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Structure: ‘Future forms’
How English chooses between will, going to, the present continuous and the present simple to talk about the future — practised against the looming Paris airport…
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17 Jun 2026
Paris Ground Workers Strike Threatens Europe’s Summer Season
A 24-hour strike at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle, Orly, and Le Bourget airports on 18 June is the latest flashpoint in a summer of European aviation…
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Listening: Lavatory Flood in Oceanic Airspace
An Aer Lingus crew three hours into a transatlantic crossing discover flooding from the rear lavatory. An error-correction dictation set in oceanic airspace.
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Listening: Lightning Strike on Departure from Amsterdam
A gap-fill dictation activity. A Boeing 737-800 is struck by lightning shortly after takeoff from Amsterdam. B1 level — can you catch every word?
Structure
Structure: ‘Verb + infinitive’
Practise the verb + infinitive pattern — want to, plan to, decide to — with an error-correction exercise built around aviation sentences.
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13 Jun 2026
Riyadh Air Flies Its First Passengers to London
Saudi Arabia’s new carrier Riyadh Air flew its first passengers from Riyadh to London on 10 June 2026, launching three weeks ahead of schedule on a…
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