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