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English level test
30 grammar and reading questions, five for each CEFR level from A1 to C2. You get a rough level and a score for each level.
30 questions
Grammar exercises
Multiple-choice questions on verb tenses, articles, prepositions and irregular verbs at three levels. Every answer comes with a short explanation.
Choose a topic
Irregular verbs
A searchable table of common irregular verbs with base form, past simple and past participle. Then a quiz on the past simple.
List and quiz
Vocabulary quiz
40 useful adjectives from A2 to C1. Match each word to its meaning, or each meaning to its word.
A2 to C1
Idioms dictionary
More than 120 common English idioms. Each has a plain meaning, an example sentence and a note on how formal it is.
Reference
Preposition practice
Ten fill-the-gap questions on in, on, at, by and with. Each answer explains the rule.
10 questions
Check your writing and pronunciation
These tools run in your browser. The checkers use rules and can miss mistakes, so treat each result as a hint.
Sentence analyzer
Paste a sentence. See the subject, the main verb, its tense and voice, the clauses and the role of each word. Automatic, so check unusual sentences.
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Verb tense checker
Name each tense in your text and catch common mistakes such as she don’t, I have went or I live here since 2020.
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Article checker
Check a and an by sound, and find a missing or extra the in common patterns.
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Pronunciation guide
IPA and stress for over 9,000 common words, with listening in American or British voices when your device has them.
9,000+ words
IELTS and TOEFL comparison
Compare IELTS, TOEFL and CEFR levels with the official tables, and try a short practice set.
Official tables
Sentence structure analyzer
See the sentence type, the main and joining clauses, and the word order pattern, such as S-V-O or S-V-O-C.
Structure
Vocabulary size test
50 quick yes or no choices give an early estimate of how many common word families you know.
50 choices
Practice in your browser
Everything is free and needs no account. Quizzes check your answers in your browser. The verb list and idioms dictionary are references you can search.
Read the rule first
A quiz tells you what you got wrong. A lesson tells you why. If a tool shows a weak point, read the lesson on it.