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Should 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 & practiceTake over: become responsible for someone’s task
Explain a handover with take over, take over from someone, and take over as a role.
3 practice questions · Explained answersRead & practiceSet it up: prepare a device for use
Learn the equipment meaning of set up and place it correctly in set it up.
3 practice questions · Explained answersRead & practiceEnough chairs, quiet enough: where does enough go?
Choose the position of enough by checking whether it describes an amount or a quality.
3 practice questions · Explained answersRead & practiceComparatives with than: compare two options
Use faster than or more expensive than to explain one clear difference between two choices.
3 practice questions · Explained answersRead & practiceUsually and never: where do they go in a sentence?
Describe a routine with natural adverb placement before an ordinary verb or after am, is and are.
3 practice questions · Explained answersRead & practiceShow up: arrive for a meeting or event
Say who arrived, and avoid assuming that show up always means late.
3 practice questions · Explained answersRead & practiceGive up trying: say when an attempt stops
Use give up with an activity and choose trying instead of to try.
3 practice questions · Explained answersRead & practiceChoose one idea. Try it today.
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