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- My First Words Say hello, name little numbers, and practise the words we use every day. 12 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Little Animal Friends Meet friendly animals and learn the simple words that describe them. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Food I Like Name the food on the table, from breakfast to a party treat. 12 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Around the House Point at the things you see at home every single day. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Home & daily life
- Colors Everywhere Learn the colors first, then go and find them in the room. 9 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- My Body Touch your nose, wave your hand, and name the parts as you go. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Health & wellbeing
- Getting Dressed The words for everything you put on before you go outside. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Things That Go Cars, boats, and everything else that takes you somewhere. 8 words · Starter (A1) · Travel & errands
- Play Time Toys to hold and things to do, all in words you can act out. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Culture & hobbies
K–12
Build useful English for school, home, and the world around you.
Actions 8
- Things I Can Do Action words for everything your body does in a day. 13 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Verbs You Can Act Out Twelve verbs you can show your class without saying a word. 12 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Every Day Actions The verbs a day is made of: eat, sleep, play, read. 12 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Things I Know How to Do Skills and chores, all written as verbs. 12 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- More Verbs to Learn A second helping of useful action words. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Busy All Day Fourteen things to do between waking up and going to bed. 14 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Fourteen Everyday Verbs The verbs that appear in almost every sentence you speak. 14 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Common Irregular Verbs Fourteen verbs that refuse to follow the usual rules. 14 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
Animals 17
- Animal Friends Meet familiar animals and practise saying their names clearly. 20 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Down on the Farm The animals, the people, and the places you find on a farm. 12 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- A Day at the Zoo The animals you queue up to see, from koala to crocodile. 13 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Farm Animals and Their Babies Grown-up farm animals and the young ones that follow them. 14 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Animals You Already Know Familiar animals to name quickly and confidently. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Animals All Around Us Pets, garden creatures, and animals from further afield. 14 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Birds You Might Spot Common birds, from the garden robin to the woodpecker. 11 words · Easy (A2) · Everyday life
- Around the Farmyard Farm animals and the smaller creatures that share the yard. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- More Birds to Name Water birds and other birds worth knowing. 10 words · Easy (A2) · Everyday life
- Small Creatures Insects and other small animals that are easy to miss. 12 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Toy Animals Animal toys and the wild animals behind them. 14 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Ten More Animals A second animal set, with a hippo and a lizard in it. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Wild Animals Ten wild animals from land, sea, and sky. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Under the Sea Sea creatures, from the shark down to the starfish. 13 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Animals of Australia Kangaroos, koalas, and what they get up to. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- A Morning on the Farm Everything moving around the farm before breakfast. 12 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Eleven Farm Animals The classic farm line-up, ending with the rooster. 11 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
At home 7
- In the Living Room Name everything in the room where the family sits together. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Home & daily life
- Tidying My Bedroom Beds, blankets, and everything that has a place to go back to. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Home & daily life
- Things We Use at Home The small useful objects in every kitchen and bathroom. 14 words · Starter (A1) · Home & daily life
- Room by Room Walk through the house and name what is in each room. 14 words · Starter (A1) · Home & daily life
- Inside My House The rooms and the furniture that fill them. 14 words · Starter (A1) · Home & daily life
- Furniture and Fittings The big things in a house that stay where they are. 12 words · Starter (A1) · Home & daily life
- Goodnight, Everything Bedtime words from a room where everything gets a goodnight. 14 words · Starter (A1) · Home & daily life
At school 8
- A Busy School Day Build useful English for the classroom, from lessons to break time. 33 words · Starter (A1) · School & study
- Everything in My Schoolbag The books, tools, and paper you carry to school each morning. 11 words · Starter (A1) · School & study
- Things on the School Desk Classroom equipment, from the humble rubber to the projector. 10 words · Starter (A1) · School & study
- Words That Rhyme with Cat Short reading words that all share the same sound. 14 words · Starter (A1) · School & study
- People and Places in a Story Characters and settings from the books you read in class. 14 words · Starter (A1) · School & study
- First Words to Read and Say An early reading list of people, things, and simple actions. 12 words · Starter (A1) · School & study
- Ben's Day in Town Reading words from a short story about a helpful boy. 12 words · Starter (A1) · School & study
- The Short A Sound Reading practice with words built on a short a. 14 words · Starter (A1) · School & study
Body and health 7
- When You Feel Ill How to say what hurts when you are not feeling well. 10 words · Easy (A2) · Health & wellbeing
- Staying Healthy Food, sleep, and habits that keep you feeling well. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Health & wellbeing
- The Parts of Your Face From forehead to chin, every part has a name. 13 words · Starter (A1) · Health & wellbeing
- Head, Hands and Feet The main parts of the body, in words you can point to. 12 words · Starter (A1) · Health & wellbeing
- Arms, Legs and Fingers The parts of your arms and legs, right down to the ankle. 12 words · Starter (A1) · Health & wellbeing
- From Head to Toe The trunk of the body, inside and out. 12 words · Starter (A1) · Health & wellbeing
- Naming Every Body Part A full sweep of the body, from elbow to feet. 14 words · Starter (A1) · Health & wellbeing
Clothes 4
- Accessories and Extras Watches, rings, and the small things worn with your clothes. 11 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- What I Wear Today Everyday clothes for a cool day out. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Clothes and What Goes With Them Outfits and the accessories that finish them off. 13 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Hats, Boots and Belts Clothes and accessories for going out. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
Describing things 8
- Colors and Shapes Name the colors and shapes you can spot around you. 20 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Ten Colours to Know The first ten colour words, ready to spot around the room. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Words That Describe The adjectives that come up first: big, clean, happy, new. 14 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Opposites: Big and Small Pairs that mean the opposite of each other. 12 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Opposites: Wet and Dry Five more pairs of adjectives that pull in opposite directions. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Describing People Words for what someone is like, not just what they look like. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Adding Un-, In- and Im- How a small prefix flips a word to its opposite. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Everyday life
- Opposites for Describing Adjective pairs for size, speed, price, and looks. 12 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
Family and friends 4
- My Family and Me The people at home, and the pet who lives there too. 11 words · Starter (A1) · Friends & social life
- The Whole Family Tree Aunts, nephews, and every branch of the family. 14 words · Starter (A1) · Friends & social life
- Who Is in My Family? The everyday family words, including mum, dad, and grandma. 11 words · Starter (A1) · Friends & social life
- Baking with Grandma Kitchen words and kind words from a story about helping. 14 words · Easy (A2) · Friends & social life
Feelings 3
- Strong Feelings Words for the big feelings, from cheerful all the way to furious. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Friends & social life
- How Are You Feeling? Ten feelings you can name and talk about. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Friends & social life
- Faces and Feelings What your face does when you are happy, sad, or scared. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Friends & social life
Food and drink 11
- Food for Every Day Talk about everyday food, meals, and the simple actions we use in a kitchen. 34 words · Easy (A2) · Everyday life
- Snacks and Lunchbox Food The food you pack, share, and look forward to at break time. 12 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- A Basket of Fruit Twelve fruits, from the everyday apple to the watermelon. 12 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Dinner on the Table A full meal in words, from the rice to the yogurt. 12 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Meals, cutlery, and what turns up on the plate. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- What's in the Lunchbox? Fruit and snacks for a school lunch. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Eating Out Ordering, serving, and paying in a restaurant. 12 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Food and Drink Basics The food words that come up most often at the table. 13 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- A Box of Vegetables Eleven vegetables to name at the market. 11 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Shopping List for Supper A basket of food to buy and bring home. 14 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- Food from Around the World Dishes and drinks borrowed from other countries. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
Getting around 2
Jobs and work 4
- People at Work Ten jobs, and the word for the person who does each one. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Work & career
- Jobs I Could Do Creative jobs to imagine yourself doing one day. 10 words · Easy (A2) · Work & career
- Jobs in the Neighbourhood The people who build, bake, fly, and fix things near you. 13 words · Starter (A1) · Work & career
- People You Meet Family, jobs, and the people you deal with in a week. 14 words · Starter (A1) · Work & career
Numbers and time 4
- Counting to Ten The numbers one to ten, in words instead of figures. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- From Sunrise to Midnight The parts of a day, in the order they arrive. 10 words · Easy (A2) · Everyday life
- Counting from Eleven to Twenty The teen numbers, which almost never sound how they look. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Everyday life
- The Months of the Year Twelve months to learn by name and by order. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Everyday life
Outdoors and nature 5
- Draw What You See Outside Sun, sky, and everything else that goes into the picture. 11 words · Starter (A1) · Environment & science
- Nature and Pollution The countryside, the town, and what pollution does to both. 13 words · Starter (A1) · Environment & science
- Animals in the Wood Woodland animals and what they find under the trees. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Environment & science
- A Day at the Beach Sand, sea, and what you build while you are there. 10 words · Starter (A1) · Environment & science
- Where Animals Live Animals and the trees, oceans, and burrows they live in. 14 words · Starter (A1) · Environment & science
Play and hobbies 8
- The Toy Box Open the box and name what is inside. 14 words · Starter (A1) · Culture & hobbies
- Things I'm Good At Sports, games, and the actions they are built on. 11 words · Starter (A1) · Culture & hobbies
- It's My Birthday Cake, presents, balloons, and everything else at the party. 14 words · Starter (A1) · Culture & hobbies
- Packing for a Camping Trip What to take, and how everything feels by the end of the trip. 13 words · Starter (A1) · Culture & hobbies
- Come Outside and Play Toys, animals, and things to bring out to the park. 14 words · Starter (A1) · Culture & hobbies
- A Busy Saturday A mixed set from a Saturday story: the dentist, the cinema, and more. 14 words · Starter (A1) · Culture & hobbies
- Kim's Birthday Party Party words from a story: cake, dancing, and lemonade. 12 words · Starter (A1) · Culture & hobbies
- Playing Hide and Seek The words you need to explain the rules of the game. 13 words · Starter (A1) · Culture & hobbies
Shopping 2
Teens & adults
Grow confident with practical words for real conversations and new places.
Academic English 25
- TOEFL Academic Core A focused core of verbs and nouns for reading, lectures, evidence, and academic discussion. 30 words · Confident (B2) · Academic English
- Academic Foundations: Education & campus High-utility language for lectures, readings, and classroom ideas. Focus: education & campus. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Academic English
- Integrated Reading: Education & campus Words for comparing sources, following explanations, and tracking evidence. Focus: education & campus. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Academic English
- Campus Communication: Education & campus Practical language for university services, conversations, and student decisions. Focus: education & campus. 250 words · Medium (B1) · Academic English
- Precise Responses: Education & campus Precise verbs, connectors, and evaluative language for supported academic responses. Focus: education & campus. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Academic English
- Speaking & Writing: Education & campus Language for clear explanations, examples, opinions, and organised responses. Focus: education & campus. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Academic English
- Reading & Vocabulary: Education & campus Academic words for understanding texts, paraphrase, cohesion, and precise meaning. Focus: education & campus. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Academic English
- Listening & Lecture Language: Education & campus Words that help learners follow talks, examples, changes of topic, and conclusions. Focus: education & campus. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Academic English
- Integrated Academic English: Education & campus Advanced academic language for synthesis, comparison, argument, and data description. Focus: education & campus. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Academic English
- A2 Key: Education & campus Concrete words for simple situations, personal information, and everyday needs. Focus: education & campus. 250 words · Easy (A2) · Academic English
- B1 Preliminary: Education & campus Familiar language for experiences, plans, opinions, work, and practical communication. Focus: education & campus. 250 words · Medium (B1) · Academic English
- B2 First: Education & campus Flexible vocabulary for discussion, problem-solving, stories, and detailed opinions. Focus: education & campus. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Academic English
- C1 Advanced: Education & campus Nuanced language for formal writing, complex ideas, and persuasive communication. Focus: education & campus. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Academic English
- C2 Proficiency: Education & campus Fine-grained vocabulary for precision, register, idiomatic meaning, and demanding texts. Focus: education & campus. 250 words · Expert (C2) · Academic English
- Literacy: Education & campus Words for understanding texts, building paragraphs, and expressing written ideas. Focus: education & campus. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Academic English
- Conversation: Education & campus Flexible language for personal experiences, opinions, reactions, and discussion. Focus: education & campus. 250 words · Medium (B1) · Academic English
- Production: Education & campus Precise language for extended answers, examples, comparisons, and supported viewpoints. Focus: education & campus. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Academic English
- IELTS Academic Core High-utility words for reading passages, lectures, and evidence-based academic answers. 30 words · Confident (B2) · Academic English
- Listening & Reading: Education & campus Language for following talks, locating detail, and tracking ideas in longer texts. Focus: education & campus. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Academic English
- Writing: Education & campus Words for describing trends, comparing options, and organising academic paragraphs. Focus: education & campus. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Academic English
- Speaking: Education & campus Flexible language for personal topics, explanations, and supported opinions. Focus: education & campus. 250 words · Medium (B1) · Academic English
- Evidence-Based Reading: Education & campus Language for citing evidence, tracking arguments, and reading complex nonfiction. Focus: education & campus. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Academic English
- Academic Context: Education & campus High-utility academic language across common SAT reading domains. Focus: education & campus. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Academic English
- Verbal Reasoning: Education & campus Dense academic language for following arguments and selecting precise wording. Focus: education & campus. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Academic English
- Advanced Reading: Education & campus Scholarly and professional language across common GRE content domains. Focus: education & campus. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Academic English
Academic vocabulary 1
Arts and media 11
- Making a Film Lights, sound, and the people who handle them. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Culture & hobbies
- Playing and Making Music Performing, composing, and everything in between. 14 words · Easy (A2) · Culture & hobbies
- In the Art Room Drawing, carving, mixing, and putting the work on show. 14 words · Medium (B1) · Culture & hobbies
- Instruments in the Orchestra Strings, brass, and everything you hit or blow. 14 words · Medium (B1) · Culture & hobbies
- Sound and Broadcast The desk, the levels, and the cue to go live. 12 words · Confident (B2) · Culture & hobbies
- Writing for the Stage Actors, audiences, and the shape of a script. 10 words · Confident (B2) · Culture & hobbies
- History and Time Centuries, archives, and the words historians use. 11 words · Confident (B2) · Culture & hobbies
- On a Film Set The crew, the kit, and the story they are shooting. 12 words · Confident (B2) · Culture & hobbies
- The Writing Trade Drafts, editors, and the difference between a novel and a myth. 12 words · Confident (B2) · Culture & hobbies
- Shadows and Spirits Quiet words, loud words, and the things that are not quite there. 12 words · Confident (B2) · Culture & hobbies
- Mixed Words 1 A mixed set of twelve unrelated everyday words to keep you sharp. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Culture & hobbies
B2 First vocabulary 1
Business English 3
- Workplace Core: Finance & operations Core workplace words for offices, schedules, people, and routine tasks. Focus: finance & operations. 250 words · Medium (B1) · Money & shopping
- Meetings & Email: Finance & operations Language for agendas, requests, updates, decisions, and professional correspondence. Focus: finance & operations. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Money & shopping
- Sales & Customer Service: Finance & operations Useful language for customers, products, offers, complaints, and solutions. Focus: finance & operations. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Money & shopping
Business travel and sales 1
C1 Advanced vocabulary 1
C2 Proficiency vocabulary 1
Computers and the internet 8
- Video Game Words The vocabulary of maps, levels, and teams. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Digital life
- Using a Phone Screens, messages, cameras, and contracts. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Digital life
- Layout and Design Lines, shapes, and space on the page or screen. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Digital life
- Online Every Day Logging in, sharing, chatting, and closing the tab. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Digital life
- Working in Design Software Curves, values, and the tools that change them. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Digital life
- Inside a Game Engine Scenes, textures, and the geometry underneath them. 12 words · Confident (B2) · Digital life
- How Phones Work Signals, bandwidth, and what happens behind the screen. 12 words · Confident (B2) · Digital life
- Editing and File Tools Cropping, importing, and measuring what is on screen. 12 words · Confident (B2) · Digital life
Critical reasoning 1
Culture and communication 21
- Academic Foundations: Culture & media High-utility language for lectures, readings, and classroom ideas. Focus: culture & media. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Culture & hobbies
- Integrated Reading: Culture & media Words for comparing sources, following explanations, and tracking evidence. Focus: culture & media. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Culture & hobbies
- Campus Communication: Culture & media Practical language for university services, conversations, and student decisions. Focus: culture & media. 250 words · Medium (B1) · Culture & hobbies
- Precise Responses: Culture & media Precise verbs, connectors, and evaluative language for supported academic responses. Focus: culture & media. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Culture & hobbies
- A2 Key: Culture & media Concrete words for simple situations, personal information, and everyday needs. Focus: culture & media. 250 words · Easy (A2) · Culture & hobbies
- B1 Preliminary: Culture & media Familiar language for experiences, plans, opinions, work, and practical communication. Focus: culture & media. 250 words · Medium (B1) · Culture & hobbies
- B2 First: Culture & media Flexible vocabulary for discussion, problem-solving, stories, and detailed opinions. Focus: culture & media. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Culture & hobbies
- C2 Proficiency: Culture & media Fine-grained vocabulary for precision, register, idiomatic meaning, and demanding texts. Focus: culture & media. 250 words · Expert (C2) · Culture & hobbies
- Literacy: Culture & media Words for understanding texts, building paragraphs, and expressing written ideas. Focus: culture & media. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Culture & hobbies
- Comprehension: Culture & media Language for identifying main ideas, details, relationships, and implications. Focus: culture & media. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Culture & hobbies
- Conversation: Culture & media Flexible language for personal experiences, opinions, reactions, and discussion. Focus: culture & media. 250 words · Medium (B1) · Culture & hobbies
- Production: Culture & media Precise language for extended answers, examples, comparisons, and supported viewpoints. Focus: culture & media. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Culture & hobbies
- Listening & Reading: Culture & media Language for following talks, locating detail, and tracking ideas in longer texts. Focus: culture & media. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Culture & hobbies
- Writing: Culture & media Words for describing trends, comparing options, and organising academic paragraphs. Focus: culture & media. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Culture & hobbies
- Speaking: Culture & media Flexible language for personal topics, explanations, and supported opinions. Focus: culture & media. 250 words · Medium (B1) · Culture & hobbies
- Evidence-Based Reading: Culture & media Language for citing evidence, tracking arguments, and reading complex nonfiction. Focus: culture & media. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Culture & hobbies
- Writing & Language: Culture & media Words for revising clarity, precision, and rhetorical effectiveness. Focus: culture & media. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Culture & hobbies
- Academic Context: Culture & media High-utility academic language across common SAT reading domains. Focus: culture & media. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Culture & hobbies
- Verbal Reasoning: Culture & media Dense academic language for following arguments and selecting precise wording. Focus: culture & media. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Culture & hobbies
- Issue & Argument: Culture & media Language for evaluating claims, assumptions, and the strength of support. Focus: culture & media. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Culture & hobbies
- Advanced Reading: Culture & media Scholarly and professional language across common GRE content domains. Focus: culture & media. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Culture & hobbies
Customer communication 3
- Workplace Core: Customers & service Core workplace words for offices, schedules, people, and routine tasks. Focus: customers & service. 250 words · Medium (B1) · Work & career
- Meetings & Email: Customers & service Language for agendas, requests, updates, decisions, and professional correspondence. Focus: customers & service. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Work & career
- Business Precision: Customers & service More exact language for finance, operations, negotiation, and business decisions. Focus: customers & service. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Work & career
Dense academic language 1
Describing things 8
- Colours by Name The basic colour words, plus the foods we borrow them from. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Everyday life
- How Big Is It? Ten ways to say how large or small something is. 10 words · Easy (A2) · Everyday life
- Old and New Words for age, from ancient right through to fresh. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Everyday life
- Bright, Dull and In Between How things look: shiny, pale, vivid, or flat. 14 words · Medium (B1) · Everyday life
- Shapes and Outlines Fourteen words for the shape a thing takes. 14 words · Medium (B1) · Everyday life
- Colours Named After Things Camel, jet, and the other colours borrowed from objects. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Everyday life
- Fast and Slow Ten words for speed, and for taking your time. 10 words · Medium (B1) · Everyday life
- Unusual Colour Names The colours that get named after fruit, metal, and cloth. 12 words · Confident (B2) · Everyday life
Editing and clarity 1
Environment and science 17
- Academic Foundations: Environment & change High-utility language for lectures, readings, and classroom ideas. Focus: environment & change. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
- Integrated Reading: Environment & change Words for comparing sources, following explanations, and tracking evidence. Focus: environment & change. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
- Campus Communication: Environment & change Practical language for university services, conversations, and student decisions. Focus: environment & change. 250 words · Medium (B1) · Environment & science
- Precise Responses: Environment & change Precise verbs, connectors, and evaluative language for supported academic responses. Focus: environment & change. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Environment & science
- Speaking & Writing: Environment & change Language for clear explanations, examples, opinions, and organised responses. Focus: environment & change. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
- Reading & Vocabulary: Environment & change Academic words for understanding texts, paraphrase, cohesion, and precise meaning. Focus: environment & change. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
- Listening & Lecture Language: Environment & change Words that help learners follow talks, examples, changes of topic, and conclusions. Focus: environment & change. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
- Integrated Academic English: Environment & change Advanced academic language for synthesis, comparison, argument, and data description. Focus: environment & change. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Environment & science
- Listening & Reading: Environment & change Language for following talks, locating detail, and tracking ideas in longer texts. Focus: environment & change. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
- Writing: Environment & change Words for describing trends, comparing options, and organising academic paragraphs. Focus: environment & change. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
- Speaking: Environment & change Flexible language for personal topics, explanations, and supported opinions. Focus: environment & change. 250 words · Medium (B1) · Environment & science
- Evidence-Based Reading: Environment & change Language for citing evidence, tracking arguments, and reading complex nonfiction. Focus: environment & change. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
- Writing & Language: Environment & change Words for revising clarity, precision, and rhetorical effectiveness. Focus: environment & change. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
- Academic Context: Environment & change High-utility academic language across common SAT reading domains. Focus: environment & change. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
- Verbal Reasoning: Environment & change Dense academic language for following arguments and selecting precise wording. Focus: environment & change. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Environment & science
- Issue & Argument: Environment & change Language for evaluating claims, assumptions, and the strength of support. Focus: environment & change. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Environment & science
- Advanced Reading: Environment & change Scholarly and professional language across common GRE content domains. Focus: environment & change. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Environment & science
Everyday communication 10
- A2 Key: Everyday life & people Concrete words for simple situations, personal information, and everyday needs. Focus: everyday life & people. 250 words · Easy (A2) · Everyday life
- B1 Preliminary: Everyday life & people Familiar language for experiences, plans, opinions, work, and practical communication. Focus: everyday life & people. 250 words · Medium (B1) · Everyday life
- B2 First: Everyday life & people Flexible vocabulary for discussion, problem-solving, stories, and detailed opinions. Focus: everyday life & people. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Everyday life
- C1 Advanced: Everyday life & people Nuanced language for formal writing, complex ideas, and persuasive communication. Focus: everyday life & people. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Everyday life
- C2 Proficiency: Everyday life & people Fine-grained vocabulary for precision, register, idiomatic meaning, and demanding texts. Focus: everyday life & people. 250 words · Expert (C2) · Everyday life
- Workplace Core: Everyday life & people Core workplace words for offices, schedules, people, and routine tasks. Focus: everyday life & people. 250 words · Medium (B1) · Everyday life
- Meetings & Email: Everyday life & people Language for agendas, requests, updates, decisions, and professional correspondence. Focus: everyday life & people. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Everyday life
- Sales & Customer Service: Everyday life & people Useful language for customers, products, offers, complaints, and solutions. Focus: everyday life & people. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Everyday life
- Business Precision: Everyday life & people More exact language for finance, operations, negotiation, and business decisions. Focus: everyday life & people. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Everyday life
- IELTS Everyday & Social Practical language for daily life, travel, work routines, and personal opinions. 30 words · Medium (B1) · Friends & social life
Everyday conversation 1
Exam task language 1
Food and cooking 12
- Kitchen and Table Basics The food and kitchen words you will use every single day. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Everyday life
- Fruit from the Market Twelve fruits, including the ones you only meet on holiday. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Everyday life
- Meat on the Menu The animals behind the meat, including a few unusual ones. 11 words · Easy (A2) · Everyday life
- Lunch and Café Food What you order when you are out for something quick. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Everyday life
- Sweet and Savoury Snacks Biscuits, burgers, and what else is in the cupboard. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Everyday life
- Herbs and Spices What goes in the pan to make the food taste of something. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Everyday life
- Fast Food Counter Burgers, bagels, and a few things to go alongside. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Everyday life
- In the Kitchen: Odds and Ends Cooking methods and the odd ingredient that turns up with them. 11 words · Medium (B1) · Everyday life
- Ways to Cook Fourteen verbs for getting food from raw to ready. 14 words · Medium (B1) · Everyday life
- Sauces and Condiments What sits on the table and in the fridge door. 14 words · Medium (B1) · Everyday life
- Cooking Ingredients What goes into a recipe before the heat goes on. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Everyday life
- How Food Tastes Thirteen words for what happens when you take a bite. 13 words · Confident (B2) · Everyday life
Health and wellbeing 3
- Comprehension: Health & wellbeing Language for identifying main ideas, details, relationships, and implications. Focus: health & wellbeing. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Health & wellbeing
- Conversation: Health & wellbeing Flexible language for personal experiences, opinions, reactions, and discussion. Focus: health & wellbeing. 250 words · Medium (B1) · Health & wellbeing
- Production: Health & wellbeing Precise language for extended answers, examples, comparisons, and supported viewpoints. Focus: health & wellbeing. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Health & wellbeing
Home and property 15
- On the Building Site Materials, shapes, and the parts of a building going up. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Home & daily life
- Things That Hold Things Bags, bottles, buckets, and every other kind of container. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Home & daily life
- Buildings in Town The buildings you pass on a walk through the centre. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Home & daily life
- Structures, Big and Small Things people build, from a tent to a canal. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Home & daily life
- Places in a City Where people meet, eat, worship, and catch a train. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Home & daily life
- Boxes, Bags and Baskets Containers of every size, from a tin to a trunk. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Home & daily life
- What Things Are Made Of The materials that everything around you is built from. 14 words · Medium (B1) · Home & daily life
- Buying and Renting Property Leases, surveys, and the words in the paperwork. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Home & daily life
- Shelters and Structures Places built to keep people warm, safe, or seated. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Home & daily life
- Metals and Alloys Ten metals, and what happens when you mix them. 10 words · Confident (B2) · Home & daily life
- Grand and Unusual Buildings Cathedrals, observatories, and one or two you would rather avoid. 12 words · Confident (B2) · Home & daily life
- Parts of a Building Columns, arches, and the details above your head. 14 words · Confident (B2) · Home & daily life
- Workshop and Materials Tools, stone, and the finish that goes on last. 12 words · Confident (B2) · Home & daily life
- Mixed Words 2 Another mixed set of twelve unrelated everyday words. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Home & daily life
- Mixed Words 4 The last mixed set: twelve everyday words with nothing in common. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Home & daily life
Meetings and email 1
Nature and science 12
- Plants and Green Places Trees, leaves, and the places where they grow thickly. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Environment & science
- Rivers, Lakes and Sea Fresh water and salt water, and the shapes they carve. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Environment & science
- Birds by Name Farm birds, wild birds, and one that cannot fly. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Environment & science
- Talking About the Weather Twelve ways to answer the most common question in English. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Environment & science
- Hot and Cold Twelve degrees of temperature, from blistering to frozen. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Environment & science
- Water on the Map Bays, deltas, and the other shapes water takes. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Environment & science
- Fire and Heat Ten words for lighting, cooking, and burning. 10 words · Medium (B1) · Environment & science
- Parts of a Plant Roots, shoots, and what plants make for themselves. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Environment & science
- Birds of Sea and Sky Seabirds and other birds worth learning by name. 12 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
- Describing the Weather Twelve ways to describe a sky, most of them not sunny. 12 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
- Where Water Gathers Lagoons, estuaries, and the rest of the coastline. 12 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
- Trees and Timber Ten trees, and the wood that comes from them. 10 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
People and feelings 7
- Feelings and Conversation Find clear words for feelings, opinions, and the small moments in a conversation. 55 words · Medium (B1) · Friends & social life
- Describing a Person Twelve words for what somebody is like to be around. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Friends & social life
- Moods and Tempers Feelings on a good day and on a very bad one. 14 words · Medium (B1) · Friends & social life
- Ways of Speaking Fourteen ways to make yourself heard, some quieter than others. 14 words · Medium (B1) · Friends & social life
- What People Are Like Character words that go beyond nice and nasty. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Friends & social life
- Good Manners and Bad How people behave when they are at their best and their worst. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Friends & social life
- Words for Thinking Twelve verbs for what goes on inside your head. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Friends & social life
Precise word choice 1
Reading and writing 1
Science and technology 16
- Academic Foundations: Science & discovery High-utility language for lectures, readings, and classroom ideas. Focus: science & discovery. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
- Integrated Reading: Science & discovery Words for comparing sources, following explanations, and tracking evidence. Focus: science & discovery. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
- Campus Communication: Science & discovery Practical language for university services, conversations, and student decisions. Focus: science & discovery. 250 words · Medium (B1) · Environment & science
- Precise Responses: Science & discovery Precise verbs, connectors, and evaluative language for supported academic responses. Focus: science & discovery. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Environment & science
- Speaking & Writing: Science & discovery Language for clear explanations, examples, opinions, and organised responses. Focus: science & discovery. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
- Reading & Vocabulary: Science & discovery Academic words for understanding texts, paraphrase, cohesion, and precise meaning. Focus: science & discovery. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
- Listening & Lecture Language: Science & discovery Words that help learners follow talks, examples, changes of topic, and conclusions. Focus: science & discovery. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
- Integrated Academic English: Science & discovery Advanced academic language for synthesis, comparison, argument, and data description. Focus: science & discovery. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Environment & science
- Listening & Reading: Science & discovery Language for following talks, locating detail, and tracking ideas in longer texts. Focus: science & discovery. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
- Writing: Science & discovery Words for describing trends, comparing options, and organising academic paragraphs. Focus: science & discovery. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
- Speaking: Science & discovery Flexible language for personal topics, explanations, and supported opinions. Focus: science & discovery. 250 words · Medium (B1) · Environment & science
- Evidence-Based Reading: Science & discovery Language for citing evidence, tracking arguments, and reading complex nonfiction. Focus: science & discovery. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
- Writing & Language: Science & discovery Words for revising clarity, precision, and rhetorical effectiveness. Focus: science & discovery. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
- Academic Context: Science & discovery High-utility academic language across common SAT reading domains. Focus: science & discovery. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Environment & science
- Verbal Reasoning: Science & discovery Dense academic language for following arguments and selecting precise wording. Focus: science & discovery. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Environment & science
- Issue & Argument: Science & discovery Language for evaluating claims, assumptions, and the strength of support. Focus: science & discovery. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Environment & science
Shopping and money 2
Society and culture 19
- Academic Foundations: Society & community High-utility language for lectures, readings, and classroom ideas. Focus: society & community. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Friends & social life
- Integrated Reading: Society & community Words for comparing sources, following explanations, and tracking evidence. Focus: society & community. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Friends & social life
- Campus Communication: Society & community Practical language for university services, conversations, and student decisions. Focus: society & community. 250 words · Medium (B1) · Friends & social life
- Precise Responses: Society & community Precise verbs, connectors, and evaluative language for supported academic responses. Focus: society & community. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Friends & social life
- Speaking & Writing: Society & community Language for clear explanations, examples, opinions, and organised responses. Focus: society & community. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Friends & social life
- Reading & Vocabulary: Society & community Academic words for understanding texts, paraphrase, cohesion, and precise meaning. Focus: society & community. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Friends & social life
- Listening & Lecture Language: Society & community Words that help learners follow talks, examples, changes of topic, and conclusions. Focus: society & community. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Friends & social life
- Literacy: Society & community Words for understanding texts, building paragraphs, and expressing written ideas. Focus: society & community. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Friends & social life
- Comprehension: Society & community Language for identifying main ideas, details, relationships, and implications. Focus: society & community. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Friends & social life
- Production: Society & community Precise language for extended answers, examples, comparisons, and supported viewpoints. Focus: society & community. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Friends & social life
- Listening & Reading: Society & community Language for following talks, locating detail, and tracking ideas in longer texts. Focus: society & community. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Friends & social life
- Writing: Society & community Words for describing trends, comparing options, and organising academic paragraphs. Focus: society & community. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Friends & social life
- Speaking: Society & community Flexible language for personal topics, explanations, and supported opinions. Focus: society & community. 250 words · Medium (B1) · Friends & social life
- Evidence-Based Reading: Society & community Language for citing evidence, tracking arguments, and reading complex nonfiction. Focus: society & community. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Friends & social life
- Writing & Language: Society & community Words for revising clarity, precision, and rhetorical effectiveness. Focus: society & community. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Friends & social life
- Academic Context: Society & community High-utility academic language across common SAT reading domains. Focus: society & community. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Friends & social life
- Verbal Reasoning: Society & community Dense academic language for following arguments and selecting precise wording. Focus: society & community. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Friends & social life
- Issue & Argument: Society & community Language for evaluating claims, assumptions, and the strength of support. Focus: society & community. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Friends & social life
- Advanced Reading: Society & community Scholarly and professional language across common GRE content domains. Focus: society & community. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Friends & social life
Speaking and writing 3
- TOEFL Speaking & Writing Language for clear responses, supported opinions, comparisons, and academic discussion. 30 words · Confident (B2) · Academic English
- PTE Speaking & Writing Vocabulary for describing information, organizing responses, and communicating with accuracy and control. 30 words · Confident (B2) · Academic English
- Duolingo English Test: Speaking & Writing Flexible language for personal responses, clear explanations, examples, and supported opinions. 30 words · Confident (B2) · Academic English
Sport and movement 8
- Games and Equipment What you play, and what you play it with. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Culture & hobbies
- Ways of Moving Twelve verbs for getting from one place to another. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Culture & hobbies
- On the Pitch Kit, positions, and what happens during a game. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Culture & hobbies
- Sports and What You Do in Them A dozen sports and the actions at the heart of each. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Culture & hobbies
- Match Day Stadiums, teams, and the moments that decide a game. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Culture & hobbies
- Winter and Action Sports Skating, skiing, diving, and the crowd that cheers. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Culture & hobbies
- Sport: Clubs and Leagues The organised side of sport, from the gym to the league table. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Culture & hobbies
- Players and Officials Who plays, who judges, and who paddles. 12 words · Confident (B2) · Culture & hobbies
Summaries and opinions 1
Technology and communication 11
- Speaking & Writing: Technology & digital life Language for clear explanations, examples, opinions, and organised responses. Focus: technology & digital life. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Digital life
- Reading & Vocabulary: Technology & digital life Academic words for understanding texts, paraphrase, cohesion, and precise meaning. Focus: technology & digital life. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Digital life
- Listening & Lecture Language: Technology & digital life Words that help learners follow talks, examples, changes of topic, and conclusions. Focus: technology & digital life. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Digital life
- Integrated Academic English: Technology & digital life Advanced academic language for synthesis, comparison, argument, and data description. Focus: technology & digital life. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Digital life
- A2 Key: Technology & digital life Concrete words for simple situations, personal information, and everyday needs. Focus: technology & digital life. 250 words · Easy (A2) · Digital life
- B1 Preliminary: Technology & digital life Familiar language for experiences, plans, opinions, work, and practical communication. Focus: technology & digital life. 250 words · Medium (B1) · Digital life
- B2 First: Technology & digital life Flexible vocabulary for discussion, problem-solving, stories, and detailed opinions. Focus: technology & digital life. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Digital life
- C1 Advanced: Technology & digital life Nuanced language for formal writing, complex ideas, and persuasive communication. Focus: technology & digital life. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Digital life
- Literacy: Technology & digital life Words for understanding texts, building paragraphs, and expressing written ideas. Focus: technology & digital life. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Digital life
- Comprehension: Technology & digital life Language for identifying main ideas, details, relationships, and implications. Focus: technology & digital life. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Digital life
- Conversation: Technology & digital life Flexible language for personal experiences, opinions, reactions, and discussion. Focus: technology & digital life. 250 words · Medium (B1) · Digital life
Travel and getting around 10
- Travel Basics Practise practical words for moving through a new place with confidence. 32 words · Easy (A2) · Travel & errands
- Reading a Map Rivers, regions, and the features you find on any map. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Travel & errands
- Booking a Journey Gates, classes, and the people who get you where you are going. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Travel & errands
- Out on the Road Driving words for hills, junctions, and tunnels. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Travel & errands
- The Parts of a Car What is behind the dashboard and under the bonnet. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Travel & errands
- Landforms and Directions The features of a continent and the way to describe where they are. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Travel & errands
- Around the Globe Poles, plains, and the lines drawn between them. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Travel & errands
- On a Long Journey Tickets, itineraries, and the delay you did not plan for. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Travel & errands
- Landscapes of the World Dunes, tundra, and the edges where land stops. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Travel & errands
- Driving and Road Layout Slip roads, brakes, and the shape of the road ahead. 12 words · Confident (B2) · Travel & errands
Travel and logistics 4
- Workplace Core: Travel & logistics Core workplace words for offices, schedules, people, and routine tasks. Focus: travel & logistics. 250 words · Medium (B1) · Travel & errands
- Meetings & Email: Travel & logistics Language for agendas, requests, updates, decisions, and professional correspondence. Focus: travel & logistics. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Travel & errands
- Sales & Customer Service: Travel & logistics Useful language for customers, products, offers, complaints, and solutions. Focus: travel & logistics. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Travel & errands
- Business Precision: Travel & logistics More exact language for finance, operations, negotiation, and business decisions. Focus: travel & logistics. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Travel & errands
Work and money 9
- Everyday Words at Work Ordinary words that turn up again in an office, meaning something new. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Work & career
- Money and Accounts Costs, debts, and the words for keeping the books straight. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Work & career
- Starting a Company Customers, funding rounds, and the pitch that wins them. 12 words · Easy (A2) · Work & career
- Office and Strategy The words behind plans, processes, and the people who run them. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Work & career
- Job Titles at Work Who does what, from the architect to the executive. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Work & career
- Funding a Startup Investors, founders, and the exit everyone hopes for. 12 words · Confident (B2) · Work & career
- Business Jargon The words that fill a strategy deck, explained plainly. 12 words · Confident (B2) · Work & career
- Insurance and Contracts The vocabulary of cover, claims, and small print. 14 words · Confident (B2) · Work & career
- Mixed Words 3 A third mixed set of twelve unrelated everyday words. 12 words · Medium (B1) · Work & career
Workplace English 4
- TOEIC Workplace Basics Core words for jobs, offices, customers, schedules, projects, and everyday work tasks. 30 words · Medium (B1) · Work & career
- Workplace Core: Work & career Core workplace words for offices, schedules, people, and routine tasks. Focus: work & career. 250 words · Medium (B1) · Work & career
- Sales & Customer Service: Work & career Useful language for customers, products, offers, complaints, and solutions. Focus: work & career. 250 words · Confident (B2) · Work & career
- Business Precision: Work & career More exact language for finance, operations, negotiation, and business decisions. Focus: work & career. 250 words · Advanced (C1) · Work & career