Learn one useful grammar pattern at a time. Read the explanation, study the examples, and try the mini practice.
Use the present simple for habits, routines, facts and repeated actions.
My brother ___ football every Sunday.
Use am/is/are + verb-ing for actions happening now.
Look! The children are ___.
Use present simple for routines and present continuous for actions happening now.
I usually ___ at seven, but today I am sleeping late.
Use the past simple for finished actions. Regular verbs often end in -ed; irregular verbs have special forms.
She ___ her grandmother last Sunday.
Use did/didn’t + base verb for past questions and negatives.
Did they ___ the museum?
Use will + base verb for predictions, promises and quick decisions.
I think it ___ rain tomorrow.
Use am/is/are going to + base verb for plans and intentions.
They are going to ___ football this afternoon.
Countable nouns can be counted. Uncountable nouns are treated as substances or ideas.
We need some ___.
Use some mainly in positive sentences and offers; use any in questions and negatives.
There aren’t ___ eggs.
Use many with countable plural nouns, much with uncountable nouns, and a lot of with both.
How ___ students are there?
Use comparative adjectives to compare two people or things.
An elephant is ___ than a dog.
Use superlative adjectives to compare three or more people or things.
This is the ___ mountain in the area.
Can expresses ability or permission; must expresses strong obligation; should gives advice.
You ___ wear a seat belt.
Use at/on/in for time and common prepositions such as next to, between and opposite for place.
My birthday is ___ July.
Use who, what, where, when, why and how to ask for specific information.
___ do you go to school?
Use If + present simple, will + base verb for a possible future result.
If it is sunny, we ___ go to the park.