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Bank accounts
Practice listening with this activity about bank accounts
Can you understand?
Can you identify what is really being said in this listening activity?
Vocabulary for the house and home
Practise using vocabulary about the house and home
Vocabulary for work and jobs
Practise using vocabulary connected to work and jobs
Listening to dialogues
Listen to people talking and answer questions about their conversation
Voicemail
Can you understand the general idea in these voicemail messages?
Word stress
Identify the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
US or UK pronunciation
Can you tell the difference between UK and US English?
Travel programme
Listen to an interview and answer some questions
How do you feel?
Answer some questions about how people are feeling
Tastes
Try out a number of activities that will teach you words related to how food tastes
Amir's adventure
Listen to Amir talking about his trip and answer some questions
What do they look like?
Listen to descriptions of people and choose the right picture
Sit or seat?
Listen out for the different vowel sounds
Word stress
Learn about word stress in short words
More word stress
Try some more activities about word stress in short words
Arts and media
Fill in the gaps in some questions about the arts and culture
Communication
Practise some vocabulary related to communicating meaning
More definitions
Practise using different forms of the same word
Cover letter
Learn some of the formal language you'll need when you apply for a job
Word Stress in long words
Try some activities about word stress in three-syllable words
What's the product?
Listen to some descriptions of products and identify them using context clues
A restaurant review
Listen to someone talking about dining at a restaurant and answer some questions
Word stress four syllable words
Identify the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in these long words
Linking ideas and sentences
Practise linking ideas and sentences with this vocabulary exercise
Health vocabulary
Improve your vocabulary related to health
Is or was?
Test whether you can hear unstressed words in the middle of a sentence
Body and health part 2
Choose the correct word to complete these sentences about health and wellbeing
You have one voicemail message
Listen to a voicemail and answer some questions
Windsor college adult courses
Listen to a voicemail and pick out the main ideas and details
Office equipment
Identify some pieces of office equipment
Body and health
Learn some new vocabulary related to health and wellbeing
Travel the world
Match the words to their meanings
Easily confused words
Choose the correct word to fill the gap
Words related to money
Practise some vocabulary related to money
Verbs related to money
Fill in some gaps with verbs related to money
Do you hear the difference?
This exercise will help you with similar but different sounds
Stars or stores?
Can you hear the difference between these sounds?
My best friend
Choose the right word to fill the gap
Take, make, and do
Practise some collocations with take, make and do
Choosing the correct word
Choose which of these similar words is the right option
Computer troubles
Practise some vocabulary related to computers
Similar expressions
Choose the phrase that correctly matches the underlined word
Metals and gases
Practise some vocabulary related to science
Eating
Choose the right word to fill the gap in sentences about eating
Definitions of formal words
This activity will help you use different forms of the same word
Body and health part 1
Choose the correct word to complete these sentences
My family
This activity helps you practise grammar
Do or make?
In this vocabulary activity you can learn and practise common collocations with do and make..
Quit, quite and quiet
In this listening and vocabulary activity you will learn about three little words that are often confused - quit, quite and quiet.
Which food do you need?
Learn about nouns connected with food in this vocabulary activity.
Theatre review
A presenter on a radio programme is talking about a new play. Listen to the review and practise listening for gist or the general idea.
Precise words
Use this vocabulary activity to practise precision. Choose the correct word which fits in the sentence.
Discussing a band
Two radio DJs are talking about a band. Practise your general understanding by listening to them talk and answering some multiple-choice questions.
Which part of the body?
This vocabulary activity practises nouns connected with the body. Choose the correct answer from the list of options.
Syllable stress
In this listening and pronunciation activity, listen to the different words related to health and decide which syllable stress pattern they follow.
Discussing new houses in a town
Listen to two people talking about plans to build new homes in their town. Answer the questions to practise listening for gist or the general idea.
An advertisement
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.
Long and short 'i'
This pronunciation and listening activity practises pronouncing the long and short 'i' sound. Listen and decide which 'i' sound you hear first.
Going to the movies
Listen to two friends talking about going to see a film and then choose the correct answer to the questions.
Communication and technology
This vocabulary exercise practises phrasal verbs connected with communication and technology. Choose the correct verb for the different phrases.
Agreeing and disagreeing
Listen to some conversations between two people. Decide if they are agreeing or disagreeing.
Understanding implied meaning
This listening activity practises understanding implied meaning. Listen carefully to the context of the person speaking and choose the right option.
Studying at college
Listen to a student talk about college and decide which learning methods she finds helpful or unhelpful. This listening activity practises scanning a listening text to find particular information.
Consonant sounds
This pronunciation and listening activity practises the pronunciation of three consonant sounds. Listen to the different words and decide which consonant sound you hear.
Connectors and punctuation
The town council is planning to build a new supermarket. Practise your grammar and vocabulary by choosing the correct connector and punctuation to complete the sentence.
Virtually Anywhere Episode 3
Listen to Episode 3 of Virtually Anywhere - our audio series. Do this activity to practise some of the words you've heard in the episode.
A phone message
The bank has called Fay and is leaving a message with her secretary. Practise listening for detail and then complete the gap with the word or number you hear.
Filling in a form
Practise completing a form with the correct information in this writing and vocabulary activity.
An email to a friend
This writing, grammar and vocabulary exercise practises the informal language used in emails. Choose the correct informal way to finish the sentences in the email.
Which adverb?
Practise using the correct adverb in different situations with this vocabulary exercise. Complete the sentences by choosing the correct adverb.
Statements and opinions
This vocabulary activity practises language for qualifying statements or opinions. Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentence.
Natural world facts
Decide if the fact about the natural world is correct or incorrect with this vocabulary exercise.
Dependent prepositions
This vocabulary activity practises the use of dependent prepositions. Read the sentences and decide which dependent preposition is needed to complete the sentence.
Short dialogues
This activity practises following dialogues that contain colloquial language. Listen to the person talk and identify how that person feels or the way they speak.
Virtually Anywhere Episode 5
Paul and Geeta continue their travels around the world. Listen to episode 5 and try the learning activities to practise the words you've heard.
Formal and informal verbs
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.
Shopping for clothes
Practise listening for simple information. Listen to a conversation in a clothes shop and choose the correct answer.
How to write plurals
Practise plural endings. Choose the correct ending for different groups of people in this vocabulary and grammar exercise.
Stressed words and meaning
Listen to the speaker stress a particular word and understand how this can illustrate the speaker's attitude. Match the statement with its meaning.
Cancelling meetings
Practise your listening and vocabulary by listening to two short conversations with a man who has to cancel his plans.
Listening for detail
Charlie is a basketball player and Sally is a writer. Listen to four different conversations and choose the correct answer to the questions.
Idiomatic language
Choose the correct idiomatic phrase to complete the sentence in this vocabulary exercise.
Virtually Anywhere Episode 1
Improve your English listening skills with Virtually Anywhere, our audio series. Listen to the first episode with final-year archaeology students Geeta and Paul and then try the learning activities.
During, for and since
During, for and since are often confused. Learn about these three little words in this vocabulary and grammar activity and practise using them.
See Asia!
Practise listening for simple factual information and checking meaning. Listen to a man talk about a programme called See Asia! and choose the correct answers to the questions.
Syllable stress
This pronunciation and listening activity practises syllable stress. Listen to the different words and decide which syllable stress pattern they follow.
Word families: care
Test yourself on how well you know words and phrases related to care in this vocabulary and grammar task.
Virtually Anywhere Episode 6
Do this activity to practise some of the useful language used in Virtually Anywhere episode 6 and improve your listening skills.
An unusual hobby
Kate has an unusual hobby of growing bonsai trees. Listen to Kate speak on a radio programme and answer the questions about her hobby.
Word families: danger
Test yourself on how well you know words and phrases related to danger in this vocabulary and grammar task.
Virtually Anywhere Episode 7
Discover what happens in the final episode of Virtually Anywhere, and keep improving your listening skills at the same time.
Subtle attitudes
This activity practises understanding people's attitudes based on the words and the intonation they use.
Word families: break
Test yourself on how well you know words and phrases related to break in this vocabulary and grammar task.
Word families: friend
Test yourself on how well you know words and phrases related to friend in this vocabulary and grammar task.
There, it and they
Learn and practise the difference between there, it and they in this grammar and listening exercise.
Virtually Anywhere Episode 2
Paul and Geeta can't decide which location to study for their final piece of coursework. Try this activity to practise some of the useful language used in Virtually Anywhere Episode 2.
Virtually Anywhere Episode 4
Keep practising your English listening skills and find out what happens in Episode 4 of the Virtually Anywhere audio series.