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    The Secret Garden: Chapter 9

    The audio and activities for the ninth chapter of this pre-intermediate-level Macmillan Reader are now available for all Staff Room members. Mary tells Colin the truth about the secret garden and introduces him to Dickon …

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    Comparisons: Science

    Keith Kelly looks at examples of the language of comparison from the area of science, covering grammatical patterns and structures, useful verbal phrases and specific prefixes.

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    CLIL History: The Middle Ages

    Check out this engaging Question Loop activity associated with the Middle Ages.

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    School vocabulary

    Did you get a good mark, or did you do badly in your exam? How hard did you study? Did you know that word, or did you look it up in the dictionary? Enable students to discuss their school subjects in English with common expressions used by native speakers. The ...

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    Classical architecture vocabulary

    This series of exercises teaches fundamental architectural terms, from ‘cornice’ to ‘pedestal’, and details the origin and distinguishing features of the five Classical orders. Students label a diagram, match terms to their definitions, and identify the correct architectural order using a text description and an illustration.

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    Mathematics vocabulary

    What is a prime number? How does one calculate the area of a circle? Is a rectangle a regular or irregular polygon? Enable students to discuss maths in English with this reference sheet, which provides definitions, examples and illustrations of more than 25 important mathematic terms and concepts. In the ...

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    History vocabulary

    Reinforce students’ knowledge of the Middle Ages while expanding their vocabulary. Students complete a timeline tracing the key events of the period, from the rise and fall of the Ostrogoths to the advent of the Holy Roman Empire and the spread of the plague. They then translate and match words ...

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    Business vocabulary

    Make business terms such as ‘consumer’ and ‘monopoly’ accessible through illustrations, straightforward definitions and example sentences that demonstrate verb collocations (e.g. ‘make a profit’). Students put the lesson into practice through matching, translation and sentence completion exercises.

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    Computer vocabulary

    For many students today, life before the personal computer is hard to imagine. Teach them vocabulary words related to the now ubiquitous technology through this series of exercises. Students translate computer terminology into their own language, identify computer components and icons, and complete sentences with useful terms such as ‘download’ ...

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    Weather and Climate

    Over two hundred weather and climate words from ‘affect’ to ‘wispy’! Definitions and contextual sentences in clear English provide a very useful record of essential vocabulary for you and your students.

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    Economics

    This wordlist provides a useful glossary of economic terms from assets to yuan; ATM to The World Bank. Definitions and contextual sentences in clear English help your students to easily understand the terms.

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    Urbanization

    From congestion to sanitation – a host of useful vocabulary words about city life, including definitions and example sentences.

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    Environment

    These wordlists help students learn the meaning of useful words such as biodegradable and non-renewable, and demonstrates how to use them in a sentence.

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    Economic activity

    From agribusiness to viticulture—14 pages of vocabulary words related to farming and the economy, at a variety of levels, with definitions and contextual sentences.

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    Atoms, elements and compounds

    More than 80 vocabulary words, including definitions and contextual sentences.

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    Solar system

    More than 80 vocabulary words, from planetary bodies to gases, with definitions and contextual sentences.

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    Living organisms

    Nearly 100 biology vocabulary words, from anatomical terms to cell vocabulary, with definitions and contextual sentences.

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    Light and sound

    More than 100 words, from basic vocabulary to advanced terminology, with definitions and example sentences.

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    Health and safety

    This comprehensive wordlist contains more than 100 health and safety vocabulary words, from carbon monoxide to tetanus, with definitions and example sentences.

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    The Stars, the Sun and the Moon

    How many years till the sun burns out? Why are stars like human beings? What has ‘wax’ got to do with the moon? Students learn the answers to these questions through pairwork, a listening exercise entitled ‘Under the Milky Way’, and two reading exercises entitled: ‘The sun’ and ‘Phases of ...