Grammar & vocabulary
The grammar game
Adaptive round of ten · band ladder · 1,048 questions
Play a round →
02Practise, the tools
Practise, in your browser.
Every interactive tool on the site, gathered in one place.
Drill grammar and vocabulary against a band ladder, scan an essay for structure, generate speaking questions and cue cards, or build listening practice from any video. All free, all instant, and nothing you do here leaves your browser.
Sentence craft
The fronting tool
72 worked examples · six patterns · front your own
Front a sentence →Writing
The writing scan
Paste an essay · an instant read on structure and length
Scan your writing →Writing
The writing checker
IELTS Task 1 and 2, a GT letter, a PTE essay or summary · or an OET letter against its case notes
Check your writing →Speaking
Speaking topics
Part 1, 2 and 3 questions · the same answer at Band 6, 7 and 8
Practise speaking →Speaking
Speaking Part 1
The common topics · Band 6 vs Band 8 model answers
See the questions →Speaking
Part 2 cue cards
36 cue cards · one minute to prepare, two to talk
Draw a card →Speaking
Speaking Part 3
The discussion · Band 6 vs Band 8 model answers
See the discussion →Speaking
This season's themes
Six card types · Sep to Dec 2026 sets · Band 6 vs 8 models
Prepare the season →Speaking
The speaking formulas
Seven shapes · Band 6 vs Band 8 pairs · a question-type chooser
See the shapes →Listening
Listening practice tests
Four full tests, 160 questions · or bring any video of your own
Sit a test →Vocabulary
The word upgrader
Swap plain words for stronger alternatives · 250 entries
Upgrade a word →Start here
The diagnostic
Twelve questions · four areas · one named priority
Find your weak spot →Scoring
Band score calculator
Overall band from the four skills · raw score to band
Work out a band →Marking
The marking archive
888 real corrections · filter by your first language
Find your own mistakes →From the book
The practice bank
Strategy pages kept current · prompts by first language · AI setup
Open the bank →PTE
Summarize Written Text
Five passages · one-sentence summaries · a model for each
Practise SWT →OET
The role-play deck
Twelve cards · eight professions · a partner’s brief, a marking sheet and a transcript reader
Run a role-play →OET
Reading, Listening and Writing drills
A timed Part A on four texts · a consultation with ten gaps · four letter cases, marked
Start the clock →Every tool marks itself and explains as it goes. Want a person to look at your actual answers and tell you what to fix? That's what the lessons are for.
The book of the method
The Proper English Grammar Guide to IELTS Speaking
The method this site drills for free, written down properly: five response frameworks, thirteen grammatical structures taken to automation, vocabulary by band, pronunciation with audio demonstrations one scan away, and first-language guidance for eight language families. 614 pages, built from more than two thousand documented one-to-one lessons. Most guides teach every candidate the same English; this one starts from what your first language makes you do.
Paperback on Amazon →Kindle edition →The free 79-page companion →