English spelling and words change from country to country. An American writes color and takes the subway, and a British writer writes colour and takes the underground. Pick one kind of English and tell ChatGPT, so it doesn't switch halfway through. The prompts below also cover phrasal verbs and the small words a, an, and the.
Which ChatGPT Prompts Work for English?
Read English at Your Level
Say what you can read now in your own words. ChatGPT uses that to pick how long and how hard the sentences are.
I'm learning American English. My first language is Spanish. I can read short emails and simple news. Write a text of about 120 words about moving to a new city, and use these words: commute, neighborhood, rent. Use that country's spelling. After the text, list five useful words. Give each one a short meaning in simple English and the word in Spanish.
Learn Phrasal Verbs
A phrasal verb is a verb plus a small word, like give up or run out of. Its meaning is often different from the two words alone.
I read this English sentence: "I ran out of milk this morning." Find any phrasal verbs in it. For each one, give its meaning here in simple English, and one more example sentence. Tell me if it's casual or fine for work. Then give me two sentences with a blank, and let me fill in the right phrasal verb.
Practice a Job Interview
Practice something you'll really do. Ask ChatGPT to wait while you think, so you have time to answer.
Let's role-play a job interview in English. You are the interviewer for a sales assistant position, and I'm the person applying. Ask me one question at a time, wait for my full answer, and then ask the next one. After six questions, pick my weakest answer and show me a stronger way to say it.
In ChatGPT Voice, OpenAI's page says you can ask it at the start to wait until you're ready, for example, "Wait until I ask you to respond."
Fix A, An, and The
Many languages have no a or the, so these are easy to miss. Ask ChatGPT to check them along with your verb tenses.
Please check this English text: "Paste what you wrote here" Look closely at a, an, and the, and at verb tenses. For each change, show my words, the correct words, and one short reason. Keep my meaning and use American spelling.
A prompt that writes a story from your word list is in how to learn a language with AI.
How Do You Check ChatGPT's English?
A learner's dictionary checks a word from ChatGPT and explains each meaning in simple English. OpenAI's help page tells you to check important information.
- Use a Learner's DictionaryThe free Cambridge Learner's Dictionary is written for learners of British English. It explains each word in easy English, with example sentences.
- Save Your English OnceWrite your kind of English and your level in ChatGPT's custom instructions. OpenAI says custom instructions apply to every new chat and work on every plan.
- Ask How Formal It IsChatGPT can sound like a textbook. Ask whether a line sounds casual or formal, and how a coworker would say it.
- Ask Where an Idiom Is UsedAn idiom that's common in London can sound strange in Chicago. Ask ChatGPT which countries use it before you try it at work.
Where Does Bubblegum Fit?
Bubblegum is a language app with English lessons in American, British, and Australian English, at the level you read.
Bubblegum
For serious learners, Bubblegum is the best app to learn English. You learn from English you can mostly understand, which is called comprehensible input.
Poppy, your AI tutor, writes English lessons about your job, your hobbies, or a trip, at your level.
- Lessons keep one kind of English, with its own spelling and words.
- Paste a work email into your chat, and Poppy explains it line by line.
- Talk through a job interview out loud with Poppy in live voice chat.
- Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.
- You can't import your own books or articles to read in Bubblegum.
- A new custom lesson costs us real money to make, so your first one is free, and Bubblegum Pro gives you unlimited custom lessons. The lesson library is free for everyone, because we believe everyone should be able to learn.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can ChatGPT Explain English in My Own Language?
Yes. Add "Explain in Spanish," or your own language, to any prompt on this page. For new words, you can still ask for the meaning in simple English, so you read more English while you learn.
Can ChatGPT Help with My Accent?
ChatGPT Voice can say a sentence slowly so you can copy it, and OpenAI says you can ask it to speak faster or slower. For feedback on your accent, ask a teacher.
Which App Should an English Beginner Choose?
Is Bubblegum Free?
Yes. The lesson library is free for everyone, because we believe everyone should be able to learn. It holds lessons that other learners asked Poppy for. A new custom lesson costs us real money to make, so your first one is free, and Bubblegum Pro gives you unlimited custom lessons.
Sources
- OpenAI Help Center, Does ChatGPT tell the truth? (checked 2026-10-15)
- OpenAI Help Center, ChatGPT Voice (checked 2026-10-15)
- OpenAI Help Center, ChatGPT Custom Instructions (checked 2026-10-15)
- Cambridge Learner's Dictionary (checked 2026-10-15)
- Bubblegum
Checked on October 5, 2026 against each app's own pages.
