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Basic

Uses of like

This activity helps you to practise using like in different sentences

  • A1-A2
  • 0–5 minutes
Independent

Family holiday

Add some prepositions to a story about going on a family holiday

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
Independent

What a great idea!

Learn about exclamative clauses

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
Independent

See and know

Learn about how to use see in spoken English

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
Proficient

Ellipsis

Choose which parts of these sentences have been left out

  • C1-C2
  • 0–5 minutes
Basic

Which animal?

Answer some questions to learn new words to describe animals

  • A1-A2
  • 0–5 minutes
Independent

Actually and actual

Learn about the uses of actually and actual

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
Independent

Very, really, or absolutely?

Learn the difference between very, really and absolutely

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
Basic

Prepositions used with adjectives

This activity teaches you about prepositions used with common adjectives

  • A1-A2
  • 5–10 minutes
Proficient

Money matters

Read a text about money matters and answer some questions

  • C1-C2
  • 10+ minutes
Proficient

Text messages

Can you understand the general idea in these text messages?

  • C1-C2
  • 0–5 minutes
Basic

A camping adventure

Read about a camping trip and answer some questions

  • A1-A2
  • 5–10 minutes
Basic

My house

Read an email about a house and answer some questions

  • A1-A2
  • 10+ minutes
Basic

Making clothes

Practise your reading skills by answering some questions about making clothes

  • A1-A2
  • 10+ minutes
Independent

Making decisions

Read these phrases about decision making and see if you can understand their meaning

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
Proficient

The world of work

This reading exercise looks at language used in a job application

  • C1-C2
  • 0–5 minutes
Proficient

Property for sale

Read a description of a property for sale and answer some questions

  • C1-C2
  • 0–5 minutes
Independent

At work

Choose connectors to complete sentences

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
Independent

The Diamond Eagle

Read a detective story and answer some questions about it

  • B1-B2
  • 5–10 minutes
Independent

Cleft sentences

Learn more about cleft sentences

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
Independent

Discourse markers

In this activity you will define the meaning of some discourse markers

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
Independent

Headers and tails

Learn more about headers and tails, which help you understand the meaning of some sentences

  • B1-B2
  • 5–10 minutes
Independent

At work

Practise your grammar skills with some questions about the world of work

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
Independent

Speaking to the world

Read a story about someone who speaks seven languages and answer some questions

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
Independent

Millionaires and billionaires

Learn to scan text for information

  • B1-B2
  • 5–10 minutes
Independent

Discourse markers

Fill in the gaps with the right discourse marker

  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
Proficient

Fronting substitution and ellipsis

Identify some elements of spoken English

  • C1-C2
  • 0–5 minutes
Basic

My family

This activity helps you practise grammar
  • A1-A2
  • 5–10 minutes
Independent

Do or make?

In this vocabulary activity you can learn and practise common collocations with do and make..
  • B1-B2
  • 0–5 minutes
Proficient

Science fiction

This reading and writing activity practises understanding text structure through referencing words and various types of linkers and discourse markers.
  • C1-C2
  • 5–10 minutes
Basic

Present simple and present continuous questions

In this grammar exercise, choose the correct answer to present simple and present continuous questions.
  • A1-A2
  • 0–5 minutes
Basic

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.
  • A1-A2
  • 0–5 minutes
Proficient

Forensic linguistics

Read the text about the role of forensic linguistics in solving crimes. Then answer the question to practise the full range of reading skills required for reading discursive texts on academic subjects.
  • C1-C2
  • 5–10 minutes
Independent

Being an adult

This reading activity practises understanding implied meaning. Read the article about being an adult and answer the multiple-choice questions.
  • B1-B2
  • 5–10 minutes
Independent

Learning about archery

Reporter Carly Pimm is learning about a new sport. Practise scanning a text to find information quickly in this reading activity.
  • B1-B2
  • 5–10 minutes
Independent

Retail therapy

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.
  • B1-B2
  • 5–10 minutes

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