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.
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Nouns and amounts
Choose noun forms and articles, then use advice, experience and quantity expressions.
Requests and arrangements
Say what you need, ask for help and make everyday arrangements.
- Need and want: say what is necessary and what you would likeA1
- Can and could: ability, permission and requestsA2
- Help: ask for support and say what you can doA1
- Borrow or lend: who gives and who receives?B1
- Appointment: arrange, change and keep a timeB1
- Available and free: check time, access and priceA2
- Reliable: people, things and information you can trustB1
Work and cooperation
Describe experience and opportunities, then use expressions for shared understanding and helping someone.
Cost and comparison
Compare choices and describe how much time or money each one takes.
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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.
Study this wordAvailable 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.
Study this wordSpend, take and cost: talk about time and money
Describe what you spend, how much something costs, and how long a task takes. Practice the patterns and past forms.
Study this wordBorrow or lend: who gives and who receives?
Choose borrow or lend, use from and to, and ask to use something that you will return.
Study this wordAppointment: arrange, change and keep a time
Use appointment for an arranged visit, choose useful booking phrases, and distinguish a meeting from a reservation.
Study this wordAdvice or advise: suggestions and the action
Use advice as an uncountable noun, build common phrases, and choose advise when the sentence needs a verb.
Study this wordExperience: skills, events and what happens to you
Choose experience or experiences, describe work skills, and distinguish experiencing something from testing an idea.
Study this wordOpportunity: a chance to do something
Use opportunity with to, of and for, talk about chances you take or miss, and distinguish opportunity from possibility.
Study this wordReliable: people, things and information you can trust
Describe dependable people and equipment, compare reliability, and choose reliable, reliably, reliability or rely on.
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