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Grammar

Easy
- 🟩 Am, Are or Is (Birol Sarigul) [M] 10 Questions
- 🟩 Tag Questions (Ladaporn Chaiyon) [M] 10 Questions
- ~~Prepositions (Charles Kelly) [B] 14 Questions~~
- 🟩 Prepositions 1 (Ilker Utlu) [M] 12 Questions
- 🟩 Prepositions 2 (Ilker Utlu) [M] 15 Questions
- 🟩 Prepositions: Before or After (Manny Lefebvre) [M] 21 Questions
- ~~Assorted Questions: Choose the Best Answer (Vera Mello) [M] 20 Questions~~
- 🟩 Gerund or Infinitive (Kaye Mastin Mallory) [M] 15 Questions
- 🟩 Question Words (Cheung Lok Pui Ami) [M] 10 Questions
- ~~Question Words (Charles Kelly) [F] 55 Questions~~
- 🟩 Verbs and Pronouns (Peggy Sunvold) [M] 20 Questions
- ~~Type in the Correct Pronoun (Charles Kelly) [F] 19 Questions~~
- 🟩 Simple Past Review (Erik Tuch [M] 10 Questions
- 🟩 Choose the Correct Verb Form (Sheri Mercado) [M] 9 Questions
- 🟩 Choose the Correct Verb Form (Cheri MacLeod) [M] 10 Questions
- 🟩 Choose the Correct Verb Form (Angel Fong) [M] 7 Questions
- 🟩 Choose the Correct Verb Form (Gazanfer Us) [M] 18 Questions
- 🟩 Subject Verb Agreement with Present Tense Be Verbs (Cari Parker) [M] 12 Questions
- 🟩 Verb Form Quiz (Mona Al-Kahtani) [M] 10 Questions
- 🟩 Billy's Quiz (Blair Irwin) [M] 9 Questions
- 🟩 Choose the Correct Verb Form and Spelling (Violeta Tsoneva) [M] 15 Questions
- 🟩 Pronouns (Zubaidi Ahmad Saibi) [M] 8 Questions (Feedback)
- 🟩 Pronouns (Subject or Object) (Zubaidi Ahmad Saibi) [M] 10 Questions (Feedback)
- 🟩 Subjective and Objective Pronouns (Mohamad Ali Seyfi Puor [M] 5 Questions
- 🟩 Countable and Noncountable Nouns (Papadamos Kostas [M] 13 Questions
- 🟩 Subject-Verb Agreement (Steven A. Anderson) [M] 22 Questions
Easy to Medium
- 🟩 Possessive Adjectives (Dan Fulmer) [M] 19 Questions
- 🟩 To Be: Past and Present (Dan Fulmer) [M] 20 Questions
- 🟩 BE Verb - Present and Past (Kaye Mastin Mallory) [S] 20 Questions
- ~~Comparison (Charles Kelly) [F] 35 Questions~~
- 🟩 Infinitive, Bare Infinitive or Gerund (Joan Ripoll) [M] 18 Questions
- 🟩 What's the Correct Form of the Verb? (Alexandre Fernandes) [M] 18 Questions (Present Perfect, Simple Past, Present Perfect Continuos)
- 🟩 Choose the Correct Preposition (Violeta Tsoneva) [M] 10 Questions
- 🟩 Choose the Correct Indefinite Article ('a' or 'an') (Violeta Tsoneva) [M] 37 Questions
- 🟩 Verb Form Review (Erik Tuch) [M] 10 Questions
Medium
- 🟩 Adverb or Adjective? (Charles Kelly) [M] 13 Questions
- 🟩 Correct or Incorrect (Thonthowi Djauhari) [S] 15 Questions
- 🟩 Hong Kong (George Jor) [M] 10 Questions
- 🟩 Hungary (Norbert Nagy) [M] 11 Questions
- ~~Prepositions - Type in the Answer (Charles Kelly) [F] 22 Questions~~
- ~~Present Perfect or Past Tense (Martin Sankofi) [B] 8 Questions~~
- 🟩 Present Perfect vs. Past Simple (Dmitry Lyfenko) [M] 13 Questions
- 🟩 Some or Any (Chris Baudy) [M] 10 Questions
- 🟩 Telephone English (Constance Leonard) [M] 10 Questions
- 🟩 Tons of Snow (Quiz on Verb Forms) (Eifion Pritchard) [M] 10 Questions
- 🟩 Various Grammar Questions (Ender Velasco) [M] 21 Questions
- 🟩 Verb Forms (Dennis Oliver) [M] 7 Questions
- ~~What's the Correct Verb Form #1 (Charles Kelly) [F] 13 Questions~~
- ~~What's the Correct Verb Form #2 (Charles Kelly) [F] 13 Questions~~
- ~~What's the Correct Verb Form #3 (Charles Kelly) [F] 12 Questions~~
Medium to Difficult
- 🟩 Choose the Best Conjunction (Boyd Waltman) [M] 11 Questions
- 🟩 Word Forms (Kelly Quinn) [M] 15 Questions
- 🟩 Hong Kong Story (George Jor) [M] 20 Questions
- ~~Identify the Parts of Speech (Noreen Artar) [F] 10 Questions~~
- 🟩 Active and Passive (Gazanfer Us) [M] 25 Questions
- 🟩 Various Tenses (Gazanfer Us) [M] 19 Questions
- 🟩 Natural Order of Adjectives (Violeta Tsoneva) [M] 9 Questions
- 🟩 Reported Speech (Carlos Rodriguez) [M] 7 Questions
- There are about 80 quizzes on this website:
  - 🟩 Quizzes Based on VOA's Special English Programs (Charles Kelly)
Difficult
- 🟩 Grammar Quiz (Huda Ayoub) [M] 10 Questions
- 🟩 Grammar Quiz (Enas Al-Musallam) [M] 9 Questions
- 🟩 The Manatee (A Quiz on Prepositions) (Alexandra Sanchez) [M] 20 Questions

Vocabulary

Very Easy
- 🟩 Odd One Out 2 (Richard Graham) [M] 10 Questions
Easy
- 🟩 Opposites (Mary Lou Turnbull) [M] 10 Questions
- ~~Opposites (David E. Shaffer) [B] 15 Questions~~
- 🟩 Opposites (Nizar Taha) [M] 9 Questions
- 🟩 Choose a Word (Richard Graham) [M] 10 Questions
- ~~What's the Plural? (Charles Kelly) [F] 26 Questions~~
- 🟩 Man or Woman? (Charles Kelly) [M] 20 Questions
- ~~Type in the Contraction (Charles Kelly) [F] 25 Questions~~
- 🟩 Where Do I Wear It? (Manny Lefebvre) [M] 11 Questions
- 🟩 Jobs / Occupations (Birol Sarigul) [M] 20 Questions
Easy to Medium
- 🟩 They're, Their or There (Renee Swanson) [M] 15 Questions
- ~~Analogies (Charles Kelly) [F] 34 Questions~~
- ~~Word Pairs (David E. Shaffer) [B] 12 Questions~~
- ~~Family (Elin Melchior) [B] 20 Questions~~
- ~~Five Adjectives (Karen Li) [B] 5 Questions~~
- 🟩 Mammals (Melissa Fuscaldo) [M] 18 Questions
Medium
- 🟩 Adjectives - Rebecca Keogh [M] 18 Questions
- ~~Nationalities 1 (David E. Shaffer) [B] 20 Questions~~
- ~~Word Relationships / Analogies (Charles Kelly) [F] 15 Questions~~
- ~~Phrasal Verbs #1 (Dennis Oliver) [B] 10 Questions~~
- ~~Phrasal Verbs #2 (Dennis Oliver) [B] 10 Questions~~
- ~~Phrasal Verbs #3 (Dennis Oliver) [B] 10 Questions~~
- ~~Places Around Town (Mary Lou Turnbull) [B] 25 Questions, Medium, Vocabulary~~
- ~~Type in the Plural Form (Charles Kelly) [F] 59 Questions~~
- 🟩 Already, Yet, Still or Anymore? (Jack Bradshaw) [M] 19 Questions
- 🟩 Collocations (Jim Papple) [M] 10 Questions
- 🟩 Collocations Related to Colour (Jim Papple) [M] 8 Questions
- 🟩 Vocabulary Quiz Based on The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde (Violeta Tsoneva) [M] 15 Questions
Medium to Difficult
- 🟩 Banking Vocabulary: Choose theOpposite (Constance Leonard) [M] 7 Questions
- 🟩 Maps (Kelli Bolden) [M] 22 Questions
- 🟩 Vocabulary Related to Movies (Miroslava Nikolova) [M] 9 Questions
- 🟩 Baseball Idioms in the Real World (Paul Tanner) [M] 21 Questions
- ~~Nationalities 2 (David E. Shaffer) [B] 20 Questions~~
- ~~Nationalities 4 (David E. Shaffer) [B] 20 Questions~~
- 🟩 Jobs (Albert Adroer) [M] 10 Questions
- ~~Idioms (1) (K. Kitao & K. Kitao) [B] 26 Questions~~
- 🟩 Criminal Offenses (Miroslava Nikolova) [M] 10 Questions
- 🟩 Analogies (Susan Till) [M] 32 Questions
- 🟩 Phrasal Verbs with the Word 'Get' (May Abumelha) [M] 8 Questions
- 🟩 What Do These Idioms Mean? (Jim Chapman) [M] 18 Questions
Difficult
- 🟩 Words Related to Books and Literature (Arjana Blazic) [M] 12 Questions
- ~~Nationalities 3 (David E. Shaffer) [B] 20 Questions~~
- ~~Top 20 World Languages (David E. Shaffer) [B] 20 Questions~~
- 🟩 Which Choice Has the Closest Meaning? (Mark Offner) [M] 15 Questions
- 🟩 Odd One Out (Mark Offner) [M] 10 Questions
- 🟩 Some Advanced Vocabulary (May Abumelha) [M] 10 Questions
- Business English
  - 🟩 Work Team Skills (Alyssa Hennig) [M] 18 Questions
Very Difficult
- 🟩 103 Chemical Element Symbols (Nevitt Reagan) [M] 103 Questions

Culture

Medium
- 🟩 Table Manners (Shiao-Chuan Kung) [T] 20 Questions

Other

Easy
- 🟩 Commonly Heard Questions (Richard Graham) [M] 10 Questions
Medium
- 🟩 How Many Syllables Are There? Alex Burke [M]
- 🟩 Sample 7-Question Quiz (Charles Kelly) [A] This shows one of each possible question type.
- 🟩 Long or Short Vowels? / Hard or Soft Consonants? (Rossana Blackaby) [S] 22 Questions
Difficult
- 🟩 American Blended Sounds (Mark Offner) [M] 15 Questions
- 🟩 Which Word Has the Same Vowel Sound? (Mark Offner) [M] 15 Questions

Not Specifically for English Study / English for Special Purposes

Though the questions are not about the English language, these quizzes may still be a useful way to practice your English.

Medium
- 🟩 Creating HTML from Scratch (Vance Stevens) [M] 10 Questions
- 🟩 Energy Quiz Tom Cassidy [M] 15 Questions
- 🟩 General Aviation Knowledge/Piper PA28-151/161 Familiarization (Jeffrey D. Watson) [M] 55 Questions
Difficult
- 🟩 Supreme Court Justices Quiz (Deron Knarr) [M] 10 Questions

Trivia Quizzes

Most Trivia Questions Are Difficult
- 🟩 Academy Awards for Best Picture 1990-20021 (Nevitt Reagan) [M] 12 Questions
- 🟩 Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role 1990-2001 (Nevitt Reagan) [M] 12 Questions
- 🟩 Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role: 1990-2001 (Nevitt Reagan) [M] 13 Questions
- 🟩 Academy Awards for Best Director: 1990-2001 (Nevitt Reagan) [M] 12 Questions
- 🟩 Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role: 1990-2001 (Nevitt Reagan) [M] 12 Questions
- 🟩 Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role: 1990-2001 (Nevitt Reagan) [M] 12 Questions

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Codes

[B] Type-in followed by Multiple-choice if missed. [T] True or False [F] (Fill-in) Type-in (Fill-in-the-blank / Short Answer) [M] Multiple-choice. [S] Multiple-choice using the same set of choices for all questions. [A] All question types mixed.

Other

🟩 Hungary (Norbert Nagy) - [M] 11 Questions
Grammar, Medium
🟩 Verb Form Quiz (Mona Al-Kahtani) - [M] 10 Questions
Grammar, Easy
🟩 Some Advanced Vocabulary (May Abumelha) - [M] 10 Questions
Vocabulary, Difficult
🟩 Phrasal Verbs with the Word 'Get' (May Abumelha) - [M] 8 Questions
Vocabulary, Medium to Difficult
🟩 Analogies (Susan Till) - [M] 32 Questions
Vocabulary, Medium to Difficult

About the Flash Quiz Template Used on This Site

This is a cut-down version of the template Charles Kelly developed for his Flash Quizzes for ESL Students. All quizzes are between 25 Kb and 30 Kb, so should download fairly quickly even for those with slower connections.

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