Level: B1-B2
Intermediate path — from phrases to fluency
You can already hold a conversation; this path removes the mistakes that mark you as a learner. Six steps: the vocabulary natives actually use, then the tense system, then the three grammar structures that define intermediate English — with real reading in between. Repeat each quiz until it feels easy — your progress appears right here as you go.
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Vocabulary natives actually use
Everyday US English runs on phrasal verbs and irregular forms, not long words.
- 72 common phrasal verbs B1 — wake up, figure out, run into — grouped by topic
- Irregular verbs — all forms A2–B1 — go, went, gone and the rest, with definitions
- Uncountable nouns B1 — why it is advice, never advices
- Conjunctions — the connectors A2–B1 — the connectors that build longer sentences
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Master the tense system
Intermediate English is mostly about tense choice.
- All 12 tenses — the guide A2–B1 — one map of the whole system
- Present perfect vs simple past B1 — the single biggest ESL confusion
- The perfect tenses B1–B2 — present, past, and future perfect side by side
- Time expressions B1 — match yesterday, since, by then to the right tense
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The three big structures
Conditionals, passive voice, reported speech — one per week is a good pace.
- Conditionals — 4 types of if B1 — the 4 types of if-sentences
- Passive voice B1–B2 — forms, uses, and mistakes
- Reported speech B1–B2 — say vs tell and the backshift
- Subject–verb agreement B1 — the team is, everyone has
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Read real English weekly
Reading is where studied grammar becomes automatic.
- Picture Stories & Dialogs B1 — illustrated biographies and real conversations, scene by scene with audio
- Short stories A2–B1
- News Lite A2–B1
- Mini biographies B1 — Einstein, Curie, Shakespeare, and more
- Alice in Wonderland — a first book B1–B2 — a good first full book
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Watch & listen
Real situations and full grammar lists on video — slow enough to follow, real enough to use.
- Grammar in pictures A2–B1 — irregular verbs, tenses, prepositions and phrasal verbs — one full list per video
- Everyday dialogs — conversation practice B1 — one real place per video: the restaurant, the bank, the hotel, the airport
- Doctor English — clinic & pharmacy A2–B1 — book an appointment, describe symptoms, pick up medicine
- Prepositions on video B1 — all the movement and place prepositions, drawn out
- Homophones & confusing words B1 — bear vs bare, then vs than — hear the difference
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Sound natural, not translated
The difference between correct and natural is which words go together.
- Idioms and expressions B2 — what piece of cake really means
- Verb + preposition B1–B2 — depend on, interested in, afraid of
- Adjective + preposition B1–B2
- Phrasal verbs — which ones split B1 — which ones can split: turn the light on
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Spell it right
Written English is where intermediate learners get judged.
- Commonly misspelled words B1
- affect / effect B1
- advice / advise B1
- Spelling bee — intermediate B2 — test yourself with audio