7 NA C1 2 Topic 12 Free Time and the Summer

Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability. (Sam Keen)

Grammar	Television
Language Function	Evaluating
Listening	Reality shows + audio
Reading	Reality TV
Speaking	Planning a trip
Vocabulary	Travelling
Writing	TV shows

6 NA C1 1 Topic 12 Free Time and the Summer

Aaah, summer - that long anticipated stretch of lazy, lingering days, free of responsibility and rife with possibility. It's a time to hunt for insects, master handstands, practise swimming strokes, conquer trees, explore nooks and crannies, and make new friends. (Darell Hammond)

Grammar	Reporting verbs
Language Function	Explaining
Listening	Holidays + audio
Reading	A letter of protest
Speaking	Silent retreat
Vocabulary	Television
Writing	Leisure time

5 NI B2 2 Topic 12 Free Time & the Summer

The summer night is like a perfection of thought . (Wallace Stevens). 

Grammar	The Longest Day
Language Function	Relating Past Events
Listening	Singapore + audio
Reading	Summer 2021
Speaking	On the move
Vocabulary	Driving
Writing	A complaint

4 NI B2 1 Topic 12 Free Time & the Summer

Summer break: the time when parents realise teachers are grossly underpaid. (Unknown)

Grammar	Sentence transfer
Language Function	Making arrangements
Listening	Flying + audio
Reading	Fun in Spain
Speaking	Travelling
Vocabulary	Holidays
Writing	A letter

 

3 NI B1 Topic 12 Free Time & the Summer

Do what we can, summer will have its flies. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Grammar	Say & tell
Language Function	Reporting
Listening	Bad service + audio
Reading	Travelling by train
Speaking	Travelling
Vocabulary	Travelling by plane
Writing	An interesting trip

2 NB 2 Topic 12 Home or Away

I love holidays. It's such a wonderful time for the whole family to be together and not have to worry about schedules and that kind of thing.  (Toni Collette)

Grammar	For & since
Language Function	Describing actions
Listening	Travel complaint + audio
Reading	A trip to England
Speaking	Summer holiday
Vocabulary	In the kitchen
Writing	Staycation

1 NB 1 Topic 12 Holiday 3 - Summer

Some of the best memories are made in flip flops. (Kellie Elmore)

Grammar	Going to
Language Function	Describing places & actions
Listening	Travel programme + audio
Reading	Planning a day out
Speaking	Summer holidays
Vocabulary	Holiday activities
Writing	Postcards

Book 7 2026 Murder Most Bookish by Anthea Fraser

'Outside, there was a crash, a shocked silence, and then an outbreak of yells. She glanced down and saw the bicycle lying on its side and the child being comforted by its father. Lessons in life start early, she mused, and with that philosophical thought, followed Max down the stairs.'

For our seventh book of the year I recommend Murder Most Bookish by Anthea Fraser. Feisty, independent biographer, Rona Parish, investigates the mysterious drowning of writer Theo Harvey, and gets more than she bargains for. Here is the worksheet.

 

8 NA C2 Topic 11 Buying & Selling

We have a market-driven society so obsessed with buying and selling and obsessed with powered pleasure and property, it doesn't leave a whole lot of time for non-market values and non-market activity so that love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, that's being pushed to the margins, and you can see it. (Cornel West) 

Grammar	Money
Language Function	Persuasion
Listening	Online oddities + audio
Reading	Advertising
Speaking	Megastores
Vocabulary	Money matters
Writing	Return policy