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English Grammar Resources- For Students

Self-grading Grammar Exercises

This page contains self-study and interactive grammar exercises for learners of English. Click on a grammar topic and you will be taken to a self-grading grammar quiz.. If you can't see the flash quiz, click REFRESH on your web browser. Most of these grammar exercises were built with Flash and Java. Your computer should already have these installed; if not, you will be prompted to download a free copy for your computer.

 

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Adjectives & Adverbs

• Adjectives followed by prepositions1
• Adjectives followed by prepositions 2
• Compound Adjectives - easy-going etc.
• Adjectives to nouns - Match nouns to adjectives.
• Adjectives to nouns - Match nouns to adjectives. 2
• Asking for description using "like"
• Personality Adjectives 1
• Personality Adjectives 2
• Extreme Adjectives 1
• Extreme Adjectives 2

Articles "the" "a"

• Definite & indefinite articles 1
• Definite & Indefinite articles 2

Comparatives/Superlatives

• Comparatives & Superlatives quiz -1

Conditionals Sentences-zero, first, second, third

• zero Conditionals - usually used for things that are always true
• First conditionals - usually for things that have a logical end
• Conditional modals - might, should, had
• Mixed Conditionals & Other Advanced grammar Review
• Conditional sentences - Matching Exercise

Conjunctions - coordinating, contrasting

• Contrasting conjunctions - Although, however, in spite of, despite
• Conjunctions - so, until, while, since
• Conjunctions - While or During
• Conjunctions - Since, for, last, ago
• Conjunctions - for or since in present perfect tenses

Direct/ Indirect speech

Discourse Markers & Conversation Fillers

• Appropriate Discourse makers, Well, Right, Listen etc

Future Forms - future simple, perfect, continuous

• Future simple vs simple past- using will, going to & present progressive
• Future forms, Future continuous, future perfect

Gerunds & Infinitives

(some verbs are followed by gerund-ing form of verbs and others are followed by infinitive to + verb, others by both)

• Gerund and infinitives - ing & to -quiz 1

Idioms - different types

• Money idioms - flat, broke, go Dutch etc
• Idioms Matching exercise - Common idioms

Imperatives (coming soon)

Many or Much

• Using Many and Much

Modal Verbs - can, may, might, should etc.

• Can, Can't , Could, Couldn't
• Can't have and Must have
• Can't and Must modals of probability & possibility
• Must and Have to
• Must, Mustn't and Needn't

Nouns -

• Abstract Nouns test.
• Compound nouns 1(also word formation)
• Compound nouns 2(also word formation)

Partitives - Adjectives that describe a part ex. a piece of, a cup of

• A piece of, a cup of, a loaf of - flash crossword

Passive & Past Participles

• Past participle forms of verbs 1- crossword -
• Passive : Asking about products using passives

Past Tenses : past simple, continuous, present perfect etc.

• simple past vs. future tense
• Present perfect tense vs simple past 1
• Present perfect tense vs simple past 2
• Past Continuous or progressive vs. past simple tense

Phrasal Verbs - Verbs with a preposition usually with an idiomatic meaning. Some are however easy to figure out like - sit down

• Phrasal verbs 1 - missing preposition
• Phrasal verbs 2 - Verb meaning
• Phrasal verbs- verb to noun matching - collocation
• Phrasal verbs and similar verbs matching
• Business English phrasal verbs

Prefixes and Suffixes (affixes) & Word Formation

(Prefixes and suffixes help us form new words in English. We can make new words by adding an affix to change or modify the meaning for ex. weak = weakness). Also we can form words by joining two words for ex. Good + Looking = Good looking. These quizzes will give you more practice.

• Adjectives from nouns using suffixes
• Compound nouns 1
• Compound nouns 2
• Jobs word suffixes - teach - teacher
• Jobs word formation with compound words- pop + singer = pop singer
• Verb to noun suffixes - Add a suffix to make a noun
• Verbs to adjectives- make adjectives from verbs
• Prefix meaning - matching exercise
• Prefix word base exercise 1
• Prefix word base exercise 2
• Prefix multiple choice exercise

Prepositions - Words like in, on under, by with

• Assorted prepositions test
• Prepositions multiple choice
• Prepositions of place - in, on , under etc.
• Verbs followed by prepositions
• Adjectives followed by prepositions

Pronouns - Words that take the place of nouns

• Pronouns - Choose the correct pronoun

Proverbs & Idioms

• Proverbs and meaning matching exercise

Questions

• How many or How much ?
• Tag questions multiple choice
• Questions Words
• Question answer match

Relative pronoun

• Relative Claus and relative pronouns

So and Such

• Using so and such - gap fill

Verbs - A verb is an action or doing word in a sentence. It is the most important part of speech

• Missing verbs gap fill flash exercise
• Verbs gap fill exercise 1
• Verbs gap fill exercise 2
• Verbs and opposites 1
• Verbs and opposites 2
• Verbs and opposites 3
• Verbs and opposites 4
• Verb tenses quiz - Test your knowledge of English tenses