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Practise Your English Verbs

Present Simple x Present Continuous 1, Present Simple x Present Continuous 2, Present Simple x Present Continuous 3

Present Simple x Present Continuous (advanced practice) 1, Present Simple x Present Continuous (advanced practice) 2

Present Simple and Frequency Adverbs

Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

Present Simple/Continuous and Past simple/continuous

Test 1, Test 2, Test 3, Test 4
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    Are plant-based substitutes healthier than meat?
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    How to find the meaning any English idiom without a dictionary (updated for 2020)
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    #195 – Show & Tell: Food
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    138 - Turning 40
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