Spotlight - 01.2020

26 Spotlight 1/2020 INDEX

“Would” and “used to”; past

simple and present perfect

4/19

The subjunctive mood; run-

ning a meeting 5/19

“Most beautiful”; commu-

nicating with non-native

speakers of English 6/19

“Be used to” with a gerund;

how to start an e-mail 7/19

“Have you got” / “Do you

have”; representing a

company 8/19

“Already” and “yet”; saying

“no” politely 9/19

“Du” and “Sie”; using “Mrs”,

“Miss” and “Ms” 10/19

“Boss” and “Chef”; calming

somebody down 11/19

“A couple”; irregular verbs

12/19

Commas; giving presenta-

tions 13/19

Abbreviations “K” and “M”;

being interviewed 14/19

Everyday English

Living with less plastic 1/19

Mental health 2/19

Misunderstandings 3/19

Dialogues about books and

reading 4/19

Dialogues about going to an

art exhibition 5/19

Dialogues about finding a

new home 6/19

A picnic 7/19

At a music festival 8/19

A day at the loch 9/19

An online course 10/19

Work-life balance 11/19

Feeling unwell 12/19

Early retirement 13/19

Keeping in touch 14/19

English Explained

We’ll always have New York

1/19

A question of love 2/19

Kool and the apostrophe 3/19

“Just Do It” 4/19

Bob Dylan and the lying lady

5/19

Colloquial, yeah, yeah, yeah

6/19

A question of love 7/19

Try not to twist your tongue

8/19

Once upon a time... 9/19

Be a teacher’s pet! 10/19

Who’s gonna drive you

home?11/19

Just Judi

The beauty of simplicity

12/19

Let's talk about me! 13/19

Pronouns are personal 14/19

The Grammar Page

“Could have/needn’t have/

shouldn’t have done” 1/19

“If”, “when” and “in case” 2/19

“Although”,“even though”

and “in spite of” 3/19

Countable and uncountable

nouns 4/19

“As” and “like” 5/19

“Most”, “some”, “all”, “both”...

6/19

“Wh-” words with“ever” 7/19

Inversion 8/19

The passive form 9/19

Present participles (verb +

“-ing”) 10/19

Passive reporting verbs 11/19

Expressing obligation 12/19

“If” and “unless” 13/19

“If” and “whether” 14/19

Lost in Translation

McGuffin 1/19

Grapevine 2/19

Middle name 3/19

Hotchpotch 4/19

Weasel words 5/19

Stoked 6/19

Chequered past 7/19

Ride shotgun 8/19

Shambles 9/19

Baggage 10/19

Ride the gravy train 11/19

Tawdry 12/19

Run the gamut 13/19

Aftermath 14/19

Spoken English

Ouch! 1/19

It’s not working! 2/19

Body language 3/19

Being annoyed or angry 4/19

Similarities and differences

5/19

It’s out of the question 6/19

I put my foot in it 7/19

I fell flat on my face 8/19

It’s on the tip of my tongue

9/19

You should be OK 10/19

How are you getting on?

11/19

I saw red 12/19

Fine by me! 13/19

I got cold feet 14/19

Vocabulary

In the sauna 1/19

Love and romance —

Valentine’s Day 2/19

Buildings and architecture

3/19

All about your workplace

4/19

Doing the laundry 5/19

Weekend activities 6/19

Landscapes 7/19

Stargazing 8/19

At the boating lake 9/19

In the bathroom 10/19

Athletics 11/19

At the farmers’ market 12/19

At a funeral 13/19

Moving house 14/19

Words that Go Together

“Flock”, “herd”, “litter”, “pack”

and “school” 1/19

“High” and “tall” 2/19

“Fast” and “quick” 3/19

“Look” and “watch” 4/19

“Wind” and “cloud” 5/19

“Bag” and “sack” 6/19

“Jar” “tin”, “can” and “tub”

7/19

Collocations with a summer

theme 8/19

“Cash” and “money” 9/19

The names of the months

10/19

The days of the week 11/19

Little Lights

The kids’ page: Hello! 12/19

The kids’ page: food 13/19

The kids’ page: colours 14/19

Vokabeltrainer

Teil 1: Telefon, E-Mail & Co.

11/19

Teil 2: Gefühle 12/19

Teil 3: Freizeit 13/19

Teil 4: Essen und Trinken

14/19

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