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Professional English for Developers practice

18 exercises and 16 quizzes from the lessons of this track. Sample tests run in your browser; what you pass is kept in this browser only.

Start here: English at work in tech

Rewrite a notice, four steps and an update in plain English Exercise · Easy · JavaScript · in “Plain English sentences: short, active, direct”
Quiz: Plain English sentences: short, active, direct Self-check · 10 questions
Edit a design note to concise, precise words Exercise · Medium · JavaScript · in “Concise and precise: words for technical writing”
Quiz: Concise and precise: words for technical writing Self-check · 6 questions
Fix ten sentences for a team that reads in many languages Exercise · Medium · JavaScript · in “Writing for a global audience in tech teams”
Quiz: Writing for a global audience in tech teams Self-check · 6 questions
Restructure a message so its reader can scan it Exercise · Easy · JavaScript · in “Structure and formatting: text people can scan”
Quiz: Structure and formatting: text people can scan Self-check · 6 questions
Fix the problems an edit added to an email Exercise · Easy · JavaScript · in “AI writing assistants and translation: used well”
Make a support ticket safe to paste into any tool Exercise · Easy · JavaScript · in “AI writing assistants and translation: used well”
Quiz: AI writing assistants and translation: used well Self-check · 6 questions

Fix the articles and nouns of a report, a README and an update Exercise · Easy · JavaScript · in “Articles and countable nouns in tech writing”
Quiz: Articles and countable nouns in tech writing Self-check · 10 questions
Fix the tenses of an eight-line status update Exercise · Easy · JavaScript · in “Tenses at work: updates, changelogs and stories”
Quiz: Tenses at work: updates, changelogs and stories Self-check · 6 questions
Rewrite four chat requests a reader can act on Exercise · Easy · JavaScript · in “Polite questions, requests and modal verbs”
Quiz: Polite questions, requests and modal verbs Self-check · 6 questions

Fix the verbs and idioms of a sprint update Exercise · Easy · JavaScript · in “Tech verbs, collocations and phrasal verbs”
Quiz: Tech verbs, collocations and phrasal verbs Self-check · 8 questions
Rewrite an email for a client in another country Exercise · Easy · JavaScript · in “Indian English at work: what global readers miss”
Quiz: Indian English at work: what global readers miss Self-check · 5 questions
Fix three messages with dates and times nobody can misread Exercise · Easy · JavaScript · in “Numbers, dates and time zones: say and write them”
Quiz: Numbers, dates and time zones: say and write them Self-check · 6 questions

Write an access request and a call summary Exercise · Easy · JavaScript · in “Professional emails from subject line to closing”
Quiz: Professional emails from subject line to closing Self-check · 12 questions
Rewrite a request and its first reminder Exercise · Easy · JavaScript · in “Requests, reminders and saying no politely”
Say no to three requests, with two options each Exercise · Medium · JavaScript · in “Requests, reminders and saying no politely”
Quiz: Requests, reminders and saying no politely Self-check · 9 questions
Rewrite a bad-news email in four parts Exercise · Medium · JavaScript · in “Apologies, bad news and escalations”
Write the first update and the resolution of an incident Exercise · Medium · JavaScript · in “Apologies, bad news and escalations”
Quiz: Apologies, bad news and escalations Self-check · 6 questions
Turn five chat fragments into one message Exercise · Easy · JavaScript · in “Team chat etiquette, threads and shorthand”
Quiz: Team chat etiquette, threads and shorthand Self-check · 7 questions

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