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Practise your listening, reading, writing and speaking and learn useful language to use at work or to communicate effectively with friends.

Audio and video to practise your listening and speaking skills.
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Grammar

Revise and practise your grammar to improve your language level and increase your confidence.

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Online exercises to help you check your understanding of the grammar points.
Use the grammar reference for further practice and more detailed explanations.

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Vocabulary

Learn new words and improve your language level to be able to communicate in English effectively.

Online exercises to help you learn the meaning, pronunciation and spelling of new words.
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IELTS preparation

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What do all the Pride flags mean?

Many countries around the world celebrate Pride Month in June. Watch this video to find out about some other flags within the LGBTQ+ community.

Animals

Are you an animal lover? Have you ever had a pet? Put your English into practise by talking about animals!

Chocolate

What do you know about chocolate? Learn about the history of chocolate and the interesting journey from cocoa bean to chocolate bar.

How to make the most of the LearnEnglish Learning hub

Are you looking for ways to improve your English skills? In the Learning hub, you can practise and improve your English as you communicate with speakers from all over the world.

Infinitive of purpose

Do you know how and when to use an infinitive to talk about purpose? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.

Episode 01 - They meet

Julia and Sammy meet in a cycling accident! Then they want the same taxi. Will they get on?

How to use the LearnEnglish grammar section

If you'd like to communicate effectively, we've got two useful resources to help you improve your English grammar.

Text messages to a friend

Read a text conversation between two friends to practise and improve your reading skills.

Episode 01

Welcome to our audio fiction series, Writing home! In this first episode Milton meets his new neighbour Mei. What do you think he asks her?

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Understand your English level

Learn more about the different CEFR levels and what learners at each level can do.

Free online English test

Get an indication of your English proficiency to help you choose learning materials at the right level.