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2024
March
We’ve updated our page all about the Passive Voice in German Grammar.
There’s now even more information along with 24 brand new Lingolia Plus exercises for levels B1–C1. These cover new topics like:
- Passiv mit Modalverben
- von oder durch
- unpersönliches Passiv mit Modalverben
- Passiv-Ersatzformen
Check it out today!
Happy Monday Lingolia users! We’re back with another translation update to begin the new week.
The Lingolia Plus exercises in the section Sentence Structure in German Grammar now have added English translations.
To view the translations, check your answers as normal then hover over the globe symbol .
Check it out today!
We’ve updated our page all about questions in English grammar!
Learn about the two methods we use to form questions in English and master the different question words with our handy list. We also cover the different question types and auxiliaries, so you can feel confident asking questions in your next English conversation.
For Lingolia Plus users, we’ve also added seven brand new exercises for levels A1–B1.
- questions with be (1)
- questions with be (2)
- questions – word order (1)
- questions – word order (2)
- questions – word order (5)
- questions – modal verbs
- questions – with have (2)
Check it out today!
We’re back with another translation update to see you into the weekend!
This time, the Lingolia Plus exercises for Pronouns in German Grammar have been updated to include English translations.
To view the translations, check your answers as normal then hover over the globe symbol .
Check it out today!
Génial ! There’s a brand new page all about exclamative sentences in French grammar for you to check out on this fine Monday morning!
Learn how to express strong emotions in French with exclamative adverbs and determiners, as well as how to use exclamations like Ah !, Allons ! and Courage ! and many more to sound like a native speaker.
Lingolia Plus users can practise these sentences in 10 brand new Lingolia Plus exercises for levels A2–C1.
Check it out today!
We’re kicking off the new week with a translation update!
The Lingolia Plus exercises for Adverbs in German Grammar now include English translations.
To view the translations, check your answers as normal then hover over the globe symbol .
Check it out today!
Another translation update just before the weekend!
All Lingolia Plus exercises in the section Nouns and Articles in German Grammar now come with English translations.
To view the translations, check your answers as normal then hover over the globe symbol .
Check it out today!
February
As promised, here’s your first translation update.
All Lingolia Plus exercises in the section Declension in German grammar now include English translations. Getting to grips with the four cases just got easier!
To view the translations, check your answers as normal then hover over the globe symbol .
Check it out today!
Your wish is our command—we’re implementing our most requested feature ever: translations for Lingolia Plus exercises!
Starting with Lingolia Plus German, we’re updating our Plus exercises to include English translations.
You can already test out this feature in the German Tenses section; do an exercise and check your answers as normal, then hover over the new globe symbol to see the English translation of the sentence.
It’s going to take us a while to add translations to all our exercises, but we’ll keep you posted as topics get updated, so be sure to check back here regularly.
P.S. Lingolia Plus French and Spanish users, we haven’t forgotten about you—your translations are also coming soon!
January
Advanced learners – this one’s for you! Our page all about participial phrases in English grammar has had a major update.
Elevate your writing style with our guide to participial phrases and ensure you avoid typical mistakes with our section all about dangling participles.
There are also four brand new Lingolia Plus exercises for levels B2–C1:
- Participial Phrases – perfect participles active vs. passive (2)
- Participial Phrases – mixed (2)
- Participial Phrases – reduced relative clauses
- Participial Phrases – dangling participles
Check it out today!
Our page all about the conditional perfect in Spanish grammar has had a small update and there are now three new Lingolia Plus exercises for B2 level just waiting to be discovered:
- Condicional compuesto – Suposiciones
- Condicional compuesto – Escenarios hipotéticos en oraciones condicionales
- Condicional compuesto – Reproches
Check them out today!
Ever wondered what are the most useful pronominal verbs in French? Well wonder no more! We’ve collected the top 90 pronominal verbs in French and organised them according to level (A1–C1).
Each verb comes with its own translation and an example sentence so you can learn them as efficiently as possible.
Check it out today!
2023
December
It’s that time of year again—the Lingolia vocabulary calendar for 2024 has just dropped!
12 months of the year; 12 handy vocab lists: our free calendar is a must-have for any language learner.
Available in English, German, French Spanish and Esperanto.
Download your calendar for free today!
It’s easy to get overwhelmed by prepositions—they can have multiple meanings, they’re easily mixed up and there are so many of them!
But you know what they say, practice makes perfect! Which is why we’ve overhauled our page on prepositions in Spanish grammar.
We’ve broken down the prepositions into categories to help you learn them more efficiently and of course there are plenty of practical examples to contextualise them.
Lingolia Plus users can also practise prepositions for hours on end with 35 brand new Lingolia Plus exercises for levels A2–B2.
Check it out today!
We’ve given our page on Short Answers in English grammar an update and added 5 new Lingolia Plus exercises:
- exercise 1 – am/is/are (A1)
- exercise 2 – do/does (A1)
- exercise 3 – was/were (A1)
- exercise 10 – statements (B1)
- exercise 11 – dialogue (B1)
Check them out today!
Dass vs. das: who knew that such little words could cause such big problems?
That’s why we’ve given our page all about dass vs. das in German grammar a complete update. Brand new information lays out the differences between these two tricky words so that you’ll never mix them up again!
Lingolia Plus users can practise the difference between dass and das in 22 brand new Plus exercises for level A2–C1.
Check it out today!
November
We’ve updated our page about pronominal verbs in French grammar.
Along with additional info in the free article, we’ve also added 15 brand new Lingolia Plus exercises for levels A2, B1 and B2:
- exercise 3
- exercise 4
- exercises 6–11
- exercise 14
- exercise 15
Check them out today!
Did you know that there is more than one way to say when in German? Depending on the context, we say wann, wenn or als.
Knowing which when to use can be tricky, so we’ve updated our page all about the difference between wann, wenn and als in German grammar.
For Lingolia Plus users, there are also 9 brand new Plus exercises for level B2 and C1 so you can practise using these words in context.
Check it out today!
Our page all about participles in English grammar has been updated!
We’ve overhauled the information and examples to cover all aspects and make this topic easier to understand.
Start with an overview of the two main functions of participles, then dive deeper into additional uses.
Lingolia Plus users: go to exercise number 4 for a brand new exercise about participles in the passive voice.
Check it out today!
October
Eagle-eyed users may have already noticed our mini makeover over the weekend.
We’ve got a brand new font and a brand new logo (but still the same great content).
We hope you love our new look as much as we do!
Our page all about word order in French declarative sentences has had an update!
Discover new information about mise en relief along with 10 new exercises for B1 and B2 levels, exclusive to Lingolia Plus users.
Check out exercises 7 through 17 today!
September
Our page all about questions in Spanish has been updated! Learn all about the different question words in Spanish grammar, including the tricky question of when to use qué and when to use cuál.
Lingolia Plus users can practise their question skills in eight brand new Plus exercises:
- Oraciones interrogativas – qué
- Oraciones interrogativas – quién
- Oraciones interrogativas – cuánto, cuánta, cuántos, cuántas
- Oraciones interrogativas – Interrogativos (sin preposiciones)
- Oraciones interrogativas – qué o cuál (1)
- Oraciones interrogativas - cuánto vs. cuán
- Oraciones interrogativas – Interrogativos con preposiciones (1)
- Oraciones interrogativas – Interrogativos con preposiciones (2)
Check them out today!
We know that the topic of adjective endings in German grammar requires a lot of practice.
That’s why we’ve added eight new Lingolia Plus exercises for levels B2 and C1, specifically about adjective endings for comparatives and superlatives.
Check out exercises 17 through 25 today!
The more, the merrier; the sooner, the better … ever wondered how to say this in German? If so, then our new section on je … desto with German adjectives will be right up your street!
Learn how to use this structure and refresh your knowledge of comparatives and superlatives while you’re at it.
Lingolia Plus users can practise everything thanks to twelve brand new exercises for levels A2 and B1:
- exercises 5–9
- exercises 13–16
- exercises 18, 19 & 22
Check them out today!
Our page all about auxiliary verbs in English grammar has had an update!
We’ve overhauled the info to make it even more practical and added six new Lingolia Plus exercises that cover a range of levels:
- Auxiliary Verb or Main Verb – be/do/have (A2)
- Auxiliaries with so and neither (1) (B2)
- Auxiliaries with so and neither (2) (B2)
- Auxiliary Verbs – emphasis (B1)
- Auxiliary Verbs – dialogue (C1)
Check it out today!
¡Qué bien! A brand new page all about exclamative sentences in Spanish has just dropped.
Learn how to express surprise, shock, joy and other strong emotions in this brand new article.
Lingolia Plus users can practise this new sentence structure in four new exercises for levels B1–C1:
- Oraciones exclamativas – ¡Qué…!/¡Cómo…!
- Oraciones exclamativas – ¡Cuánto…!
- Oraciones exclamativas – ¡Cuánto…!/¡Cuán…!
- Oraciones exclamativas – Los exclamativos
Check it out today!
Practise using the past perfect simple with four new Lingolia Plus exercises for level B1:
Revise the conjugation of regular and irregular verbs and learn the key signal words for this tense in these brand new exercises:
- Past Perfect Simple – positive, negative & question
- Past Perfect Simple – mixed (3)
- Past Perfect Simple – signal words
- Past Perfect Simple – never … before
Check them out today!
Practise using the simple past and the present perfect simple in twelve brand new exercises for Lingolia Plus users!
- Simple Past – Present Perfect Simple: comparison 4
- Simple Past – Present Perfect Simple: comparison 5
- Simple Past – Present Perfect Simple: comparison 6
- Simple Past – Present Perfect Simple: comparison 7
- Simple Past – Present Perfect Simple: questions
- Simple Past – Present Perfect Simple: recent or further back
- Simple Past – Present Perfect Simple: finished vs. unfinished time periods (1)
- Simple Past – Present Perfect Simple: finished vs. unfinished time periods (2)
- Simple Past – Present Perfect Simple: dialogues
- Simple Past – Present Perfect Simple: Malala Yousafzai
- Simple Past – Present Perfect Simple: Charlie & Erica
- Simple Past – Present Perfect Simple: Phiona Mutesi
Check them out today!
Le présent
In French grammar le présent is an essential tense: that’s why we’ve added fourteen brand new Lingolia Plus exercises where you can practise conjugating all three regular verb types along with the important irregulars:
- Le présent – verbes en -er : cas particuliers (1)
- Le présent – verbes en -er : cas particuliers (2)
- Le présent – verbes en -er : cas particuliers (3)
- Le présent – verbes en -er (mélange)
- Le présent – verbes en -ir (1)
- …
Check out exercises 11 through 24 today!
Autumn is almost upon us and a fresh season means fresh content!
We’ve updated our page all about participles in Spanish grammar and added one free exercise and nine new Lingolia Plus exercises:
- Participio regular (1)
- Participio regular (2)
- Participio regular (3)
- Participio irregular (1)
- Participio irregular (2)
- Participio irregular (3)
- Participio variable (1)
- Participio variable (2)
- Participio variable (3)
Check it out today!
When you’re learning Spanish, there’s no such thing as too much por vs. para practice! That’s why we’ve added 8 new Lingolia Plus exercises all about these two tricky prepositions.
- por/para – Periodicidad, momento del día, plazo
- por/para – General (2)
- por/para – General (3)
- por/para – General (4)
- por/para – Usos de por
- por/para – Usos de para
- por/para – Usos de por/para
- por/para – General (5)
Check it out today!
Our page all about conditional clauses in German grammar has been updated.
As well as the standard lowdown on the three different types of conditional, there’s also handy information on topics like:
- modal verbs in conditional clauses
- word order
- wenn vs. falls
and much more!
For our Lingolia Plus users, 23 brand new exercises have also dropped. The following exercises are new:
- exercises 4–6
- exercises 10–12
- exercises 15–32
Check it out today!
We’ve three new Lingolia Plus exercises all about Short Answers.
- Short Answers – do/did
- Short Answers – be
- Short Answers – have/had
Check them out today!
Everyone enjoys question tags, don’t they?
That’s why we’ve added 5 new exercises to our page on English question tags to give you even more practice.
- Question Tags with do (1)
- Question Tags with be (1)
- Question Tags with be (3)
- Question Tags with have (1)
- Question Tags – mixed
Check it out today!
August
Le conditionnel
Our page all about the conditional in French grammar has had a big upgrade: there are whopping 18 brand new Lingolia Plus exercises waiting to be discovered!
Aimed at level B1–B2 and covering topics such as:
- Conditionnel – conditionnel présent (verbes réguliers)
- Conditionnel – conditionnel présent (verbes en -er : cas particuliers) (1)
- Conditionnel – conditionnel présent (verbes en -er : cas particuliers) (2)
- Conditionnel – conditionnel présent (verbes irréguliers) (1)
- …
And many more! Check them out today!
July
Our free language level tests for English, German, French and Spanish are now available.
Multiple choice questions, instant results and no sign-up needed.
Click on the links above or find them via the rocket in the blue toolbar.
Check them out today!
Knowing when to use which used to structure can be tricky — do you need get used to, be used to or just plain used to?
You might say that it takes some getting used to!
That’s why we’ve created 14 brand new Lingolia Plus exercises for levels B1–C1 where you can practise the different used to structures.
- used to (1)
- used to – negative sentences
- used to – questions
- used to (2)
- get used to/be used to (1)
- …
Check them out today!
Our page on negation in Spanish grammar has had an update!
Improved layout, better examples and three new Lingolia Plus exercises:
- Oraciones negativas – ningún, ninguno, ninguna
- Oraciones negativas – Doble negación (1)
- Oraciones negativas – Doble negación (2)
Check it out today!
June
English learners — don’t miss our brand new page all about one of the most useful English phrases: there is/there are.
Practise using this phrase with six new Lingolia Plus exercises for A1 level:
- there is/there are
- there isn’t/there aren’t
- is there/are there (questions)
- there is/there are (conjugation)
- there is/there are (mini dialogues)
- there was/there were
Check it out today!
Time to get emotional with some Spanish exclamations!
Learn to express yourself using qué, cómo, cuánto and quién with our brand new mini topic.
There are also three new Lingolia Plus exercises where you can practise this new topic:
- Exclamativos – ¡Qué… ! / ¡Cómo… ! (B1)
- Exclamativos – ¡Cuánto… ! (B2)
- Exclamativos – todos (C1)
¡No te lo pierdas! = Don’t miss out!