Intermediate

intermediate students

COMPUTER GAMES

Some of our games require the FREE software below.
Just click on whatever you don’t have and download it:

Learn English as you play!

CLICK ON THE BIG
RED DOT
TO START:

MARS CHALLENGE

If you take a regular (normal) verb like jump, you can normally make it into past tense by adding -ed (I jumped). You also just add -ed to form the past participle (I have jumped).

Easy, right?

Yes, BUT... there are also hundreds of irregular verbs that don't follow the normal rules. For example, run is an irregular verb, so you CAN'T say "I runned" or "I have runned." Instead, the past tense is ran (I ran) and the past participle is run (I have run).

It's really, really tough to learn all the irregular verbs, so we people at DU made a fun computer game to help you learn them!

In this fun game set on Mars, you have to quickly collect gold bubbles. You'll need to go fast in your spaceship and answer questions quickly and correctly before your fuel runs out. Can you score enough points to the second stage? You'll then be dodging meteorites and trying to make it to the restaurant in time to meet your alien friends.

... Oh yes, and you also learn all the common irregular verbs!

Instructions

Click the big red dot above, then click open (or click save if you want to save the game on your computer). Click next, then yes or no, then next to unzip the file, then click Unzip Now. You'll see the a few files. Click on the file marked f (for Flash). Now you can play the game!

English Books and Materials

Daily-Update covers everything to do with English learning...

... no matter what your age - we have materials for everyone from kindergarten kids (alphabet, sounds,
phonics, our best-selling, patented 4-way folding "Flapper" flashcards, etc), through school kids (spelling,
vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, speaking, listening, etc), to university students and other adults
(overcoming writer's block, writing techniques, literature, business English, management, etc)

... no matter where in the world you live - we have both English as a Second Language materials and
materials for native English speakers and schools. We follow both the prescriptive European thresholds
and the more concrete curriculum of Taiwan and of each Australian state. We also have Survival English
for tourists and new arrivals in an English-speaking country. Most of our books come in four versions: colour
or black & white, and US English or UK English.

... no matter what your interest - we cover the fundamentals; communication skills; drama; idioms; thinking
skills; test preparation; science/mathematics/history/geography literacy; teacher guides at all levels; readers;
Survival English; Corporate English; Pre-MBA English; East-West management of the future; newspaper
reading; computer games; audio disks; and guidebooks if you’re planning to study abroad (we cover study in
the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK (in English, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese
versions).

FREE SCREENSAVERS

Instructions: Click on a picture below to download a screensaver. Save it to your computer by clicking
“save” two times, then click on “open” to install the file. Click “next” three times, then “yes,” then “finish.”
The pictures will show up whenever you don’t use your computer for a while.

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