This is brilliant! 🤩 I love how creative and funny your story is! You really made me laugh with some of the slang expressions you used. It’s also great to see how naturally you wove them into the story, which shows real progress. You’ve clearly picked up so much from this lesson, fantastic work!

Alright Agnes? Bloody good effort from you!

Well done, this is superb. Just two things to note;

– For £1 you can say quid

– she was really attractive is good English! There are many ways we can say this in slang. The most common is probably: she was really fit

–started making funny insults about us – better: they started taking the piss out of us

I like how you explained this. I agree that slang isn’t lazy. I think it can actually be really creative, especially the kind young people come up with, like you mentioned with your son. I think it’s smart that you want to sound more natural in English by using colloquial phrases, while also knowing when to avoid them in formal situations.

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This email is very good. Here’s what you need to change to make it even better:
> not ‘within’ buy ‘by’ ……. > by the end of July.

> word order: to do something on time >May I kindly ask you to support our department in order to receive the documentation on time?

This is not going to be a run-off-the-mill story.

Charlie was a self-effacing waiter at a Michelin-star restaurant in London. But his life didn’t use to be tickety-boo.

He grew up in a dodgy neigbourhood where nobody used Queen’s English. So, when Charlie wanted to find a job in the city center, he had always failed at the job interviews.

’Why…

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A Typical English Saturday

Para 1.

I went to my mate’s house to watch the England game the other day. I walked in and said “How is it going?” he gave me a beer and I said “ta.” England lost 4-1 to Germany. My friend and I were gutted. We decided to go for some nosh. The closest pub was selling burgers for a Tenner. When we got to the pub there…

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I don’t think people who use slang are lazy. In my mother tongue (Hungarian) sometimes I don’t even notice if I use slang words. The only time I am aware of using them is when I use slang I have learnt from my 18-year-old son, because I do it on purpose, I am so amazed how creative youngsters are to come up with these expressions.

One reason why…

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Dear Anna Chiara,

I hope this mail finds you well.

Regarding the next BoD’s meeting, I kindly ask you to send us the relevant documentation whithin the end of July.

May I kindly ask you to support our department in order to receive on time the documentation?

Many thanks in advance

Regards,

ACZ

Again Przem, this writing is excellent. Your structures are strong and natural and your writing is descriptive. Well done.

So as not to repeat the word ‘funny’, I suggest: amusing, droll, witty

This sentence needs fixed: …and the way how is written allows you to …

We could say: … and the way it is written allows you to … or ….and…

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Hi Przem,

This is all beautifully written and I found your insights intersting and thoughtful. Your use of vocabulary is wonderful. I only have one suggestions for you:

One of the best things about the book is the way the author gets you to know Gerald from Rivia (the main character).

One of the best things about the book is how the author…

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”Chocolate” by Joanne Harris.

This is a great, funny and gripping book. I found the book slow at first but after a while, I got into it because the story soon gets the reader involved.

It tells the story of Vianne, a young single mother who arrived in the French conservative village with her 6-year-old daughter.

The dialogues are very funny…

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• Talk about the last book you read

The last book I read was ”Witcher” by Andrzej Sapkowski. It is a marvellous, creepy, wise and funny story. One of the best things about the book is the way the author gets you to know Gerald from Rivia (the main character). Gerald is cynical and ironic in his attitude towards everyone but somehow you love him…

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Thank you

Hi Sana,

Appropriate tone and formality used, well done.
Please note these tweaks (in capitals) to make:

I hope THIS email finds you well.
I have noticed that the deadline for our report is due. I am wondering if you COULD update me on the process. I will be AVAILABLE tomorrow afternoon if you have any questions or need any clarification.

Write to a collaborator or colleague who is late sending you a report

Hello John,

I hope with email finds you well. I have noticed that the deadline for our report is due. I am wondering if you update me on the process. I will be able tomorrow afternoon if you have any questions or need any clarification.

Kind regards

Sana

Excellent work here Przem and beautiful use of the new vocabulary.

>I like when book starts with an exciting hook… > invert the ‘s’ here: I like when books start with …

>This is as important as for a book to be a ”novel of education”. > ‘as important as’ needs the gerund (ing form) therefore: This is as important as a book being a ”novel of…

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I love books inspired by mythology and folklore, especially with magical elements. I prefer when the book is character-driven rather than plot-driven. I like to follow the character development from their youth into adulthood and to see how they grow into a mature person.

I like when book starts with an exciting hook, provides some red…

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Hi Mery, Tone and register are spot on. Excellent work!

Two points to note:

1. You need a phrasal verb here (take on) and I’d use the present perfect tense instead of the past simple to show that the implications are still present. > I am aware that you have a very busy schedule, especially since Kevin left the company and you have taken…

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Write to a collaborator or colleague who is late sending you a report

Hi Max,

I hope you are having a good week.

I am aware that you have a very busy schedule, especially since Kevin left the company and you took additional responsibilities, but I would be very grateful if you could send January Sales Report by the end of the day.

As far…

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Useful phrases Antonio.

Did you check out the articles I suggested earlier to help build confidence? Any ideas on how you’d like to practise?

Hi Filiz,

Again, good effort.

I suggest making these changes:

> Regarding the on-time delivery reporting, I understood that I would receive the report by the end of this week. By adding the hyphen and the comma, it makes it clearer.

> I was wondering if you could finish the work on time or if you might need extra time.

Apart from that, good work!

Oops- I posted my reply as you as the user – sorry if that confuses you! Anyway it was me!

Hi Filiz,

Very good work here, well done. Here are some things to note:

Tone: you have sustained the correct tone and register throughout this email. Excellent.

Grammar:

“I am afraid I wouldn’t join this programme.” – if you use ‘wouldn’t’ here, it sounds hypothetical and may confuse the reader. Better to be firmer and say: “I am afraid I won’t be…

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You’ve completed this task very well and I’m delighted to see you using ‘reporting back’ language fluently and appropriately. Well done Maria.

Here is my feedback and some tweaks to consider:

According to Forbes Magazine, only 1 of 10 startups achieve to take off (reword: only 1 out of 10 startups manages to take off) and become a big company. It…

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Written perfectly. I like your recycling of vocabulary

According to Forbes Magazine, only 1 of 10 startups achieve to take off and become a big company. It is very challenging to grow a business from scratch, and not every entrepreneur has the tenacity nor the capabilities to overcome the storm.

I wouldn´t go as far as to say that it will be impossible for Elena to make her business a success, but…

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It´s a fact: in a real conversation I usually feel nervous. In order to avoid that I have a list of useful sentences that can be used in a lot of conversations:

– I don’t think I quite understand what you mean.

– Could you repeat that please?

– What I mean is…

– Do you know what I mean?

Dear Teresa,

Regarding on time delivery reporting you would prepare, I understood that I would receive the report by the end of this week. There seems to be a delay here. I was wondering if you could finish work on it or if you might need extra time. I am happy to review your workload and to do list so that we can prioritize the report. Please…

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Dear Karin,

Thank you so much for your invitation. I was honored to be considered as one of the tutors in this very exciting training programme.

Unfortunately, my schedule has already been occupied with another upcoming event. I am afraid I wouldn’t join this programme. I would like to suggest that you contact my colleague, Jane. She is my…

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