Use of English: Grammar, Vocabulary and Functions
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Tenses and Structures
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Tense Revision – How to use the Verb Table
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Irregular Verb Groups pdf. + Test
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Present Simple vs. Present Continuous
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Ejemplos de Rutina Diaria usando Presente Simple
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Present Perfect vs. Past Simple
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Modal Verbs (Los Modales)
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Modals in the Past
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Expressing the Future (Hablando del Futuro)
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Reported Speech (Estilo Indirecto)
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The Passive (La Voz Pasiva)
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Conditionals: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Mixed – Todos los Condicionales
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Past Subjunctive Phrases (If only, It’s about time, I wish…)
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Comparative and Superlative Adjectives (Comparativos + Superlativos)
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Relative Clauses (Defining/Non-defining) en Español
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Linkers and Connectors
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So or Such?
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Relative Clauses (who, which, whose..)
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Still, Yet, Already & Just
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So, Neither & Nor
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Possessives
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Genitivo Sajon: ¿Sí o No?
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Object Pronouns
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At, In and On (Space)
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At, On and In (Time)
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As …… As Idioms / Expressions
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Common Mistakes: They’re,Their,There – It’s,Its – Your,You’re
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Punctuation: Colons ( : ), Semi-colons ( ; ) and Dashes ( – )
Typical Mistakes and Confusions
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Gerunds and Infinitives: ‘to….’ or ‘….ing’?
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‘Coger/Tomar/Agarrar’: Pick up, Catch, Take or Get?
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Decir/Hablar: Say or Tell, Speak or Talk?
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Make or Do?
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Como: As, Like o How?
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How to use ‘Get’/ Usos de ‘Get’
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Conocer: ‘Meet’ or ‘Know’?
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Contables & Incontables: Some, Many, Few, A lot, Any…
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Verb / Noun / Adjective + Preposition
Verbs and Tenses
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Be/Do Practice Quiz
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See, Look and Watch
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Wait, Hope, Expect (Esperar)
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La Voz Pasiva
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Cuento de Navidad (Pasiva)
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Will vs. Going to
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Future Expressions
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Must(n’t) and Don’t have to
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Indirect Commands and Instructions
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Body Verbs
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Be / Get / Used to
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Embedded and Indirect Questions
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‘-EN-‘ as Prefix/Suffix
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Verbs that look like nouns
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Modals in the Past
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‘Importar’ in English
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Verb + Preposition
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1st/2nd/3rd Conditional
Areas of Vocabulary
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Daily Routine
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Jobs and Personality Adjectives
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In Family: Personality Adjectives
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Everyday Objects
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UK Political System
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Cooking Cornish Pasties
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Healthy Eating
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Typical British Dishes
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Describing Animals
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Advanced Weather Vocab Exercise
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Money and Finance
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Business English Level Test
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Gardening and Gardens
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Irregular Plurals
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School Subjects
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Houses and Furniture
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In the City
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Job Wordsearch
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Job vs. Work
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False Friends
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Crime and Criminals
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Relatives and Family Members
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The Weather
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UK vs US English
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Nombres Celebres Traducidos
How to Talk
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Suggesting and Making Plans
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Agreeing and Disagreeing
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Offering and Asking
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Speaking Exams and Presentations (with Practice)
Functions and Expressions
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New Year (Questions + Poem)
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Telephone Calls
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Mobile English Abbreviations
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Everyday Expressions 1
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Everyday Expressions 2
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Phrases for Tourists
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At the Doctor’s
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‘Wh-‘ and ‘How’ Questions
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Tag Questions
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Quick Spelling Test
Phrasal Verbs
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Phrasal Verbs of Movement
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Phrasal Verb Story
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Phrasal Verb Stories
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Special Days (Phrasal Verb practice)
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Michael Bublé song with Phrasal Verbs
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Phrasal Verb Rap (‘…up’)
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Steve Jobs Speech with Phrasal Verbs
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Money and Finance
How to Write
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Writing Exam Practice
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7 Techniques for Better Writing
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Argumentative Compositions
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Describing People and Places
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Formal Letters
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How to write a CV
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Improve your Writing: Simple Techniques
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IELTS Writing Task 2
Adjectives & Descriptions
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Guess Who?
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Countries/Nationalities
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Dubai: Comparative or Superlative?
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The + Comparative, the + comparative
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Superlative Quiz
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Comparative/Superlative Opposites
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Personality Adjectives
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Opposite Adjectives
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‘-ed’ or ‘-ing’ Adjectives
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Adjective + Preposition
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Como se dice ‘Al Revés’?
Audio+Book (Free Download)
‘Aethelflaed and the Missing Trophy’ (Upper Int/Adv)
‘Aethelflaed and the Missing Trophy’ (Pre-Int.)
‘Aethelflaed and the Rock Star’ (Upper Int/Adv)
Aethelflaed Reading Activity: Personality Adjectives
Jack Kerouac: ‘On the Road’
William Golding: ‘Lord of the Flies’
Harriet Beecher Stowe: ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’
Daphne du Maurier: ‘Rebecca’
Harper Lee: ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
Truman Capote: ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’
Reading: Tourism and Travel
Europe’s Top 10 Activity Holidays!
Faversham’s Royal Cinema
Holiday Guide to La Coruña
Reading: Work and Employment
Jobs: The Complete Lesson
How to write a UK CV
The World’s Happiest Jobs
Your Ideal Jobs (Questionnaire)
A Working Life: The Lifeboat Volunteer
‘Stay Foolish’: Steve Job’s most Famous Speech
Interview with billionaire adventurer Richard Branson
Young People: Too lazy to work?
Business English Level Test
Reading: Science and Society
Dogs get jealous too!
Is texting making our kids stupid?
City Stories: How people are making a difference
Sex and the Singles: The end of marriage?
Cambridge Exam Practice
*’For schools’ are exams which take into account teenagers’ interests (music, sports, school…). There is no difference of level compared with the conventional exams.
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KET Complete Reading/Writing Paper
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PET Writing Part 1
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Cambridge Preliminary Part 1
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PET Reading Part 1
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PET Reading Part 1 (for schools)
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PET Reading Part 2 (for schools)
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PET Reading Part 2
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PET Reading Part 3
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PET Reading Part 4 (for schools)
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PET Reading Part 5
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First Certificate Use of English Part 1
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First Certificate Use of English Part 2
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First Certificate Use of English Part 3
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First Certificate Use of English Part 3 (for schools)
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First Certificate Use of English Part 4
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First Certificate Reading Part 5
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First Certificate Reading Part 6 (for schools)
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First Certificate Reading Part 7
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First Certificate Reading/Writing Example Exam
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First Certificate: 100 Transformation Sentences
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Advanced Use of English Part 1
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Advanced Use of English Part 2
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Proficiency Use of English Part 1
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Proficiency Use of English Part 2
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Proficiency Vocabulary Exercises