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Finishing C1: Student Review Guide

A self-study review guide for the end of C1: consolidate emphasis, conditionals and modality, cohesion and expressive precision, and prepare for the n

worksheet · 30 min

Connotation & Near-Synonyms: C2 Worksheet

A classroom-ready C2 worksheet on connotation vs denotation and distinguishing near-synonyms by slant, degree, shade and register, with a full answer

worksheet · 30 min

Precise Collocation: C2 Worksheet

A classroom-ready C2 worksheet on natural collocation - delexical verbs, intensifier pairings, adjective+noun and set phrases - with a full answer key

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The Right Word: C2 Text-Upgrade Activity

A C2 activity: learners upgrade a flatly-worded text for connotation, collocation and near-synonym precision, justifying each change, feeding the prec

assessment resource · 40 min

C2 Unit 1 The Right Word: Progress Check

A short end-of-unit progress check for C2 Unit 1: vocabulary precision (connotation, collocation, near-synonyms), a short upgrade-writing task and a t

article · 15 min

The Right Word: C2 Student Study Guide

A self-study guide for C2 learners: choose words for precise connotation, use natural collocations, and distinguish near-synonyms, with a self-check a

worksheet · 30 min

Implication & Understatement: C2 Worksheet

A classroom-ready C2 worksheet on inferring implied meaning and using understatement, litotes and overstatement, with a full answer key. Supports Unit

worksheet · 30 min

Diplomatic Disagreement: C2 Worksheet

A classroom-ready C2 worksheet on disagreeing diplomatically - concede, hedge, soften, invite - and reading tone, with a full answer key. Supports Uni

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Reading Between the Lines: C2 Interpret & Respond Activity

A C2 speaking activity: learners interpret the subtext of delicate messages and respond diplomatically, using inference, understatement and tactful la

assessment resource · 40 min

C2 Unit 2 Between the Lines: Progress Check

A short end-of-unit progress check for C2 Unit 2: implication/inference, understatement, diplomatic disagreement, a short tactful-writing task and an

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Between the Lines: C2 Student Study Guide

A self-study guide for C2 learners: infer implied meaning, use understatement and overstatement, and disagree diplomatically, with a self-check and an

worksheet · 30 min

Register & Formality: C2 Worksheet

A classroom-ready C2 worksheet on identifying register from its markers and recasting a message up and down the formality scale, with a full answer ke

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Tone & Recasting: C2 Worksheet

A classroom-ready C2 worksheet on controlling tone (warm/cool, authoritative/tentative) and recasting one message across registers and media, with a f

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A Matter of Style: C2 Recast & Control Activity

A C2 activity: learners convey one message in different registers and tones for different audiences, then commit to a controlled style for a chosen au

assessment resource · 40 min

C2 Unit 3 A Matter of Style: Progress Check

A short end-of-unit progress check for C2 Unit 3: register, tone and recasting, a short controlled-writing task and a style-control speaking task with

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Life Abroad: Community Mixer Role-Play (Activity)

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A Matter of Style: C2 Student Study Guide

A self-study guide for C2 learners: identify and control register, set tone independently of register, and recast a message across registers and media

worksheet · 30 min

Concision & Redundancy: C2 Worksheet

A classroom-ready C2 worksheet on cutting redundancy, tautology, empty phrases, wordy verbs and fillers, with a full answer key. Supports Unit 4 Lesso

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Ellipsis, Substitution & Restructuring: C2 Worksheet

A classroom-ready C2 worksheet on ellipsis and substitution and on restructuring for elegant concision, with a full answer key. Supports Unit 4 Lesson

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Saying More with Less: C2 Editing Activity

A C2 activity: learners edit a wordy, redundant text into something elegant and concise - cutting, de-repeating and restructuring - justifying each ch

assessment resource · 40 min

C2 Unit 4 Saying More with Less: Progress Check

A short end-of-unit progress check for C2 Unit 4: concision, ellipsis/substitution and restructuring, a short editing-writing task and an edit-for-con

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Saying More with Less: C2 Student Study Guide

A self-study guide for C2 learners: cut redundancy, avoid repetition with ellipsis and substitution, and restructure for elegant concision, with a sel

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C2 Unit 5 Worksheet: Idioms, Metaphor and Simile

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C2 Unit 5 Worksheet: Colloquial Language & Register