Grammar for Intermediate Level English Learners

This guide to expressing quantity in English focuses on common expressions used to express large quantities for both countable and uncountable nouns.

What is the Gerund? It's the verb + ing and is also often referred to as the 'ing' form. This guide to the gerund will help you understand when to use the form and which verbs to combine with the English gerund.

Guide to how to adverb placement in English for English language learners and classes.

This guide to the differences between usage in so and such to provide reasons for doing something for English learners.

Guide to the correct usage of the modal verbs can and be able to for ESL EFL English students and classes

Review and guide to possessive forms including possessive nouns, possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns for lower level English learners and classes.

Expressions of quantity depend on whether a noun is countable or uncountable. These resources provide explanations, quizzes and lesson plans to help English learners in ESL / EFL classes improve their understanding of correct expressions of quantity usage.

Overview of information technology jobs and requirements related to English usage for specific tasks in information technology jobs for computer specialists.

An in-depth guide to the various uses of the verb 'use' to express habit, and ability to cope with a given situation.

Guide to the most common expressions of quantity with examples of both count and noncount nouns.

How to Express Quantity in English for Beginners including an explanation of few, little, much and many with follow up quiz.

Guide to learning the comparative and superlative forms for students and teachers. This guide includes a brief description, links to detailed explanations, quizzes, free lesson plans, related activities and worksheets.

One of the most important ways to link ideas is to sequence them. Sequencing refers to the order in which events happened.

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.

Here is a detailed guide to capitalization rules especially created for ESL students. Each rule contains a number of examples.

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.

List of English contractions with full verb and example sentences for ESL students.

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 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.

This article provides an explanation of a number of forms used to emphasize statements when expressing opinions, disagreeing, making strong suggestions, expressing annoyance, etc.

Getting ready to go back to school as a student or teacher can be as simple as reviewing what you've studied or taught, or as difficult as learning new skills to prepare you for a new class. This guide to back to school resources at the site for beginning, intermediate, advanced level and teachers will help you prepare for the new school year.

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.

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.

Quiz focusing on article useage in English. Choose a, an, the or nothing to complete the gaps.

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.

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.

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

Match-Up! is a grammar review game that helps students review basic sentence structure and match these structures to grammar concepts / structures / forms they have studied throughout the year.

This feature presents an extract with a follow-up guide giving examples of the most important grammar terminology. By quickly reviewing this reference sheet, you can quickly brush-up your or your class' understanding of key grammar terminology, while at the same time reviewing some basic grammar concepts.

This "how to" focuses on the basic goal of everything that this site deals with... A basic strategy guide to improving your English.

Helpful guide to understanding "how" to take a test, as knowing English well is not the only thing necessary to do well on a test.

Use this maze to test your knowledge of English while having fun.

Great review exercise based on a wide variety of learning points appropriate to the intermediate level.

'Like' is used in various forms for VERY different questions. Check your understanding of the usage of 'like' with this quiz.

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.

What are you doing right now? You are reading this page. Learn how to use the present continuous. 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.

Recommendations for every intermediate level English learner including course book, grammar books, exercise book, dictionary and appropriate software.

Explanation with examples of four important subordinate clauses - concessive, time, place and reason clauses.

Take note of where Bob is in relationship to the objects in the pictures to help improve your understanding of prepositions of place.

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.

Explanation of indirect objects especially written for English as a Second Language or Foreign Language learners. A variety of direct object types are explained and examples are included to illustrate.

Explanation of direct objects especially written for English as a Second Language or Foreign Language learners. A variety of direct object types are explained and examples are included to illustrate.

Discussion of the exceptions to the rule when using do and did in the positive to disagree or stress information for English learners.

Using three question forms to form questions in English with special attention to asking polite questions.

Structure and usage of possessive noun forms including a discussion of apostrophe placement and difficulties in singular and plural possessive noun apostrophe placement.

Participles are used in tenses and for other purposes. This discussion of the various uses of the present and past participles describes each type and its uses.

Connecting language includes words and phrases that help connect ideas, subjects and objects within sentences as well as between sentences. This quick guide to connecting language focuses on coordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions and relative pronouns.

Noun clauses are used in dependent clauses in English. They are used as subjects or objects, and are often used in indirect questions beginning with phrases such as 'Do you know ...' and 'I'm not sure ...'. This guide to noun clauses explains the use of these clauses with multiple examples provided.

Adjectives are a part of speech which describes or modifies a noun. Many adjectives are identified with other grammar terms, but there are nine distinct types of adjectives. Each adjective type is explained with examples and pointers to usage.