English practice
Explore English through words, conversations and everyday situations.
A1BusinessA 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.
A1AdultsA 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.
A1KidsLearn together
Help your child talk about weekend hobbies in English (A1, ages 7–10), from “I like playing chess.” and “Does she like fishing?” to a short penfriend email with I’m, I’ve got and I don’t.
A1KidsLearn together
Help your child say how a group feels in English (A1, ages 6–9): hot, cold, hungry, thirsty, happy and sad with “we’re”, “they’re” and “Are they…?”
A1BusinessA 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”.
A1AdultsA 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.
A1KidsLearn together
Help your child ask and answer “Where are you from?” in English (A1, ages 7–10), name eight countries and switch between I, he, she, it, we and they, from “I’m from Brazil.” to “It’s from Thailand.”
A1KidsLearn together
Help your child choose this, that, these or those in English (A1) by checking two things: is it near or far, and is it one thing or more? With classroom words and recorded examples.
A1BusinessA 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.
A1AdultsNotice 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.
A1KidsLearn together
Help your child count to 100 in English and build any number from tens and ones (A1, ages 7–10), from “Seven tens and three ones.” to “It is seventy-three.”
A1KidsLearn together
Help your child name relatives in English and describe their hair with has got (A1), from “My aunt has got long hair.” to the short answer “Yes, he has.”
A1BusinessA conversation you can use
A1 phrases for a first introduction at work: say your name and job, choose “a” or “an”, spell your surname and introduce a colleague.
A1AdultsA conversation you can use
A1 phrases to order coffee in English, understand the barista’s questions and spell your name when it’s misheard, plus a 10-minute daily practice routine.
