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- Need and want: say what is necessary and what you would like Use need and want with things and actions, ask questions, explain a purpose, and make a simple request. A1
- Help: ask for support and say what you can do Ask for help, offer it, name the person and task, and use help as a verb or a noun in everyday situations. A1
- Available and free: check time, access and price Ask whether something can be used, arrange a time to meet, and distinguish free time from a free service. A2
- Cost an arm and a leg: meaning and use Describe a high price in conversation. Practice cost and paid, past and present forms, and more neutral ways to discuss money. B1
- Countable and uncountable nouns Choose a, some, much and many, count amounts with units, and see why chicken or glass can have more than one meaning. A2
- Present simple: habits, facts and everyday questions Describe routines and facts, add the right ending, and make questions and negatives with do and does. A1
- Past simple: finished events, questions and negatives Tell someone what happened, choose regular and irregular past forms, and use did, didn't, was and were. A2
- A, an, the or no article? Choose articles by countability, sound and what your listener can identify, with practice in everyday situations. A2
- Appointment: arrange, change and keep a time Use appointment for an arranged visit, choose useful booking phrases, and distinguish a meeting from a reservation. B1
- Hit the nail on the head: meaning and use Recognize an accurate comment or explanation. Practice the fixed phrase, verb forms and useful ways to agree or qualify your agreement. B2
- In, on or at for time: days, dates and clock times Choose time prepositions for schedules, learn at night and on Monday morning, and know when no preposition is needed. A2
- A piece of cake: meaning and use Describe a task that feels very easy. Practice full sentences, short replies, negative forms and considerate ways to talk about difficulty. B2
- Advice or advise: suggestions and the action Use advice as an uncountable noun, build common phrases, and choose advise when the sentence needs a verb. B1
- Present simple or present continuous? Describe routines, actions in progress and temporary situations, and choose the right form when a verb's meaning changes. B1
- A lot, alot or allot: which is correct? Use a lot for quantity or degree and allot for assigning a share. Practice spacing, of, word order and the forms allotted and allotting. B1
- On the same page: sharing an understanding Use on the same page to check a shared plan or understanding. Practice the sentence patterns, clarify a misunderstanding and choose a plain… B1
- Opportunity: a chance to do something Use opportunity with to, of and for, talk about chances you take or miss, and distinguish opportunity from possibility. B1
- Give someone a hand: asking for and offering help Ask for help with give someone a hand. Practice requests, offers, task patterns and past forms, and distinguish helping from applauding. B1
- Reliable: people, things and information you can trust Describe dependable people and equipment, compare reliability, and choose reliable, reliably, reliability or rely on. B1
- Can and could: ability, permission and requests Use can and could to describe skills, ask permission, request help and suggest a plan. Practice the forms and choose meanings from everyday… A2
- Comparative and superlative adjectives Compare everyday things with forms such as cheaper, more comfortable and the best. Learn spelling changes, equal comparisons and how to… A2
- If Clauses: Real and Imagined Situations An if clause sets up a requirement that must be met before a particular result can occur. Depending on how likely or realistic that… B1 4 s
- Irony meaning: what makes situations ironic Situational irony occurs when an action, tool, or policy produces an outcome that directly contradicts its intended purpose. The clash must… B2 3 s
- Everyday Idioms in Context: Clues from the Situation An idiom is a fixed phrase whose overall meaning differs from the literal definition of each separate word. In natural speech, context… B1 5 s
Sentences from lessons
- Job interview English: Clear answers and pauses from ‘Job interview English: Clear answers and pauses’ B2 29 s Included with membership
- Come across from ‘Come across’ B1 17 s Included with membership
- Hand in from ‘Hand in’ B1 24 s Included with membership
- Arbitrary: Meaning and Everyday Use from ‘Arbitrary: Meaning and Everyday Use’ B2 19 s Included with membership
