Interactive Exercises in English (ESL)
These exercises are free for students and teachers of English. They are at various levels, and will eventually be sorted and categorised. We hope you find them enjoyable and beneficial.
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More exercises are added regularly
For meanings and explanations of expressions and idioms, click here!
Click here for interactive and printable crosswords. Exercises are added and revised regularly!
More exercises are added regularly
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Match part of sentences. You have 2 minutes!
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Expressions with head
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Common expressions with heart
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Comparatives, eg: as quick as a flash
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Expressions about unhappy women
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Expressions using black and white
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Relating to noises and looks made by people
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Learn expressions with the word cat in them
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Idioms with the words clean and dirty
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collocation: at
Expressions using the particle at
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Often used groups of words
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Prepositional collocations
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Short phrases
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Click the correct response. Hard!
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Click the correct response. Hard!
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Connecting, using the preposition on
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Arresting and sentencing a criminal
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Do-it-yourself - fixing things in the home
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Expressions about drinking alcohol
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Idioms using the word drop
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Idioms related to eating and drinking
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Expressions relating to running away
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expressions: about
Different expressions using the word about
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Learn expressions with the word fish in them
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Idioms with the word high
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Expressions with foot
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Idioms connected with gambling - mainly card games
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A silly exercise testing preposition-gerunds
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Match two parts of a sentence
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Expressions with the word blue
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match two parts of a sentence
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Expressions and proverbs with the word good
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Expressions using the word hand
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Idioms with the word cloud
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Idioms using the word long
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Idioms with the word hold
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Similes (comparisons using like)
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Similes (comparisons using like)
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Match the expressions
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Match the expressions
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Match the expressions
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Match the expressions
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Expressions with eye
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Expressions with see
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Grammar exercise: join sentences together
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The difference between lay and lie
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Expressions using different numbers
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Idioms with the words light and dark
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Different light noises
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Linking expressions in sentences
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Match idioms with the verb lose
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Expressions using the word love
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A love story? - expressions with the word red
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When to use make and when to use do
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Expressions using the word slip
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eg: Don’t .. look a gift horse in the mouth. Learn
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Test your word power
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Choose the correct word in proverbs and sayings
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Find the missing word
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Expressions with the word way
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Match the word to its meaning
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Expressions with the word old
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For beginners. Find the opposites
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Easy, match opposite meanings
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Fairly difficult, match opposites
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Fairly difficult, match opposites
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Fairly difficult
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Practice using prepositions: out of
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phrasal verb: away
Expressions ending with away
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phrasal verb: call
Expressions with the verb call
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phrasal verb: do
Quite easy expressions with the verb do
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phrasal verb: down
Different meanings of verbs ending with down
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phrasal verb: take
Phrasal expressions with the verb take
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Match prepositional phrases
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Put in the correct prepositions
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Match parts of sentences
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Find the missing word to complete the saying
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Phrasal verbs using put
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Phrasal verbs using put
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Idioms with the word short
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Expressions with the word sit
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Take: phrasal verbs with take
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Idioms with the word big
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Expressions using the word blue
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Complete idioms with the word eye in them
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Idioms with the word fat
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An easy gap-filling exercise
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Compound words related to hand
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Expressions with the word time
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Match the phrasal verbs with their meanings
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Gap-filling story
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Expressions with the word twist
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Contrast: used to do-be/get used to doing
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Match phrases using phrasal verbs with get
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verb: give
Match meanings of phrasal verbs with give
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Different uses of the verb set
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Match start of sentences with ending
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Expressions with bird expressions
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Walking slowly or painfully
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We add more exercises regularly!
Moderately easy exercise about the weather
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basic words relating to the weather
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word / prefix under (1)
Expressions and meanings with the word under
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word: spot
Various expressions with the word spot
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word: come
Phrases with the word come
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word: fight
Expressions using the word fight
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word: fire
Meanings of the word fire and its composites
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word: night
Meanings and facts about the word night
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word: nose
Meanings of the word nose and its composites
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word: say
Expressions using the word say
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word: sea
Meanings of the word sea and its composites
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word: settle
Expressions using the word settle
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word: step
Expressions with the word step
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word: under (quiz 1)
More expressions with the word under
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word: wear
Expressions using the word wear
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More exercises - both interactive and printable - will appear here soon!