British English · for advanced learners
English that sounds like London, not a textbook
You're past the basics. Now every sentence you write is graded against how it would be said in London or Manchester — fancy, knackered, a bit of a nightmare, cheers — with the British version shown next to yours.
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Translate into colloquial English:
Llevo tres días sin dormir bien por el calor.
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What British English actually sounds like
Most courses teach American English. Bring it to Britain and it works, but it's obviously imported. Some of the differences the grader listens for.
| You want to say | Textbook English | How it's said in British English |
|---|---|---|
| Thanks / bye | Thank you very much. Goodbye. | Cheers! / Ta. |
| Do you want to…? | Do you want to go out? | Fancy going out? |
| I'm exhausted | I am very tired. | I'm knackered. / I'm shattered. |
| That was a real problem | That was a big problem. | That was a bit of a nightmare. understatement is the point |
| Sorry, could you repeat that? | Excuse me? | Sorry? / Pardon? |
| I don't mind | It is the same for me. | I'm easy. / Whatever you like. |
| It went well | It was very good. | It wasn't bad at all. praise by negation |
What changes when you set your variety to British
- Vocabulary — flat, lift, queue, petrol, mobile, holiday, autumn, biscuit — and the grader marks American-only words like apartment or gas as imported.
- Spelling — colour, centre, organise, travelled, programme — consistently, or it reads as a mix.
- Grammar — "I've already eaten" with the present perfect, "have you got", "at the weekend", "in hospital", collective nouns as plurals ("the team are") — the grader expects them.
- Understatement and politeness — "not bad", "quite good", "a bit", "I'm afraid", "would you mind" — the grader rewards indirectness where a British speaker would use it.
How RateMySpanish trains your British English ear
Graded against the local version
Translate a real sentence and get an instant 1–10 rating. The grader is set to British 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 — British English vocabulary, register and rhythm, not a neutral translation.
Sentences at your level, not a beginner's
Set B2, C1 or C2 and every prompt demands nuance — idiom, register, understatement — instead of ordering a coffee for the hundredth time.
A two-minute daily habit
Turn on the daily challenge email and get one sentence every morning. 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 British English and shows you the local phrasing, so you close that gap one sentence at a time.
Is this London English or all of the UK?
The grader targets standard British English — what you hear on the BBC and across England. It doesn't force Scottish, Welsh or strong regional dialect, and it flags slang as informal when it is.
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?
The free plan includes 10 graded sentences a day, every day. Paid plans raise or remove the cap. No credit card to start.
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