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- For speaking: Em’s Lie Game. Learners tell a true or invented experience, ask follow-up questions and decide what really happened. Suggested A2–B1 · adults and teens · 45 minutes · five-page PDF.
- For grammar through pictures: Present perfect or past simple? Learners spot changes in a flat, follow messages and exchange missing information to prepare for a guest. Suggested B1 · adults and teens · 50 minutes · seven-page PDF with answers and online/one-to-one guidance.
- For a shorter grammar activity: Coffee countability. Choose a 15–20-minute selection from the book-swap café lesson to practise amounts and servings. Suggested A2–B1 · adults and teens · eight-page PDF. Includes recorded audio, a teacher-read script and separate homework with its key.
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Business decisions and everyday advice
BMC1: What if…? In a meeting — First and Second Conditionals
Level: B1–B2 · Learners: Adults · Time: Flexible · Format: PDF · Pages: 4 student + 1 teacher; 2 optional homework/key.
Focus: First conditional · Second conditional · Speaking & conversation
Theme: Work & business
Discuss six illustrated meeting situations, share private information and plan a client demonstration within a budget. A change of room prompts a new decision. Includes final speaking, teacher notes, homework and answers.
Complete lesson (5-page PDF) · Student pages (4-page PDF) · Teacher notes and key (1-page PDF) · Optional homework and key (2-page PDF)

DM1: Small Jobs, Big Plans — Do and Make
Level: B1; supported A2 · Learners: Adults and teens · Time: Flexible · Format: PDF · Page count: 5-page lesson plus 2-page optional homework/key
Focus: Do and make · Common verb phrases · Speaking & follow-up questions
Theme: Everyday jobs · Community events · Shared plans
Start with three photos and organisers’ messages, then learn useful phrases such as do some research, make arrangements and make a difference. Plan a skills afternoon within a budget, give everyone a job and adapt when a cost changes. Finish with separate A/B conversation sheets, each offering twelve optional questions.
Shared introduction and planning task (2 pages) · Student A questions (1 page) · Student B questions (1 page)
All student pages (4 pages) · Teacher notes and answers (1 page) · Optional homework and self-check key (2 pages)
Use the shared pages first. Give one partner A and the other B for the final conversation; choose a few questions and explore the answers. The A/B sheets are different question sets, with no secret facts. Keep teacher answers separate. Includes one-to-one, group and online guidance. Homework offers fresh completion practice and a short written update; no recording is required.
PLAY3: The £20 Picnic — Countability and Quantifiers
Level: A2–B1 · Learners: Adults and teens · Time: Flexible · Format: PDF · Page count: 6-page lesson plus 2-page optional homework/key
Focus: Countable & uncountable nouns · Quantifiers · Shopping questions · Speaking
Theme: Food & shopping · Picnics · Shared decisions
Plan a picnic for four while keeping money for the bus. Ask about pack sizes and prices using private buyer and shopkeeper sheets, compare valid baskets, then plan for eight people. A smaller budget creates a new problem: agree a clear change and explain your solution. Includes a picnic photograph, quantity language, checked answers and twelve final speaking questions.
For the information gap:
Shared introduction and language pages (2 pages) · Buyer only (1 page) · Shopkeeper only (1 page)
Teacher notes, checked answers and speaking questions (2 pages) · Optional homework and self-check key (2 pages)
Share the introduction with everyone. Give each learner only their own role sheet for the first round; use the shared language page afterwards. The complete pack and combined student PDF (4 pages) contain both roles. Keep answers separate. Calculators are welcome. Homework supplies a fresh snack-budget problem; no recording is required.
PLAY2: The Missing Mascot — Past Questions and Negatives
Level: A2–B1 · Learners: Adults and teens · Time: Flexible · Format: PDF · Page count: 5-page lesson plus 2-page optional homework/key
Focus: Past simple · Questions & negatives · Speaking
Theme: Lost objects · Community fair · Cooperative mystery
Freddie, the fair’s toy fox, is missing before the group photo. Partners question four helpers using private witness files, compare times and box stickers, then recommend where to look using three connected facts. Includes a visual case page, question models, a timeline and twelve final speaking questions.
For the information gap:
Shared case page (1 page) · Witness File A only (1 page) · Witness File B only (1 page)
Teacher notes, solution and answers (2 pages) · Optional homework and self-check key (2 pages)
Share the case page with everyone and give each partner only their own witness file. The complete pack and combined student PDF (3 pages) contain both files. Keep the solution separate. Includes one-to-one, group and online guidance. Homework supplies a fresh lost-keys puzzle. No recording is required.
PLAY1: Café Mix-up — Usually and Today
Level: A2–B1 · Learners: Adults and teens · Time: Flexible · Format: PDF · Page count: 5-page lesson plus 2-page optional homework/key
Focus: Present simple & continuous · Questions & answers · Speaking
Theme: Work & everyday routines · Café role-play
Two café pictures, five main differences. Ask and describe without showing your picture, then use the staff notebook to contrast usual jobs with today’s actions. Plan jobs during a café problem and report to the manager by video call. Includes an action bank, clear grammar support, answers and twelve final speaking questions.
For the information gap:
Picture A only (1 page) · Picture B only (1 page) · Shared grammar and manager task (1 page)
Teacher notes and answers (2 pages) · Optional homework and self-check key (2 pages)
Give each learner only their own picture; share the notebook page after comparing. The complete pack and combined student PDF (3 pages) contain both pictures. Keep teacher answers separate. Includes pairs, one-to-one, groups and online guidance. No recording is required.
TM1: Types of Meetings
Identify meeting types, fix an invitation and rescue an unproductive meeting. Includes six illustrated scenes, three MP3 listening activities, a speaking challenge, homework and answers.
Student lesson (PDF) · Teacher notes and answers (PDF) · Homework (PDF) · Preview, recordings and lesson notes
QF1: Do these figures add up? Querying business figures
Query an invoice, check a survey claim and distinguish forecast from confirmed sales. Includes realistic documents, a private-card speaking game, homework, scripts and answers.
Student lesson (PDF) · Teacher notes and answers (PDF) · Preview and all three recordings
BN1: Can you save the order? Business numbers
Hear easily confused figures, repair an order and catch two dispatch errors. Includes illustrated product graphics, a speaking game, optional homework, scripts and answers.
Student lesson (PDF) · Teacher notes and answers (PDF) · Preview and all three recordings
TD1: Choose a Team Day — Business English case study
Compare three venues, listen to Alex’s requirements and agree on a team day. Includes useful meeting language, email homework, answers and a model.
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Student worksheet PDF · Teacher notes and answers PDF · Download audio MP3
BD1: Business Decisions – workplace dilemmas, speaking and listening
Eight illustrated workplace problems, useful phrases for suggestions and polite disagreement, conditions with provided that and as long as, twelve discussion questions and a decision meeting. The recording offers suggestions learners can challenge.
BR1: What should you do if…? Be Ready advice and conditionals
An independent English lesson based on British Government Be Ready guidance. Eight illustrated situations, four per page, with choices to justify, should/shouldn’t, first conditionals, twelve discussion questions and a household plan. Teacher notes and answers included. Final edition. Classroom use permitted; no sale or public redistribution.
Student pages (4-page PDF) · Teacher notes and answers (2-page PDF) · Complete pack (6-page PDF)
First lessons & beginners
Must, mustn’t or don’t have to? First-day workspace rules
Discuss workplace pictures, read clear signs and check a friend’s phone messages. Practise must, have to, mustn’t and don’t have to, then explore twelve speaking questions. Includes optional homework and teacher answers.
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Editable Word source
Keep teacher notes and answers separate. No private role sheets are needed.
Who are you waiting for? A verb-preposition speaking game
Use six everyday cartoons and a short grammar check before predicting a partner’s answers to twelve questions. Includes a fresh message role-play, teacher-read listening, complete answers and optional homework.
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Start with pages 1–2. Keep page 3 for later and teacher pages 4–5 separate. Listening uses the supplied teacher-read script; no recorded audio is supplied.
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Adult beginners: small starts, useful English
Help learners introduce themselves, ask for repetition and make a small request. Includes four illustrated learner sheets, reusable name and drink cards, and two teacher pages with scripts and answers.
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Learner pages and cards (5 pages)
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Optional homework and answer key (2 pages)
Keep teacher notes and answers separate. During the café task, each customer keeps their drink card private.
Children’s first English lesson: The missing ball
Meet Mia and Sami in a four-picture story. Listen and choose book, pencil and ball, then practise simple requests with reusable picture cards. Includes a clear teacher route, script and answers; no reading or writing needed.
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Learner pages 1–2; cards page 3; teacher notes pages 4–5. Use one card set per pair. No private role sheets or reading required.
First teenage lesson: try a puzzle and story, then choose
Try a complete parcel puzzle and key-story activity, compare real experiences, then recommend a future lesson. Includes clue script, keys, language models, learner pages and a fresh speaking task.
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Optional homework and answer key (2 pages). A separate task to complete independently; answers are on page 2.
A toy shop: ask, choose and thank
Ready-made ball, car, doll and kite cards, an illustrated shop model, a guessing game and a missing-toy round. Finish with simple oral questions from twelve teacher prompts. Includes answers, a clear route and pointing support.
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Student worksheets (2 pages) · Teacher route and answers (2 pages)
Which pet? Ask and match · YL2
Use a six-picture pet board, a short question guide and private A/B sheets for a guessing game. Choose new pets, invent a pet and finish with twelve teacher-led speaking prompts. Includes answers and optional home practice.
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Each partner file includes the shared board and one private sheet. Do not send the combined student PDF whole before the game.
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Book it. Fix it. — agree and change an appointment
Book an English lesson and a haircut using private calendars, then change a cancelled bike-repair appointment. Includes a realistic shop message, questions about price and repair length, final speaking questions, and teacher notes and answers.
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Teacher notes and answers are included on page 5.
Everyone: pages 1 and 4. Partner A only: page 2. Partner B only: page 3. Teacher: page 5. Keep the private calendars and role cards hidden from the other partner.
Grammar & vocabulary
TAK1: Take it on! Phrasal verbs through pictures and speaking
Focus: Idioms & word meaning; Vocabulary recall; Speaking & discussion
Theme: Home & community; Work & business
Explore eight uses of take in a repair café story, complete short messages and play a scored matching game. Negotiate a plan with different volunteer needs, then discuss your own experiences. Includes a mini language guide and separate answers.
Open lesson notes and preview · Teacher guide and key · Optional homework and key
GAV1: All about Gav – Now and then
Focus: Present simple and past simple. Theme: Personal experiences and everyday routines. Illustrated grammar guide, practice and writing about yourself.
GAV2: All about Gav – Usually and right now
Focus: Present simple and present continuous. Theme: Personal experiences and everyday routines. Illustrated grammar guide, practice and writing about yourself.
AUX1: True for you? Auxiliary short answers
Mini grammar guide, six illustrated prompts and 22 paused audio questions. Give truthful short answers with be, do, did, have and can, add a detail and plan a shared afternoon.
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Student pages (4 pages) · Teacher guide and transcript (2 pages)
Optional homework and key (2 pages)
UT1: Life used to be different: used to
Compare six before-and-now pictures, explain the examples and check used to, didn’t use to and questions. Sort old habits and single events, reply to an old friend’s phone message with an old-photo prompt, then explore twelve varied speaking questions.
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Download UT1: complete pack (4 pages) · Learner pages (3 pages) · Teacher notes and answers (1 page)
Lesson notes (on this card)
Student pages 1-3; teacher notes, answers and homework keys on page 4. Start with learners’ picture ideas, keep the grammar and sorting brief, and choose one practical reply before moving into broader Q&A. Includes online and one-to-one guidance, a sample reply, full picture answers and a 30-minute route. Original characters include different ages, backgrounds and disabilities in ordinary everyday situations. No recording required.
Optional homework and answer key (2 pages). A separate task to complete independently; answers are on page 2.
UT2: New things, familiar things: be used to / get used to
Use six pictures with an example sentence under each to distinguish familiar routines from ongoing adjustment. Check the forms, sort all three meanings, respond to a friend and finish with twelve varied speaking questions.
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Teaching notes and page guide
Student pages 1-3; teacher notes, answers and homework keys on page 4. Start with learners’ picture ideas, keep the grammar and sorting brief, and choose one practical reply before moving into broader Q&A. Includes online and one-to-one guidance. Original characters include different ages, backgrounds and disabilities in ordinary everyday situations. No recording required.
Optional homework and answer key (2 pages). A separate task to complete independently; answers are on page 2.
WDS1: Would You Do the Same? Second Conditional Conversations
Level: B1–B2 · Learners: Teens and adults · Time: Flexible · Format: PDF · Page count: 3-page lesson plus 2-page optional homework/key
Focus: Conditionals · Speaking · Questions and follow-up
Theme: Everyday choices
Start with photo situations, notice the second conditional, then complete 12 questions across two partner sheets. Guess your partner’s choices, give reasons and ask follow-up questions. Includes clear grammar support, a speaking game and a one-page teacher guide with answers.
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Student A and B (2 pages) · Teacher notes and answer key (1 page) · Optional homework and self-check key (2 pages)
Give one partner Student A and the other Student B. Keep the teacher key separate. For one-to-one lessons, the teacher takes the other role. The homework offers fresh language practice, error correction and a short reply to a friend; answers and a model are on page 2.
GPP1: Someone’s been busy! Present perfect or past simple?
Compare before-and-now room pictures, explore a short grammar reminder, then exchange private facts in a phone call. Finish with twelve speaking questions and follow-ups.
Common learner pages (4 pages) · Jo’s private role (1 page) · Alex’s private role (1 page) · Teacher notes and answers (2 pages)
Share safely: Give pages 1-4 to everyone, page 5 only to Jo and page 6 only to Alex. Keep pages 7-8 for teaching. For online lessons, share the common PDF and send each person only their own role.
All learner pages for printing (6 pages). This file contains both private roles; print and separate them rather than sharing the whole file with partners.
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Optional homework and answer key (2 pages). A separate task to complete independently; answers are on page 2.
GPS1: Dinner was going well… Past simple and continuous listening story
Keep the picture-led opening, then follow four short audio chapters. Predict the next event, compare clues, respond and retell. Includes regional voices, optional conversation questions, homework and exact teacher scripts.
Learner PDF (4 pages) · Teacher guide, scripts and answers (3 pages)
Download the complete story MP3 (3:11) · Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Share learner pages 1-4; keep teacher/scripts pages 5-7 private. Audio lasts 3:11 in total, including short chapter gaps. Choose a few conversation questions rather than completing them all.
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Optional homework and answer key (2 pages). Complete the task first, then check page 2.
GCS1: A place for everyone? Comparatives and superlatives
Six photo-led adverts replace repeated tables. Negotiate one venue booking, spot inaccurate claims in activity adverts and discuss your own preferences. Includes brief grammar, homework and optional speaking questions.
Learner pages (4 pages) · Teacher guide and answers (2 pages)
Learner pages 1-4; teacher notes and answers on pages 5-6. Venue prices are per hour; activity prices are per person for a complete session.
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Optional homework and answer key (2 pages). Complete the task first, then check page 2.
CAA1: Comparing this and that — adjectives and adverbs
Compare picture pairs, practise adjectives and adverbs separately, then combine them in a guessing game. Finish with twelve conversation questions and follow-ups. Includes short grammar guides, answers and online or one-to-one guidance.
Student worksheet (4 pages) · Teacher notes and answers (1 page) · Lesson notes and teaching route
-ed and -ing adjectives through conversation
Four picture situations, illustrated activity adverts, a recorded dialogue, private A/B notes, twelve speaking questions, shorter homework and a fresh speaking check.
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Optional homework and answer key (2 pages). Complete the task first, then check page 2.
Present simple and continuous: jobs and actions
Compare a staff directory with photo messages to find whose day has changed. Three people and six opening photos for paired questions, then one private puzzle, twelve personal speaking questions, a workshop sign, phone messages and complete keys.
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Optional homework and answer key (2 pages). Complete the task first, then check page 2.
Will or Be Going To: Plans and Decisions
Three pictured situations, an invitation, private notes and messages, twelve varied speaking prompts and scrambled-phrase homework with a self-check key. Practise prior intentions and helpful responses. No recording needed.
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-ed and -ing adjectives through a camping story
Explore four camping pictures, read and retell the story, then play a guessing game and share your own experiences. Includes twelve questions and self-checking homework.
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S05E14: time expressions and animal words
Use timelines, then exchange private work histories and compare jobs. Give feedback and try new course facts. The separate animal activity develops explanations; unusual group words are an optional puzzle.
Page guide: grammar preparation 1, private A/B 2–3, grammar notes 4, animal sheet 5, animal notes 6, teacher reflection on extra-lesson requests 7.
Download 6-page pack · Student sheets · Teacher notes · Private A · Private B
VR1: Change of plan – phrasal verbs through pictures and speaking
VR1 · Level: B1; supported A2 · Learners: Adults and teens · Time: About 40 minutes + optional later review · Format: 10-page PDF + 3 short MP3s
Focus: Vocabulary recall; Listening & pronunciation; Speaking & discussion
Theme: Food & cafés; Personal experiences
Illustrated picnic and card stories, a café chalkboard, pinned notice, concert poster and phone messages. Five clear phrase cards, a genuine change-of-plan decision, twelve optional speaking questions and solo homework/key. Printed messages or three short voice notes.
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Story and phrase support (2 pages) · Practice and speaking (4 pages) · Teacher guide, scripts and answers (2 pages) · Homework and key (2 pages)
Keep support aside for recall. Reveal the teacher update after the first decision. Optional return visits keep the main lesson manageable.
Idioms, word choices and science speaking – S05E16
Choose one of five activities: agree an outing and check idiom use; find smaller related words; clarify noun choices; explain a surprising science fact; or plan manageable extra practice. Includes simple instructions, clear examples, letter boxes, a practice text and complete teacher keys.
Page guide: student activities 1–5; teacher guide and further idiom rounds 6; word keys and new examples 7; science, practice-plan notes and sources 8. No recording required.
Have/get something done: classroom activities – S05E19
Practise have/get something done, compare doing and commissioning through a private-card decision task, then retry after a supplier update. Includes twelve conversation prompts. Includes teacher rehearsal sheets for pace and preferred names, an explanation task, teacher notes and answers.
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Student pages only (6 pages)
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For activities with private roles, give each partner only their own page. Keep teacher notes and answers separate. Printed page numbers follow the complete pack.
Questions, recent activities, emails and animal verbs – S05E22
Ask about a partner’s private project and introduce it, agree useful lesson work, explain present clues, reply with a shared lesson time, or explore animal verbs through fictional scenes. Includes clear models, feedback and new examples, complete keys and simple student instructions.
Page guide: private A/B 1–2; lesson choices 3; recent activities 4; emails 5; animal verbs 6; teacher notes 7–9. Give each partner only their own private page. No recording required.
Download 9-page PDF · Student sheets · Teacher notes · Private A · Private B
Useful-Vocabulary Decision Checklist – S01E06
Coffee, cups and conversations · Countability
Start with three book-swap pictures, a brief countability guide and sorting. Listen, solve a café shortfall with private partner sheets, then explore twelve wider speaking questions. Includes the existing recording and teacher-read script.

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What if our plans change? · First conditional speaking
Start with a short grammar guide and four original picture prompts. Agree a town trip and backup plans, then move into a partner-prediction game with twelve varied conversation questions. Includes answers and a clear teacher route.
Download CQ1 complete lesson (3 pages) · Student worksheet (2 pages) · Teacher notes and answers (1 page)
Correct-or-Alternative Vocabulary Practice – S01E32
Distinguish repairs from options, choose words for a situation and check meaning before suggesting another expression.
Kind or sympathetic? Check the meaning
Describe what a person did, ask a question and check whether kind, sympathetic or both express the meaning. Includes a connected model, story exchange, changed detail and a fresh teacher-held situation after feedback. An English-meaning activity inspired by the false-friends discussion.
Complete 2-page pack · Student page · Teacher notes and answers. Share student page 1; keep teacher page 2 separate. No recording required.
Explain an expression: idiom exchange
Explain an expression from any language, or choose a supplied English option. Partners ask, check the message and test fitting/non-fitting situations. Includes a connected model, planning space, three fresh teacher-held cases and guidance on meaning, form and tone.
Complete 2-page pack · Student page · Teacher notes and answers. Student page 1; teacher page 2. No recording required.
Speaking & conversation
Say it another way: describe objects and check understanding · S05E15
Level: B1 · Learners: Adults/older teens · Time: Flexible; choose activities · Format: Five-page PDF (4 student pages + 1 teacher page)
Focus: Explaining meaning; Questions & clarification; Requests & replies
Theme: Home & community; Work & business
Describe nine everyday objects, play a picture-guessing game, clarify a Teams message and solve practical problems with separate A/B information. Includes brief language support, final conversation questions, optional homework and a complete answer key.

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Give everyone student pages 1-2. Give A only page 3 and B only page 4. Keep the teacher page separate. No recording or cutting is required. Optional homework is printed on both role pages.
FM1: Five Messages, One Plan
Level: B1–B2 · Learners: Adults · Time: Flexible · Format: PDF · Page count: 4-page lesson plus 2-page optional homework/key
Focus: Agreeing & disagreeing · Requests & replies · Speaking
Theme: Home & community · Work & business
Five people need your help before an online meeting. Read their messages, compare deadlines and alternatives, agree a practical plan and practise a reply. New information changes the conversation. Includes useful language, a five-message planner, role-play variations and twelve final discussion questions.
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Student pages (2 pages) · Teacher notes, answers and final speaking questions (2 pages) · Optional homework and self-check key (2 pages)
Share both student pages with learners. Keep the changed role-play details in the teacher PDF separate until the second conversation. Different plans are welcome when the reasons fit the messages. Includes one-to-one, group and online guidance. No recording is required. Homework uses three fresh messages, language practice and a model reply.
Help more learners join a group discussion
Notice spoken and written contributions, choose one structural change and review the result. Includes a private record, two student tasks, worked example and teacher notes.
Student sheets (2 pages) · Teacher notes and record (3 pages) · Private record only (1 page)
So and neither: an agreement and disagreement game
Use true personal statements in noughts and crosses, reply accurately and follow an interesting answer. Includes eighteen prompts and a fresh check.
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For activities with private roles, give each partner only their own page. Keep teacher notes and answers separate. Printed page numbers follow the complete pack.
CH10: The 10-Point Challenge – classroom speaking game
Start real conversations, complete secret missions and race to 10 points. Includes six different student sheets (A–F), score boxes and teacher notes.

Em’s Lie Game: complete 45-minute lesson pack
Tell a true or invented experience, follow up with curious questions, then use feedback in a fresh conversation. Includes optional homework and complete keys.
For a shorter version, try the separate one-page S05E12 worksheet in this section.
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Advanced speaking: qualify claims and negotiate a decision
Weigh incomplete evidence, negotiate a room policy and reconsider it. Includes a connected model, private update, teacher keys and a fresh booking decision after feedback.
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Full five-page pack · Student sheets (2 pages) · Fresh decision (1 page) · Teacher notes (2 pages)
Delayed speaking feedback and a second attempt
Choose useful feedback, rehearse and agree a fresh plan. Includes separate private A/B cards, worked feedback, a supplied later check and a reusable record.
Teacher notes and record (3 pages) · Private record only (1 page)
Private online cards: Saturday A / B · Sunday A / B. Send each learner only their card. Keep Sunday cards until after feedback.
Requests, refusals and clarification role plays
A complete model, separate private book-sale roles, a teacher-held change and a fresh booking exchange. Includes an individual outcome record, six homework checks and keys.
Keep the conversation moving: S05E20
Choose a conversation, private adjective game, worth task or pair decision. Includes teacher reflection, praise practice, complete keys and supplied fresh cases after feedback.
Separate student pages: Conversation · Adjective clues A / B · Worth practice · Club decision. Give adjective partners only their own page. Teacher notes (4 pages).
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Student conversation (1 page)
Private A (1 page)
Private B (1 page)
Student worth practice (1 page)
Student club decision (1 page)
Teacher notes and answers (4 pages)
For activities with private roles, give each partner only their own page. Keep teacher notes and answers separate. Printed page numbers follow the complete pack.
Follow-Up Questions: Pair Practice – S01E32
Use a café model, tell a small story and ask about the latest answer. Separate teacher notes include useful alternatives, feedback and a fresh wrong-online-class story.
Recommend a place: questions, reasons and limits
Use supplied town facts and private guide/visitor sheets to match needs, explain a choice and check details. Includes teacher keys and a fresh budget-and-weather case after feedback.
Use the recommendation mini-lesson
Download the three-page pack · Guide page · Visitor page · Teacher route and keys
Em’s Lie Game: experience questions and follow-ups – S05E12
A short Lie Game with a connected model, six experience prompts, relevant follow-up questions and a fresh conversation after feedback. No recording needed.
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Plan a community event — C1 group planning and presentations
Focus: Group discussion · Online research · Presentations · Responding to questions
Theme: Community · Events
Listen, choose an event, divide the organising jobs and research practical options. The student planning table includes named responsibilities, note space and useful presentation phrases. Every student presents their part; other groups test whether the event would work. No lesson timings.
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Student pages and planner (2 pages) · Teacher notes, scripts and answers (2 pages)
Business English & workplace tasks
A booking that works: negotiate, confirm and reschedule
Two complete bookings and two follow-up changes: negotiate a workshop venue, amend it through Teams chat, book a podcast studio and handle a cancellation. Photographic visuals, realistic budgets and conditional offers. For 2–6 learners or one-to-one; no audio needed.
Download complete lesson and teacher key (6 pages) · Lesson notes and setup
Will it fit? Measurements and specifications
Start with simple language and picture questions. Listen to a 5:03 trade-show conversation, complete 15 specification fields, then exchange missing delivery details and finish with twelve speaking questions.
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EEL1: Before You Press Send — Clear Email Endings
Level: B1–B2 · Learners: Adults / Business English · Time: Flexible · Format: PDF · Page count: 4-page lesson plus 2-page optional homework/key
Focus: Email writing · Requests & replies · Speaking & discussion
Theme: Work & business
Start with an email that leaves the next step unclear. Learn the difference between a closing line and a sign-off, practise useful verb patterns, then write endings that make the action, approval and deadline clear. Two student pages, an email graphic, partner checks, changed situations and twelve final discussion questions.
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Student worksheet (2 pages) · Teacher notes, answers and speaking questions (2 pages) · Optional homework and self-check key (2 pages)
Share only the student PDF with learners. Keep the changed details and answers in the teacher notes separate. Includes one-to-one, group and online guidance. The homework adds fresh phrase matching, an email to correct and a model email. No recording is required. Free, with no signup.
Who’s doing what? Assigning tasks at work
Start with four workplace pictures with clear jobs and deadlines underneath, practise useful phrases for assigning tasks, then organise a client visit and handle a change of plan. Includes a short dialogue, twelve discussion questions and optional homework. Suitable for one-to-one, groups and online lessons.
AT1: download student lesson (5 pages)
AT1: download teacher notes, answers and transcript (4 pages)
Give learners the student PDF. Keep the answers and teaching notes separate. Includes an optional two-voice recording with listening questions and answers. The dialogue can also be read aloud. Free, with no signup.
Business English email writing and revision
Compare emails, exchange private writer/reader messages, revise a request and confirm an agreement. Includes separate role PDFs, teacher keys and a later headset task with roles swapped.
Shared models · Riya · Alex · Fresh task: Noor · Fresh task: Pat · Teacher notes
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Handle difficult customer and workplace calls
Practise customer and workplace calls with separate private roles, clear phrases and independently checked final plans. Includes two models, teacher-held retry changes, keys and a later fresh task.
Shared models · Customer A · Responder B · Fresh caller C · Fresh responder D · Teacher notes
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Fresh caller C (1 page)
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Workplace presentations and follow-up questions
Recommend, answer questions and respond to a new audience need. Includes private presenter/listener sheets, models, focused retry, teacher keys and a fresh equipment task.
Shared model · Room presenter · Room listener · Fresh presenter · Fresh listener · Teacher notes
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Business English meetings: suggest, clarify and agree
Run a three-person meeting with separate roles, shared model and agenda, clear actions/deadlines and private summaries. Includes teacher-held updates, keys and a supplied later task.
Read the lesson notes and instructions · teach negotiation over constraints and trade-offs
Shared model and agenda · Chair A · Logistics B · Budget C
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Shared model and agenda (2 pages)
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Private logistics B (1 page)
Private budget C (1 page)
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Business English planning and classroom tools
Review a difficult coursebook task, plan an object pitch or workplace explanation, and clarify course expectations. Includes concise checklists and space to record decisions.
One-to-one needs analysis & course planning
One-to-one needs analysis and first lesson plans
A clear learner form, separate starting/practice/review cards, teacher-only listener facts and models, two lesson plans and a reusable decision record.
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Learner form · Starting task · Practice and backup · Review task · Teacher guide
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Plan a coherent six-to-twelve-week course
A worked six-week sequence, editable maps for weeks 1–12, starting and final task cards and review decisions. Connect needs analysis, retrieval and progress evidence.
Large & mixed-level classes and catch-up
Large-class participation, group roles and learning checks
Two suitable activities give pairs a real choice to explain. Use a ten-minute trial or forty-minute group routine, then collect a new individual response. Includes separate learner sheets, keys, later mini-task and a listening record.
Saturday learner task · Sunday individual check · Teacher routes, keys and record
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One lesson for a mixed-level class
Choose a suitable activity from a notice, give reasons and compare options. Includes language support, a fresh Sunday follow-up, teacher answers and a reusable planner.
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Saturday learner pages (2 pages)
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Help a returning learner catch up
CU1 · Suggested A2-B1 example · Adults and teens · 5-minute entry + 12–15-minute pair task + optional follow-up
Help a returning learner join today’s task. Includes an entry sheet, private A/B information cards, polite requests, a learner follow-up, a fresh teacher-held check and separate answers.
Open the article and pack – S04E05
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Learner starter and follow-up (2 pages)
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Writing, feedback & learner progress
Writing feedback with a next step
Diagnose a vague request, choose useful feedback, draft and revise, then check what the reader can act on. Five pages include two reusable writing sheets, private teacher models and a supplied fresh task.
Read the lesson notes and instructions · Extend WFR1 with checked AI advice and a learner-written revision
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Track English learning progress over six weeks
Reusable learner records plus staged workplace-update cards, private final/later checks and teacher answer guidance. Track first attempts, retries and support without claiming a level change.
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Staged cards: share one at a time (1 page)
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Build and use a classroom assessment rubric
A task-specific classroom rubric, three annotated fictional samples, a teacher comparison routine and a reusable feedback record.
Pass it on! · Short texts and speaking
A silent-disco joke, four event posters, a wrong-message game and spoken invitations. Includes twelve conversation questions, teacher answers, optional poster homework and an editable Word version.
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Learner pages · Optional poster homework · Teacher notes and answers · Editable Word version
Train learners to give useful peer feedback on writing
Compare comments on sample writing, give feedback linked to one agreed focus, then decide how to revise. Includes model comments, learner records, teacher guidance and a later check.
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Learner pages · Later task or homework · Teacher notes and answers · Editable Word version
Exam preparation
Did we agree? Picture listening game and study planner
Six illustrated everyday situations, a listening and speaking game, twelve conversation questions and a simple next-step planner. Teacher-read scripts and answers included.
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B2 First speaking: feedback and retry tasks
A picture warm-up, two paired discussions, short model conversations and focused feedback before a fresh attempt. Separate learner tasks and teacher notes.
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Fresh task (1 page)
First task and practice (2 pages)
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Give page 1 first, page 2 after feedback and page 3 for the fresh task. Keep teacher questions and answers separate. Page numbers match the full pack.
Listening & reading
Rescue Saturday! Listening and speaking game
Six original picture cards, a Saturday voicemail and a guessing game: check details, rescue the plan and swap roles. Includes mini language practice, a fresh listening check and teacher notes.
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Student pages only (2 pages)
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Give learners pages 1–2. Keep pages 3–4 with the teacher. The voicemail and fresh message are teacher-read.
Win the room! Reading and speaking game
Three illustrated proposals and three surprise cards: pitch an idea, ask questions and adapt a plan. Mini language practice, short reading checks, teacher notes and possible solutions included.
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Student pages only (2 pages)
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Give learners pages 1–2. Keep teacher notes, answers and the later challenge on pages 3–4 until needed.
Choose listening texts and adjust task difficulty
Choose a listening text, separate five difficulty factors and compare two tasks using the same original teacher-read message. Includes learner sheet, answers and a decision record.
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Small words, clear messages · S05E18
Five separate mini-lessons with photo-led questions, short language boxes, practical messages, partner challenges, final speaking and optional homework. Suggested A2-B1 for tall/high and bad/badly; B1 for listening and context; B1-B2 for prefix contrasts.

Complete seven-page pack (PDF) · Student pages only (5 pages) · Teacher notes, answers and scripts (2 pages)
Choose the student sheet your group needs. Pages 1-5 cover prefixes, job listening, tall/high, bad/badly and context before correction. Keep the two teacher pages separate. The listening task is teacher-read; complete scripts are included.
Can you prove it? Picture clue game
Six illustrated everyday clues, a partner challenge and two contrasting messages. Explain a guess, question its evidence and make a better claim. Separate fresh reading task and teacher answers included.
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Fresh reading task for later (1 page)
Main student pages (2 pages)
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Give pages 1–2 first. Hold page 3 for the later check. Keep pages 4–5 with the teacher.
Connected-Speech Lesson Checklist – S01E06
Homework & independent practice
Would it suit you? Homework and speaking game
Six illustrated choices, recommendation grammar practice, a clue game, three listener situations and twelve optional speaking questions. Short home preparation with classroom backups; teacher notes, models and answers included.
Read the lesson notes and instructions · Start with our barrier check and go straight to HWP1’s backup and follow-up
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Give page 1 for home preparation and page 2 next lesson. Keep teacher notes, models and answers on pages 3–4 separate.
Small talk, big difference: study abroad – S01E30
Use six inclusive pictures to practise polite requests, clarification and follow-up questions. Includes a short language check, a picture challenge and twelve final conversation questions.
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Student worksheets (2 pages)
Teacher notes, answers and reply cards (2 pages)
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Read the practical article and lesson notes
Student pages 1-2; teacher notes and reply cards 3-4. Includes a 42-second recording, listening questions, transcript and answers.
Pronunciation & clearer communication
Say it. Check it. Pronunciation and speaking
Six illustrated mix-ups, word stress and checking phrases, a private A/B information gap and twelve final speaking questions. Includes three recorded Microsoft-voice dialogues, role-plays, plan changes, student homework with answers and teacher notes.
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Partner A only (1 page)
Partner B only (1 page)
Student pages (3 pages, both private roles)
Teacher notes and answers (2 pages)
Share page 1 with everyone. Give page 2 only to A and page 3 only to B; use the separate role files online. Keep teacher pages 4–5 private.
Difficult-Sound Practice Checklist – S01E06
How long has it been? · Present perfect questions
Build questions from six original picture situations. Check for and since, play a secret-character guessing game and finish with twelve conversation questions and natural follow-ups. Includes a brief grammar guide and your choice of complete or separate PDFs.
Download HL1 complete lesson (4 pages) · Student worksheet (3 pages) · Teacher notes and answers (1 page)
Quick lesson planning
Plan a visit and handle a changed booking
QP1 · Level: A2-B1 · Learners: Adults and older teens · Format: 5-page PDF
Focus: Suggestions and reasons · Polite questions · Reading and replies
Theme: Days out · Changing plans
Two separate two-page student lessons. Compare illustrated places and agree an afternoon within a budget, then adapt the plan. Or read a realistic booking email, write a reply and handle a changed workshop booking by phone. Clear language support, final speaking and a one-page teacher key.
Complete pack (5 pages) · Student pages (4 pages) · Teacher notes and answers (1 page)
Lesson A: Show our visitor around (2 pages)
Lesson B: Our booking has changed (2 pages)
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Lesson A: pages 1-2. Lesson B: pages 3-4. Teacher notes: page 5. No recording is needed.
Ask, check and choose · S05E17
Use photos and a short question guide, exchange missing event details and compare two valid choices. A change-of-plan email adds new prices, weather and availability to check. Includes final conversation, optional homework, pronunciation practice and complete teacher answers.

Complete six-page pack (PDF) · Student pages (5 pages) · Teacher notes and answers (1 page)
Partner A only (1 page) · Partner B only (1 page)
Give everyone student pages 1-2. Give A only page 3 and B only page 4, or use the separate A/B downloads. Complete the information gap before using the change-of-plan email on page 2. Page 5 is an optional pronunciation extension. No recording is required.
Lesson refresh and review tools
Plan a fresh challenge for a long-term learner, review an older worksheet, record a reused lesson, try new opening questions or review a teaching relationship.
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Conversation to Practice: Teacher Decision Record – S01E32
One-page teacher decision record inspired by the episode.
Recurring Errors: From Evidence to Lesson
S01E30 · Teacher planning · One-page record · Use observations from actual lessons
Record actual learner language, group repeated difficulties and build focused lessons with fresh opportunities to use the language.
Review teaching decisions and classroom practice – S01E35
S01E35 · Teacher tools · Five-page PDF · About 10 minutes per planning review. Includes a digital activity check, seasonal lesson planner, present simple practice, practical progress record and online lesson workload review.
Plan lesson choices, language practice and revision – S02E05
Plan manageable topic choices, set boundaries for technical-report language work, introduce grammar through meaning, use learners’ media interests, revisit lesson notes and review teacher fit. The pack also includes a short lesson reflection checklist.
Instructions & understanding
Check instructions and understanding across the class
Collect a response from everyone, check task instructions and meaning, then choose a useful next move. Four pages include scripts, learner responses, answers and a reusable record.
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Accessible worksheets & task adaptation
Make worksheets accessible while keeping the learning goal
Five printable pages with a before-and-after example, complete learner sheet, teacher key, eight-point checklist and reusable adaptation record. Full web text and editable Word version are available.
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For you, the teacher
Develop your own English as a teacher
Four printable pages: starting instructions, blank development plan, fictional worked cycle and private feedback, practice and review record.
Peer observation, feedback and follow-up
Four printable pages: observation agreement, evidence sheet, fictional worked example with answers, and feedback/follow-up record.
Explain a child’s progress to parents or carers
Four pages with three fictional parent/carer messages, a five-part structure and reusable communication record.
Practise clearer teacher instructions and feedback
Rehearse clearer instructions, word and grammar explanations, checking questions and feedback. Includes practice sheets, worked models and a next-lesson review.
S05E21: goals, useful expressions and teacher tools
Level: A2–B1 goals; B1–B2 expressions · Learners: Adults and teens, plus separate teacher tools · Time: Flexible · Format: 5-page PDF
Focus: Speaking · Vocabulary · Learning goals · Homework · Teacher development
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Student page 1: choose and practise a useful conversation (A2–B1). Student page 2: learn common expressions through pictures, clues and a guessing game (B1–B2). Both include optional homework. Teacher pages contain lesson-ending and fee-message tools, teaching notes and answers. Use the pages separately; there is no required sequence.
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Student activities (2 pages) · Teacher tools, notes and answers (3 pages) · Complete pack (5 pages)
Small-Space Switch-Off Planner
After-Teaching Downtime Planner
Teacher Training Decision Planner
Reusable Lesson Adaptation Planner
Sensitive-Topic Decision Planner
Polite Disagreement Practice Planner
Teacher tool · S01E31 · One printable page. Teach learners to state a clear concern, give a reason and offer an alternative. Includes a short fictional decision task inspired by S01E31.
Classroom Humour Review Sheet
Word-Meaning Evidence Record
Teacher tool · S01E31 · One printable page. Ask for context, check the proposed use and correct your explanation if needed. Em’s S01E31 example shows why unfamiliar usage deserves investigation.
Recurring-Error Priority Checklist – S01E06
Teaching Abroad: Questions Before Accepting
Find out what the school actually arranges, what you must organise yourself and who can help during your first weeks abroad.
Teacher practice cards
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