C12:00
Past cause, present result
Explain how a past event still affects you now. Mixed conditional: If I had…, I would be… now.
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Goal
Speak for longer without stopping to search for words.
Fluency is the ability to keep going — to push through the gap where you would normally stop and search for a word. These exercises train exactly that, with drills that reward flow over speed and feedback that looks at your pauses, not just your grammar.
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Explain how a past event still affects you now. Mixed conditional: If I had…, I would be… now.
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Tell a short story about an interruption. Use past continuous + past simple: I was walking when…
Describe a normal morning using at least five phrasal verbs: wake up, get up, turn on, put on, set off, drop off, run out of.
Talk about this year so far, then last year. Switch between present perfect (unfinished) and past simple (finished).
Describe people and places using relative clauses: the friend who…, the town where…, the year when…, the thing that…
Imagine unreal situations about your life. Second conditional: 'If I had more time, I'd…'; 'If I were you, I'd…'.
Talk about your normal habits, then what is different 'these days'. Switch between present simple and continuous.
Describe a memorable day using 'so + adjective' and 'such (a) + noun': 'It was so hot'; 'It was such a long day'.