English practice
Explore English through words, conversations and everyday situations.
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.
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.
A1A conversation you can use
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.
B2A conversation you can use
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.
B1A conversation you can use
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.
B1A conversation you can use
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.
