Students review and become more familiar with the past perfect simple and past perfect continuous tenses. A story about a traveler presents vocabulary to describe movement and sound. Students will complete a story in a creative writing activity.
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COVID-19 Human Challenge Study Goes Ahead
B2, C1
3 Pages
90 mins
Technology
Listening, Reading, Vocabulary
The UK will be the first in the world to run a COVID-19 human challenge study, after receiving approval from the UK’s clinical trials ethics body. Backed by a £33.6 million government investment, the first-of-its-kind study for this virus is hoped to give researchers greater understanding of how the virus…
Sleep Cycle changes with the Moon’s Phase
B2, C1
3 Pages
90 mins
Lifestyle
Listening, Reading, Vocabulary
A new study shows that on nights before a full moon, people go to bed later and sleep less. In the study, researchers report that sleep cycles in people oscillate during the 29.5-day lunar cycle. In the days leading up to a full moon, people go to sleep later in…
Using the Past Simple and Past Perfect
B1, B2
4 Pages
90 mins
Discussion, Grammar, Reading
Students focus on the use of Past Simple and Past Perfect and how to use it to talk about different past actions. Students will also learn about inventions and inventors and create a short presentation using the target language on a great inventor/invention of their choice.
Present Perfect and Past Simple for Experiences
A2+, B1
3 Pages
90 mins
People and PlacesTravel
Conversation, Grammar
Students use the Present Perfect tense to introduce experiences and talk about things they have and haven’t done as well as the Past Simple to add details about the experience. Student will be able to talk about past experience with confidence.
Understanding mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines
B2, C1
3 Pages
90 mins
Health
Listening, Reading, Vocabulary
According to the World Health Organization, as of January 6th 2021, 235 candidate COVID-19 vaccines have been developed worldwide with 63 of them in clinical trials in countries including Germany, China, Russia, Britain, and the United States. Messenger RNA vaccines, also called mRNA vaccines, are some of the first COVID-19…
Restaurant Words
A1, A2
2 Pages
60 mins
Food and RestaurantsTravel
Conversation, Vocabulary
Introduce students to words and phrases used to talk about meals and ordering at restaurants. Students can practice and will be able to order a meal at a restaurant. Restaurant and meal vocabulary in this Handout waiter or waitress, cook or chef, dishwasher, tip, breakfast, lunch, dinner, brunch, appetizer or…