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The week’s B1 crossword — 28 September – 4 October 2026

Weekly crossword — 28 September – 4 October 2026

Tuesday, 6 October 2026

Illustrative photo: Newspaper on a table.
Illustrative photo: Newspaper on a table.

Warm-up

  1. Which new word from this week do you remember best?
  2. Which word was the hardest to understand when you first met it?
  3. Can you use three of this week’s words in one sentence?

Vocabulary

agreement
a formal decision made by two or more sides
ambitious
showing a strong desire to achieve something big or advanced
apologise
to say sorry for something you did wrong
deceptive
giving a false impression or trying to mislead
dedicated
made or used for one special purpose
diplomacy
managing relationships between countries
integrate
to connect and make work together with other systems or apps
download
to get a file or app from the internet onto a device
outcome
the result of an action or event
depart
to leave a place, especially to start a journey
summit
a high-level meeting between leaders of countries
unveil
to show or announce something new for the first time
conservation
the protection of animals, plants, and nature
supervision
the act of watching and guiding someone or something

Reading

This crossword revises the vocabulary from this week’s B1 lessons. The words all come from: New giant pandas arrive at Zoo Atlanta; OpenAI unveils dots AI assistant. Every answer appeared in one of those lessons, and the number after each clue is the length of the answer.

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Crossword

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Discussion

  1. Which of this week’s stories would you most like to read more about?
  2. Which new word will you actually use outside class, and when?
  3. If you wrote next week’s crossword, which five words would you choose?
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