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English language flashcards and quizzes

English language flashcards are for the terms you need to name and explain (language and structural techniques, grammar and punctuation rules, spelling patterns), and practice quizzes check you can spot them in a text, so your exam time goes on analysis and writing.

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Core english language topics

Pick a topic to open a ready-made set request: choose your level and counts, then generate. For exam revision, narrow it to your unit or paste your class notes.

Levels

What does english language cover at each level?

School (about ages 11–16)

Reading fiction and non-fiction, analysing language and structure, comparing texts, and writing to describe, narrate, argue and persuade.

Pre-university (A-Level, IB, AP)

Language in depth: how it varies and changes and how to analyse it with linguistic terms (A-Level), or rhetoric and argument (AP Language).

University

Linguistics, rhetoric and composition, and academic writing.

Courses differ by country and exam board, so check your own specification. Our exam board guides cover 23 countries and curricula.

Exam boards

Exam board guides for english language

English language is examined by 36 of the boards and qualifications we cover. Each guide explains grading, exam dates and what to know, with sets matched to that board.

Revision

How should you revise english language?

Learn the term with an example

Put the technique on the front and a definition plus a short example on the back. Exams reward naming a technique and explaining it.

Spot techniques in real texts

Knowing a definition isn't the same as noticing it in an unseen extract. Quiz questions built around short quotations train the noticing.

Make a set of your own errors

Collect the words you misspell and the punctuation you get wrong into one set, and review it until those mistakes stop.

Writing needs writing

Flashcards build vocabulary and technique; timed writing with feedback is what turns them into marks.

Watch out

What are the most common english language mistakes?

  • Mistake: Its and it's are interchangeable.

    Correct: It's means "it is" or "it has". Its means "belonging to it": the dog wagged its tail.

  • Mistake: "Could of" is correct.

    Correct: It is "could have" (or "could've"). The "of" comes from how "could've" sounds when spoken.

  • Mistake: You can join two sentences with a comma.

    Correct: That is a comma splice. Use a full stop, a semicolon, or a joining word such as "and" or "because".

  • Mistake: Naming a technique earns the marks.

    Correct: The marks come from explaining its effect on the reader and why the writer chose it.

Examples

Sample english language flashcards

One idea per card, a clear question, a short answer. This is the style every generated set follows.

English language

What is a simile?

Back

A comparison using "like" or "as", such as "as brave as a lion".

English language

What is the usual difference between "affect" and "effect"?

Back

"Affect" is usually a verb (to influence) and "effect" a noun (a result): the rain affected the match; the effect was a delay.

English language

What is an oxymoron?

Back

Two contradictory words placed together, such as "deafening silence".

FAQ

English language: questions

How do I revise for an English language exam?

Learn the terms and techniques with flashcards, practise spotting them in unseen extracts, and write timed answers with feedback. Reading widely helps more than anything else over time.

Which techniques should I know?

Commonly metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, rhetorical questions, repetition, lists, contrast, and structural features such as shifts in focus. Your exam board's guidance lists what it expects.

Can flashcards improve my writing?

They help with vocabulary, spelling, punctuation rules and techniques. Writing itself improves with practice and feedback, so use both.

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