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Train platform change

A station announcement contains a destination, an original time, a delay, and a new platform. Which details describe the train now?

Transferring a ticket

The ticket is transferable, but forwarding the email is not enough. What must the buyer change by five on Friday?

Turn down

You can turn down a job because it is unsuitable, or turn down the music because it is too loud. One means refusing an opportunity; the other means lowering a setting.

Turn out

A difficult recipe can turn out well, and a rumour can turn out to be false. The phrase often reveals a final result that was uncertain or surprising.

Turn up

A late guest can turn up at your door, lost keys can turn up under a sofa, and you can turn up the heating. Context separates arrival, discovery and a higher level.

Types of Verbs: Main Helping Linking

Understand Idioms from Context: Clues in Daily Speech

Understanding an indirect refusal

A colleague says your invitation sounds lovely, then mentions a family commitment and suggests another week. Did they accept or decline?

Unless vs until: choose time or condition

Up to or upto: Which Is Correct?

Using Commas: Where Commas Belong

Using Like and As for Clear English Comparisons

Verbs followed by infinitives: choose the next verb

Vocabulary exercises: use words in context

Volunteer arrival instructions

Volunteers enter through one gate, register at a tent and then split into two teams. Can you put the instructions in order?

Weather-dependent plans

Two friends want a picnic, but the forecast may change. What will they do in each possible weather condition?

When or if: Choosing the Right Word

When to Use The: Practical English Rules

Whenever or When Ever: One Word or Two?

Who Said What? Passing On a Message

Who booked the room? A name and I or a name and me

Whose bag is it? Describing people and their belongings

Why English class matters: four practical habits