Home Office UK Border Agency for information on applications for permission to enter or stay in the UK, and for citizenship and asylum. British Foreign and Commonwealth Office – one of their roles is to work with the UK Border Agency to help manage migration into the UK. Home Office Identity and Passport Service –… Continue reading UK Immigration Resources | Online English Lessons

Direct Government – a site with a very wide range of information about government services and all aspects of local government. Information includes: local housing, council tax, student loans, travel and transport, health, crime and justice, employment, disability, environment, car tax – and much more. Green Party – Information about the Green Party political party,… Continue reading UK and Irish Government Resources | Online English Lessons

Websites with resources that will help you test your level of English. ♦ Citizenship Life in the UK practice test – from Cambridge ESOL ♦ Exams Exam English – Free practice tests for learners of English e.g. IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC and Cambridge. Test your English – from Cambridge ESOL. Not sure which exam is right… Continue reading Test your English | Online English Lessons

The UK has many fascinating museums and galleries and this new page will develop as I add more links. England Liverpool International Slavery Museum – discover the untold stories of enslaved people and learn about historical and cotemporary slavery. The International Slavery Museum explores both the historical and contemporary aspects of slavery, addressing the many… Continue reading UK Museums and Galleries Resources | Online English Lessons

myUKinfo.com is a web site that gives migrant workers and their employers access to important information about working and living in the UK. Includes information on Housing, Money, Work and Health.  The National Trust – Lots of information on historic sites, properties and collections; including places to visit near you, film locations, events and lots… Continue reading Life in the UK Resources | Online English Lessons

This new page lists websites providing advice and support on human rights issues in the UK, and overseas. It will grow as I add more links. Anti-Slavery International – Anti-Slavery International is the only charity in the UK to work exclusively against slavery. It was founded in 1839 and is the world’s oldest international human… Continue reading Human Rights Resources | Online English Lessons

Cambridge ESOL Key English Test (KET)KET is Cambridge ESOL’s exam which recognises the ability to deal with everyday written and spoken English at a basic level. Preliminary English Test (PET) PET is an exam for people who can use everyday written and spoken English at an intermediate level. It covers all four language skills —… Continue reading English Language Exams Resources | Online English Lessons

An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word. Examples: big and small (e.g. the huge cruise ship and the tiny sail boat in the photo above 🙂 ) true and false in and out fast and slow early and late hot and cold happy and sad off and on quiet and… Continue reading Antonyms – Online English Lessons

It’s Halloween on the 31st October, the night when ghosts and witches are said to appear. Here are some suitably ghostly, spooky, evil and mysterious words and phrases… 🙂 Happy Halloween! Witches, ghosts and skeletons ♦ witch-hunt – to go on a witch-hunt is to try and find and punish or harrass people with unpopular… Continue reading Phrasal verbs, idioms and sayings for Halloween – Online English Lessons

To hand out something (or hand something out) is to give something to each person in a group of people. Give out is similar to hand out. Examples of use: 1. He handed the toys out to the children. 2. The teacher handed the homework sheets out to the students. 3. Emergency food parcels were… Continue reading Hand out – English Phrasal Verb – Online English Lessons