Stress Change: Nouns (1st syllable) or Verbs (last syllable)

Words with a stress change between the noun and verb forms:

conduct, 

conflict, 

console, 

content, 

contrast, 

decrease, 

produce, 

project, 

refuse ...

Another 

list & 

Practice 

HERE.

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Smart Words

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Smart Answers to Interview Questions

Causative HAVE / GET (Revision)

Do these personal and impersonal pasive constructions too.

Have something done activities (and explanations). Review grammar before doing the 3-page activity.

Romantic Words

Verbs in Headlines

LAW: Crime & Punishment

You can find extra activities dealing with the topic here.

C2 (& C1) Job / Work Vocabulary

Job 

& 

Work 

Vocabulary (6 pages)

2026 Cartagena Carnival Festivities

Cartagena

Carnival

EL PAÍS (News in English)

A dispute as old as the nation

Dear readers,

The deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, shot by federal agents in Minneapolis, have accelerated a legislative offensive in Democratic-led states to demand accountability for violations of constitutional rights. But the recent tensions are the latest manifestation of a dispute as old as the nation itself: the resistance of local power against a federal center that periodically tries to govern by imposition.

This week we also look at how the much-anticipated meeting between Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro played out, and what it means for the Colombian leader ahead of presidential elections later this year.

We also spoke with AI expert and Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio, who discussed the future risks posed by fast-learning systems that have been known to deliberately ignore human instructions.

And speaking of superhuman feats, meet "Super López," an 81-year-old man who started running in his sixties and whose record-setting races have doctors studying him to learn more about the limits of the human body.

We hope you enjoy this selection of stories from EL PAÍS USA Edition.

You can also read:

• Prisons as retirement homes for low-income seniors in Japan
• Boris Nadezhdin, Russian opposition figure: ‘From Putin’s perspective, the only possible end to the war is Ukraine’s capitulation’
• From the US to Málaga: the world of chemistry chooses Spain
• How beer helped change the history of modern surgery
• Where’s My Refund? What you need to know about the start of tax season 2026
• When healthy living becomes repression
• The social‑media trend pushing people off dating apps and back into bars

About names and restaurants...

Emergency Rucksack (Written Mediation Activity)

Emergency Rucksack TASK 

(Key next week)

Crime & Law

Crime and Punishment

Do the suggested activities after reading the infographic below. 

Wind

Steal

C1 (& C2) Environment Vocabulary

Environment 

Vocabulary (6 pages)

Phrasals with FALL

Your English: Idioms: money | Onestopenglish

Your English: Idioms: money | Onestopenglish

Beyond Fluency: Helping C2 Learners Level Up Their English Skills (by Alex Warren)

In his blog series on teaching C2-level learners, National Geographic Learning’s Alex Warren examines how we can challenge and “level up” learners by using activities that push them out of their comfort zone and develop their communication skills as well as their language skills. 

Read: Helping Communicate Confidently and Beyond Fluency to learn moore.

Surgical Terms and Medical Abreviations

C1 How to pronounce -ed endings BBC LEARNING ENGLISH

Words with the letters 'ed' at the end are usually regular past tense verbs like 'started' or adjectives like ‘confused’. 

The pronunciation of 'ed' can change depending on which sound comes before it - it can sound like a /t/ sound, a /d/ sound or an /ɪd/ sound.

Try this Wordwall

C2 (& C1) Money Vocabulary

Money 

Vocabulary (6 pages)

Lucy's C2 English Level Test Webinar

Murcia Today (News from here)

The Cartagena bar that invented the Café Asiático faces an uncertain future

Tractors took over Murcia motorways today on a day full of farmers' protests

Murcia tops regional pollution levels as nitrogen dioxide and fine particles remain high

Spain faces twin health challenges: Rising cancers and a setback on measles

EL PAÍS (News in English)

Minneapolis, ground zero of Trump’s immigration policy

Dear readers,

Events in Minneapolis have dominated the headlines this week, following the death of 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti at the hands of immigration enforcement officers, less than three weeks after Renee Good, a poet and mother of three, was fatally shot by agents in the same city. Donald Trump reacted to the ensuing protests by replacing Gregory Bovino, the "tough guy" commander of the US Border Patrol, with the more politically minded border czar Tom Homan.

‌Amid the turmoil, EL PAÍS spoke to Minneapolis pastor Sergio Amezcua, whose own reaction to the descent of thousands of armed agents on the staunchly Democratic city was to help however he could. Today, the organization he set up counts on 4,000 volunteers who provide food and basic supplies to 16,000 families.

‌This week we also spoke to Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, who issued a warning about Europe's technological dependence, interviewed Oscar nominee Stellan Skarsgård, and sat down with Oscar-winning director Mstyslav Chernov, whose latest work, '2,000 meters to Avdiivka' has the Ukrainian in the running for a statuette again this year.

‌We hope you enjoy this selection of stories from EL PAÍS USA Edition

You can also read:

• All about (and for) Melania Trump: The first lady opens up to the world in a controversial documentary
• So addictive that it leads to trial: Social media takes the stand
• Stellan Skarsgård: ‘Don’t try to be perfect. Tell your children: I’m sorry, I’m a piece of crap, but I love you’
• The birth year of punk rock
• Inactive people can reduce risk of death by 30% with five minutes of exercise a day

Matrícula Alumnos Libres 2026

Those who want to certificate can check the details for enrolling as a candidato libre HERE.

Check requirements HERE.

[ 3rd to 10th February ]

Erasmus + Mobility Reminder

If you missed 23rd Jan. post, 

HERE is a reminder.

Trump 2.0: A Year of Unconstrained Power

A round-table discussion of President Trump’s first year back in office.

English Diphthongs & Triphthongs

8. /ʊə/ tends to /ɔː/

Triphthongs add /ə/ to a diphthong