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Grammar

This, these, that or those? Point to the right things

Choose by number and distance when you point to everyday objects.

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Grammar

Careful or carefully? Describe the person or the action

Choose an adjective for a person and an adverb for how an action is done.

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Phrasal verbs

Put it away: return something to its usual place

Use put away for storing things after use, with two noun positions and one pronoun position.

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Phrasal verbs

Try it on: check how clothes fit or look

Talk about trying clothes before deciding, and keep it or them between try and on.

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Phrasal verbs

Call it off: cancel a planned event

Tell someone a plan is canceled, and distinguish call off from put off.

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Phrasal verbs

Look after someone: talk about taking care of them

Offer care with look after, keeping the person or pronoun after the whole expression.

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Phrasal verbs

Check in for a flight: explain this airport step

Use check in for a flight, check in at a desk, and distinguish checking in from boarding.

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Phrasal verbs

Set off for a place: describe starting a journey

Use set off for a destination or set off on a journey, without confusing departure with arrival.

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Grammar

I teach or I’m teaching? Usual and temporary activities

Compare a usual activity with something happening now or around now.

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Grammar

Few or a few? Show how you view a small number

Use one small word to change the emphasis from scarcity to having some.

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Grammar

Should or must? Separate advice from a requirement

Make it clear whether you recommend an action or require it.

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Speaking

Could you…? Make a clear, polite request

Ask someone to do something with could you and a specific action.

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