English grammar learning for intermediate level learners includes English grammar explainations for basic grammar such as tenses, preposition use, adjectives and adverbs and more.
List of the most important English prepositions for English language learners.
Explanation of transitive and intransitive for ESL learners. Examples of verbs that are transitive, instransitive and those that can be used as both transitive and intransitive verbs.
Review and guide to possessive forms including possessive nouns, possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns for lower level English learners and classes.
An in-depth guide to the various uses of the verb 'use' to express habit, and ability to cope with a given situation.
Description of the differences between action and stative verbs for ESL and EFL classes.
Guide to the most common expressions of quantity with examples of both count and noncount nouns.
Guide to learning Future with Will and Going to for students and teachers. This guide includes a brief description, links to detailed explanations, quizzes, free lesson plans, related activities and worksheets.
Guide to learning past simple and past continuous for students and teachers. This guide includes a brief description, links to detailed explanations, quizzes, free lesson plans, related activities and worksheets.
Guide to learning present tenses for students and teachers. This guide includes a brief description, links to detailed explanations, quizzes, free lesson plans, related activities and worksheets.
Guide to learning the conditional forms for students and teachers. This guide includes a brief description, links to detailed explanations, quizzes, free lesson plans, related activities and worksheets.
In-depth reference to conditional forms construction including example sentences for the real, unreal and past unreal conditional.
One of the most important ways to link ideas is to sequence them. Sequencing refers to the order in which events happened.
List of the most common mistakes in English for English as a Second language learners and classes.
Here is a detailed guide to capitalization rules especially created for ESL students. Each rule contains a number of examples.
Guide to some of the most common mistakes in English - Has gone to vs. Has been to.
Guide to some of the most common mistakes in English - Then vs. Than.
Guide to some of the most common mistakes in English - Double Negatives.
Guide to some of the most common mistakes in English - Since vs. For with Present Perfect.
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.
Guide to the use of time expressions with various tenses in English.
Guide to forming indirect questions for ESL learners and classes with example situations and questions.
Guide to inversion and the various forms used for inverted sentences such as the negatives never, scarcely, only after, little, etc.
A look at common verbs that are not used in the continuous - progressive - forms.
List of English contractions with full verb and example sentences for ESL students.
Try this 30 question quiz testing the use of simple past or present perfect. For example Jack _____ (work) as an banker before he _____ (become) a teacher.
Study the use of these common expressions using adjective and preposition combinations.
Study the use of these common expressions using adjective and preposition combinations.
Check your understanding of the use of these common expressions using adjective and preposition combinations.
Check your understanding of the use of these common expressions using adjective and preposition combinations.
Test your knowledge of using more than one adjective to describe a noun (i.e., an interesting old English book).
Guideline to the correct order of adjectives when using more than one adjective to describe a noun (i.e., an interesting old English book).
Sometimes students are not sure when to use an adverb or an adjective. This short guide provides an overview and rules to using both adjectives and adverbs.
He is a careful driver. In this sentence 'careful' is an adjective. Learn the basic rules for using adjectives in English.
How to use adverb clauses such as if, unless, only if, even if, etc. to express conditions for results.
How to use adverb clauses with time expressions such though, even though, whereas, etc. to show clauses in opposition to each other.
Introduction to the use of adverb clauses using a chart to show the various types of adverb clauses used (time, opposition, condition and cause/effect).
How to use adverb clauses such as because, as, since, etc. to express cause and effect.
How to use adverb clauses with time expressions such as when, as soon as, before, etc.
Intermediate to advanced English learning quiz using a wide variety of adverbs to fill in the blanks to complete a short tale about someone who wanted to learn Russian.
Reference guide to using adverbs of frequency such as 'always, usually, rarely and never'. This extensive guide includes exceptions, and an extensive list of uses for adverbs of frequency.
There are a number of alternate forms used with the conditional. This features focuses on variations in standard conditional sentences.
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.
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.
Quiz Review of comparative and superlative forms.
Learn the conditional forms: Conditional 0, 1, 2, and 3 as well as some important exceptions to the rules.
When we use contractions (He's, We've etc.) in English including when to use contractions in written English.
Check your understanding of whether a noun is countable or uncountable with this quiz.
Take this 30 question quiz and try to beat the clock!
Check your understanding of the use of direct speech with this (difficult) quiz asking for transformations from direct to indirect speech.
Check your understanding of the use of direct speech with this (difficult) quiz asking for transformations from direct to indirect speech.
Formal English is more difficult than informal English. Furthermore, ideas need to flow logically from one another. This is an example of two sentences connected by a discourse marker. Use this guide to help you or your students express their ideas well.
Do or Make? One of the most common problems for beginners and intermediate learners. They both have similar meanings, but there are differences. Here is a review sheet explaining the difference between the two verbs, providing key collocations and followed up by a quiz testing your knowledge.
Quiz focusing on article useage in English. Choose a, an, the or nothing to complete the gaps.
This grammar reference section provides a quick review and explanation of tenses used in English. The feature is divided into sections on present, past and future tenses including tense usage instructions, example sentences and hints.
A quick overview chart to 13 tenses in English. This guide gives you a general idea of when to use these tenses.
English learning resource providing example sentences of verbs in all tenses including active and passive forms, as well as conditional and modal forms.
English learning resource providing example sentences of verbs in all tenses including active and passive forms, as well as conditional and modal forms.
There are a number of important exceptions to the use of the present simple. Find out which of these exceptions are important for you.
Study the use of these prepositions to express when something happens during another activity.
Learn about how modals are formed in the various tenses.
Learn about the various forms used for the future: will - going to - continuous, including follow up quiz.
Concise Review of English tenses focusing on auxiliary verbs to help students learn English - focus on future tenses.
Not sure whether the verb takes the '-ing' form or the infinitive? Use this great interactive tool to check which form is appropriate.
Decide whether the verb takes the gerund or the infinitive form of the following verb. For example: He enjoys playing tennis. - 'Enjoy' takes the gerund.
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</B></A><BR>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.
Study the use of these prepositions to express movement and position in a city or country.
Study the use of these prepositions to express the position of objects.
Study the use of these prepositions to express when something happens.
This quiz provides questions that cover each of the most important Grammar points that intermediate level English students need to know. Correct answers are provided after each question and a total score is given with feedback at the end of the test.
This quiz provides questions that cover each of the most important Grammar points that intermediate level English students need to know. Correct answers are provided after each question and a total score is given with feedback at the end of the test.
Interactive review of essential intermediate level English. Each question focuses on one specific concept and an explanation of the point is given for an incorrect answer.
Interactive review of essential intermediate level English. Each question focuses on one specific concept and an explanation of the point is given for an incorrect answer.
Interactive review of essential intermediate level English. Each question focuses on one specific concept and an explanation of the point is given for an incorrect answer.
Interactive review of essential intermediate level English. Each question focuses on one specific concept and an explanation of the point is given for an incorrect answer.
'Like' is used in various forms for VERY different questions. Check your understanding of the usage of 'like' with this quiz.
This quiz provides questions that cover each of the most important Grammar points that lower-intermediate level English students need to know. Correct answers are provided after each question and a total score is given with feedback at the end of the test.
Quiz focusing on modal verb basics for English learners with quick guide to explanation of modal forms.
Learn about the modal verbs 'can' and 'be able to'.
Learn about these commonly confused modal verbs that seem to mean the same thing, but really don't ...
Modal verbs can also be used to express how likely we think something is. For example: 'He must be at work. It's nine o'clock' means that I am sure he is at work. Learn these important secondary uses of modal verbs.
Check your understanding of the use of these common noun and preposition combinations.
Study the use of these common noun and preposition combinations.
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.
Check your understanding of the use of passive voice with this quiz asking for transformations from active to passive voice.
Check your understanding of the use of passive voice with this quiz asking for transformations from passive to active voice.
Go - went - gone, come - came -come, sing - sang - ? Having problems memorizing irregular past verbs? Practice the forms with this interactive tool.
Quiz focusing on one of the more difficult grammar points in English: When to use the past simple or present perfect.
Quiz focusing on one of the more difficult grammar points in English: When to use the past simple or present perfect.
Sometimes it's difficult to know whether to use a perfect form (He's lived here for three years) or the progressive perfect form (He's been working for three hours). Find out when to use either form in the past, present or future.
Cloze quiz focusing on personal pronouns, posessive adjectives, possessive pronouns and reflexive forms.
Cloze quiz focusing on personal pronouns, posessive adjectives, possessive pronouns and reflexive forms.
How to form plurals in English including a number of exceptions.
Improve your knowledge of some of the most important and common combinations of prepositions used in English. Here is a reference sheet of some of the most common prepositional phrases arranged by preposition.
Test your knowledge of the some of the most common prepositional phrases in English. Complete the 15 sentences with the prepositional phrases provided.
Test your knowledge of the some of the most common prepositional phrases in English. Complete the 15 sentences with the prepositional phrases provided.
Test your knowledge of the some of the most common prepositional phrases in English. Complete the 15 sentences with the prepositional phrases provided.
Check your understanding of the use of these common expressions using prepositions followed by nouns.
Study the use of these common expressions using prepositions followed by nouns.
What are you doing right now? You are reading this page. Learn how to use the present continuous. For more advanced beginning level students.
Learn about the present perfect and when to use it. For example: I have lived in New York for a long time.
What do you do every day? Use this grammar chart to learn about the Present Simple. For more advanced beginning level students.
Various quantifiers are used based on whether the noun is countable or uncountable, sentence position and negative, positive, or question form. Check your understanding of quantifiers with this quiz.
Quiz testing question forms for both the common object question and the less common subject question.
Overview and short explanation of question forms for subject and object questions.
You know how question tags are formed, don't you? Practice question tag formation with this quiz.
Guide to the use of question words in English. Each question word is explained and provides examples. The guide is followed by a quiz checking your understanding.
Learn how to use reported speech. For example: "I will go to Paris" becomes "He said he would go to Paris".
Explanation with examples of four important subordinate clauses - concessive, time, place and reason clauses.
Challenging quiz connecting sentences with the correct time clause (when, since, etc.) and then choosing the correct tense. Great for review.
Take these quizzes to test your understanding of when to use the gerund (playing) and the infinitive (to play) when following other verbs.
There are five different types of adverbs. This feature explains each of the five adverbs types, adverb spelling and adverb placement, as well as exceptions to the rules.
This guide provides a overview of phrasal verbs including a discussion of separable and inseparable phrasal verbs.
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.
