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Learn
Vocabulary in Context |
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News
English and more Under News
English click words in the news. Read and listen to
the story. Below the story, study definitions of words and
listen to them. The BBC World Service Learning English
Program has several other learning links, including Grammar
and Vocabulary. |
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Word Lists
and Vocabulary Exercises |
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Academic Word List
Click
on a sublist at the top of the page
and then scroll to the exercises for that sublist.
Try to master the first three sublists by doing all of the
exercises that provide practice. |
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High Intermediate Vocabulary These
interactive practice exercises are guaranteed to improve your
vocabulary. |
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Easily Confused Words and
Another list and
More with Homophones and
More practice |
| Confusing
Words and Expressions A great
BBC
vocabulary building site |
| Phrase
Finder Search this site
for the meaning and origins of phrases. Click the A-Z
Index to find the phrase. |
| Vocabulary
Quizzes A long list of English
vocabulary quizzes from medium to difficult |
| Useful
Word Lists and Practical Vocabulary English
Club vocabulary index |
| Word
List The 2000 most useful
words in English - a long list! |
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Vocabulary Quizzes Practice
selecting the most common words in chunks of language from
published articles. |
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Idioms |
| Idiom
Dictionary Cambridge
Idiom Dictionary - Type in an idiom to get its definition. |
| IdiomSite.com
Idioms are arranged
alphabetically and definitions include information on origins
of the idioms. |
| Idiom
Practice Use this list of idioms with example sentences to
improve colloquial English. |
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Phrasal
Verbs
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| Phrasal
Verb Collocations Study collocations with commonly used verb
+ noun combinations. |
| Phrasal
Verb Dictionary Click
a letter on the left to learn many phrasal verbs beginning
with that letter. High frequency verbs are used in sentences. |
| Phrasal
Verbs Scroll down to QUIZZES for a long list of
interactive tests with common phrasal verbs. |
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Companion
Web Sites for Texts and Dictionaries |
| Hot
Topics Web site for Hot
Topics 2. Student resources include a glossary (with
audio), flash cards, concentration game, and crossword
puzzles. Select the chapter you wish to study. |
| Academic
Word Power Book 1 These vocabulary
activities accompany Academic Word Power Book 1. |
| Academic
Word Power Book 2 These
vocabulary activities accompany Academic Word Power Book 2. |
| Newbury
House Dictionary Vocabulary Activities Interactive
activities, printable crossword puzzles, and pronunciation guide
are available. |
| Longman
Dictionary Vocabulary Web Site
Click
into this Longman site for exercises on word parts,
dictionary exercises, context clues, synonyms, antonyms,
homonyms, easily confused words, and vocabulary in real
life. |
| Synonym
Dictionary
Enter a word to find synonyms or antonyms. |
| Synonyms
Interactive quizzes for synonyms, Business
English, Confusing Words, and Idioms. |
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Links for
Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes |
| Greek
and Latin Roots This site contains a long list of base forms (Roots) of
English words, their meaning and origin. Continue
scrolling for lists of Prefixes and suffixes. |
| The
Roots of English Excellent source for Latin
and Greek prefixes, word roots, and suffixes. |
| Prefixes
and Suffixes Lists of most common prefixes and
suffixes in pdf format. |
| Prefixes
Another list of prefixes from
The English Club |
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Miscellaneous
Vocabulary
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| ESL
Vocabulary This Gaullaudet
University site has numerous vocabulary links, including a
good one on suffixes. |
Prepositions
Click on the picture of the wizard and then
select the FREE exercises - the ones with this symbol [ ]. |
| Slang
Meanings of common slang expressions
with sentence examples |
Spelling
Rules
Spelling
rules for words with ie and ei.
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| Spelling
Activities Practice spelling
with easy and hard options |
ESL 320 SERIES- LINKS FOR
VOCABULARY PRACTICE