English grammar guides
Each guide explains one point of English grammar in simple English: what it is, when you use it, the pattern, examples and common mistakes. Practice and progress are in the free app.
A1
- The th sounds — Why practise th?
- be: am, is, are — What is the verb be?
- a, an and the — What are articles?
- Present simple — What is the present simple?
- Questions with do — Why do English questions need do?
- Present continuous — What is the present continuous?
A2
- Past simple — What is the past simple?
- was and were — What is the past of be?
- going to — What is going to?
- Comparatives — How do you compare two things?
- some, any, much, many — How do you talk about amounts?
- in, on, at (time) — Which word goes before a time?
B1
- Present perfect or past simple? — Why two past tenses?
- will or going to? — Two ways to talk about the future
- First conditional — What is the first conditional?
- must, have to, should — How do you talk about rules and advice?
- who, which, that — What is a relative clause?
- -ed endings — How do you say -ed?
B2
- Second conditional — What is the second conditional?
- The passive — What is the passive?
- Reported speech — What is reported speech?
- used to and would — How do you talk about past habits?
- Present perfect continuous — What is the present perfect continuous?
C1
- Third and mixed conditionals — How do you talk about an unreal past?
- Inversion for emphasis — What is inversion?
- wish and if only — How do you express wishes and regrets?
- Cleft sentences — What is a cleft sentence?
- Word stress — Why does word stress matter?
C2
- Participle clauses — What is a participle clause?
- The subjunctive — What is the subjunctive?
- Hedging — What is hedging?
- Collocations — What are collocations?