The correct collocation is "Hard work," which refers to tasks that require a lot of effort or dedication.
Vocabulary for A1/Elementary/Beginner
If you've started English and feel overwhelmed by how much there is to learn — start here. The A1 vocabulary layer is the smallest practical word stock that lets you survive: introduce yourself, describe your home and family, ask for basic things, read signs, follow short conversations. It's the smallest investment with the biggest immediate payoff.
The A1 vocabulary tag covers foundational vocabulary for beginner-level English — roughly the first 500–800 words. Topics: family, home, food, days, numbers, basic actions, greetings, common objects.
Collocations
If your English vocabulary is large but your speech still sounds slightly off — do a mistake, powerful coffee, high winds blew strongly — you've hit the collocation problem. Each word is correct in isolation, but native speakers don't pair them that way. Fixing it isn't about more vocabulary; it's about learning words in their natural company.
Collocations are word combinations that habitually occur together: make a decision, strong coffee, heavy rain, highly unlikely. The grammar permits other pairings, but fluent English consistently chooses one over the rest. They're the connective tissue of natural-sounding language.
Vocabulary
If you've ever known the grammar of a sentence but not the right word for what you actually wanted to say — help me, kindly, unfortunately, broke down, put up with — you've felt the limit of grammar without vocabulary. Most fluency-feel comes from word choice, not sentence structure. The Vocabulary tag is where you build that side of your English deliberately.
The Vocabulary tag groups word-focused practice — common words, collocations, phrasal verbs, idioms — across all CEFR levels from A1 to C2.
A1 | Elementary | Beginners
If you can say your name, ask Where is the toilet?, and read a simple bus sign — but freeze when someone speaks at normal speed — you're at A1. That's not a problem to fix; it's the level where most learners actually live for a while, and recognising it lets you pick the right material instead of drowning in advanced grammar that wasn't meant for you yet.
A1 is the starting level of the CEFR framework, covering basic everyday communication: greetings, introductions, simple personal questions, present-tense forms of be/have/do, and core determiners and prepositions.
Difficulty: Easy
If a textbook leaves you confused, sometimes the issue isn't the topic — it's that the practice material is layered with extra complications. Filtering by Easy strips that away. You get one rule at a time, in plain everyday language, with no trick questions. It's how you make a shaky foundation solid before stacking more on top.
The Easy difficulty tag marks beginner-level questions and challenges — typically A1 or early A2. Single-rule focus, short sentences, common vocabulary, one clear correct answer.