English grammar lessons
48 lessons in three levels, from the basics to advanced sentence structure. Each one explains the rule with examples and a reference table, then gives you 7 exercises that get harder as you go. Lesson 1 is free.
Beginner 17 lessons
The sentence
Lesson 1 · 7 exercises
Kinds of sentencesTell statements, questions, commands, wishes and exclamations apart.
Lesson 2 · 7 exercises
Subject and predicateFind the subject and the predicate in a sentence.
Lesson 3 · 7 exercises
Phrases and clausesTell phrases from clauses and join clauses into one sentence.
Lesson 4 · 7 exercises
Parts of speechName the part of speech a word plays in a sentence.
Nouns
Lesson 5 · 7 exercises
Kinds of nounsSort nouns into proper, common, collective, material and abstract.
Lesson 6 · 7 exercises
Gender of nounsIdentify masculine, feminine, common and neuter nouns.
Lesson 7 · 7 exercises
Number: singular and pluralForm regular and irregular plurals of nouns.
Lesson 8 · 7 exercises
Case and the possessiveUse nominative, objective and possessive case, with apostrophes.
Pronouns
Lesson 9 · 7 exercises
Personal pronounsChoose subject and object forms of personal pronouns.
Lesson 10 · 7 exercises
Reflexive and emphatic pronounsUse myself, themselves and other -self pronouns correctly.
Lesson 11 · 7 exercises
Demonstrative, indefinite and distributive pronounsUse this, someone, each, either and neither as pronouns.
Lesson 12 · 7 exercises
Relative pronounsJoin ideas with who, whom, whose, which and that.
Lesson 13 · 7 exercises
Interrogative pronounsUse who, whom, whose, which and what to ask questions correctly.
Adjectives and articles
Lesson 14 · 7 exercises
Kinds of adjectivesIdentify adjectives of quality, number, quantity and other kinds.
Lesson 15 · 7 exercises
Comparison of adjectivesForm and use the positive, comparative and superlative degrees.
Lesson 16 · 7 exercises
Correct use of adjectivesChoose correctly between few/a few, less/fewer, elder/older and more.
Lesson 17 · 7 exercises
Articles: a, an, theChoose a, an or the based on sound and meaning.
Intermediate 15 lessons
Verbs
Lesson 18 · 7 exercises
Transitive and intransitive verbsTell apart verbs that take an object and verbs that do not.
Lesson 19 · 7 exercises
Verbs of incomplete predicationComplete linking verbs and verbs like make or elect with a complement.
Lesson 20 · 7 exercises
Active and passive voiceChange sentences between active and passive voice in different tenses.
Lesson 21 · 7 exercises
Mood: indicative, imperative, subjunctiveRecognise and use the indicative, imperative and subjunctive moods.
Tenses
Lesson 22 · 7 exercises
Present tensesUse the four present tenses for habits, ongoing actions and recent results.
Lesson 23 · 7 exercises
Past tensesUse the four past tenses to order and describe past events.
Lesson 24 · 7 exercises
Future tensesUse the future tenses and avoid will in time clauses.
Lesson 25 · 7 exercises
Sequence of tensesMatch the tense of a clause to a past or present main verb.
Lesson 26 · 7 exercises
Subject–verb agreementMake verbs agree with their subjects, even when other nouns get in the way.
Verbals
Lesson 27 · 7 exercises
The infinitiveUse infinitives with and without 'to' in the right places.
Lesson 28 · 7 exercises
The participleUse present and past participles as adjectives and in opening phrases.
Lesson 29 · 7 exercises
The gerundUse -ing forms as nouns after verbs and prepositions.
Verb forms
Lesson 30 · 7 exercises
Irregular verbsChoose the right past and past participle forms of irregular verbs.
Lesson 31 · 7 exercises
Auxiliaries and modalsUse helping verbs and modals to show ability, duty and possibility.
Lesson 32 · 7 exercises
Conditional sentencesForm first, second and third conditionals correctly.
Advanced 16 lessons
Adverbs and prepositions
Lesson 33 · 7 exercises
Kinds of adverbsIdentify adverbs of manner, time, frequency, degree and more.
Lesson 34 · 7 exercises
Comparison and position of adverbsCompare adverbs correctly and place them where they belong in a sentence.
Lesson 35 · 7 exercises
PrepositionsChoose precise prepositions of time, place and movement.
Lesson 36 · 7 exercises
Words followed by prepositionsPair verbs, adjectives and nouns with their fixed prepositions.
Conjunctions and more
Lesson 37 · 7 exercises
ConjunctionsJoin words and clauses with coordinating, subordinating and paired conjunctions.
Lesson 38 · 7 exercises
Interjections and question tagsSpot interjections and form correct question tags, including tricky ones.
Reported speech
Lesson 39 · 7 exercises
Direct and indirect speech: statementsReport statements with correct tense, pronoun and time-word changes.
Lesson 40 · 7 exercises
Indirect speech: questions, commands and exclamationsReport questions, orders, requests and exclamations accurately.
Sentence structure
Lesson 41 · 7 exercises
Analysis of simple sentencesBreak a simple sentence into subject, predicate and their parts.
Lesson 42 · 7 exercises
Kinds of clausesIdentify main, noun, adjective and adverb clauses and build them.
Lesson 43 · 7 exercises
Simple, compound and complex sentencesClassify sentences by structure and convert between the three types.
Lesson 44 · 7 exercises
Transformation of sentencesChange the form of a sentence while keeping its meaning exactly.
Lesson 45 · 7 exercises
Synthesis: combining sentencesCombine two or more sentences into one smooth, correct sentence.
Writing accuracy
Lesson 46 · 7 exercises
PunctuationUse end marks, commas, apostrophes and quotation marks correctly.
Lesson 47 · 7 exercises
Confusing word pairsChoose correctly between look-alike words such as affect and effect.
Lesson 48 · 7 exercises
Common errorsSpot and correct frequent mistakes in everyday Indian English.