VOCABULARY: HOW TO IMPROVE IT AND USEFUL LINKS

Struggling to learn English vocabulary? Want to know how to enhance your vocabulary?

Learning a new language isn´t easy when it comes to vocabulary. Of course, if you expand your knowledge and use of words, you´ll be able to speak and write well.

How can you improve your vocabulary every day?

Read, read and read as much as you can. Read not only books but also blogs, newspapers and magazines.

Audiobooks and podcast on different topics can help you both to improve your vocabulary and listening at the same time. Don´t forget to listen to music and watch films, television shows and cartoons with English subtitles.


By practising, you can make incredible progress in enhancing your vocabulary.

Here are some useful links for helping improve your vocabulary.
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1. Place your cursor over an object, word or phrase to hear it pronounced aloud. BEGINNING, INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS
2. Listen to the pronunciation of the words and do the exercises  BEGINNER VOCABULARY
3. Each Exercise centres around on topic:  ENGLISH EXERCISES

FIRST/ B2 USE OF ENGLISH EXERCISES WITH KEY AND AN EXPLANATION

Although part 1 appears at the beginning of the Use of English, it`s a part of the reading along with parts 5,6,and 7. Here are interactive exercises with answer key and an explanation of part 1, 2,3 and 4 to help you prepare and succeed in the Cambridge First exam.

MULTIPLE CHOICE EXERCISES 

exercise 1          exercise 2          exercise 3
exercise 4          exercise 5          exercise 6
exercise 7          exercise 8          exercise 9
exercise 10        exercise 11        exercise 12
exercise 13        exercise 14        exercise 15
exercise 16        exercise 17        exercise 18
exercise 19        exercise 20        exercise 21
exercise 22

OPEN CLOZE EXERCISES

exercise 1          exercise 2          exercise 3
exercise 4          exercise 5          exercise 6
exercise 7          exercise 8          exercise 9
exercise 10        exercise 11        exercise 12
exercise 13        exercise 14        exercise 15
exercise 16        exercise 17        exercise 18
exercise 19        exercise 20

WORD FORMATION EXERCISES

exercise 1         exercise 2           exercise 3
exercise 4         exercise 5           exercise 6
exercise 7         exercise 8           exercise 9
exercise 10       exercise 11         exercise 12
exercise 13       exercise 14         exercise 15
exercise 16       exercise 17         exercise 18
exercise 19       exercise 20

KEY WORD TRANSFORMATIONS EXERCISES

exercise 1          exercise 2          exercise 3
exercise 4          exercise 5          exercise 6
exercise 7          exercise 8          exercise 9
exercise 10        exercise 11        exercise 12
exercise 13        exercise 14        exercise 15
exercise 16        exercise 17        exercise 18
exercise 19        exercise 20

E.0.I / B2 LISTENING

This post aims to give you extensive listening and vocabulary exercises. The resources below provide you with options for improving your listening skills. Here are the links, click on them and follow the instructions.

1. Personal identification: vocabulary and listening  
2. Housing and home environment:  vocabulary and listening
3. Daily activities: vocabulary and listening
4. Travelling: vocabulary and listening
5. Good and services: vocabulary and listening
6. Language and communication: vocabulary and listening
7. Climate, weather and environment: vocabulary and listening
8. Science and technology: vocabulary and listening

FIRST CERTIFICATE B2: WORD FORMATION

To do this test, the first thing you have to do is to read the sentence carefully to decide what kind of word you need: a noun, a verb, an adjective, an adverb and of course if it is positive or negative, singular or plural. After that, you have to modify the word by adding suffixes, prefixes.

Here are some exercises to practice:

Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
Test 4
Test 5
Test 6