IELTS vocabulary practice, one minute at a time
Short games for the academic words that IELTS, TOEFL and university courses expect you to read, write and use. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
Which words you practice
The first word pack, Academic English Starter, has academic words for describing change, comparing ideas, building arguments and studying at university. It is written for IELTS Academic, TOEFL iBT, PTE Academic, the Duolingo English Test and study in English.
- Describing change
- Comparison and cause
- Argument and evidence
- Study and society
A few of the words: considerable, gradually, transform, rapid, boost, evident, plausible.
How the practice works
- Pick the meaning. Word Tower shows a word and four meanings. Tap the right one.
- Write the word. Later, Word Bridge shows a sentence with the word missing, and you type it.
- Come back tomorrow. Words return just before you would forget them.
We count a word as kept only when you write it from memory a week or more after you last saw it.
Why practice both meaning and writing
In IELTS Writing and Speaking, vocabulary (lexical resource) is one of the four criteria examiners score. Knowing what a word means when you read it is not the same as being able to use it, so the games practice both. How to learn English vocabulary that sticks
What this is not
This is not an official IELTS or TOEFL word list, and we do not promise a score. We choose words from open research word lists and write our own explanations. There is no IELTS General Training pack yet.