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Phrasal verbs

Browse through: look over the options

Describe looking through a collection without reading every detail.

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Phrasal verbs

Join in: take part with other people

Move from watching an activity to taking part in it.

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Speaking

Order food: name the item and the choice

Place a clear order and answer one follow-up question.

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Speaking

Accept a compliment and share the credit

Acknowledge kind words without denying your work or claiming someone else’s.

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Writing

A 20-minute break or 20 minutes?

Use a hyphen and a singular unit when a measurement describes a noun.

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Writing

Drivers’ lockers: possessives with plural owners

Put the apostrophe after a plural ending in s, but add ’s to children.

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Vocabulary

See, look at, or watch?

Choose the focus: noticing, directing your eyes, or following what happens.

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Vocabulary

Travel, trip, and journey: choose the noun

Separate the general activity from one particular visit or movement between places.

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Writing

IELTS Task 2: finish the argument you developed

Choose a conclusion that keeps the position and reasons already supported.

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Writing

IELTS General Training: keep a letter’s tone consistent

Make the greeting, request and closing fit the same relationship.

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Speaking

IELTS Speaking: explain a word you cannot remember

Use a category and a function to keep your meaning clear.

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Vocabulary

TOEFL Reading: choose the main point, not one detail

Check whether a summary covers the paragraph’s central message.

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