Learning English

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

Learn about exclamative clauses

Learn about how to use see in spoken English

Learn about the uses of actually and actual

Learn the difference between very, really and absolutely

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

Choose connectors to complete sentences

Read a detective story and answer some questions about it

Learn more about cleft sentences

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

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

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

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

Learn to scan text for information

Fill in the gaps with the right discourse marker

In this vocabulary activity you can learn and practise common collocations with do and make..

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Ballet for Boys has written an article about their dance lessons. Read the article and then answer the multiple-choice comprehension questions.

This reading and writing activity looks at how linking words are used in a text. Read the article about comic books and choose a word to complete the sentence.

Practise how to write a formal letter in this writing and grammar exercise. You need to choose the correct words or phrases to write a formal letter.

During, for and since are often confused. Learn about these three little words in this vocabulary and grammar activity and practise using them.

Test yourself on how well you know words and phrases related to care in this vocabulary and grammar task.

Test yourself on how well you know words and phrases related to danger in this vocabulary and grammar task.

For this grammar activity, read a text about two friends. Choose the correct option to practise relative pronouns.

Test yourself on how well you know words and phrases related to break in this vocabulary and grammar task.