## [Improve your English skills: Reaching further](/en/improve-your-english-skills-reaching-further) - [Improve your English skills: Getting started](improve-your-english-skills-getting-started) - [Improve your English skills: Diving deeper](improve-your-english-skills-diving-deeper) - [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) ## English vocabulary … reaching further Build your English vocabulary, and explore some easily confused words and expressions. Quizzes on vocabulary### Vocabulary building - [A proverb a day keeps the doctor away!](/en/quiz/a-proverb-a-day-keeps-the-doctor-away-eng) - [Blooming idioms: Flowery language](/en/quiz/blooming-idioms-flowery-language-eng) - [Botanical expressions](/en/quiz/botanical-expressions-eng) - [Demonyms: Is it Albertines, Albertans or Albertians?](/en/quiz/demonyms-albertines-albertans-albertians-eng) - [Environment-related words: A rich eco-vocabulary](/en/quiz/environment-a-rich-eco-vocabulary-eng) - [Family relationships](/en/quiz/family-relationships-eng) - [Food clichés: Appetizing turns of phrase](/en/quiz/appetizing-turns-of-phrase-eng) - [Plainly said: Keep it clear!](/en/quiz/plainly-said-keep-it-clear-eng) - [Similes: Like taking candy from a baby!](/en/quiz/similes-like-taking-candy-from-a-baby-eng) - [Synonyms: Replacing the verb “have”](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-replace-verb-have-eng) ### Easily confused words and expressions - [Confusable words: Is it “bad” or “badly”?](/en/quiz/confusable-words-is-it-bad-or-badly-eng) - [Confusable words: Is it “loath” or “loathe”?](/en/quiz/confusable-words-is-it-loath-or-loathe-eng) - [Similar-sounding words: Are you “discreet” or “discrete”?](/en/quiz/similar-sounding-words-discreet-or-discrete-eng) - [Similar-sounding words: Do you have “flair” or “flare”?](/en/quiz/similar-sounding-words-flair-or-flare-eng) - [Similar-sounding words: Do you want “dessert” or “desert”?](/en/quiz/similar-sounding-words-dessert-or-desert-eng) ### Other resources on English vocabulary See [English vocabulary … getting started](improve-your-english-skills-getting-started#vocabulary) and [English vocabulary … diving deeper](improve-your-english-skills-diving-deeper#vocabulary). Articles on vocabulary### Easily confused words and expressions - [Easily confused words and expressions: “adverse,” “adverse to” and “averse to”](/en/writing-tips-plus/adverse-adverse-to-averse-to) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “biannual,” “biennial” and “semi-annual”](/en/writing-tips-plus/biannual-biennial-semi-annual) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “comprise,” “compose” and “constitute”](/en/writing-tips-plus/comprise-compose-constitute) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “dependant” and “dependent”](/en/writing-tips-plus/dependant-dependent) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “e.g.” and “i.e.”](/en/writing-tips-plus/eg-ie) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “fewer,” “less” and “lesser”](/en/writing-tips-plus/fewer-less-lesser) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “include” and “comprise”](/en/writing-tips-plus/include-comprise) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “regardless,” “irrespective” and “irregardless”](/en/writing-tips-plus/regardless-irrespective-irregardless) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “used to,” “never used to,” “used not to” and “didn’t use to”](/en/writing-tips-plus/used-to-never-used-to-used-not-to-didnt-use-to) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “assume” and “presume”](/en/writing-tips-plus/assume-presume) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “feel bad” and “feel badly”](/en/writing-tips-plus/feel-bad-feel-badly) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “overlook”, “oversee” and “oversight”](/en/writing-tips-plus/overlook-oversee-oversight) - [Easily confused words and expressions: “subject to” and “subjected to”](/en/writing-tips-plus/subject-to-subjected-to) ### Other resources on English vocabulary See [English vocabulary … getting started](improve-your-english-skills-getting-started#vocabulary) and [English vocabulary … diving deeper](improve-your-english-skills-diving-deeper#vocabulary). [ top arrow icon - Top of page ](#wb-cont) ## English grammar and syntax … reaching further Explore different aspects of English grammar and syntax such as parts of speech, prepositions, plurals, agreement, sentence structure and grammar errors. Quizzes on grammar and syntax### Parts of speech - [Are you adept at adverbs?](/en/quiz/are-you-adept-at-adverbs-eng) - [Know your adjectives](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-know-your-adjectives-eng) - [Conjunctions: Coordinating, subordinating or correlative?](/en/quiz/conjunctions-coordinating-subordinating-or-correlative-eng) - [Types of nouns: Name that noun!](/en/quiz/types-of-nouns-name-that-noun-eng) - [That or which: It’s all relative!](/en/quiz/that-or-which-Its-all-relative-eng) - [When to use or omit “that”](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-use-or-omit-that-eng) - [“Whether” or “whether or not”: Do away with “or not”?](/en/quiz/whether-or-not-do-away-with-or-not-eng) - [Who or whom: Which one is right?](/en/quiz/who-or-whom-which-one-is-right-eng) ### Prepositions - [Pesky prepositions: Is it one or both?](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-pesky-prepositions-one-both-eng) ### Plurals - [English plurals: Exceptions to the rules!](/en/quiz/english-plurals-exceptions-to-the-rules-eng) - [English plurals: Tricky endings](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-english-plurals-2-eng) - [Plural compounds: Not so straightforward](/en/quiz/plural-compounds-not-so-straightforward-eng) - [Plural compounds: Tricky stuff!](/en/quiz/plurals-of-compounds-tricky-stuff-eng) ### Agreement - [Pronoun agreement: Test your knowledge!](/en/quiz/pronoun-agreement-test-your-knowledge-eng) - [Subject-verb agreement: Advanced](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-sva-advanced-eng) - [Subject-verb agreement: Collective nouns](/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-sva-collective-nouns-eng) ### Sentence structure - [Clauses and phrases: Can you tell the difference?](/en/quiz/clauses-and-phrases-can-you-tell-the-difference-eng) - [Clauses and phrases: Pick the right one!](/en/quiz/clauses-and-phrases-pick-the-right-one-eng) - [Transition words: What’s their function?](/en/quiz/transition-words-whats-their-function-eng) - [Active and passive voice: Test yourself!](/en/quiz/active-and-passive-voice-test-yourself-eng) ### Grammar errors - [Identifying errors: Find the faux pas!](/en/quiz/identifying-errors-find-the-faux-pas-eng) - [Identifying errors: Spot the slip-up!](/en/quiz/identifying-errors-spot-the-slip-up-eng) - [Commonly misused phrases: Not so easy to spot](/en/quiz/commonly-misused-phrases-not-so-easy-to-spot-eng) - [Dangling modifiers: They’ll leave you hanging!](/en/quiz/dangling-modifiers-theyll-leave-you-hanging-eng) - [Dangling modifiers: They’ll leave you in suspense!](/en/quiz/dangling-modifiers-theyll-leave-you-in-suspense-eng) - [Faulty comparisons: Something’s amiss](/en/quiz/faulty-comparisons-somethings-amiss-eng) - [Faulty comparisons: Something’s not right](/en/quiz/faulty-comparisons-somethings-not-right-eng) - [Items in a series: Parallelism is paramount!](/en/quiz/items-in-a-series-parallelism-is-paramount-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 … diving deeper](improve-your-english-skills-diving-deeper#grammar-syntax). Articles on grammar and syntax### Parts of speech - [Grammar myths](/en/pecks-english-pointers/grammar-10-grammar-myths) - [Adjectives and adverbs: Tricky errors to watch for](/en/pecks-english-pointers/grammar-3-adj-adv) - [Noun clauses](/en/writing-tips-plus/noun-clause) - [Pronouns: Form is everything](/en/pecks-english-pointers/grammar-1-pronouns) - [Three principles of pronoun management](/en/pecks-english-pointers/clarity-2-pronoun-management) - [Relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, that](/en/writing-tips-plus/relative-pronouns-who-whom-whose-which-that) - [Correlative conjunctions: both … and](/en/writing-tips-plus/both-and) - [Correlative conjunctions: either … or](/en/writing-tips-plus/either-or) - [Correlative conjunctions: neither … nor](/en/writing-tips-plus/neither-nor) - [Subordinating conjunctions](/en/writing-tips-plus/subordinating-conjunctions) - [The how-tos of "who" and "whom"](/en/pecks-english-pointers/grammar-2-how-tos) - [Blog post: “That” is a tricky one](/en/blogue-blog/that-tricky-one-eng) ### Plurals - [Plurals: Abbreviations](/en/writing-tips-plus/abbreviations-plurals) - [Plurals: Apostrophes](/en/writing-tips-plus/apostrophe-plurals) - [Plurals: Compounds](/en/writing-tips-plus/plurals-of-compounds) - [Plurals: Foreign nouns](/en/writing-tips-plus/spelling-plurals-of-foreign-nouns) ### Agreement - [Verb agreement in sentences beginning with “there”](/en/writing-tips-plus/verb-agreement-sentences-beginning-with-there) - [Verb agreement with collective nouns](/en/writing-tips-plus/verb-agreement-with-collective-nouns) - [Verb agreement with indefinite pronouns](/en/writing-tips-plus/verb-agreement-with-indefinite-pronouns-) - [Pronoun agreement with collective nouns](/en/writing-tips-plus/pronoun-agreement-collective-nouns) - [Agreement: The grammar of numbers](/en/pecks-english-pointers/grammar-8-grammar-numbers) - [Dubious agreement: Agreement errors](/en/pecks-english-pointers/grammar-6-dubious-agreement) - [More dubious agreement: Agreement errors](/en/pecks-english-pointers/grammar-7-more-dubious-agreement) ### Sentence structure - [Compound-complex sentences](/en/writing-tips-plus/compound-complex-sentence) - [Clear communication: An overview of the writing process and related techniques](/en/writing-tips-plus/clear-communication-overview-of-the-writing-process-and-techniques) - [Clear communication: Choose positive over negative phrasing](/en/writing-tips-plus/clear-communication-choose-positive-over-negative-phrasing) - [Identifying and correcting run-on sentences](/en/writing-tips-plus/run-on-sentences) - [Quotations with indirect (reported) speech](/en/writing-tips-plus/quotations-indirect-reported-speech) - [Transition words (connectors)](/en/writing-tips-plus/clear-communication-transition-words) ### Grammar errors - [Dangling modifiers](/en/writing-tips-plus/dangling-modifiers) - [Excuse me, have you misplaced your modifier?](/en/pecks-english-pointers/grammar-5-excuse-me) - [The elusive dangling modifier](/en/pecks-english-pointers/elusive-dangling-modifier) - [Faulty comparisons](/en/writing-tips-plus/faulty-comparisons) - [Faulty parallelism](/en/writing-tips-plus/faulty-parallelism) ### 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 … diving deeper](improve-your-english-skills-diving-deeper#grammar-syntax). [ top arrow icon - Top of page ](#wb-cont) ## English verbs … reaching further Learn about English verbs, tenses and moods, phrasal verbs and verbals. Quizzes on verbs### Verbs: General - [Transitive and intransitive verbs: Name that verb!](/en/quiz/transitive-and-intransitive-verbs-name-that-verb-eng) - [Transitive and intransitive verbs: Who did what to whom?](/en/quiz/transitive-and-intransitive-verbs-who-did-what-to-whom-eng) ### Tenses and moods - [Verb tenses: Timing is everything](/en/quiz/verb-tenses-timing-is-everything-eng) - [Verb moods: Feeling moody](/en/quiz/verb-moods-feeling-moody-eng) - [Verb moods: Indicative, imperative or subjunctive?](/en/quiz/verb-moods-indicative-imperative-subjunctive-eng) - [Conditionals: Choose the correct tense](/en/quiz/conditionals-choose-the-correct-tense-eng) ### Verbals - [Verb forms ending in “-ing”](/en/quiz/verb-forms-ending-in-ing-eng) - [Verbal remedies: Is that a gerund?](/en/quiz/verbal-remedies-is-that-a-gerund-eng) - [Verbal remedies: Is that an infinitive?](/en/quiz/verbal-remedies-is-that-an-infinitive-eng) ### Other resources on English verbs See [English verbs … getting started](improve-your-english-skills-getting-started#verbs) and [English verbs … diving deeper](improve-your-english-skills-diving-deeper#verbs). Articles on verbs### Verbs: General - [Frequently confused verbs](/en/hypergrammar-2/frequently-confused-verbs) - [Transitive and intransitive verbs](/en/hypergrammar-2/transitive-and-intransitive-verbs) ### Phrasal verbs - [Phrasal verb: “book off”](/en/writing-tips-plus/book-off) - [Phrasal verb: “designate as”](/en/writing-tips-plus/designate-as) - [Phrasal verb: “elaborate on”](/en/writing-tips-plus/elaborate-elaborate-on) - [Phrasal verbs: “answer for” and “answer to”](/en/writing-tips-plus/answer-for-answer-to) - [Phrasal verbs: “differ from,” “differ in” and “differ with”](/en/writing-tips-plus/differ-from-differ-in-differ-with) - [Phrasal verbs: “embark for,” “embark on” and “embark upon”](/en/writing-tips-plus/embark-for-embark-on-embark-upon) - [Phrasal verbs: “excuse for” and “excuse from”](/en/writing-tips-plus/excuse-for-excuse-from) - [Phrasal verbs: “integrate into” and “integrate with”](/en/writing-tips-plus/integrate-integrate-into-integrate-with) - [Phrasal verbs: “luck in” and “luck out”](/en/writing-tips-plus/luck-in-luck-out) - [Phrasal verbs: “preside at” and “preside over”](/en/writing-tips-plus/preside-at-preside-over) - [Phrasal verbs: “put into effect,” “bring into effect” and “come into effect”](/en/writing-tips-plus/effect-into-effect) ### Verbals - [Verbals: An overview](/en/hypergrammar-2/verbals) - [Gerunds and gerund phrases](/en/writing-tips-plus/gerund-gerund-phrase) - [Infinitives and infinitive phrases](/en/writing-tips-plus/infinitive-infinitive-phrase) - [Participles and participle phrases](/en/writing-tips-plus/participle-participle-phrase) ### Other resources on English verbs See [English verbs … getting started](improve-your-english-skills-getting-started#verbs) and [English verbs … diving deeper](improve-your-english-skills-diving-deeper#verbs). 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