November 2016
Lesson #21
Sunday 27 November
New York City ... in Minecraft!
​Level: Intermediate to Upper-Interrmediate (CEFR B1 to B2)
Grammar Focus: Mixed (includes passives)
Time: 50 minutes (3 pages + Answer Key)
​NOTICE: Regular weekly 'Grammar in the News' Lesson uploads will continue in January :)
Lesson #20
Sunday 20 November
21st November is World Television Day
Level: Beginner to Elementary to Intermediate (CEFR A1)
Grammar Focus: Mixed (focus on Present Simple)
Time: 50 minutes (3 pages + Answer Key)
Lesson #19
SUNDAY 13 November
Trump to Become 45th President
​Level: Elementary to Intermediate (CEFR A2 to B1)
Grammar Focus: Mixed (includes Past Tense)
Time: 50 minutes (3 pages + Answer Key)
Lesson #18
Sunday 6 November
Scientists are Making Dinosaurs
​Level: Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate (CEFR A2 to B1)
Grammar Focus: Mixed (includes Present Perfect)
Time: 50 minutes (3 pages + Answer Key)
Lesson #17
Sunday 30 October
Mexico's Day of the Dead
Level: Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate (CEFR A2 to B1)
Grammar Focus: Mixed (includes Present Perfect)
Time: 50 minutes (3 pages + Answer Key)
Lesson #16
Sunday 23 October
​China: A New Starbucks Every Day
​Level: Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate (CEFR A2 to B1)
Grammar Focus: Mixed (includes Past Simple and Present Perfect)
Time: 50 minutes (3 pages + Answer Key)
OCTOBER 2016
Lesson #15
Sunday 16 October
Smoke Here and You May Go to Jail
Level: Elementary to Pre-Intermediate (CEFR A2)
Grammar Focus: Mixed (includes Past Simple and First Conditional)
Time: 50 minutes (3 pages + Answer Key)
Lesson #14
Sunday 9 October
​Selfies May Be Good For You
​Level: Elementary (CEFR A2)
Grammar Focus: Mixed (includes Past Simple)
Time: 50 minutes (3 pages + Answer Key)
Lesson #13
Sunday 2 October
Space X Wants to Send You to Mars
​Level: Intermediate to Upper Intermediate (CEFR B1 to B2)
Grammar Focus: Mixed (includes Future with 'Will' and Present Perfect)
Time: 50 minutes (3 pages + Answer Key)
SEPTEMBER 2016
Lesson #12
Sunday 25 September
Get Ready for -40 C in Canada
​This Winter
Canadian News
​Level: Intermediate to Upper Intermediate (CEFR B1 to B2)
Grammar Focus: Mixed (includes Superlatives and Present Perfect)
Time: 50 minutes (3 pages + Answer Key)
Lesson #11
Sunday 18 September
The Top Vegetable for Babies in America
​Level: Upper Intermediate to Advanced (CEFR B2 to C1)
Grammar Focus: Mixed (includes Modals of Speculation)
Time: 50 minutes (3 pages + Answer Key)
Lesson #10
Sunday 11 September 2016
Climbing the Tallest Trees in the World
Level: Intermediate (CEFR B1)
Grammar Focus: Mixed (includes Present Perfect and Superlatives)
Time: 50 minutes (3 pages + Answer Key)
Sunday 4 September 2016
This week, something different - check out the first 'Grammar in
​IELTS' exercise.
IELTS Writing Task 1: Bar Chart #1
More weekly 'Grammar in News' Lessons will continue next Sunday.
AUGUST 2016
Lesson #9
Sunday 28 August 2016
​Researchers Say That Older People Are Happier
​Level: Elementary to Pre-Intermediate (CEFR A2)
Grammar Focus: Mixed (includes Comparative Adjectives)
Time: 50 minutes (3 pages + Answer Key)
Lesson #8
Sunday 21 August 2016
Small Town Decides to Move Away
Level: Elementary to Pre-Intermediate (CEFR A2)
Grammar Focus: Mixed (includes Comparative Adjectives)
Time: 50 minutes (3 pages + Answer Key)
Lesson #7
Sunday 14 August 2016
Most Olympic Gold Medals in 2,000 years
Level: Upper Intermediate (CEFR B2)
Grammar Focus: Mixed (includes Present Perfect and Past Perfect)
Time: 50 minutes (3 pages + Answer Key)
JULY 2016
Lots more new Grammar in the News Lessons continue
​in just a few more weeks ...
Lesson #6
Sunday 3 July 2016
Student Discovers 4 New Planets
Canadian News
Level: Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate (CEFR A2 to B1)
Grammar Focus: Mixed (includes Present Perfect Simple Tense)
Time: 50 minutes (3 pages + Answer Key)
JUNE 2016
Lesson #5
Sunday 26 June 2016
Robot Runs Away to be Free
Level: Pre-Intermediate (CEFR A2)
Grammar Focus: Mixed (includes Past Simple Tense)
Time: 50 minutes (3 pages + Answer Key)
Lesson #4
Sunday 19 June 2016
2,000-year-old Butter
Level: Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate (CEFR A2 to B1)
Grammar Focus: Mixed (includes Present Perfect and Past Continuous)
​Time: 50 minutes (3 pages + Answer Key)
Lesson #3
Sunday 12 June 2016
Chinese Students Climb Mountain to Get
to School
Level: Elementary to Pre-Intermediate (CEFR A1 to A2)
Grammar Focus: Mixed (includes Present Simple)
​Time: 50 minutes (3 pages + Answer Key)
Lesson #2
Sunday 5 June 2016
6-year-old Boy Calls 911 to Report his Father's Driving
Level: Elementary (CEFR A1)
​Grammar Focus: Past Simple
Time: 30 minutes (2 pages + Answer Key)
MAY 2016
Lesson #1
Sunday 29 May 2016
Zoo Shoots and Kills Gorilla'
Level: Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate (CEFR A2 to B1)
​Grammar Focus: Mixed
Time: 30 minutes (2 pages + Answer Key)
"Thank you, Robert, for these new pages.  
​My students enjoyed the worksheets connected with the boy calling 911 about his Dad running a red light.  We watched the news report first, then read the story on your worksheet and answered the questions.  I teach students from around the world.  Your current event worksheets help them understand American culture." ~Karen