Word rain at your pace

Choose a contextual meaning with untimed default and optional falling-word play.

Read the cards, see the English task and listen to the narration or examples. Pause to think or say the words aloud. Captions include the spoken answers; turn them off for the listening challenge. Examples use General American English, synthesized with the Andrew voice.

To follow this lesson's untimed exercises, open Word Rain and choose Speed → Study. Arcade play starts at Normal speed, with three hearts and ten-word waves. In timed play, the deadline depends on your speed and words fall faster in later waves.

General American English. Spoken examples are synthesized with Microsoft Azure Speech, the Andrew voice. Captions include the answers; leave them off for the listening challenge. About our audio.

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  1. Read the falling word (0s–7s)
    Choose the English meaning of the displayed sense.
    Spoken example: Read the displayed word and choose its English meaning. Use the example in the feedback..
  2. Start without a timer (7s–14s)
    Untimed practice is the default.
    Spoken example: Untimed practice is the default. Take the time you need to compare the choices..
  3. Optional timed play (14s–22s)
    Eight-second rounds can be paused; reduced motion is respected.
    Spoken example: If you choose timed play, each word has eight seconds. Pause whenever you need a break..
  4. Check the sense (22s–30s)
    The correct word, meaning and example stay visible before Next.
    Spoken example: Read the feedback before the next word. A definition belongs to the intended sense..
  5. Retry without pressure (30s–38s)
    A missed word is a useful item to revisit.
    Spoken example: Revisit a missed word. A fast choice does not prove you know every use of that spelling..
  6. Your next step (38s–45s)
    Try one untimed round before adding a timer.
    Spoken example: Open word rain. Try one untimed round before deciding whether a timer helps you..

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