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How to ask follow-up questions in English
Ask about a detail, an experience or a reason.
3 practice questions · Explained answersRead & practiceGrammar
How to make English sentences clearer
Keep the meaning, clarify the subject and separate ideas.
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How to tell a short story in English
Share a past experience with a scene, an event and an ending.
3 practice questions · Explained answersRead & practiceWriting
Join sentences with and, but and so
Choose a connector and use a comma between complete clauses.
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English collocations: words that work together
Practice “make a decision,” “do homework” and “heavy rain.”
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What does turn down mean? Volume and offers
Use the situation to tell lowering the volume from refusing an offer.
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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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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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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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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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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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Grammar82 lessons
- A or the? Does the listener know which one?
- A university, an hour: listen to the first sound
- Ago or before? Find the reference point
- Already or yet? Talk about what has happened
- Another or other: what comes before the noun?
- As … as: compare equal qualities
- At eight, on Tuesday, in October: choose the time preposition
- Because or because of? Look at the words that follow
- Bicycles or the bicycles? General and specific plurals
- Both Maya and Leo are here: include two people
- By or until: finish by four, stay until five
- Can and could: talk about skills now and before
- Careful or carefully? Describe the person or the action
- Comparatives with than: compare two options
- Could you tell me where the station is? Get the word order right
- Despite or although: keep the contrast, change the pattern
- Didn’t go, not didn’t went: past negatives
- Do or does? Make a present-simple question
- During or for: when, or how long?
- Enjoy doing something: use the -ing form
- Enough chairs, quiet enough: where does enough go?
- Everyone is or everyone are? Match the verb
- Few or a few? Show how you view a small number
- Fewer or less? Items and amounts
- Future continuous: I’ll be working at that time
- Future perfect: finished by a future deadline
- Had already sent: show what happened earlier in the past
- Has been or has gone: is the person back?
- Help me, talk to her: choose the object pronoun
- How far or how long? Ask about a journey
- How to make English sentences clearer
- I teach or I’m teaching? Usual and temporary activities
- I’ve been working: an activity continuing until now
- IELTS summaries: check the word type and the meaning
- If I had left earlier: imagine a different past
- If I had more time: imagine a different situation
- If it rains, we’ll…: explain a possible future plan
- May and might: possible, but not certain
- Most or most of? Look at the next word
- Much or many? Choose the right word for an amount
- Must be or can’t be: deductions
- Mustn’t or don’t have to? A ban is not a choice
- My or mine? Say who the bag belongs to
- Nina’s notebook: show who owns it
- One of my friends is: a plural group, one person
- Past continuous: what were you doing when it happened?
- Past simple or present perfect? Experience and finished time
- Should or must? Separate advice from a requirement
- Since or for? A starting point or a length of time
- So that: explain the purpose of an action
- Some advice, not an advice
- Some or any? Make an offer and explain what is available
- The cheapest option: use superlatives in a group
- The colleague who handles bookings: identify a person
- The rooms are cleaned: present simple passive
- This, these, that or those? Point to the right things
- TOEFL Reading: find what a pronoun refers to
- TOEFL sentence practice: either…or alternatives
- TOEFL sentence practice: I wish I had more time
- TOEFL sentence practice: not only…but also
- TOEFL sentence practice: such a useful example
- TOEFL sentences: report a request
- TOEFL sentences: so clear that everyone understood
- TOEIC connectors: however or therefore?
- TOEIC grammar practice: each employee has
- TOEIC grammar: attached or attaching?
- TOEIC Grammar: find the subject before choosing the verb
- TOEIC Grammar: responsible for doing
- TOEIC grammar: we’ll reply as soon as we receive it
- TOEIC grammar: what does “provided that” mean?
- TOEIC word families: efficiency, efficient, or efficiently?
- TOEIC Writing: recommend that she review
- Too expensive or very expensive?
- Two bus stops: which noun becomes plural?
- Used to or usually? A habit before and now
- Usually and never: where do they go in a sentence?
- Was able to: one successful action
- Was or were? Describe a past situation
- When can you leave out that in a relative clause?
- Who called Mia? Or who did Mia call?
- Will or going to: when did you decide?
- Zero conditional: explain a regular result
Speaking59 lessons
- Accept a compliment and share the credit
- Accept or decline an invitation clearly
- AI English: clarify what an acceptable output means
- AI English: explain what a pilot can and cannot do
- Apologize for a small mistake and offer a repair
- Ask how to spell a name, then confirm it
- Campaign briefs: audience and intended action
- Can I…? Ask permission for your own action
- Clarify a web feature: who changes, and for how long?
- Cloud English: latest reading or peak?
- Cloud English: which environment?
- Correct yourself clearly: “Sorry, I mean…”
- Could you…? Make a clear, polite request
- Data English: what counts as an active user?
- Data science English: inconclusive is not no effect
- Discuss a precision–recall tradeoff in English
- Explain an agreed rollback condition in English
- Finance English: what does below plan mean?
- Game English: when does the sound start?
- Give directions: go past it, then turn at it
- Give useful playtest feedback: moment, experience, suggestion
- How to agree partly and explain your concern
- How to ask follow-up questions in English
- How to ask for clarification in English
- How to end a friendly conversation politely
- How to tell a short story in English
- I’m from Spain or I’m Spanish? Introduce yourself clearly
- IELTS Speaking Part 1: add a relevant detail
- IELTS Speaking Part 2: turn event notes into an outline
- IELTS Speaking Part 3: explain how a cause leads to an effect
- IELTS Speaking Part 3: qualify a general claim
- IELTS Speaking: compare then and now
- IELTS Speaking: explain a word you cannot remember
- IELTS Speaking: make an object description specific
- IELTS Speaking: show a person’s quality with an example
- Interrupt politely—and return the turn
- Introduce two people
- Introduce yourself: a name and a connection
- Leave a voicemail that invites a callback
- ML English: training data or prediction input?
- Need a moment? Use “Let me think” and then answer
- Offer help with “Can I…?”
- Order food: name the item and the choice
- Project English: add it or replace it?
- Quarter past or quarter to? Confirm the right time
- Respond to good news and disappointing news
- Respond to thanks: “You’re welcome”
- Say a price clearly: dollars and cents
- Security English: clarify an event timestamp
- Software English: ask what should happen when input is empty
- TOEFL interview answers: compare options on one clear point
- TOEFL interview practice: connect a goal to a first step
- TOEFL interview practice: explain what you learned
- TOEFL interview practice: explain your own contribution
- TOEIC Speaking practice: correct a detail using a schedule
- UX English: explain what changed and why
- UX feedback: ask about one design decision
- UX interview English: ask without suggesting the answer
- Why don’t we…? Suggest a shared plan
Writing98 lessons
- “Better” on what? Compare model results precisely
- A 20-minute break or 20 minutes?
- AI English: hand off a draft for review
- AI English: report variation across repeated runs
- Bug reports: expected versus actual behavior
- Bug reports: write steps someone can follow
- Clarify a backfill date range in English
- Cloud English: explain a maintenance window
- Code review English: ask why a change is needed
- Code-review English: required change or suggestion?
- Commas in a three-item list
- Complete a sentence that starts with because
- Data engineering English: explain a field rename
- Data engineering English: explain a report’s data cutoff
- Data engineering English: waiting is not failed
- Data English: say who a survey percentage describes
- Data English: what exactly is repeated?
- Do languages and nationalities need capital letters?
- Drivers’ lockers: possessives with plural owners
- Email attachments: name the file and the next step
- Email links: say what the reader will open
- Explain conflicting AI output requirements
- Finance English: explain a one-time cost
- Finance English: state the assumption behind a forecast
- Game development English: report how often a bug appeared
- Game English: explain a placeholder and request its replacement
- Game English: report text that gets cut off
- IELTS Academic Task 1: choose the main pattern for an overview
- IELTS Academic Writing: describe process steps in the right order
- IELTS chart writing: percent or percentage points?
- IELTS General Training: keep a letter’s tone consistent
- IELTS General Training: make the letter’s purpose clear
- IELTS letters: finish with a clear, relevant request
- IELTS map changes: say what replaced what
- IELTS Task 1 comparisons: keep the units and year
- IELTS Task 1: from, to and by in data changes
- IELTS Task 1: just over, just under, or about?
- IELTS Task 1: stable or fluctuating?
- IELTS Task 2: address both views and your opinion
- IELTS Task 2: finish the argument you developed
- IELTS Task 2: give a paragraph a clear point
- Its or it’s? Check the apostrophe before you send
- Join sentences with and, but and so
- Keep a paragraph focused on one main idea
- Marketing English: approve which version?
- Marketing English: ask what supports a claim
- Marketing English: drafted, approved, or live?
- Marketing English: more clicks does not mean more signups
- Marketing English: write a clear localization brief
- Meeting notes: confirmed actions and open questions
- ML English: a validation result is not a test result
- ML English: explain what changed between runs
- ML English: report an input change without jumping to a conclusion
- Next update or recovery time? Write a clear service notice
- Over or under budget: explain the difference
- Parallel lists: keep the same grammatical pattern
- Project English: ask for the input your task needs
- Project updates: a risk or a current issue?
- Project-manager English: state the decision needed
- Project-manager English: what should move if this comes first?
- Put the comma after the whole introductory clause
- Question mark or period? Check the whole sentence
- Quotation marks for direct speech: one clear pattern
- Release notes: what needs to change?
- Report an estimated range without making a promise
- Security English: clarify an access request
- Security English: request a redacted copy
- Security English: request read-only access
- Security handoffs: who owns the next action?
- There, their or they’re? Proofread by meaning
- To, too, or two? Check the meaning
- TOEFL Academic Discussion: answer the other person’s concern
- TOEFL discussion: support your contribution
- TOEFL email practice: cover every requested point
- TOEFL email tone: write for the reader
- TOEFL email writing: propose a solution that fits
- TOEFL email: ask permission and state how long
- TOEFL email: correct an earlier detail clearly
- TOEFL email: explain the actual problem
- TOEIC email practice: suggest another meeting time
- TOEIC Reading: choose a sentence that fits the paragraph
- TOEIC Writing: use both cue words
- Use a colon to introduce a short list
- Use a semicolon between two complete clauses
- UX English: describe the participants you need
- UX handoff: name the trigger and state
- UX notes: describe what the participant did
- Web development English: write a useful form error
- Web English: observation or diagnosis?
- Web English: report a keyboard focus problem
- Web English: write a helpful no-results message
- Who does she mean? Make pronoun references clear
- Write a polite reminder with a clear action
- Write an email subject that tells the reader why
- Write button text that matches the action
- Write clear game instructions: hold and release
- Write dates clearly: name the month
- Your or you’re? Expand it before you send
Vocabulary69 lessons
- Accept or except? Agreeing is not excluding
- Actually or currently? A correction or a time update
- Affect or effect? Influence and result
- Associated with or caused by? Describe a data pattern
- Beside or besides: a place or an extra point?
- Bored or boring? Feeling or cause
- Borrow or lend? Follow the direction of the item
- Bring or take? Choose a point of view
- Cloud English: allocated versus used storage
- Data English: mean or median?
- Economic and economical: two useful meanings
- Efficient or effective: resources or results?
- English collocations: words that work together
- Finance English: keep the currency and scale
- Finance English: MTD, YTD and the cutoff
- Fun or funny? Enjoyment, laughter and a surprise meaning
- Hard or hardly? Effort is not the same as almost nothing
- Hear or listen? Sound and attention
- IELTS Reading headings: choose the main idea
- IELTS Reading: False or Not Given?
- IELTS Reading: keep a completion within the word limit
- IELTS Reading: locate specific information
- IELTS Reading: match sentence endings by meaning
- IELTS Reading: whose view is it?
- IELTS short answers: answer the question being asked
- Included, omitted or added? Describe an AI response
- Job or work? Name the position or the activity
- Learn or study? Choose the useful pattern
- Missing is not zero: describe a data-quality issue
- Opportunity or possibility? A chance to act or something that may happen
- Remember or remind: who needs the reminder?
- Rise or raise? Follow what goes up
- Say or tell? Check where the person goes
- See, look at, or watch?
- Sensible or sensitive: practical judgment or feelings?
- Suspicious or confirmed? Report security evidence clearly
- TOEFL daily-life reading: waitlisted or confirmed?
- TOEFL reading inferences: do not make the claim stronger
- TOEFL Reading: check both conditions in a notice
- TOEFL Reading: check the ending of a partly missing word
- TOEFL Reading: choose the main point, not one detail
- TOEFL reading: choose the next action from a notice
- TOEFL Reading: expected result or observed result?
- TOEFL Reading: notice the writer’s judgment
- TOEFL reading: use context to choose a word’s meaning
- TOEFL reading: what happened first?
- TOEFL reading: why is this example included?
- TOEFL word completion: recognize negative un-
- TOEIC invoice reading: total, amount paid, and balance due
- TOEIC job notices: when and how to apply
- TOEIC notices: check every return requirement
- TOEIC notices: what does except actually exclude?
- TOEIC notices: what does within mean?
- TOEIC notices: when does the new rule take effect?
- TOEIC notices: who should you contact instead?
- TOEIC reading practice: canceled or a no-show?
- TOEIC Reading: combine two texts for one answer
- TOEIC Reading: find the main purpose of a message
- TOEIC Reading: follow a revised schedule
- TOEIC reading: included or an extra charge?
- TOEIC Reading: packs or individual items?
- TOEIC Reading: refund or store credit?
- TOEIC reading: who is this notice for?
- TOEIC vocabulary: backordered or discontinued?
- TOEIC vocabulary: renew a license, resume a meeting
- TOEIC vocabulary: required or preferred?
- Travel, trip, and journey: choose the noun
- Win a competition, beat an opponent
- Workplace English: meet or miss a deadline
Phrasal verbs68 lessons
- “Put it off” or “put off it”?
- Back up your files: make an extra copy
- Browse through: look over the options
- Call it off: cancel a planned event
- Calm down: a change in how someone feels
- Carry on working: say that an activity continues
- Carry out a plan: move from an idea to action
- Catch up: exchange news with an old friend
- Check in for a flight: explain this airport step
- Check out of a hotel: finish your stay
- Clean up: deal with the mess
- Clear out: make room in a cabinet
- Count on someone: trust them to help
- Deal with a problem: say who will handle it
- Dress up for an event: wear more formal clothes
- Drop someone off: offer a ride to a place
- Eat out: choose a restaurant meal
- Fill up: a full tank
- Free up space: make storage available again
- Get along with: describe a good relationship
- Get back to someone: promise a later reply
- Get on or get off the bus?
- Get over a cold: describe your recovery
- Give up trying: say when an attempt stops
- Go over your notes: review something carefully
- Grow up or bring up a child?
- Hang out with a friend: make a relaxed plan
- Hang up: end a phone call
- Join in: take part with other people
- Let someone down: when people count on you
- Lock up: make the building secure before you leave
- Log in: access an account you already have
- Look after someone: talk about taking care of them
- Look forward to meeting or look forward to meet?
- Look into a problem: ask someone to investigate
- Marked down: understand the lower price
- Move in and move out: changing homes
- Pay off a loan: the remaining debt reaches zero
- Pay someone back: return borrowed money
- Pick out a gift: choose it before you buy it
- Print it out: ask for a paper copy
- Put it away: return something to its usual place
- Put on some music: start a recording
- Queue up and line up
- Ring up your items: English at the checkout
- Run out of: meaning and everyday examples
- Save up for something: name your goal
- Set it up: prepare a device for use
- Set off for a place: describe starting a journey
- Set up a meeting: arrange it before it starts
- Show up: arrive for a meeting or event
- Sing along: join the music
- Sit out a round: choose not to take part
- Sold out: say why there is nothing left to buy
- Stock up on: buy enough for later
- Take it back: return something you bought
- Take off: when a plane leaves the ground
- Take over: become responsible for someone’s task
- Take up a hobby: talk about starting something new
- Throw away: get rid of something you do not need
- Top up a card: add more credit
- Try it on: check how clothes fit or look
- Turn it on: start a device
- Type it in: enter text with a keyboard
- Warm up: get ready for physical activity
- What does pick up mean when the phone rings?
- What does turn down mean? Volume and offers
- Work out or workout? Talk about exercise
Exam preparationIELTS · TOEFL iBT · TOEIC100 lessons
IELTS33 lessons
- Comparatives with than: compare two options
- How to agree partly and explain your concern
- IELTS Academic Task 1: choose the main pattern for an overview
- IELTS Academic Writing: describe process steps in the right order
- IELTS chart writing: percent or percentage points?
- IELTS General Training: keep a letter’s tone consistent
- IELTS General Training: make the letter’s purpose clear
- IELTS letters: finish with a clear, relevant request
- IELTS map changes: say what replaced what
- IELTS Reading headings: choose the main idea
- IELTS Reading: False or Not Given?
- IELTS Reading: keep a completion within the word limit
- IELTS Reading: locate specific information
- IELTS Reading: match sentence endings by meaning
- IELTS Reading: whose view is it?
- IELTS short answers: answer the question being asked
- IELTS Speaking Part 1: add a relevant detail
- IELTS Speaking Part 2: turn event notes into an outline
- IELTS Speaking Part 3: explain how a cause leads to an effect
- IELTS Speaking Part 3: qualify a general claim
- IELTS Speaking: compare then and now
- IELTS Speaking: explain a word you cannot remember
- IELTS Speaking: make an object description specific
- IELTS Speaking: show a person’s quality with an example
- IELTS summaries: check the word type and the meaning
- IELTS Task 1 comparisons: keep the units and year
- IELTS Task 1: from, to and by in data changes
- IELTS Task 1: just over, just under, or about?
- IELTS Task 1: stable or fluctuating?
- IELTS Task 2: address both views and your opinion
- IELTS Task 2: finish the argument you developed
- IELTS Task 2: give a paragraph a clear point
- Join sentences with and, but and so
TOEFL iBT34 lessons
- How to agree partly and explain your concern
- How to ask for clarification in English
- Join sentences with and, but and so
- TOEFL Academic Discussion: answer the other person’s concern
- TOEFL daily-life reading: waitlisted or confirmed?
- TOEFL discussion: support your contribution
- TOEFL email practice: cover every requested point
- TOEFL email tone: write for the reader
- TOEFL email writing: propose a solution that fits
- TOEFL email: ask permission and state how long
- TOEFL email: correct an earlier detail clearly
- TOEFL email: explain the actual problem
- TOEFL interview answers: compare options on one clear point
- TOEFL interview practice: connect a goal to a first step
- TOEFL interview practice: explain what you learned
- TOEFL interview practice: explain your own contribution
- TOEFL reading inferences: do not make the claim stronger
- TOEFL Reading: check both conditions in a notice
- TOEFL Reading: check the ending of a partly missing word
- TOEFL Reading: choose the main point, not one detail
- TOEFL reading: choose the next action from a notice
- TOEFL Reading: expected result or observed result?
- TOEFL Reading: find what a pronoun refers to
- TOEFL Reading: notice the writer’s judgment
- TOEFL reading: use context to choose a word’s meaning
- TOEFL reading: what happened first?
- TOEFL reading: why is this example included?
- TOEFL sentence practice: either…or alternatives
- TOEFL sentence practice: I wish I had more time
- TOEFL sentence practice: not only…but also
- TOEFL sentence practice: such a useful example
- TOEFL sentences: report a request
- TOEFL sentences: so clear that everyone understood
- TOEFL word completion: recognize negative un-
TOEIC35 lessons
- Could you…? Make a clear, polite request
- English collocations: words that work together
- Respond to good news and disappointing news
- TOEIC connectors: however or therefore?
- TOEIC email practice: suggest another meeting time
- TOEIC grammar practice: each employee has
- TOEIC grammar: attached or attaching?
- TOEIC Grammar: find the subject before choosing the verb
- TOEIC Grammar: responsible for doing
- TOEIC grammar: we’ll reply as soon as we receive it
- TOEIC grammar: what does “provided that” mean?
- TOEIC invoice reading: total, amount paid, and balance due
- TOEIC job notices: when and how to apply
- TOEIC notices: check every return requirement
- TOEIC notices: what does except actually exclude?
- TOEIC notices: what does within mean?
- TOEIC notices: when does the new rule take effect?
- TOEIC notices: who should you contact instead?
- TOEIC reading practice: canceled or a no-show?
- TOEIC Reading: choose a sentence that fits the paragraph
- TOEIC Reading: combine two texts for one answer
- TOEIC Reading: find the main purpose of a message
- TOEIC Reading: follow a revised schedule
- TOEIC reading: included or an extra charge?
- TOEIC Reading: packs or individual items?
- TOEIC Reading: refund or store credit?
- TOEIC reading: who is this notice for?
- TOEIC Speaking practice: correct a detail using a schedule
- TOEIC vocabulary: backordered or discontinued?
- TOEIC vocabulary: renew a license, resume a meeting
- TOEIC vocabulary: required or preferred?
- TOEIC word families: efficiency, efficient, or efficiently?
- TOEIC Writing: recommend that she review
- TOEIC Writing: use both cue words
- Workplace English: meet or miss a deadline
Career EnglishFind English for your profession.78 lessons
Project Managers6 lessons
Software Engineers6 lessons
UX Designers6 lessons
Digital Marketers6 lessons
Financial Analysts6 lessons
Cybersecurity Analysts6 lessons
Cloud Engineers6 lessons
AI Engineers6 lessons
Machine Learning Engineers6 lessons
- “Better” on what? Compare model results precisely
- Discuss a precision–recall tradeoff in English
- ML English: a validation result is not a test result
- ML English: explain what changed between runs
- ML English: report an input change without jumping to a conclusion
- ML English: training data or prediction input?
Data Scientists6 lessons
Data Engineers6 lessons
Full Stack Web Developers6 lessons
Game Developers6 lessons
- Game development English: report how often a bug appeared
- Game English: explain a placeholder and request its replacement
- Game English: report text that gets cut off
- Game English: when does the sound start?
- Give useful playtest feedback: moment, experience, suggestion
- Write clear game instructions: hold and release
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