English practice
Explore English through words, conversations and everyday situations.
A2A conversation you can use
A2 English for describing a normal weekday: saying clock times two ways, at, on and in, frequency adverbs from always to never and where they go, and marking a day that is different, with a model paragraph and a 10-minute daily routine.
A1A conversation you can use
A1 English for saying who owns something: my, your, his, her, our, their and ’s, asking “Whose bag is this?”, family words and simple descriptions, plus a 10-minute daily routine.
C1A conversation you can use
A C1+ (advanced plus) guide to writing a theatre review in English: turn precise staging details into audience effects and interpretation, weigh a genuine weakness, add emphasis with clefts and inversion, and justify your recommendation.
C1A conversation you can use
A C1 guide to describing a colleague you have mixed feelings about: four moves from concession to a qualified conclusion, phrasal verbs with get, and phrases such as that said and to be fair.
B2A conversation you can use
A B2 guide to writing a short story in English: plan a 50-word core, expand it to 140–190 words, layer four past tenses and choose adverbs that keep reports apart from facts.
B1A conversation you can use
A B1+ (intermediate plus) guide to writing short advice in English: imperatives and negative instructions, reasons with because and so, alternatives with might and could, and the phone photo words to build three clear tips.
B1A conversation you can use
A B1 guide to hedging in English: careful generalizers, research verbs such as verify and turn out, and adjectives with prepositions, practised in a balanced 140–170-word response to a generalization.
B1A conversation you can use
B1 English for planning a trip or work visit: the present continuous for fixed arrangements, going to for plans, arrive in or arrive at, and a 120–150 word itinerary with timed stages, extra time and a backup.
A2A conversation you can use
A2 English for talking about your job, your day and two hobbies: the present simple with -s, don’t and doesn’t, questions with do and does, a five-sentence profile and a 10-minute daily practice plan.
A1A conversation you can use
A1 phrases to ask “How much is this?”, say prices like £6.50 naturally and check a number you misheard, such as fifteen or fifty, plus a 10-minute daily practice routine.
C1Notice the pattern
A C1+ (advanced plus) guide to past ability in English: when could works, why one achieved result needs was able to or managed to, which negatives fit, and how be able to fills the gaps can leaves.
C1A conversation you can use
A C1 guide to a 220–280-word reflective article about a memory you once misread: a five-move plan, layered past forms, used to and would, hedging and an ending that follows from the evidence.
B2A conversation you can use
A B2 guide to answering a friend’s health news by email: a five-part plan, warm phrases that avoid medical advice, precise health words, and when to use present perfect simple or continuous.
B1A conversation you can use
A B1+ (intermediate plus) guide to texting about a trip in English: what a short message can leave out, present simple and continuous for timetables and plans, and a five-message plan with one problem and its solution.
B1A conversation you can use
A B1 guide to explaining a duplicate payment in English: cost, charge, pay for, owe and afford, past simple or present perfect, and a call that ends with an action, a deadline and a confirmation.
B1A conversation you can use
Write a short travel story in English at B1 (pre-intermediate) level: the past continuous for the background, the past simple for the events, when, suddenly, because, so and although, and a clear ending in 120–150 words.
A2A conversation you can use
A2 English for describing everyday things and saying where they are: in, on and under, a/an and plural -s, adjectives like “small blue”, “mine” and “yours”, and a two-sentence note, plus a 10-minute daily routine.
A1Notice the pattern
A1 nationality words in English: ask “Are they…?” and “Where are they from?”, answer “Yes, they are” or “No, they aren’t”, and correct a wrong guess politely.
