Uses of like
This activity helps you to practise using like in different sentences
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I love sports
This activity helps you practice using words to do with time and place
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
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?
Actually and actual
Learn about the uses of actually and actual
Very, really, or absolutely?
Learn the difference between very, really and absolutely
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?
Prepositions used with adjectives
This activity teaches you about prepositions used with common adjectives
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
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
Is or was?
Test whether you can hear unstressed words in the middle of a sentence
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
At work
Choose connectors to complete sentences
The Diamond Eagle
Read a detective story and answer some questions about it
Cleft sentences
Learn more about cleft sentences
Discourse markers
In this activity you will define the meaning of some discourse markers
Headers and tails
Learn more about headers and tails, which help you understand the meaning of some sentences
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
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?
Discourse markers
Fill in the gaps with the right discourse marker
Fronting substitution and ellipsis
Identify some elements of spoken English
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..
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Order of events
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.
A holiday cottage for rent
Practise language for making requests and asking for information in this writing and grammar activity. Read an advert about a holiday cottage and complete the sentences.
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.
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.
Past simple of irregular verbs
Learn about irregular verbs in the past tense, such as eat and ate, in this grammar activity.