Summer activities for lower secondary school
Product: Book
Trim size in cm: 20x27cm
Pages: 112
ISBN: 9788859045342
Publication date: 01/03/2026
Suitable for: Lower secondary 1st level (ages 10-11), Lower secondary 2nd level (ages 12-13)
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Podcast Your English 1 is a holiday homework workbook for English designed for Year 7 (the first year of lower secondary school).
Starting from listening to podcast episodes and moving through reading activities, the book develops across six episodes that balance Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking skills, while consolidating grammatical structures and expanding vocabulary.
Each unit opens with an idiom — a typical expression from spoken English — and the skills work is organised into three key stages, highlighted by specific icons:
At the end of the course, students can record their own episodes, talking in English about experiences, ideas and adventures. In this way, the language does not remain an abstract exercise but becomes a tool for self-expression.
EPISODE 1 – Nice to meet you!
Idiom (To be on cloud nine)
Listening (Nice to meet you!)
Reading (Tobias and his family)
Writing (Describing people)
Speaking (Audio 1 – Nice to meet you!)
Grammar (Subject pronouns, verb be, possessive adjectives, wh-words)
Helpful tools (Subject pronouns, possessive adjectives, present simple – be)
Reflection
EPISODE 2 – My best friends
Idiom (To have butterflies in the stomach)
Listening (My best friends)
Reading (Always together!)
Writing (Describing pets)
Speaking (Audio 2 – My best friend)
Grammar (Definite and indefinite articles, possessive ’s, verb have got)
Helpful tools (Possessive ’s, present simple – have got)
Reflection
EPISODE 3 – My favourite room
Idiom (To sweep something under the rug)
Listening (My favourite room)
Reading (Living in the countryside)
Writing (Describing rooms)
Speaking (Audio 3 – My favourite room)
Grammar (There is/are, prepositions of place)
Helpful tools (Some/any, prepositions of place)
Reflection
EPISODE 4 – My typical week
Idiom (To wake up on the wrong side of the bed)
Listening (My typical week)
Reading (At the city summer camp!)
Writing (Describing daily routines)
Speaking (Audio 4 – My typical week)
Grammar (Adverbs of frequency, present simple – action verbs)
Helpful tools (Adverbs of frequency, prepositions of time, present simple – action verbs)
Reflection
EPISODE 5 – My free time
Idiom (To take it easy)
Listening (My free time)
Reading (Under the sun)
Writing (Describing abilities)
Speaking (Audio 5 – My free time)
Grammar (Demonstrative adjectives, adverbs of manner, verb can)
Helpful tools (Demonstrative adjectives, adverbs of manner, present simple – can)
Reflection
EPISODE 6 – My favourite summer outfit
Idiom (To roll up your sleeves)
Listening (My favourite summer outfit)
Reading (In the mountains!)
Writing (Describing outfits)
Speaking (Audio 6 – My favourite summer outfit)
Grammar (Present continuous)
Helpful tools (Present continuous – time expressions, present continuous – wake up)
Reflection
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