Basics. Present Tenses for Future Events
Can you confidently use present verbs to describe tomorrow's plans? Test your advanced grammar skills by mastering scheduled events, fixed personal arrangements, and future time clauses across high-stakes scenarios.
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Condition Clauses: If, Unless, and Provided That
Do you know when a strict rule requires provided that or when to use unless instead of if not? Master the logic of condition clauses by navigating quirky scenarios with time travelers, secret agents, and eccentric professors. Test your grasp of if, unless, and provided that across 12 interactive questions.
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Contrast Clauses: Although, However, and Though
Do you know when to use a semicolon before however, or when to drop though at the end of a sentence? Master the tricky punctuation and placement of contrast clauses by navigating savage restaurant reviews, passive-aggressive roommate notes, and clumsy burglars.
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Adverb Clauses of Reason: Because, Since, and As
Why did the time traveler arrive three centuries late? Master explaining why things happen by testing your knowledge of adverb clauses of reason, distinguishing because vs. because of, applying correct punctuation rules, and identifying reason vs. time contexts.
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Adverb Clauses of Time: When, Before, After, Until
When do you stop whisking? Until your arm goes numb, obviously. Master the timing of events by choosing the right time conjunctions, applying correct verb tenses in future time clauses, and sequencing past events properly.
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Slavic Speakers' Top Errors: Articles, Prepositions, and Pronouns
Do you "depend on" or "depend from" the weather forecast? Master some of the trickiest parts of English by practicing dependent prepositions, articles for professions and generalisations, and pronouns for inanimate objects.
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Articles Bootcamp for Romance Language Speakers: a, the, and Zero Article
Do you say "I am teacher" or "I am a teacher"? Master these tricky rules by testing your knowledge on professions, abstract nouns, generalizations, and specific vs. general contexts.
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Both, Either, and Neither
Do you get confused when talking about two people or things? Master the rules for pairs by testing your knowledge of pronouns, determiners, and paired conjunctions like either/or and neither/nor.
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Each vs. Every: Understanding the Basics
Did you know that you can hold an apple in each hand, but never in every hand? Master the subtle differences between these common quantifiers, including rules for two items, expressing time and frequency, and the correct use of "each of" vs. "every one of".
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A Little and A Few vs. Little and Few
Does adding the letter "a" really change a sentence's entire meaning? Test your grasp of countable vs. uncountable quantifiers and learn to distinguish between positive quantities (a little/a few) and negative shortages (little/few).
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Basics. Verb Forms: Be/Have/Do and Regular/Irregular Verbs.
Verb forms show tense, voice, mood, or other grammatical features, with regular and irregular verbs. Regular verbs follow a pattern by adding -ed for past simple and past participle forms. Irregular verbs have unique forms, including essential auxiliary verbs "be," "have," and "do." Examples of common irregular verbs are "go," "write," "sing," and "swim."
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Basics. Future Simple, Continuous and Perfect Tenses.
The Future Simple, Future Continuous, and Future Perfect tenses express actions or events in the future. Future simple describes an action's occurrence, future continuous highlights its ongoing nature, and future perfect emphasizes its completion by a specific time. These tenses are formed using different auxiliary verbs: "will/shall" for future simple, "will be/shall be" for future continuous, and "will have/shall have" for future perfect. Negative sentences and questions involve placing "not" after the auxiliary or inverting the auxiliary and subject, respectively.
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Basics. Passive Voice.
The Passive Voice emphasizes the action or receiver, using the verb to be and the past participle of the main verb. It can be formed in different tenses, including continuous and perfect. Negative sentences add not after the verb to be, while questions invert the subject and the verb to be.
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Basics. Modal verbs to convey necessity, possibility, permission, or ability.
Modal verbs are auxiliary verbs that convey necessity, possibility, permission, or ability. They include "might," "may," "can," "could," "must," "should," and "have to." Modals have various uses, such as expressing possibility, knowing how to do something, asking for help, or indicating necessity. To negate a sentence with a modal verb, simply add "not" after the modal verb.
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Collocations (Intermediate, B1).
This challenge focuses on Intermediate English level collocations. Collocations are natural-sounding word combinations, such as "lost and found," "rush hour," and "private property." Understanding collocations helps language learners sound more fluent in speaking and writing.
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Say vs. Tell, Advice, and Promises: Communication Collocations
Do you tell someone news or say news to them? Master essential communication collocations including say vs. tell distinctions, advice patterns, promise expressions, and argument vocabulary through 23 interactive questions.
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Complex Sentence: Adverbials
There are five types of subordinate clauses in English: the subject, the predicative, the attributive, the object and several types of adverbial clauses.
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Complex Sentence
There are five types of subordinate clauses in English: the subject, the predicative, the attributive, the object and several types of adverbial clauses.
In English grammar, all the clauses are subdivided into three main groups: noun clauses, adjective clauses and adverb clauses.
The Noun clauses include three types of subordinate sentences such as the subject clause, the predicative clause and the object clause. Usually in subordinate clauses we use the direct word order but in some cases we may face a particular version of inversion. Also, different subordinate clauses need to be introduced by different introductory words which cannot be omitted.
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Zero, First, Second, and Third Conditionals
Would you know what to say if you won the lottery, or how to express regret over a hilariously botched bank robbery? Master the rules for the zero, first, second, and third conditionals across 13 engaging hypothetical scenarios.
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Core Verb Collocations: Make, Do, Take, Have, Break, Keep, Catch, Pay
Do you know why we make breakfast but do homework, or take a break but have a rest? Master essential collocations with make/do, take/have, break/keep, and catch/pay through 17 varied exercises.
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Feelings and Mindset Collocations: Expressing Emotions and Confidence
Do you know why we say "boost confidence" but "build self-esteem"? Master essential collocations for expressing emotions, managing stress and anxiety, and building confidence through 24 varied questions.
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Gerund vs. Infinitive after Adjectives
This challenge tests your ability to choose between gerunds and infinitives after common adjectives. Practice with expressions like "happy to help," "tired of waiting," and "worth trying."
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Gerund vs. Infinitive with Common Verbs
This challenge tests your understanding of gerunds and infinitives after common English verbs. Practice choosing between the -ing form and the to + verb form with verbs like enjoy, want, avoid, and decide.
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Gerund vs. Participle: Understanding -ing Word Functions
This challenge tests your ability to distinguish between gerunds (functioning as nouns) and participles (functioning as adjectives or verb parts). Analyze -ing words in context to determine their grammatical role in each sentence.
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High-Frequency Grammar Fixes for India Learners: Tense, Articles, and Agreement
Have you ever caught yourself saying "I am knowing" instead of "I know," or asking for "an advice"? Polish your everyday English by testing yourself on stative verbs, tricky subject-verb agreement, uncountable nouns, and past tense rules.
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Health and Lifestyle Collocations: Fitness, Sleep, Diet, and Habits
Do you maintain a balanced diet or keep one? Master essential fitness collocations, sleep expressions, diet terminology, illness phrases, and habit-changing language through 24 varied exercises.
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Basics. Adjective + To Infinitive Patterns
Are you ready to test your grammar or reluctant to start? Master the rules for pairing adjectives of emotion, readiness, and difficulty with the to infinitive.
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Basics. Articles with Geographical Names
Why do we visit the United Kingdom but travel to Japan? Master these confusing rules by testing your knowledge of definite and zero articles alongside countries, mountain ranges, water bodies, and deserts.
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Basics. Articles with Institutions: The vs. No Article
Why does a student go to "school" but a parent goes to "the school"? Master the tricky rules of definite vs. zero articles when talking about institutions like prison, university, church, and bed based on purpose versus location.
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Basics. Advanced Question Tags and Echo Questions
Would you know exactly how to respond if your friend announced they were bringing fifteen tarantulas to a dinner party? Master conversational English by practicing echo questions for surprise, tags for indefinite pronouns, and exceptions like "I am" and "Let's".
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Basics. Had Better vs. Would Rather: Advanced Patterns
Do you know why we say "I would rather you didn't" when talking about the present? Master the tricky grammar behind expressing strong warnings and preferences by practicing negative "had better" statements, parallel structures, and past subjunctive forms across 15 questions.
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Basics. The Causative: Have Something Done
Did you cut your own hair, or did you have it cut? Master the art of delegating tasks by practicing the causative structure, focusing on the have/get something done pattern across various verb tenses.
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Basics. Verb Patterns with I'd Rather and It's Time
Did you know that expressing an urgent wish about the present sometimes requires the past tense? Master these tricky rules by practicing I'd rather + base verb, I'd rather + subject + past tense, and the differences between it's time + infinitive and it's high time + past tense.
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Basics. Past Modals of Deduction
Who ate the last slice of pizza, and how did the dog get so muddy? Put on your detective hat and test your ability to use past modals of deduction, choosing between logical certainties, possibilities, and impossibilities.
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Basics. Present Modals of Deduction: Must, Can't, and Might
Are you 100% sure, or just making a logical guess? Test your ability to solve everyday mysteries using present modals of deduction, including must for certainty, can't for impossibility, and might/could for possibility.
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Basics. Negative Questions: Surprise, Invitations, and Opinions
Did you know that negative questions are rarely used just to ask for facts? Test your ability to use them correctly for expressing surprise, confirming information, and making polite invitations across 10 interactive questions.
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Basics. Passive Voice with Modal Verbs
Do you know how to state a strict rule without saying exactly who must follow it? Test your ability to construct the passive voice with modal verbs, form negative rules like must not be touched, and express possibilities with might be seen.
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Basics. Gerunds After Prepositions
Are you tired of wondering whether to use an infinitive or an -ing verb after words like "for," "about," or "in"? Master common verb + preposition + gerund combinations, adjective + preposition phrases, and tricky exceptions like looking forward to.
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Basics. Defining vs. Non-defining Relative Clauses
Did you know that a single missing comma can completely change the meaning of a sentence? Test yourself on essential vs. non-essential information, proper comma placement, and choosing the correct relative pronouns across a variety of fun scenarios.
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Basics. Advanced Relative Pronouns: Whose, Whom, Where, When, and Why
Struggling to decide between "who" and "whom" in formal writing? Master the intricacies of object relative pronouns (whom), possessive relative pronouns (whose), and relative adverbs (where, when, why) in this engaging 11-question challenge.
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Basics. Reporting Verbs: Gerunds, Infinitives, and That-Clauses
Did the suspect deny to eat or deny eating the last slice of pizza? Master the tricky grammatical structures of reported speech by testing yourself on verbs followed by gerunds, verbs followed by infinitives, object plus infinitive patterns, and that-clauses.
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Basics. Third Conditional: Unreal Past Situations
If you had known the secret to the third conditional, would you have spoken English more confidently? Test yourself on forming unreal past situations, using the past perfect correctly in the if-clause, and choosing the right modal perfect results.
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Basics. Verbs of Perception: Bare Infinitive vs. Gerund
Did you hear the floorboards creak, or did you hear them creaking? Master the rules for using the bare infinitive for completed actions and the -ing form for actions in progress after common verbs of perception.
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Basics. Wish and If Only for Past Regrets
Have you ever made a hilarious mistake and wished you could turn back time? Learn how to accurately express past regrets using wish, if only, and the past perfect tense while helping time travelers, dramatic chefs, and gloomy ghosts fix their grammar.
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Life Admin Collocations: Money, Shopping, Tech & Daily Errands
Do you shop around for deals or shop for deals? Master essential collocations for money management, shopping and returns, tech troubleshooting, and daily errands through 20 varied questions.
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Its, Fewer, and Affect: Native Speaker Mistakes
Are you making the same embarrassing grammar mistakes that native English speakers make every day? Master the rules behind the most commonly confused word pairs by practicing its vs. it's, fewer vs. less, and affect vs. effect.
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Would Rather vs. Prefer: Expressing Preferences
Is it I'd rather stay or I'd rather staying? And why does I'd rather you drove use the past tense for a present wish? Test yourself on would rather + base verb, prefer + gerund vs. infinitive, and would rather + someone else + past tense across 13 questions.
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Offers and Orders: Would You Like and I'll Have
Do you know the difference between asking someone "Do you like coffee?" and "Would you like some coffee?" Test your polite conversation skills by mastering would you like + noun, would you like to + verb, and the correct use of I'll have for placing orders.
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Participle Clauses: Shortening Sentences with -ing and Having + Past Participle
Practice using participle clauses to create more concise sentences. This challenge covers both -ing participles for simultaneous actions and having + past participle for completed actions.
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Past Simple vs. Present Perfect for Romance Language Speakers
Do you constantly second-guess whether to use "I ate" or "I have eaten"? Master the difference between completed past actions and ongoing life experiences across 14 hilarious scenarios.
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Polite Requests: Could You vs. Would You Mind
Do you know when to use passing instead of pass when asking someone for a favor? Master the grammar of everyday favors by practicing could you + base verb, would you mind + gerund, and negative polite requests across 15 interactive questions.
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Prepositions and Articles for Turkish Speakers: the, a, in, on, at
Turkish has no articles and no prepositions — that's a double challenge in English. Do you arrive in or at the airport? Is she good in or good at cooking? Master in/on/at for places, the/a article rules, and adjective+preposition collocations across 12 scenarios set in Istanbul, Ankara, and beyond.
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Prepositions Romance Speakers Mix Up: in, on, at, to, for, and since
Do you say in 6 pm or at 6 pm? Is it since three years or for three years? If your native language is Spanish, French, Italian, or Portuguese, these prepositions are your biggest weakness. Master in/on/at for time, since vs for, and to vs for with 12 fun scenarios.
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Special Constructions
In English there are some verb constructions having special indirect meaning, such as used to, would, get used to, get doing, be to do, happen to do, be going to do something, be about to do something etc.
For example “I would go swimming to the swimming pool in my childhood” – means that in the past I went to swim periodically but now I don’t go swimming anymore...
These constructions help to add different shades to the main meaning of a sentence without wordy explanations. Now, how about getting answering the questions?
Stop, Remember, and Try with Gerund or Infinitive
This challenge tests your understanding of how stop, remember, and try change meaning depending on whether they're followed by a gerund or an infinitive. You'll practice distinguishing between past memories and future intentions, quitting an action versus pausing for one, and experimenting versus making an effort.
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School and Learning Collocations: Study Habits, Exams, and Academic Skills
Do you take notes or make notes during lectures? Master essential academic collocations including study habits, exam preparation, skill development, and classroom activities through 22 varied practice questions.
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Subjunctive and Conditional Adventures
What if zombies attacked or you could time travel? Master subjunctive mood and conditional sentences through 10 thrilling scenarios that will make you wish grammar were always this exciting!
Are you B1/Intermediate? Test your English CEFR Level to figure out!
This English grammar quiz is designed to check if an English learner is at B1/Intermediate CEFR level.
It covers a range of grammar and vocabulary concepts that are typically associated with Intermediate learners. These concepts include more advanced verb tenses such as present perfect and past continuous, complex sentence structures such as adverbial clauses and modal verbs, and a wide range of vocabulary related to various topics such as hobbies, and opinions. The quiz also tests the learner's ability to understand idiomatic expressions and phrasal verbs.
After taking the quiz, learners would be able to see where they stand in terms of their English proficiency and if they are ready to move to the next level. Passing the challenge indicates the control of English grammar enough to move to the next level.
Forming Questions: Indirect, Tag, and Subject Forms
Do you know why we ask "Who ate the cake?" instead of "Who did eat the cake?" Master the tricky rules of English interrogatives by testing yourself on subject questions, polite indirect questions, tag questions, and dangling prepositions.
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Question Forms: Indirect, Subject, Object, and Tags
Do you know why we say "Who stole the cheese?" instead of "Who did steal the cheese?" Test your grammar skills by practicing subject vs. object questions, polite indirect questions, tricky question tags, and negative questions across 13 engaging scenarios.
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Used to
We use this expression to talk about habits or repeated actions in the past which we don't do in the present.
For instance: "I used to pass all these grammar tests with ease!"
Verb + Object + Infinitive Patterns
Practice using verbs that take an object + infinitive pattern, such as want, ask, tell, allow, and encourage. Learn when to use to + verb after the object and which verbs require a bare infinitive instead.
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Core Verb and Preposition Combinations
Master fixed collocations like depend on, listen to, and agree with that must be memorized. Avoid common errors like "depend of" or "listen the music" with 10 medium level questions.
I Wish and If Only: Present Regrets and Complaints
Are you stuck in a boring lecture or dealing with a messy roommate? Learn how to express your present regrets and annoyances using wish + past simple, if only + could, and wish + would for complaints.
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EU Learners' Tricky Set (German and French): Word Order, Prepositions, and False Friends
Did you know that translating literally from your native language can completely change your meaning in English? Master these tricky areas by practicing verb-object word order, dependent prepositions, and common false friends like actual vs. current.
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Word Order and Extra Words Errors for Turkish Speakers
Do you say discuss the plan or discuss about the plan? Test your ability to spot and remove unnecessary words by mastering transitive verbs without prepositions, avoiding double subjects, and dropping extra pronouns in relative clauses across 14 questions.
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Work & Productivity Collocations: Tasks, Meetings, Deadlines & Performance
Do you "meet a deadline" or "reach a deadline"? Master the precise word partnerships that make professional English sound natural. Practice meeting collocations, task management phrases, deadline expressions, and performance review language across 18 varied questions.
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