More English Grammar
Clear explanations, practical examples and exercises to help you understand and use English grammar naturally.
Grammar gives language structure, but the goal is not simply to know the rules. The goal is to recognise useful patterns, practise them and gradually use them without stopping to think about every rule.
Grammar Is a Tool for Communication
Grammar helps us express time, relationships, possibility, certainty, conditions, emphasis and meaning. A good explanation shows you why an English sentence is built the way it is.
But understanding alone is not enough. A structure only becomes useful once you have seen, heard and used it often enough for the pattern to feel familiar. Choose a topic, read the explanation and then practise the structure in context. Want the big picture first? Start with the complete English grammar overview.
1 English Tenses
Learn how English expresses present, past and future time and how each tense changes the speaker’s perspective. New to tenses? Start with the overview of all English tenses.
Simple Present
Use the Simple Present for routines, facts, repeated actions and general situations.
Present Continuous
Talk about actions happening around now, temporary situations and developing trends.
Simple Past
Talk about completed actions, events and situations in the past.
Past Continuous
Describe actions that were in progress at a particular moment in the past.
Present Perfect
Connect past events with the present and talk about experience, change and unfinished periods.
Future Forms
Explore will, going to, present forms and other ways of talking about the future.
Comparing Tenses
Compare similar tenses and learn why one form fits a situation better than another.
2 English Verbs
Verbs carry much of the structure of an English sentence, and small verb choices often make the biggest difference.
State Verbs
Learn why verbs such as know, like and believe are rarely used in the continuous form.
Make, Do, Have & Take
Master four of the most common verbs in English and the fixed expressions they form.
Get vs Become
Both describe change, but they differ in style, context and natural usage.
3 Modal Verbs
Modal verbs let speakers express ability, possibility, obligation, advice and probability.
Ability & Possibility
Use can, could and be able to for what is possible now, in the past and in the future.
Permission & Obligation
Express rules, necessity and permission, and learn the key difference between mustn’t and don’t have to.
Advice, Suggestions & Probability
Give advice, make suggestions and say how likely something is.
All Modal Verbs at a Glance
See every modal verb, its meaning and typical uses in one place.
4 Conditionals
Conditionals connect one situation with another and let us talk about facts, possibilities and imagined situations. See all types side by side in the conditionals overview.
Zero vs First Conditional
Separate general facts from real, possible future situations and their results.
First vs Second Conditional
Learn when a situation is realistic and when it is imaginary or unlikely.
Third Conditional
Talk about past situations that did not happen and imagine different results.
All Conditionals: Mixed Practice
Choose between zero, first, second and third conditional in mixed exercises.
5 Questions
Asking questions correctly is one of the most important skills in everyday English.
English Question Forms
Learn the basic structure of yes/no questions and WH questions.
Do, Does & Did
Learn how English forms questions with the auxiliary verb do.
Who, What, Where & Why
Learn the English question words and how to use them correctly.
6 Articles, Quantifiers & Determiners
Learn how English talks about things as specific, general, countable or uncountable. For the full picture, see quantifiers and determiners explained.
Some vs Any
Learn when to use some and any in positive sentences, negatives and questions.
Few, A Few, Little & A Little
See how a small grammatical difference can change the speaker’s meaning.
7 Adjectives & Adverbs
Describe people, things and actions more precisely.
Adjective or Adverb?
Learn when English needs an adjective and when it needs an adverb.
Good vs Well
Finally get one of the most common adjective/adverb mix-ups right.
8 Prepositions
Prepositions are small words, but they are essential for expressing time, place and movement. Start with the prepositions overview.
Complex Prepositions
Practise multi-word prepositions such as in front of and because of.
9 Relative Clauses & Longer Sentences
Learn how English joins information to build more complex and precise sentences.
Who, Which & That
Add information about people and things without starting a new sentence.
Linking Sentences
Use conjunctions and linking words to connect ideas more naturally.
10 Passive Voice & Reported Speech
Learn how English shifts perspective when the action, or what someone said, matters more than who did it.
The Passive
Learn when English focuses on what happened rather than who did it.
11 Common Grammar Problems
Focus on small differences that often cause uncertainty for English learners.
Common Mistakes for German Speakers
Focus on the grammar areas where English and German use different structures.
Present Perfect vs Simple Past
Master one of the most important tense differences for many learners.
Since vs For
Learn which word to use with a starting point and which with a period of time.
12 Practice: From Rule to Fluency
Grammar gets easier when you actively choose, build and use the structure yourself.
Grammar Rules & Exercises
The complete overview of English grammar rules with exercises, also available as a PDF.
Choose the Right Tense
Test yourself with mixed exercises where you decide which tense fits.
A simple grammar learning path
Notice
Spot the grammar pattern in a real sentence.
Understand
Learn what the structure means and when it is used.
Practise
Choose and build the structure again and again.
Use
Bring the pattern into your writing and conversations.
Grammar gives you a framework, but fluency develops when that framework becomes familiar through repeated use. Learn one structure clearly, practise it in different situations and let it gradually become part of your English.
Notice. Understand. Practise. Use.
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