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Beginning Level English Grammar for ESL Students

English grammar learning for beginners includes English grammar explainations for basic grammar such as tenses, preposition use, adjectives and adverbs and more.
Guide to Expressions of Quantity
Guide to the most common expressions of quantity with examples of both count and noncount nouns.
Expressing Quantity
How to Express Quantity in English for Beginners including an explanation of few, little, much and many with follow up quiz.
Guide to Future with Will and Going to
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 Past Simple and Past Continuous
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 Present Tenses
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.
Common Mistakes in English - It's vs. Its
Guide to some of the most common mistakes in English - it's vs. it's.
Basic English Lessons for Beginning English Learners
20 essential basic English lessons for beginning English learners. Use this gallery as a great way to study the basics in one easy to use area of the site. Each English lesson provides basic information and is followed by a short quiz to test your understanding.
Beginner English Grammar Review Quiz -4
Another 50 questions that cover each of the most important Grammar points that beginning 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.
Beginner English Grammar Review Quiz -3
Another 50 questions that cover each of the most important Grammar points that beginning 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.
Beginner English Grammar Review Quiz -2
Another 50 questions that cover each of the most important Grammar points that beginning 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.
Indirect Questions
Guide to forming indirect questions for ESL learners and classes with example situations and questions.
Non-Continuous Verbs
A look at common verbs that are not used in the continuous - progressive - forms.
English Contractions
List of English contractions with full verb and example sentences for ESL students.
Beginner English Grammar Review Quiz
The beginner English grammar review provides 38 questions that cover each of the most important Grammar points that beginning 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.
A, An, The
"A, An, The" definite and indefinite articles in English - Beginning Guide to indefinite articles.
Adjectives
He is a careful driver. In this sentence 'careful' is an adjective. Learn the basic rules for using adjectives in English.
Adverbs
He drives carefully. In this sentence 'carefully' is an adverb. Learn 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.
Be - past - Where were you yesterday ?
Introduction to the verb 'to be' in the past including basic questions and conversations.
Be - present - Hello! My name is Ken
Introduction to the verb 'to be' in the present incluing basic questions and conversations.
Be - Quiz
Test your understanding of the verb 'to be' with this quiz
Beginner Grammar Review - 1
Try this "grammar banging" as a review for beginners of many of the most important points in beginning English.
Beginner Grammar Review - 2
Try this "grammar banging" as a review for beginners of many of the most important points in beginning English.
Beginner Grammar Review - 3
Try this "grammar banging" as a review for beginners of many of the most important points in beginning English.
Beginner Grammar Review - 4
Try this "grammar banging" as a review for beginners of many of the most important points in beginning English.
Beginner Review
Get the most out of this beginners' section. Review the beginner grammar by answering the questions then check your answers by clicking on the "Check" button. If you make a mistake you will be told and can click on the button to take you to the proper beginner review page!
Comparative and Superlative Forms - Quiz
Quiz Review of comparative and superlative forms.
Comparatives and Superlatives for Beginners
"Boston is more exciting than Philadelphia. New York is the most exciting city in the USA, but Seattle is the best in my opinion." Learn about comparing people, places and things using the comparative and superlative forms.
Do or Make Explained
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.
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.
Future - What will the weather be like?
Using the future with will to predict the weather. Easy grammar and exercise page designed especially for a first time look at the future with 'will'.
Have and Have Got Quiz
Do you understand the usage of 'have' and 'have got'? Try this quiz to test your understanding of these two possessive forms.
Have and Have Got
The differences between 'have' and 'have got' can be confusing for beginners. Here is a guide the two forms.
in / at / on - prepositions of place and movement
Study the use of these prepositions to express movement and position in a city or country.
in / at / on - prepositions of place
Study the use of these prepositions to express the position of objects.
in / at / on - prepositions of time and date
Study the use of these prepositions to express when something happens.
Modal Verb Basics - Quiz 2
Quiz focusing on modal verb basics for English learners with quick guide to explanation of modal forms.
Much or Many Quiz
How many peoples?! Take this quiz on singular, plural, countable and uncountable nouns.
Much or Many?
How many apples do you have? Countable and uncountable nouns with "a, an, some", as well as questions with "How much...?" and "How many ...?".
Past Simple - What did you do last weekend?
Learn the basics of the simple past including how to use regular and irregular verbs.
Plural Forms
How to form plurals in English including a number of exceptions.
Prepositions - The Basics of Time and Place
Janet was born on the 12th of January in Boston at 6.15 p.m. ... Prepositions of time and place - at, in, on and to.
Present Continuous (Progressive) Tense
What are you doing right now? You are reading this page. Learn how to use the present continuous. For more advanced beginning level students.
Present Continuous - What are you doing?
Learn the basic rules for using the present continuous (progressive) form - especially for beginners.
Present Simple Basics
Basic questions and conversations using the simple present to talk about what you do every day. For beginners at the very beginning!
Present Simple Tense
What do you do every day? Use this grammar chart to learn about the Present Simple. For more advanced beginning level students.
Question Words
Beginning level 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.
Some or Any?
Are there any apples? Use of "some" and "any" - and "some" and "any" words such as something, anywhere, somebody, etc.
Spelling Problems in English
Spelling words in English is challenging work. This feature provides a guide to some of the most common problems encountered when spelling words in English.
Spelling Quiz
Could you spell that again? - Take this listening comprehension quiz to practice your spelling skills.
Spelling Rules in English
This guide to spelling focuses on the most common rules used when spelling in English including rules on capitalization, adding suffixes and common endings.
This, That, These, Those, Here and There
That is my bag over there - How to use this, that, these, those, here and there.
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.
Beginner English Grammar Review Quiz
This beginner test provides questions that cover each of the most important Grammar points that beginning 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.

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