Getting Started with English
Greetings, introductions, the alphabet, numbers 1-100, days and months. Your first steps in English conversation.
Start LessonESL Resources & English Lessons
Free, structured English lessons aligned with the CEFR framework. Progress from absolute beginner (A1) through mastery (C2) with interactive grammar, vocabulary, reading, and writing practice at every level.
Your Learning Path
A1
Beginner
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A2
Elementary
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B1
Intermediate
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B2
Upper-Int.
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C1
Advanced
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C2
Mastery
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Take our quick placement assessment to find your CEFR level and get personalized lesson recommendations.
Take the Placement TestA1
A1 — Beginner
Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions. Can introduce themselves and ask simple personal questions.
Pronunciation Fundamentals
English vowel and consonant sounds, stress patterns, and intonation basics. Audio examples with practice exercises.
Start LessonPresent Simple Tense
Subject-verb agreement, forming questions and negatives. Daily routines and habits using present simple.
Start LessonEveryday Objects & Places
Common nouns for home, school, workplace, and city. Articles (a/an/the) and demonstratives (this/that/these/those).
Start LessonReading: Simple Signs & Labels
Read and understand everyday signs, menus, timetables, and simple instructions. Build practical literacy.
Start LessonA2
A2 — Elementary
Can understand sentences about familiar topics. Can communicate in routine situations. Can describe background and immediate environment.
A2 Complete Guide: Building Fluency
Comprehensive A2 overview: past simple (regular & irregular verbs), family vocabulary, shopping phrases, daily routines, and time expressions. Your complete elementary-level guide.
Start LessonShopping & Money
Prices, quantities, making purchases, comparing products. Practical dialogues for stores, markets, and restaurants.
Start LessonComparatives & Superlatives
Comparing people, places, and things. Adjective forms (-er/-est, more/most). Common irregular comparisons.
Start LessonWriting: Emails & Messages
Write short personal emails, text messages, and social media posts. Opening/closing formulas, informal language.
Start LessonTravel & Directions
Airport, hotel, and transportation vocabulary. Asking for and giving directions. Reading maps and schedules.
Start LessonB1
B1 — Intermediate
Can deal with most situations likely to arise while traveling. Can produce simple connected text on familiar topics. Can describe experiences, events, and aspirations.
B1 Complete Guide: Intermediate Skills
Comprehensive B1 overview: three ways to talk about the future, modal verbs, first conditional, expressing opinions, and travel vocabulary. Your complete intermediate guide.
Start LessonModal Verbs for Advice & Obligation
Should/shouldn't, must/mustn't, have to/don't have to. Giving advice, expressing rules, and discussing obligations.
Start LessonReading: News Articles
Read and understand factual news articles. Identify main ideas, supporting details, and distinguish fact from opinion.
Start LessonWriting: Opinion Essays
Structure a 5-paragraph essay. Express and support opinions with examples. Linking words (however, therefore, in addition).
Start LessonConditionals (Zero, First, Second)
Real and unreal conditions. If-clauses for facts, future possibilities, and hypothetical situations.
Start LessonB2
B2 — Upper-Intermediate
Can interact with native speakers with fluency and spontaneity. Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint.
B2 Complete Guide: Upper Intermediate
Comprehensive B2 overview: passive voice (all tenses), reported speech, perfect tenses mastery, gerunds vs infinitives, and advanced connectors. Your complete upper-intermediate guide.
Start LessonAcademic & Professional Vocabulary
500+ academic word list essentials. Formal register for presentations, reports, and professional communication.
Start LessonReading: Academic Texts
Critical reading strategies for academic articles and research summaries. Inference, tone, and rhetorical analysis.
Start LessonWriting: Formal Reports & Reviews
Structure formal reports with sections, headings, and recommendations. Write balanced reviews of products, services, and media.
Start LessonC1
C1 — Advanced
Can understand demanding, longer texts and recognize implicit meaning. Can express ideas fluently and spontaneously. Can use language flexibly for social, academic, and professional purposes.
C1 Complete Guide: Advanced Fluency
Comprehensive C1 overview: essential idioms, mixed conditionals, inversions for emphasis, register and formality, and advanced collocations. Your complete advanced guide.
Start LessonIdiomatic English & Collocations
Natural-sounding English through idioms, phrasal verbs, and collocations. Sound like a native speaker in conversations and writing.
Start LessonWriting: Persuasive & Argumentative
Construct compelling arguments with evidence. Acknowledge counterarguments. Rhetorical devices for persuasion.
Start LessonC2
C2 — Mastery
Can understand virtually everything heard or read. Can summarize information from different sources. Can express themselves spontaneously, very fluently, and precisely.
C2 Complete Guide: English Mastery
Comprehensive C2 overview: academic writing, literary analysis vocabulary, nuance and connotation, rhetorical devices, and precision vocabulary. Your complete mastery guide.
Start LessonWriting: Creative & Literary
Narrative techniques, metaphor, imagery, and voice. Write short stories, poetry, and creative non-fiction at a professional level.
Start LessonAdvanced Discourse & Pragmatics
Cohesion and coherence in extended discourse. Hedging, politeness strategies, and cultural pragmatics in English communication.
Start LessonPractice Tools for Every Level
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Word Finder
Look up words, find anagrams, and solve crossword clues in 11 languages. Perfect for building vocabulary at any CEFR level.
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Vocabulary-building crossword puzzles at easy, medium, hard, and expert difficulty. Context clues improve comprehension.
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