English practice
Explore English through words, conversations and everyday situations.
B1A conversation you can use
A B1 guide to describing a house or flat in English and writing a 130–160-word proposal that keeps funded next steps (if + present, will) apart from wish-list ideas (if + past, would).
B1A conversation you can use
A B1 pre-intermediate (A2–B1) guide to writing first-day tips in English: to + verb for purpose, verbs followed by to or -ing, and have to, don’t have to and mustn’t for rules, choices and things that are not allowed.
A2A conversation you can use
A2 English for telling the story of a night out: past simple with regular and irregular verbs, time words like “last night” and “three days ago”, clock times and waiting times, and a four-part account, plus a 10-minute daily routine.
A1A conversation you can use
A1 English for a short phone call: ask for someone, say who is calling, ask for a date and understand “Friday the twenty-third of October”, with months, ordinal numbers and a 10-minute daily routine.
C1A conversation you can use
A C1+ (advanced plus) guide to reporting data in English: percentage points versus per cent change, why a falling share can hide a rising headcount, and a briefing with an overview, an exception and a caveat.
C1A conversation you can use
A C1 guide to the balanced discussion essay in English, practised on phone-first community services: developed points on both sides, markers such as nevertheless used for their real logic, noun + preposition pairs and a conclusion limited by provided that or unless.
B2A conversation you can use
A B2 guide to recommending a music rule at work in English: verbs followed by -ing or to, used to and get used to, precise music words, and a rule that changes with the task instead of claiming music always helps.
B1A conversation you can use
A B1+ (intermediate plus) speaking guide for when a tool’s English name disappears: flag the gap, describe category, function, look and difference, then confirm the guess and explain what you need it for.
B1A conversation you can use
A B1 guide to writing a film review in English: fixed patterns for production facts, the passive behind them, evaluation with evidence, one fair limitation and a recommendation for a specific audience, all in 140–180 words.
B1A conversation you can use
A B1 pre-intermediate (A2–B1) guide to will in English: predictions with probably and definitely, I don’t think … will, offers and promises with I’ll, suggestions with Shall we…?, and a 130–160 word forecast note that links evidence to actions.
A2A conversation you can use
A2 English for inviting a friend to a music event: saying dates with ordinal numbers, like and love + -ing, questions with be and do, music words and a four-part email, plus a 10-minute daily routine.
A1Notice the pattern
A1 English for asking what someone does, where they work and what their day looks like: job words, he works / he doesn’t work, “Does she…?” and always to never, plus a 10-minute daily routine.
C1A conversation you can use
A C1+ (advanced plus) guide to correcting cultural generalisations in English: stress on the corrected word, observation before inference, accurate nationality words and a closing research question.
C1A conversation you can use
A C1 guide to writing a short proposal in English: headings a decision-maker can scan, evidence reported with distancing language such as appears to and is believed to have, two linked recommendations, and measurable success and stop conditions.
B2A conversation you can use
A B2 guide to a two-minute spoken proposal in English: one practical change to cut waste, comment adverbs such as apparently and basically, natural reactions, and a success measure that does not overstate the result.
B1A conversation you can use
A B1+ (intermediate plus) guide to describing life after a move in English: finished experiences with the present perfect simple, ongoing and repeated changes with the continuous, for, since and all, and linkers for comparing city and country life.
B1A conversation you can use
A B1 guide to relationship phrases in English, from meet and get to know to lose touch and keep in touch, with meet or know, used to or would, and a short profile of how one friendship changed.
B1A conversation you can use
A B1 pre-intermediate (A2–B1) guide to comparing two rooms, gyms or services in English: comparatives, as … as, whereas, too much/too many and enough, and a 130–160 word comparison that ends with a recommendation for a named reader.
