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  • Reading: The Sharing Economy (PDF)

    Reading: The Sharing Economy (PDF)

    The sharing economy is a B2 reading text on the digital-platform business model that has transformed accommodation, transport, and services. The text covers what sharing-economy platforms do (match unused capacity with demand: Airbnb, Uber, TaskRabbit), their benefits (efficiency, accessibility, supplementary income), and their controversies (regulatory evasion, worker classification, neighbourhood effects, gentrification). Learners read for business-model analysis, stakeholder identification, and trade-off recognition.

    This worksheet builds B2 reading comprehension through a platform-economy analysis text.

    What’s inside:

    • A B2 reading text (~550 words) on the sharing economy and platform business
    • Pre-reading vocabulary box with platform-economy and labour terms
    • Comprehension items: business-model identification, stakeholder finding, trade-off recognition
    • Vocabulary-in-context: platform-economy lexis
    • Writing follow-up: describe your experience with a sharing-economy service
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: Platform-business vocabulary at B2: platform, marketplace, two-sided market, network effects, scale, disruption, asset-light. Labour vocabulary: gig worker, independent contractor, employee classification, benefits, protections. Identifying competing stakeholder interests: platforms, workers, customers, regulators, neighbourhoods.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B2, in upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B2 First (FCE) and C1 Advanced (CAE) Reading. Part of the Work & Career Readings collection — the natural next step is The Gig Economy, which extends platform-economy reading into the labour-specific dimension.

  • Reading: Artificial Intelligence Friend or Foe (PDF)

    Reading: Artificial Intelligence Friend or Foe (PDF)

    Artificial intelligence friend or foe is a B2 reading text on the most-discussed contemporary technology topic. The text balances AI’s potential benefits (medical diagnosis, scientific discovery, productivity gains, accessibility) against risks (job displacement, bias, surveillance, weapon autonomy, existential concern). Specific examples (ChatGPT, image generation, recommendation systems, autonomous vehicles, predictive policing) anchor abstract claims. Learners read for balanced argument, risk-benefit weighing, and qualified judgment.

    This worksheet builds B2 reading comprehension through a balanced AI-debate text.

    What’s inside:

    • A B2 reading text (~550 words) on AI’s benefits and risks
    • Pre-reading vocabulary box with AI and ethics terms
    • Comprehension items: benefit-risk identification, example-finding, judgment recognition
    • Vocabulary-in-context: AI-and-ethics vocabulary
    • Writing follow-up: write a balanced opinion on whether AI is more friend or foe
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: Balanced argumentation at B2 requires recognising both sides without bias — the text models this explicitly. AI vocabulary mixes technical (algorithm, machine learning, neural network, training data) with ethical (bias, accountability, transparency, autonomy, alignment). Hedged predictions: could potentially, may eventually, has the capacity to, raises concerns about.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B2, in upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B2 First (FCE) and C1 Advanced (CAE) Reading. Part of the Technology & Society Readings collection — the natural next step is Online Privacy: Who Owns Your Data, which extends AI reading into the privacy-and-data dimension.

  • Reading: A Product Description and Advertisement (PDF)

    Reading: A Product Description and Advertisement (PDF)

    Reading a product description and advertisement is a B1–B2 commercial-text-literacy worksheet. The text presents a typical online product listing — image-led, with headline, feature bullets, evaluative claims, customer reviews, price, and call-to-action. Learners read for factual product information (specifications, price, dimensions, materials), distinguish factual claims from persuasive language, and identify the call-to-action structure.

    This worksheet builds B1–B2 commercial-text reading skill.

    What’s inside:

    • A B1–B2 product description and advertisement (~500 words including image text)
    • Pre-reading vocabulary box with commerce and marketing terms
    • Comprehension items: factual-detail identification, persuasive-claim recognition, call-to-action analysis
    • Vocabulary-in-context: commercial-language vocabulary
    • Writing follow-up: write a short product description for an item you own
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: Commercial-text reading requires distinguishing factual claims (verifiable: 15% larger screen) from persuasive claims (subjective: the best experience ever). Persuasive-language markers: superlatives, emotional appeals, social proof, scarcity (“only 3 left in stock”). Call-to-action: buy now, sign up, get yours today, while stocks last.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B1 to B2, in intermediate and upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B2 First (FCE) Reading. Part of the Practical Reading Skills collection — the natural next step is A Letter of Complaint, which extends practical reading into formal-correspondence territory.

  • Listening: A Customer Service Call (PDF)

    Listening: A Customer Service Call (PDF)

    A customer service call is a B1 listening text in the service-handling phone genre. The audio covers a customer calling to report a problem — a delayed delivery, a billing error, a faulty product, or a service complaint — and a service agent working to resolve it. Learners practise tracking the problem, the resolution offered, and any compromises reached.

    This worksheet builds B1 listening comprehension through a customer-service phone call.

    What’s inside:

    • A customer-service call audio (~4 minutes) with annotated transcript
    • Pre-listening vocabulary box with service-and-complaint terms
    • Problem-resolution tracking: identify the issue, the offered resolution, and the agreed action
    • Multiple-choice on customer tone and agent response
    • Production task: role-play a customer service scenario you’ve experienced
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: Service-call language at B1: I’m calling about, I’d like to report, I’m not satisfied with, what can you do to resolve this. Agent register: I do apologise, I completely understand, let me see what I can do, would that be acceptable. Distinguishing measured complaint from aggression.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B1, in intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B1 Preliminary (PET) Listening and B2 First (FCE) Listening. Part of the Phone & Customer Service collection — the natural next step is A Phone Call: Making Appointments, which returns to the transactional-phone entry.

  • Listening: A Cooking Show Segment (PDF)

    Listening: A Cooking Show Segment (PDF)

    A cooking show segment is an A2 listening text in the procedural-media genre. The audio covers a TV chef demonstrating a simple recipe — listing ingredients, narrating each step, offering tips, and showing the finished dish. Learners practise tracking sequence, catching specific quantities and times, and recognising imperative-mood instructions in connected speech.

    This worksheet builds A2 listening comprehension through a cooking-show audio.

    What’s inside:

    • A cooking-show audio segment (~3 minutes) with annotated transcript
    • Pre-listening vocabulary box with cooking-method and ingredient terms
    • Recipe-recording task: write down the ingredients and steps as you hear them
    • Multiple-choice items on quantities and cooking times
    • Production task: describe a simple recipe you can cook
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: Imperative instructions in connected speech: chop the onions, fry the chicken, add a pinch of salt. Quantity vocabulary: a tablespoon, a teaspoon, a pinch, half a cup, a clove of garlic. Sequence markers: first, next, while, when, finally. Cooking-verb collocations: boil the pasta, sauté the vegetables, simmer for 10 minutes.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR A2, in pre-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge A2 Key (KET) Listening. Part of the Media & Entertainment collection — the natural next step is A Documentary: Endangered Animals, which extends media listening into the documentary genre.

  • Listening: A Voicemail Taking and Leaving Messages (PDF)

    Listening: A Voicemail Taking and Leaving Messages (PDF)

    A voicemail taking and leaving messages is a B1 listening text in the asynchronous phone genre. The audio covers several voicemails — left by a friend rearranging plans, by a colleague forwarding information, by a service provider confirming an appointment. Learners practise identifying caller, purpose, and required action from a one-way message with no opportunity to ask for clarification.

    This worksheet builds B1 listening comprehension through voicemail messages.

    What’s inside:

    • Three short voicemail audios (~1–2 minutes each) with annotated transcripts
    • Pre-listening vocabulary box with voicemail conventions
    • Message-form completion: caller, purpose, action required, callback number
    • Multiple-choice on each voicemail’s main point
    • Production task: write a short voicemail message of your own
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: No-feedback listening at B1 — voicemails don’t pause and can’t be asked to repeat. Phone-specific phrases: This is X calling for…, Just wanted to let you know that…, Give me a call back when you can. Callback numbers and email addresses spoken aloud need careful tracking.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B1, in intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B1 Preliminary (PET) Listening Part 1 and B2 First (FCE) Listening. Part of the Phone & Customer Service collection — the natural next step is A Customer Service Call, which extends phone listening into service-handling.

  • Listening: A Travel Booking Dialogue (PDF)

    Listening: A Travel Booking Dialogue (PDF)

    A travel booking dialogue is an A2–B1 listening text in the transactional service-dialogue genre. The audio covers a customer booking flights, train tickets, or hotel accommodation — including preferences (dates, class, refundable), price negotiation, and confirmation. Learners practise tracking multi-step bookings with prices, dates, and choices.

    This worksheet builds A2–B1 listening comprehension through a travel-booking dialogue.

    What’s inside:

    • A travel-booking audio (~4 minutes) with annotated transcript
    • Pre-listening vocabulary box with booking terms
    • Booking-form completion: dates, class, price, confirmation number
    • Multiple-choice on options offered and decisions made
    • Production task: role-play a travel-booking scenario
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: Multi-step transactions at A2–B1 require tracking choices across the dialogue. Booking vocabulary: single, return, one-way, round trip, refundable, non-refundable, peak, off-peak. Price negotiation language: I’m afraid that’s outside my budget, can you do any better, is there a discount for.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR A2–B1, in pre-intermediate and intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge A2 Key (KET) and B1 Preliminary (PET) Listening. Part of the Travel, Work & Stories Listening collection — the natural next step is A Story: The First Day at Work, which extends transactional listening into narrative.

  • Listening: An Announcement Airport and Train Station (PDF)

    Listening: An Announcement Airport and Train Station (PDF)

    An announcement airport and train station is an A2–B1 listening text in the public-announcement genre. The audio covers several travel announcements — boarding calls, gate changes, train delays, platform alterations — typically delivered with background noise and at moderate pace. Learners practise catching essential information against acoustic interference.

    This worksheet builds A2–B1 listening comprehension through public-announcement audios.

    What’s inside:

    • Several travel-announcement audios with annotated transcripts
    • Pre-listening vocabulary box with travel-announcement terms
    • Detail-finding task: catch flight/train number, gate/platform, time, and reason
    • Multiple-choice on each announcement’s key point
    • Production task: write a short travel-announcement script
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: Background noise tolerance is the central skill — real-world announcements come through speaker systems with reverb. Flight and train numbers, gate references spoken at speed. Formulaic phrases: we apologise for the inconvenience, due to operational reasons, please proceed to gate.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR A2–B1, in pre-intermediate and intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge A2 Key (KET) and B1 Preliminary (PET) Listening. Part of the Travel, Work & Stories Listening collection — the natural next step is A Travel Booking Dialogue, which extends travel listening into transactional service.

  • Listening: A Conversation About Weekend Plans (PDF)

    Listening: A Conversation About Weekend Plans (PDF)

    A conversation about weekend plans is an A2 listening text in the social-dialogue genre. The audio covers two friends comparing weekend plans — proposed activities, agreement and disagreement, time arrangements, last-minute changes. Learners practise tracking two voices, catching specific times and places, and recognising the casual register of everyday social English.

    This worksheet builds A2 listening comprehension through a casual social-dialogue.

    What’s inside:

    • A casual social-dialogue audio (~3 minutes) with annotated transcript
    • Pre-listening vocabulary box with social and activity terms
    • Plan-tracking task: identify each speaker’s planned activities
    • Multiple-choice items on times, places, and agreement
    • Production task: describe your own weekend plans in two paragraphs
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: Casual-register listening at A2 introduces connected-speech features: wanna (want to), gonna (going to), whatcha (what are you). Question intonation: rising for yes/no, falling for wh-. Tracking two voices when both speakers are similar in age and gender.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR A2, in pre-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge A2 Key (KET) Listening Part 2 and B1 Preliminary (PET) Listening Part 1. Part of the Everyday Listening collection — the natural next step is A Weather Forecast, which returns to the monologue-listening foundation.

  • Listening: A Weather Forecast (PDF)

    Listening: A Weather Forecast (PDF)

    Weather forecasts are the most predictable listening genre in everyday English — and one of the most useful for A1–A2 learners building survival comprehension. The text in this worksheet covers a typical short forecast: tomorrow’s weather across regions, temperatures in Celsius, expected conditions (sunny intervals, scattered showers, strong winds, possible thunderstorms), and a short outlook for the rest of the week. Learners practise catching specific data (numbers, places, conditions) against a backdrop of formulaic phrasing.

    This worksheet builds A1–A2 listening comprehension through a weather-forecast audio.

    What’s inside:

    • A short weather-forecast audio (~2 minutes) with annotated transcript
    • Pre-listening vocabulary box with weather and forecast terms
    • Detail-finding items: catch the temperature, region, and conditions
    • Multiple-choice comprehension for overall outlook
    • Production task: prepare your own short forecast for tomorrow
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: Numbers and temperatures are the central A1–A2 trap — 13°C vs 30°C at speed. Weather adjectives in connected speech: sunny intervals, light showers, gusty winds. Regional names spoken quickly may need repeated listening.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR A1–A2, in beginner classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge A2 Key (KET) Listening Part 1. Part of the Everyday Listening collection — the natural next step is Directions in a City, which extends weather listening into transactional dialogue.

  • Reading: A Graph and Written Commentary (PDF)

    Reading: A Graph and Written Commentary (PDF)

    Reading a graph and written commentary is a B2 data-and-text integration reading skill worksheet. The text combines a chart or graph (line, bar, pie) with a written commentary that interprets the data — identifying main trends, highlighting key data points, projecting future directions, and offering possible explanations. Learners read across image and text, evaluate whether the commentary matches the graph, and identify the analytical structure.

    This worksheet builds B2 data-and-text integration reading skill.

    What’s inside:

    • A B2 graph with accompanying written commentary (~500 words)
    • Pre-reading vocabulary box with data and commentary terms
    • Comprehension items: graph-data extraction, commentary-graph matching, trend-analysis
    • Vocabulary-in-context: data-commentary vocabulary
    • Writing follow-up: write a short commentary on a separate graph
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: Data-and-text integration requires checking the commentary against the graph data — is the writer accurately representing what the data shows? Data verbs: rise, climb, soar, fall, plummet, plateau, fluctuate. Adverbs of degree: slightly, sharply, dramatically, considerably. Distinguishing trend description from interpretation.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B2, in upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B2 First (FCE), C1 Advanced (CAE), and IELTS Academic Reading. Part of the Practical Reading Skills collection — the natural next step is An Infographic: Global Energy Use, which provides parallel data-and-visual practice.

  • Reading: The Digital Detox Trend (PDF)

    Reading: The Digital Detox Trend (PDF)

    The digital detox trend is a B1–B2 reading text on the wellbeing response to technology saturation. The text covers what digital detox means (intentional disconnection from screens, social media, or all digital devices), the motivations (reduce stress, improve sleep, restore attention, reconnect with people), the practices (phone-free meals, screen-free evenings, weekend retreats, dedicated apps), and the evidence base (mixed: short-term benefits clear, long-term effects less certain). Learners read for motivation-finding, practice-recognition, and evidence-evaluation.

    This worksheet builds B1–B2 reading comprehension through a digital-wellbeing text.

    What’s inside:

    • A B1–B2 reading text (~500 words) on the digital-detox movement
    • Pre-reading vocabulary box with digital-wellbeing terms
    • Comprehension items: motivation-identification, practice-recognition, evidence-evaluation
    • Vocabulary-in-context: digital-wellbeing vocabulary
    • Writing follow-up: describe a digital-detox practice you’ve tried or would try
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: Digital-wellbeing vocabulary at B1–B2: detox, disconnect, unplug, screen time, attention, distraction, mindful use, intentional consumption. Distinguishing established findings from popular claims: digital detox is widely practised but evidence varies. Cause-and-effect: how screen use affects sleep, attention, and mood.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B1 to B2, in intermediate and upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B2 First (FCE) Reading. Part of the Health & Wellbeing Readings collection — the natural next step is Mindfulness and Mental Health, which returns to the wellbeing-foundation reading.

  • Reading: Bias and Perspective in News Media (PDF)

    Reading: Bias and Perspective in News Media (PDF)

    Bias and perspective in news media is a C1 reading text on contemporary media-literacy. The text covers how news media constructs perspective (story selection, framing, source selection, language choice), the difference between bias and partisanship, how readers can recognise framing, and what media literacy at C1 level looks like. Concrete examples (different outlets covering the same story, headline analysis, source diversity) anchor abstract concepts. Learners read for framework-application, example-recognition, and self-aware reading practice.

    This worksheet builds C1 reading comprehension through a media-literacy analytical text.

    What’s inside:

    • A C1 reading text (~650 words) on media bias and perspective
    • Pre-reading vocabulary box with media-analysis and rhetoric terms
    • Comprehension items: framework-application, example-finding, reading-strategy identification
    • Vocabulary-in-context: media-analysis vocabulary
    • Writing follow-up: analyse a news article’s framing using the text’s framework
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: Media-analysis vocabulary at C1: framing, narrative, agenda, slant, perspective, balance, objectivity, neutrality, partisanship, advocacy. Distinguishing bias (systematic perspective) from error (factual mistake). Self-aware reading: recognising the writer’s own perspective while analysing others’.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR C1, in advanced classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps directly onto Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE) and C2 Proficiency (CPE) Reading. Part of the Society & Issues Readings collection — the natural next step is University Life: Expectations vs Reality, which returns to the more accessible society-reading entry.

  • Reading: A Complex Argumentative Text AI and Society (PDF)

    Reading: A Complex Argumentative Text AI and Society (PDF)

    A complex argumentative text AI and society is a C1 reading text in the academic-argumentative genre. The text presents a nuanced argument about AI’s social effects — neither uncritically positive nor reflexively negative — weighing productivity gains against displacement, capability extension against deskilling, accessibility against bias, transparency against opacity. The argument structure is sophisticated: thesis, supporting evidence, anticipated counterarguments, qualifications, conclusion. Learners read for argument-mapping, qualification-recognition, and analytical evaluation.

    This worksheet builds C1 reading comprehension through a complex argumentative text.

    What’s inside:

    • A C1 reading text (~650 words) presenting a nuanced argument on AI and society
    • Pre-reading vocabulary box with AI-ethics and argumentation terms
    • Comprehension items: argument-mapping, qualification-finding, evaluation
    • Vocabulary-in-context: argumentation vocabulary
    • Writing follow-up: identify the writer’s main qualifications and write your own response
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: Argument-structure reading at C1 requires explicit mapping — thesis, premise, support, counter, qualification, conclusion. Argumentation vocabulary: argue, contend, posit, premise, infer, qualify, concede, refute. Hedged language at C1: arguably, debatably, ostensibly, putatively. Recognising the writer’s commitment level on each claim.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR C1, in advanced classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps directly onto Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE) and C2 Proficiency (CPE) Reading. Part of the Society & Issues Readings collection — the natural next step is Bias and Perspective in News Media, which extends C1 argumentative reading into the media-analysis dimension.

  • Reading: An Academic Abstract (PDF)

    Reading: An Academic Abstract (PDF)

    Reading an academic abstract is a C1 academic-text reading skill worksheet. The text presents a typical academic research abstract — with the conventional sections (background, aim, methodology, findings, implications) in compressed prose. Learners read for section recognition, finding extraction, and methodology evaluation. Academic abstracts are the gateway to academic research literature; learning to parse them is essential for university-level study.

    This worksheet builds C1 academic-text reading skill.

    What’s inside:

    • A C1 academic abstract (~250–300 words) on a research topic
    • Pre-reading vocabulary box with academic-research terms
    • Comprehension items: section-identification, finding-extraction, methodology-evaluation
    • Vocabulary-in-context: academic-research vocabulary
    • Writing follow-up: write a 150-word abstract of a topic you know well
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: Abstract-structure recognition is the central C1 skill — Background, Aim, Methodology, Findings, Implications, Conclusion. Academic register at C1: passive voice (data were collected), nominalisation (the investigation of, the analysis of), hedged claims (may suggest, appears to indicate). Compressed prose demands careful re-reading.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR C1, in advanced classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study — particularly university-bound learners. Maps onto Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE), C2 Proficiency (CPE), and IELTS Academic Reading. Part of the Stories, History & Biographies collection — the natural next step is Space Exploration: Is It Worth It, which provides a more accessible analytical-reading extension.

  • Reading: The Power of Habits Book Extract (PDF)

    Reading: The Power of Habits Book Extract (PDF)

    The power of habits book extract is a B2–C1 reading text in the popular-non-fiction genre. The extract presents Charles Duhigg’s framework for understanding habit formation — the habit loop (cue, routine, reward), the role of cravings, the keystone habits that trigger broader change. Learners read for framework-identification, example-recognition, and application analysis. The register sits between accessible journalism and academic psychology.

    This worksheet builds B2–C1 reading comprehension through a popular-non-fiction extract.

    What’s inside:

    • A B2–C1 reading extract (~650 words) from a popular non-fiction book
    • Pre-reading vocabulary box with habit-formation and psychology terms
    • Comprehension items: framework-identification, example-recognition, application-analysis
    • Vocabulary-in-context: psychology-popular vocabulary
    • Writing follow-up: describe one of your own habits using the habit-loop framework
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: Popular-non-fiction at B2–C1 mixes accessible narrative with research summary — the reader must track both story and concept. Framework vocabulary: cue, trigger, routine, reward, craving, keystone, automatic, conscious. Distinguishing the author’s frame from the underlying research findings.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B2 to C1, in upper-intermediate and advanced classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B2 First (FCE) and C1 Advanced (CAE) Reading. Part of the Stories, History & Biographies collection — the natural next step is An Academic Abstract, which extends formal-text reading into the highest academic register.

  • Writing: A Summary of a Text (PDF)

    Writing: A Summary of a Text (PDF)

    Writing a summary of a text is the B1–B2 writing genre that integrates reading and writing skills. The format requires the writer to read a source text, identify its main points (not details), restate them in their own words (avoiding direct quotation), and present them in a coherent shorter version. Learners build the synthesis skill that academic and professional writing both depend on.

    This worksheet builds B1–B2 writing fluency with summary writing.

    What’s inside:

    • A source text with annotated main points
    • A model summary with annotated structure (introduction, body of main points, brief conclusion)
    • Paraphrasing tasks: restate the source’s claims in your own words
    • Summary gap-fill: complete a partial summary using paraphrased phrases
    • Original-summary task: summarise a different text in 100 words
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: Distinguishing main points from details at B1–B2 is the central skill — the summary must capture structure, not content variety. Paraphrasing without plagiarism: changing words while preserving meaning. Avoiding personal opinion: summary stays neutral.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B1–B2, in intermediate and upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B2 First (FCE) Writing Part 1 and C1 Advanced (CAE) Writing Part 1. Part of the Sentence Building & Style collection — the natural next step is Complex Sentences: Coordination, which builds the foundational sentence-construction skill.

  • Writing: A Film or Book Review (PDF)

    Writing: A Film or Book Review (PDF)

    A film or book review is the B1–B2 writing genre that combines summary with evaluation. The format covers a brief plot or content overview (without spoilers), an assessment of the work’s strengths and weaknesses, a comparison to similar works, and a recommendation (audience, rating, key takeaway). Learners build the evaluative-writing skill central to B1+ Writing.

    This worksheet builds B1–B2 writing fluency with review format.

    What’s inside:

    • A model review with annotated structure (intro, summary, evaluation, recommendation)
    • Vocabulary box with evaluative and descriptive terms
    • Strength-and-weakness assessment drill: balance positive and negative observations
    • Review gap-fill: complete a review using appropriate evaluative phrases
    • Original-writing task: write a 250-word review of a recent film, book, or product
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: Avoiding spoilers at B1–B2 — describing a work without giving away key plot elements. Evaluative-language precision: gripping, captivating, predictable, derivative, slow-paced, well-acted, badly written. Recommendation calibration: who would enjoy this, why, with what expectations.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B1–B2, in intermediate and upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps directly onto Cambridge B1 Preliminary (PET) and B2 First (FCE) Writing Part 2 (review option). Part of the Reports, Articles & Reviews collection — the natural next step is Describing a Graph or Chart, which extends practical writing into the data-commentary genre.