Click on the links below to try practice exercises for each of these grammar topics.
Exercises | Example |
The verb 'be' | I am tired. |
Present simple | I live in London. |
Present continuous | I'm working in a shop. |
Present perfect simple | I've never ridden a motorbike. |
Present perfect continuous | I've been living here since 2005. |
Past simple | I lived in France for 3 years. |
Past continuous | I was working in Paris when I met Sam. |
Past perfect simple | I thought he'd forgotten my birthday. |
Past perfect continuous | I knew he'd been working very hard. |
State and action verbs | I think it's true / I'm thinking about you. |
Exercises | Example |
Future verbs | I intend to study medicine. |
Future plans (be going to) | I'm going to visit my sister next month. |
Future predictions (will and going to) | I think it'll rain tonight. |
Future 'simple' | I'll help you clean the kitchen. |
Future 'continuous' | I'll be waiting for you at 6pm. |
Future 'perfect' | I'll have done my homework by 6pm. |
Future time clauses | I'll go home when I finish this. |
Exercises | Example |
First conditionals | If I pass my exams, I'll go to university. |
Second conditionals | If I were a cat, I'd sleep all the time. |
Third conditionals | If I'd eaten less, I wouldn't have been sick. |
Mixed conditionals | If I'd worked harder, I'd be rich now. |
I wish and if only | I wish I'd listened to you! |
Would rather | I'd rather you didn't smoke in here. |
Exercises | Example |
Defining relative clauses | The website which you are using now is fantastic. |
Non-defining relative clauses | This website, which you are using now, is fantastic. |
Relative pronouns | which, who (and similar words - what, where, when) |
Exercises | Example |
Passives (present and past simple) | This webpage was written on a cold winter's night. |
Passives (present and past continuous) | My computer is being fixed. |
Passives (present and past perfect) | My bag has been stolen. |
Have / get passives | I've had my hair cut. |
Passives with reporting verbs | It is thought that the accident happened before 6am. The accident is thought to have happened before 6am. |
Exercises | Example |
Reported speech | She said that she was tired. |
Reported questions | She asked me if I was tired. |
Reporting verbs | say, tell, promise, agree, deny ... |
Exercises | Example |
Subject/object questions | Who hit you? / Who did you hit? |
Indirect questions | Can you tell me what time it is? |
Question tags | You're a student, aren't you? |
Exercises | Example |
Articles (a / an / the) - general rules | I've got a new car. |
Articles with institutions and buildings. | He's in * hospital / he's in a nearby hospital. |
Exercises | Example |
ED / ING adjectives | I was annoyed by his irritating behaviour. |
Strong / weak (gradable / ungradable) | James was very hot, and I was absolutely boiling. |
Comparative adjectives | England is colder than Spain. |
Superlative adjectives | British food is the best in the world. |
Comparing with 'as ... as' | He's not as friendly as you are. |
Comparing with 'much', 'slightly' and similar words | England is much colder than Spain. |
Exercises | Example |
Modal verbs - ability | I can swim really well. |
Modal verbs - obligation | You mustn't steal. |
Modal verbs - deduction | She must be very rich! |
Modal verbs - used to and would | I used to go to Scotland every summer. |
Exercises | Example |
Gerunds/Infinitives after verbs | I love playing the piano, but I need to practise. |
Gerunds/Infinitives after other words | I'm good at cooking. It's easy to make cakes! |
Gerunds/Infinitives (meaning changes) | I stopped working to have a cup of tea. |
Exercises | Example |
Countable and uncountable nouns | I love chickens so I never eat chicken. |
Quantifiers - much, many and a lot of | I don't eat much chicken but I eat a lot of eggs. |
Quantifiers - some, any, (a) few and (a) little | I don't eat any chicken but I eat some eggs. |