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English Idioms & Sayings: Exercise 3

by Phil Williams | Apr 9, 2024 | Exercises, Vocabulary

I have finally completed my Idioms and Sayings series with a third exercise covering some common expressions in English. Sorry it’s taken me a couple of years to get back to this – it’s mostly because I forgot, but also the rest of the list went missing! As a...

Festive Christmas Language: a Mixed Tenses Exercise

by Phil Williams | Dec 12, 2023 | Exercises, Grammar, Vocabulary

It’s that time of year again: Festive Season, meaning festive articles on ELB! Adding to my collection of seasonal Christmas articles which you can find here, today I’ve got another mixed tenses exercise. As we did in October for Halloween, this exercise tests...

Creepy Halloween Mixed Tense Exercise

by Phil Williams | Oct 10, 2023 | Exercises, Grammar

It’s October, so Halloween is coming and it’s Spooky Season, which we are a fan of here on ELB. I’ve got lots of seasonal articles on the website, and you can find all my Halloween features here. Today I’m going to share a new mixed tenses exercise using...

Kate Skates at Christmas: Phrasal Verbs Exercise

by Phil Williams | Dec 13, 2022 | Exercises, Reading Exercise

Christmas is nearly upon us again, so it’s time for another holiday-themed exercise to get you in the merry spirit. I’ve decided to revisit the same style of exercise I produced for Christmas last year: a short story gap-fill exercise to test your understanding of...

Writing Exercise: Letter of Complaint

by Phil Williams | Jul 12, 2022 | Exercises, Writing skills

Following on from my recent writing exercise for a letter of local investment, I’ve got another exercise today covering a topic that affects everyone at some point: a letter of complaint. The task here specifically concerns something ordered online, which we all...