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A small change. The right meaning.
putitoff

The pronoun goes in the middle.

Start here · Phrasal verbs

“Put it off” or “put off it”?

Find the right place for the object, then try it yourself.

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Speaking

How to ask follow-up questions in English

Ask about a detail, an experience or a reason.

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Grammar

How to make English sentences clearer

Keep the meaning, clarify the subject and separate ideas.

3 practice questions · Explained answersRead & practice
Speaking

How to tell a short story in English

Share a past experience with a scene, an event and an ending.

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Writing

Join sentences with and, but and so

Choose a connector and use a comma between complete clauses.

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Vocabulary

English collocations: words that work together

Practice “make a decision,” “do homework” and “heavy rain.”

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Phrasal verbs

What does turn down mean? Volume and offers

Use the situation to tell lowering the volume from refusing an offer.

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Grammar

Do or does? Make a present-simple question

Choose do or does, then keep the main verb in its base form.

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Phrasal verbs

Run out of: meaning and everyday examples

Explain that a supply has been used up, and practice run, ran and have run.

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Grammar

Past simple or present perfect? Experience and finished time

Talk about experience, then switch to the past simple for a finished-time detail.

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Phrasal verbs

Look forward to meeting or look forward to meet?

Learn why meeting follows look forward to, then improve a short message.

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Grammar

Much or many? Choose the right word for an amount

Compare countable items and uncountable amounts, such as minutes and time.

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Phrasal verbs

What does pick up mean when the phone rings?

Understand “nobody picked up” and explain why you missed a call.

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Grammar

A or the? Does the listener know which one?

Introduce an item, then refer to the one your listener can identify.

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Phrasal verbs

Look into a problem: ask someone to investigate

Ask for an investigation and understand what “I’ll look into it” promises.

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Speaking

How to ask for clarification in English

Ask for repetition or an explanation, then confirm what you understood.

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