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Robots at work
Read about automated newspaper production, complete a process chart and check statements against the text.
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Reading & Listening
Reading texts, listening practice and answer sheets.
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The Airfish 8
Read about the Airfish 8 and match headings to sections describing its design, development and operation.
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Global English
Read about English as a world language and complete vocabulary, comprehension and sentence-transformation tasks.
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Listening skills
Explore extra English practice: Listening skills. Opens on learnenglish.britishcouncil.org.
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C1 reading
British Council advanced reading practice.
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Business & culture
British Council reading material on cultural behaviour in business.
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Work rumours
British Council listening practice for B2 learners.
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Horror film clichés
British Council C1 reading practice with a downloadable worksheet.
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PDFA Funny StoryPDFA Ghost StoryPDFA Ghost Story — Gapped TextPDFAnswer SheetPDFAt a HotelPDFAt an AirportPDFBeing MonolingualPDFBiofuelsPDFCollocations 3PDFCollocations: Go, BecomePDFConferences & VisitsPDFCyber CriminalsPDFDry Dock AccidentPDFFestivalsPDFFinding CollocationsPDFFire on a Sub.PDFGerman Govt DebtPDFGlobal EnglishPDFGuessing Word MeaningPDFHistory of Electric CarsPDFIntroduction to collocationsPDFInventionsJPGListening BandsPDFListening Test 1PDFListening Test 2PDFListening Test IIIPDFNewspaper StoriesPDFRainforests QuestionsPDFRainforests TextPDFRobots at workPDFSilent Letters 1PDFSilent Letters 2PDFThe Airfish 8PDFThirsty Man in the DesertPDFWhere in the World?PDFWoodstockPDFWorking ConditionsPDFYoga & Pilates
