Grammar
29 topics · English grammar
Tenses, articles, prepositions & more
Tenses
12 →- Beginner
Present Simple
Describes habits, routines, and general truths. Also used for facts that are always true, and for fixed…
- Beginner
Present Continuous
Use for actions happening right now, temporary situations around the present, or for fixed future…
- Beginner
Past Simple
Use for completed actions at a specific time in the past, a sequence of past events, or past habits and…
- Intermediate
Past Continuous
Use for an action in progress at a specific past moment, for two simultaneous past actions, or when a longer…
- Intermediate
Present Perfect
Use for life experiences (without a specific time), for recent actions with a present result, for actions…
- Intermediate
Present Perfect Continuous
Use for an action that started in the past and is still in progress, or that has just recently finished with…
- Intermediate
Future Simple (will)
Use 'will' for spontaneous decisions (made at the moment of speaking), predictions based on opinion or…
- Intermediate
Future Continuous
Use for an action that will be in progress at a specific future moment, for planned future actions, or to…
- Intermediate
Going to (Future Plans)
Use 'going to' for plans and intentions already decided, and for predictions based on visible present…
- Advanced
Past Perfect
Use past perfect to make clear that one past action happened BEFORE another past action. Especially useful…
- Advanced
Past Perfect Continuous
Use when you want to stress how long an action had been continuing up to a specific point in the past. Also…
- Advanced
Future Perfect
Use for an action that will be finished before a specific time or before another action in the future.…
Word types
9 →- Beginner
Articles (a/an/the)
Use 'a/an' when mentioning something for the first time or when it is one of many. Use 'the' for specific…
- Beginner
Prepositions of Place
Use prepositions of place to describe where people, objects, or places are located in relation to each other.…
- Beginner
Prepositions of Time
Use 'at' for clock times, meals, and holidays. Use 'on' for days of the week and specific dates. Use 'in' for…
- Beginner
Countable & Uncountable Nouns
Use countable nouns with a/an, numbers, and many/few. Use uncountable nouns with much/little/some/any, but…
- Beginner
Adjectives (Basic)
Use adjectives before nouns to describe them (attributive position), or after linking verbs like be, seem,…
- Beginner
Adverbs of Frequency
Use adverbs of frequency with the Present Simple to describe how often something happens. Place them before…
- Intermediate
Comparative & Superlative
Use comparative (+ than) to compare two things or people. Use superlative (the + est / the most) to compare…
- Intermediate
Modal Verbs (can, could, must)
Use 'can' for ability/permission in the present. Use 'could' for past ability, polite requests, or…
- Advanced
Phrasal Verbs
Use phrasal verbs in everyday spoken English and informal writing. They sound more natural than formal…
Sentence structure
8 →- Beginner
There is / There are
Use 'there is/are' to introduce or announce the existence of something. It is very common for describing what…
- Intermediate
First Conditional
Use for real, possible future situations — if the condition is realistic and likely to happen. Common for…
- Intermediate
Second Conditional
Use for imaginary, hypothetical, or unlikely situations in the present or future. Also used politely when…
- Intermediate
Passive Voice (Simple)
Use passive voice when the action is more important than the doer, when the doer is unknown, obvious, or…
- Intermediate
Reported Speech
Use reported speech to tell someone else what another person said, asked, or thought — without quoting their…
- Advanced
Third Conditional
Use to talk about past situations that did NOT happen, and imagine what the result WOULD HAVE BEEN. Common…
- Advanced
Relative Clauses
Use defining relative clauses (no commas) when the information is essential to identify the noun. Use…
- Advanced
Wish & If Only
Use 'wish/if only + past simple' for wishes about present or future situations (that are unreal now). Use…