Australian English · one sentence a day
English that sounds like Sydney, not a textbook
You're past the basics. Now every sentence you write is graded against how it would be said in Sydney or Melbourne — no worries, reckon, arvo, heaps — with the Australian version shown next to yours.
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What Australian English actually sounds like
Australians are famously informal and famously inventive with words. Textbook English sounds stiff to them; these are some of the differences the grader listens for.
| You want to say | Textbook English | How it's said in Australian English |
|---|---|---|
| You're welcome / no problem | You are welcome. | No worries. |
| I think | I believe that… | I reckon… |
| This afternoon | This afternoon | This arvo |
| A lot | Very much | Heaps |
| Good / great | Very good | Sweet. / Too easy. |
| How are you? | How are you? | How ya going? |
| Thank you | Thank you | Ta. / Cheers, mate. |
What changes when you set your variety to Australian
- Vocabulary and shortenings — arvo, brekkie, servo, bottle-o, ute, thongs (flip-flops), mate — Australians shorten everything, and the grader knows which ones are everyday and which are put-on.
- Spelling and grammar — British spelling (colour, organise) with a few American habits; "reckon" for "think", "heaps" for "a lot", tag questions everywhere.
- Register — relaxed and egalitarian — first names, "mate" for anyone, praise kept low-key. The grader tells you when you sound formal or American.
- Slang, handled carefully — "fair dinkum", "stoked", "she'll be right" — flagged when they fit and when they'd sound like a tourist trying too hard.
How RateMySpanish trains your Australian English ear
Graded against the local version
Translate today's sentence and get an instant 1–10 stamp. The grader is set to Australian English, so correct-but-foreign phrasing loses points and you see exactly why.
See how a local would say it
One tap rewrites any sentence the way someone from there would actually put it — Australian English vocabulary, register and rhythm, not a neutral translation.
Sentences at your level
Set B2, C1 or C2 and every prompt demands nuance — idiom, register, understatement — instead of ordering a coffee for the hundredth time.
A one-minute daily habit
There's one new sentence every day, and an optional morning email so you don't miss it. Sounding local is a hundred small corrections, not one big lesson.
Common questions
I'm already fluent. What does this add?
Fluent and local are different things. Most advanced learners write English that is grammatically clean but placeless — every native speaker can tell. RateMyEnglish grades each sentence against how it would be said in Australian English and shows you the local phrasing, so you close that gap one sentence at a time.
Is this Sydney English or all of Australia?
The grader targets general Australian English — what you hear across the big cities and on Australian TV. It doesn't force outback or regional slang, and it tells you when a phrase is very informal.
Can I switch varieties later?
Yes — the English variety is a setting you can change anytime (American, British, Australian, Irish or Canadian). Your history and focus areas stay with you.
How much does it cost?
Today's challenge is free every day, in Australian English or any other variety, no account needed, and so is your rating. The tutor's written correction is free on your first result and twice a week with a free account; the pass opens every correction, along with extra rounds and the archive of past challenges.
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Write English an Aussie would claim as their own
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