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English Tip of the Day
Each day receive a new English use tip with sentence examples. There is also a Quiz of the Day and Worksheet of the Day. The English level, quiz and worksheet start off easy at an intermediate level. As the months go by, you'll improve your level to advanced English usage.

English Verb Resources
Here is a guide to the extensive English verb resources at the site. Resources include information on verb conjugation, auxiliary verbs, phrasal verbs, verb patterns and more.

English Verbs - Tense Resources
Guide to verb tense resources including tense explanations, quizzes, tense related lesson plans, tense review in context resources.

Grammar Resources
The most popular English grammar learning features on esl.about.com for use in ESL and EFL classes.

Adjectives
The basic rules for using adjectives in English.

Adverbs
The basic rules for using adverbs in English.

Auxiliary Verb Usage in English
Knowing correct auxiliary verb usage is key to tense usage. Every tense takes an auxiliary form of the verb. This guide to auxiliary verb provides an overview and quiz of auxiliary verb usage in English.

Basic English Punctuation Rules
This guide provides instruction on the basic rules of using a period, comma, colon, semicolon, question mark and exclamation point. It is intended for intermediate to advanced level ESL EFL English classes.

Conditionals
Learn the conditional forms: Conditional 0, 1, 2, and 3 as well as some important exceptions to the rules.

English Grammar Workbooks
Top grammar workbook recommendations for English as a Second Language students and teachers. These grammar workbooks are used in both the UK and the United States for classes and self-study from beginning to advanced levels.

English Tense Review
English Tense Review to help advanced level English ESL EFL TESL or TOEFL classes and students review all major tenses through first reading, then naming and finally conjugating the same challenging text.

Free E-mail Course: Intensive Grammar Workshop
If you would like to brush-up your English grammar knowledge, review outside of class or increase your English grammar skills this is the course for you. The course provides extensive instruction and practice taking learners from an intermediate level to an advanced level of English grammar.

Gerund Or Infinitive Learning Tool
Not sure whether the verb takes the '-ing' form or the infinitive? Use this great interactive tool to check which form is appropriate.

Grammar Terminology Reference
Extract with a follow-up guide giving examples of the most important grammar terminology. Quickly brush-up your or your class' understanding of key grammar terminology, while at the same time reviewing some basic grammar concepts.

Guide to Countable and Uncountable Nouns
A guide to the basics of countable and uncountable nouns in English for ESL EFL classes including a discussion of commonly confused uncountable nouns as well as the most common container or quantity expressions used with uncountable nouns such as cheese, information, etc.

Guide to Verb Structures and Patterns
This guide gives an overview of the most common verb structures and patterns used in English such as 'verb + object + infinitive', or 'verb ' object + participle', etc. Each verb structure or pattern includes a short explanation and example.

Impersonal Subjects and Gerunds
When making general statements about an activity we can use two forms in English. Grammar explaination and quiz for upper intermediate to advanced level classes and students.

Passive Voice
Sometimes it's better to use the passive voice. For example: 'Fords are made in Detroit' is much better than 'Somebody makes Fords in Detroit'. Learn about the passive voice.

Personal Pronouns, Adjectives, Reflexive Forms: Quiz 1
Cloze quiz focusing on personal pronouns, posessive adjectives, possessive pronouns and reflexive forms.

Question Forms
Overview and short explanation of question forms for subject and object questions.

Reported Speech
Learn how to use reported speech. For example: "I will go to Paris" becomes "He said he would go to Paris".

Teaching Grammar in an ESL / EFL Setting
An overview to teaching grammar in an ESL / EFL setting. This article discusses the questions that need to be asked before beginning to teach the class as well as an explaination of the importance of a bottom up style of teaching.

Tenses
A quick overview chart to 13 tenses in English. This guide gives you a general idea of when to use these tenses.

Use Your Dictionary
Get the most out of your dictionary by understanding how to use it well. You can use your dictionary to find words, for meanings, for pronunciation, to check spellings, to understand explanations, to check spelling variations and more.

What are Phrasal Verbs?
This guide provides a overview of phrasal verbs including a discussion of separable and inseparable phrasal verbs.

What are pronouns?
Here is a guide to the four basic types of pronouns: subject, object, possessive and demonstrative. This overview provides a simple introduction for beginners or a quick review for other level students.

Modal Verb Basics - Quiz 1
Quiz on the basics of modal verbs with explanation of basic modal verb concepts for English learners.