Family members
Learn simple words for the people in your family, such as parents, brother, aunt and cousin.
14 questions · 10 min
Vocabulary Lessons
Topic word lists with meanings and examples, then exercises to help the words stick.
30 lessons
Food and drink
Learn everyday words for things we eat and drink, such as bread, rice, soup and juice.
14 questions · 10 min
Daily routine verbs
Learn verbs and phrases to talk about your day, from waking up in the morning to going to bed.
14 questions · 10 min
Rooms and things in the home
Learn the names of rooms and common furniture, such as kitchen, stairs, sofa and fridge.
14 questions · 10 min
Clothes and colours
Learn words for everyday clothes and colours, and say what people are wearing.
14 questions · 10 min
Travel and transport
Learn useful words for journeys by bus, train and plane, such as ticket, platform, delayed and luggage.
14 questions · 12 min
Shopping
Learn words for buying things in shops, such as price, receipt, try on, fit and refund.
14 questions · 12 min
Weather and seasons
Learn words to describe the weather and the seasons, and to understand a weather forecast.
14 questions · 12 min
Health and the body
Learn words to say how you feel when you are ill and to talk to a doctor or pharmacist.
14 questions · 12 min
Jobs and workplaces
Learn words for common jobs, places of work and talking about your working week.
14 questions · 12 min
School and studying
Learn words for studying, exams and coursework, such as revise, deadline, assignment and concentrate.
15 questions · 12 min
Technology at home
Learn everyday words for using phones, computers and other devices at home, from charge to back up.
14 questions · 12 min
The environment
Learn words to talk about nature, pollution, waste and how people can protect the world around them.
15 questions · 12 min
Feelings and emotions
Learn adjectives to describe how you feel, such as relieved, embarrassed, frustrated and grateful.
15 questions · 12 min
Money and spending
Learn words for managing everyday money, such as budget, afford, borrow, lend, owe and bargain.
15 questions · 12 min
Collocations with make and do
Learn common fixed phrases with make and do, such as make progress, make sense, do research and do someone a favour.
15 questions · 15 min
Phrasal verbs for work and study
Learn phrasal verbs that are common at work and university, such as carry out, fall behind, come up with and take on.
15 questions · 15 min
Describing trends and change
Learn verbs, adverbs and adjectives to describe how numbers change over time, as in reports and graph descriptions.
15 questions · 15 min
Expressing opinions and arguments
Learn words and linking phrases for discussions and essays, such as claim, evidence, whereas and admittedly.
15 questions · 15 min
Science and research
Learn the language of scientific research, from hypothesis and sample to findings and peer review.
15 questions · 15 min
Academic verbs and collocations
Learn precise verbs and fixed phrases such as underpin, corroborate, shed light on and give rise to for essays, reports and discussions.
16 questions · 20 min
Workplace and career idioms
Learn idioms such as hit the ground running, move the goalposts, call the shots and the glass ceiling to describe working life with nuance.
16 questions · 20 min
The environment and sustainability
Learn precise vocabulary such as mitigate, deplete, carbon sink, tipping point and greenwashing for discussing environmental issues.
16 questions · 20 min
Persuasion and negotiation
Learn phrases such as concede a point, play devil's advocate, drive a hard bargain and meet halfway for debates, meetings and negotiations.
16 questions · 20 min
Technology, data and ethics
Learn words such as ubiquitous, surveillance, anonymise, accountability and transparency to discuss digital technology and its ethical questions.
16 questions · 20 min
Near-synonyms: subtle differences
Tell apart pairs of words that look alike but carry different judgements, such as frugal and stingy, or concise and terse.
16 questions · 25 min
Figurative idioms and fixed expressions
Use twelve vivid figurative expressions, from red herrings to the tip of the iceberg, with the right form and the right occasion.
16 questions · 25 min
Register: formal and informal equivalents
Match formal words such as commence, ascertain and reside with their everyday equivalents, and choose the right register for letters and reports.
16 questions · 25 min
Words for tone and attitude
Name the feelings behind a voice or a text, with adjectives such as wry, sardonic, deferential, ambivalent, scathing and wistful.
16 questions · 25 min
Sophisticated adjectives for people and ideas
Describe minds, characters, arguments and problems with precise adjectives such as erudite, astute, incisive, tenuous, spurious and intractable.
16 questions · 25 min
Original lessons by Joy English. Levels are suggestions.