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Every lesson with its 5 words and grammar point. Open a teacher sheet to print a 45-minute plan, the worksheet and the answer key.

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Level	Person	Story	Topics	5 words	Grammar	Video	Links
A1	Helen Keller	Everything Had a Name	Disability, Education, Courage	blind, deaf, touch, spell, learn	could / couldn't + verb	4:30	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Louis Braille	Letters You Can Feel	Disability, Invention, Education	dot, finger, invent, letter, read	was / were	3:10	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Hans Christian Andersen	The Poor Boy Who Wrote for the World	Writing, Childhood	poor, story, duck, ugly, famous	there was / there were	3:39	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Momofuku Ando	He Was 48 and Had Almost Nothing… Then Invented Instant Noodles	Food, Invention, Business	noodles, hungry, cheap, cup, kitchen	past simple: verb + -ed	3:28	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Jesse Owens	He Was Poor and Sick as a Boy… Then Won Four Gold Medals	Sport, Friendship	run, jump, fast, race, gold	past simple: irregular verbs (run → ran, win → won, go → went)	3:23	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Albert Einstein	A Little Compass Made Him Ask Why	Science, Curiosity	compass, question, ask, violin, why	questions in the past: question word + did + verb	3:36	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Amelia Earhart	She Didn't Like Planes… Then She Flew Across the Ocean Alone	Aviation, Women, Adventure, Americas	plane, fly, sky, ocean, alone	the first + noun + to + verb	3:22	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Beatrix Potter	She Wrote a Letter to a Sick Little Boy… Then Peter Rabbit Was Born	Art, Nature, Writing, Europe	pet, draw, rabbit, garden, farm	love / like + verb-ing	4:30	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Pelé	His Father Cried… So the Boy Made a Promise	Sport, Childhood, Americas	ball, sock, kick, team, goal	When + past simple, past simple	4:31	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Charlie Chaplin	He Was Five When His Mother's Voice Stopped… So He Sang	Film, Comedy, Europe, Americas	laugh, hat, shoe, film, funny	didn't + verb	3:51	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Vincent van Gogh	He Sold Very Few Paintings… Now the Whole World Loves Them	Art, Europe	artist, brother, brush, yellow, sunflower	more and more	4:05	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Winnie the bear	A Soldier Paid $20 for a Bear Cub… She Was the Real Winnie-the-Pooh	Animals, History, Childhood	bear, cub, toy, name, favourite	name + 's	3:37	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Walt Disney	He Lost His Cartoon Rabbit… So on the Train He Drew a Mouse	Film, Business, Art, Americas	mouse, cartoon, company, happy, park	wanted to + verb	3:49	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Neil Armstrong	He Could Fly Before He Could Drive… Then Walked on the Moon	Space, Science, Americas	rocket, space, moon, Earth, step	in / on / at + time	3:28	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Thomas Edison	They Tried Thousands of Things… Then the Little Light Stayed On	Science, Invention, Americas	experiment, dark, bulb, try, light	again and again	3:24	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Wisdom the albatross	A Scientist Put a Tag on Her Leg in 1956… She Is Still Flying	Animals, Nature	leg, egg, wing, chick, mother	he / she / it + verb-s	3:53	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Florence Nightingale	She Walked With a Lamp at Night… and Changed Hospitals	Health, Women, Europe	nurse, hospital, soldier, clean, lamp	every day / every night	3:27	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Jackie Robinson	People Shouted at Him… Then He Changed Baseball Forever	Sport, Equality, Americas	baseball, player, shout, brave, number	because + reason	3:24	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Saint Nicholas	Gold Through a Window at Night… The Real Saint Nicholas	Kindness, History, Holidays	coin, window, daughter, give, Christmas	give + someone + something		Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Steve Irwin	A Snake for His 6th Birthday… Then He Showed Us Wild Animals	Nature, TV, Australia	snake, excited, zoo, crocodile, wild	his / her / their + noun	3:26	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Rosa Parks	The Driver Told Her to Stand Up… She Said No	Equality, Courage, Americas	sit, rule, bus, seat, driver	Did + person + verb…? → Yes, she did. / No, she didn't.	3:13	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	The Moon trees	An Astronaut Took Seeds Around the Moon… and They Grew	Trees, Space, Science	seed, bag, grow, plant, tall	can / can't + verb	3:57	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Roald Amundsen	He Trained in the Cold… Then Reached the South Pole First	Adventure, Exploration, Europe	dog, snow, cold, ice, tent	had to + verb	3:23	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Yuri Gagarin	A Farm Boy Looked Up at the Planes… Then Flew Around the Earth	Space, Science, Europe	choose, capsule, around, parachute, land	verb + around / over / down	3:21	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Mary Anning	A Poor Girl on the Beach… Then She Found a Sea Monster	Science, Women, Nature, Europe	stone, beach, find, bone, sea	a lot of + noun / many + plural noun	3:17	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Katsushika Hokusai	He Was Seventy… Then Made the Most Famous Wave in the World	Art, Asia	paint, old, wave, mountain, blue	very / really + adjective	3:28	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Pickles the dog	The World Cup Was Stolen… and a Little Dog Found It	Animals, Sport	football, Sunday, smell, open, party	this / that	4:02	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Levi Strauss	Their Pockets Tore Again and Again… Then Two Men Made Blue Jeans	Business, Fashion	miner, cloth, strong, pocket, jeans	in · on · under · next to	3:35	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Jim Henson	He Made a Puppet From an Old Coat… Then Made the World Smile	TV, Art, Comedy	TV, puppet, coat, frog, green	made + noun + from + noun	3:18	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Milton Hershey	His First Shops Failed… Then He Built a Chocolate Town	Business, Food, Kindness	candy, sweet, chocolate, factory, town	first … then … after that	3:30	Lesson Teacher sheet
A1	Bobbie the Wonder Dog	Lost 4,000 km From Home… Six Months Later, He Walked Back	Animals, Adventure	family, café, lost, thin, paw	object pronouns (him, her, them)	4:08	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Wilma Rudolph	From "Never Walk Again" to the Fastest Woman in the World	Sport, Courage, Health	weak, believe in, practice, win, proud		5:20	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Terry Fox	The Run That Never Ended	Courage, Health, Sport	dream, raise money, artificial, keep going, give up		5:11	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Marie Curie	The Secret School and Two Nobel Prizes	Science, Women, Education	prize, scientist, discover, element, university	both … and	3:45	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Frida Kahlo	She Painted Herself	Art, Women, Courage	accident, hurt, mirror, painting, colourful	was / were + -ing … when + past simple	3:48	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Tenzing Norgay	He Tried Again and Again, Then Stood on Top of the World	Adventure, Asia, Courage	climb, top, rope, oxygen, carry	the + -est / the most + adjective	3:58	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Jane Goodall	She Had No Degree… Then Changed What We Know About Chimpanzees	Nature, Science, Women	chimpanzee, forest, patient, notebook, grass	dream of + verb-ing	3:56	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Roger Bannister	They Said It Was Impossible… Then He Ran a Mile in 3:59	Sport, Health	mile, record, minute, impossible, second	comparatives: faster than / less than / more … than	4:02	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Harriet Tubman	She Escaped… Then Went Back Again and Again	Freedom, Women, Courage	escape, north, free, guide, night	about / more than + number	3:43	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Sadako Sasaki	She Folded 1,000 Paper Cranes… Then the World Folded Them Too	Peace, Childhood, Asia	crane, fold, paper, wish, peace	so (result)	4:03	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Anne Frank	She Hid Behind a Bookcase for Two Years… Then Her Diary Reached the World	History, Writing, Childhood	diary, hide, secret, bookcase, hope	for + a period of time	4:05	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Louis Armstrong	A Poor New Orleans Boy… Then His Trumpet Made the World Smile	Music, Childhood, Americas	song, band, trumpet, jazz, smile	adjective + -ly = adverb of manner	3:38	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Bessie Coleman	No Flying School Would Take Her… So She Learned French and Flew	Aviation, Women, Equality, Americas	accept, French, save, licence, air show	decided to + verb	4:57	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Alexander Fleming	A Messy Lab and a Holiday… Then a Medicine That Saved Millions	Science, Health, Europe	holiday, dish, mould, germ, medicine	past simple, but past simple	4:58	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Muhammad Ali	Someone Stole His Bike… Then He Became the Greatest	Sport, Courage, Americas	bike, steal, boxing, champion, flame	always / often / sometimes / never + verb	4:35	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	He Heard Secret Music Once… and Wrote It All Down	Music, Childhood, Europe	composer, concert, piece, king, travel	at the age of + number	3:52	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Audrey Hepburn	She Ate Tulip Bulbs in the War… Then Helped Hungry Children	Film, Kindness, Women, Europe	war, dancer, actress, visit, kind	help + someone + (to) + verb	3:47	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Hachikō	His Owner Never Came Back… So He Waited for Almost 10 Years	Animals, Asia, Kindness	station, greet, evening, loyal, wait	wait for + someone + to + verb	4:11	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Chu Văn An	He Told the King the Truth… Then Walked Away From the Palace	Education, Asia, History	student, lesson, respect, honest, quit	ask + someone + to + verb		Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Isaac Newton	An Apple Fell From a Tree… and He Asked Why	Science, Curiosity, Europe	apple, fall, pull, rainbow, planet	If + present simple, present simple (zero conditional)	3:54	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Emil Zátopek	He Ran His First Marathon at the Olympics… and Won	Sport, Europe	army, train, heavy, boot, marathon	even + word or phrase	3:59	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Chiune Sugihara	He Wrote Visas Day and Night… and Saved Thousands of Lives	Kindness, History, Asia, Europe	office, government, visa, pen, sign	until + time / clause	4:00	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Smoky the war dog	Soldiers Needed a Cable Under a Runway… a Tiny Dog Did It	Animals, History, Courage	jungle, tiny, cable, pipe, comfort	adjective + enough + to + verb	4:22	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Fred Rogers	He Wore a Sweater and Spoke Softly… and Taught Kids About Feelings	TV, Kindness, Childhood, Americas	shy, sweater, neighbour, feelings, listen	it's + adjective + to + verb	3:52	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Nick Vujicic	Born Without Arms or Legs… Now He Surfs and Speaks to Millions	Disability, Courage, Australia	arm, toe, swim, speaker, surf	learned to + verb	3:43	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Christian the lion	Two Friends Bought a Lion in London… Then Set Him Free	Animals, Friendship, Africa	lion, goodbye, remember, reunion, hug	time + ago	4:43	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Ruby Bridges	She Was Six… and She Walked Into a School Alone	Equality, Childhood, Courage, Americas	walk, marshal, crowd, classroom, only	the only + noun	3:47	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Charles Schulz	His Drawings Were Rejected… Then Snoopy Became Famous Everywhere	Art, Comedy, Americas	comic, yearbook, strip, character, beagle	still + verb	3:53	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Abebe Bikila	He Ran a Marathon Without Shoes… and Won Olympic Gold	Sport, Africa	guard, fit, barefoot, street, finish line	without + noun	4:02	Lesson Teacher sheet
A2	Lou Gehrig	He Played 2,130 Games in a Row… Then Called Himself the Luckiest Man	Sport, Health, Courage	row, miss, disease, speech, lucky	in a row	3:43	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Wangari Maathai	The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees	Environment, Women, Leadership	notice, dry up, seedling, stand up to, make a difference		5:09	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Temple Grandin	She Thinks in Pictures	Disability, Science, Women	autism, institution, calm, cattle, design	would + verb	3:31	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Ludwig van Beethoven	The Music He Couldn't Hear	Music, Disability, Courage	hearing, symphony, orchestra, performance, applause	although / even though + clause, + main clause	4:32	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Stephen Hawking	Doctors Gave Him Two Years… He Lived 55 More	Science, Disability, Courage	universe, black hole, diagnose, copy, explore	be able to + verb	4:42	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Charles Darwin	A Five-Year Voyage, Some Small Birds… and an Idea That Changed Biology	Science, Nature, Exploration	voyage, species, beak, island, evolution	past simple passive: was / were + past participle	4:16	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Rachel Carson	What If Spring Had No Birds?	Nature, Science, Women	pesticide, harm, chemical, spray, environment	so + adjective / adverb + that + result	4:35	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Ernest Shackleton	His Ship Was Crushed by Ice… Then He Brought Every Man Home	Adventure, Leadership, Exploration	crew, trapped, crush, lifeboat, storm	past perfect: had + past participle	4:43	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Ray Charles	He Lost His Sight at Seven… Then Invented a New Sound	Music, Disability, Americas	piano, sight, blues, mix, soul	used to + verb	4:12	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Katherine Johnson	She Counted Everything… Then an Astronaut Asked for Her	Science, Space, Women, Americas	mathematician, calculate, path, check, orbit	person + who + verb	4:25	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Kalpana Chawla	She Watched Planes Over Her Small Town… Then Flew Into Space	Space, Women, Science, Asia	engineering, astronaut, shuttle, mission, dream big	Have you ever + past participle …?	4:41	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Hedy Lamarr	A Film Star by Day… an Inventor by Night	Science, Women, Film, Technology	star, radio, signal, frequency, patent	be known as + name/role · be known for + reason	4:28	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	George Washington Carver	Farmers Had Tired Soil… He Gave Them Peanuts	Science, Nature, Equality, Americas	farmer, crop, soil, healthy, peanut	by + verb-ing	4:41	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Moina Michael	A Teacher Read a Poem… Now Millions Wear a Red Poppy	History, Women, Kindness	magazine, poppy, promise, silk, pin	remind + someone + of + something	5:13	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Johannes Gutenberg	Books Were Copied by Hand… Then a Machine Changed Everything	Invention, History, Europe	expensive, page, metal, ink, printing press	is / are + past participle (present simple passive)	4:30	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Roberto Clemente	A Baseball Star Got on an Old Plane… to Help Strangers	Sport, Kindness, Americas	hit, generous, earthquake, victim, supplies	said (that) + past (reported speech)	4:19	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Clara Barton	She Was Too Shy to Speak… Then Took Bandages to the Battlefield	Health, Women, Kindness, Americas	volunteer, wounded, battlefield, angel, found	in order to + verb	4:26	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Eglantyne Jebb	She Was Arrested for a Photo… Then She Started Save the Children	Kindness, Women, History	leaflet, fine, fund, declaration, rights	have the right to + verb		Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Jonas Salk	He Made a Vaccine for Polio… and Didn't Try to Get Rich From It	Health, Science, Kindness, Americas	polio, vaccine, announce, effective, own	it took + (time) + to + verb	4:29	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Togo	Children Were Sick and No Plane Could Fly… So the Dogs Ran	Animals, Adventure, Health	serum, relay, musher, sled, blizzard	while + past continuous, past simple	5:08	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Mary Seacole	They Said No to Her… So She Went to the War Anyway	Health, Women, Courage, Americas, Europe	herb, knowledge, cure, journey, hotel	managed to + verb	4:17	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Soichiro Honda	He Failed Again and Again… Then Built a World Brand	Business, Invention, Asia	failure, reject, engine, motorcycle, success	learn from your mistakes	4:17	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Cher Ami	Hundreds of Soldiers Were Trapped… One Pigeon Was Their Last Hope	Animals, History, Courage	battalion, surrounded, pigeon, desperate, message	If + present simple, will + verb (first conditional)		Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Maya Angelou	She Didn't Speak for Five Years… Then Her Voice Reached the World	Writing, Women, Courage, Americas	library, aloud, poem, cage, poet	stop + verb-ing / start + verb-ing	4:09	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Charles Dickens	At 12 He Worked in a Factory… Then Wrote About Poor Children	Writing, Childhood, Europe	debt, label, prison, novel, orphan	make + someone + verb (no to)	4:06	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Gertrude Ederle	People Said Women Were Too Weak… She Swam the English Channel	Sport, Women, Europe, Americas	swimmer, channel, cross, goggles, tide	too + adjective + to + verb	4:07	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Wojtek the soldier bear	Soldiers Adopted a Bear Cub… and He Joined the Army	Animals, History, Friendship	adopt, wrestle, private, ammunition, rank	be allowed to + verb	4:51	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Anne Sullivan	From a Poorhouse, Nearly Blind… to Helen Keller's Teacher	Education, Disability, Women, Americas	poorhouse, beg, operation, graduate, patience	By the time + past simple, past perfect (had + past participle)	4:27	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Irena Sendler	She Hid Children's Names in Jars Under a Tree	Kindness, History, Women	social worker, smuggle, identity, jar, bury	so that + can / could	4:35	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Jacques Cousteau	He Wanted to Breathe Underwater… So He Helped Invent a Way	Nature, Invention, Adventure	underwater, dive, breathe, tank, coral	for the first time	4:19	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Ludwig Guttmann	Doctors Said Nothing Could Help… He Gave Them Sport	Sport, Health, Disability	flee, spinal injury, wheelchair, compete, games	believe (that) + clause	4:28	Lesson Teacher sheet
B1	Magawa the rat	A Rat Walked Across a Minefield… and Saved Lives	Animals, Asia, Courage	landmine, sniff, explosive, reward, detect	can be + past participle	4:55	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Fridtjof Nansen	From the Arctic Ice to a Passport for Refugees	Exploration, Kindness, History	expedition, drift, refugee, stateless, humanitarian	Not only did + subject + verb …, but + subject + also …	6:09	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Alan Turing	The Codebreaker Who Imagined the Computer	Science, Invention, History	codebreaker, decipher, universal, pardon, unjust	If + had + past participle, … would / might have + past participle	5:25	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Ada Lovelace	She Saw the Future of Computers… 100 Years Early	Science, Women, Technology	algorithm, analytical, visionary, notes, calculation	ahead of her / his / its time	5:10	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Nellie Bly	She Went Undercover in an Asylum… Then Raced Around the World	Writing, Women, Adventure	reporter, expose, asylum, reform, undercover	reporting verbs: claim that … / insist that … / promise to + verb	5:52	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Frederick Douglass	He Was Forbidden to Read… So He Taught Himself	Freedom, Writing, Education	forbid, autobiography, abolish, eloquent, literacy	cleft sentences: It was … that …	6:02	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Edward Jenner	They Said Milkmaids Never Caught Smallpox… So a Doctor Tested It	Health, Science, Europe	smallpox, contagious, milkmaid, immune, eradicate	It was said that … / be thought to + verb	5:22	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Harry Houdini	He Escaped From Chains and Jails… Then Promised a Secret Message	Courage, Truth, Halloween	handcuffs, stunt, medium, fraud, genuine	have + object + past participle (causative have)	6:37	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Louis Pasteur	A Boy Was Bitten by a Mad Dog… and Pasteur Took a Huge Risk	Science, Health, Europe	microbe, pasteurise, rabies, experimental, take a risk	had no choice but to + verb	5:20	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Nikola Tesla	He Arrived With Almost Nothing… Then Lit Up a World's Fair	Science, Invention, Europe, Americas	current, generator, rivalry, illuminate, eccentric	fact A, whereas fact B	5:20	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Zheng He	He Led Huge Fleets Across the Ocean… Decades Before Columbus	Exploration, Asia, History	admiral, fleet, vast, treasure, diplomacy	such + (a) + adjective + noun + that + result	5:05	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	The Hiroshima bonsai	A Tree Survived Hiroshima… and Nobody Knew for 25 Years	Trees, Peace, Asia	bonsai, heirloom, blast, reconciliation, resilient	What + clause + was + …	4:44	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Ibn Battuta	He Left Home for a Pilgrimage… and Travelled for 29 Years	Exploration, Africa, Asia	pilgrimage, caravan, hospitality, wander, chronicle	would + verb (past habits)	5:08	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Mary Shelley	A Ghost Story Challenge on a Stormy Night… Then Came Frankenstein	Writing, Women, Europe	ghost, gothic, challenge, creature, science fiction	No sooner had + subject + past participle + than … / Hardly had + subject + past participle + when …	5:18	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Leonardo da Vinci	He Wrote Backwards and Dreamed of Flying… 400 Years Too Early	Art, Science, Curiosity, Europe	mirror writing, curiosity, sketch, anatomy, masterpiece	must have / might have + past participle	5:07	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Nicholas Winton	He Saved 669 Children… Then Kept Quiet for Almost 50 Years	Kindness, History, Europe	evacuate, bureaucracy, modest, scrapbook, unsung	Little did + subject + know (that) …	5:16	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Arthur Ashe	He Couldn't Play on His City's Best Courts… Then Won Wimbledon	Sport, Equality, Health, Americas	segregated, court, dignity, transfusion, awareness	imperative: base verb (no subject) · Don't + base verb	4:51	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Sarah Josepha Hale	She Wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb"… Then Gave America Thanksgiving	Writing, Women, History	editor, widow, lobby, proclamation, perseverance	urge + someone + to + verb		Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Srinivasa Ramanujan	A Clerk in India Wrote a Letter… and Cambridge Wrote Back	Science, Education, Asia	prodigy, self-taught, formula, intuition, collaboration	as if / as though + clause	4:52	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Althea Gibson	She Learned Tennis on a Closed Street… Then Won Wimbledon	Sport, Women, Equality, Americas	paddle, determination, tournament, barrier, despite	despite / in spite of + noun / -ing	4:53	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Diego the tortoise	Only 14 Were Left… Then One Old Tortoise Helped Save Them	Animals, Nature, Science	extinction, captivity, breeding, repatriate, descendant	on the brink of + noun	5:43	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Christopher Reeve	He Played Superman… Then Showed a Different Type of Strength	Film, Disability, Health, Americas	spinal cord, paralysed, campaigner, research, strength	used to + verb (past habit) vs be used to + -ing (something feels normal)	4:33	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Rosalind Franklin	Her Photo Showed the Secret of Life… Others Got the Prize	Science, Women, Europe	X-ray, molecule, meticulous, overlook, recognition	noun + whose + noun + verb	4:59	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Marie Curie	She Drove X-Ray Cars to the Front Line in the First World War	Science, Women, History, Europe	front line, surgeon, equip, vehicle, operate	Verb-ing…, + main clause (the same subject)	4:31	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	J. R. R. Tolkien	He Invented Languages for Fun… Then Built a Whole World	Writing, Imagination, Europe	imaginary, trench, linguist, myth, trilogy	the more + clause, the more + clause	4:48	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	The Judean date palm	A 2,000-Year-Old Seed Was Planted… and It Grew	Trees, Science, History	fortress, excavation, dormant, germinate, pollinate	enable + someone / something + to + verb	5:34	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Satyajit Ray	Almost No Money for His First Film… Then an Honorary Oscar	Film, Art, Asia	screenplay, director, budget, release, acclaim	No matter how + adjective / adverb (+ subject + verb), main clause	4:42	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Grace Hopper	A Real Bug in the Computer… Then She Taught Computers Words	Science, Women, Technology, Americas	moth, debug, compiler, sceptical, persuade	be supposed to + verb	4:53	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Tu Youyou	A 1,600-Year-Old Book Held the Clue… and Her Discovery Saved Millions	Health, Science, Women, Asia	malaria, extract, ancient, dose, treatment	have / has been + past participle	4:59	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Joseph Lister	Many People Died After Surgery… Until He Made Hospitals Clean	Health, Science	infection, antiseptic, wound, instrument, sterile	It wasn't until + time + that + past simple	5:09	Lesson Teacher sheet
B2	Albert Einstein	A Patent Clerk's Miracle Year Changed Physics Forever	Science, Curiosity	patent office, spare time, breakthrough, relativity, transform	noun + past participle (reduced relative clause)	5:03	Lesson Teacher sheet