English Quizzes

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Grammar | Everyday Language | 32 Questions

This quiz teaches you the basics of the verb to be.

It will help you to know when to use am, is and are.

There are pages of explanation followed by simple exercises to test your understanding.

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Common Errors | Everyday Language | 35 Questions

The same mistakes are made over and over by all students of English. This is especially true for beginning levels.

This quiz is designed to help you avoid these common errors.

There are 35 of the most common errors for Elementary to Upper-Intermediate students.

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Vocabulary | Everyday Language | 11 Questions

Here are 11 of the most common shapes in English.

Do you know the difference between a circle and an oval, a square and a rectangle?

How many sides has a pentagon got? Or an octogon?

What's the difference between an isosoles triangle and an equilateral triangle?

This quiz will help you to learn the names of shapes in English.

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Pre-Intermediate - A2 - Yellow - Level Details

Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment). Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. Can describe in simple terms aspects of their background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.

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Vocabulary | Everyday Language | Questions PET

There, their and they're are homophones. They cause lots of problems for students of English and for native English speakers, too. This is the quiz component of the video English lesson which was made to put an end to such problems.

The lesson has extra materials to help you understand and use these homophones.

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Vocabulary | Everyday Language | Questions

Have you ever heard of the expression, Don't count your chickens until they are hatched? This expression comes from the Ancient Greek writer, Aesop.

This video about The Maid and Her Pot of Milk tells the story in words and pictures to help you learn and remember vocabulary such as: allowing for, ball, daydreaming, farmhouse, fetch a price, maid, market, mishaps, pail, poultry, propose, toss of the head, and unison.

The story illustrates the moral that we should not consider anything as definite until we have done the necessary work to make it a reality.

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Vocabulary | Everyday Language | Questions

This English lesson looks at the present simple tense using the theme of the Moon.

The lesson looks at when we use the present simple and introduces a lot of vocabulary. It also provides you with a lot of information about the Moon and NASA's Apollo project in the late 1960s.

It includes footage of the Saturn 5 Moon rocket lifting off and gives lots of information about the rocket. It shows footage of Neil Armstrong's first step on the Moon, and his immortal words, "That's one small step for man..." This video is one of the most interesting ways that you will find to help you learn how and when to use the present simple tense in English.

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Grammar | Everyday Language | Questions

This lesson gives you plenty of opportunity for revising the English comparative and superlative forms.

Many of the questions give you much more information about why we use the form of the adjectives that we do.

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Grammar | Everyday Language | Questions

The two verbs do and make are often confused. The meanings are similar, but there are differences.

This quiz gives the opportunity to test your knowlege of the different meanings.

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Listening | Everyday Language | Questions

Minimal Pairs are pairs of words that sound very similar in English, but have different meanings.

Students often find it difficult to distinguish between these minimal pairs.

Listen to each of the minimal pairs and decide which is the word you hear.

Can you get them all right?

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Intermediate - B1 - Green - Level Details

Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken. Can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

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There is a short related video lesson here.

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Grammar | Everyday Language | 14 Questions

Question tags are those small questions that we add to the end of sentences, aren't they?

They cause problems for even the most advanced of student, don't they?

This video English lesson will give you all the rules you need to never make a mistake with question tags again, won't it?

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Vocabulary | Everyday Language | 13 Questions

Do you know what a lunatic is? Do you know what lunacy is?

What is the difference between a waxing gibbous moon and a waning gibbous moon? Why are some tides so much higher than others? Does the Moon really influence the brain or even a woman's menstrual cycle?

These questions and more are answered in this English language lesson about our nearest celestial neighbour, the Moon.

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Vocabulary | Medical Language | 18 Questions

The influenza virus has been killing people for thousands of years.

The virus mutates rapidly, sometimes creating deadly strains against which we have no defence.

There is a current deadly strain called swine flu that has been declared a pandemic. Thousands of people have died, and thousands more are expected to die.

This video looks at this disease, examining the symptoms and providing useful medical vocabulary for English language students.

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Vocabulary | Culinary Language | 20 Questions

There are many recipes for chilli con carne, but this is mine. It has taken me over 25 years to perfect the recipe and it's a secret that I'm going to share with you today. I'm sharing it with you on the understanding that you keep it a secret.

Not only will you learn how to cook the best chilli con carne you have ever tasted, but you will also increase your English vocabulary and learn about countable and uncountable nouns.

Vocabulary words include the verbs, chop, cut, peel, crush, fry, stir, boil, simmer and more. There are also nouns to do with cooking including the ingredients and the utensils such as pestle and mortar, frying pan, cleaver, hob, dessertspoon, tablespoon and more.

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Vocabulary | Medical Language | 13 Questions

Blood is the most important thing in our bodies.

Lose too much and we die.

It is so important that many expressions in English use the word, Blood.

This lesson looks at the language of blood and the expressions that we make from the word.

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Vocabulary | Everyday Language | 20 Questions

We are all of us part of a family of one sort or another.

Family members have various names in English and some of them like husband, wife, uncle, aunt, nephew and niece, are among the few English words that have gender.

This video shows how the members of an extended family are related to each other. From grandfather and grandmother though parents - father and mother - to sons, daughters, brother and sister, grandchildren and cousins, this video Lesson gives you all the words you need to describe your own family in English.

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Vocabulary | Everyday Language | 7 Questions

This is one of a series of English lessons based on the theme of astrology. They are designed to teach you vocabulary, and especially personal descriptive adjectives.

If you were born between December 22^nd and January 19^th, then your star sign is Capricorn. Capricorn's element is Earth. Capricorn's ruling planet is Saturn. Capricorn is loyal with a good sense of humour. Prone to pessimism, they need the support of family and friends, even if they don't show it emotionally.

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Vocabulary | Everyday Language | 10 Questions

This is one of a series of English lessons based on the theme of astrology. They are designed to teach you vocabulary, and especially personal descriptive adjectives.

If you were born between August 23rd and September 22nd, then your star sign is Virgo. The symbol of Virgo is the Virgin. Virgo's element is Earth. Virgo's polarity is negative or feminine. Virgo's ruling planet is Mercury. Virgo is charmingly modest with a strong critical faculty. They are the busiest people and will do anything for anyone.

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Vocabulary | Everyday Language | 16 Questions

This is one of a series of English lessons based on the theme of astrology. They are designed to teach you vocabulary, and especially personal descriptive adjectives.

If you were born between April 19th and May 20th, then your star sign is Taurus. The symbol of Taurus is the bull. Taurus' element is Earth. Taurus' modality is fixed. Taurus' polarity is negative or feminine (yin). Taurus' ruling planet is Venus.

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Vocabulary | Everyday Language | 9 Questions

This is one of a series of English lessons based on the theme of astrology. They are designed to teach you vocabulary, and especially personal descriptive adjectives.

If you were born between October 23rd and November 21st, then your star sign is Scorpio. The symbol of Scorpio is the scorpion. Scorpio's element is Water. Scorpio's modality is Fixed. Scorpio's polarity is negative or feminine (yin). Scorpio's ruling planet is Pluto. Scorpio has a massive amount of emotional and physical energy that needs to be channelled positively if stagnation and depression are to be avoided.

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Vocabulary | Everyday Language | 7 Questions

This is one of a series of English lessons based on the theme of astrology. They are designed to teach you vocabulary, and especially personal descriptive adjectives.

If you were born between November 22nd and December 21st, then your star sign is Sagittarius. The symbol of Sagittarius is the archer. Sagittarius' element is fire. Sagittarius' ruling planet is Jupiter. Sagittarius cannot exist without their freedom. They need continual challenge in their work and relationships, and hate claustrophobic conditions.

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Vocabulary | Everyday Language | 4 Questions

This is one of a series of English lessons based on the theme of astrology. They are designed to teach you vocabulary, and especially personal descriptive adjectives.

If you were born between September 23rd and October 22nd, then your star sign is Libra. The symbol of Libra is the scales. Libra's element is air. Libra's polarity is positive or masculine. Libra's ruling planet is Venus. Libra is rational and fair, but the need for balance creates paralysing indecision. This English lesson will help you understand the vocabulary used to describe people in general and Libra in particular.

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Vocabulary | Everyday Language | 9 Questions

This is one of a series of English lessons based on the theme of astrology. They are designed to teach you vocabulary, and especially personal descriptive adjectives.

If you were born between July 23rd and August 22nd, then your star sign is Leo. Leo's symbol is the lion. Leo's planet is the Sun. Leo's modality is fixed and Leo's polarity is positive.

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Vocabulary | Legal Language | 15 Questions

Gemini

This is one of a series of English lessons based on the theme of astrology. They are designed to teach you vocabulary, and especially personal descriptive adjectives.

If you were born between May 21st and June 20th, then your star sign is Gemini. The symbol of Gemini is twins. Gemini's element is Air. Gemini's modality is mutable. Gemini's polarity is positive or masculine (yang). Gemini's ruling planet is Mercury.

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Vocabulary | Everyday Language | 9 Questions

This is one of a series of English lessons based on the theme of astrology. They are designed to teach you vocabulary, and especially personal descriptive adjectives.

If you were born between June 21st and July 22nd, then your star sign is Cancer. The symbol of Cancer is the crab. Cancer's ruling planet is the Moon. Cancer has a profound need for family, though their powerful emotions can be smothering. They have a keen intuition that can be spoiled by a tendency towards anxiety.

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Vocabulary | Everyday Language | 17 Questions

This is one of a series of English lessons based on the theme of astrology. They are designed to teach you vocabulary, and especially personal descriptive adjectives.

If you were born between March 21st and April 19th, then your star sign is Aries. The symbol of Aries is the ram. Aries' element is fire. Aries' modality is cardinal. Aries' polarity is positive or masculine (yang). Aries' ruling planet is Mars.

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Common Errors | Everyday Language | 35 Questions

This quiz is designed to help Intermediate students avoid the 35 most common errors at this level.

Complete this quiz 100% correctly and you will never make the same basic mistakes.

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Vocabulary | Everyday Language | 15 Questions

Phrasal Verbs are a difficult part of English.

This quiz looks at phrasal verbs that use the words, Look, See or Hear.

Can you get them all right?

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Upper Intermediate - B2 - Blue - Level Details

Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialisation. Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

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Vocabulary | Everyday Language | Questions

I've spilled the beans on English vegetable idioms in this, the latest quiz component of my video English lessons. Now you'll be as cool as a cucumber when you hear or use these common expressions. No more will you go as red as a beetroot because you don't know the difference between a couch potato and a hot potato. Never again will you be in a pickle over these idioms.

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Vocabulary | Everyday Language | Questions

Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective that ever existed.

Nowhere in the universe would you find another who shares his singular ability to deduce the truth. And there's his friend Dr. Watson.

This joke centres on Watson's attempt to out-deduce Holmes himself.

You might have heard this joke before, but it's never been told like this.

Learn dozens of new words and expressions in English and have a good laugh at the same time.

I'm sure Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would have approved of this English lesson.

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Vocabulary | Everyday Language | Questions

February 14th is Valentine's Day.

Named after a 3rd Century Roman priest, Valentine's Day is a celebration of romantic love. The day is an opportunity to show your feelings for someone you like. It is a day when flowers, and roses in particular, become move valuable than gold, and chocolates acquire bigger boxes and price tags.

Whether you intend to celebrate the day or not, this video will introduce you to some of the truths behind the fiction of St. Valentine's Day. It will also provide you with lots of new vocabulary and the means to learn and practice your new found words.

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Vocabulary | Everyday Language | Questions

This is one of a series of English lessons based on the theme of astrology. They are designed to teach you vocabulary, and especially personal descriptive adjectives.

If you were born between February 19th and March 19th, then your star sign is Pisces. The symbol of Pisces is two fish. Piscess element is Water. Pisces displays an immediate, generous and overwhelming emotional response to everything. They find it difficult to see the truth of things through the poetic, romantic cloud in which they hide reality.

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Vocabulary | Everyday Language | Questions

Life is uncertain. All of us would like to feel that there is a plan set out for us. Astrology has fascinated people for centuries because it claims to be able to provide us with a glimpse of this plan of our lives.

Astrology has been rejected by the scientific community as superstition, but many people still believe in the claims of astrologers. People consult their daily horoscope in the newspapers. Romances are decided on the matching of star signs. Some people plan their lives around their horoscope.

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Vocabulary | Everyday Language | Questions

Aquarius

This is one of a series of English lessons based on the theme of astrology. They are designed to teach you vocabulary, and especially personal descriptive adjectives.

If you were born between January 20th and February 18th, then your star sign is Aquarius. The symbol of Aquarius is the water carrier. Aquarius' element is air. Uranus rules Aquarius. Aquarians are individualists. They build their lives on their own inclinations and can have trouble relating to other people.

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Vocabulary | Everyday Language | Questions

Telling the time is an important skill in English.

We have several ways of saying the same time.

1215, 0015, quarter-past-midnight, twelve-fifteen are all the same!

This quiz will help you get used to telling the time in different ways.

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Advanced - C1 - Indigo - Level Details

Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning. Can express themselves fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.

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Common Errors | Everyday Language | 35 Questions

Advanced students often share the same mistakes with other students of English.

This quiz aims to help you identify the 35 most common mistakes at Advanced Level and avoid them.

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Proficient - C2 - Violet - Level Details

Can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read. Can summarise information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation. Can express themselves spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in more complex situations.

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Common Errors | Everyday Language | 25 Questions

Even students at the level of proficiency make mistakes. They also tend to make the same mistakes.

This quiz will work you through the 25 most common mistakes at proficiency and help you to avoid making the same mistakes.