English practice
Explore English through words, conversations and everyday situations.
B2A conversation you can use
B2 language for comparing how people learn at work and recommending a training mix: synchronous vs asynchronous, case method, tutorial, “prefer A to B”, “recommend + -ing” and a 130–170-word summary with a progress check.
B1A conversation you can use
B1 English for agreeing rules when two teams share an office: five clear fields, rules that say who, what and when, evidence versus open problems, and a one-minute presentation that answers “why?” and “what next?”.
B1A conversation you can use
A2–B1 English for a short company profile that leads to a decision: one key fact, percentages of orders or customers, “a ten-customer trial”, an owner, a review date and a one-minute talk.
A2A conversation you can use
A2 English for suggesting a change at work: describe the problem, give three actions in order, explain why and say what you expect to change, with a short case and a one-minute model.
A1A conversation you can use
A1 phrases for answering a call for a colleague who is out: offer to take a message, note the caller, reason, action and number, and read the number back to check it.
C1A conversation you can use
C1 English for proposing a workplace change: grading certainty with might, likely and bound to, future forms for plans and deadlines, hard and soft data, answering concerns, and a 170–200-word proposal where expansion depends on audited evidence, not speed.
B2A conversation you can use
B2 language for project status meetings and follow-ups: “miss the deadline”, “stay on track”, “go over budget”, present perfect vs past simple, polite challenges and a 130–160-word update for someone who missed the meeting.
B1A conversation you can use
B1 language for reporting progress at work: present perfect or past simple, schedule and budget vocabulary, fall behind and catch up, delegating a task with a deadline, and a five-heading written update.
B1A conversation you can use
A2–B1 English for products and services: adjectives such as reliable, user-friendly and good value, degree words like very, quite and pretty, the past simple for test results and a five-part report with a limit and a next step.
A2A conversation you can use
A1–A2 English for phone orders at work: the five details to ask for, how to say codes, numbers and addresses, how to read them back, and there is/there are for company sites.
A1A conversation you can use
A1 phrases for a short work email that asks for one document: an opening, a reason, a polite request and a closing, plus how to say an email address with “at”, “dot”, “dash” and “underscore”.
C1A conversation you can use
C1 English for proposing how to keep freelance or contract specialists: building on ideas in a meeting, rephrasing under challenge, third and mixed conditionals for past decisions, career-path verbs and a 170–200-word recommendation with measures and a reversal condition.
B2A conversation you can use
B2 language for a customer-centred offer email: “you” and “because”, honest use of free, new, sale, off and best sellers, a five-move email of 100–130 words, and questions that uncover what a client needs.
B1A conversation you can use
B1 English for discussing working hours and leave: flexitime, core hours, overtime, leave, verb + to-infinitive or -ing, “stop to do” versus “stop doing”, and a five-heading proposal for a flexible-working pilot.
B1A conversation you can use
A2–B1 English for talking about the people you work with: report to, deal with, work with and workload, the present continuous for this week’s changes, phone messages and a short plan for sharing urgent calls.
A2A conversation you can use
A2 English for describing what a company makes, sells and provides: industry words, the present simple with -s, does and doesn’t, and a short phone call about an order with a complete message.
A1A conversation you can use
A1 phrases for swapping company details at work: say who you work for, ask where the head office is, use “is” and “isn’t” with he, she and it, and say phone numbers digit by digit.
C1A conversation you can use
C1 language for reporting workplace research in English: separating what you saw from what you were told, stating sample limits, keeping association apart from cause, choosing tenses that show the research stage and writing a 170–200-word decision brief.
