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Table of Contents

Grammar Rules
Adjectives, Adverbs, Conjunctions
Nouns and Pronouns
Prepositions
Verbs and Verb Tenses
Grammar Tables (HTML)
Grammar Tables (PDF)
Interactive Exercises
Adjectives, Adverbs, Conjunctions
Relative Clauses
Nouns
Prepositions
Questions
Verbs
Conditionals
Gerunds
Simple Past
Past Progressive vs. Simple Past
Present Perfect vs. Simple Past
Passive Voice
Word Order
Proofreading
Grammar Games
Concentration (Flash)
Drag and Drop (Flash)
Check Your English
Grammar Test
Preposition Test
Grammar Links
TOEFL Links
Writing Links

Grammar Rules

Adjectives, Adverbs, Conjunctions

• The a- adjectives

• Adverbs of Frequency Rules for the use of frequency adverbs.

• bored vs. boring A discussion of the differences between present and past participles (-ing and -ed forms) used as adjectives.

• Order of Adjectives

• so vs. such
  

Nouns and Pronouns

• Noun Adjuncts (noun + noun) Noun adjuncts are nouns used as adjectives. This sheet explains their use.
  

• Plurals of Nouns (PDF 595KB) (Updated 02/Nov/2006)
  This document explains the formation of plurals in English. Topics include the plurals of regular and irregular nouns, foreign nouns, proper nouns, compound nouns, numbers, letters, words used as examples, and symbols.
  

Prepositions

• Above, Below, Over, Under
• In, On, At - Location
• In, On, At - Time
• Through

Verbs and Verb Tenses

• Simple Present Tense
• Pronunciation of Regular Past Tense
• Spelling Rules for Regular Past Tense Verbs
• Simple Past Tense
• Past Progressive vs. Simple Past (Also discusses when vs. while)
• Present Perfect vs. Simple Past
  Rules to help you determine whether to use the present perfect or the simple past.
  

• First Conditional
  An explanation of the first conditional with examples.
  

• The Passive Voice Rules for the formation and use of the passive voice in English. Omission and inclusion of by. Active vs. passive.
• The Passive Voice Same discussion of the passive voice as above but in PDF format.

• There to be Use of there is, there are, there was, there were, there have been, there could have been, etc.

• Yes/No Questions (PDF) Rules for the formation of yes/no questions in English.

Grammar Tables (HTML)

• Pronoun Table

• Verb Table: Active Voice, Affirmative
• Verb Table: Active Voice, Negative
• Verb Table: Active Voice, Interrogative

• Verb Table: Passive Voice, Affirmative
• Verb Table: Passive Voice, Negative
• Verb Table: Passive Voice, Interrogative

• Common Verbs and Their Prepositions (about, at, in)
• Common Verbs and Their Prepositions 2 (on, to, with)

• Verbs Followed by Gerund and/or Infinitive
  

• Verbs with Two Object Patterns
• Indirect Object with Verbs of Saying
  

• List of English Prepositions

Grammar Tables (PDF)

PDF files are best for printing.

• Pronoun Table

• List of Irregular Verbs
• List of Irregular Verbs with Spanish Translation 
• List of Irregular Verbs with Spanish Translation (Color)
  Same as above but with alternating green and white rows.

• Verb Table: Active Voice, Affirmative
• Verb Table: Active Voice, Negative
• Verb Table: Active Voice, Interrogative

• Verb Table: Passive Voice, Affirmative
• Verb Table: Passive Voice, Negative
• Verb Table: Passive Voice, Interrogative

• Verbs Followed by Gerund and/or Infinitive
  

• Verbs with Two Object Patterns
• Indirect Object with Verbs of Saying
  

• List of English Prepositions

Interactive Exercises

Adjectives, Adverbs, Conjunctions

For scrambled sentences with adverbs of frequency, see Word Order below.

• Adverbs of Frequency - Exercise 1  Rewrite each sentence using the adverb of frequency in parentheses.

• Order of Adjectives - Quiz 1

• Present vs. Past Participle - Exercise 1  Multiple-choice exercise using the present and past participles as adjectives.
• Present vs. Past Participle - Exercise 2  Multiple-choice exercise.

• So vs. Such Multiple choice with so or such.
  

• Too vs. Enough 1 Fill in the blanks with too or enough.
  
• Too vs. Enough 2 Fill in the blanks with too or enough and the word in parentheses.
  

• Although vs. Because Choose although or because for each sentence.
  
• Because vs. So Fill in the blanks with because or so.
  

Relative Clauses

Exercises covering the main types of relative clauses.

• Restrictive Relative Clauses - Object-Subject Pattern Matching Exercise - OS Pattern with who, and which.
• Restrictive Relative Clauses - Object-Subject Pattern Sentence Combining Exercise - OS Pattern with who, which and that.
• Restrictive Relative Clauses - Object-Subject Pattern Sentence Combining Exercise - OS Pattern with whose.

• Restrictive Relative Clauses - Object-Object Pattern Matching Exercise - OO Pattern with who(m), and which.
• Restrictive Relative Clauses - Object-Object Pattern Sentence Combining Exercise - OO Pattern with who, whom, which and that.
• Restrictive Relative Clauses - Object-Object Pattern Sentence Combining Exercise - OO Pattern with whose.

• Restrictive Relative Clauses - Subject-Subject Pattern Matching Exercise - SS Pattern with who, and which.
• Restrictive Relative Clauses - Subject-Subject Pattern Sentence Combining Exercise - SS Pattern with who, which and that.
• Restrictive Relative Clauses - Subject-Subject Pattern Sentence Combining Exercise - SS Pattern with whose.

• Restrictive Relative Clauses - Subject-Object Pattern Sentence Combining Exercise - SO Pattern with who, whom, which and that.
• Restrictive Relative Clauses - Subject-Object Pattern Sentence Combining Exercise - SO Pattern with whose.

Nouns

This group of exercises practices the use of noun modifiers (noun adjuncts or noun + noun).

• What do we call ...? - Exercise 1 Noun modifiers (noun adjuncts) that indicate what something is made of.
  
• What do we call ...? - Exercise 2 Noun modifiers (noun adjuncts) that describe devices.
  
• What do we call ...? - Exercise 3 Noun modifiers (noun adjuncts) that describe food.
  

Prepositions

Exercises with verbs using at and to.

• At vs. To 1
• At vs. To 2
• At vs. To 3
• At vs. To 4

Expressions of location with in, on, and at.

• Location Exercise 1 (In, On, At)
• Location Exercise 2 (In, On, At)
• Location Exercise 3 (In, On, At)

Expressions of time with in, on, and at.

• Time Exercise 1 (In, On, At)
• Time Exercise 2 (In, On, At)
• Time Exercise 3 (In, On, At)

Expressions of time with since, for, and in.

• Since vs. For
• In vs. For

Exercises with verbs using prepositions.

• Verbs with Prepositions Exercise 1 (about, by, for, with) - Multiple Choice 
• Verbs with Prepositions Exercise 2 Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition.

• Adjectives with Prepositions Exercise 1 - Drag and Drop 

Questions

• Personal questions with do and does Change the statements to yes/no questions with do or does.

• Who Questions (Subject and Object) 1 Questions in the present tense with who (subject and object).

• Review of Wh- Questions - Quiz 1  Review of question words (who, what, where, when, how, etc.)

• Tag Questions 1 Present tense tag questions.
• Tag Questions 2 Past tense tag questions.
• Tag Questions 3 Present perfect tag questions.

• Embedded Wh- Questions 1 (Indirect Questions)

• Embedded Yes/No Questions 1 (Indirect Questions)

Verbs

• Regular Verb Spelling Quiz

• Simple Past Pronunciation Exercise   Identify the pronunciation of the -ed ending of 15 regular verbs in this multiple-choice quiz.

There are recorded exercises for the pronunciation of the simple past on the pronunciation page.

Fill-in-the-blank (gap-fill) exercises with used to

• used to - Exercise 1
• used to - Exercise 2

Conditionals

Fill-in-the-blank (gap-fill) exercises on conditional sentences.

• First Conditional - Exercise 1
• First Conditional - Exercise 2
• Provided vs. Unless

• First Conditional - Passive 1
• First Conditional - Passive 2

• Second Conditional - Exercise 1
• Second Conditional - Exercise 2

• Second Conditional - Passive 1
• Second Conditional - Passive 2

• Second Conditional - Wishes

• Third Conditional - Exercise 1
• Third Conditional - Exercise 2

• Third Conditional - Wishes

Gerunds

Fill-in-the-blank (gap-fill) exercises with gerunds.

• Gerund After Preposition 1 Fifteen sentences with gerund after preposition (includes to as preposition and as infinitive marker).
  
• Gerund After Preposition 2 Fifteen more sentences with gerund after preposition (includes to as preposition and as infinitive marker).
  

• Gerund vs. Infinitive Quiz 1  The use of the gerund or infinitive after certain verbs. Multiple-choice quiz.
• Gerund vs. Infinitive Quiz 2  A second group of verbs taking the gerund or infinitive. Multiple-choice quiz.

Simple Past

Fill-in-the-blank (gap-fill) exercises using the past tense of regular verbs.

• Simple Past of Regular Verbs 1
  
• Simple Past of Regular Verbs 2
  

The exercises in the following groups practice irregular past tense verb forms in two ways: as a multiple-choice exercise or a gap-fill exercise.

See also Grammar Games below for Flash Drag and Drop practice with irregular verbs in more advanced sentences.

Simple Past of Irregular Verbs: Multiple Choice

• Irregular Verbs - Quiz 1
• Irregular Verbs - Quiz 2
• Irregular Verbs - Quiz 3
• Irregular Verbs - Quiz 4
• Irregular Verbs - Quiz 5
• Irregular Verbs - Quiz 6
• Irregular Verbs - Quiz 7

Simple Past of Irregular Verbs: Fill in the Blanks

The sentences in this group are the same as in the multiple-choice sentences.

• Irregular Verbs - Quiz 1A
• Irregular Verbs - Quiz 2A
• Irregular Verbs - Quiz 3A
• Irregular Verbs - Quiz 4A
• Irregular Verbs - Quiz 5A
• Irregular Verbs - Quiz 6A
• Irregular Verbs - Quiz 7A

Simple Past & Past Participle of Irregular Verbs: Fill in the Blanks in the Table 

Fill in the missing parts of the irregular verbs in the table.

• Irregular Verbs - Table 1 - The three principal parts are different
• Irregular Verbs - Table 2 - The three principal parts are different
• Irregular Verbs - Table 3 - The three principal parts are different
• Irregular Verbs - Table 4 - The three principal parts are different
• Irregular Verbs - Table 5 - The Simple Past and the Past Participle are the same
• Irregular Verbs - Table 6 - The Simple Past and the Past Participle are the same
• Irregular Verbs - Table 7 - The Simple Past and the Past Participle are the same
• Irregular Verbs - Table 8 - The Simple Past and the Past Participle are the same
• Irregular Verbs - Table 9 - All three principal parts are the same

• The Trip to Dracula's Castle Part 1 Fill in the blanks with the simple past of regular and irregular verbs in this selection from Bram Stoker's horror classic.
• The Trip to Dracula's Castle Part 2
• The Trip to Dracula's Castle Part 3
• The Trip to Dracula's Castle Part 4

• Frankenstein Fill in the blanks with the simple past of regular and irregular verbs in this selection from Mary Shelley's horror classic.

Past Progressive vs. Simple Past

• Past Progressive 1   [Fill in the Blanks]
• Past Progressive 2   [Correct the word inside square brackets]

• The Hound of the Baskervilles Practice the past progressive and simple past by filling in the blanks in this excerpt from a famous Sherlock Holmes adventure.
  

Present Perfect vs. Simple Past

• Present Perfect vs. Simple Past 1  Choose the correct time expressions in each sentence.
• Present Perfect vs. Simple Past 2  Fill in the blanks with the present perfect or the simple past of the verbs in parentheses.
• Present Perfect vs. Simple Past 3 Choose ago, for, or since for each sentence.

• Dracula Fill in the blanks with the present perfect or simple past in this excerpt from Bram Stoker's horror classic.

Passive Voice

Fill in the blanks with the passive forms of the verbs in each sentence.

• Passive Verb Forms 1 Past Tense Passive
• Passive Verb Forms 2 Present Perfect Passive
• Passive Verb Forms 3 Present Tense Passive
• Passive Verb Forms 4 Present Progressive Passive
• Passive Verb Forms 5 Past Progressive Passive
• Passive Verb Forms 6 Passive with Modals
• Passive Verb Forms 7 Passive with Modals 2
• Passive Verb Forms 7 Passive Infinitive with need(s) to

Choose the active or passive form of the verb in each sentence in these multiple-choice exercises.

• Active or Passive 1
• Active or Passive 2 For Tolkien fans. Choose the active or passive form in sentences relating to the Lord of the Rings.

Word Order

Put the words in the correct order in these scrambled (jumbled) sentences.

Scrambled sentences with adverbs of frequency.

• Adverbs of Frequency 1
• Adverbs of Frequency 2

Scrambled sentences with direct and indirect objects.

• Scrambled Sentences - Objects Exercise 1
• Scrambled Sentences - Objects Exercise 2
• Scrambled Sentences - Objects Exercise 3
• Scrambled Sentences - Objects Exercise 4

Scrambled wh-questions.

• Present tense wh-questions 1
• Present tense wh-questions 2 with "how"

Proofreading

Find the incorrect word in each sentence.

• Common Errors 1
• Common Errors 2

Grammar Games

Concentration (Flash)

Can you remember where the simple and past forms are and match them?

• Irregular Verbs 1
• Irregular Verbs 2

Match the verb and its past participle.

• Irregular Past Participles 1
• Irregular Past Participles 2
• Irregular Past Participles 3
• Irregular Past Participles 4

Drag and Drop (Flash)

Drag the irregular past tense form and drop it onto the blank in the appropriate sentence.

• Past Tense Sentences 1
• Past Tense Sentences 2
• Past Tense Sentences 3

Check Your English

Use these 100-question tests to check your knowledge of English grammar. How much do you know?

Grammar Test

Preposition Test

Grammar Links

• UsingEnglish.com - Glossary of English Grammar Terms

• UsingEnglish.com - Irregular Verb List Viewer
  Free Irregular Verb List program that allows you to have a comprehensive list at your disposal. This program installs itself in the program menu and provides the most complete list of irregular verbs I have seen. It provides not only verb forms but definitions in English as well.
  

• Blue Book Grammar & Punctuation

• ELC Index to Grammar Materials
• ELC Level 200 Grammar Topics
• ELC Level 330 Grammar Topics
• ELC Level 410 Grammar Topics

• The Grammar Aquarium
  

• Grammar Station

• Grammar Bytes!
  

TOEFL Links

• TestMagic Free TOEFL Structure Tests
• ExamEnglish Free practice tests (TOEFL, TOEIC, and others)
• Educational Testing Service (ETS) TOEFL Practice Online - Requires registration (free)

Writing Links

Letter Writing:

• Guide to Basic Business Letters
• Letter Writing - Useful Phrases
• How To Write Well
• Deadwood Phrases
  Make your writing more concise by eliminating wordy phrases

Other Writing Links:

• Argumentative Essay Topics
• 11 Rules of Writing
• Guide to Grammar and Writing
• Paradigm Writing Assistant
• Purdue OWL Handouts