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C1 Unit 5 A World of Difference: Progress Check

A short end-of-unit progress check for C1 Unit 5: grammar (advanced relative clauses, reduced/non-finite clauses, participle clauses), place/culture v

worksheet · 30 min

Degrees of Likelihood: C1 Worksheet

A classroom-ready C1 worksheet on advanced modality for likelihood - may well, be bound to, be likely/unlikely to, stand to, could conceivably - with

worksheet · 30 min

Might As Well & Modal Nuance: C1 Worksheet

A classroom-ready C1 worksheet on might/may as well and the nuances of obligation, advice and prohibition modals, with a full answer key. Supports Uni

activity · 30 min

Getting Technical: C1 Explain-It Activity

A C1 speaking activity: learners explain a complex topic to a non-expert using glossing, steps, analogy and register shift, plus honest caveats with l

assessment resource · 40 min

C1 Unit 6 Getting Technical: Progress Check

A short end-of-unit progress check for C1 Unit 6: grammar (likelihood modality, modal nuance, explaining language), expertise/process vocabulary, a sh

article · 15 min

Getting Technical: C1 Student Study Guide

A self-study guide for C1 learners: express degrees of likelihood, use modal nuance including might as well, and explain complex things clearly, with

worksheet · 30 min

Intensification & Gradation: C1 Worksheet

A classroom-ready C1 worksheet on intensifiers and gradation - by far, considerably, every bit as, nowhere near, all the more - with a full answer key

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Strength of Feeling: C1 Expressive Account Activity

A C1 speaking activity: learners give an expressive, emphatic account of a strong experience or opinion using intensification, emphatic structures and

assessment resource · 40 min

C1 Unit 7 Emotions and Attitudes: Progress Check

A short end-of-unit progress check for C1 Unit 7: grammar (intensification, emphatic structures, expressive language), emotion/attitude vocabulary, a

article · 15 min

Emotions and Attitudes: C1 Student Study Guide

A self-study guide for C1 learners: grade and intensify precisely, add emphasis with emphatic do and other structures, and express feelings vividly, w

worksheet · 30 min

C1 Review: Emphasis & Conditionals/Modality - Worksheet

A classroom-ready C1 review worksheet on emphasis structures (cleft, fronting, inversion) and the full range of conditionals and modality, with a full

worksheet · 30 min

C1 Review: Cohesion & Discourse - Worksheet

A classroom-ready C1 review worksheet on discourse markers, concession, referencing and nominalisation for cohesive extended discourse, with a full an

activity · 35 min

The C1 Discussion: Extended Nuanced Debate

A C1 exit speaking activity: learners hold an extended, nuanced discussion, developing a sophisticated argument and reaching a considered conclusion,

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Life Abroad: Social Customs Worksheet

assessment resource · 60 min

C1 Level Review: End-of-Level Check

A full end-of-level review for C1 (the whole General English C1 course): grammar and vocabulary across all eight units, reading, a discursive writing

article · 20 min

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

activity · 30 min

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