English games — free online practice
Free English games you play online in your browser. Hold a conversation against a three-minute clock, or gather the right word forms on the run — no download, no sign-up.
Most English learning games ask you to match a word to a picture. These do not. Some drop you into a real situation — a corner shop about to close, a boarding gate about to shut — and give you three minutes and a person to talk to, where only one of the three replies on offer answers what was actually asked. Others put the English itself in front of you as something to catch or dodge while you run. Either way the point is the same: knowing a word and knowing when it is the right one are different skills, and it is the second that decides whether the language works when you need it. Free, straight in the browser, nothing to install.
All games
A1Contextual UsageBuy 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
A2Contextual UsageCatch 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
B1Contextual UsageAce 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
A2GrammarOnce 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
A1VocabularyEnjoy 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
How these games work
- Pick a game and press start. Each one tells you its rules first, in your language — the English is what you play with, not what you have to read the instructions in.
- Something is always running out: three minutes on a conversation, your energy on a run. That is what stops you weighing every option and makes you answer.
- One choice is right and the near misses are real English used at the wrong moment. Getting one wrong costs you — seconds, or health — and the game tells you afterwards what the right form was and why.
- Reach the end before you run out and you win. Nothing is saved, nothing is graded, and you can replay as often as you like.
Common questions
- Are these English games really free?
- Yes. Every game on this page is free, runs in the browser, and needs no download and no sign-up. Open it and press start.
- Is this really speaking practice?
- It is practice at choosing, not at pronouncing: you pick the reply rather than say it out loud. What that trains is the part most learners get stuck on — finding the right English quickly while someone waits. The running games are not conversations at all; they drill the grammar underneath one. Read your answers out loud and you get the speaking practice too.
- What level of English do I need?
- A1–B1, that is, beginner to intermediate. Each game states its own level on its title screen, the rules appear in your own language, and the English inside is written for that level, so you can start from scratch.
- Can I play on a phone?
- Yes. Every game is built for a phone screen first and works the same on a tablet or a laptop. There is no app to install.
- How long does one game take?
- A few minutes. A conversation lasts at most three — that is the clock. A run ends when the words run out or your energy does. Reading the rules included, a first attempt fits inside five minutes.