English Grammar
English grammar rules and verb tenses from 'A' to 'N'.
Grammar: The Essentials
List A → N
- Basic Grammar Rules: rules on sentence structure and parts of speech
- a-an-the: definite and indefinite articles
- adjectives: comparative and superlative forms
- adjectives- compound: formation and use of compound adjectives
- adjectives - descriptions: people, character and feelings
- adjectives ending in -ing or -ed: meaning and use
- adjectives repeated for emphasis
- adjective order: the correct order of adjectives
- adjectives used as nouns: adjectives that function as collective nouns (the rich, the poor...)
- adverbs: formation and position
- adverbs of frequency: frequency adverbs and frequency phrases
- affect - effect: the difference between them
- alone - lonely: difference and use explained
- a lot - much - many: when to use them
- already - still - always - yet: the difference between them
- also - too - as well: where to place and how to use
- although-despite: how and when to use them
- any: different ways of using the word 'any'
- as if/as though vs like: explanation with examples
- apostrophes: the correct use of apostrophes in English
- as - while - when: the difference and use explained
- at-on-in - prepositions: when to use them
- avoid - pretend - escape: differences and use
- bare infinitives: verbs without 'to'
- beside vs besides: the difference explained
- between vs among: the difference explained
- briefly vs shortly: the difference explained
- can-could-be able to: the difference explained
- causative verbs: make, get, have, let
- clauses and phrases in sentences: the difference and use explained
- complain of, about, to, that: how and when to use them
- compound verbs: verbs formed from two words
- conditional structures: zero, first, second and third conditionals
- conjunctions: different types of conjunctions
- correlative conjunctions: conjunctions that work in pairs: both/and, not only/but also...
- double comparatives with 'the...'the': the more...the less
- double possessives: difference between possessive and double possessive forms
- each-every: the difference explained
- each other, one another, ourselves: the difference explained
- even though - even if - even so - even when: how and when to use them
- everyone vs every one: difference and use
- expect - hope - wait: how they differ
- 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
- future tense
- future with 'going to'
- 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?
- 'if' alternatives : ways to replace 'if' in sentences
- infinitive after certain verbs
- 'I' or 'me': subject vs object pronouns
- in case - unless: how and when to use
- inversion: verb before the subject
- irregular verbs
- job - work: the difference between them
- lay vs lie: differences and conjugation
- like - look like- be like: the difference explained
- like - as: when to use 'like' and 'as'
- likely - twice as likely -likelihood: meaning and use
- linking words: connective or transitional words
- look - see - watch: the difference explained
- made with 'of-from-with-out of-in': their meaning and use explained
- make or do: when to use 'make' or 'do'
- mistake - error - fault: the difference explained
- modal verbs: can-could-may-might-should-ought to-shall-will
- must vs have to: using 'must' or 'have to' for obligation
- nouns: different types of nouns: concrete, abstract, collective, compound ...
- nouns: collective nouns collectives nouns for people, things, animals
- nouns: compound nouns compound nouns and their formation
- nouns: countable and plural nouns
- nouns: plural forms: how to form the plural of nouns
- number with 'a' or 'the': difference between 'a number of' and 'the number of'