## [Improve your English skills: Diving deeper](/en/improve-your-english-skills-diving-deeper) - [Improve your English skills: Getting started](improve-your-english-skills-getting-started) - [Improve your English skills: Diving deeper](#) - [Improve your English skills: Reaching further](improve-your-english-skills-reaching-further) Want to improve your English skills? Our selection of quizzes and articles on various aspects of the English language can help you reach your learning goals. ## Choose a topic [Vocabulary](#vocabulary) [Grammar and syntax](#grammar-syntax) [Verbs](#verbs) [Spelling](#spelling) ## English vocabulary … diving deeper Build your English vocabulary, and explore some easily confused words and expressions. Quizzes on vocabulary### Vocabulary building - [A bounty of apple idioms](/en/quiz/a-bounty-of-apple-idioms-eng) - [Body idioms: Let your body do the talking!](/en/quiz/body-idioms-let-your-body-do-the-talking-eng) - [Chilly expressions: Don’t be left out in the cold!](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-expression-dont-be-left-out-in-the-cold-eng) - [Chilly expressions: Don’t get cold feet!](/en/quiz/chilly-expressions-dont-get-cold-feet-eng) - [Handy expressions](/en/quiz/handy-expressions-eng) - [Horsing around with animal expressions](/en/quiz/horsing-around-with-animal-expressions-eng) - [Sunny expressions](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-sunny-expressions-eng) - [Similes: As easy as ABC!](/en/quiz/similes-as-easy-as-abc-eng) - [Warning: Severe weather ahead](/en/quiz/warning-severe-weather-ahead-eng) ### Easily confused words and expressions - [Affect or effect: What’s the difference?](/en/quiz/affect-or-effect-whats-the-difference-eng) - [Assure, ensure or insure?](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-assure-ensure-insure-eng) - [Farther or further?](/en/quiz/farther-or-further-eng) - [Than vs. then: Test your knowledge!](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-than-vs-then-test-your-knowledge-eng) - [Confusable words: “Amount” or “number”?](/en/quiz/confusable-words-amount-or-number-eng) - [Confusable words: “Bring” or “take”?](/en/quiz/confusable-words-bring-or-take-eng) - [Confusable words: “Fewer” or “less”?](/en/quiz/confusable-words-fewer-or-less-eng) ### Other resources on English vocabulary See [English vocabulary … getting started](improve-your-english-skills-getting-started#vocabulary) and [English vocabulary … reaching further](improve-your-english-skills-reaching-further#vocabulary). Articles on vocabulary### Vocabulary building - [Vocabulary building: “Anglophone” and “Francophone”](/en/writing-tips-plus/francophone-anglophone) - [Vocabulary building: How to write the date correctly](/en/writing-tips-plus/date-how-to-write-the-date-correctly) - [Vocabulary building: The prefixes “non-“ and “un-”](/en/writing-tips-plus/non-un-) ### Easily confused words and expressions - [Easily confused words and expressions: “affect” and “effect”](/en/writing-tips-plus/affect-effect) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “amount” and “number”](/en/writing-tips-plus/amount-number) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “assure,” “ensure” and “insure”](/en/writing-tips-plus/assure-ensure-insure) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “bring” and “take”](/en/writing-tips-plus/bring-take) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “could have,” “could’ve” and “could of”](/en/writing-tips-plus/could-have-couldve-could-of) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “different from,” “different than” and “different to”](/en/writing-tips-plus/different-from-different-than-different-to) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “emigrate,” “immigrate” and “migrate”](/en/writing-tips-plus/emigrate-immigrate-migrate) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “farther,” “further” and “furthermore”](/en/writing-tips-plus/farther-further-furthermore) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “got” and “gotten”](/en/writing-tips-plus/got-gotten-) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “may be” and “maybe”](/en/writing-tips-plus/may-be-maybe) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “put in place” and “put into place”](/en/writing-tips-plus/put-in-place-put-into-place) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “supposedly” and “supposably”](/en/writing-tips-plus/supposedly-supposably) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “look over” and “overlook”](/en/writing-tips-plus/look-over-overlook) ### Other resources on English vocabulary See [English vocabulary … getting started](improve-your-english-skills-getting-started#vocabulary) and [English vocabulary … reaching further](improve-your-english-skills-reaching-further#vocabulary). [ top arrow icon - Top of page ](#wb-cont) ## English grammar and syntax … diving deeper Explore different aspects of English grammar and syntax such as parts of speech, prepositions, plurals, agreement and sentence structure. Quizzes on grammar and syntax### Parts of speech - [Review exercise: Parts of speech](/en/hypergrammar-2/review-parts-of-speech) - [Parts of speech: Is that a preposition?](/en/quiz/parts-of-speech-is-that-a-preposition-eng) - [Parts of speech: Is that a verb?](/en/quiz/parts-of-speech-is-that-a-verb-eng) - [Parts of speech: Is that an adjective?](/en/quiz/parts-of-speech-is-that-an-adjective-eng) - [Adjectives: Keep them in order!](/en/quiz/adjectives-keep-them-in-order-eng) - [Agile adverbs](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-agile-adverbs-eng) - [Types of phrases: Is it a noun phrase, verb phrase or other phrase?](/en/quiz/types-of-phrases-noun-verb-other-eng) - [Bad vs. badly](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-bad-badly-eng) - [Poor or poorly?](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-poor-poorly-eng) ### Prepositions - [Pesky prepositions: Choose carefully!](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-pesky-prepositions-2-eng) - ["Running" with prepositions](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-running-with-prepositions-eng) ### Plurals - [English plurals: More than just adding “s”](/en/quiz/english-plurals-more-than-just-adding-s-eng) - [Irregular plural nouns](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-irregular-plural-nouns-eng) - [Plural family names](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-plurals-family-names-eng) - [Plurals of nouns ending in “f” or “fe”](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-plurals-of-nouns-f-fe-eng) - [Plurals of nouns ending in “y”](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-plurals-nouns-ending-y-eng) ### Agreement - [Pronoun agreement: Choose the correct option!](/en/quiz/pronoun-agreement-choose-the-correct-option-eng) - [Subject-verb agreement with “none”](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-sva-none-eng) - [Subject-verb agreement: “Either” and “neither”](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-verb-agreement-eng) - [Subject-verb agreement: “Number,” “range” and “total”](/en/quiz/sva-number-range-total-eng) - [Subject-verb agreement: Compound subjects](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-sva-comp-subjects-eng) - [Subject-verb agreement: Indefinite pronouns](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-agreement-with-indefinite-pronouns-eng) ### Sentence structure - [The four sentence types: Spot the correct one!](/en/quiz/the-four-sentence-types-spot-the-correct-one-eng) - [Active and passive voice: Stay passive or go active?](/en/quiz/active-and-passive-voice-stay-passive-or-go-active-eng) - [Active and passive voice: Which one to use?](/en/quiz/active-and-passive-voice-which-one-to-use-eng) - [Fun with Clauses: Dependent or independent?](/en/quiz/fun-with-clauses-dependent-or-independent-eng) ### Other resources on English grammar and syntax See [English grammar and syntax … getting started](improve-your-english-skills-getting-started#grammar-syntax) and [English grammar and syntax … reaching further](improve-your-english-skills-reaching-further#grammar-syntax). Articles on grammar and syntax### Parts of speech - [Grammar terms](/en/writing-tips-plus/grammar-terms) - [Using adverbs and adjectives](/en/hypergrammar-2/using-adverbs-and-adjectives) - [Adjective clauses](/en/writing-tips-plus/adjective-clause) - [Adverb clauses](/en/writing-tips-plus/adverb-clause) - [Conjunctive adverbs](/en/writing-tips-plus/conjunctive-adverb) - [Noun phrases](/en/writing-tips-plus/noun-phrase) - [Compound personal pronouns](/en/writing-tips-plus/compound-personal-pronouns-reflexive-pronouns-intensive-pronouns) - [Indefinite pronouns](/en/writing-tips-plus/indefinite-pronouns) - [Correlative conjunctions](/en/writing-tips-plus/correlative-conjunctions) - [How to use the phrases “you and I” and “you and me”](/en/writing-tips-plus/you-and-i-you-and-me) ### Prepositions - [Prepositional phrases: An overview](/en/writing-tips-plus/prepositions) - [Prepositions: “beside” and “besides”](/en/writing-tips-plus/beside-besides) - [Prepositions: “by” and “near”](/en/writing-tips-plus/by-near) - [Prepositions: “in” and “into”](/en/writing-tips-plus/in-into) - [Prepositions: “on,” “on to” and “onto”](/en/writing-tips-plus/on-on-to-onto) - [Prepositions: “upon,” “up on” and “on”](/en/writing-tips-plus/upon-up-on-on) ### Plurals - [Plurals: Family names](/en/writing-tips-plus/plurals-of-family-names) - [Plurals: Numbers](/en/writing-tips-plus/numbers-plurals) ### Agreement - [Verb agreement: An overview](/en/writing-tips-plus/verb-agreement) - [Verb agreement in questions](/en/writing-tips-plus/verb-agreement-in-questions-) - [Verb agreement with the word “couple”](/en/writing-tips-plus/verb-agreement-with-couple) - [Verb agreement with the word “none”](/en/writing-tips-plus/verb-agreement-with-none) - [Verb agreement with the word “number”](/en/writing-tips-plus/verb-agreement-with-number) - [Verb agreement with the word “range”](/en/writing-tips-plus/verb-agreement-with-range) - [Verb agreement with the word “total”](/en/writing-tips-plus/verb-agreement-with-total) ### Sentence structure - [Complex sentences](/en/writing-tips-plus/complex-sentence) - [Compound sentences](/en/writing-tips-plus/compound-sentences) - [Fragments and sentence fragments](/en/writing-tips-plus/fragment-sentence-fragment) - [Indirect objects](/en/writing-tips-plus/indirect-objects) - [Active voice and passive voice](/en/writing-tips-plus/active-voice-passive-voice-voice) ### Other resources on English grammar and syntax See [English grammar and syntax … getting started](improve-your-english-skills-getting-started#grammar-syntax) and [English grammar and syntax … reaching further](improve-your-english-skills-reaching-further#grammar-syntax). [ top arrow icon - Top of page ](#wb-cont) ## English verbs … diving deeper Learn about English verbs, tenses and moods, and phrasal verbs. Quizzes on verbs### Verbs: General - [Verbs: Action, linking or helping?](/en/quiz/verbs-action-linking-or-helping-eng) - [Verbs: More than just action words!](/en/quiz/verbs-more-than-just-action-words-eng) ### Tenses and moods - [Review exercise: Verb moods](/en/hypergrammar-2/review-verb-mood) - [Review exercise: Verb tenses](/en/hypergrammar-2/review-verb-tenses) - [Verb tenses in storytelling](/en/quiz/verb-tenses-in-storytelling-eng) - [Verb tenses: Context is everything](/en/quiz/verb-tenses-context-is-everything-eng) - [Conditionals: “If” and other clues](/en/quiz/conditionals-if-and-other-clues-eng) - [Conditionals: Iffy verbs](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-conditionals-iffy-verbs-eng) ### Phrasal verbs - [Phrasal verbs: Break time!](/en/quiz/phrasal-verbs-break-time-eng) - [Phrasal verbs: Bring it on!](/en/quiz/phrasal-verbs-bring-it-on-eng) - [Phrasal verbs: Don’t fall behind!](/en/quiz/phrasal-verbs-dont-fall-behind-eng) - [Phrasal verbs: Fall in line!](/en/quiz/phrasal-verbs-fall-in-line-eng) - [Phrasal verbs: Take a break!](/en/quiz/phrasal-verbs-take-break-eng) ### Other resources on English verbs See [English verbs … getting started](improve-your-english-skills-getting-started#verbs) and [English verbs … reaching further](improve-your-english-skills-reaching-further#verbs). Articles on verbs### Verbs: General - [Compound verbs](/en/hypergrammar-2/compound-verbs) - [Helping (auxiliary) verbs](/en/writing-tips-plus/verbs-helping-verbs-auxiliary-verbs) - [Linking verbs](/en/writing-tips-plus/linking-verb-copula-verb) - [Verb phrases](/en/writing-tips-plus/verb-phrase) ### Tenses and moods - [Verbs in conditional sentences](/en/writing-tips-plus/verbs-in-conditional-sentences) - [How to avoid incorrect uses of the verb “would”](/en/writing-tips-plus/would) - [Modal auxiliary verbs: “may” and “might”](/en/writing-tips-plus/may-might) ### Phrasal verbs - [Phrasal verbs with the adverb “up”](/en/writing-tips-plus/up) - [Phrasal verbs: “agree on,” “agree to” and “agree with”](/en/writing-tips-plus/agree-on-agree-to-agree-with) - [Phrasal verbs: “associate to” and “associate with”](/en/writing-tips-plus/associate-to-associate-with) - [Phrasal verbs: “depart for” and “depart from”](/en/writing-tips-plus/depart-depart-for-depart-from) - [Phrasal verbs: “divide in,” “divide into,” “divide in half” and “divide in two”](/en/writing-tips-plus/divide-in-divide-into-divide-in-half-divide-in-two) - [Phrasal verbs: “face off,” “face-off” and “faceoff”](/en/writing-tips-plus/face-off-face-off-faceoff) - [Phrasal verbs: “follow up on” and “follow up with”](/en/writing-tips-plus/follow-up-on-follow-up-with) - [Phrasal verbs: “invested as,” “invest in” and “invest with”](/en/writing-tips-plus/invest-invested-as-invest-in-invest-with) - [Phrasal verbs: “live by,” “live off” and “live on”](/en/writing-tips-plus/live-by-live-off-live-on) - [Phrasal verbs: “point at,” “point to” and “point out”](/en/writing-tips-plus/point-at-point-to-point-out) - [Phrasal verbs: “prevent from” and “prevent to”](/en/writing-tips-plus/prevent-from-prevent-to) ### Other resources on English verbs See [English verbs … getting started](improve-your-english-skills-getting-started#verbs) and [English verbs … reaching further](improve-your-english-skills-reaching-further#verbs). [ top arrow icon - Top of page ](#wb-cont) ## English spelling … diving deeper Learn about some of the common spelling challenges in English such as homonyms, Canadian spelling and tricky endings. Quizzes on spelling### Homonyms - [Homonyms: Choose the correct word!](/en/quiz/homonyms-choose-the-correct-word-eng) - [Homonyms: Council, counsel, councillor, counsellor](/en/quiz/homonyms-council-counsel-councillor-counsellor-eng) - [Homonyms: Is it “discreet” or “discrete”?](/en/quiz/homonyms-is-it-discreet-or-discrete-eng) - [Homonyms: Let the context guide you!](/en/quiz/homonyms-let-the-context-guide-you-eng) - [Homonyms: Same sound, different meaning!](/en/quiz/homonyms-same-sound-different-meaning-eng) - [One word or two: Fun with homonyms!](/en/quiz/one-word-or-two-fun-with-homonyms-eng) ### Canadian spelling - [Canadian spelling challenge: Are you an “adviser” or an “advisor”?](/en/quiz/are-you-an-adviser-or-advisor-eng) - [Canadian spelling challenge: Pretty tricky, eh?](/en/quiz/pretty-tricky-eh-eng) - [Canadian spelling challenge: Spot the preferred spelling!](/en/quiz/spot-the-preferred-spelling-eng) - [Spellbound: Is it “gray” or “grey”?](/en/quiz/spellbound-is-it-gray-or-grey-eng) ### Tricky endings - [Words that end with “-able” and “-ible”](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-words-able-ible-eng) - [Words that end with “-sion” and “-tion”](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-words-end-with-sion-tion-eng) - [Words that end with the sound “-er”](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-words-ending-er-eng) ### Other resources on English spelling See [English spelling … getting started](improve-your-english-skills-getting-started#spelling). Articles on spelling### Homonyms - [Homonyms: “all ready” and “already”](/en/writing-tips-plus/all-ready-already) - [Homonyms: “all together” and “altogether”](/en/writing-tips-plus/all-together-altogether) - [Homonyms: “back up” and “backup”](/en/writing-tips-plus/back-up-backup) - [Homonyms: “cite,” “sight” and “site”](/en/writing-tips-plus/cite-sight-site) - [Homonyms: “complement” and “compliment”](/en/writing-tips-plus/complement-compliment) - [Homonyms: “council,” “councillor,” “counsel” and “counsellor”](/en/writing-tips-plus/council-councillor-counsel-counsellor) - [Homonyms: “discreet” and “discrete”](/en/writing-tips-plus/discreet-discrete) - [Homonyms: “incidence” and “incidents”](/en/writing-tips-plus/incidence-incidents) ### Canadian spelling - [Canadian spelling: “behaviour,” “behavioural” and “behaviourism”](/en/writing-tips-plus/behaviour-behavioural-behaviourism) - [Canadian spelling: “grey” and “gray”](/en/writing-tips-plus/grey-gray) - [Canadian spelling: “honor,” “honorary,” “honour” and “honourary”](/en/writing-tips-plus/honor-honorary-honour-honourary) - [Canadian spelling: “licence” and “license”](/en/writing-tips-plus/licence-license) - [Canadian spelling: “manoeuvre” and “maneuver”](/en/writing-tips-plus/manoeuvre-maneuver-manoeuvring-manoeuvrable-manoeuvrability) - [Canadian spelling: “practice” and “practise”](/en/writing-tips-plus/practice-practise) ### Tricky endings - [Spelling: Final silent “e” before a suffix](/en/hypergrammar-2/final-silent-e-before-a-suffix) - [Spelling: Words ending in a silent “e”](/en/writing-tips-plus/spelling-words-ending-in-a-silent-e) ### Other resources on English spelling See [English spelling … getting started](improve-your-english-skills-getting-started#spelling). 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