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2023
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!
What if we told you that you can say (almost) everything in German with just two tenses?
Sound too good to be true? Head over to our updated page on German tenses to learn how!
In addition to this essential grammar hack, there’s also information on the complete range of tenses needed for written German, as well as a handy conjugation table.
Check it out today!
April
Our info on declension in German grammar has had an upgrade!
We’ve added 3 new pages and 69 new Plus exercises, exclusive to Lingolia Plus users:
- Essential guide to German cases (43 Plus exercises)
- N-declension (7 Plus exercises)
- How to decline nominalised adjectives (19 Plus exercises)
And we’ve restructured things so that each section now has its own page on declension:
- Noun and article declension (53 Plus exercises)
- Adjective declension (16 Plus exercises)
- How to decline personal pronouns (26 Plus exercises)
- How to decline possessives (42 Plus exercises)
Check them out today!
Learn how to talk about countries in German with our brand new page.
We’ve listed the German name of every country alphabetically, together with its demonym, adjective and English translation.
There’s also handy hints about prepositions, articles and capital letters, as well as a completely free exercise where you can practise everything,
Check it out today!
Looking to mix things up and discover new topics? Try out our brand new random exercise generator!
Click on the dice in the blue toolbar to be taken to a random exercise.
Lingolia Plus users — you can even set the dice according to your level.
Roll the dice and let’s get random!
March
A brand new listening track has just dropped for Spanish all about the most important meal of the day.
Listen to Cada generación con su desayuno to hear about one family’s breakfast habits.
Check your understanding in the comprehension questions, then use the transcript and the translation to discover new vocab.
Check it out today!
Our page on irregular verbs in French has been updated with 42 brand new exercises exclusive to Lingolia Plus users!
Master this tricky topic by practising each of the most common irregular verbs in a variety of tenses.
Not a Lingolia Plus user yet? There’s also one free exercise where you can practise the basics.
Check it out today!
Grab your camping gear and some marshmallows — it’s time to cosy up by the campfire in our new B1 text for English: By the Campfire.
Read the text and answer the questions to improve your English reading skills.
Check it out today!
Our page on the passive voice has received a little update.
Learn all about the structure have/get something done and practise using it in four new Plus exercises for B2/C1 level:
- Passive voice: have/get something done
- Passive voice: have something done (1)
- Passive voice: have something done (2)
- Passive with have: negative experiences
Check it out today!
Our page on German irregular verbs has had an update!
We’ve added 17 brand new Plus exercises all about irregular verbs in German grammar.
Get to grips with strong, weak and mixed conjugations and practise them in the different tenses.
Check it out today!
Fancy a side of geography with your French vocab? Then look no further than our brand new page all about countries in French!
We’ve listed the French name of every country alphabetically, together with its demonym and English translation.
Don’t forget to practise in the free exercises.
Check it out today!
Learn how to say the countries in Spanish with our brand new page!
We’ve listed the Spanish name of every country alphabetically, together with its demonym and English translation.
There’s also handy tips about suffixes and key prepositions as well as a free exercise where you can practise everything you’ve learned.
Check it out today!
February
Lingolia Plus users — we’ve got something special for you!
The Lingolia Plus home section has had a makeover.
Now you can earn badges by completing exercises, maintaining streaks and chasing perfect scores.
You can also manage your profile settings and keep tracking those stats to make sure you’re progressing.
Head to My Lingolia Plus to check it out!
Get your five-a-day with our new listening comprehension for Spanish: Come fruta con creatividad (Topic: Fruit Salad).
Listen to the track, check your understanding via the comprehension questions and use the transcript and the translation to check any new vocabulary.
Check it out today!
Get French reading and listening practise with Lingolia!
Our brand new section is packed with French texts and audio tracks ranging from level A2 to B2.
Each one comes with comprehension questions where you can test your understanding, as well as a translation and transcript where you can check any new vocabulary.
Check out these amazing resources today!
Learn French vocabulary by topic with our brand new section!
We’ve created vocabulary lists and exercises for common topics including (but not limited to):
- seasons
- sport
- travel
- clothes
- food
- and many more!
Learn the list of words using the colourful pictures, then put your knowledge to the test in the free interactive exercises.
Check it out today!
The French are famous for their cuisine, so it’s no wonder that there are so many French idioms with food!
We’ve organised the most common ones by category to make it easy for you to master these typical expressions.
You can even put your knowledge into practice in the free interactive exercises.
Check it out today!