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In the Academic English Cafe, you can learn English online at your own pace !  Take free English language quizzes, practice with academic vocabulary, play language games, read model essays, watch videos with authentic English, discover tasty recipes, and find useful links for learning & teaching English as a second language.  

Discussion question:  What do you usually eat for breakfast?
Play the foods matching game below!  

Picture of the Week

"Shelter from the Rain" by Ashleigh McCord; BBC

Picture of the Week:  Describe what you see in the picture.  Include vocabulary such as lions, rain, and communication. 

BBC summary of "Shelter from the Rain" image by Asleigh McCord:  "During a visit to the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, Ashleigh captured this tender moment between a pair of male lions.
She stayed and watched until the rain was falling so hard that they were barely visible."

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Practice with 25 Olympic sports flashcards and a quiz to test your Olympic sports vocabulary.

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Over 50 Free Quizzes for Grammar, Vocabulary and Writing 

Try the 3 Most Popular Quizzes this week: 
1.  ​​Grammar Quiz on Sentence Types with Love Song Lyrics
2.  Grammar Quiz on Name that Verb Tense
3.  Quiz on Choose For or Since

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BEGINNER CIRCLE QUIZZES
Quiz on Verbs: Is or Are 
Quiz on Choose For or Since
Quiz on Vocabulary Antonyms

GRAMMAR QUIZZES
Grammar Quiz #1 --- Sentence Types with Harry Potter

Grammar Quiz #2 --- Name that Clause, with Song Lyrics

Grammar Quiz #3 --- Commas and Adjective Clauses

Grammar Quiz #4 --- Commas and Adjective Clauses

Grammar Quiz #5 --- Commas and Adjective Clauses

Grammar Quiz #6 --- Errors in Articles, Word Forms, Verbs

Grammar Quiz #7 --- Errors in Articles, Word Forms, Verbs

Grammar Quiz #8 --- Errors in Articles, Word Forms, Verbs

Grammar Quiz #9 --- Errors in Passive Tense Verbs

Grammar Quiz #10 --- Name that Verb Tense 

Grammar Quiz #11 --- Basic Prepositions

Grammar Quiz #12 --- Sentence Types with Song Lyrics

Grammar Quiz #13 --- Find Out About a Few Phrasal Verbs

Grammar Quiz #14 --- Shed More Light On Phrasal Verbs

Grammar Quiz #15 --- General Grammar Mistakes

Grammar Quiz #16 --- General Grammar Mistakes

VOCABULARY QUIZZES
Vocabulary Quiz #1 --- General Academic Vocabulary for Business

Vocabulary Quiz #2 --- General Academic Vocabulary for Science

Vocabulary Quiz #3 --- General Academic Vocabulary for Art

Vocabulary Quiz #4 --- General Academic Vocabulary for Education

Vocabulary Quiz #5 --- General Academic Vocabulary for Psychology

Vocabulary Quiz #6 --- General Academic Vocabulary for History

Vocabulary Quiz #7 --- General Academic Vocabulary for Sports

Vocabulary Quiz #8 --- General Academic Vocabulary for Science

Vocabulary Quiz #9 --- General Academic Vocabulary for News

Vocabulary Quiz #10 --- General Academic Vocabulary for Language

WRITING QUIZZES
Writing Quiz #1 --- Transition Words

Writing Quiz #2 --- Transition Words

Writing Quiz #3 --- Which is the Best Thesis Statement?

Writing Quiz #4 --- Which is the Best Thesis Statement?

Writing Quiz #5 --- Which is the Best Thesis Statement?      

Writing Quiz #6 --- Name that Poet

Writing Quiz #7 --- Important Writing Terms Defined

Writing Quiz #8 --- Reporting Verbs for Essays A

Writing Quiz #9 --- Reporting Verbs for Essays B

Writing Quiz #10 --- Reporting Verbs for Essays C

Writing Quiz #11 --- Reporting Verbs for Essays D  

Writing Quiz #12 --- Reporting Verbs for Essays E

SPELLING QUIZZES
Spelling Bee #1 --- Commonly Misspelled Words (A)  

Spelling Bee #2 -- Commonly Misspelled Words (A-C) 

Spelling Bee #3 -- Commonly Misspelled Words (C-E)

Spelling Bee #4 -- Commonly Misspelled Words (E-G) 

Spelling Bee #5 -- Commonly Misspelled Words (G-I)

Spelling Bee #6 -- Commonly Misspelled Words (I-K) 

Spelling Bee #7 -- Commonly Misspelled Words (L-M)

Spelling Bee #8 -- Commonly Misspelled Words (M-N)

Spelling Bee #9 -- Commonly Misspelled Words (O-P

Spelling Bee #10 -- Commonly Misspelled Words (P)

Spelling Bee #11 -- Commonly Misspelled Words (P)

Spelling Bee #12 -- Commonly Misspelled Words (P-R)

Spelling Bee #13 -- Commonly Misspelled Words (R-S)

Spelling Bee #14 -- Commonly Misspelled Words (S-T)

Spelling Bee #15 -- Commonly Misspelled Words (T-Z)