Vocabulary Lessons

Every lesson below practises vocabulary. Students complete them in the browser, and most answers are checked automatically.

• Why Leaves Change Colour: A2+ Vocabulary Lesson — Days are getting shorter across the northern hemisphere, trees are switching off the green pigment in their leaves, and the yellows and oranges that were there all summer finally show.
• Why Bookshops Are Opening Again: B1 Vocabulary — Independent bookshops have been opening rather than closing for several years now, and the reasons say a lot about what people want a shop to be.
• The Fish That Draws Circles in the Sand: A2 Reading — A small pufferfish spends about a week flapping its fins to build a two-metre pattern on the sea floor, and researchers are still working out how it keeps the shape so exact.
• Matcha Everywhere: A2+ English Vocabulary Lesson — The bright green tea powder has jumped from tea ceremonies to tiramisu, lattes and ice cream, and cafes now report shortages every summer.