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Everyday English for grown-up learners

Big English in tiny bites.

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Kitty teaches the words and phrases you use every day: at the store, at work, on the bus. Each lesson takes about 20 seconds. All in North American English.

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10:00 amQuiz for the Middle East and Europe

5:00 pmReel for the Americas

Times are Pacific (Yukon) time.

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An app for adult learners. Practice flash cards, then chat with Kitty. She fixes your spelling, grammar and sentences, kindly and with a joke.

Yesterday I go to the store.

So close! Yesterday is the past, so go becomes went. "Yesterday I went to the store." 🐾

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Tiny lessons

Words for real life

Five useful words or phrases per lesson. Read them out loud once and they start to stick.

Kitty pointing at a cup and pan in a pastel kitchen

AT HOME · 5 WORDS

In the kitchen

stovewhere you cook
faucetUS for "tap"
cupboardsay "CUB-erd"
frying panfor eggs
dish soapfor washing up

Kitty pulling a small pink suitcase through an airport

TRAVEL · 5 PHRASES

At the airport

check inat the counter
carry-onbag on the plane
boarding passyour ticket
gatewhere you board
layovera stop between flights

Kitty handing a flower to a smiling cafe worker

SMALL TALK · 5 PHRASES

Polite in a café

Could I get…?polite order
for hereeat in the café
to gotake it with you
Excuse meto get attention
Have a good one!friendly goodbye

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