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The Topics

As soon as your school registers, students can access over 20 000 questions organised by topic in the practice section of The Big Challenge PLAY.

For each class level, from Primary Level to B1, there are dozens of topics covering the syllabus. Each topic contains dozens of questions and exercises, in the form of multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blank texts or pairings. Audio is an important part of the content.

Below is an overview of the topics available.

Levels
  • Levels
  • Primary level
  • Level 1
  • Level 2
  • Level 3
  • Level 3
  • Level 4
  • Level 5
Categories
  • Categories
  • grammar
  • vocabulary
  • pronunciation
  • civilisation

Grammar

Common verbs in the present simple; everyday routines.

Action Verbs

Grammar

Vocabulary related to street addresses and phone numbers including numbers and abbreviations.

Addresses

Vocabulary

Adjectives of feeling, colours, and descriptive (qualitative) adjectives.

Adjectives

Grammar

Use similar-seeming -ing and -ed adjectives correctly (e.g. bored/boring).

Adjectives Forms

Grammar

Adjectives Review (descriptive, colours, appearance, and feelings).

Adjectives Review

Pronunciation

A-Z with animals/fruit/clothing

Alphabet

Vocabulary

Vocabulary about different types of animals - in the farm, the forest and the sea.

Animals Review

Vocabulary

Talking about physical descriptions and parts of the body.

Appearance Adjectives

Civilisation

Vocabulary related to art and visiting museums.

Art Museum

Grammar

The articles "a" and "an" with nouns.

Articles

Grammar

The verb to be in affirmative and negative sentences in the present simple.

Be Verb

Grammar

Using conjunctions "after," "before," "while" and "when" to connect sequences of events.

Before and After

Vocabulary

Looking at larger numbers from 100 to 1000.

Big Numbers

Vocabulary

Naming body parts and idenitfiying facial features.

Body

Vocabulary

Face and Body: eyes, nose, mouth, teeth, ears, hair, feet, hands, legs arms.

Body

Vocabulary

Vocabulary of body parts including sensations and description of pain.

Body Review

Vocabulary

Breakfast food, fruit and drinks

Breakfast and Fruit

Vocabulary

Telling the time, saying dates and talking about seasons.

Calendar

Grammar

Can I...? Yes, I can! No, I can't.

Can

Grammar

Using can/can't and could/couldn't to talk about ability and permission.

Can and Could

Civilisation

Vocabulary about celebrations, dates, and seasons: Christmas, Saint Patrick's Day, Halloween.

Celebrations

Vocabulary

Classroom instructions, rules, and imperatives.

Class Instructions

Civilisation

Expressing politeness in asking for things, thanking someone and excusing yourself.

Class Manners

Vocabulary

Classroom objects and vocabulary related to school.

Class Objects

Vocabulary

Clothing vocabulary including basic items, seasonal clothes and accessories.

Clothes

Vocabulary

Clothes vocabulary: hat, shirt, dress, pants, shorts, skirt, shoes, socks, pyjamas, scarf, glasses.

Clothes

Vocabulary

Colours: red, white, blue, yellow, green, purple, black, white, grey, brown.

Colours

Vocabulary

Colours: black, white, red, green, blue, yellow, pink, orange, grey, purple

Colours

Grammar

Comparative and superlative adjectives (more/-er + most/-st).

Comparing

Grammar

Using conjunctions (and, but, because, so) to build more complex sentences.

Connecting Words

Pronunciation

Pronunciation of consonants (b, p, d, t, k ,g) - part 1.

Consonant Sounds

Vocabulary

Use vocabulary related to cooking: kitchen utensils, ingredients, making a recipe, verbs related to cooking.

Cooking

Grammar

When to use "could" vs. "should."

Could and Should

Vocabulary

Describe your daily routine and regular activities.

Daily Routine

Vocabulary

Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, weekend, today, tomorrow, yesterday.

Days of the Week

Vocabulary

Learn adverbs of degree like "enough," "too," and "almost" to show the extent of something.

Degree Adverbs

Vocabulary

Dependent prepositions: looking for, pay for, listen to, talk to, jealous of, afraid of...

Dependent Prepositions

Vocabulary

Use vocabulary related to ordering food and eating in a restaurant.

Dining Out

Civilisation

Talking about body parts, pains and illness in the context of a visit to the doctor's.

Doctor Visit

Pronunciation

Pronouncing double consonants - more complex sounds.

Double Consonants

Grammar

Using conjunctions "both" "either," and "neither" to connect clauses.

Either or Neither

Civilisation

Review the countries, capitals and flags of the English-speaking world.

English-Speaking Countries

Civilisation

English speaking countries: England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the United States, Canada, Australia, India, South Africa

English-Speaking Countries

Vocabulary

Family: Mother, father, mum, dad, brother, sister, family, parents, grandparents, daughter, son.

Family

Vocabulary

Vocabulary for family members and relationship, plus some pets too.

Family and Friends

Vocabulary

Farm and domestic animals: dog, cat, horse, pig, cow, goat, hamster, chicken, duck, sheep, fish, bird

Farm Animals

Vocabulary

Farm animals and other domestic animals.

Farm Animals and Pets

Vocabulary

Vocabulary to describe feelings and emotions.

Feeling Adjectives

Vocabulary

Adjectives of feeling: happy, sad, angry, scared, tired, hungry, thirsty, cold, hot, fine.

Feelings

Civilisation

Vocabulary relating to cinema, including visits to the movies as well as film professions and genres.

Film and TV

Pronunciation

The pronunciation of words that end in 's.'

Final -s Sounds

Grammar

Practise using the first conditional (if + present, ... future) with focus on the structure's construction and usage.

First Conditional

Civilisation

Learn about cultural folklore, fantasy, and fairy tale creatures.

Folklore and Fantasy

Vocabulary

Food vocabulary with a focus on fruit and vegetables.

Food and Drinks

Grammar

Adverbs of frequency when describing habits or activities.

Frequency

Grammar

Using the present continuous and going-to to talk about future plans.

Future Forms

Grammar

Using "be going to" and future continuous to talk about future plans.

Future Plans

Grammar

Use future tenses: going to, will, won't. Use present continuous, future continuous, and future perfect continuous tenses.

Future Tenses

Grammar

Use "will" and "won't" to describe future events.

Future Will Form

Grammar

Use I've got/ I haven't got with different nouns.

Have Got

Grammar

'Have got' and 'has got' with their appropriate pronouns.

Have Got

Grammar

Practise using 'have to' and 'has to.'

Have To

Vocabulary

Hello! Hi! Goodbye! Bye! How are you? I am fine!

Hello and Goodbye

Vocabulary

I dance, read, swim, shop, cook, paint, draw, play video games

Hobbies

Vocabulary

Hobbies and other leisure activities with their associated verbs.

Hobbies

Civilisation

Celebrations and festivals in English-speaking nations, including dates and customs.

Holidays

Vocabulary

Types of homes for animals (beehive, kennel, barn, pond) and people (apartment, house, cottage) as well as what materials are used.

Home Types

Vocabulary

Words that sound the same but mean different things: meet/meat, sail/sale, right/write.

Homophones

Vocabulary

Rooms and furniture: bathroom, living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom, fridge, table, chair, bed, lamp, sink, house.

House

Vocabulary

Vocabulary relating to the home - the furniture, objects and rooms found within.

House and Furniture

Vocabulary

Household chores and the related verbs: clean, tidy, dust, dry, sweep, wash, iron, feed, water.

Household Chores

Grammar

Adverbs of frequency and time expressions.

How Often

Vocabulary

Idiomatic expressions that have a figurative meaning different from their literal one.

Idioms

Grammar

Using the imperative in affirmative and negative sentences.

Imperatives

Grammar

A review of classroom instructions, household commands, and general imperative statements.

Imperatives Review

Vocabulary

Talking about the buildings and places in a town or city.

In the City

Vocabulary

In town: street, park, airport, school, hospital, train station, bank, supermarket, church.

In Town

Grammar

The infinitive form of the verb (base form + to) or the gerund (verb + ing)

Infinitive and -ing

Vocabulary

Popular dishes from different countries around the world.

International Food

Grammar

Review past simple irregular verbs in affirmative, negative and question structures.

Irregular Verbs

Grammar

Is it blue? Yes, it is! Is it big? No, it's not!

Is

Vocabulary

Talking about professions and asking what a person does for a living.

Jobs

Vocabulary

Jobs: doctor, firefighter, teacher, farmer, artist, dentist, chef, shopkeeper, police officer, bus driver, nurse, pilot, server, musician.

Jobs

Grammar

Using like/love to talk about preferences - with nouns, the gerund and the infinitive.

Love and Hate

Grammar

I like football. I don't like lemons. I hate broccoli. I love cats.

Love and Hate

Vocabulary

Basic introductions including name, age, languages spoken and nationality.

Meeting People

Grammar

Using modals to ask for advice and recommendations.

Modal Verbs

Vocabulary

January through December and winter, spring, summer, autumn.

Months and Seasons

Grammar

Reviewing the use of comparatives and superlatives.

More and Most

Civilisation

Vocabulary relating to nature, hiking, and the mountains.

Mountain Trip

Grammar

Focus on much and many, including (not) too much/many.

Much and Many

Vocabulary

Vocabulary relating to music including musical instruments and equipment for listening to music.

Music

Grammar

Using modals must and mustn't/ must not, and the imperative.

Must and Mustn't

Grammar

Using modals (should/would/must) to talk about permission, necessity and recommendations.

Must and Should

Civilisation

Nationalities: English, American, French, Austrian, German, Italian, Spanish, Australian, Brazilian.

Nationalities

Civilisation

Vocabulary related to the news and current events: newspaper, journalist, reporter, article

News

Vocabulary

Ordinal numbers (first, second, third) and cardinal numbers (one, two, three)

Number Types

Vocabulary

Numbers 1-12 and talking about birthdays.

Numbers

Grammar

Using object pronouns (me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them).

Object Pronouns

Vocabulary

Vocabulary and related to going to the park and verbs related to the activities there.

Park Play

Grammar

Using the past continuous (verb + ing with was, were)

Past Continuous

Vocabulary

Irregular verbs: write, wrote or written?

Past Participles

Grammar

Review past simple regular and irregular verbs in affirmative, negative and question structures.

Past Review

Grammar

The verb to be in simple past form.

Past Was

Vocabulary

Prepositions of place for saying where things are and giving directions.

Place Prepositions

Grammar

Use the prepositions: at, in, on, under, in, behind, above, beside, between, next to.

Place Prepositions

Vocabulary

Review of prepositions of place to talk about location and direction.

Place Prepositions Review

Grammar

Regular and irregular plurals. Using there is/there are in sentences with the correct article.

Plurals

Grammar

Regular plurals: noun + -s, noun + -es

Plurals

Grammar

Possessive adjectives: his, her, my, your, their:

Possessive Adjectives

Grammar

Differentiate possessive pronouns (mine) and possessive adjectives (my).

Possessive Forms

Grammar

Talking about possessions: the possessive s, possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives.

Possessives

Grammar

Personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, and possessive adjectives: he, she, my, our, they, it and his, hers, mine, ours, theirs, its.

Possessives Review

Grammar

Using the present continuous to talk about present activity.

Present Continuous

Grammar

Use the present perfect both simple and continuous forms.

Present Perfect

Grammar

Review the different uses of present simple and continuous.

Present Tenses

Grammar

Punctuation marks and sentence punctuation: full stop, exclamation mark, question mark, commas.

Punctuation

Grammar

Using basic quantifiers (much, many, lots, a lot of) before progressing to more advanced ones (any, all, every).

Quantifiers

Grammar

Countable and uncountable nouns, determiners and some irregular plural nouns.

Quantifiers and Determiners

Grammar

Learn quantifiers like any, some, many and much.

Quantifiers Review

Grammar

Review of questions using who, whose, which, why, when, where, and how?

Question Words Review

Grammar

Wh-question words (who, what, when, where and why) for exchanging basic information.

Questions Words

Grammar

Review past simple regular verbs in affirmative, negative and question structures.

Regular Past

Grammar

Using relative pronouns and relative defining and non-defining clauses.

Relative Pronouns

Grammar

The differences between reported speech and direct speech

Reported Speech

Vocabulary

Instructions: sit down, stand up, be quiet, listen, speak, read, write, colour, cut.

School Instructions

Vocabulary

School objects: desk, classroom, student, teacher, board, pencil, paper, book, pen, scissors, crayon.

School Objects

Vocabulary

School subjects, classroom objects and verbs related to classroom activities

School Review

Vocabulary

School vocabulary incuding classroom objects, the school building and school subjects.

School Subjects

Vocabulary

School subjects, people, and rooms and places found in schools.

School Subjects

Vocabulary

Learn about the sea, sea animals, taking a boat, and associated verbs and vocabulary.

Sea Adventures

Grammar

Using the second conditional: If I were..., If I could...

Second Conditional

Grammar

Decide what type of sentence is being used: interrogative, exclamatory, imperative, or declarative.

Sentence Types

Pronunciation

Pronunciation of words with the "sh" sound (fish, ocean, sheep) and words with a "ch" sound (chips, match, cheek)

Sh and Ch Sounds

Civilisation

Vocabulary related to shopping: going to the till, types of shops, store fixtures, paying for things.

Shopping

Grammar

Short answers (yes and no) in present and past tenses.

Short Answers

Pronunciation

Pronouncing words that have silent letters: thumb, castle, scissors

Silent Letters

Vocabulary

Numbers in everyday situations like giving your age, dates and shopping.

Small Numbers

Civilisation

Vocabulary and verbs related to social media and going online.

Social Media

Pronunciation

Pronouncing double vowels (au, ou, ai, ea) and consonant combinations (gh, ght, ch)

Sound Patterns

Civilisation

Space vocabulary: planets, spaceship, astronaut

Space

Grammar

Spelling and completing words with missing letters

Spelling

Vocabulary

Sports: football, basketball, rugby, cricket, golf, tennis.

Sports

Vocabulary

Sports, sports arenas and equipment.

Sports

Grammar

Use subject and object pronouns separately or together.

Subject and Object Pronouns

Vocabulary

Travel vocabulary including types of holiday, things to pack and typical activities.

Summer Travel

Vocabulary

Vocabulary relating to a trip to the supermarket, in particular food requirements.

Supermarket

Civilisation

Popular superstitions in English speaking countries: Friday the 13th, four leaf clovers, crossing fingers...

Superstitions

Vocabulary

Synonyms (difficult/hard) and Antonyms (difficult/easy)

Synonyms and Antonyms

Civilisation

Vocabulary related to technology and computers: click, browser, laptop, blog, data

Technology

Vocabulary

Telling time and related vocabulary: clock, hour, what time is it, numbers.

Telling Time

Grammar

A look at using articles - definite (the), indefinite (a/an) and the zero article.

The and A

Civilisation

Vocabulary related to the environment: recycling, planet, waste, climate, pollution, Earth.

The Environment

Grammar

Using demonstrative pronouns (this, that, these, those) to talk about things.

This and That

Grammar

Review of demonstrative pronouns (this, that, these, those) to talk about things.

This and That Review

Vocabulary

Telling time: two o'clock, one o'clock, bed time.

Time

Vocabulary

Talk about times/dates and review prepositions of time (at, on, in).

Time and Dates

Vocabulary

Vocabulary used to express time: ago, before, last, yesterday, this, next, soon, now.

Time Expressions

Grammar

Prepositions of time to talk about plans (in/on/at).

Time Prepositions

Grammar

Use the prepositions at, in, and on

Time Prepositions

Grammar

Using prepositions of time (in, at, on) to talk about what's happening when.

Time Prepositions Review

Vocabulary

Toys, games, and other items children play with.

Toys and Play

Vocabulary

Vocabulary relating to transport: types of vehicle, how to talk about travel (on foot, by bus, etc).

Transport

Vocabulary

Transport: car, train, bus, taxi, plane, boat, motorcycle, bike, helicopter.

Transport

Vocabulary

Dealing with public transport, buying tickets and getting around a town.

Transport Review

Grammar

UK vs. US English: lorry vs. truck, lift vs. elevator, colour vs. color

UK and US English

Civilisation

Landmarks found in the US and UK: Stonehenge, Buckingham Palace, the Grand Canyon, Times Square.

UK and US landmarks

Civilisation

The geography, landmarks and flags of the United Kingdom, plus the British royal family.

UK Facts

Civilisation

British history and events, including important dates.

UK History

Civilisation

British and Irish traditions and celebrations (Burns Night, kissing the Blarney Stone, kilts, Leprechauns)

UK Traditions

Grammar

Review countable and uncountable nouns along with useful quantifiers like some and any.

Uncountable Nouns

Civilisation

Landmarks specific to the United States: Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Mount Rushmore...

US Landmarks

Civilisation

Vocabulary and dates related to American, Canadian and Australian traditions and customs.

US, Canada and Australia

Vocabulary

Lunch, dinner, dessert, and vegetables.

Vegetables and Meals

Grammar

Using the verb "be": I am John. I am 8 years old. I am French. I am cold.

Verb Be

Grammar

Common verb collocations: make a noise, have a baby, break a habit, take a bath, go on holiday.

Verb Collocations

Pronunciation

Pronunciation of diphthongs: complex vowels sounds.

Vowel Diphthongs

Pronunciation

Focus on certain English vowel sounds, for example ship/sheep, pin/pen, bird/bad.

Vowels

Vocabulary

Weather vocabulary including types of weather, degrees of strength and weather predictions.

Weather

Vocabulary

Weather: sunny, cloudy, rainy, windy, snowy, cold, hot.

Weather

Grammar

What is this? It's a car, animal, table, fruit, etc.

What

Grammar

When is...? When is your birthday? When is Christmas? When is spring?

When

Grammar

Where is this? Where are they? It's a school, home, park, pool

Where

Grammar

Who is this? It's a student, teacher, mum, child, firefighter, police officer, doctor

Who

Grammar

Why...? and Because... Why is it cold? Because it's winter!

Why

Vocabulary

Questions asking "why" and answers leading with "because."

Why and Because

Vocabulary

Wild animals: elephant, zebra, monkey, crocodile, snake, bear, wolf, giraffe, hippo, rhino, tiger, lion, turtle, shark, bird, lizard

Wild Animals

Vocabulary

Word endings: -ment, -hood, -ness, -ly, -ship, -ful, -less

Word Endings

Vocabulary

Workers & Workplaces: firefighter/fire station, surgeon/hospital, lawyer/office

Work

Civilisation

Countries, cities and nationalities - all essential for talking about where you're from.

World Countries

Civilisation

Traditions and celebrations in the UK, US and Australia (high tea, Morris Dancing, Thanksgiving, Black Friday)

World Traditions

Vocabulary

Vocabulary related to email and letter formats.

Writing

Grammar

Reviewing yes/no questions in present simple, past simple, have got and can forms.

Yes and No

Grammar

Practise using the zero conditional (if + present, ... present) with focus on the structure's construction and usage.

Zero Conditional

Vocabulary

Animals and vocabulary surrounding a trip to a zoo.

Zoo Animals

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