Hang up: clothing on a hook and ending a phone call
Connect hang up with coats and phone calls. Practise hung, hang them up and hang up on someone, with examples and explanations in context.
Read and practiseAdventure journal
All English lessons
Choose a topic, read the examples and try the exercises before revealing the answers. Follow a related lesson when you are ready to use the same idea in a new situation.
Adventure journal
Your lesson journal
Choose your level
The lesson search could not load. You can still browse the pages.
No matching lesson. Try a shorter search or another topic.
Continuing an activity with keep on
Follow an activity that continues over time, and practise the verb form that comes after this everyday expression.
Read and practiseFill up: bottles, busy spaces and feeling full
See how fill up works with bottles, a hall and a satisfying meal. Learn fill it up, fill up with and the difference between a process and a result.
Read and practiseMaking something fall by a blow
A ball hits a bottle and makes it fall: practise the everyday expression for knocking a person or object down.
Read and practiseEmpty out: removing everything from a container
Unpack empty out with a backpack, drawer and bowl. Learn empty it out, emptied and emptying, plus the difference between a container and its contents.
Read and practiseOmitting a person or thing
A missing name or an excluded player: practise the everyday expression for omitting someone or something.
Read and practiseWarm up: heat, exercise and preparing your voice
Move from a warmer kitchen to players preparing for a match. Practise warm it up, warming up and warms up with clear examples and exercises.
Read and practiseCaring for someone or something
A neighbour’s cat or a set of plants needs care: describe who takes responsibility and practise the position of a pronoun.
Read and practiseGet in: entering a vehicle and arriving
A taxi door and a train timetable reveal two uses of get in. Learn got, getting and gets in, and distinguish arrival from boarding.
Read and practiseExploring a place by looking
A new shop or an unfamiliar garden invites exploration: describe looking around and practise naming the place.
Read and practiseGet out: leaving a space and taking something out
Leave a taxi or remove a stuck box with get out. Practise get out of, got out and get it out, with clear roles for the person, place and object.
Read and practiseStarting life in a new home
Boxes arrive and a new address becomes home: practise describing when people start living in a place.
Read and practiseGet on: boarding buses, trains and ferries
Board a bus, train or ferry with get on. Learn get on it, questions with did and get, and how boarding differs from simply being on board.
Read and practiseLeaving a home for good
A tenancy ends and belongings are packed: describe leaving a home permanently and name the place left behind.
Read and practiseGet off: leaving public transport at the right stop
Use get off for leaving a tram, bus or train. Practise get off the tram, get off at a stop and questions that help you find where to leave.
Read and practiseReturning borrowed money
A loan or a few borrowed euros must be returned: practise the everyday phrase, its past form and the position of objects.
Read and practiseCome back: returning to a place, from a trip or for an item
Follow a return journey with come back. Distinguish to, from and for, use came back home without to, and connect the wording to the speaker's viewpoint.
Read and practiseGo back: return to a place or resume a topic
Return to the ticket office or an earlier question with go back. Practise went back home, did you go back and for when collecting a forgotten item.
Read and practiseReturning something to its place
A book or a key belongs somewhere: say how to return it to its previous place and choose where a noun or pronoun goes.
Read and practiseCheck in: flight registration, hotel arrival and checked bags
Distinguish checking in for a flight, at a hotel and checking a suitcase in. Practise for, at and check it in without confusing registration and boarding.
Read and practisePutting a picture on the wall
A picture, notice or poster needs a place on the wall: choose the object position and describe who attaches it.
Read and practiseLook up: checking information in a reference
Check words, dates and opening hours with look up. Practise look them up, looked and the contrast between in a dictionary and on a website.
Read and practiseReturning goods or a reply
A damaged purchase can go to the shop again, and a message can be sent in reply. Explore both meanings and object position.
Read and practiseFind out: discovering new information
Learn find out about, find out that and find out where. Practise found, noun and clause patterns, and the difference between learning a fact and locating an object.
Read and practise