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Writing

UX notes: describe what the participant did

Separate an observed action from your interpretation of it.

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Speaking

Clarify a web feature: who changes, and for how long?

Ask two concrete questions before turning a vague feature request into a promise.

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Grammar

Enjoy doing something: use the -ing form

Say what you enjoy doing, and avoid enjoy to do.

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Grammar

I’ve been working: an activity continuing until now

Connect an earlier start to an activity still continuing now.

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Phrasal verbs

Grow up or bring up a child?

Separate someone’s childhood from the work of raising that child.

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Phrasal verbs

Move in and move out: changing homes

Describe starting life in a new home and leaving an old one.

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Speaking

Offer help with “Can I…?”

Make a specific offer and give the other person room to accept or decline.

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Speaking

Ask how to spell a name, then confirm it

Get the letters you need without confusing spelling, pronunciation and meaning.

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Writing

There, their or they’re? Proofread by meaning

Use three quick checks for three words that can sound alike.

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Writing

Keep a paragraph focused on one main idea

Choose supporting details that actually explain your paragraph’s main point.

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Vocabulary

Learn or study? Choose the useful pattern

Use learn how to for a skill and study for when preparing for a test.

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Vocabulary

Win a competition, beat an opponent

Choose the verb by looking at the person, contest or prize after it.

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