Opinions

EDITOR’S INTRO

WHY ARE YOU LEARNING ENGLISH? TO GET A BETTER JOB,

Zombie Attack!

Preparing for the zombie invasion!

STORY TIME

Jokes, anecdotes and stories as told by native English speakers

THE NAME GAME

THIS IS ANOTHER PART IN OUR SERIES OF FAMOUS NAMES WITH MEANING

LET’S TALK ABOUT: Outer space

LEARN SOME USEFUL WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS TO TALK ABOUT OUTER SPACE!

The Internet

LEARN SOME MORE USEFUL WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS TO TALK ABOUT THE INTERNET

The Internet

TO WRITE TEXT OR NUMBERS ON THE COMPUTER BY USING

Holiday Time

Descriptions of holiday destinations

Would

THIS MONTH, WE’RE LOOKING AT THE USE OF WOULD

5 FIVE OF THE BEST

READY-TO-GO ENGLISH EXPRESSIONS TO LEARN AND USE. THIS MONTH: THE HOTEL

Autumn Sunshine

The best places to enjoy autumn

Cinema Chaos

The things we hate about the cinema

Phrasal Verb Particles

Phrasal verbs. Multi-word verbs. Prepositional verbs. Find out how the particle can help you with phrasal verbs

LISTENING BOOSTER

In this new section, we’ll be looking at lots of interesting features of spoken English. This will help with your listening comprehension and also with your pronunciation

Work, Work, Work

Interviews with people about their previous jobs

UFO SIGHTINGS

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A UFO? STORIES OF ALIEN SPACESHIPS ARE OFTEN IN THE NEWSPAPERS. HERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES OF REPORTED SIGHTINGS

ALIEN TRICKS

THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF ACCOUNTS OF ALIEN ACTIVITY, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM ARE TRUE... SOME ARE SIMPLY HOAXES. HERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES

AREA 51

AREA 51 IS A MILITARY BASE IN THE USA. BUT WHAT’S GOING ON THERE?

COWBOYS & ALIENS

When westerns and science-fiction films go head to head

DANIEL CRAIG

HE’S FOUGHT EVIL GENIUSES, TERRORISTS AND ALIENS. YOU WOULDN’T WANT TO MESS WITH DANIEL CRAIG!

ROSWELL UFO

THE ROSWELL “ALIEN” INCIDENT OCCURRED MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO, BUT IT STILL GENERATES A HUGE AMOUNT OF INTEREST. SO, WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED THERE?

4 COMMON MISTAKES IN ENGLISH!

Making mistakes is all part of learning a language. But

TYPICAL MISTAKES: EXERCISES!

See if you can do these exercises on typical mistakes in English

Badger Danger

Britain’s most famous wild animal receives a death threat

Anger expressions

This month we’re looking at some “anger” expressions

Marco Polo: the very first “world traveller”!

Look at the map of the world. See if you

Cinema Rules

Cinema takes drastic action to deal with annoying customers

PHOTO MAGIC

CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING TO WRITE IN THE SPEECH BUBBLES? HAVE A COMPETITION IN CLASS OR AT HOME

Decision Time

Investment opportunities that are just too good to miss

DICTIONARY OF SLANG

EXAMPLES OF HOW TO SAY THINGS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS

FILM SCRIPTS

This month: Some Like It Hot

Advertising Fun

Some of your favourite ads

BUSINESS IDIOMS

This month we’re looking at some business idioms

How to Save Money

Top tips on how to save money

Money

Here are some more phrasal verbs for you to use. Complete the sentences (1 to 8) with the words from below

FALSE FRIEND

THIS MONTH’S EXPRESSION OF THE MONTH IS: FALSE FRIEND