English practice
Explore English through words, conversations and everyday situations.
B1AdultsA 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.
B1BusinessA 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?”.
B1AdultsA 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.
B1BusinessA 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.
B1AdultsA conversation you can use
A B1 pre-intermediate (A2–B1) guide to a 120–150 word English post about something you have just done: present perfect for the news, past simple for the details, -ed/-ing reactions and a result or tip at the end.
B1TeensNotice the pattern
How teens preparing for B1 Preliminary (B1) use the present passive, a few, a little and plenty of, cooking verbs and order words to explain how food is made and write an 80-word recipe card.
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.
