E-Tool

E-Tool
I’m going to introduce a very useful website www.onlinedict.com which provides much material for us to utilize. First, it offers the most popular function—online dictionary where you can look up any words you like, and it also provides lots of sentences to show you how to use the words. Secondly, “Challenge your English”, also the most interesting feature of this website, is divided into four parts to test your English ability:
I. Scramble:
You have to re-structure the words offered by the system. And if you think the words are too easy or difficult for you to answer, you may also adjust the level of difficulty.
II. Hangman:
As you know, this game is to test your ability to find the word before you are hung to death. You are supposed to have nine chances to get the right word, or you may lose the game.
III. Popword:
This section is the most difficult and exciting. You may click-and-dragging across adjacent letters in the grid and releasing the mouse button when you have selected a word. Each successive selected letter must be directly next to the previously selected letter (either horizontally, vertically or diagonally). If the word you have selected is a valid English word, the letters will 'pop' away and the letters above them will fall to take their place. This game may absolutely test your quantity of vocabulary, and if you can get into the rank, your name will be shown at the website.
IV. Typing test:
It can test your speed of typing through an interesting game.

Third, it provides some English material such as “The basic 1000 Words”, “GRE Vocabulary”, and “Classified Vocabulary” for us to use if we want to enlarge our vocabulary. Forth, we may also find some useful slang and idioms such as “Money makes the mare go”, “Homer sometimes nods.”, or “Honesty is the best policy.” from the website, and to my surprise, it even tells me the source of some slang.
Believe it or not, this website really gives me lots of knowledge and great pleasure. Try it if you have free time!