Hobby Time

What do you like doing in your free time?

THE NAME GAME

English language names with real meaning

STORY TIME

Jokes, anecdotes and stories as told by native English speakers

USEFUL VOCABULARY: Hobbies

Go: we generally use “go” with activities that we do

Work-related strees: what we all need to know!

What can cause stress at work? Think. Then, discuss your

LET’S TALK ABOUT: Trains!

Timetable - a plan of the times when trains leave

FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE: Persuasion Part Two

THIS IS THE SECOND PART OF OUR MINI-SERIES ON PERSUASION

DR FINGERS’ ERROR CORRECTION CLINIC

IN THIS SECTION, DR FINGERS IDENTIFIES AND CORRECTS TYPICAL ERRORS

Social Splash

Chatting in the pub

GRAMMAR FUN: The Future Perfect

This month, we’re looking at the Future Perfect

Veggie Benefits

Our top reasons for not eating meat

HOW TO... IMPROVE YOUR LISTENING

Useful information on how to do different things in English

Shopping Hell

Shopping for a bargain

SUMMER FESTIVALS

MUSIC, SUN AND LOTS OF FUN. SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVALS ARE A GREAT WAY TO ENJOY YOUR FAVOURITE BANDS. BUT JUST HOW ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY ARE THEY?

Shining stars

Lady Gaga continues to amaze us with her eccentric wardrobe. But she isn’t the first musician to dress up for the fans. Here are some other stars who share Lady Gaga’s taste for the theatrical

You Tube Superstars

Want to get rich quick? YouTube is a great place to start. Find out how musicians are using YouTube to launch their careers

Ladu Gaga

Lady Gaga is one of the biggest celebrities of recent years… maybe of all time. Her music, clothes and behaviour are all guaranteed to turn heads. But Lady Gaga hasn’t always had such a successful career

8 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

SMOKING TRIVIA

Here are some interesting facts and figures about smoking

Smoking Ban

Should smoking be banned?

DR FINGERS’ VOCABULARY CLINIC Neologisms

This month we’re looking at some neologisms – new words that people have started to use, but which still haven’t become “standard” English, and haven’t made it into a dictionary. For more information on neologisms, turn to our Word of the Month article on page 46

P, P, P, P, P, P & P the seven P’s of Marketing!

What do you think the “Seven P’s” of marketing are?

Transport Disruption

Ridiculous excuses for cancelled trains and planes

Mushroom Delight

Place the mushrooms in an oven pan. Drizzle some olive

Problems & Solutions

Trouble at work

DICTIONARY OF SLANG

EXAMPLES OF HOW TO SAY THINGS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS

PHOTO MAGIC

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

Debate Dash

The Oxford Union: a public speaking school for future leaders

CORNER IDIOMS

This month we’re looking at some “corner” idioms

Lie detectors can you beat the test?

How can you tell if someone is lying? What are

In writing

What handwriting reveals about you

Advertising

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

NEOLOGISM

Our monthly look at interesting words and expressions