Free English resources

Practical English guides for work, interviews, exams and confident communication.

Use these guides to improve the English you actually need: meetings, presentations, professional interviews, IELTS Speaking and clearer pronunciation.

Phillips English guides

Useful language you can practise immediately.

These resources focus on real communication rather than isolated grammar rules. Each guide gives you reusable language, examples and a clear way to practise. If you need personalised correction, the guides connect directly to the relevant coaching options.

English for meetings, interviews and presentations

Free reference

Business English Meeting Phrase Cheat Sheet

A quick-reference phrase bank for opening meetings, clarifying, disagreeing, interrupting, assigning actions and closing clearly.

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Interviews

English Job Interview Questions & Answers

Answer structures, STAR language, example phrases and practical advice for professional interviews in English.

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Professional English

How to Sound More Professional in English

Practical upgrades for clearer, more tactful meetings, emails, presentations and workplace conversations.

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Business English

Business English Vocabulary for Meetings

Natural collocations and phrases for agendas, opinions, decisions, deadlines, actions and follow-up.

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Business English

Business English for Meetings

40 natural phrases for giving opinions, interrupting, clarifying, agreeing, disagreeing and moving a discussion forward.

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Professional communication

English Presentation Phrases

Practical language for opening, signposting, explaining data, handling difficult questions and closing a presentation confidently.

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IELTS Speaking practice

IELTS

How to Improve IELTS Speaking from 6.5 to 7+

Improve consistency across fluency, vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation with practical speaking strategies.

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IELTS

IELTS Speaking Fluency

Learn how to extend answers in Parts 1, 2 and 3 without sounding memorised, with structures for reasons, examples and comparisons.

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English pronunciation practice

Pronunciation

British English Pronunciation

Work on word stress, sentence rhythm, schwa, connected speech and the sounds that most affect clarity.

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Pronunciation practice

ED endings: /t/, /d/ or /ɪd/?

Understand the three sounds, check syllables and practise regular verbs in sentences you actually use.

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