C1 English Exercises

C1 ESL multiple-choice gap-fill exercise focusing on hedging: cautious claims, distancing, approximators, modal tentativeness, and concession.

C1 focus practice: using “the thing is” to introduce the central point, problem, explanation, or reservation.

C1 Advanced ESL exercise on mitigating collocations: verb-noun, adjective-noun, and adverb-adjective combinations used to express reduction, limitation, or softening.

C1 mixed professional language practice: advanced grammar, lexis, discourse markers, modality, reporting, and register in workplace contexts.

Level: C1 Advanced. Focus: It-cleft sentences. Select all options that are genuinely correct.