Confident conversation

Course modules

Lessons in this course

18 interactive lessons with guided practice and instant marking.

1. Lesson 1 · B1

   Present perfect vs past simple

   Use each tense correctly.
2. Lesson 2 · B1

   Giving opinions politely

   Agree, disagree and soften.
3. Lesson 3 · B1

   First & second conditional

   Talk about real and imagined futures.
4. Lesson 4 · B1

   Reported speech

   Report what someone said.
5. Lesson 5 · B1

   On the phone at work

   Take and leave messages.
6. Lesson 6 · B1

   Past perfect — the story before the story

   Make the order of past events clear.
7. Lesson 7 · B1

   Future forms — will, going to, present continuous

   Choose the right future for plans, predictions and arrangements.
8. Lesson 8 · B1

   Modals of deduction — must, might, can't

   Speculate about the present with confidence levels.
9. Lesson 9 · B1

   Third & mixed conditionals

   Talk about regrets and unreal pasts.
10. Lesson 10 · B1

    Job applications & interviews

    Write a CV summary and answer common interview questions.
11. Lesson 11 · B1

    Telling a longer story

    Combine tenses to tell an engaging anecdote.
12. Lesson 12 · B1

    Gerunds & infinitives

    Know which verbs take -ing and which take to.
13. Lesson 13 · B1

    Solving problems at work or school

    Describe a problem, suggest options and agree a plan.
14. Lesson 14 · B1

    Linking ideas — although, however, so that

    Write and speak in longer, connected sentences.
15. Lesson 15 · B1

    Following the news & summarising

    Understand a news story and retell it in your own words.
16. Lesson 16 · B1

    Writing a formal email

    Write a clear, polite request or complaint.
17. Lesson 17 · B1

    Word stress, sentence stress & connected speech

    Sound clearer and understand fast speech.
18. Lesson 18 · B1

    B1 review & exam preparation

    Pull the level together before the B1 final exam.