Quick Grammar Reference
This reference section provides brief explanations of 48 of the more common areas of grammar, each with an activity to help you learn.
Adjectives and Prepositions
Adjectives (gradable / non-gradable)
Adjectives ending in -ed and –ing
Articles 1
Articles 2
As and Like
British English and American English
Capital letters and apostrophes
Comparing and contrasting – modifying comparatives
Conditionals 1
Conditionals 2
Countable and Uncountable nouns 1
Countable and Uncountable nouns 2
Enough
Future continuous and Future perfect
Future Plans
in spite of / despite / although
Just, yet, still, already
Modals 1
Modals – deduction (present)
Modals – deduction past
Multi-word verbs
Participle clauses
Passives
Past ability and possibility
Past Continuous and Past Simple
Past habit – used to/would/past simple
Past perfect
Predicting the Future
Present Perfect
Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous
Question forms and subject/object questions
Question tags
Reflexive pronouns
Relative clauses - non-defining relative clauses
Relative clauses – defining relative clauses
Reported questions
Reported speech 1
Reported speech 2
So
Stative verbs
Verbs and Prepositions
Verbs followed by ‘ing’ or by ‘to + infinitive’ 1
Verbs followed by ‘ing’ or by ‘to + infinitive’ 2
Wish and If only
Words that are often confused
‘used to + infinitive’ and ‘be/get used to’
Adjectives (gradable / non-gradable)
Adjectives ending in -ed and –ing
Articles 1
Articles 2
As and Like
British English and American English
Capital letters and apostrophes
Comparing and contrasting – modifying comparatives
Conditionals 1
Conditionals 2
Countable and Uncountable nouns 1
Countable and Uncountable nouns 2
Enough
Future continuous and Future perfect
Future Plans
in spite of / despite / although
Just, yet, still, already
Modals 1
Modals – deduction (present)
Modals – deduction past
Multi-word verbs
Participle clauses
Passives
Past ability and possibility
Past Continuous and Past Simple
Past habit – used to/would/past simple
Past perfect
Predicting the Future
Present Perfect
Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous
Question forms and subject/object questions
Question tags
Reflexive pronouns
Relative clauses - non-defining relative clauses
Relative clauses – defining relative clauses
Reported questions
Reported speech 1
Reported speech 2
So
Stative verbs
Verbs and Prepositions
Verbs followed by ‘ing’ or by ‘to + infinitive’ 1
Verbs followed by ‘ing’ or by ‘to + infinitive’ 2
Wish and If only
Words that are often confused
‘used to + infinitive’ and ‘be/get used to’
Malaysia
dee vane
Indonesia
Taiwan