Level B2 (approx. band 5.5-6.5) · Academic and General Training Many candidates speak in short, safe sentences. "I like my city. It is big. In this episode: • Conditionals that sound like talk • Relative clauses: adding detail without stopping • The passive in speech • Modals for opinions and speculation • Listening lab • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key points: • Use short "if" clauses and contractions, so the conditional sounds like conversation, not a textbook. • Relative clauses add detail in one smooth sentence, so drop the extra pronoun and keep talking. • Use the passive when the doer doesn't matter, and the active when the doer does matter. • Modals show how certain you are, and that precision is part of grammatical range. IELTS Complete Course: a self-study podcast from A1 to C2 for Academic and General Training. Listen, pause and answer, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair. Independent course, not affiliated with the IELTS test owners.