Learning English

This reading activity practises understanding implied meaning. Read the article about being an adult and answer the multiple-choice questions.

Reporter Carly Pimm is learning about a new sport. Practise scanning a text to find information quickly in this reading activity.

This reading activity focuses on particular words used to refer back to something in the text. Read the text about retail therapy and match words with the people they refer to.

Practise your writing by choosing the correct linking words to complete the different sentences.

Jane is selling her bicycle and has put an advert on a local website. Complete the advert with the correct phrase in this reading and writing activity.

Read the conversation between Dave and Jane, who are planning to meet. Answer the True/False questions to practise reading for detail.

Read the text about websites for teenagers and match the person with the website they would find most useful. This activity practises reading a text for detailed information.

Read the sign and then decide which floor of the department store you need to find things. This reading activity practises scanning a text for information.

Read three versions of a text about running and decide which is the best in terms of punctuation. This reading and writing activity will help you practise the correct use of full stops and commas.

Amber has created her own business. Read the story about Amber and then decide the order in which events happened. This activity helps you practise your reading, grammar and the language used for writing a narrative, including the use of the past perfect.

Read the text about taking a holiday on a cruise ship. Then practise your writing by organising the text into paragraphs by using discourse markers.

This writing activity practises the difference between formal and informal registers by looking at some common verbs. You need to match the informal verb with the more formal verb.