Dec 30, 2025

News Quiz 2025

Traditional end-of-year news quiz for your first lesson of the new year

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The new year is here, and so is the News Quiz 2025! Judging by the requests I continue to get from teachers around the world, this annual quiz is still a popular classroom tradition for many. Whether you're a returning user or discovering it for the first time, this quiz offers an engaging, language-rich way to start the year with your students.

As usual, the quiz follows the multiple-choice format that allows you to move through questions fairly quickly while leaving plenty of time for discussions about the stories and language exploration.

As before, the quiz is packed with common lexical chunks and other vocabulary that students can learn, practice and recycle. I admit I tend to gravitate toward the same news-heavy phrases year after year – take to the streets, went viral, protests broke out – so this year I've tried to incorporate everyday expressions such (to be) an item, hitch a ride and a thorn in someone's side (see Advanced level) to give students a broader range of useful language.

Jan 5, 2025

News Quiz 2024: follow up

 Activities for reviewing and recycling the language from News Quiz 2024

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I hope you enjoyed the latest edition of the News Quiz. I also hope that your students didn't feel it was too celebrity-focused, or found it lacking in tech news or leaning too heavily on politics - you can't please everyone! But I hope the follow-up activities will give you a balanced and engaging way to continue practising the language covered in the quiz.