English practice
Explore English through words, conversations and everyday situations.
B1AdultsA conversation you can use
A B1+ (intermediate plus) guide to reporting a cash machine that gave your card back but no money: cash-machine words, phrasal verbs with it in the right place, and a clear report your bank can act on.
B1BusinessA conversation you can use
B1 English for hosting a business visit: welcoming a guest at reception, Mr, Ms, Dr and first names, phrasal verbs such as pick up and show around, a, an and the, a timed itinerary and asking what guests prefer.
B1AdultsA conversation you can use
A B1 guide to describing a house or flat in English and writing a 130–160-word proposal that keeps funded next steps (if + present, will) apart from wish-list ideas (if + past, would).
B1BusinessA conversation you can use
A2–B1 English for hiring: vacancy, applicant, shortlist and evaluate, the present perfect for experience, polite alternatives to a flat no, and a five-part candidate evaluation with an owner and a deadline.
B1AdultsA conversation you can use
A B1 pre-intermediate (A2–B1) guide to writing first-day tips in English: to + verb for purpose, verbs followed by to or -ing, and have to, don’t have to and mustn’t for rules, choices and things that are not allowed.
B1TeensFocus on the task
How to do the B1 Preliminary and B1 Preliminary for Schools pair discussion: phrases to suggest, agree, disagree politely and decide, if-sentences for reasons, environment words, typical mistakes and a practice routine.
B1AdultsA 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.
B1BusinessA conversation you can use
B1 English for customer service: customer satisfaction, expectations and loyalty, customer versus client, present tenses for future plans, polite ways to say sorry, and a six-heading plan for a service pilot.
B1AdultsA 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.
B1BusinessA conversation you can use
A2–B1 English for customer complaints: complaint, refund, replacement and delay, softening bad news, comparatives to explain a solution, a complaint call and a five-part complaint record with an owner and a follow-up date.
B1AdultsA 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.
B1TeensFocus on the task
How to write the B1 Preliminary and B1 Preliminary for Schools article: a four-paragraph plan, a model of about 100 words on screens, present perfect or past simple, typical mistakes and an exam routine.
B1AdultsA 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.
B1BusinessA conversation you can use
B1 language for presenting a new system at work: linking features to benefits with “which means” and “so”, let, enable and allow, comparatives with much and slightly, and a five-heading recommendation with a condition.
B1AdultsA 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.
B1BusinessA conversation you can use
A2–B1 English for business visits: company-structure words, welcoming a visitor at reception, questions with who, what and when, polite indirect questions, confirming details and a schedule for several hosts.
B1AdultsA 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.
B1TeensA conversation you can use
How to do B1 Preliminary and B1 Preliminary for Schools Reading Part 2: underline each person’s three needs, check every one, spot texts that fit only two and manage your time. B1 level, ages 12–16.
