Practising English
By M. A. Bilbrough
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Episodes: 234
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Listening practice for learners of B1 intermediate and B2 upper-intermediate levels of British English. Learn British English by listening to stories. Original and exciting stories written for learners and students of British English. Practise and prepare for Cambridge: B1 PET Preliminary and FCE First Certificate exams. IELTS: level 4, level 5 and level 6. Includes English grammar explanations and practice exercises, examples of vocabulary use, phrasal verbs and collocations help, British English pronunciation practice, advice and help for passing B1 and B2 English examinations: Cambridge, IELTS and Trinity. Start practising and improving your British English listening, vocabulary and speaking levels today!
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234. B2 Time Adverbs
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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233. Uses of 'rather' (with dialogue)
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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232. Would and used to with short story
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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231. B1 Do for emphasis (with dialogue)
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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230. B2 story The Visitors (complete version)
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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229. B1 adjectives with hyphens (with dialogue)
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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228. The Medical check-up (expressions for emphasis)
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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227. Talking about the Future (with dialogue)
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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226. Get and verbs of movement B1, B2 and story
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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225. Verbs of Movement with story (B1, B2)
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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224. The Londoner (B1 B2 level story)
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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223. The Cambridge exam B1 story writing
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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222. A Window on Time (complete version) B2 level
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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221. Victims of Nature (complete version) B1, B2
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Dec 29, 2024 |
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220. A Christmas Carol - The end of it (Part 2) B2 story
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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219. A Christmas Carol - The end of it (Part 1) B2 story
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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218. Coming Home (part 2) B1 B2-level story
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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217. Coming Home (part 1) B1, B2-level story
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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216. Candle Burning (part 2) B1-level story
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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215. Candle Burning (part 1) B1-level story
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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214. The Second-hand Shop (B2 Story)
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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213. B1 Intermediate-level Phrasal Verbs 2 (with story)
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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212. B1 Intermediate-level Phrasal Verbs 1 (with story)
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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211. The Visitors (part 2) B1 B2 upper-intermediate level story
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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210. The Visitors (Part 1) B1 B2 story
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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209. A Window on Time - Part 2 (B1 B2 Story)
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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208. A Window on Time - Part 1 (B1 B2 Story)
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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207. Victims of Nature - part 2 (B1 B2 Story)
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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206. Victims of Nature - part 1 (B1 B2 Story)
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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205. Every Dog has his Day (B1 B2 Story)
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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204. Winds of Bolonia (complete B1 story)
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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203. Never Go Back (Complete B1 Story)
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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202. Who was Sidney Peabody (complete B1 story)
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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201. The Spaceman (complete B1 story)
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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200. Tsunami (complete version B1 level)
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Podcast 199 Stories from our listeners (B1 level)
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Podcast 198 Dad (full version) B1 story
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Podcast 197 Story telling from my listeners (B1, B2)
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Podcast 196 Intonation in a Story
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Podcast 195 Uses of SO and REALLY (B1 level)
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Podcast 194 PET exam writing the article B1
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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Podcast 193 FCE writing the essay B2
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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Podcast 192 The Breath of the Mosquito (Part 2) B1 story
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Podcast 191 The Breath of the Mosquito (Part 1) B1 story
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May 26, 2024 |
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Podcast 190 The Harmonica Players (Part 3) B1, B2 story
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May 12, 2024 |
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Podcast 189 The Harmonica Players (Part 2) B1, B2 story
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May 06, 2024 |
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Podcast 188 The Harmonica Players (Part 1) B1, B2 story
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Podcast 187 The River (B1, B2 story)
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Podcast 186 Cambridge Preliminary Speaking Test B1 (part 3)
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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Podcast 185 On The Edge (B1 Story)
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Podcast 184 Drawing Conclusions (B1 B2 Story)
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Podcast 183 Doghouse Reilly Part 2 (B1 B2 Story)
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Podcast 182 Doghouse Reilly Part 1 (B1 B2 Story)
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Podcast 181 The Octopus's Garden B1 B2 (Complete Story)
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Podcast 180 The Octopus's Garden B1 B2 (Part 2)
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Podcast 179 The Octopus's Garden B1 B2 (Part 1)
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Podcast 178 Lunch of the Boat Party (B1 English)
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Podcast 177 Never Go Back (Part 2) B1 level
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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Podcast 176 A Christmas Carol (B1)
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Podcast 175 Never Go Back (Part 1) B1 level
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Podcast 174 Somebody for Jenny (B1 story)
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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Podcast 173 Tsunami (B1 Story Part 2)
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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Podcast 172 Tsunami (B1 story Part 1)
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Podcast 171 The Picnic (short story)
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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Podcast 170 Bigfoot (B1 Short story)
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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Podcast 169 Three Hours between Flights Part 2 (B1 short story)
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Podcast 168 Three Hours between Flights Part 1 (B1 short story)
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Podcast 167 "Dad" part 2 (B1 short story)
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Podcast 166 "Dad" part 1 (B1 short story)
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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Podcast 165 The verb 'to turn' B1 level
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Podcast 164 People Watching (B2 level English)
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Podcast 163 Actually (meaning and uses) B1, B2 English
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Podcast 162. Who's afraid of present perfect? (B1 English)
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Podcast 161 The Quiet Man (Part 2)
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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Podcast 160 The Quiet Man (Part 1)
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Podcast 159 The Fool on the Hill (B1 short story)
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May 22, 2023 |
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Podcast 158 Who was Sidney Peabody? (B1 short story - part 2)
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May 07, 2023 |
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Podcast 157 Who was Sidney Peabody? (B1 short story - part 1)
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May 01, 2023 |
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Podcast 156 The Great Dying (B1-level)
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Podcast 155 Marie Claire (B1 short story)
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Podcast 154 Hattie Weatherspoon (B1 short story)
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Podcast 153 Friendship (B1 short story)
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Podcast 152 The Attic (B1-level short story)
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Podcast 151 After Twenty Years (B1 short story)
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Podcast 150 The Winds of Bolonia (B1 story)
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Podcast 149 Carlos and his English (a story for children)
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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Podcast 148 Generosity (a short story at B1 level)
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Podcast 147 - B2 idioms 2
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Podcast 146 - B2 idioms 1
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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The Jogger (B1 level)
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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A Boy's Story (B1 level)
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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B1 The Inchcape Rock (the story)
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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B1 Bishop Hatto (story)
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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B1 Clothes Vocabulary
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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B1 B2 Thoughts on Queen Elizabeth II
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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B1 Edmund the Elephant (short story)
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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B1 The Spaceman (part 2)
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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B1 The Spaceman (part 1)
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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B1 Bully!
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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B1 Vampire! (short story)
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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B1 The Cucumber (story)
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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B1 The Detectives (story)
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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B2 The Green Door (story)
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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B1 B2 Terms of Endearment
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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B2 C1 Beach and Sea Collocations
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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B1 B2 A Scottish holiday
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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PET Writing Part 2 (story)
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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B1 B2 Parks and Park Vocabulary
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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B2 Intonation (poem of Bishop Hatto)
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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B2 First Certificate speaking part 4
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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B2 FCE Speaking test part 3
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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B1 B2 The uses of the adverb 'long'
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Cambridge First Certificate speaking exam part 2
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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B1 Future forms
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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B2 Wish and If only (a summary)
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May 27, 2022 |
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B1 PET speaking exam part 4
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May 25, 2022 |
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B2 Flight and airport language
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May 20, 2022 |
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B1 Speaking exam Part 3 practice
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May 18, 2022 |
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B1 Speaking exam Part 2 practice
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May 13, 2022 |
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B2 Please and thank you expressions
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May 11, 2022 |
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B1 PET Cambridge English Writing Part 1
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May 06, 2022 |
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B2 Phrasal verbs and the Seville Fair
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May 04, 2022 |
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B1 so and such
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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B2 The weather
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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B1 Definite article 'the' (story: Alone on a Train)
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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B2 Polite language 2 (in a restaurant)
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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B2 use of auxiliaries
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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Easter in UK and Spain
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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B2 Polite language
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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B1 B2 Comparatives and superlatives exceptions
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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B1 Too and enough
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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B2 Intonation in English 3
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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B2 Modal auxiliaries for deductions
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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B1 The order of adjectives
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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B2 Accidents and injuries language
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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B1 Preliminary speaking exam practice part 1.
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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B1 Linking words (Nasreddin story)
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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B2 Intonation in English
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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B1 Clothes shopping vocabulary
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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B2 War and Peace language - Ukraine
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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B1 Towns and Cities
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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B2 Household chores
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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B1 Used to, structure, use and examples
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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B2 The passive voice (with story)
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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B1 B2 Talking about telephones
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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B2 Making predictions with will and going to
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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B2 - Money words and expressions
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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B1 Words of obligation: must, mustn't and have to.
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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B1 The infinitives
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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B2 - Essential B2 holiday language
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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B1 B2 The Tudor Conspiracy (chapter 18 and final chapter)
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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B2 - Prepositions with adjectives and verbs
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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B1 Phrasal verbs for B1
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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B1 B2 The Tudor Conspiracy (chapter 17)
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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B2 Using colloquial language for descriptions
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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B2 Babouscka - a Christmas story
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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B1 B2 The Tudor Conspiracy (chapter 16)
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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B1 Cambridge Preliminary exam listening Part 4
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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B2 expressions with the word 'mind'
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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B1 B2 The Tudor Conspiracy (chapter 15)
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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B1 B2 By the river
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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B1 intensifiers
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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B1 B2 The Tudor Conspiracy (chapter 14)
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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B1 B2 Christmas time in England
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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B2 C1 The Fat One (story at Christmas)
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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B1 B2 The Tudor Conspiracy (chapter 13)
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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B1 adjectives for describing personality
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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B1 B2 Imperatives
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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B1 B2 The Tudor Conspiracy (chapter 12)
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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B1 Some and any
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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B1 B2 Meanings of the verb 'get' 3
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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B1 B2 The Tudor Conspiracy (chapter 11)
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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B1 B2 Meanings of the verb to get 2
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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B1 B2 Meanings of the verb to get 1
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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B1 B2 The Tudor Conspiracy (chapter 10)
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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B1 Interview with a schoolgirl
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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B2 - The language of playing cards
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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B1 B2 The Tudor Conspiracy (chapter 9)
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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B1 Introduction to past perfect
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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B2 - Mixed conditionals
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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B1 B2 The Tudor Conspiracy (chapter 8)
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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B1 Third Conditional (introduction)
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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B1 Introduction to the second conditional
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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B1 B2 The Tudor Conspiracy (chapter 7)
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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B1 B2 Comparatives and their modifiers
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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B1 B2 Language about books
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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B1 B2 The Tudor Conspiracy (chapter 6)
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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B2 The Magician (story) ability in the past
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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B2 C1 Speaking exam phrases - exercise and sport
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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B1 B2 The Tudor Conspiracy (chapter 5)
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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B1 Cambridge Preliminary writing exam practice part 2
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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B2 The rhythm of English
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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B1 B2 The Tudor Conspiracy (chapter 4)
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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B2 IELTS 7 Speaking exam part 1 preparation
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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B1 introduction to the passive
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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B1 B2 The Tudor Conspiracy (chapter 3)
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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B1 'Going to' for predictions and short story
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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B1 B2 Have something done
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Oct 03, 2021 |
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B1 B2 The Tudor Conspiracy (chapter 2)
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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B1 B2 subject and object questions
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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B1 B2 On my balcony
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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B1 B2 The Tudor Conspiracy (chapter 1)
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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B1 B2 News - The La Palma Volcano
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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B2 Formal and informal English 3
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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B2/C1 short story - The man who could work Miracles 4
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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B2+ C1 Household tools and their idioms
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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B1/B2 Bathroom vocabulary
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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B2/C1 short story - The man who could work Miracles 3
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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B1/B2 Formal and informal English 2
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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B2 Future perfect and future continuous
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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B2/C1 short story - The man who could work Miracles 2
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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B2 - Speaking exam practice - holidays
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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B1 Zero and first conditionals
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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B2/C1 short story - The man who could work Miracles 1
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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B1/B2 IELTS 5 Kitchen vocabulary
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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B1/B2 Direct and indirect questions
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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B1/B2 IELTS 6 A nice cup of tea
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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B1 / IELTS 5 Funny story Mr Bates and his hammer
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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B2 English - extreme adjectives
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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B1 practice - come and go
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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B2 - Cycling and bicycle vocabulary
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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B1/B2 Formal and informal English
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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B1 - Without a Tie - funny story in English
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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B2 Hypothesizing in English
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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B2 talking about big numbers - millions etc.
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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B1 revision past continuous (introduction)
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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B1/B2 reported speech and direct speech
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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B1 - The Bell-ringer - short story in English
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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B2 - Mr Briefcase - physical descriptions of people
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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B1/B2 ability in the present and past
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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A2/B1 Expressing likes and dislikes
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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B2 - Tom and the Gorilla - story
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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B1 speaking exam practice
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Welcome to Practising English!
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Jul 12, 2021 |