English Grammar and Vocabulary
English grammar rules, verb tenses and forms, vocabulary usage, with exercises and word games.
Grammar
- Basic Grammar Rules (rules on sentence structure and parts of speech)
- a-an-the (definite and indefinite articles)
- adjectives (comparative and superlative forms)
- adjectives - descriptions (people, character and feelings)
- adjective order (the correct order of adjectives)
- adverbs (formation and position)
- adverbs of frequency (frequency adverbs and frequency phrases)
- affect - effect (the difference between them)
- a lot - much - many (when to use them)
- already - still - always - yet (the difference between them)
- although-despite (how and when to use them)
- apostrophes (the correct use of apostrophes in English)
- at-on-in - prepositions
- correlative conjunctions (conjunctions that work in pairs: both/and, not only/but also...)
- double comparatives with 'the...'the' (the more...the less)
- each-every (the difference explained)
- everyone vs every one (difference and use)
- even though - even if - even so (how and when to use them)
- false friends (faux amis) (English/French similar-looking words with different meanings.)
- few-little (few-fewer-fewest/little-less-least: the difference explained)
- for-during-while in time expressions
- for-since-ago when talking about time
- for-to (the difference explained)
- 'I' or 'me' (subject vs object pronouns)
- in case - unless
- job - work: the difference between them
- like - look like- be like
- like - as: when to use 'like' and 'as'
- linking words (connective or transitional words)
- look - see - watch: the difference explained
- nouns: different types of nouns (concrete, abstract, collective, compound ...)
- nouns - collective and compound nouns
- nouns - countable and plural nouns
- nouns - plural forms (how to form the plural of nouns)
- number with 'a' or 'the' (the difference between 'a number of' and 'the number of')
- of-from
- other/another
- possessives
- prefixes (list of common prefixes with examples and meaning)
- negative prefixes (list of the most commonly-used)
- prepositions (list of prepositions with their meaning and an example of use)
- prepositional phrases (set phrases or groups of words introduced by a preposition)
- pronouns (the different types of pronouns)
- quit - quite - quiet (the difference between them)
- rather - rather than - would rather (when to use them)
- silent letters ( A-Z list of silent letters in English words.)
- similes and metaphors with examples
- some - any - a little - a few
- so-neither
- so-such
- subject-verb agreement (making the verb agree with the subject of a sentence.)
- suffixes (list of common suffixes with examples and meaning)
- the (definite article)
- the more ... the less - double comparatives.
- there-their-they're
- they - them - their (to refer to a person in the singular)
- this-that-these-those
- travel - trip - journey - meaning and use
- uk/us differences (differences in American and British vocabulary)
- whatever - whenever - wherever
- whether - if
- who-whom
- who-whose-whom-that-which-where
- wish - if
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word forms
VERB TENSES - formation and use of English verb tenses
OTHER VERB FORMS
- bare infinitives
- causative verbs: make, get, have, let
- future time clauses: (after 'when', 'as soon as', 'before', 'after', 'until'.)
- gerund vs infinitive : when do we use them?
- gerund or infinitive : when can we use both?
- infinitive after certain verbs
- inversion
- irregular verbs
- make or do
- modal verbs (can-could-may-might-should-ought to-shall-will)
- must vs have to
- passive form
- play - go - do
- remember vs remind
- reported or indirect speech
- rob - burgle - steal
- say - tell
- shall - will - should - would
- should - ought -to - need
- stative verbs (verbs that express a state or condition)
- used to
- to be / to get used to
Please note that British English spelling is used on this website.