Uses of like
This activity helps you to practise using like in different sentences
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Family holiday
Add some prepositions to a story about going on a family holiday
What a great idea!
Learn about exclamative clauses
See and know
Learn about how to use see in spoken English
Ellipsis
Choose which parts of these sentences have been left out
Can you understand?
Can you identify what is really being said in this listening activity?
Which animal?
Answer some questions to learn new words to describe animals
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
Actually and actual
Learn about the uses of actually and actual
Very, really, or absolutely?
Learn the difference between very, really and absolutely
Voicemail
Can you understand the general idea in these voicemail messages?
US or UK pronunciation
Can you tell the difference between UK and US English?
Bed or bad?
Learn how to pronounce some different vowel sounds
How do you feel?
Answer some questions about how people are feeling
Amir's adventure
Listen to Amir talking about his trip and answer some questions
Intonation
Learn how intonation can affect the meaning of certain words
Money matters
Read a text about money matters and answer some questions
Text messages
Can you understand the general idea in these text messages?
Hey!
Learn about different exclamations
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
Come or calm?
Learn how to pronounce some different vowel sounds
Arts and media
Fill in the gaps in some questions about the arts and culture
Communication
Practise some vocabulary related to communicating meaning
My house
Read an email about a house and answer some questions
Making clothes
Practise your reading skills by answering some questions about making clothes
How to make a healthy breakfast
Follow a simple recipe and choose the right words to fill some gaps
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
Describing what you see
Match two halves of a sentence together
Making decisions
Read these phrases about decision making and see if you can understand their meaning
The world of work
This reading exercise looks at language used in a job application
Property for sale
Read a description of a property for sale and answer some questions
Body and health part 2
Choose the correct word to complete these sentences about health and wellbeing
Public transport in city centres
Practise linking ideas in an essay about public transport
It or eat
Learn more about pronouncing e and i sounds
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
Body and health
Learn some new vocabulary related to health and wellbeing
Words related to money
Practise some vocabulary related to money
Verbs related to money
Fill in some gaps with verbs related to money
At work
Choose connectors to complete sentences
Cleft sentences
Learn more about cleft sentences
Discourse markers
In this activity you will define the meaning of some discourse markers
At work
Practise your grammar skills with some questions about the world of work
Speaking to the world
Read a story about someone who speaks seven languages and answer some questions
Burn or bun?
Learn how to pronounce some different vowel sounds
Bold or bald?
Learn how to pronounce some different vowel sounds
Stars or stores?
Can you hear the difference between these sounds?
What did you think of the movie?
Choose the correct word to complete the conversations
Take, make, and do
Practise some collocations with take, make and do
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
Discourse markers
Fill in the gaps with the right discourse marker
Fronting substitution and ellipsis
Identify some elements of spoken English
Body and health part 1
Choose the correct word to complete these sentences
Do or make?
In this vocabulary activity you can learn and practise common collocations with do and make..
Present simple and present continuous questions
In this grammar exercise, choose the correct answer to present simple and present continuous questions.
Do you like coffee?
Yes I do! This is an example of using the present simple. Practise answering present simple and present continuous questions in this free grammar activity.
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.
Precise words
Use this vocabulary activity to practise precision. Choose the correct word which fits in the sentence.
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.
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.
Communication and technology
This vocabulary exercise practises phrasal verbs connected with communication and technology. Choose the correct verb for the different phrases.
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.
Which as a relative pronoun
This grammar activity practises which as a relative pronoun. Read the sentence and decide if the relative pronoun refers back to the whole clause or the noun by choosing the correct option.
What you did last Saturday
This writing activity practises using linking words. Choose the correct linking word to complete the sentence about what a person did last Saturday.
Filling in a form
Practise completing a form with the correct information in this writing and vocabulary activity.
Past simple and present perfect
Read the text about a holiday in Spain. Choose the correct verb to complete the dialogue and practise the difference between past simple and the present perfect.
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.
Meeting people for the first time
When you meet someone for the first time, you ask questions. Find the correct reply to the question in this reading activity.
Statements and opinions
This vocabulary activity practises language for qualifying statements or opinions. Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentence.
Shopping in a department store
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.
Full stops and commas
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.
Natural world facts
Decide if the fact about the natural world is correct or incorrect with this vocabulary exercise.
Ethical journalism
Ethical journalism is the idea of reporting things accurately and fairly. This reading activity practises the full range of skills required for reading discursive texts on academic subjects.
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.
Organising writing
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.
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.
Giving advice to a friend
Jack has emailed his friend Adam for some advice. Read the email and complete the phrases to practise language you can use when you're giving advice.
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.
Past simple of irregular verbs
Learn about irregular verbs in the past tense, such as eat and ate, in this grammar activity.
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.
Possessives and possessive
Practise using possessives such as s' or 's. Choose the correct one to complete the sentence.
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.
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.
Complaining politely and appropriately
Read an extract from some letters of complaint. Use this writing activity to practise if the language of complaining is polite and appropriate, or not.
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.
What's the correct reply?
This reading activity practises choosing the correct reply to questions about music.
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.