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British Council's homepage about learning English, aimed at teens. Listening exercises sorted according to difficulty (and there's a test to choose the right difficulty). Each topic comes with both online and printable exercises as well as a preparation to do before listening.

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English listening skills practice | LearnEnglish Teens - British Council

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Six minute long radio programs on different topics (often touching on recent events) made by the BBC. Vocabulary and quizzes for all episodes.

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Our long-running series of topical discussion and new vocabulary, brought to you by your favourite BBC Learning English presenters.

From the archives

All 6 Minute English programmes pre-September 2014 can be found here.

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This is a great collection with TONS of listening exercises, sorted according to difficulty. Online quizzes lets you test your understanding.

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Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab - English Listening

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Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab helps ESL and EFL learners improve their English listening comprehension skills through conversations.

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In these interactive videos, you get to practice your speaking skills!

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English speaking skills practice | LearnEnglish Teens - British Council

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Here is a total of 102 online listening exercises divided in 34 easy, 34 intermediate and 34 advanced lessons. There is a very clear structure with step 1, step 2 and so on.

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Listening is an important part of communication. If you do not understand what the other person is saying, then you will not know how to respond. This section was created to give students daily practice on listening.

In this English listening section, students can constantly listen to the audio files provided here. There is also question and answers to allow students to gauge how they are doing.

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English Listening - Listening lessons ESL students with audio files and fun questions

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Listening is an important part of communication. If you do not understand what the other person is saying, then you will not know how to respond. This section was created to give students daily practice on listening. In this English listening section, students can constantly listen to the audio files provided here.

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See "listening exercises": British Council's homepage with reading exercises sorted according to difficulty. They come with preparation tasks to do before reading, and exercises for afterwards.

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English reading skills practice | LearnEnglish Teens - British Council

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Practise your reading skills with our activities, online exercises and worksheets.

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These writing exercises also contain quite a bit of reading and understanding.

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Practise and improve your writing skills for your school studies and your English exams. There are activities for different levels, so find your level and make a start.

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Here are videos sorted as "beginner grammar" or "intermediate grammar". Each video has worksheets and exercises to do after watching.

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Practise and improve your grammar by watching our Grammar Snack videos.

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Here are two collections, "beginner" and "intermediate", with useful words for everyday activities. They all come with exercises and you can listen to the words being pronounced.

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Vocabulary | British Council LearnEnglish

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Learn new words and improve your vocabulary so that you will be able to communicate well in English. Choose your level and do the exercises to help you learn and practise new words.

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This is a big collection of listening exercises; however, some are read by computer generated voices, while others are recorded by actors. They all come with online exercises.

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Here's a collection of 23 short texts complete with reading comprehension questions afterwards.

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This is a collection of videos helping you learn some phrasal verbs (like "taken up", "get cut off" and such). There are exercises for each episode.

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Are you an upper intermediate (CEFR level B1) or advance (CEFR level C1 learner of English? Phrasal verbs are very common in spoken English. In this section you can watch our Fast Phrasal comic-strip videos and do the exercises to learn and practise how to use phrasal verbs correctly.

Choose a lesson

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This is a great collection (constantly updated) of short, under 3 minute episodes of dialogue where you can learn new words and expressions. There are no exercises however.

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The English We Speak is your chance to catch up on the very latest English words and phrases. In under 3 minutes, we help you stay ahead of the pack by giving you 'must have' phrases that you can use in your everyday conversation. Amaze your friends, impress your teachers and delight your parents with these fantastic words and phrases.

Let us know how you get on using them on Twitter and Facebook.

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BBC Learning English - The English We Speak

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The English We Speak is your chance to catch up on the very latest English words and phrases. In under 3 minutes, we help you stay ahead of the pack by giving you 'must have' phrases that you can use in your everyday conversation.

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This is an old, archived site, but it still works. Idioms (like "it's raining cats and dogs" or "it came out of the blue") are explained in a funny way in short videos. There are no exercises.

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Last updated at 13:30 GMT, Tuesday, 19 November 2013

Specials

Halloween: idioms of fear

The Teacher presents the idioms "shaking like a leaf", "scared stiff" and "it sent shivers up and down my spine"

Series 6 - Transport idioms

In series 6 The Teacher introduces idioms related to Transport.

Wagon

On the wagon; jumping on the bandwagon; falling off the wagon

Road

Let's hit the road; middle-of-the-road; a long way down the road

Wheels

Reinventing the wheel; asleep at the wheel; the wheels have come off

Miles

It sticks out a mile; I'd run a mile; give them an inch and they'll take a mile

Drive

In the driver's seat; a backseat driver; a Sunday driver

Boats

I missed the boat; it's plain sailing; we're in the same boat

Series 5 - Sport idioms

In series 5 The Teacher presents idioms connected with different sports

Horse racing

It’s neck and neck; On the home straight or stretch; Down to the wire

Ice skating

Get your skates on; Skating on thin ice; Skating over something

Balls

Keep your eye on the ball; It’s a whole new ball game; On the ball

Athletics

A false start; To jump the gun; The front runner

Boxing

To take it on the chin; To be below the belt; To throw in the towel

Football

The kick off; Moving the goalposts; A political football

Series 4 - Colour idioms

Blue

A bolt from the blue; Once in a blue moon; Until you are blue in the face

Silver

To be born with a silver spoon in your mouth; To be silver-tongued; Every cloud has a silver lining

Green

To have green fingers; The grass is always greener on the other side; To be green with envy

Gold

As good as gold; A heart of gold; Worth its weight in gold

Red

Paint the town red; Catch someone red-handed; Like a red rag to a bull

White

It's black and white; As white as a sheet; A white-knuckle ride

Series 3 - Body idioms

Spine

It sent shivers up and down my spine; Shaking life a leaf; Scared stiff.

Head

It's like banging your head against a brick wall; He's got his head in the clouds; An old head on young shoulders

Arm

They're up in arms, I'd give my right arm to do it, He's twisting my arm

Foot

I've got itchy feet; I got cold feet; I shot myself in the foot

Eye

To have eyes in the back of your head; His eyes are bigger than his stomach

Leg

I'm pulling your leg; It cost an arm and a leg;You haven't got a leg to stand on

Hair

I let my hair down; Keep your hair on; I'm tearing my hair out

Series 2 - Food idioms

Pie

It's as easy as pie; To be pie-eyed; To have a finger in many pies

Tea

It's not my cup of tea; I wouldn't do it for all the tea in China; It's as good as a chocolate teapot

Egg

He's a bad egg; Don't put all your eggs in one basket; He's got egg on his face

Beans

To be full of beans, I haven't got a bean, to spill the beans

Vegetables

It's a hot potato; A carrot and a stick; Like two peas in a pod

Fruit

To go bananas; It's a case of sour grapes; A second bite of the cherry.

Series 1 - Animal idioms

Monkey

To monkey around; Monkey business; To make a monkey out of someone.

Bee

Busy as a bee; The bee's knees; To have a bee in your bonnet.

Dog

To be in the dog house; The hair of the dog; To make a dog's dinner of something.

Insect

Knee-high to a grasshopper; Butterflies in your stomach; Ants in your pants.

Cat

There isn't enough room to swing a cat; To let the cat out of the bag; To put the cat among the pigeons.

Pig

Pigs might fly; This place is a pigsty; To make a pig's ear of something

Bird

Birdbrain; To have a bird's eye view; A little bird told me

Horse

To eat like a horse; Straight from the horse's mouth; To flog a dead horse

Fish

There's something fishy about this; A big fish in a small pond; A fish out of water.

What's new?

Winner

ESU President's Award 2007

Extra

Your idioms

A page with idioms sent in to The Teacher by you

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This is TED Ed's Youtube channel with lots and lots of educational, interesting videos on different subjects. (They also have their own homepage with exercises and quizzes, but I figured you might be more familiar with Youtube).

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TED-Ed's mission is to create lessons worth sharing. Feed and expand your curiosity with our award-winning animated shorts - published on YouTube and available with supplemental learning materials on ed.ted.com. Want to suggest an idea for a TED-Ed animation, nominate an educator or animator? Visit our website at: http://ed.ted.com/get_involved.

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A great collection of written down explanations of vocabulary, with online exercises.

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English Vocabulary on a Variety of Topics.

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These are some really good grammar exercises, but if you don't know what you're looking for, it might be a bit tricky to find it. You might want to ask an adult or a teacher for help to get you started.

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English Grammar Reference and Exercises on Tenses and all other Grammar Topics.

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Here are plenty of reading exercises grouped from beginner to advanced.

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This is a very big site with thousands of videos. People from all over the world share lessons and answer questions, and you can listen to a lot of different English accents. However, it is a bit tricky to see if something is "easy" or "advanced", and sometimes people aren't speaking "correctly" - just as in real life!

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English Listening Lesson Library Online

ELLLO has over 3,000 free listening lessons for all levels! Most activities have audio or video, a transcript, vocabulary lesson and interactive quiz.

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ELLLO - English Listening Lesson Library Online

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ELLLO stands for English Listening Lesson Library Online and features natural English lessons that come with quizzes, vocabulary training, and free printable worksheets. ESL students and teachers can access over 2,000 free lessons that feature World English with speakers from over 100 countries.

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Here are reading exercises intended for adults, sorted from "upper beginner" to "advanced" (similarly to Learn English: Teens). They come with exercises of different types.

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The Study Zone is for students of the English Language Centre (ELC) at the University of Victoria. ELC teachers create the English language lessons and practice exercises. The site is designed for our adult English language learners, but all are welcome to read the lessons and use the exercises.

For information on our usage policy and how to cite Study Zone, please visit Terms of Use.

If you have questions or problems with this material, or if you find mistakes or something confusing, please email us at elccurriculumcoordinatorlt@uvic.ca. Thanks!

Welcome to the new ELC Study Zone!

All new look, same great content!

Choose your English language level:

All levels:

What do I do?

First, choose your level. Then, choose a topic. Finally, choose a lesson.

Study Zone is made up of levels. Each level has language topics. Each topic has lessons. Lessons include exercises to help you improve your English.

Where am I now?

The menu at the top of each page tells you where you are. You can click on each part of it to go back to different levels. Click on Home on the left to go to the beginning of Study Zone. The name of the page you are on is on the right side of the menu. Levels in between Home and the page you are on are links that you can click on. Here is an example:

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This page is similar to Ego4U. If you click on a grammar topic on the right hand side of the site, you see exercises sorted from beginner to advanced.

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English Across the Curriculum

English Across the Curriculum is a free website that gives language learners the opportunity to improve their English skills in many subjects. Students can work through a variety of topics in English, improve their vocabulary and enhance their knowledge through a series of tasks and exercises.

Go To Website

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English Grammar - Online Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises foe English Language Learners

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Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises for English Language Learners

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For the more advanced student, on this page you'll find entire audiobooks, novellas and short stories along with other links and exercises.

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ESL English Language Learning - Adult Literacy - Listening & Reading - Audiobooks - Stories

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ESL English - Adult Literacy - Listening, Reading, Audiobooks, Short Stories, Songs, PET exam