Three approaches consistently build vocabulary faster than lists alone: learning in context, using spaced repetition, and noticing words in natural language. Examples Don’t learn ‘ambiguous’ from…
ReadA/an introduces something new or non-specific. The refers to something already known or unique. Zero article = general statements about uncountable or plural nouns. Examples I…
ReadFirst conditional = real future possibility. Second = unreal present or future. Third = unreal past. The verb in the if-clause tells you which one you’re…
ReadReported speech shifts the tense back and changes pronouns and time expressions. The rule: step back one tense from what was said. Examples Direct: ‘I’m leaving…
ReadConnectors signal the relationship between ideas. Without them, sentences sit side by side with no logic. With them, your argument flows. Examples So = result: ‘I…
ReadThree prepositions handle almost all time expressions. At = precise times and fixed points. On = days and dates. In = longer periods: months, years, seasons,…
ReadPhrasal verbs combine a verb and a particle to create a new meaning. English uses them constantly — more in speech than formal writing. Examples Wake…
ReadModals change the strength of what you’re saying. Must = 100% obligation or certainty. Should = recommendation or expectation. Can = ability or possibility. Examples ‘You…
ReadUse the present perfect when the past connects to now: the result matters, the time is unfinished, or the experience happened ‘sometime before now.’ Examples ‘I’ve…
ReadFour situations come up in every English-language interview. A ready phrase for each reduces anxiety and keeps you sounding fluent under pressure. Examples ‘That’s a great…
ReadMost of this site is reading. These two are writing — the only way to find out what your English actually does, and what your inner weather is actually like. Take one now, or skip and find them in the menu at any time.
A twenty-question encounter with how you actually think in English.
This is not a multiple-choice test. There are no gap-fills and no word banks. Those instruments measure recognition. This one measures production — the unruly, idiosyncratic act of putting thought into English under gentle pressure.
You will be asked about your dreams, your reading, your silences, your weather. Some prompts feel like journal entries. Some feel like riddles. Answer them as yourself — only as yourself.
Thirteen sideways questions about the architecture of your own experience.
“How are you?” produces “fine.” “What is wrong?” produces defence. So this asks neither. It asks about texture, temperature, containers, landscapes at 3 AM — sideways entry points that let you describe an inner state without having to expose a biography.
There is no timer and no right answer. The only thing measured is granularity: how finely you can name what is happening inside you. That skill is learnable, and it travels with you.