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🎚️ Tone Tuner
Match a message to who it’s for: a friend, a parent, a head teacher, a company or an employer.
Free to play in your browser: no download and no account needed. The game opens on this page.
- Type
- Words
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Round length
- 60s+
- Ages
- 11+
- Controls
- Tap a message · Keys 1–4
What it practises
- Language & vocabulary: Vocabulary, spelling, listening and reading for meaning.
- Grammar & formal writing: Sentence structure, punctuation, register and building a clear paragraph.
Word games suit vocabulary and comprehension. Grammar and formal writing are covered separately.
Quick lesson: Register and tone
Register is how formal your language is. Friends and family get casual messages; teachers, companies and employers get polite, clear and complete ones, with no slang.
Check question
Which opening suits an email to a company?
- Yo!
- Dear Customer Services,
- hey u
- Listen up,
Answer: Dear Customer Services,. A formal greeting suits a company.
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- Echo Words: Listen to a word, then pick it from four that sound alike: ship, sheep, shop or chip? With sound off, it flashes the word instead.
- Spell Surge: Pick the right spelling from four. The wrong ones are the slips people really make. UK spellings.
- Lexicon Link: Match each word to its meaning, from everyday words to tricky ones like “ephemeral”.
- Context Clue: Choose the word that fits the sentence. The rest of the sentence holds the clue.
- Dialogue Choice: Someone says something: pick the reply that is polite, clear and fits, from the playground to job interviews.