English Grammar

English grammar rules and verb tenses from 'A' to 'N'.

Grammar: The Essentials

List A → N

1. Basic Grammar Rules: rules on sentence structure and parts of speech
2. a-an-the: definite and indefinite articles
3. adjectives: comparative and superlative forms
4. adjectives- compound: formation and use of compound adjectives
5. adjectives - descriptions: people, character and feelings
6. adjectives ending in -ing or -ed: meaning and use
7. adjectives repeated for emphasis
8. adjective order: the correct order of adjectives
9. adverbs: formation and position
10. adverbs of frequency: frequency adverbs and frequency phrases
11. affect - effect: the difference between them
12. alone - lonely: difference and use explained
13. a lot - much - many: when to use them
14. already - still - always - yet: the difference between them
15. also - too - as well: where to place and how to use
16. although-despite: how and when to use them
17. apostrophes: the correct use of apostrophes in English
18. at-on-in - prepositions: when to use them
19. avoid - pretend - escape: differences and use
20. bare infinitives: verbs without 'to'
21. beside vs besides: the difference explained
22. between vs among: the difference explained
23. causative verbs: make, get, have, let
24. clauses and phrases in sentences: the difference and use explained
25. complain of, about, to, that: how and when to use them
26. compound verbs: verbs formed from two words
27. conditional structures: zero, first, second and third conditionals
28. conjunctions: different types of conjunctions
29. correlative conjunctions: conjunctions that work in pairs: both/and, not only/but also...
30. double comparatives with 'the...'the': the more...the less
31. double possessives: difference between possessive and double possessive forms
32. each-every: the difference explained
33. even though - even if - even so: how and when to use them
34. everyone vs every one: difference and use
35. expect - hope - wait: how they differ
36. false friends (faux amis):English/French similar-looking words with different meanings.
37. few-little: few-fewer-fewest/little-less-least: the difference explained
38. for-during-while: in time expressions
39. for-since-ago: when talking about time
40. for-to: the difference explained
41. future tense
42. future with 'going to'
43. future time clauses: after 'when', 'as soon as', 'before', 'after', 'until'.
44. gerund vs infinitive : when do we use them?
45. gerund or infinitive : when can we use both?
46. 'if' alternatives : ways to replace 'if' in sentences
47. infinitive after certain verbs
48. 'I' or 'me': subject vs object pronouns
49. in case - unless: how and when to use
50. inversion: verb before the subject
51. irregular verbs
52. job - work: the difference between them
53. lay vs lie: differences and conjugation
54. like - look like- be like: the difference explained
55. like - as: when to use 'like' and 'as'
56. linking words: connective or transitional words
57. look - see - watch: the difference explained
58. made with 'of-from-with-out of-in': their meaning and use explained
59. make or do: when to use 'make' or 'do'
60. mistake - error - fault: the difference explained
61. modal verbs: can-could-may-might-should-ought to-shall-will
62. must vs have to: using 'must' or 'have to' for obligation
63. nouns: different types of nouns: concrete, abstract, collective, compound ...
64. nouns - collective and compound nouns
65. nouns - countable and plural nouns
66. nouns - plural forms: how to form the plural of nouns
67. number with 'a' or 'the': difference between 'a number of' and 'the number of'