13th or 14th May 2026 (last class of the schoolyear)

 Hi , 

This is what we did the last day of class: 

First, we worked on the GRAMMAR section on page 174. Clauses of reason, purpose, result and concession. 

We didn't work on the READING COMPREHENSION task on pages 176 and 177 but if you want to do that at home you will find the KEY to the exercise by scrolling down this page.

Then, we moved on to pages 178 and 179. VOCABULARY, and there, we completed exercise E.

After that, we did the speakings about money on pages 180 and 181 in the book. 

Then, we completed a LISTENING COMPREHENSION  task on a photocopy given in class on TIME MANAGEMENT. Sentence completion. page 55.

Audio

key: 1 (forward) planning    2 realists    3 tiredness    

4 (our) health    5 perfection    6 self-discipline   

7 (most) fulfilling    8 television

SEVERAL KEYS to exercises given the last day of class

Reading comprehension on pages 176 and 177. 

KEY

Exercise D: 1 b   2 d    3 b    4 a   5 c

Exercise E: 1 encompasses    2 empowering    3 mismatch    4 instrumental   5 splashed out

KEYS TO MINI LESSONS   

Convert Direct Questions into Embedded Questions  KEY

Lie vs. Lay      Rise vs. Raise  KEY

When can the demonstrative "that" be omitted? KEY

AUDIOS AND KEYS TO LISTENING COMPREHENSION TASKS

Listening 1. Multiple matching photocopy page 47

Speaker 1    speaker 2    speaker 3    speaker 4    speaker 5       KEY

WHAT IF WE LOST THE AMAZON RAINFOREST?

AUDIO        KEY + TRANSCRIPTION

ARE THE CLOTHES YOU WEAR REALLY ALL THAT IMPORTANT?

1 A    2 C    3 B     4 A     5 B    6 D    7 B    8 D

11th or 12th May 2026

Hello everybody, 

This is what we did in class: 

Today, we started Unit 10.

We didn't do the READING COMPREHENSION section on pages 170 and 171, but, if you feel like doing it at home, here you are the answer key.

Exercise A: 1 F   2 C  3 H   4 A  5 E  6 G   7 B

Exercise D: 1 e   2 c  3 d  4 b  5 f  6 a

First, we worked on the VOCABULARY section on pages 172 and 173.

Then, we did the LISTENING on page 175.

track 35 rubrics    track 36

To finish, we did A COMPLETE SPEAKING-EXAM PRACTICE.

6th or 7th May 2026

 Hi, 

This is pretty much all we did in class: 

First, we worked on some exercises to finish unit 9. 

Page 159, ex C. Page 160, ex F. Page 161, exercises G and H.and page 161-Grammar- exercise C.

Then, we worked on the REVIEW section on pages 167 and 168. Like this we can consider Unit 9 finished. 

After that, we completed a Listening Comprehension task from a photocopy given in class. Tour Guides.

Audio track

To finish, we did A whole Speaking Exam Practice. Mediation, task 1 (monologue) and task 2 (dialogue).

4th or 5th May 2026

Hi there, 
This is what we did in class: 

First, we started working on the Grammar Section on page 156. Unreal Past.

To continue, we did also exercise C of the Vocabulary section on page 159.

Then, we did another listening, Listening 1B, page 157.

Rubrics   Audio  

After that, we worked on a listening comprehension task from a photocopy given in class where 5 people talk about what life will be like in 15 years. 

Speaker 1    speaker 2    speaker 3    speaker 4 

and speaker 5

Then, we worked on the speaking section on pages 162, 163 and 189. 

To finish, we completed the Written Mediation task corresponding to May. ( The last one). 

Early Risers.

29th or 30th April 2026

 Hello everyone, 

This is pretty much what we did in class: 

First, we worked on the VOCABULARY section on pages 154 and 155.

Then, we moved on to Listening 1 A, page 156

Rubrics   Audio

To finish, we did SPEAKING-EXAM PRACTICE

27th or 28th April 2026

 Hello everyone, 

This is what we did in class: 

Today we started Unit 9. The power of design.

First. we answered some questions appearing on page 151. Cover page.

Then, we worked on the READING section on pages 152 and 153.

After that, we worked on a mini lesson on Causatives: Have and Get. 

We also completed the multiple-choice cloze exercise on the back of the handouts.

Then, we did the listening comprehension task on page 158.  rubrics and task 

22nd or 23rd April 2026

Hi,

This is what we did in class: 

First, we worked on the REVIEW section of Unit 8. pages 149 and 150. A, B and C. (Like this, we can say that we have finished Unit 8).

Then, we worked on a handout given in class: we worked on a mini lesson on Embedded Questions.

After that we worked on a vocabulary photocopy about Illness and Feeling under the weather.

To finish, we completed the  Written Mediation task corresponding to April.

MICROPLASTICS

 

20th or 21st April 2026

 Hi everyone, 

This is pretty much all we did in class: 

First, we worked on the reading comprehension section on pages 140 and 141. UNCOVERING LOST CIVILISATIONS.

Then we moved on to the next section VOCABULARY pages 141, 142 and 143. There,  we worked on exercises E and G.

 We also worked on 2 GRAMMAR exercises on page 143.

After that, 

We heard two listening comprehension tasks from a photocopy given in class containing 2 sides.

Side 1. page 32      3   extracts: extract 1       extract 2       extract 3

Side 2. Interview with Rowan Atkinson

To finish, we did some speaking from page 145.

15th or 16th April 2026

 Hi, 

This is what we did in class: 

First, we worked on the VOCABULARY section of Unit 8. pages 136, 137 and 138.

Then, we moved to page 144 and had a discussion on how some inventions changed the world.

After that, we completed the GRAMMAR section on pages 138 and 139. Modal Verbs.

After that, we completed the listening on page 139. This listening is about a photographer who uses a wingsuit and talks about his last project, photographing Lake Eyre (The pink lake) from above using his wingsuit.

Rubrics   audio 

13th or 14th April 2026

 Hi, 

We are back after the Easter Break. 

Now, back to routine.

This is what we did in class: 

We started Unit 8: Explore and Discover.

First, we answered the questions on cover page 133.

Then, we worked on the READING section, pages 134 and 135.

 

Here we did exercises A, B, C, D and E. 

After that, we answered a questionnaire: What's your personality type?

Then, we worked on Vocabulary Section pages 136 and 137. Here we did exercises A and B. 

After that, we did a listening comprehension task from a photocopy given in class: 

The Gaming Industry

Easter Break

25th or 26th March 2026

 Hello everybody, 

This is what we did in class: 

First, we completed the exercises of the Grammar Section on pages 124 and 125. There we did exercises A, B and C.

Then, we did a listening comprehension task through a photocopy given in class. 

Kite-flying Through the Ages.

Then we worked on the REVIEW section on pages 131 and 132.

To finish, we did SPEAKING EXAM PRACTICE. 

Have a happy Easter Holiday!

See you back on the 13th or 14th April.

23rd or 24th March 2026

Hello everyone, 

This is what we did in class: 

First, we worked on some handouts given in class on Reported Speech. The handouts included some exercises so it took us a time to finish them. 

Then, we did Speaking Exam Practice: Today it was SPOKEN MEDIATION.

To finish, we did a WRITTEN MEDIATION TASK : 

HYPERTENSION  

11th or 12th March 2026

Hello everyone, 

This is pretty much what we did in class: 

First, we worked on the VOCABULARY section on pages 123 and 124.

Then, we played an infinitive or gerund game.

After that, we did a Listening Comprehension task from a photocopy given in class.

Events in Langham Today audio track

To finish, we worked on the  SPEAKING section. Pages 126 and 127.

9th or 10th March 2026

Hello, 

This is what we did in class:  

First, we read a photocopy given in class about the use of -ing or infinitive. 

Then, we went  to pages 120 and 121. GRAMMAR. Infinitives and -ing forms. There we did exercises A, B, C and D.

After that, and also on page 122 we did the listening comprehension task.

•  exercise C  Rubrics   exercise 
•  exercise D 

We finished the class speaking.

4th or 5th March 2026

 Hi, 

This is what we did in class: 

First, we worked on the VOCABULARY section on pages 118 and 119.

Then, and, to finish working on the book.  We did the listening comprehension task on page 121.  

Links to audios

rubrics     extract 1    extract 2    extract 3

We ended the class doing speaking.

2nd or 3rd March 2026

Hello: 

This is what we did in class: 

First, and, to finish UNIT 6 we completed the REVIEW section on pages 113 and 114  key

Then, we started UNIT 7 . 

Here, we commented on the cover page, page 115.

After that, we did the Reading Comprehension task on pages 116 and 117.

To finish, we did some environmental debate.

25th or 26th February 2026

 Hi, 

This is what we did in class: 

First, we worked on a grammar handout given in class. Alternatives to if.

Then, we moved on to the Writing Section on pages 110,111 and 112. Writing: An Opinion Essay.

Homework: Write an opinion essay based on exercise H on page 112

To finish, and, as promised, we did another written mediation task. The one corresponding to February.

 Gamescom Festival audio link

And that was all.

23rd or 24th February 2026

 Hello and welcome back to school after the Carnival break: 

This is what we did in class: 

First, we worked on page 107 of the book. Mixed conditionals and alternatives to if.

Then,  we carried out a listening comprehension exercise.

Interview to Helen Drysdale.    

We also completed the word-formation exercise on the back of the photocopy.

After that we completed a handout given in class about Vocabulary on fashion and trends.

Then, we went back to the book to pages 108 and 109 to listen to a model conversation on Speaking exercise B. 

track 8 exercise C

To finish we did the speaking task on pages  187 and 188.

16th,17th,18th and 19th February

 

11th or 12th February

Hi,

This is pretty much what we did in class: 

First, we worked on pages 104 and 105 in the book. READING 2. Before going deep into the reading task, we talked for a while about leisure time. 

Then, we worked on the VOCABULARY section on pages 105 and 106.

After that, we did a listening comprehension task from a photocopy given in class. 

extract 1    extract 2    extract 3    extract 4     extract 5

On the other side of the photocopy there is an open-cloze exercise.

The Impossibly Curvy Doll

Suggested key: 1- As  2- that   3- with  4- was 5- into  6- did  7- such  8- whose

To finish, we worked on the speaking section on pages 108 and 109. Selecting an activity for the sports centre.

9th or 10th February 2026

Hi, 

This is pretty much all we did in class: 

First, worked on page 102:GRAMMAR. Conditional sentences.Inversion in conditionals.

There, we did exercises A, B, C, D and  E.

Then, we completed a handout on inversion in conditionals including a role play speaking.

After that, we had a time to revise the mock exams.

To finish, we did some speaking about fasshion.

4th or 5th February 2026

 Hi everyone, 

This is what we did in class: 

First, we worked on  the VOCABULARY section of the book. pages 101 and 102.

Then, we commented on some fashion related vocabulary. 

To finish, we completed the LISTENING COMPREHENSION section on page 103.

Rubrics    extract 1      extract 2     extract 3

2nd or 3rd February 2026

 Hi,

This is what we did in class: 

Today, after the Mock Exam week, we started UNIT 6. Trends.

After talking about the questions shown on the cover page (p.97) we did the Reading Comprehension task on pages 98 and 99. The attention filter. 

To finish, we commented the marks of the mock exam.

26th , 27th, 28th or 29th January

21st or 22nd January 2026

This is what we did in class: 

 First, we worked on pages 88 and 89 GRAMMAR, participle clauses.

Then, we did the listening  onpage 86, exercise B.

track 33

After that, and, to finish unit 5, we worked on pages 95 and 96. REVIEW.

To finish, we did communication handouts. One side was better late than sorry and the other side was based on mini debates, Let's change the rules.

19th or 20th January 2026

 Hi, 

This is what we did in class: 

First, we worked on the VOCABULARY section on pages 87 and 88.

Then, we worked on a MINI-LESSON on participle clauses. 

Then, we did the LISTENING 2 exercise on page 86.

Rubrics and exercise

After that, we did some speaking. TIME related questions.

To finish, we practised Written Mediation: 

Women's day off.

audio 

14th or 15th January 2026

Hello everyone, 

This is  what we did in class: 

First, we worked on a photocopy on a mini lesson on relative clauses given in class and then we worked on the same grammar section of the book.  RELATIVE CLAUSES. page 84.

Then, we completed a listening comprehension task from a photocopy given in class. Five extracts. test 2 part 4.

audio link

After that, we worked on pages 92, 93 and 94. WRITING an article including a personal account.

HOMEWORK: Write an article in which you describe an experience that has had a big impact on your life.

To finish, we did random speaking. 

12th or 13th January 2026

Hi everyone, 

This is what we did in class: 

First, we completed the VOCABULARY section on pages 82 and 83.

Then, we moved to page 85 and did the LISTENING 1 section. exercises A, B and C.

link to audio 

To finish, we did the SPEAKING section on pages 90 and 91.

7th or 8th January 2026

Happy  New Year to everyone, 

This is what we did in class: 

First, we worked on the REVIEW section of Unit 4. Exercises A, B and C.  Pages 77 and 78.

Then, we started Unit 5: Experience Life.

There, first, we read and did exercises of the READING section on pages 80 and 81.

We finished the class doing Speaking Exam Practice.