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Vocabulary & Grammar

Do you need help with your vocabulary and grammar? Try one of these great resources.

Visual Dictionaries

Books

Books are available from the library in hardcopy and digital formats. For dictionaries and grammars in hardcopy, go to PE 1400-1600 on library shelves. Ask library staff for help.

Websites

Here are some of our favourite free sites for learning and practicing English vocabulary and grammar.

LanguageGuide.org
For beginners. Includes interactive and visual activities.
Free Rice
Build your vocabulary or grammar and help feed the hungry with this fun game.
Manythings.org
Interactive games and quizzes for English language learners.
BBC Learning English
Intermediate level. Activities and exercises from the BBC. British English focussed.
Skillswise (by BBC)
Free videos and downloadable worksheets to help adult learners improve their reading, writing, spelling and grammar. From BBC.
Learning English (by Cambridge English)
Includes over 177 free activities. Choose the skill you would like to practice, the level, and the amount of time you would like to spend.
Virtually Anywhere (by Cambridge English)
Videos and activites from Cambridge English. Each of the seven episodes comes with B1-B2 level activities to help learners practise the language used in each episode.
Self-Study Quizzes for ESL Students
Practice vocabulary and grammar and more with these short quizzes.

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