Practice

54 short games for adult learners, grouped by the skill they train. Each activity explains its answers, and any saved best scores stay on your device.

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Start a quest

Play linked games with the same English words, unlock each stage and beat the Nemesis to earn a trophy — or choose a quest with your own saved words.

English Quest

Choose a ready-made English word quest. Fly across the star map through meanings, memory and spelling, beat the Nemesis and earn your trophy.

My Words Quest

Save at least six different English words, then choose 6–12 for a space adventure. Read how to play or watch the short video.

Play one a day

Two daily challenges that change at midnight UTC and are the same for everyone, so you can compare with a friend.

Daily word guess

An English word puzzle: find the five-letter word in six guesses using letter and position clues. A new shared puzzle every day.

Today's English Practice

The daily hub: today's word with optional audio, a five-question meaning quiz that is the same for everyone, your study streak and the words due for review.

Listening and pronunciation

Hear the difference between close sounds, find the stressed syllable and catch numbers and short sentences. Replay any recording as often as you need, at the speed you choose.

English letter names

Hear one of 26 letter names and choose its written letter, with a spelling example.

Dates by ear

Hear fixed English dates, enter explicit year-first forms and compare ordinal endings.

Minimal pairs

Hear one word from a pair such as bottle and battle, and choose the one you heard.

Word stress

Hear a word and click the syllable that carries the stress: PHO-to-graph or pho-TOG-ra-pher?

Word listening

Hear a useful English word and choose its English definition.

Listen and repeat

Pause, replay and loop recorded English sentences for independent repetition without a microphone.

Listening bingo

Match fixed spoken words to a bingo card, alone or with a class.

Number dictation

Hear a number and type it: fourteen or forty? Then prices, times and years the way Americans say them.

Short dictation

Hear a short sentence, type it, and see word by word what you missed.

Spelling and vocabulary

Connect sounds to letters, learn useful words from their definitions and build accurate, fast spelling.

Phonics patterns

Hear a word and choose the letters that complete its sound-to-spelling pattern.

Spelling from sound

Hear a word, type its spelling, then check the definition and an example.

Word scramble

Use a definition and a mixed-up set of letters to rebuild the word.

Word groups

Group word tiles as nouns, verbs or adjectives using English meanings and examples.

Typing practice

Type useful English words accurately for one minute and measure your words per minute.

English reading adventures

Three original branching stories with meaningful decisions, safe outcomes and explained endings.

The library meeting

Read short notices and ask for missing details.

The community exhibition

Compare proposals and confirm what a notice really says.

The project proposal

Distinguish evidence, assumptions and recommendations in a workplace discussion.

Memory Match

Turn over face-down cards and pair each English word with its meaning or its picture.

Triple Match

Find three cards that belong together: an English word, its meaning and its recording.

Letter guessing

Spell a word by choosing letters from its English meaning.

Word Rain

Catch falling English words by choosing their meanings. Three hearts, combos and faster ten-word waves, with pause and an untimed Study option.

Word chain

Connect spellings from the last letter to the next first letter.

Word parts

Build English words with prefixes, roots and suffixes.

English crossword

Use definitions to fill a crossing word grid.

English word search

Find English spellings in a letter grid.

Picture word quiz

Choose the English word for an owned illustration.

Food picture vocabulary

Learn food words from illustrated English cards.

Phrasal verbs in context

Learn the meaning of a whole verb phrase in an everyday situation.

Everyday phrase choices

Choose a clear response for a stated everyday purpose.

Synonyms in context

Choose the closest meaning in the sentence, rather than a word that matches in every situation.

Look-alike words

Use meaning and grammar to distinguish confusing English spellings.

Idioms in context

Choose an idiom for a clearly described situation, then read its nonliteral meaning.

Bills and payments

Read fictional bills and practise payment language using only the stated amounts.

Vocabulary in context

Use English meanings and real examples to identify a word.

Source sentence gap fill

Complete a verbatim vocabulary example using the stated meaning.

Grammar and sentences

Choose the right form, article or preposition and put words in a natural order. Every answer explains why.

Grammar choices

Choose the form that completes an everyday sentence, then read the reason.

Articles: a, an and the

Choose a, an, the or no article from enough context to leave one fair answer.

Irregular verbs

Choose past and past-participle forms, then review them in useful sentences.

Prepositions

Practise prepositions of time and place with text-only examples and clear feedback.

Sentence builder

Put word tiles in a natural order; accepted alternatives count when more than one order works.

Fix the mistake

Repair one stated grammar or usage problem and read why the repair works.

Quantity expressions

Choose countable or uncountable forms and useful container phrases.

Everyday situations

Choose useful phrases, hear questions and reply from a fictional profile. Practise clear requests and accurate details without a microphone.

Useful phrases by purpose

Choose a clear English phrase for a specific everyday purpose.

Airport check-in roleplay

Listen and choose replies from a stated fictional profile, with explanations and retry.

Arrival questions roleplay

Listen and choose replies from a stated fictional profile, with explanations and retry.

Hotel check-in roleplay

Listen and choose replies from a stated fictional profile, with explanations and retry.

Read a fictional menu

Find prices, meal times and useful requests on a short English menu.

Travel phrase arcade

Choose useful requests for eight short travel situations.

Market price mission

Make a fictional price offer within a stated budget, check change and request a receipt.

Tools for study

Look up pronunciation, inspect text, plan practice and review your understanding.

Sound chart

Every sound of American English with its IPA symbol, a mouth diagram, three example words to hear and how to make it.

English phrasebook

Find fixed English phrases across thirteen situations, with purposes and original examples.

Sentence player

Replay and loop approved English sentences with pause and speed controls. No arbitrary text synthesis.

Reading speed and comprehension

Time an English reader, then answer its questions. Speed is reported only with a complete correct comprehension check.

Word counts and vocabulary coverage

Inspect word counts and exact spelling overlap with this site's small vocabulary bank, entirely in your browser.

A simple study plan

Choose a practice focus and time, build a short plan and optionally save it on this device.

Vocabulary practice check

Try ten contextual word-meaning questions. Results describe the set, not your vocabulary size or CEFR level.

IPA lookup and annotator

Look up a word's General American IPA, or annotate a short passage; unknown words are listed rather than guessed.

Printable sound reference

Print all 40 chart symbols with three examples and General American accent caveats.

Want the explanation first?

Read a short pronunciation guide, explore teaching cards and demonstrations, study words with picture flashcards, or try a short reader to meet the same English in a story.