Let's see what you already feel is right — don't worry about mistakes, just have a go.
Have a go — put these words in the right order:
"coffee / drinks / every morning / my mother"
Say two things you did last weekend out loud — start with "I", then the action, then where you were.
Ana: How was your weekend?
Sam: Good! I went to the beach with my sister on Saturday.
Ana: Nice! Do you swim in the sea?
Sam: Yes, we swam for an hour. It was really cold!
Look again at Sam's answers. Notice where "on Saturday" sits — not at the front, not in the middle, but right at the end. And notice Ana's question: "Do you swim...?" — a small extra word appears that isn't in Sam's answer. Why, do you think? Say your idea out loud before you check.
Every English sentence needs a subject — even when nothing seems to be "doing" anything.
Three everyday sentences:
Before you check: what comes first in every sentence, and what comes right after the verb?
In some languages you can drop the subject when it's obvious. In English, you can't — even a short comment needs "it".
1. Complete the comment.
Look outside — snowing again!
2. Fix this so it sounds natural: "She speaks very well English."
3. Fix this text message: "Raining hard right now."
Say two sentences using "it's" out loud — one about the weather right now, one about the day or time.
When a sentence has both a place and a time, place comes first — time waits until the very end.
Three everyday sentences:
Which comes first after the verb — the place or the time? Say it before you check.
The time word ("yesterday") moves out of the middle and goes to the end, after the place.
1. Put this in the right order: "yesterday / to the market / I / went"
2. Fix the order: "We last week visited the museum."
3. Fix the order: "They yesterday moved to a new flat."
Say three sentences about yesterday out loud: where you went, and when. Remember — time goes at the end.
Two systems for questions: one for "be", one for ordinary verbs.
Why does the first question not need "do", but the second and third ones do? Say your idea before you check.
With "be", just swap the subject and the verb. With every other verb, you need do/does/did — the main verb never moves.
1. Fix this question: "Where you are?"
2. Fix this question: "What time closes the shop?"
3. Ask a colleague if they're busy right now:
Ask a partner two questions about their week out loud — one starting with "Are/Is", one starting with "Do/Does".
Time to put it all together in one real story. This one's all yours.
Think about yesterday — somewhere you went, something you did. (If nothing comes to mind, invent it.)
Tell the story out loud for one minute. Try to include:
Write a short message (3–5 sentences) to a friend about yesterday: say where you went, when, and ask them one question back. The checker will tell you which parts it finds.
Real life doesn't tell you which pattern to use. Here everything is mixed — you decide.
Each sentence has one word-order mistake. Rewrite the whole sentence correctly.
1. "Is cold in here."
2. "They enjoyed a lot the concert."
3. "I this afternoon went to the dentist."
4. "What time leaves the train?"
5. Choose the natural sentence:
6. Choose the natural question:
7. Choose the natural sentence:
One-minute challenge: tell a partner about a trip you took. Include where you went, when, and ask them one question about their own last trip.
1. Complete: "My parents from Spain."
2. Say it out loud: how do you make a yes/no question with "to be", like asking if someone is ready? Give an example.
3. Give the news: " hot today!"
4. Put this in the right order: "to Paris / next month / going / I'm"
5. Fix this question a tourist asks: "What time opens the museum?"
Which practice helped you most today — fixing the mistakes, building your own sentences, or the speaking tasks? Say why you think that one worked for you.
At the start we said: put subject before verb, place before time, and ask questions the natural way. Tick what's true: