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This lesson is an overview of the complete English tense system (17 tenses). We look at the formulation, concept, and frequency of use of each tense. You can watch my live presentation here (12 minutes). The Downloadable Zip file contains: 1. Slides: Save or print these for future reference. 2. Written quiz: Take this quiz to test how well you remember the concepts of the 12 most frequently used tenses. 3. Oral version of the quiz: Do the quiz orally (Listen - Answer - Repeat) without reading. Oral drilling is the most important step in activating any structure into your own speech. Check out the details of my 7-week LIVE English Tenses Bootcamp, starting on 12 October 2024. This unique course is fully based on the 'oral drilling' technique to make sure you can use all the tenses reflexively when you speak.

In this lesson, we learn how to use the modal verb 'must' and similar verbs 'have to', 'need to', and 'should' correctly. 1. Download the PDF and read the explanations, and/or watch the live lesson here. 2. Take the quiz to test yourself. Browse all Bonus Lessons (included in Bronze, Silver, and Gold memberships) Interested in accessing the complete online course + all bonus video lessons and extra exercises? See membership plans Memberships also include up to 6 LIVE lessons and workshops a month + 2 WhatsApp group conversations a week to accelerate your progress towards spoken fluency.

Level: B1+ (Lower Intermediate) These exercises improve your understanding and usage of the following structures in your Study Plan: Be doing & Have been doing Have been doing & Have done Browse the 'Extra Exercises' Library (included in Silver and Gold memberships) Interested in accessing the complete online course + all bonus video lessons and extra exercises? See membership plans Memberships also include up to 6 LIVE lessons and workshops a month + 2 WhatsApp group conversations a week to accelerate your progress towards spoken fluency.

Level: B1 (Upper Elementary) These exercises help you to better understand the following structures and use them more reflexively: will do & going to do Be doing & going to do Browse the 'Extra Exercises' Library (included in Silver and Gold memberships) Interested in accessing the complete online course + all bonus video lessons and extra exercises? See membership plans Memberships also include up to 6 LIVE lessons and workshops a month + 2 WhatsApp group conversations a week to accelerate your progress towards spoken fluency.

In this lesson, we review 15 phrasal verbs that are important to use actively if you want to sound more natural. 1. Download the PDF and read the explanations, and/or watch the live lesson here. 2. Take the quiz to test yourself. Browse all Bonus Lessons (included in Bronze, Silver, and Gold memberships) Interested in accessing the complete online course + all bonus video lessons and extra exercises? See membership plans Memberships also include up to 6 LIVE lessons and workshops a month + 2 WhatsApp group conversations a week to accelerate your progress towards spoken fluency.

In this lesson, we review some words that are often confused with each other, such as economic and economical, or politics and policy. 1. Download the PDF and read the explanations, and/or watch the live lesson here. 2. Take the quiz to test yourself. Browse all Bonus Lessons (included in Bronze, Silver, and Gold memberships) Interested in accessing the complete online course + all bonus video lessons and extra exercises? See membership plans Memberships also include up to 6 LIVE lessons and workshops a month + 2 WhatsApp group conversations a week to accelerate your progress towards spoken fluency.

Improve your listening skills and pronunciation while activating your knowledge of grammar and vocabulary. 1. Download the ZIP file that includes both the audio file and the transcript. Do not look at the transcript yet! 2. Listen to the audio once or twice without writing anything down. 3. Listen to the audio little by little, and write the whole passage out. 4. Compare what you've written with the transcript and correct mistakes / fill in gaps. 5. Listen to the audio again while reading the transcript. 6. Listen to the audio again without the transcript. 7. Optional fluency practice: Now you know the passage so well that you can listen to and repeat the passage out loud with the speaker (shadow the speaker). Upgrade your membership to Silver or Gold to access ALL dictation files.

Improve your listening skills and pronunciation while activating your knowledge of grammar and vocabulary. 1. Download the ZIP file that includes both the audio file and the transcript. Do not look at the transcript yet! 2. Listen to the audio once or twice without writing anything down. 3. Listen to the audio little by little, and write the whole passage out. 4. Compare what you've written with the transcript and correct mistakes / fill in gaps. 5. Listen to the audio again while reading the transcript. 6. Listen to the audio again without the transcript. 7. Optional fluency practice: Now you know the passage so well that you can listen to and repeat the passage out loud with the speaker (shadow the speaker). Upgrade your membership to Silver or Gold to access ALL dictation files.

Use this worksheet to prepare for a dialogue about studies and training: 1. Write out the questions you're going to ask your conversation partner. 2. Write out your own answers so you're ready when they ask you the same questions. Lessons you can review: Did & was doing Did & had done Interested in joining two LIVE CONVERSATION workshops each month to improve your speaking skills+ FREE ACCESS to ALL Conversation Practice materials? Just upgrade to the GOLD plan. Browse Conversation worksheets.