English

Sharpen your grammar, expand your vocabulary, and master the nuances of the English language.

General
Broad-strokes vocabulary and usage across the language.
Basic English Grammar Quiz
Test the grammar fundamentals every English speaker should know.
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Common English Idioms Quiz
Test your knowledge of popular English idioms used in everyday conversation.
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SAT Vocabulary Quiz
Challenge yourself with the high-level vocabulary tested on the SAT exam.
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British vs American English Quiz
How well do you know the differences in spelling, vocabulary, and usage between British and American English?
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Commonly Confused Words Quiz
Effect or affect? Fewer or less? Master the word pairs that trip everyone up.
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Grammar
Master the grammar rules that trip up even fluent English speakers.
Grammar: Punctuation Rules
Commas, semicolons, apostrophes, and the rules that trip everyone up.
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Grammar: Active vs Passive Voice
When the subject acts vs. when it's acted upon — and when each is better.
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Grammar: Conditional Sentences
Zero, first, second, and third conditionals — and where they trip you up.
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Grammar: Modal Verbs
Can, must, might, should — expressing ability, obligation, and possibility.
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Grammar: Articles (a/an/the)
A, an, the, or nothing at all — the rules that trip up even fluent speakers.
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Grammar: Prepositions of Time & Place
In, on, at — the tiny words that decide whether a sentence sounds right.
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Grammar: Irregular Verbs
Go/went/gone and the verbs that refuse to follow the rules.
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Grammar: Verb Tenses Review
All the major English tenses in one comprehensive review.
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Grammar: Present Perfect vs Past Simple
The tense pair that confuses English learners more than any other.
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Grammar: Past Perfect vs Past Simple
Which past action happened first? That's what Past Perfect is for.
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Grammar: Future Forms
Will, going to, present continuous — four ways to talk about the future.
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Grammar: Relative Clauses
Who, which, that, whose — connecting ideas the right way.
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Grammar: Reported Speech
Converting direct quotes into reported speech — tense shifts and all.
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Grammar: Countable & Uncountable Nouns
Furniture, advice, information — nouns that break the plural rules.
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Grammar: Word Formation
Prefixes and suffixes — how English builds new words from old ones.
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English Grammar for Grade 5
Parts of speech, subject-verb agreement, punctuation, and sentence types for ages 10-11.
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Vocabulary
Expand your word power — idioms, collocations, and specialized vocabulary.
Vocabulary: Synonyms & Antonyms
Words that mean the same — and words that mean the opposite.
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Vocabulary: Homophones
Words that sound the same but mean completely different things.
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Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs
Give up, look after, break down — verbs that change meaning with a preposition.
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Vocabulary: Collocations
Make a decision, take a risk — the word pairings that just 'sound right'.
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Vocabulary: Proverbs
The early bird, spilled milk, and the wisdom hidden in old sayings.
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Vocabulary: Similes & Metaphors
As busy as a bee vs. time is a thief — spotting the difference.
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Vocabulary: False Friends
Words that look familiar in another language but mean something else entirely.
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Vocabulary: Academic Writing
Thesis statements, counterarguments, and the language of formal essays.
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Vocabulary: Business English
Synergy, ROI, stakeholders — the vocabulary of the modern workplace.
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Vocabulary: Technology
API, bandwidth, encryption — the language of the digital world.
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Vocabulary: Sports
From baseball pitchers to rugby scrums — sports terms across the board.
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Vocabulary: Medical English
Hypertension, dyspnea, and the terminology behind a doctor's visit.
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Vocabulary: Legal English
Plaintiff, tort, jurisdiction — the vocabulary of courts and contracts.
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Vocabulary: Food & Cooking
Braising, julienning, simmering — the language of the kitchen.
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Vocabulary: Travel English
Passports, check-in, currency exchange — the English you need on the road.
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Exam Prep
Get exam-ready — the vocabulary and skills tested on IELTS, TOEFL, GRE, and job interviews.
IELTS Vocabulary
The advanced vocabulary that separates a Band 6 from a Band 8 on IELTS.
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TOEFL Vocabulary
The academic vocabulary that shows up constantly across TOEFL reading and listening.
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GRE Verbal Vocabulary
Obfuscate, sanguine, perspicacious — the notoriously hard words the GRE loves to test.
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Advanced Academic Vocabulary
Corroborate, axiomatic, obfuscation — the vocabulary of serious academic writing.
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English for Job Interviews
From the greeting to the follow-up email — the English that gets you hired.
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Style & Usage
Sharpen your English style — spelling, tone, tenses, and the language behind the language.
Formal vs Informal English
Gonna vs going to, Dear Sir vs Hi — knowing which register to use, and when.
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Clichés to Avoid
Think outside the box, at the end of the day — the phrases that drain your writing of impact.
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Spelling Rules & Exceptions
'I before E except after C' — and all the words that break the rule anyway.
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Literary Devices
Metaphor, irony, alliteration — the tools writers use to make language do more.
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Shakespeare's English
Thou, doth, wherefore art thou — decoding the English of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets.
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Latin & French Words in English
Rendezvous, ad hoc, curriculum — how much of 'English' actually came from somewhere else.
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Email Writing Vocabulary
Salutation, CC, BCC — the vocabulary and etiquette of a professional email.
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Numbers & Numerals in English
Forty-two, 3,500, 2nd — the rules for writing numbers correctly in English.
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English Word Stress
PREsent vs preSENT — the syllable emphasis that can completely change a word's meaning.
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Narrative Tenses
Simple Past, Past Continuous, Past Perfect — the tenses that make a story make sense.
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