https://esl-master.com/ Free CEFR-aligned English lessons in grammar, vocabulary, reading, and listening. en https://esl-master.com/reading/a1/my-birthday-party/ https://esl-master.com/reading/a1/my-birthday-party/ Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT reading Read about a small birthday party at home and practise there is and there are with simple present. https://esl-master.com/reading/a2/learning-to-swim/ https://esl-master.com/reading/a2/learning-to-swim/ Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT reading Read a story about a girl's first swimming lessons and practise past simple and past continuous together. https://esl-master.com/reading/b1/imagine-a-year-off/ https://esl-master.com/reading/b1/imagine-a-year-off/ Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT reading Read about what a year of unpaid leave could look like and practise the second conditional. https://esl-master.com/reading/b2/the-quiet-power-of-boredom/ https://esl-master.com/reading/b2/the-quiet-power-of-boredom/ Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT reading Read about the surprising research on boredom and practise the more the more structures with reduced participle clauses. https://esl-master.com/reading/c1/why-we-believe-lies/ https://esl-master.com/reading/c1/why-we-believe-lies/ Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT reading Read about why intelligent people fall for misinformation and practise hedging language and modal verbs of possibility. https://esl-master.com/reading/c2/the-disappearance-of-silence/ https://esl-master.com/reading/c2/the-disappearance-of-silence/ Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT reading Read about the slow loss of quiet from modern life and practise inversion, cleft sentences, and unreal past structures. https://esl-master.com/reading/a1/going-to-the-zoo/ https://esl-master.com/reading/a1/going-to-the-zoo/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT reading Read about a Sunday trip to the city zoo and practise simple present with can and cannot. https://esl-master.com/reading/a1/my-pet-cat/ https://esl-master.com/reading/a1/my-pet-cat/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT reading Read about a girl and her pet cat and practise simple present and have/has. https://esl-master.com/reading/a2/a-busy-saturday/ https://esl-master.com/reading/a2/a-busy-saturday/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT reading Read about a writer's busy Saturday and practise the past simple tense. https://esl-master.com/reading/a2/how-i-met-my-best-friend/ https://esl-master.com/reading/a2/how-i-met-my-best-friend/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT reading Read a short story about a new student and a kind boy at lunch, and practise the past simple. https://esl-master.com/reading/b1/learning-to-cook/ https://esl-master.com/reading/b1/learning-to-cook/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT reading Read about learning to cook from scratch and practise the present perfect with for and since. https://esl-master.com/reading/b1/the-power-of-music/ https://esl-master.com/reading/b1/the-power-of-music/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT reading Read about why music affects us and practise defining relative clauses with who, which, that, and whose. https://esl-master.com/reading/b1/why-we-procrastinate/ https://esl-master.com/reading/b1/why-we-procrastinate/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT reading Read about the emotional roots of procrastination and practise the first conditional. https://esl-master.com/reading/b2/the-art-of-saying-yes/ https://esl-master.com/reading/b2/the-art-of-saying-yes/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT reading Read about why selective enthusiasm matters and practise contrast linkers like although, despite, however, and whereas. https://esl-master.com/reading/b2/the-loneliness-epidemic/ https://esl-master.com/reading/b2/the-loneliness-epidemic/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT reading Read about loneliness as a public health concern and practise the passive voice. https://esl-master.com/reading/b2/working-from-home/ https://esl-master.com/reading/b2/working-from-home/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT reading Read about the rise of remote work and practise the passive voice across tenses. https://esl-master.com/reading/c1/slow-living-in-a-fast-world/ https://esl-master.com/reading/c1/slow-living-in-a-fast-world/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT reading Read about the slow-living movement and practise inversion structures for emphasis. https://esl-master.com/reading/c1/the-myth-of-multitasking/ https://esl-master.com/reading/c1/the-myth-of-multitasking/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT reading Read about why parallel work falters under scrutiny and practise cleft sentences with it-clefts, what-clefts, and the-reason clefts. https://esl-master.com/reading/c1/the-paradox-of-choice/ https://esl-master.com/reading/c1/the-paradox-of-choice/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT reading Read about why more options can make us less satisfied and practise inversion after negative adverbials. https://esl-master.com/reading/c2/silence-as-a-skill/ https://esl-master.com/reading/c2/silence-as-a-skill/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT reading Read about the disciplined use of silence in conversation and practise advanced discourse markers, hedging, and cohesive devices. https://esl-master.com/reading/c2/the-economics-of-attention/ https://esl-master.com/reading/c2/the-economics-of-attention/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT reading Read about how attention has become a tradable resource and practise advanced nominalisation, abstract noun phrases, and academic vocabulary. https://esl-master.com/reading/c2/the-geography-of-genius/ https://esl-master.com/reading/c2/the-geography-of-genius/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT reading Read about how creative greatness clusters in particular places and practise nominalisation and discourse markers. https://esl-master.com/grammar/a1/adverbs-of-place/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/a1/adverbs-of-place/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar An A1 guide to adverbs of place (here, there, everywhere, somewhere, anywhere, nowhere, inside, outside, upstairs, downstairs) and where they go in a sentence. https://esl-master.com/grammar/a1/demonstratives/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/a1/demonstratives/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar An A1 guide to the four demonstratives (this, that, these, those) for pointing out things by distance and number, used both as adjectives and pronouns. https://esl-master.com/grammar/a1/have-and-have-got/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/a1/have-and-have-got/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar An A1 guide to "have" vs. "have got" for possession, family, and characteristics, affirmative, negative, and question forms, with the differences between American and British English. https://esl-master.com/grammar/a1/imperatives/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/a1/imperatives/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar An A1 guide to the imperative form, how to give commands, instructions, warnings, advice, and suggestions in English, including affirmative and negative forms and the let's structure. https://esl-master.com/grammar/a1/object-pronouns/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/a1/object-pronouns/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar An A1 guide to English object pronouns (me, you, him, her, it, us, them) and where they go in a sentence after verbs and prepositions. https://esl-master.com/grammar/a1/possessive-s/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/a1/possessive-s/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar An A1 guide to showing possession in English, 's with singular and plural nouns, the of-construction for things, and possessive determiners (my, your, his, her, its, our, their). https://esl-master.com/grammar/a1/there-is-there-are/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/a1/there-is-there-are/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar A complete A1 guide to "there is" and "there are", learn how to use these expressions to say something exists, with affirmative, negative, and question forms, plus singular vs. plural agreement. https://esl-master.com/grammar/a1/there-was-there-were/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/a1/there-was-there-were/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar An A1 guide to the past form of "there is/are", using "there was" with singular nouns and "there were" with plural nouns to describe what existed in the past, with affirmative, negative, and question forms. https://esl-master.com/grammar/a2/apostrophe/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/a2/apostrophe/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar A complete A2 guide to the apostrophe, how to form contractions, show possession with singular and plural nouns, and avoid common mistakes like its vs. it's and your vs. you're. https://esl-master.com/grammar/a2/comma-rules/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/a2/comma-rules/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar A complete A2 guide to using commas in English, items in a series, joining clauses with FANBOYS conjunctions, introductory phrases, non-essential information, and the most common comma mistakes. https://esl-master.com/grammar/a2/commonly-confused-words-1/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/a2/commonly-confused-words-1/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar An A2 guide to six pairs of words that learners (and native speakers) often mix up (its/it's, your/you're, there/their/they're, then/than, to/too/two, and lose/loose) with quick substitution tests for each. https://esl-master.com/grammar/a2/going-to-vs-will/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/a2/going-to-vs-will/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar A clear A2 guide to choosing between "going to" and "will" for plans, predictions, decisions, offers, and promises. https://esl-master.com/grammar/a2/much-many-a-lot-of/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/a2/much-many-a-lot-of/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar An A2 guide to the most common quantifiers (much, many, a lot of, lots of, plenty of) plus a quick contrast of a few and a little, with rules on countable vs. uncountable nouns and register. https://esl-master.com/grammar/a2/possessive-pronouns/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/a2/possessive-pronouns/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar An A2 guide to possessive pronouns (mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs) and how they differ from possessive determiners like my, your, his, her. https://esl-master.com/grammar/a2/prepositions-of-time-deeper/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/a2/prepositions-of-time-deeper/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar An A2 guide that goes beyond basic at/in/on, how to use for, since, during, until, by, from…to, and ago to talk about durations, deadlines, and ranges of time. https://esl-master.com/grammar/a2/punctuation-overview/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/a2/punctuation-overview/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar An A2 introduction to English punctuation, end marks (period, question mark, exclamation mark), capitalization rules, and what each mark does in a sentence. https://esl-master.com/grammar/a2/reflexive-pronouns/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/a2/reflexive-pronouns/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar An A2 guide to reflexive pronouns (myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves), when the subject and object are the same, and how to use "by myself" to mean alone. https://esl-master.com/grammar/a2/used-to/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/a2/used-to/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar An A2 guide to "used to" for past habits and states that are no longer true, with affirmative, negative, and question forms. https://esl-master.com/grammar/a2/zero-conditional/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/a2/zero-conditional/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar An A2 guide to the zero conditional, using "if" or "when" with the present simple to talk about facts, scientific truths, and habits that are always true. https://esl-master.com/grammar/b1/adverbs-of-degree/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/b1/adverbs-of-degree/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar A B1 guide to adverbs of degree (very, quite, too, enough, extremely, fairly, rather, pretty, absolutely) covering position rules, the difference between gradable and ungradable adjectives, and how to choose the right modifier. https://esl-master.com/grammar/b1/defining-vs-non-defining-clauses/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/b1/defining-vs-non-defining-clauses/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar A B1 guide to the two kinds of relative clauses (defining (essential information, no commas) and non-defining (extra information, with commas)) including when you can use that, when you cannot, and when you can leave the relative pronoun out. https://esl-master.com/grammar/b1/i-wish-if-only/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/b1/i-wish-if-only/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar A B1 guide to wishes and regrets, using I wish and if only to talk about present situations you want to change, future behaviour you find annoying, and a brief look at past regrets. https://esl-master.com/grammar/b1/linking-words/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/b1/linking-words/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar A B1 guide to linking words for contrast, reason, and result (however, although, despite, in spite of, because, so, therefore, and nevertheless) including position rules and punctuation. https://esl-master.com/grammar/b1/phrasal-verbs-take-get-make-look/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/b1/phrasal-verbs-take-get-make-look/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar A B1 guide to high-frequency phrasal verbs grouped by main verb (take off/up/over/back/after, get up/along/over/by/away, make up/out/up for, and look up/after/forward to/into) with separable vs. inseparable rules and clear examples. https://esl-master.com/grammar/b1/quotation-marks/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/b1/quotation-marks/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar A B1 guide to quotation marks, how to punctuate direct speech, when to use double vs. single quotes, US vs. UK conventions, nesting quotes inside quotes, and using quotation marks for titles and scare quotes. https://esl-master.com/grammar/b1/relative-pronouns/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/b1/relative-pronouns/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar A B1 guide to relative pronouns (who, which, that, whose, where) and how to use them in defining relative clauses to give essential information about people, things, and places. https://esl-master.com/grammar/b1/would-rather-prefer/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/b1/would-rather-prefer/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar A B1 guide to expressing preferences in English with prefer, would prefer, and would rather, including the patterns I prefer X to Y, I would rather X than Y, and I would rather you didn't… https://esl-master.com/grammar/b2/commonly-confused-words-2/ https://esl-master.com/grammar/b2/commonly-confused-words-2/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT grammar A B2 guide to eight pairs of commonly confused English words, affect/effect, fewer/less, who/whom, lay/lie, lend/borrow, bring/take, principal/principle, and complement/compliment.