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- VocabularyA1The 500 most useful everyday words
- VocabularyA1Enjoy Your Meal — a food vocabulary running game for kidsWords fly at you on menu cards. Eat the ones that are food, jump over the plates, forks and boxes, and keep running.
Play - Contextual UsageA1Buy a Banana — a timed shopping-English gameThe corner shop is closing in 3 minutes. Manage to buy a banana and say the right things at the right moment.
Play - Contextual UsageA2Catch the Flight — a timed airport-English gameYour gate closes in 3 minutes and you are still at check-in. Talk your way through the airport and onto the plane.
Play - Contextual UsageB1Ace the Interview — a timed job-interview English gameThe interviewer has another interview right after yours. Answer every question well and leave a strong impression before the clock runs out.
Play - GrammarA2Once Upon a Time — a past simple running gameWords fly at you on paper tags. Gather the ones in the past simple, jump over every other form, and keep running.
Play - VocabularyB1AI Vocabulary: The Words Behind Chatbots and Models
- GrammarC2Advanced Grammar Polish: The Last 5% of Accuracy
- GrammarA1Adverbs of Frequency: List, Examples and Word Order
- VocabularyB1Affect vs Effect: How to Stop Mixing Them Up
- Contextual UsageB2Apologies and Complaints at Work
- GrammarA2A, An, The: How to Use English Articles Correctly
- Contextual UsageA1Asking for Help Politely in English
- Contextual UsageA2At the Doctor and in an Emergency
- VocabularyA130 Basic English Words for Everyday Conversations
- VocabularyA1The Body and Describing Appearance
- VocabularyB2Business Idioms: What People Actually Mean in Meetings
- GrammarB2Have Something Done: Meaning, Grammar and Examples
- VocabularyA2Clothes and Shopping
- VocabularyB1Word Pairs English Learners Mix Up
- GrammarA2Comparatives and Superlatives: Bigger, Biggest, More Interesting
- GrammarB2Conditionals in English: First, Second, and Third Explained Simply
- VocabularyC1Connotation: Words That Mean the Same but Feel Different
- GrammarA2Countable and Uncountable: Some, Any, Much, Many
- Contextual UsageC2Cultural and Idiomatic Nuance in English
- Contextual UsageB1Writing a CV and Cover Letter in English
- VocabularyA2Describing People, Places, and Things in English
- Contextual UsageB1Describing Your Background and Experience
- Contextual UsageC1How to Give Difficult Feedback and Push Back Diplomatically
- VocabularyB2Discussing Abstract and Unfamiliar Topics
- VocabularyB1Education, Study and Exams
- GrammarB1English Word Order: Why the Sequence Is Fixed
- VocabularyB110 Phrasal Verbs You'll Hear Every Day in English
- Contextual UsageC2Executive-Level Business English: Sounding Precise and Diplomatic
- VocabularyB1Expressing Opinions and Giving Reasons
- VocabularyB1False Friends: Words That Look Familiar and Aren't
- VocabularyA1Family, Home and Daily Routine: Your First 100 Words
- VocabularyB1Feelings and Reactions
- VocabularyA2Food, Cooking and Eating Out
- Contextual UsageC2The Full Range: Moving Between Formal and Informal English
- VocabularyA2Free Time, Hobbies and Sport
- GrammarB2Choosing a Future Form: Will, Going To, Continuous, Perfect
- GrammarA2Talking About the Future: Going To and Will
- GrammarB1Gerunds and Infinitives: -ing or To?
- Contextual UsageA1Greetings and Introducing Yourself in English
- VocabularyA2Health, Illness and Going to the Doctor
- GrammarC2Hedging and Impersonal Grammar
- VocabularyC1How AI Models Understand You: Tokens, Context and Hallucinations
- VocabularyC110 Idioms That Make You Sound Like a Native Speaker
- ReadingB2IELTS vs TOEFL: Which Exam Should You Choose?
- GrammarA1Giving Instructions and Directions in English
- Contextual UsageB2Interview English: Talking About Your Work
- Contextual UsageA2Invitations: Accepting and Saying No Politely
- VocabularyA2Jobs, Workplaces and Talking About Work
- VocabularyC2Latinate and Germanic Pairs: The Two Layers of English
- Contextual UsageA2Making Appointments, Bookings and Reservations
- Contextual UsageB2Agreeing and Disagreeing in Meetings: Useful Phrases
- VocabularyC15 Mistakes Advanced English Learners Still Make
- GrammarB17 Mistakes Spanish Speakers Make in English (and How to Fix Them)
- GrammarB1Modal Verbs in English: Can, Should, Must, Have To
- GrammarB1Must Be, Might Be, Can't Be: Guessing in English
- VocabularyB1Money, Prices and Banking
- VocabularyC2Native-Like Precision: The Final Polish
- VocabularyC2Natural Collocations: Why Your Correct English Still Sounds Off
- VocabularyB2Nature, Climate and the Environment
- GrammarA1Negatives and Questions: Using Do and Does
- Contextual UsageC1Negotiating and Persuading in English
- VocabularyA1Numbers, Time, and Prices in English
- GrammarB2The Passive Voice: When and Why to Use It
- GrammarA2Past Continuous Tense: Form, Uses and Examples
- GrammarB1Past Perfect: The Past Before the Past
- GrammarA2Past Simple: Talking About What Happened
- Contextual UsageB1On the Phone: Clarifying, Spelling and Bad Lines
- VocabularyB2Phrasal Verbs You'll Hear in Every Office
- VocabularyA2Phrasal Verbs: How They Actually Work
- GrammarB1Turn It Off or Turn Off It? Phrasal Verb Word Order
- GrammarA1Pronouns and Possessives: I, Me, My, Mine
- VocabularyB2Precise Word Choice: Examples of Precise Vocabulary
- GrammarA1Present Simple vs Present Continuous
- GrammarB1Present Perfect Continuous: How Long Have You Been Doing It?
- GrammarA2Present Perfect vs Past Simple: What's the Difference?
- GrammarA1Present Simple Tense: Rules, Examples and Uses
- Contextual UsageB1Professional Email Phrases with Examples
- Contextual UsageC1Prompting Techniques: Role-Play, Examples and Iteration
- Contextual UsageB2Prompts That Work: Role, Context and Constraints
- GrammarB1Question Tags: ..., Isn't It?
- ReadingC1Reading Academic Abstracts and Summaries
- ReadingC1Tracking an Argument: Claim, Support, Concession
- ReadingC2Reading at Speed: Skimming, Scanning and Triage
- ReadingB2Reading Between the Lines: Inference in English
- ReadingB2Reading Charts, Tables and Figures
- ReadingB2Comparing Two Texts on the Same Topic
- ReadingC2Reading Dense Formal English: Contracts, Policies, and Reports
- ReadingA2Reading Everyday Texts: Schedules, Menus, and Messages
- ReadingB2Fact, Opinion and Evidence
- ReadingB1Finding the Main Idea: Reading Longer English Texts
- ReadingA2Reading Forms and Applications
- ReadingB1Guessing Unknown Words from Context
- ReadingC2Irony, Understatement and Subtext
- ReadingA1Reading Labels, Prices and Packaging
- ReadingB1How a News Article Is Built
- ReadingB2Judging Online Sources
- ReadingB1Reading Reviews: What People Actually Mean
- ReadingA2Reading Short Emails and Notes
- ReadingA1Reading Signs and Notices in English
- ReadingA1Simple Instructions in English: How to Read Them
- ReadingA2Reading Simple Stories: Who, When and What Happened
- ReadingC1Reading Stamina: Getting Through Long Texts
- ReadingC1Reading Tone and Stance: What the Writer Really Thinks
- Contextual UsageC1Register Control: Adjusting Tone and Formality
- GrammarC1Relative and Participle Clauses: Packing More into a Sentence
- GrammarB1Reported Speech: Telling People What Was Said
- GrammarB2Catching Your Own Mistakes in English
- Contextual UsageA2Complaining in English: Shops, Restaurants, Online
- Contextual UsageA2Simple Phone Calls and Emails in English
- Contextual UsageA2Small Talk at Work: What to Say in English
- Contextual UsageB2Socialising and Networking in English
- Contextual UsageB1Softening Requests and Indirect Questions
- GrammarC2Spontaneous Fluency: Thinking and Speaking at Once
- GrammarA2Subject-Verb Agreement: Making the Verb Match
- VocabularyC1Precise Technical and Professional Vocabulary
- VocabularyB1Technology, Devices and the Internet
- GrammarC1Telling Complex Stories Fluently
- Contextual UsageA1Saying Thank You and Sorry
- GrammarA1There Is and There Are: Saying What Exists
- VocabularyA2Transport and Getting Around
- Contextual UsageB1When Travel Goes Wrong: Delays, Lost Bags and Disputes
- VocabularyA2Travel English: Airports, Hotels, and Directions
- GrammarB1Prepositions That Trip Learners Up
- GrammarB1Used To, Would and Be Used To
- GrammarA1Verb To Be: Am, Is, Are — Rules and Examples
- VocabularyA1Weather and Seasons
- VocabularyB1What Is a Prompt? English as the New Programming Language
- GrammarB2Wish and If Only: Grammar Rules for Regrets
- VocabularyB2Word Formation: Building Words with Prefixes and Suffixes
- Contextual UsageA2Your First Weeks in an English-Speaking Workplace
- GrammarB1Writing Clear Instructions in English and for AI
- GrammarB2Zero and Mixed Conditionals: The Two Nobody Teaches
What English.Guru is
English.Guru is a free website for learning English. It has 133 lessons from A1 to C2, each explained in 21 languages, with the English examples kept in English and a quiz after every lesson. An adaptive level test places you on the CEFR scale in a few minutes, a week-by-week study plan is built from your goal and your level, and practice games train conversations and grammar in the browser. None of it needs an account.
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- What language are the lessons in?
- Each lesson is explained in 21 languages, while the English examples, sentences and quiz answers stay in English. Change the language at the top of any page.
- How do I find out my level?
- Take the free level test. It picks each question from your previous answers and places you on the CEFR scale, A1 to C2, in a few minutes.
- What is in the study plan?
- A week-by-week list of lessons in the right order, with a quiz for each, built from your goal, how much time you have and how much you can study per day. You can download it as a PDF.
- Who is it for?
- English learners at every level from beginner (A1) to proficient (C2), learning for travel, work, job interviews, exams or everyday conversation.
- What are the clubs?
- Free communities where English learners find people to practise with. Each language of the site has its own clubs, each with a theme: local clubs meet in person in a city, online clubs meet through a video or chat service. Joining a club or signing up for an event takes a free account, for anyone 16 or older.