English practice
Explore English through words, conversations and everyday situations.
B1AdultsA conversation you can use
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.
B1BusinessA 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.
B1AdultsA 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.
B1BusinessA 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.
B1AdultsA 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.
B1TeensA conversation you can use
How to describe your home for an exchange guest at B1 level (B1 Preliminary and B1 Preliminary for Schools): not as … as, too … to, big enough, much bigger, words for homes and a 60-word model host profile.
B1AdultsA conversation you can use
A B1+ (intermediate plus) guide to texting about a trip in English: what a short message can leave out, present simple and continuous for timetables and plans, and a five-message plan with one problem and its solution.
B1BusinessA 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.
B1AdultsA conversation you can use
A B1 guide to explaining a duplicate payment in English: cost, charge, pay for, owe and afford, past simple or present perfect, and a call that ends with an action, a deadline and a confirmation.
B1BusinessA 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.
B1AdultsA conversation you can use
Write a short travel story in English at B1 (pre-intermediate) level: the past continuous for the background, the past simple for the events, when, suddenly, because, so and although, and a clear ending in 120–150 words.
B1TeensNotice the pattern
How teens preparing for B1 Preliminary (B1) use used to, didn’t use to and Did you use to …?, combine them with the past simple and past continuous, and write a 40–50-word then-and-now paragraph.
B1AdultsA conversation you can use
A B1 guide to describing a room in English: precise prepositions such as against, along and above, adjective position and comparisons, and a four-paragraph plan that ends with your view of the room.
B1BusinessA conversation you can use
B1 phrases for explaining what you do at work: work as, in, for and with, responsible for, in charge of, deal with, “mainly”, routine versus current project, and a short profile for a company website.
B1AdultsA conversation you can use
A B1 guide to present and future forms: habits or now, state verbs, and when to use will, going to or the present continuous, practised in a 180–220-word balanced opinion about shared meals.
B1BusinessA conversation you can use
A2–B1 English for presenting a company: head office, subsidiaries, markets, turnover and profit, present simple facts, figures said clearly and a short introduction at a networking event.
B1AdultsA conversation you can use
B1 phrases to describe a photo in English: there is/are, next to, behind and between, what people are wearing and doing, and a 100–130 word paragraph that ends with why the photo matters.
B1TeensA conversation you can use
How to write the B1 Preliminary and B1 Preliminary for Schools email: answering all four notes, a model reply of about 100 words, friendly tone, since and for, typical mistakes and a practice routine.
