Excel in English

Learn with Puzzles

Most school learning is deductive: the teacher explains the rules, then you apply them. But that's not how we naturally learn most things in life. Naturally, we learn by noticing patterns around us and figuring them out ourselves — that's inductive learning.

What is inductive learning?

Excel in English uses inductive learning. There are no rules handed to you upfront. Instead, you're given a puzzle, and you figure out the grammar by noticing patterns and testing what works.

How It Works

Using Google Sheets or Excel, grammar exercises become a puzzle grid. Type in your answer, and if it's correct, the cell turns green — instantly. There's no guessing your way through: the answer has to be exact, and you see your results in real time instead of waiting for an answer key.

Key Features

• Puzzle-based format that keeps you curious and engaged
• Instant feedback — cells turn green only for fully correct answers
• Everything fits on one page, with no flipping to an answer key
• Available in four modes: online (Google Sheets), offline (Excel), PDF with annotation, or printed on paper
• Answer key included
• Guided, game-show style option — follow along with the teacher and try to beat them to the answer

Thwse worksheets was pioneered by ELLO, and you won't find it anywhere else. Use it at the start of a unit to discover the grammar yourself, or at the end to put what you've learned to the test.