exercise types in 7 groups
check answers automatically
can be created with AI in seconds
kinds of real-life documents
Overview
Seven groups of exercises, one lesson
The exercise picker in edio is organised in seven groups. A typical lesson moves through them: a rule or a text, practice with instant checking, a game or a speaking task, and a writing or speaking task the teacher reviews.
11 types
Practice that checks itself, from gap-fills to chats.
5 types
Word puzzles and speaking games for energy and fluency.
3 types
Free writing and speaking that need a human eye.
21 kinds
Menus, tickets, messages, forms: authentic reading.
3 types
Bring in activities you already made elsewhere.
How exercises work
Built for teaching, not just for worksheets
13 exercise types check answers on the spot. Each gap gives three tries, shown as small dots beside it, and a progress bar shows the share of correct and incorrect answers.
23 types can be written by AI from a topic, in the language you teach and at your students' level, then edited like anything you made yourself.
The same lesson works in class and at home. In a live lesson you see the student's answers in real time, and games move on both screens.
Exercises are language-neutral and work on computers, tablets and phones, so you can teach English, Polish, German or any other language.
Theory and texts
4 types
Theory blocks explain before students practise: a grammar chart, notes, the new words and a reading text. There's nothing to check here. These are the pages students come back to when they revise.
1
Grammar Scheme
AI
Grammar
Read-only
A grammar scheme turns a rule into a clear, one-screen visual chart. It's built from ready-made blocks, so it always looks tidy on a laptop and on a phone, with no design work on your side.
What a scheme can include
Formula with colour-coded parts that light up the same colours in the examples
Table for forms and endings
Timeline from the past through now to the future, for tenses
Comparison of two structures side by side
Examples with translations, common mistakes (wrong → right), signal words and tips
Best for
Explaining a new tense or structure, comparing two forms (Past Simple vs Present Perfect), and revision before a test. Type a topic and the AI fills in every block, and you can edit any of them.
Real example from an edio lesson
Present Perfect
Experience and results up to now
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Notes
AI
Theory
Teacher notes
A rich-text block for explanations, rules, instructions, interesting facts, key ideas or new terms. Pick a background colour so a tip or a warning stands out from the rest of the lesson.
Tick Hide notes from student and a note becomes private: lesson-plan steps, answers or reminders that only you and other staff can see while you teach. The transcript under the Audio example is a note like that.
Best for
Short rule summaries, task instructions, cultural notes, and a teacher's script for a live lesson.
Real example from an edio lesson
💡 Use since with a point in time (since Monday, since 2019) and for with a period of time (for two weeks, for ages).
3
Vocabulary
AI
Vocabulary
Pronunciation
A list of word cards with the lesson's new words. Each card shows the word with its translation or a short definition, a picture and a pronunciation recording that students can replay as many times as they need.
Words are kept in your school's word sets, so the same vocabulary can be reused across lessons and courses. Ask the AI for a topic ("At the airport", "Feelings") and it picks the key words and translates them.
Best for
Pre-teaching vocabulary before a text or a listening, topic word lists, and beginners who need to hear every new word.
Real example from an edio lesson
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Article/Text
AI
Reading
A formatted reading text: a story, an article, a dialogue, a biography or a set of instructions, with headings, bold words and lists. The AI writes texts on any topic at the level you choose, so the reading always uses the grammar and vocabulary the lesson teaches.
Put a True or False, Quiz or Fill in the Blank exercise under it to check understanding.
Best for
Reading comprehension, presenting grammar in context, and graded readers for every level from A1 to C2.
Real example from an edio lesson
Last weekend, Marta took the train from Warsaw to Kraków. The journey took two and a half hours. On Saturday morning she walked around Rynek Główny, the huge main square, and had hot chocolate in a small café.
In the afternoon she visited Wawel Castle. On Sunday it rained, so she spent the day in a museum and bought presents for her family.
Exercises
11 types
Practice that checks itself. Students see straight away what's right and what's wrong, each gap gives three tries before the answer is shown, and a progress bar at the top shows the share of correct and incorrect answers. The examples below are copies of real edio exercises, caught halfway through.
5
Chat
Auto-checked
AI
Speaking prep
Functional language
A messenger-style conversation with a character: a waiter, a hotel receptionist, a new colleague. At each of the student's turns, the right reply sits among wrong ones. A wrong pick is crossed out in red and costs a try. The right one is sent, the partner "types", and the dialogue moves on like a real chat.
Wrong replies are built from typical mistakes (word order, politeness, tense), so every choice teaches something.
Best for
Situational English and other languages: ordering food, booking a room, small talk, phone calls, polite requests, and preparing students for a speaking task.
Real example from an edio lesson
6
Fill in the Table
Auto-checked
AI
Grammar
Forms
A table where some cells are gaps to type in. It's the natural shape for verb conjugations, noun declensions, comparatives and superlatives, irregular verbs or any other paradigm. Each gap gives three tries and then shows the right answer, and a gap can accept more than one correct form.
Best for
Conjugation drills (to be, être, sein, być), case endings, irregular verb tables, and checking a grammar scheme right after it's taught.
Real example from an edio lesson
| Subject | Present | Past |
|---|---|---|
| I | am |
was
|
| you |
is
|
were |
| he / she / it |
is
|
was
|
| we / they | are |
were
|
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True or False
Auto-checked
AI
Reading
Listening
A list of statements that students mark as true or false: about a text, a listening, a video, a picture or general knowledge. It's quick to make and quick to do, and it's the most reliable way to check that students understood the main points.
Best for
Comprehension checks after a reading, an audio or a video; warm-up quizzes about a topic; checking facts in a real-life document.
Real example from an edio lesson
Marta went to Kraków by bus.
The main square is called Rynek Główny.
It rained on Sunday.
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Matching
Auto-checked
AI
Vocabulary
Two columns of cards that belong together. Students pick a card on one side and its partner on the other; a right pair turns green, a wrong one is marked red. Match words and translations, words and definitions, questions and answers, sentence halves, or synonyms and opposites.
Best for
Vocabulary and phrasal verbs, collocations, translations, and joining the two halves of a sentence or a rule.
Real example from an edio lesson
9
Quiz
Auto-checked
AI
Tests
Timer
Multiple-choice questions with one or several correct answers. A question with several right answers counts once all of them are picked. Switch on the timer to run it under test conditions.
Best for
End-of-unit tests, placement and progress checks, exam practice, and a quick warm-up quiz at the start of a lesson.
Real example from an edio lesson
10
Word Choice
Auto-checked
AI
Grammar
A text with drop-down gaps: students open each gap and choose the right option. Because you write the wrong options yourself (or the AI does), each one can be a typical mistake, which makes Word Choice ideal for grammar where the choice really matters.
Best for
Tenses, articles, prepositions, confusing words (to / too / two), word forms, and lower levels who aren't ready to type answers.
Real example from an edio lesson
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Fill in the Blank
Auto-checked
AI
Grammar
Spelling
The classic gap-fill: students type the missing word into the text. Each gap can accept several correct answers (for example has lived and 's lived). After a wrong answer students try again, and after three tries the answer is shown, so they learn from the mistake instead of getting stuck.
Best for
Verb forms in brackets, spelling, collocations, and active recall of the lesson's vocabulary. It's harder than Word Choice because there are no options to choose from.
Real example from an edio lesson
12
Drag and Drop
Auto-checked
AI
Vocabulary
Collocations
Students drag words from a word bank into the gaps of a text. Since all the options are visible, it's gentler than typing, and an extra word in the bank keeps it from turning into a process of elimination. Works with a mouse or a finger on a touch screen.
Best for
Lower levels, collocations (make / do / take), linking words, and vocabulary in context after a Vocabulary block.
Real example from an edio lesson
13
Sort Into Columns
Auto-checked
AI
Grammar
Vocabulary
Students sort words or phrases into two or more categories. The number of tries depends on the number of columns: with two columns every word gets one try, so students have to think rather than guess.
Best for
Countable vs uncountable nouns, regular vs irregular verbs, formal vs informal phrases, word families, genders (der / die / das), and sounds (/ɪ/ vs /iː/).
Real example from an edio lesson
14
Word Choice by Image
Auto-checked
Vocabulary
Young learners
A grid of pictures, each with a drop-down underneath: students choose the word that matches the picture. There's no translation in between, so students link the word straight to its meaning.
Best for
Lower levels, collocations (make / do / take), linking words, and Beginners and young learners, concrete vocabulary (food, animals, clothes, objects), and words that are easier to show than to explain. in context after a Vocabulary block.
Real example from an edio lesson
15
Fill in the Blank with Image
Auto-checked
Vocabulary
Spelling
Pictures with a text field: students type the word they see. It's harder than choosing from a list, so it checks spelling and active recall, not just recognition. Like every gap in edio, it gives three tries before showing the answer.
Best for
Spelling practice, revising topic vocabulary, and the step after Word Choice by Image.
Real example from an edio lesson
Games
5 types
Games bring energy to a lesson and get students talking. Unjumble and Anagram are checked automatically, Memory Game counts the moves, and Spin the Wheel and Open the Box are speaking games. In a live lesson the teacher and the student see the same spin or the same box at the same moment.
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Unjumble
Auto-checked
AI
Word order
Grammar
Students put scrambled words back into the right order to build a sentence. They drag or tap the words, or use the keyboard. After a wrong try the misplaced words are marked, and after the third the correct sentence is shown to both the student and the teacher.
Best for
Word order in questions and negatives, adverbs of frequency, the position of the verb in German or Dutch, and rebuilding key sentences from a text.
Real example from an edio lesson
17
Anagram
Auto-checked
AI
Spelling
Vocabulary
A word with its letters mixed up. Students drag, tap or type the letters back into place, helped by an optional hint or picture. Spaces, hyphens and apostrophes stay where they are, so anagrams work for phrases too. One or two mistakes leave the letters in place to fix; the third shows the word.
Best for
Spelling of new vocabulary, a quick revision game at the end of a lesson, and young learners.
Real example from an edio lesson
Drag or tap the letters into place, or just type the word
A place where you borrow books.
18
Memory Game
AI
Vocabulary
Game
The classic pairs game: all cards lie face down, and students turn two at a time to find the ones that belong together, such as a word and its translation, a word and a picture, or a question and its answer. edio counts the moves of every round, so students can play again and try to beat their score.
Best for
Revising vocabulary in a fun way, young learners, and a calm finish to a busy lesson.
Real example from an edio lesson
19
Spin the Wheel
Speaking
Live lesson
AI
A colourful wheel of speaking prompts: questions, topics, words to use, situations to act out. Spin it and the wheel stops on a prompt for the student to talk about. Prompts can leave the wheel once they're picked, so every spin brings something new. In a live lesson both screens show the same spin.
Best for
Warm-ups, speaking practice, conversation classes, exam speaking parts, and getting quiet students to talk.
Real example from an edio lesson
20
Open the Box
Speaking
Live lesson
AI
A grid of numbered boxes, each hiding a question, a task or a picture. Students choose a box, open it and answer, and opened boxes stay marked so nothing repeats. In a live lesson the box opens on the teacher's and the student's screens together.
Best for
Speaking warm-ups, revision games, describing pictures, and turn-taking in group classes.
Real example from an edio lesson
Media
5 types
Media blocks bring the materials you already use (pictures, recordings, videos, coursebook pages and links) right into the lesson, so students never have to leave edio to find them.
21
Image / GIF
AI
Speaking
Drawing mode
A picture or an animated GIF to set the scene, show vocabulary or start a discussion. Upload or paste one, or describe what you need and generate it with AI.
Switch on drawing mode and students can draw and write on top of the picture: circle objects, label parts, or trace a route on a map. Their drawings are saved.
Best for
Describing pictures, prepositions of place, giving directions, labelling diagrams, and lesson covers.
Real example from an edio lesson
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Audio
AI
Listening
An audio player for listening tasks: a dialogue, a podcast clip, an interview, a song. Upload your own recording, or let the AI write a listening text at your students' level and voice it for you. Keep the transcript in a note hidden from students, so it's at hand during the lesson.
Best for
Listening comprehension followed by True or False or a Quiz, dictations, pronunciation models, and exam listening practice.
Real example from an edio lesson
23
Video
Listening
YouTube
Vimeo
TikTok
Paste a YouTube, Vimeo or TikTok link and the video plays inside the lesson, so students never have to open another tab. The player loads only when a student taps it, which keeps lessons quick to open. Put a few questions under it and you have a complete video lesson.
Best for
Authentic listening, film and series clips, TED talks for advanced students, and flipped-classroom grammar explanations.
Real example from an edio lesson
24
Reading
Coursebooks
Add a PDF by link (a coursebook page, a worksheet, a reading or a set of rules) and students read it inside the lesson without downloading anything.
Best for
Schools that follow a coursebook, printable worksheets you already have, and exam papers.
Real example from an edio lesson
25
Button Link
Navigation
A clear, clickable button that opens any web page: a Google Form, an online dictionary, a meeting room, a homework platform or your school's website. Much easier to spot than a link lost in a paragraph.
Best for
Surveys and feedback forms, external tests, meeting links, and extra reading.
Real example from an edio lesson
Checked by the teacher
3 types
Free writing and speaking need a human. These blocks collect the student's text or voice and bring it to the teacher, who reviews it and replies, all in the same lesson.
26
Teacher-Reviewed Writing
AI
Teacher-checked
Drawing mode
A writing task with your instructions: an essay, an email, a story, an opinion. The student writes and sends the answer, the teacher is notified, reads it and writes feedback, and the student sees the feedback under their text. Drafts are saved while the student types, so nothing gets lost.
Best for
Essays and emails, exam writing tasks, homework that practises the lesson's grammar, and personal writing.
Real example from an edio lesson
Write 80–100 words. Use at least five verbs in the Past Simple.
Completed task:
Last summer I went to Croatia with my friends. We stayed in a small apartment near the sea and we swimmed every day. In the evenings we ate fresh fish and walked in the old town.
Text feedback:
Great start! Watch the irregular verbs: swim → swam. Can you add one sentence about the weather?
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Teacher-Reviewed Audio
AI
Teacher-checked
Speaking
Pronunciation
Speaking homework. Students record their voice right in the browser for one or more tasks and send the recordings to the teacher, who listens and replies in writing or with a voice message. There are no apps to install and no files to email.
Best for
Pronunciation practice, short monologues, reading aloud, exam speaking parts, and students who are shy in class.
Real example from an edio lesson
28
Writing Practice
Not graded
Live lesson
Writing
A free-writing space that simply saves whatever the student writes. It doesn't need checking. During a live lesson the teacher sees the text appear as the student types, which makes it perfect for quick written answers in class.
Best for
Brainstorming, in-class written answers, note-taking, a learning diary, and preparing ideas before a speaking task.
Real example from an edio lesson
Real-life documents
1 type · 21 kinds
Real-life documents (realia) are the menus, tickets, messages and forms people read every day. They teach language the way it's really used, and they're one of the strongest tools for practical, communicative lessons.
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Real-Life Documents
AI
Reading
Authentic materials
edio draws 21 kinds of everyday documents as clean, realistic designs. They're built from text, not flat images, so they stay sharp on any screen and you can edit every line. Pick a kind, give a topic, and the AI writes the content for your students' level: a café menu with prices, a train ticket with a platform and a seat, a five-day weather forecast.
Students read the document; the tasks about it are separate exercises underneath, such as True or False, a Quiz or Fill in the Blank, so you choose exactly how to check understanding.
Best for
Survival language (ordering, travel, shopping), reading for specific information, exam reading tasks, and A1–B1 learners who need practical vocabulary.
Real example from an edio lesson
Seat 42
Real-Life Documents
Menu: dishes, prices, ordering food
Receipt: items, totals, shopping
Recipe: ingredients, steps, imperatives
Timetable: times, routes, travel
Ticket: dates, seats, platforms
Weather forecast: days, temperatures, weather words
Postcard: a short holiday message
Email: formal and informal writing
Text messages: everyday chat
Note: a quick message to someone
Invitation: events, dates, replies
Social media post: informal language
Reviews: opinions and ratings
News article: headlines and facts
Ad: offers and persuasive language
Poster: events and announcements
Notice: rules, warnings, signs
Form: personal details
Profile: describing a person
Weekly planner: plans and the future
Diary entry: past events and feelings
Third-party services
3 types
Already have activities on other platforms? Bring them in. Embedded activities open inside the lesson, right next to edio's own exercises, so students keep everything in one place.
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Wordwall
Paste a link to a Wordwall activity and it opens inside the lesson, so the games you've already built keep working. Comparing the two? See edio vs Wordwall .
31
Genially
Embed interactive Genially presentations, escape rooms, infographics and games, and students play them without leaving the lesson.
32
Embed
Anything that offers an embed code (an online whiteboard, a slide deck, a playlist, a quiz from another tool) can go into the lesson as its own block.
Cheat sheet
All 32 exercise types at a glance
What students do in each exercise, how it's checked and whether AI can create it for you.
| # | Exercise | Group | What students do | Checking | AI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grammar Scheme | Theory | Study a visual grammar chart | Read-only | ✓ |
| 2 | Notes | Theory | Read rules, tips and instructions | Read-only | ✓ |
| 3 | Vocabulary | Theory | Learn words with translation, picture and audio | Read-only | ✓ |
| 4 | Article/Text | Theory | Read a text | Read-only | ✓ |
| 5 | Chat | Exercises | Pick the right reply in a dialogue | Automatic | ✓ |
| 6 | Fill in the Table | Exercises | Type missing forms in a table | Automatic | ✓ |
| 7 | True or False | Exercises | Mark statements true or false | Automatic | ✓ |
| 8 | Matching | Exercises | Connect cards into pairs | Automatic | ✓ |
| 9 | Quiz | Exercises | Answer multiple-choice questions | Automatic | ✓ |
| 10 | Word Choice | Exercises | Choose from drop-downs in a text | Automatic | ✓ |
| 11 | Fill in the Blank | Exercises | Type the missing words | Automatic | ✓ |
| 12 | Drag and Drop | Exercises | Drag words from a bank into gaps | Automatic | ✓ |
| 13 | Sort Into Columns | Exercises | Sort words into categories | Automatic | ✓ |
| 14 | Word Choice by Image | Exercises | Choose the word for each picture | Automatic | — |
| 15 | Fill in the Blank with Image | Exercises | Type the word for each picture | Automatic | — |
| 16 | Unjumble | Games | Put words in the right order | Automatic | ✓ |
| 17 | Anagram | Games | Unscramble the letters of a word | Automatic | ✓ |
| 18 | Memory Game | Games | Find matching pairs of cards | Counts moves | ✓ |
| 19 | Spin the Wheel | Games | Speak about a random prompt | Speaking, with the teacher | ✓ |
| 20 | Open the Box | Games | Open a box and answer the prompt | Speaking, with the teacher | ✓ |
| 21 | Image / GIF | Media | Look, describe, draw on the picture | — | ✓image |
| 22 | Audio | Media | Listen to a recording | — | ✓listening |
| 23 | Video | Media | Watch a YouTube, Vimeo or TikTok video | — | — |
| 24 | Media | Read a PDF document | — | — | |
| 25 | Button Link | Media | Open an external page | — | — |
| 26 | Teacher-Reviewed Writing | Teacher-checked | Write and submit a text | Teacher feedback | ✓ |
| 27 | Teacher-Reviewed Audio | Teacher-checked | Record and submit speech | Teacher feedback | ✓ |
| 28 | Writing Practice | Teacher-checked | Write freely; the text is saved | Not graded | — |
| 29 | Real-Life Documents | Documents | Read a menu, ticket, email… (21 kinds) | Tasks added separately | ✓ |
| 30 | Wordwall | Third-party | Play an embedded Wordwall activity | In Wordwall | — |
| 31 | Genially | Third-party | Use an embedded Genially | In Genially | — |
| 32 | Embed | Third-party | Use any embedded tool | In that tool | — |
How many exercise types does edio have?
edio has 32 exercise types in seven groups: theory and texts (4), exercises (11), games (5), media (5), checked by the teacher (3), real-life documents (1 type in 21 kinds) and third-party services (3). Counting every document kind separately, the exercise picker offers 52 blocks.
Which exercises are checked automatically?
Thirteen: Chat, Fill in the Table, True or False, Matching, Quiz, Word Choice, Fill in the Blank, Drag and Drop, Sort Into Columns, Word Choice by Image, Fill in the Blank with Image, Unjumble and Anagram. Writing and speaking tasks go to the teacher for review.
Can AI create the exercises for me?
Yes. 23 of the 32 types can be created with AI: give a topic and the AI writes the exercise in the language you teach, with explanations in your students' language, ready to edit. The AI lesson generator goes further and builds a complete lesson from a topic, PDF or image in about a minute.
Which languages can I teach with these exercises?
Any language. The exercises are language-neutral, and the AI writes content in the language you teach with explanations in your students' language. Schools use edio for English, Polish, German and many other languages.
What happens when a student makes a mistake?
The wrong answer is marked straight away and the student can try again. Each gap gives three tries, shown as small dots beside it, before the correct answer appears, and a progress bar shows the share of correct and incorrect answers, so the teacher can see where the student struggled.
Can I customize edio with my own branding?
Yes! Our white-label solution allows you to fully customize edio with your logo and domain, giving your language school a unique, professional look.
Can I use my Wordwall or Genially activities in edio?
Yes. Paste a Wordwall or Genially link, or any embed code, and the activity opens inside the lesson next to edio's own exercises.
Build your first interactive lesson today
Let AI generate a full lesson that mixes these exercise types in about a minute, or build your own from the picker. Then teach it live or send it as homework.