English practice paths
Practise English reading, grammar and writing with explained answers, worked examples and clear next steps.
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B1 reading adventure
Reading stories and finding evidence. About 40–70 minutes for the whole path, depending on your pace.
- A place to study10 questions · explained answers
- The group project10 questions · explained answers
- The repair morning: B1 reading test10 questions · explained answers
- The missed bus10 questions · explained answers
- A week without buying lunch10 questions · explained answers
- The book exchange10 questions · explained answers
B2 reading adventure
Arguments, inference and careful reading. About 40–70 minutes for the whole path, depending on your pace.
- Rethinking the quiet library10 questions · explained answers
- Feedback that moves you forward10 questions · explained answers
- When convenience has a cost10 questions · explained answers
- The shorter meeting experiment10 questions · explained answers
- The community garden decision10 questions · explained answers
Time & tenses
Build control of past events and time. Each topic has 40 exercises across four sets. Spend about an hour on one topic, or choose individual sets.
- Past perfect exercises40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
- Past perfect vs past simple40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
- Past simple, continuous & perfect40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
- Past perfect continuous exercises40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
- Present perfect vs past simple40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
- Used to, be used to & get used to40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
Relative clauses
Identify, add detail and shorten clauses. Each topic has 40 exercises across four sets. Spend about an hour on one topic, or choose individual sets.
- Relative clauses exercises40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
- Defining relative clauses40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
- Non-defining relative clauses40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
- Defining vs non-defining clauses40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
- Reduced relative clauses40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
Verbs & meaning
Choose patterns that express your meaning. Each topic has 40 exercises across four sets. Spend about an hour on one topic, or choose individual sets.
- Gerunds & infinitives exercises40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
- Gerund & infinitive rules40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
- Gerunds & infinitives: meaning changes40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
- Modal verbs in real situations40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
- Conditionals: real & imagined situations40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
- Reported speech: share what someone said40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
- Phrasal verbs for study & everyday life40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
Sentence skills
Make sentences clearer and more accurate. Each topic has 40 exercises across four sets. Spend about an hour on one topic, or choose individual sets.
- Articles: a, an & the40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
- Determiners & quantifiers40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
- Prepositions: time, place & meaning40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
- Too and enough exercises40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
- So and such exercises40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
- Connectors: link your ideas40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
- Find the mistake. Understand the fix.40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
- Advanced mixed grammar review40 exercises · 4 sets · includes a scored warm-up
Writing workshop
Explain, persuade, tell a story, compare, describe a process and revise a weak paragraph. Spend about 10–15 minutes drafting and reviewing each task.
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