Learn how to use "would" in English. This page covers polite offers, wishes, conditionals, reported speech, and more — ideal for B2/C1 learners and teachers.

Learn how to use gerunds in English, including in the passive voice, and the difference between gerunds and present participles.

Practice your business English conversation skills with these 50 useful questions and phrases.

Boost your business English vocabulary with these 50 high-frequency phrases and helpful dialogues.

Practice your English conversation skills by asking and answering questions with modal verbs. Includes: can, could, will, would, should...

Recommended level: Advanced Quick Reference In most cases, affect is used as a verb and effect is used as a noun. (Ex: "The decision...

Practice using the third conditional with more than 100 conversation questions. This is an ideal resource for upper intermediate and advanced English language learners.

"How do you use despite and in spite of?" Recommended level: Advanced "Is it 'in spite of' or 'despite of'?" Quick Reference Despite and...

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Learn the similarities and differences between "farther" and "further." This page includes an audio reading of the text by the author.

100+ Gerunds and Infinitives Conversation Questions for English Learners Level: intermediate (B1) for "Warm-up" questions; mix of...

Learn how to use "get" in English. This resource includes an extensive list of "get" uses in English, and includes phrasal verbs and other idiomatic uses.

Recommended level: Intermediate Is it "My compliments to the chef" or "My complements to the chef"? Quick Reference Compliment and...

Recommended level: Intermediate / Advanced (for the final two sections of this resource) Quick Reference What does he like? --> Tell me...

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Audio It's no secret that get is one of the most commonly used verbs in the English language, and that it has many idiomatic uses. In...

"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a...

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