ESL Question Bank

General English Questions:

A series of online tests looking at all sorts of aspects of English grammar, vocabulary, spelling, style, etc. They are divided into levels. Because they are in a language forum, you also have the advantage of being able to comment and to read ESL teachers' and students' comments.

Beginner Questions

Intermediate Questions

Advanced Questions

Phrasal Verbs

Irregular Verbs

Idioms

Using Polls as Teaching and Testing Techniques

Polls can be used as a quick and easy way of generating questions for students and language learners to practise their English. A multiple choice question is readily adaptable, and can give you from 1-5 choices. As the poster, you can zip in straight away and post the correct answer. Generally, other native speakers seem to do the same, so the student can depend on finding the right answer after they have clicked, even if they get it wrong.

One advantage of the poll as a question is the ability to have threads running from the question which allow for more than one correct answer or room for doubt. They can also spark off considerable debate; a simple poll about whether it was better to say 'frying pan' or 'skillet' triggered off scores of postings.