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Grammar Exercises to print

This page contains printable grammar exercises for teaching. ESL teachers and students may freely print them for academic purposes. Click on a grammar topic and you will be taken to a page with all the worksheets displayed as thumbnails. You will see the worksheet graphic. Click on the graphic to download the pdf worksheet you want. For ESL, EFL, ELT, ESOL and all English grammar teaching, we make life easy for you.

 

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Adjectives - exercises to print

• Adjectives followed by prepositions
• Compound Adjectives - easy-going etc.
• Adjectives to nouns - Make nouns from adj.
• Extreme Adjectives matching
• Personality Adjectives

Adverbs - printable exercises

• Adverbs of Frequency worksheets
• Adverbs of Sequence worksheets

Comparatives/Superlatives -

• Comparatives & Superlatives quiz -1
• Animal comparatives & Superlatives
• Pet shop price comparing using as...as
• Space comparatives and superlatives

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

Conjunctions - coordinating, contrasting

• Contrasting conjunctions - Although, however, in spite of, despite
• Coordinating conjunctions

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
• Gerunds and pronouns

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

• Modal verb - using "should" for giving advice
• 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
• Compound nouns
• City word compound nouns
• Noun suffixes from verbs
• Word Formation of nouns

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

• A piece of, a cup of, a loaf of - crossword
• Food partitives - word puzzle
• Partitives board game

Passive & Past Participles

• Past participle forms of verbs 1- crossword -
• Past participle forms of verbs- 2 crossword -
• Past participle forms of verbs 3 crossword -

Past Progressive or Continuous Tense

• Past Continuous or progressive vs. past simple tense

Past Simple and Perfect Tenses : past simple, present perfect .

• Simple past board game
• simple past vs. future tense - Crossword puzzle
• Present perfect tense vs simple past 1- Find someone who
• Present perfect tense vs simple past 2 - Board Game
• Present perfect communicative activity using - EVER & NEVER

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 matching exercise 1
• Phrasal verbs matching exercise 2
• Phrasal verbs matching exercise 3

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)

• Adjectives from nouns using suffixes
• 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
• 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 of place - in, on , under etc.
• Verbs followed by prepositions
• Adjectives followed by prepositions

Present simple , present continuous/progressive tenses

• Present simple vs. Present progressive board game
• Present simple vs. present progressive game using Business verbs

Pronouns - Words that take the place of nouns

• Possessive pronoun - mine, yours , his, hers, etc.- Crossword
• Possessive pronoun - beginners
• Impersonal pronouns and gerunds

Proverbs & Idioms

• Proverbs and meaning matching exercise
• Proverbs board game - using proverb halves

Questions

• Tag questions multiple choice
• Questions Words matching
• Q and A board game
• Indirect questions quiz

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

• Verbs Tenses - Present, past tenses, future
• Verbs gap fill exercise 2
• Verb tenses quiz - Test your knowledge of English tenses