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Skills

In this section you will be able to practise skills in speaking, reading, writing, listening, pronunciation and numeracy. You don't have to complete all the sections; focus on the skills that you need to practise.  

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Listening

This section will help you improve your ability to understand spoken English in common situations. You can practise listening to very simple texts as well as more difficult ones.

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Reading

Practise and improve your reading by doing these activities and learn practical English for the real world.

Two students in class reading.

Writing

This section has activities to help you improve your writing. You can do activities to help you write emails, fill in forms and practice spelling and punctuation activities to help you improve your written work.
Students writing in class.

Speaking

These activities will help you to practise and improve your speaking skills.

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Pronunciation

Practise the different sounds of English and improve your stress and intonation.

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Numeracy

Practise various numeracy skills including rounding up numbers, measuring lengths and learning the names of shapes. 

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