Basic Grammar Structures for Beginners

Curso Básico de Inglés para Hablantes de Español incluido el seguimiento de pruebas de comprensión

Beginners guide to basic questions about everyday life using simple present and adverbs of frequency

Beginning level overview of the use of the definite and indefinite articles in English.

Beginning level English discussion of determiners including this, that, these, those and here and there for ESL classes and learners.

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

Learn the basics of the simple past including how to use regular and irregular verbs.

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'.

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.

Study the use of these prepositions to express when something happens.

Study the use of these prepositions to express the position of objects.

"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.

Study the use of these prepositions to express movement and position in a city or country.

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.

That is my bag over there - How to use this, that, these, those, here and there.

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.

This guide to spelling focuses on the most common rules used when spelling in English including rules on capitalization, adding suffixes and common endings.

Are there any apples? Use of "some" and "any" - and "some" and "any" words such as something, anywhere, somebody, etc.

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.

What do you do every day? Use this grammar chart to learn about the Present Simple. For more advanced beginning level students.

Basic questions and conversations using the simple present to talk about what you do every day. For beginners at the very beginning!

Learn the basic rules for using the present continuous (progressive) form - especially for beginners.

How many apples do you have? Countable and uncountable nouns with "a, an, some", as well as questions with "How much...?" and "How many ...?".

Introduction to the verb 'to be' in the present incluing basic questions and conversations.

Introduction to the verb 'to be' in the past including basic questions and conversations.

He drives carefully. In this sentence 'carefully' is an adverb. Learn the basic rules for using adverbs in English.

He is a careful driver. In this sentence 'careful' is an adjective. Learn the basic rules for using adjectives in English.

"A, An, The" definite and indefinite articles in English - Beginning Guide to indefinite articles.

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.

Guide to wh questions for English learners including a discussion of preposition combinations, common short form answers with examples of correct usage.

This guide to this that these and those explains when to use these words and which verb form and location words are often used together with these determiners.

Possessive nouns are used to indicate ownership of items with proper nouns and other nouns. This guide provides a wide variety of examples and detailed explanation.

Possessive adjectives are used to indicate who owns what, and includes words such as 'my', 'your', etc. They are often confused with possessive pronouns such as 'mine' and 'yours' but are very different.

Review and guide to possessive pronouns in English. Possessive pronouns are usually placed at the end of sentences and include 'mine', 'yours', etc.

Learn about basic question forms in English by reviewing the structure of simple questions in the present, past and future.

Question tags are used to confirm information or double check a fact. This guide points out the differences in meaning based on pronunciation, and provides examples of question tags in a wide variety of tenses.

Some of the first words used in English are please and thank you. Here is a simple guide to using please and thank you in English to avoid mistakes.

Learn subject, object and possessive pronouns such as I, his, her, etc. and possessive adjectives including mine, hers, etc. with these two charts including example sentences. Take four quizzes to test your knowledge.