The week’s A2/B1 crossword — 5–11 October 2026
Weekly crossword — 5–11 October 2026
Tuesday, 13 October 2026
Warm-up
- Which new word from this week do you remember best?
- Which word was the hardest to understand when you first met it?
- Can you use three of this week’s words in one sentence?
Vocabulary
- transparent
- easy to see and understand; not hidden
- expedition
- a planned journey with a goal, often for science or discovery
- government
- the group of people who lead a country and make rules
- researcher
- a person who studies a subject to find new information
- forecourt
- the area in front of a petrol station where you fill up
- satellite
- a machine in space that takes photos of Earth
- sceptical
- not sure that something is true; doubting
- motorist
- a person who drives a car
- retailer
- a business that sells goods to the public
- diesel
- a type of fuel used by many cars, vans and lorries
- refuel
- to fill a vehicle with more fuel
- competition
- businesses trying to offer better prices or services than others
- wreckage
- the broken parts of something, like a crashed plane
Reading
This crossword revises the vocabulary from this week’s A2/B1 lessons. The words all come from: Google Maps adds live UK fuel prices; Search team heads to Nikumaroro island. Every answer appeared in one of those lessons, and the number after each clue is the length of the answer.
Crossword
Week of 5–11 October 2026
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Discussion
- Which of this week’s stories would you most like to read more about?
- Which new word will you actually use outside class, and when?
- If you wrote next week’s crossword, which five words would you choose?
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