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 grammar rules. The goal is to recognise useful patterns, practise them and gradually use them without having to stop and think about every rule.
Grammar Is a Tool for Communication
Grammar helps us show time, relationships, possibility, certainty, condition, emphasis and meaning.
Understand the pattern, then use it
Grammar explanations can help you understand why an English sentence is constructed in a particular way.
But understanding alone is not enough. A structure becomes useful when you have seen, heard and used it often enough for the pattern to become familiar.
Use the sections below to explore a grammar topic, see examples and then practise the structure in context.
English Tenses
Learn how English expresses present, past and future time and how different tense forms change the speaker's perspective.
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 changing developments.
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.
Past Perfect
Show that one past event happened before another past event.
Future Forms
Explore will, going to, present forms and other ways of talking about the future.
English Tense Comparison
Compare similar tenses and learn why one form fits one situation better than another.
English Verbs
Verbs carry much of the structure of an English sentence.
Regular & Irregular Verbs
Learn the main verb forms and practise common irregular verbs.
Be, Have & Do
Explore three of the most important verbs in English and their role as auxiliary verbs.
Get vs Become
Learn how get and become can both describe change but differ in style, context and natural usage.
Gerund or Infinitive?
Learn when English uses doing and when it uses to do.
Modal Verbs
Modal verbs allow speakers to express ability, possibility, obligation, advice and probability.
Can, Could & Be Able To
Talk about present, past and future ability.
Must, Have To & Should
Express obligation, necessity, advice and recommendations.
May, Might & Could
Express different degrees of possibility and uncertainty.
Must, Might & Can't
Use modal verbs to make deductions about what is probably true or impossible.
Conditionals
Conditionals connect one situation with another and allow us to talk about facts, possibilities and imagined situations.
Zero Conditional
Talk about facts, regular results and situations where one thing normally leads to another.
First Conditional
Talk about possible future situations and their likely consequences.
Second Conditional
Talk about imaginary, unlikely or hypothetical situations.
Third Conditional
Talk about past situations that did not happen and imagine different results.
Questions & Word Order
Question structure is one of the most important areas of everyday English grammar.
English Question Forms
Learn the basic structure of yes/no questions and WH questions.
Do, Does & Did
Learn how English forms questions and negatives with the auxiliary verb do.
English Sentence Word Order
Learn the typical order of subject, verb, object and other sentence elements.
Polite & Indirect Questions
Learn how word order changes in expressions such as Could you tell me...?
Nouns, Articles & Quantity
Learn how English talks about things as specific, general, countable or uncountable.
A, An & The
Learn when English uses an article and when no article is needed.
Countable & Uncountable Nouns
Learn why some nouns use many while others use much.
Some, Any, Much, Many & A Lot Of
Practise common expressions for quantities and amounts.
Few, A Few, Little & A Little
Learn how small grammatical differences can change the speaker's meaning.
Adjectives, Adverbs & Comparison
Describe people, things, actions and differences more precisely.
Adjectives & Adverbs
Learn when English needs an adjective and when it needs an adverb.
Comparatives & Superlatives
Compare two or more people, objects or situations.
Very, Really, Quite & Rather
Explore common words for changing the strength of an adjective.
Too & Enough
Talk about something being more or less than what is needed.
Prepositions
Prepositions are small words, but they are essential for relationships of time, place and movement.
At, On & In - Time
Practise common prepositions for times, days, months and periods.
At, On & In - Place
Learn how English describes position and location.
Prepositions of Movement
Learn words such as into, through, across and towards.
Common Preposition Problems
Practise combinations that learners frequently find difficult.
Relative Clauses & Longer Sentences
Learn how English joins information to create more complex and precise sentences.
Who, Which & That
Add information about people and things without creating a new sentence.
Joining Ideas
Use conjunctions and linking structures to connect ideas more naturally.
Passive Voice & Reported Speech
Learn how English changes perspective when the action or reported information becomes more important.
The Passive
Learn when English focuses on what happened rather than who did it.
Reported Speech
Learn how to report what another person said.
Common Grammar Problems
Focus on small differences that frequently cause uncertainty for English learners.
English Grammar for German Speakers
Focus on grammar areas where English and German use different structures.
Used To, Be Used To & Get Used To
Learn three similar-looking structures with very different meanings.
Get vs Become
Compare two common ways of describing a change of state.
Present Perfect vs Simple Past
Learn one of the most important tense differences for many learners.
English Grammar Exercises
Grammar becomes easier when you actively choose, build and use the structure yourself.
Grammar Exercises
Practise different grammar structures through interactive English exercises.
English Learning Exercises & Quizzes
Explore grammar together with pronunciation, vocabulary and other English practice activities.
A Simple Grammar Learning Path
Move from understanding the structure towards using it automatically.
Notice
See the grammar pattern in a real sentence.
Understand
Learn what the structure means and when it is used.
Practise
Choose and build the structure repeatedly.
Use
Bring the pattern into writing and conversation.
From Grammar Rule to Fluency
Knowing a rule and using a structure fluently are two different stages of learning.
Grammar should gradually move into the background
At first, you may consciously think: Which tense do I need? Where does the auxiliary verb go? Which preposition is correct?
That conscious attention is useful while learning. But repeated use gradually makes familiar patterns easier to retrieve.
The long-term goal is to focus more on what you want to say and less on constructing every sentence from a grammar rule.
Explore More English Learning
Combine grammar with speaking, pronunciation and practical exercises.
Understand the rule. Practise the pattern. Use the language.
Grammar gives you a framework, but fluency develops when the framework becomes familiar through repeated use.
Learn one structure clearly, practise it in different situations and gradually let it become part of your English.
Notice. Understand. Practise. Use.