Basic Grammar Rules

• • Basic Grammar Rules 
  • rules on sentence structure and parts of speech)
  • a-an-the (definite and indefinite articles)
  • adjectives (comparative and superlative forms)
  • adverbs (formation and position)
  • adverbs of frequency (frequency adverbs and frequency phrases)
  • affect - effect (the difference between them)
  • a lot - much - many
  • already - still - always - yet
  • although-despite
  • at-on-in - prepositions
  • each-every
  • everyone vs every one (difference and use)
  • even though - even if
  • false friends (faux amis)  (English/French similar-looking words with different meanings.)
  • few-little
  • for-during-while in time expressions
  • for-since-ago when talking about time
  • for-to
  • 'I' or 'me' (subject vs object pronouns)
  • in case - unless
  • job - work
  • like - look like
  • like - as
  • linking words (connective or transitional words)
  • nouns - collective and compound nouns
  • nouns - countable and plural nouns
  • nouns - plural forms (how to form the plural of nouns)
  • of-from
  • other/another
  • possessives
  • prepositions (list of prepositions with their meaning and an example of use)
  • prepositional phrases (set phrases or groups of words introduced by a preposition)
  • quit - quite - quiet (the difference between them)
  • rather - rather than - would rather (when to use them)
  • silent letters ( A-Z list of silent letters in English words.)
  • some - any - a little - a few
  • so-neither
  • so-such
  • subject-verb agreement (making the verb agree with the subject of a sentence.)
  • the  -  definite article
  • there-their-they're
  • they - them - their (to refer to a person in the singular) 
  • this-that-these-those
  • travel - trip - journey  - meaning and use
  • uk/us differences (differences in American and British vocabulary)
  • whatever - whenever - wherever
  • whether - if
  • who-whom
  • who-whose-whom-that-which-where
  • wish - if
    

• Verb tenses - formation and use of English verb tenses

  • present simple
  • present continuous
  • present perfect
  • past simple
  • past continuous
  • past perfect
  • present-past revision
  • present perfect vs past perfect summary
  • present perfect or past simple: when do we use them?
  • future tense
  • future with 'going to'
  • conditional
  • verb tense revision table
    

• Other verb forms

  • causative verbs: make, get, have, let
  • future time clauses: (after 'when', 'as soon as', 'before', 'after', 'until'.)
  • gerund vs infinitive : when do we use them?
  • inversion
  • irregular verbs
  • make or do
  • modal verbs  (can-could-may-might-should-ought to-shall-will)
  • must vs have to
  • passive form
  • play - go - do
  • remember vs remind
  • reported or indirect speech
  • rob - burgle - steal
  • say - tell
  • shall - will - should - would
  • should - ought -to - need
  • used to
  • to be / to get used to