This program creates exercises that are suitable for students of English or English as second-language from an intermediate to advanced level.

This software is currently compatible with a PC only. And with a couple of mouse clicks, users can choose a sequence of sentences and build them into a complete language exercise. The user can search and edit these sentences and add more keywords or sentences of their own. The program provides a list of keywords, each of which is linked to a number of sentences that illustrate how the word is used. The program is a vast collection of sentences in context that teachers can use to simply and quickly produce gap-fill exercises for reviewing, reinforcing, and testing vocabulary. The website of Averil Coxhead, creator of the Academic Word List, at Victoria University of Wellington.Īll the exercises featured in this website were produced using Gerry's Vocabulary Teacher. The General Service List (GSL) is a list of 2,000 words chosen to be of the greatest use to learners of English. This software is both PC and Mac compatible. The program can also be purchased through the site. The program features a vast collection of sentences in context that teachers can use to simply and quickly produce gap-fill exercises for reviewing, reinforcing, and testing vocabulary. Gerry's Vocabulary Teacher is a software program developed for teachers of English and English as a Second Language.

Ideally, students should work through the five exercises for each group before going on to the next group.

Some of the exercises include different derivations (the verb, noun, adjective, and adverb forms + variants) for the words given.

Each group of words appears in 5 different gap-fill exercises.

For the categories that include lots of items, the words are further divided into groups of 14 to 17 words.

For ease of use, the 'General' English vocabulary words have been grouped into various categories.

The academic vocabulary is vocabulary which appears in the Academic Word List.

The site is intended for ESL students from an intermediate to advanced level.

The online format of the exercises allows students to get immediate feedback on their answers.

Gap-fill exercises are an excellent way to practise vocabulary in different contexts and can be used to broaden the student's understanding of the range of meaning of vocabulary.

This website features over 750 gap-fill exercises to learn and review over 2000 items of General vocabulary and Academic vocabulary in English.

English vocabulary in use