READY October 2026

CONTENTS

4 VOCABULARY
The Magic Mirror

6 TRADITION
Too Wet to Trick-or-Treat? Halloween in the UK

8 GRAMMAR / FILM
It’s All Real? Special effects in The Odyssey

10 DISCUSSION
Talking About Appearances

11 SCHOOL
Study Tips for You

12 LITERATURE / COMIC STRIP
An Adaptation of Treasure Island

14 GEOGRAPHY
Going Places With Hugo: Scotland

16 POP-CULTURE / QUIZ
The Big Taylor Quiz

18 FILM
Matchbox: The Movie

20 ANIMALS
Sally the Swallow: Meet the Elf Owl and the Northern Gannet

22 FOLK TALE
The Boneless

24 TEST
Cambridge English Qualification A2 Key for Schools

32 CLIL PROJECT
Letʼs Create! Mushrooms With
the Artist Kusama Yayoi

34 PUZZLES

35 PUZZLES
Make Your Monster

36 HUGO’S TRAVEL TROUBLES

 

Extras

CAMBRIDGE OFFICIAL PRACTICE TEST

A2 KEY FOR SCHOOLS  

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More useful information here. 

Materials for the Reading & Writing Parts 1-5 were published in the October 2026 unit of READY (pages 24–32). The remaining Reading & Writing Parts 6 and 7 did not fit in the printed READY. They can be downloaded here: Sample Practice Test: A2 Key for Schools – Parts 6 and 7

The test answer key is included in the TF solutions (p. 8) here.

Materials for the Listening and Speaking tests will be published in the January-February 2027 unit.

KAHOOT 1

October 2026 READY: „Halloween in the UK“; pp. 6-7

Odkaz naleznete zde.

KAHOOT 2

October 2026 READY: „Going Places With Hugo – Scotland“; pp. 14-15

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Instrukce, jak pracovat s našimi Kahooty, naleznete tu. 

PRO QR KÓDY V OCTOBER READY MŮŽETE POUŽÍT TYTO LINKY

Linky použijte, pokud chcete interaktivní obsah (např. videa) pustit prostřednictvím interaktivní tabule ve třída.

It’s All Real?; pp. 8-9

  • Personal pronouns and possessives: link zde

Study Tips for You; p. 11

Sample Practice Test: A2 Key for Schools; p. 31: link zde