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Family holiday

Add some prepositions to a story about going on a family holiday

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
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What a great idea!

Learn about exclamative clauses

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
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See and know

Learn about how to use see in spoken English

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
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Actually and actual

Learn about the uses of actually and actual

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
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Very, really, or absolutely?

Learn the difference between very, really and absolutely

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
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How to make a healthy breakfast

Follow a simple recipe and choose the right words to fill some gaps

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
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At work

Choose connectors to complete sentences

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
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The Diamond Eagle

Read a detective story and answer some questions about it

  • B1-B2
  • 5–10 minutes
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Cleft sentences

Learn more about cleft sentences

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
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Discourse markers

In this activity you will define the meaning of some discourse markers

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
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Headers and tails

Learn more about headers and tails, which help you understand the meaning of some sentences

  • B1-B2
  • 5–10 minutes
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At work

Practise your grammar skills with some questions about the world of work

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
Independent

Speaking to the world

Read a story about someone who speaks seven languages and answer some questions

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
Independent

Spoken or written?

Choose whether some sentences are more common in spoken or written English

  • B1-B2
  • 5–10 minutes
Independent

Discourse markers

Fill in the gaps with the right discourse marker

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
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Do or make?

In this vocabulary activity you can learn and practise common collocations with do and make..
  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
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Linking words

Practise your writing by choosing the correct linking words to complete the different sentences.
  • B1-B2
  • 5–10 minutes
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An advertisement

Jane is selling her bicycle and has put an advert on a local website. Complete the advert with the correct phrase in this reading and writing activity.
  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
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Connectors and punctuation

The town council is planning to build a new supermarket. Practise your grammar and vocabulary by choosing the correct connector and punctuation to complete the sentence.
  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
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Past simple and present perfect

Read the text about a holiday in Spain. Choose the correct verb to complete the dialogue and practise the difference between past simple and the present perfect.
  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
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Full stops and commas

Read three versions of a text about running and decide which is the best in terms of punctuation. This reading and writing activity will help you practise the correct use of full stops and commas.
  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
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Order of events

Amber has created her own business. Read the story about Amber and then decide the order in which events happened. This activity helps you practise your reading, grammar and the language used for writing a narrative, including the use of the past perfect.
  • B1-B2
  • 5–10 minutes
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Organising writing

Read the text about taking a holiday on a cruise ship. Then practise your writing by organising the text into paragraphs by using discourse markers.
  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
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Formal and informal verbs

This writing activity practises the difference between formal and informal registers by looking at some common verbs. You need to match the informal verb with the more formal verb.
  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes

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