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Reading

Erbil Citadel

Ancient mound, UNESCO restoration, 8000 years of history, secrets of our human past.

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Reading

Peter the Shopkeeper

A man falls into debt and is publicly shamed — a lesson on honesty and shopkeepers.

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Reading

Azad in New York

Kurdish student attends the World Youth Conference. ESB, Central Park, Staten Island Ferry.

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Reading

Food Crisis

Neelam, Joseph, Maria's stories. Hydroponics, GM crops, saving resources.

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Reading

New York History

From New Amsterdam to NYC. Dutch settlers, the British, the great trade centre of the USA.

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Literature

Treasure Island

Long John Silver, Captain Flint the parrot, Pew, Ben Gunn, Jim Hawkins, and the hunt for gold.

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Grammar

Conditionals

If clauses: zero, first, second (unreal), third (imaginary). 'unless', 'as long as', 'if only'.

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Grammar

Relative Clauses

Defining vs non-defining clauses, when relative pronouns can be the object, replaceable pronouns.

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Grammar

Passive Voice

Subject becomes object. When and why we use the passive — emphasis on the action.

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Grammar

Reported Speech

Direct → indirect speech. Tense shifts, question forms, common reporting verbs.

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Grammar

Modal Verbs

must, should, could, might, would. Modal perfect: 'must have', 'should have', 'could have'.

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Grammar

Question Tags

Positive → negative, negative → positive. Auxiliary matching across tenses.

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Grammar

Gerund / Infinitive

Verbs followed by -ing (waste, mind) vs verbs followed by 'to + infinitive' (need, want, able).

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Grammar

Prepositions

in / on / at / by — the rules and the surprises. 'on Friday', 'in spring', 'at midnight'.

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Grammar

Fractions & %

How to read 75%, 1/4, 12.5%. Written forms and how they map to fractions.

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Phonetics

Pure Vowels

/iː/ /ɪ/ /e/ /æ/ /ɑː/ /ɒ/ /ɔː/ /ʊ/ /uː/ /ʌ/ /ə/ /ɜː/ — with example words for each.

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Phonetics

Diphthongs

/eɪ/ /əʊ/ /aɪ/ /aʊ/ /ɔɪ/ /ɪə/ /eə/ /ʊə/ — gliding vowels with examples.

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Phonetics

Silent Letters

'th' silent in 'months', 'w' silent in 'whole', 'gh' silent in 'draft' — and how to recognise them.

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Vocabulary

Word families (noun ↔ verb ↔ adjective), phrasal verbs, idioms, exam vocabulary.