Practising English
By M. A. Bilbrough
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Episodes: 188
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Listening practice for learners of B1 and B2 levels of English (intermediate and upper-intermediate). Learn English listening to stories. Original stories written for learners of English. Cambridge: PET (Preliminary) and FCE. IELTS: level 4, level 5 and level 6. Includes grammar explanations, examples of vocabulary use, Phrasal verbs and collocations help, pronunciation practice, advice and help for passing B1 and B2 examinations: Cambridge, IELTS and Trinity. Start improving your English listening and speaking levels today.
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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 (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 |