Vocabulary and Spelling

English Vocabulary Exercises
For intermediate to advanced level learners that practise verb, noun, adjective and adverb forms. This website features over 500 gap-fill exercises to learn and review over 1500 items of general vocabulary in English. Gap-fill exercises are an excellent way to practise vocabulary in different contexts and can be used to broaden the student's understanding of the range of meaning of vocabulary. The online format of the exercises allows students to get immediate feedback on their answers.

For General English, go to...
http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/vocab-categories.htm

For Academic English, go to...
http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/AWL/index.htm
The words selected for the AWL are words which occur frequently in a range of academic subjects, including the Arts (including history, psychology, sociology, etc.), Commerce (including economics, marketing, management, etc.), Law and the Sciences (including biology, computer science, mathematics, etc.). This means that the AWL is useful to all second-language learners who wish to study in an English-speaking institution no matter what their field of study. The AWL does not, however, include technical words which are specific to a given field. Nor does it contain words which are of general use and very high frequency.

These words often appear in many academic subjects including arts and sciences. If you are thinking of studying at an English-speaking university, you should definitely try some of these online exercises.

Dictionary.com
Dictionary.com



A free dictionary app for Android and iPhone. It has explanations, collocations and also audio. I recommend it for higher level English learners.

Dictation Practice
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/dictation.html

This site helps you improve your listening (and writing) by listening to short audio tracks and typing what you heard. First, select a track from the menu-then listen and write at the same time!
Linxy


Use this cool dictionary to help you read. Just download the app, use your camera to "photograph" a word and voila! A definition will magically appear on your phone. Cool huh?
Sorry-for iPhone users only:(

Johnny Grammar's Word Challenge
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/apps/johnny-grammars-word-challenge



Vocabulary learning app for iPhone and Android phones.
The game features:
  • 3 quiz categories – Words, Grammar, Spelling
  • 3 levels - Easy, Medium, Hard
  • 10 common topics – Food & Restaurants, Travel, Small Talk, Hobbies etc,
  • Feedback provided on wrong answers to enhance your learning.

Spelling Bee
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/bee/play



A quiz where you listen to words and try to spell them. Good for all level students to improve spelling.

Flojoe
http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/


Find vocabulary exercises here (phrasal verbs, collocations and word transformation exercises).
For B2 level students-go to http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/fce/students/wordbank/index.htm
For B2+ level students-go to http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/wordbank/index.htm

Word Hippo
http://www.wordhippo.com/



Use this site to find word meanings, synonyms, opposites, example sentences and pronunciation. A very useful resource.

Professor Word
http://www.professorword.com/
An excellent tool for improving your reading of English-language websites. First drag the "Professor Word" icon into your "Favourites Bar". Then, open any website you are interested in. Select the "Professor Word" icon in your Favourites Bar.
Then...





Also available for iPad and iPhone.

Word Shake
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/fun-games/wordshake

A kids game-but still a really good way to build vocabulary and spelling skills. Try it!

Wordament
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.wordament&hl=en


Similar to "Word Shake" above-but for iPhone and Android phones.



Spelling Quiz
http://eslus.com/LESSONS/SPELL/SPELL11.HTM
Use this quiz to listen to missing words in sentences and then try and spell them. It's also a really good way to help your listening and reading improve.

Speaking Spelling Bee
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/speaking-spelling-bee/id386617292?mt=8
Free on iTunes. Use this app to listen to words and try spelling them. Has all levels of difficulty so good for all level students. Also helps your pronunciation as it helps you to recognize stress patterns in words.

My Word Book 2
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imf&hl=en


A free app available on both Android and iPhone. As well as including lots of useful built-in vocabulary, you can use this to collect new vocabulary. It also helps you to review vocabulary in 5 different kinds of quiz. A very useful app.

 Hangman!
This is a word game that includes 1000 common words that students often spell wrongly in English.
play hangman!

Wordmaster
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flash/wordmaster/

Read sentences and guess the missing word. A great game to improve your vocabulary, spelling and reading skills!




Wordbase
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id777638764?mt=8&&referrer=click%3Dbe76f989-2faf-4a20-bb89-2020a8ccb06e


A competitive spelling game on iPhone (soon on Android too).
Click here to watch a demo video ...
http://vimeo.com/82036587


Typing Speed Games
http://flavourmachine.com/sesamefighter/







Improve your typing skill speed on an English keyboard with "Sesame street fighter"-a fun game where you try and spell words as quickly as you can! 

 Tip-Choose the "Cookie" or "Grover" characters for English words!!

 For another game try this!!!! http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/games/l/

Word Building Game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en01soun-game-building-words

BBC Skillswise-Punctuation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/punctuation

Word Games
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/games/
Lots of fun word games to play against the clock.

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