain.aspx

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/may/07/seven-ways-to-prevent-weak-bones

2NA What are the functions of art?

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2017/09/seahorse-ocean-pollution/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tik6598VgmQ

2NI About houses

https://www.cglearn.it/mysite/civilization/uk-culture/types-of-houses-in-england/
https://agendaweb.org/vocabulary/house_furniture-exercises.html

2NA Colour idioms

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theteacher/2009/05/090507_teacher_colour_blue_v1.shtml

https://www.vevo.com/watch/cyndi-lauper/true-colors-(video)/USSM20402177

2NI Second conditional

https://agendaweb.org/verbs/conditional-second-exercises.html

2NA Forth plinth

In 1841 the Fourth Plinth was built in Trafalgar Square. Of course, it wouldn't have been known as the Fourth Plinth then.

The pedestal was originally intended to display a statue of William IV, but due to insufficient funds, no one got round to that. The plinth remained bare for over 150 years — no one really knew what to do with it/cared about it enough to do anything.

And then... a decision was made. The plinth would be occupied by a succession of temporary works. The Fourth Plinth Project began in 1999... but only lasted three years. The plinth was bare once more.

The project was revived as The Fourth Plinth Commission in 2005 — and has been going strong for well over a decade. Here are the works that have occupied it since then, from most recent to oldest.

https://londonist.com/london/art-and-photography/every-work-of-art-on-the-fourth-plinth-so-far

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/mar/26/michael-rakowitz-invisible-enemy-should-not-exist-fourth-plinth-winged-bull-date-syrup-cans-defyin

2NI First conditional

https://agendaweb.org/verbs/conditional-first-exercises.html

2NA Permission, obligation, and necessity

https://www.test-english.com/grammar-points/b2/modal-verbs-permission-obligation-prohibition-necessity/

2NA John Lloyd: An animated tour of the invisible

Gravity. The stars in day. Thoughts. The human genome. Time. Atoms. So much of what really matters in the world is impossible to see.

https://www.ted.com/talks/john_lloyd_an_animated_tour_of_the_invisible

2NI The body

https://agendaweb.org/vocabulary/body-intermediate-exercises.html

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/vocabulary/body-parts

2NA Are smartphones harming kids?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p061rj5t

2NA Conditionals

http://random-idea-english.blogspot.com.es/2013/01/inversion-in-conditionals.html

https://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-89063.php

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv342.shtml

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/4g14-advanced-mixed-conditionals-gap-fill-exercise.php

2NI Passive voice

The passive voice is used to show interest in the person or object that experiences an action rather than the person or object that performs the action. In other words, the most important thing or person becomes the subject of the sentence.

https://agendaweb.org/verbs/passive-voice-exercises.html

2NA Verb+ object+ infinitive or gerund

https://www.test-english.com/grammar-points/b2/verb-object-infinitive-gerund/