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Vocabulary – ESL Lessons, FAQs, Practice Quizzes, and Articles

Choose a word or topic you want to use more confidently. Read the examples, try the practice questions and check the answer explanations before moving to another lesson.

Start with a word-choice lesson

  • Marry, get married and be married: compare the wedding event with marital status, then try the quiz.
  • Die, died and dead: choose the verb form or adjective that fits a sentence.
  • American and British words: compare familiar regional vocabulary.

Practise vocabulary by topic

  • Summer vocabulary:40 words and phrases, useful combinations and a six-question self-check.
  • Autumn vocabulary:compare seasonal words, regional usage and idioms, then try six questions.
  • Dreams and goals:describe an ambition and a practical next step.
  • Urban and rural places:describe your neighbourhood and compare regional meanings.

Browse all vocabulary lessons

  • American Words / British Words – ESL Lesson, FAQs, and Quiz
  • Caring Vocabulary – ESL Lesson, FAQs, and Practice Quiz
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  • Go, do, or play sports? ESL Lesson, FAQs, and Quiz
  • Languages and Nationalities – ESL Lesson, FAQs, and Quiz
  • Marry / Get Married / Be Married – ESL Lesson, FAQs, Quiz
  • Prefixes using pre-, re-, and sub- – ESL Lesson, FAQs, and Quiz
  • Professional Relationship Vocabulary – ESL Lesson, FAQs, and Quiz
  • Root Words from Tele and Phone – ESL Lesson, FAQs, and Quiz
  • Some root words + ~cide – ESL Lesson, FAQs, and Quiz
  • Unicycle, Bicycle, & Tricycle – ESL Lesson, FAQs, & Quiz
  • Using Die, Died and Dead – ESL Lesson, FAQs, and Quiz
  • Words with Bulb and Knob – ESL Lesson, FAQs, and Quiz

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