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.
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English vocabulary … getting started
Build your English vocabulary!
Quizzes on vocabulary
Vocabulary building
- Antonyms: What’s the opposite of…?
- Body idioms: Listen to your body!
- Expressions straight from the shoulder
- Expressions with the word “hat”: Put your thinking cap on!
- Food clichés: Delicious expressions
- Heady expressions
- Heartfelt expressions
- Nosy expressions
- Money talks
- Similes: As easy as pie!
Other resources on English vocabulary
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Articles on vocabulary
Vocabulary building
- Vocabulary building: “spring”
- Vocabulary building: “summer”
- Vocabulary building: “fall, autumn”
- Vocabulary building: “o’clock”
- Vocabulary building: time of day
Other resources on English vocabulary
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English grammar and syntax … getting started
Explore different aspects of English grammar and syntax such as parts of speech, prepositions, agreement and sentence structure.
Quizzes on grammar and syntax
Parts of speech
- A question of sound, not sight: “A” or “an”
- Review exercise: Adverbs and adjectives
- Choose the correct adverb!
- Qualifying or classifying adjective?
- Countable and uncountable nouns: Can you count them?
- Pronoun case with comparisons: Are you as tall as “I” or “me”?
- Pronoun case: Is it “we” or “us”?
Prepositions
Agreement
Other resources on English grammar and syntax
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Articles on grammar and syntax
Parts of speech
- The parts of speech: An introduction
- Indefinite articles: “a” and “an”
- Adjectives
- Adjective comparison: positive, comparative and superlative
- Adverbs
- Adverb comparison: positive, comparative and superlative
- Nouns
- Coordinating conjunctions
- Pronouns
- Personal pronouns
- Demonstrative pronouns and demonstrative adjectives
Prepositions
- Prepositions: An overview
- Preposition: “via”
- Prepositional phrases: “inside of,” “outside of” and “off of”
- Prepositional phrases: “on foot” and “by foot”
- Prepositional phrases: “in the circumstances” and “under the circumstances”
Sentence structure
- The structure of a sentence
- The purpose of a sentence
- Simple sentences
- Direct objects
- The predicate
- Subject predicate order
Other resources on English grammar and syntax
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English verbs … getting started
Learn about English verbs, and tenses and moods.
Quizzes on verbs
Tenses and moods
Other resources on English verbs
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Articles on verbs
Verbs: General
Tenses and moods
Other resources on English verbs
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English spelling … getting started
Learn about some of the common spelling challenges in English such as homonyms, Canadian spelling and tricky endings.
Quizzes on spelling
Homonyms
- Homonyms: Is it “every one” or “everyone”?
- Homonyms: Sight, site, cite
- Homonyms: Their, there, they’re
- Homonyms: Two, too, to
- One word or two: Better together or apart?
- One word or two: It depends!
Tricky endings
- Suffixes after “y”: Keep the “y” or switch to “i”?
- The final “e”: Keep it or drop it?
- The final consonant before a vowel: When to double it
Other resources on English spelling
Articles on spelling
Homonyms
- Homonyms, homophones and homographs
- Homonyms: “its” and “it’s”
- Homonyms: “lead” and “led”
- Homonyms: “there,” “their” and “they’re”
- Homonyms: “two,” “too” and “to”
- Homonyms: “who’s” and “whose”
- Homonyms: “your,” “you’re” and “yours”
Canadian spelling
- Canadian spelling: “analyze” and “analyse”
- Canadian spelling: “check” and “cheque”
- Canadian spelling: “colour,” “colourful” and “coloration”
- Canadian spelling: “fibre” and “fiber”
- Spelling: international variations
Tricky endings
Other resources on English spelling
Tips and tricks for learning a language … getting started
The Our Languages blog features a variety of posts written by people who are learning or teaching a second language. Browse through the posts to find simple tips and creative ideas to make learning a language fun and motivating.
Blog posts on learning a language
- 5 reasons why reading aloud isn’t just for children
- Five ways to achieve total immersion in a language without leaving your house
- Improving the way you learn a language
- Language learning made (almost) effortless
- Learning to write: It’s child’s play!
- Literacy connections through food storytelling
- My view on the main challenge in learning a new language
- Unconventional ways to learn a language if you’re stuck at home and on a budget
- Using social media to improve your language skills
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