Learn English at Home

Online Courses

Future Learn has a Basic Elementary English course. You can improve your English for everyday life and it is free to register.

Learner studying with headphones on and sitting at a laptop

Speaking and Listening

You can try these listening activities from British Council Learn English Teens:

Study tips

Understanding numbers

Spelling names

Giving personal information

Daily routine

Describing people

Here are some listening activities from British Council Learn English:

A request from your boss

A voicemail message

Booking a table in a restaurant

Listen to some conversations on ELLLO and try the activities:

Worksheet for the listening activities

Reading

Read these news articles from News in Levels and watch the videos:

Applause for Spanish workers

Car companies help

New York bans plastic bags

You can also read simple texts on the British Council’s Learn English website:

A restaurant menu | LearnEnglish

An airport departures board | LearnEnglish

Learner reading from a laptop and taking notes in a notebook

Writing

Practise using capital letters and full stops in this activity from English Courses.

Try these writing practice activities from British Council Learn English:

A message to say you’re late

A noticeboard message

A text message invitation

Grammar

English File has some good activities to practise your grammar at home:

Present simple (be) 1

Present simple (be) 2

Present simple (other verbs) 1

Present simple (other verbs) 2

Adverbs of frequency 1

Adverbs of frequency 2

Possessive adjectves 1

Possessive adjectives 2

Vocabulary

Practise your vocabulary with these activities from Headway:

Verbs 1

Verbs 2

The time

Here are some more activities from Games to Learn English:

Jobs

Food

Look at these games from Many Things:

Verbs 1

Verbs 2

Adjectives