Grammar Exercises

1. Present Simple vs Present Continuous

In this lesson you can study and practise the basic differences between the present simple and present continuous.

2. Past Simple vs Past Continuous

In this lesson you can study and practise the differences between the past simple and past continuous.

3. Present Perfect 01

In this lesson you can study and practise the main uses of the present perfect as well as differences between the present perfect and past simple.

4. Present Perfect 02

In this lesson you can study and practise the differences between the present perfect simple and present perfect continuous.

5. Tense Review 01

In this lesson you can review the present, past and present perfect tenses.

6. Past Perfect 01

In this lesson you can review the main uses of the past perfect tense as well as the difference between the past perfect and present perfect.

7. Past Perfect 02

In this lesson you can review the main uses of the past perfect simple and past perfect continuous.

8. Future Plans & Decisions

In this lesson you can review and practise basic grammatical structures for talking about future plans and decisions – the present continuous, will + infinitive and going to + infinitive.

9. Future Plans & Decisions

In this lesson you can review and compares the structures be / get used to doing and used to / didn’t use to do.

10. Tense Review 02

In this lesson you can review the structures 'will + infinitive', 'going to + infinitive', 'used to + infinitive' and the past perfect tense.

11. Used to vs Would

In this lesson you can review the differences between used to and would for talking about repeated actions in the past

12. Future Continuous

In this lesson you can study and practise the use of the future continuous tense.

13. Future Perfect

In this lesson both future perfect simple and future perfect continuous forms are studied and practised.

14. Modal verbs 1 - Ability

In this lesson the structures can/can’t, be able to and managed to are studied and practised.

15. Modal verbs 2 - Obligation, necessity, prohibition, advice

In this lesson the present forms of the modal verbs must, have to, need to, needn’t and should are studied and practised.

16. Modal verbs 3 - Possibility and expectation

In this lesson he present forms of the modal verbs must, can’t, could, may, might and should are studied and practised.

17. Modal verbs 4 - Requests, offers, permission & invitations

In this lesson the modal verbs can, could, may, would, will and shall are studied and practised

18. Modal verbs 5 - Past forms

In this lesson you can become familiar with the uses and present forms of modal verbs must, needn’t, can’t, could, should, may, might, etc.

19. First and second conditional

In this lesson you can study the first conditional and second conditional structures for talking about possible and imaginary situations.

20. Third conditional

In this lesson you can study the third conditional for talking about hypothetical or imaginary situations in the past.

21. I wish, If only

In this lesson you can study the structures I wish ... and If only ... for talking about situations that someone regrets or would like to be different in the past, present or future.

22. Mixed conditionals

In this lesson you can study mixed conditional structures for talking about hypothetical or imaginary situations in the past and present.

23 The passive

In this lesson you can study the structure and use of passive voice.

24. Reported speech

In this lesson you can study the rules for changing the tense of the verb from direct speech are presented and practised.

25. Have / Get something done

In this lesson you can study and practise the structures have something done and get something done.

26. Subject and object questions

In this lesson you can study the two types of questions commonly used in English: subject questions and object questions.

27. Direct and indirect questions

In this lesson you can compare the structure and tone of direct and indirect questions.

28. Questions tags

In this lesson you can examine question tags in conversational contexts and distinguish between the functions of checking information and asking genuine questions, as well as making suggestions and informal requests.

29. Verbs + -ing or to

In this lesson you can study when to use the infinitive and gerund (-ing) forms in two-verb structures.

30. The English subjunctive

In this lesson you can study the present and past subjunctive mood for expressing imagined and improbable situations. This is suitable for learners who already have a good general understanding of English grammar, especially conditionals and verb forms.

31. Nouns 1 - Countable and uncountable

In this lesson you can study and practise the use of countable and uncountable nouns with a/an, the, some, etc

32. Nouns 2 - Special omissions of the definite article

In this lesson you can study and practise special omissions of the article ‘the’ before nouns such as lunch, school, hospital, work, etc.

33. Nouns 3 - Talking in general

In this lesson you can study and practise the use and omission of the article ‘the’ before nouns when talking in general.

34. Nouns 4 - Use of articles with proper nouns

In this lesson you can study and practise the use and omission of the article ‘the’ before the names of people, places, buildings, organizations and institutions.

35. Reflexive pronouns

In this lesson you can learn how to use reflexive pronouns in everyday English.

36. Quantifiers

In this lesson you can learn how to use quantifiers such as much, many, most, both, all, plenty, a lot, a few, a little, etc.

37. It is vs There is

In this lesson you can look at the difference between the structures It is ... and There is ..., a common area of confusion among learners.

38. Relative clauses 1

In this lesson you can study relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, that and whose.

39. Relative clauses 2 - Extra information

In this lesson you can study the two types of relative clauses used in English – relative clauses that give necessary information and relative clauses that provide extra information.

40. Infinitive clauses

In this lesson you can improve your grammar skills by using infinitive clauses in sentences.

41. Common expressions with -ing

In this lesson you can study a number of common expressions that are following by the gerund (-ing), including have a good/hard time + -ing, have fun + -ing, have a problem + -ing, have difficulty + -ing, etc.

42. Comparatives and superlatives

In this lesson you learn how to form and use the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs.

43. Word order 1 - object, time and place

In this lesson you can review the basic rules for ordering words in an English sentence.

44. Word order 2 - verb + adverb

In this lesson you can review the word order of verbs and adverbs in an English sentence.

45. Prepositions of time - at, in, on

In this lesson you can study the different uses of the prepositions of time at, in and on.

46. Prepositions of time - from, since, for

In this lesson you can study the different uses of the prepositions of time from, since and for.

47. Prepositions of time - for, during, while

In this lesson you can study the different uses of the prepositions of time for, during and while.

48. Prepositions of place - at, in, on

In this lesson you can study the different uses of the prepositions of place at, in and on.

49. Prepositions of movement - to, into, in, at

In this lesson you can study the different uses of the prepositions of movement to, into, in and at.

50. Prepositions - uses of by

In this lesson you can study the different uses of the preposition by.

51. Preposition to + -ing

In this lesson you can practise using the gerund (-ing) form after the preposition `to' in certain phrases and phrasal verbs.

52. Complex prepositions

In this lesson you can study a number of complex prepositions - phrases that consist of more than one word and have the same function as single-word prepositions.

53. Conjunctions

In this lesson you can study and practise the use of conjunctions for linking sentence clauses.

54. Adjectives and prepositions

In this lesson you can practise using a number of common adjectives with prepositions.

55. Dependent prepositions

In this lesson you can practise using dependent prepositions with nouns, verbs and adjectives.