English practice
Explore English through words, conversations and everyday situations.
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.
A2A conversation you can use
A2 English for describing the weather and what is happening around you: the present continuous, when to use the present simple, can and can’t, and a three-sentence live trip update, plus a 10-minute daily routine.
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A1 English for talking about breakfast and everyday meals: food words, have, eat and drink, “I don’t…”, “Do you…?” questions and natural follow-ups, plus a 10-minute daily routine.
C1A conversation you can use
A C1+ (advanced plus) guide to a 250-word cause-and-effect article in English: because or because of, reason and factor frames, result and example markers, and a counter-argument you actually answer.
C1A conversation you can use
A C1 guide to spoiler warnings in English: name the type and depth of what you reveal, judge plots and endings with precise words such as contrived and slow-burning, hedge your interpretations and save inversion for one emphatic line.
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A B2 guide to a balanced for-and-against post in English: two developed reasons on each side, conditionals for risks and precautions, exact expressions with take, and a conclusion that states its conditions.
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A B1+ (intermediate plus) guide to the short profile at the top of a CV or networking page: headline, current situation and target, two strengths proved by different evidence, qualification status and a final edit.
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A B1 guide to have to, must, mustn’t, don’t have to, should and ought to, practised in a polite request for a narrow exception to a phone rule with two agreed conditions.
B1A conversation you can use
A B1 pre-intermediate (A2–B1) guide to a 120–150 word English post about something you have just done: present perfect for the news, past simple for the details, -ed/-ing reactions and a result or tip at the end.
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.
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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.
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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.
