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Past perfect and past simple: A Horrible Day

Past perfect or past simple? This is an activity that will help you practise these tenses within a story about Jane, a girl that was looking forward to going to a party, but discovered that being absent-minded wasn’t a good thing ….unless you change the end of the story. The first part of the activity…… Continue reading Past perfect and past simple: A Horrible Day

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B2 Writing a letter of complaint

Only two days to go before my  Advanced students sit their written tests. Here’s a letter of complaint activity related to the topic of Homes and Work to help cover this type of assignment.

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B2 Writing a ‘for-and-against’ essay

Hello! This week we’ll be writing a ‘for-and-against’ essay. Here’s an activity that will help you understand this genre. Click for activity

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Writing a review

A review is a brief description of a book, film, play, album, restaurant, etc. A review gives the main points of the plot, events, or features of something, including the writer’s comments or recommendation. What’s important in a review? When writing a review, consider the tenses you should use for each paragraph. When describing the…… Continue reading Writing a review