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Try it on: check how clothes fit or look
Talk about trying clothes before deciding, and keep it or them between try and on.
3 practice questions · Explained answersRead & practiceCall it off: cancel a planned event
Tell someone a plan is canceled, and distinguish call off from put off.
3 practice questions · Explained answersRead & practiceLook after someone: talk about taking care of them
Offer care with look after, keeping the person or pronoun after the whole expression.
3 practice questions · Explained answersRead & practiceCheck 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.
3 practice questions · Explained answersRead & practiceSet 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.
3 practice questions · Explained answersRead & practiceI teach or I’m teaching? Usual and temporary activities
Compare a usual activity with something happening now or around now.
3 practice questions · Explained answersRead & practiceFew or a few? Show how you view a small number
Use one small word to change the emphasis from scarcity to having some.
3 practice questions · Explained answersRead & practiceShould or must? Separate advice from a requirement
Make it clear whether you recommend an action or require it.
3 practice questions · Explained answersRead & practiceCould you…? Make a clear, polite request
Ask someone to do something with could you and a specific action.
3 practice questions · Explained answersRead & practiceBecause or because of? Look at the words that follow
Give a reason with either a clause or a noun phrase.
3 practice questions · Explained answersRead & practiceIf it rains, we’ll…: explain a possible future plan
Connect a possible future condition with the plan that depends on it.
3 practice questions · Explained answersRead & practiceCarry on working: say that an activity continues
Use carry on with an -ing action, or carry on with followed by a noun.
3 practice questions · Explained answersRead & practiceChoose one idea. Try it today.
A small change in a real conversation or message is a useful place to start.
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