Welcome to the English Learning Resources Page!
Here, you’ll find a curated list of the best tools, books, apps, websites, and media to help you master English at any level.
I’ve personally tested many of these, and they’re highly recommended by learners worldwide.
English Collocations
EnglishClub
Explains collocations with examples and quizzes, organized by themes like time, money, and family.
Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries: Collocations
Features a collocation dictionary with common word pairings and contextual examples for learners.
ThoughtCo: Collocation Examples
Provides clear explanations of collocations, especially for verbs and business expressions, with practice ideas.
English Dialogues
Improve fluency, listening comprehension, and everyday communication skills by practicing these dialogue examples.
ESL Fast: English Conversations
Offers hundreds of short dialogues for beginners to advanced learners, with audio and transcripts.
TalkEnglish: Conversation Practice
Provides dialogues for everyday situations like shopping or travel, with listening and speaking exercises.
Quizlet
Flashcards, vocabulary sets, and games for ESL learners. You can also create your own study sets.
TalkEnglish.com
Perfect for speaking practice. Includes conversation lessons, audio samples, and useful phrases.
ManyThings.org
A simple but effective site with pronunciation, vocabulary games, idioms, and listening practice.
Grammar Bytes!
Fun and interactive grammar lessons with exercises, videos, and tips.
ESL Kids World
Perfect for teaching young learners. It has flashcards, games, worksheets, and lesson ideas for kids.
English Essays
Purdue OWL: Essay Writing
Covers essay structure, types (narrative, persuasive, etc.), and tips for academic writing.
ESL Flow: Essay Writing Resources
Provides worksheets and guides for essay planning, introductions, and conclusions for ESL learners.
British Council: Writing Essays
Offers step-by-step advice on essay writing, with exercises for intermediate and advanced learners.
English Grammar
Grammarly Handbook
A comprehensive guide to grammar rules, punctuation, and style, with clear examples.
Cambridge English: Grammar Exercises
Offers interactive grammar activities for all levels, focusing on tenses, prepositions, and more.
Perfect English Grammar
Provides detailed explanations and exercises on grammar topics like conditionals and reported speech.
English Club
Word-level English grammar covers verbs and tenses, nouns, adverbs etc. Sentence-level English grammar covers phrases, clauses, reported speech etc.
English Idioms & Phrases
The Free Dictionary: Idioms
A searchable database of idioms with meanings, examples, and origins.
EnglishClub: Idioms
Lists common idioms with explanations and quizzes, grouped by themes like animals or food.
LearnEnglishFeelGood: Idioms Exercises
Offers practice worksheets and quizzes for learning and testing idioms.
English Learning
BBC Learning English
A vast resource with courses, videos, and quizzes for grammar, vocabulary, and real-world English.
Duolingo
A free app with bite-sized lessons for grammar, vocabulary, and speaking practice.
VOA Learning English
Features news-based lessons with audio, video, and exercises for all skill levels.
Voice of America – Learning English
News stories and videos in slow, clear English. Includes transcripts and vocabulary help.
English Phrasal Verbs
Test-English
Includes explanations and exercises for common phrasal verbs at different levels.
EnglishPage
A comprehensive list of phrasal verbs with meanings and example sentences.
Teach-This: Phrasal Verb Activities
Offers games and worksheets for practicing phrasal verbs in engaging ways.
English Sentences
Tatoeba
A database of example sentences in English with translations for context-based learning.
ManyThings.org: Sentence Study
Offers sentence-building exercises and games for beginners and intermediate learners.
ESL Fast: Sentence Practice
Provides simple sentences with audio for pronunciation and comprehension practice.
English Stories
ESL Fast: Short Stories
Short stories with audio and exercises for reading and listening practice.
Storynory
Free audio stories, including fairy tales and classics, ideal for listening and vocabulary building.
English Teaching
BusyTeacher
Thousands of free worksheets, lesson plans, and activities for ESL teachers.
ESL Library
Provides printable and digital resources for teachers, with some free materials.
TeachingEnglish – British Council
A rich hub for English teachers: professional development, lesson ideas, and more.
English Vocabulary
Vocabulary.com
Adaptive vocabulary exercises and games to learn words in context.
Merriam-Webster Learner’s Dictionary
Offers definitions, pronunciations, and example sentences tailored for ESL learners.
BBC Learning English: Vocabulary
Features themed vocabulary lessons with audio and quizzes for real-world use.
ESL Conversation Questions
ESL Discussions
Thousands of conversation questions organized by topic for pair or group discussions.
ITeslj.org: Conversation Questions
A vast collection of questions for speaking practice, suitable for all levels.
Conversation Starters World
Offers creative and engaging questions to spark discussions in ESL classrooms.
Reading/Writing
ESL Lounge: Reading and Writing
Features reading passages and writing tasks for beginners to advanced learners.
ReadWriteThink
Offers reading comprehension activities and writing prompts for all levels.
Breaking News English
Provides graded news articles with reading and writing exercises for ESL learners.
Test Preparation (IELTS, TOEFL, etc.)
IELTS Official Website
IELTS | IELTS Preparation Resources
Authentic IELTS preparation tips, samples, and practice materials.
TOEFL – ETS Official Site
Test Preparation for the TOEFL iBT Test
TOEFL practice resources straight from the creators of the test.
Magoosh English Blog
Free English courses online – SpeakUp resources
Practical tips for test prep and improving general English skills.
Did I miss any great resources?
Let me know in the comments! 😊