English vocabulary exercises - categories. Word of the Day - The Learning Network Blog. Flotsam • \ˈflät-səm\ • noun : the floating wreckage of a ship The word flotsam has appeared in 48 New York Times articles in the past year, including on Aug. 11 in “Réunion, Once a Surfer’s Paradise, Finds Only Sharks in Its Waters” by Marc Santora: Read more… One of the runners-up of our First Annual 15-Second Video Contest, this one by Emmett B., defines sloth. sloth • \ˈslȯth, ˈsläth also ˈslōth\ • noun 1. a disinclination to work or exert yourself 2. apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) 3. any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits Every Monday, we feature a Word of the Day that was the subject of one of our favorite entries in our 15-Second Vocabulary Video Contests from 2014 or 2013.
Stay tuned for the announcement about this year’s Vocabulary Video Contest, coming in January. Read more… peon • \ˈpē-ˌän, -ən \ • noun Read more… Learn English. Online English Course - Index Page. Course 2 - Elementary Unit 15 - Quantifiers: Some / Any Unit 16 - Quantifiers: Much / Many / A Lot of Unit 17 - Quantifiers: A Few / A Little Unit 18 - Possessives Unit 19 - Modal Verbs - Can / Can't Unit 20 - Have / Have got Unit 21 - Conjunctions Unit 22 - Imperatives Unit 23 - Present Continuous Unit 24 - Adverbs of Frequency Unit 25 - Comparatives / Superlatives. Learning English - Exercises, Grammar, Vocabulary, Exams. LearnEnglish | British Council. VOA Special English - Read and Listen Online Here. A guide to learning English.