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Read the sticky note a forgetful time traveler left for himself and choose the right words to fill the gaps.
You are currently undercover as _________________________ history teacher. Your meeting with the queen is _________________________ May 4th, early _________________________ the morning. Whatever you do, do not stare directly at _________________________ sun while setting your time-watch!

The correct answers are a, on, in, and the.

a history teacher: In English, you must always use an article (a/an) before a singular profession. (In Turkish, it's common to say "I am teacher," but in English, you must say "I am a teacher.")

on May 4th: We use "on" for specific dates. If it were just the month (May), we would use "in".

in the morning: Parts of the day (morning, afternoon, evening) take "in".

the sun: We use "the" for unique objects in our universe, like the sun, the moon, and the sky.

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Preposition

If you've ever written I'm interested on you (should be in) or I'm good on football (should be at) — you've hit prepositions' main pitfall. Their choice is mostly idiomatic, not logical, and rarely matches what your native language does. Memorising the right preposition for each common verb and adjective is what stops your speech from sounding subtly off.

A preposition is a small word linking a noun or noun phrase to other parts of the sentence: in, on, at, to, from, with. Marks time, place, manner, or abstract relationships. Choice is largely idiomatic, especially in fixed combinations (depend on, good at, afraid of).

Article

If you speak a language without articles — Russian, Japanese, Polish, Korean, Mandarin — articles in English are probably the single most stubborn topic you face. The rules feel small but the wrong choice (I went to the home instead of I went home) immediately marks you as non-native. Mastering articles is the highest-leverage move you can make for sounding natural.

Articles are a small group of determinativesa, an, the, plus the zero article (no article at all) — that signal whether a noun is specific or general. The choice depends on the listener's knowledge, the noun type, and idiomatic context.

Humor

If you've ever reached the third drill of present perfect and felt your eyes glaze over, you've hit the limits of dry repetition. Practice that's even mildly funny is far easier to come back to — and far easier to remember weeks later. That's the whole point of the Humor tag.

The Humor tag marks questions where the author has tried to make the practice entertaining alongside instructive. Subjective, sometimes silly, but designed to keep you engaged long enough for the rule to stick.

B1 | Intermediate

If you can hold a conversation about your weekend, explain why you're late, and follow a short news story without panicking — but still feel lost in fast or technical English — you're probably operating at B1. Knowing this matters: study material at the wrong level either bores you or burns you out, and B1 is the typical target for travel, casual work, and most everyday social English.

B1 is the intermediate level in the CEFR framework, where you handle everyday English independently and start combining ideas with complex sentences, passive voice, and modal verbs.

Difficulty: Medium

If easy questions feel too obvious but hard questions leave you guessing, you're probably ready for Medium — the level where most real learning happens. It pushes just enough to expose the rules you don't quite have yet, without burying you in edge cases. This is where steady fluency is built, one well-aimed challenge at a time.

The Medium difficulty tag marks middle-range challenges — typically A2 to B1. One rule per question, realistic distractors, and contexts that require active thought rather than instant recognition.