(2NB) Comparative and Superlative

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2070

(2NI) More about shopping

Only 20% of British high street shops remain vacant
A survey suggests that the British high street may not be declining by as much as had been feared, following the collapse of big names including Woolworths, HMV and Oddbins.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-26894762

(2NB) Easy Dialogues

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/emw/unit-4

Big Ben 'bongs' to be silenced for £29m refurbishment

Britain's most famous clock tower is to fall silent so that urgent repair work can be carried out at a cost of £29m.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36138203

Shakespeare Words

The Bard is credited with inventing several hundred English words. Test your knowledge of Bard-influenced corporate lingo – and Iron Maiden songs.

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160422-spot-the-real-shakespeare-words-and-the-fakes

(2NB) Food & Restaurants

https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/elementary/b_vocabulary/bank14/vocabulary14_01?cc=global&selLanguage=en

http://www.parapal-online.co.uk/picture_dict/vegetables.html

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/word-games/restaurant

Prince: his 10 greatest songs from Head to Cream (and Purple Rain in between)

Choosing the 10 best songs by the most ludicrously prolific – and riotously diverse – artist of the rock’n’roll era seems on the face to it to be flatly absurd. Where would you start? How could you possibly stop?

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/apr/21/prince-10-best-purple-rain-1999-when-doves-cry