168 challenges
Articles with Abstract Nouns
Why do we say "time is an illusion" but "a terrifying silence"? Master the tricky exceptions of uncountable concepts by practicing zero articles for general ideas, definite articles for specified nouns, and indefinite articles for modified abstract nouns.
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Advanced Concessive Clauses: As, Though, and Albeit
Do you know how to use "Try as I might" or "Ridiculous as it sounds" correctly? Master advanced contrast structures by testing yourself on fronted adjectives with as/though, verb fronting, albeit, and much as.
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Conditional Conjunctions: Supposing, Provided That, and Even If
Are you ready to move beyond basic "if" clauses? Test your advanced grammar skills by mastering nuanced conditional phrases like supposing, provided that, on condition that, even if, and but for.
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Advanced Discourse Markers
Do you know how to elegantly pivot back to a main story after a random tangent, or correctly use formal words like albeit and notwithstanding? Test your mastery of advanced transitions by practicing markers of concession, extent and purpose, and reformulation and resumption across 10 challenging questions.
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Mastering Double Passive Constructions
Ever wondered why "the file is scheduled to be deleted" sounds perfectly fine, but "the file was attempted to be deleted" is grammatically wrong? Test your advanced grammar skills on acceptable double passives, reporting verbs for rumors, and verbs that reject passive infinitives.
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Ellipsis in Coordination
Why repeat yourself when you can drop words to create elegant, concise sentences? Test your advanced grammar skills on gapping, verb phrase (VP) ellipsis, and right node raising across 10 challenging questions.
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Advanced Fronting and Inversion
Do you know why we say Never have I seen... instead of I have never seen...? Learn how to add dramatic flair to your English by mastering negative adverbial inversion, locative fronting, and inverted conditionals.
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Advanced Future Forms and Future in the Past
Do you know how to express an unfulfilled plan from the past or calculate exact durations leading up to a future deadline? Test your advanced grammar skills by mastering the future perfect continuous, future in the past, and nuanced expectation phrases like bound to and on the verge of.
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Get-Passives and Other Variations
Do you know when to use got caught instead of was caught, or why a theory is understood rather than got understood? Challenge yourself with complex sentence structures, including dynamic get-passives, causative delegation, and adversative passives for describing unexpected misfortunes.
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Implied Conditionals: But For, Without, and Otherwise
Can you spot a hypothetical situation when the word "if" is nowhere to be found? Navigate 10 tricky scenarios by identifying implied conditionals hidden within phrases like but for, otherwise, given, and implied subjects.
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Advanced Inverted Conditionals: Should, Were, and Had
Do you know how to drop the "if" to make your English sound more formal and dramatic? Master the art of inversion by testing your knowledge of first conditionals with should, second conditionals with were, third conditionals with had, and complex mixed conditionals.
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Mastering It-Cleft Sentences: Agreement and Adverbials
Do you know whether to write "It is I who is" or "It is I who am"? Test your advanced syntax skills by mastering pronoun and verb agreement, emphasizing prepositional phrases, and structuring complex adverbial and negative time clauses.
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Marginal Modals: Dare, Need, and Ought To
Are you confused about when to use "needn't have done" instead of "didn't need to do"? Master the trickiest rules of English verbs by testing yourself on marginal modals, past regrets with ought to, and the modal forms of dare and need.
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Complex Past Modals: Continuous and Passive Forms
Do you know the difference between an action that shouldn't have been done and one that needn't have been done? Put your advanced grammar skills to the test with continuous deductions, passive obligations, and unnecessary past actions.
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Nominal Relative Clauses: Whoever, Whomever, and What
Do you know whether to write "I leave my fortune to whoever" or "to whomever" when it follows a preposition? Master advanced pronoun cases by testing yourself on whoever vs. whomever, what vs. that, and tricky verb agreement within nominal relative clauses.
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Prepositions in Idiomatic Expressions
Do you know if a rumored corporate merger is in the offing or on the offing? Test your mastery of advanced, fixed phrases by choosing the correct prepositions for expressions like by dint of, under the auspices, out of kilter, and at the behest of.
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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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Quantifiers with Of-Structures
Why do we say "most people" but "most of the people"? Master tricky grammar rules by testing yourself on quantifiers with object pronouns, specific vs. general determiners, and complex structures like every one of and none of the.
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Relative Clauses with Quantifiers
Do you know how to link sentences using words like some, none, or half without creating a dreaded comma splice? Test your advanced grammar skills by mastering quantifiers with relative pronouns, choosing correctly between whom, which, and the tricky possessive whose.
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Reporting with Modals
Do you know how to accurately report tricky statements like "What shall I do?" or "You mustn't enter"? Shifting modal verbs into reported speech requires much more than just a simple tense backshift. Test your advanced grammar skills on reporting shall for advice, must for prohibitions and obligations, and past modal deductions like must have and might have.
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Reported Questions and Commands
Do you still use question word order when reporting what someone asked? Test your advanced grammar skills on reported wh- questions, yes/no questions, and infinitive commands in this 10-question challenge.
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Advanced Sentence Adverbs
Do you know the difference between "He spoke thankfully" and "Thankfully, he spoke"? Test your ability to set the tone of a sentence by mastering sentence adverbs, distinguishing them from adverbs of manner, and expressing attitude and certainty.
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Subjunctive in Fixed Expressions
Have you ever wondered why we say "be that as it may" instead of "is that as it may"? Master the remnants of the English subjunctive mood by practicing fixed expressions, concessive phrases, and hypothetical idioms across 10 challenging scenarios.
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The Subjunctive in That-Clauses
Why do we say "I demand that he be fired" instead of "is fired"? The formal subjunctive mood ignores standard conjugation rules to express urgency, necessity, or strict demands. Test your advanced grammar skills by applying the active and passive subjunctive, negative subjunctive forms, and the continuous subjunctive.
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Substitution with So, Not, and Do
Do you know when to say "I suspect not" instead of "I don't suspect so"? Master advanced clause replacement by practicing negative expectations, adjective substitution, verb phrase fronting, and the tricky rules of stative verbs with "do".
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The Were-Subjunctive in Conditionals
Do you know when to use "Were I to go" instead of "If I was going"? Master the art of formal hypotheticals by testing yourself on subject-verb inversion, the "were to" future conditional, and tricky mixed conditionals.
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Wh-Cleft Sentences: Standard, Reversed, and Action Focus
Want to add a dramatic, native-level flair to your English sentences? Test your advanced grammar skills by mastering standard wh-clefts, reversed wh-clefts, action-focused cleft structures, and pseudo-clefts.
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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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Articles Advanced
When using articles, there are a number of ways to communicate specific shades of meanings with articles. Related rules for proper names don't make things easier. To complicate things even further, there are other determiners occasionally taking the place of articles. For instance, some and no function like articles, but behave somewhat differently with uncountable nouns.
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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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Basics. Basic Adjectives: Placement and Order
Ever wonder why we say a cute brown dog instead of a brown cute dog? Test your foundational grammar skills by practicing adjective placement, basic adjective order, and plural invariance across 12 engaging questions.
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Basics. Adverb Placement: Always, Usually, and Often
Ever wonder why we say "I always eat" but "I am always hungry"? Master the rules for adverb placement before main verbs, placement after the verb "to be", and word order in questions across 10 fun scenarios.
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Basics. Present and Past Forms of Be, Do, and Have
Do you know when to use was instead of were, or does instead of do? Master the most important irregular verbs in English by practicing subject-verb agreement, present and past tenses, and question and negative forms.
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Basics: Can and Could - Ability and Permission
Test your Basics: Can and Could - Ability and Permission skills with 12 questions at easy level.
Basics. Second Conditional: Hypothetical Situations
What would you do if you won the lottery or suddenly gained superpowers? Master expressing unlikely or imaginary scenarios by practicing past simple if-clauses, the "If I were you" advice structure, and formal conditional inversions.
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Basics. Zero and First Conditionals
Will the world end if you snooze your alarm, or does it just happen every time? Test your ability to distinguish between absolute truths and future possibilities by mastering the zero conditional, the first conditional, and the tricky use of unless vs. if.
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Basics. Basic Conjunctions: And, But, Or, So, Because
Do you know when to use so instead of because to explain a chaotic morning? Connect your ideas smoothly by mastering cause and effect, contrasting statements, adding information, and offering alternatives using basic conjunctions.
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Basics. Time Conjunctions: When, While, Before, and After
Ever tried to tell a thrilling story but completely jumbled the timeline of events? Master your storytelling by testing your knowledge of interrupted actions, simultaneous events, and logical sequencing using when, while, before, and after.
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Basics. Do vs. Make: Basic Collocations
Do you know when you should do a favor but make a mistake? Master the tricky differences between these two verbs by practicing everyday collocations, household chores, and action vs. creation phrases.
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Basics. Basic Meanings of the Verb Get
How can one small word mean so many different things? Master the most common uses of this versatile verb by practicing when it means to arrive, become, or receive.
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Basics: Going To - Future Plans and Predictions
Test your Basics: Going To: Plans and Predictions skills with 12 questions at easy level.
Basics. Have and Have Got for Possession
Do you know the difference between "Do you have?" and "Have you got?" Test your knowledge on expressing possession with affirmative statements, negative forms, and questions using both have and have got.
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Basics. Asking About Duration: How Long Does It Take?
Are you planning a trip or baking a cake and need to ask about the time? Master the structure of asking about duration, using the auxiliary "does", and answering with "it takes" in this 12-question challenge.
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Basics. Indefinite Pronouns: Somebody, Anything, and Nowhere
Can you explain the difference between having nothing to eat and not having anything to eat? Master the rules of indefinite pronouns for people, things, and places, and learn how to correctly use some, any, no, and every compounds in positive and negative sentences.
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Forming Indirect Questions
Test your Basics: Indirect Questions skills with 12 questions at medium level.
Basics. Using 'It' for Time, Distance, and Weather
Why do English speakers say "It is raining" instead of just "Is raining"? Master the dummy subject by practicing how to correctly use "it" for time, weather conditions, and distance.
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Basics: May and Might - Expressing Possibility
Are you completely sure, or is it just a possibility? Learn how to accurately express uncertainty by mastering affirmative and negative possibility, future predictions, and the modal + base verb rule.
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Quantifiers: Much, Many, and A Lot Of
Do you know why we say "much time" but "many hours"? Master the rules of quantity by choosing the correct words for countable nouns, uncountable nouns, and versatile phrases like a lot of.
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Must vs. Have To: Expressing Obligation
Test your Basics: Must and Have To - Obligation skills with 12 questions at easy level.
Basics. Object Pronoun Placement
Do you know whether you should say "pick it up" or "pick up it"? Master your sentence structure by practicing object pronouns after verbs and prepositions, double object placement, and separable phrasal verbs.
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Basics. Avoiding Repetition with One and Ones
"I'll take the chocolate cupcake, and the strawberry cupcake too." Sounds a bit repetitive, right? Master the art of natural speech by substituting singular and plural countable nouns with one and ones, and learn how to avoid confusing them with pronouns like it or them.
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Basics: Past Continuous - Form and Use
What were you doing at 8 PM last night? Master the art of describing past ongoing actions by practicing interrupted actions, parallel events, and specific past times.
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Basics: Past Simple - Irregular Verbs
Test your Past Simple: Irregular Verbs skills with 15 questions at easy level.
Basics: Past Simple - Regular and Irregular Verbs
Test your Past Simple: Regular Verbs (worked/got/went) skills with 15 questions at easy level.
Basics: Past Forms of the Verb "To Be": Was vs. Were
Test your Verb "To Be": Past Forms (was/were) skills with 15 questions at easy level.
Basics. Common Phrasal Verbs for Daily Life
Do you know the difference between waking up and getting up? Master the vocabulary of everyday life by testing your knowledge of morning routines, household chores, operating electronics, and running errands.
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Basics. Prepositions of Movement: Up, Over, and Through
Do you know when to run up a hill, jump over a fence, or crawl through a tunnel? Test your vocabulary by choosing the correct movement prepositions to complete funny stories about escaping dogs, clumsy ghosts, and tired knights.
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Basics. Prepositions of Movement and Place: to, in, and at
Do you know why we travel to a city, arrive in a country, but wait at the airport? Master these tricky rules by practicing prepositions of movement, arriving in large areas, and arriving at specific locations.
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Basics. Prepositions of Movement: Into, Through, and Across
Did the disobedient dog jump over the hurdle, or crawl under it? Test your ability to navigate English sentences using prepositions of movement, including through vs. across, onto vs. into, and directional phrases.
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Basics. Prepositions of Place: In, At, and On Buildings
Are you waiting in the building, at the entrance, or on the roof? Test your spatial grammar by choosing the correct prepositions for enclosed spaces, building floors and surfaces, and general locations.
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Basics. Prepositions of Position: Next To, Between, and Under
Have you ever struggled to explain exactly where you left your missing phone or where a frightened pet is hiding? Master your spatial vocabulary by practicing the differences between the prepositions next to, between, and under in everyday situations.
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Basics. Prepositions of Time: At, On, and In
Do you know when to schedule a meeting on Monday versus at 3:00 PM? Test your accuracy with exact times, days and dates, and longer periods like months and years across 12 fun questions.
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Basics. Preposition Combinations with Common Verbs
Do you know why we arrive in London but arrive at a castle? Test your accuracy with dependent prepositions, common verb phrases, and the nuances of arrive in vs. arrive at to sound more natural in English.
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Basics: Present Continuous
Test your Present Continuous: Form and Use (I am doing) skills with 15 questions at easy level.
Basics: Present Perfect - How Long Have You...?
Test your Basics: Present Perfect - How Long Have You...? skills with 11 questions at easy level.
Basics: Introduction to the Present Perfect
Have you ever wondered how to talk about your past experiences without saying exactly when they happened? Master the basics of the present perfect tense by practicing subject-verb agreement, irregular past participles, and interrogative forms across everyday scenarios like travel, food, and chores.
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Basics: Present Simple - Form and Use
Test your Present Simple: Form and Use (I do/work/like) skills with 15 questions at easy level.
Basics: Present Forms of the Verb "To Be"
Test your Verb "To Be": Present Forms (am/is/are) skills with 15 questions at easy level.
Basics. Quantifiers: All, Most, Some, Any, and No
Ever struggled to choose between "I don't have any money" and "I have no money"? Master the scale of quantities from 100% to zero by practicing the rules for the quantifier spectrum, avoiding double negatives, and choosing between no vs. any.
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Question Tags: Rules and Special Cases
Test your Basics: Question Tags skills with 12 questions at medium level.
Question Words with Prepositions
Test your Basics: Question Words with Prepositions skills with 12 questions at medium level.
Basics of Yes/No and Wh- Questions
Test your Basics: Questions - Yes/No and Wh- Questions skills with 12 questions at easy level.
Basics. Relative Clauses: Who, Which, and That
Do you know when to use a comma with which, or when that is grammatically forbidden? Master your sentence-building skills by practicing defining and non-defining relative clauses, pronouns for people vs. things, and prepositions before relative pronouns.
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Basics. Reported Speech: Questions and Commands
Do you know why we say she asked where I went instead of she asked where did I go? Master the tricky word order of reported Wh- and Yes/No questions, and learn how to properly format positive and negative reported commands.
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Basics. Reported Statements: Tense and Time Shifts
Do you know how to correctly report someone saying "I will do it tomorrow"? Test your ability to apply tense backshifting, change time and place markers, and choose correctly between said and told.
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Basic Short Answers and Agreement
Test your Basics: Short Answers and Agreement skills with 12 questions at easy level.
Giving Advice with Should
Test your Basics: Should - Advice skills with 12 questions at medium level.
Basics. Adverbs: Still, Yet, and Already
Do you know when to say "I am still waiting" versus "I haven't left yet"? Test your ability to express time and expectations by mastering ongoing situations, early completions, and unmet expectations across 10 engaging questions.
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Subject vs. Object Questions
Test your Basics: Subject vs. Object Questions skills with 12 questions at medium level.
Basics. There Is vs. There Are
Do you know when to ask is there instead of are there? Master the basics of expressing existence by practicing singular and plural forms, negative statements, and questions in the present tense.
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Basics. There Was, There Were, and There Will Be
Do you know how to talk about things that existed in the past or will exist in the future? Test your ability to choose between past singular and plural forms (there was/were) and make future predictions (there will be).
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Basics. Time Prepositions: Before, After, During, and While
Did you fall asleep during the movie, or while the movie was playing? Master the rules of time by practicing the differences between during vs. while and sequencing events with before and after.
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Basics. Verb + Object + To Infinitive Patterns
Why do we say "I want you to leave" instead of "I want that you leave"? Master the verb + object + to infinitive pattern, including common reporting verbs and negative infinitives, to give commands and express expectations perfectly.
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Basics. Verb + -ing Form: Gerunds After Common Verbs
Do you know why we say "I suggest leaving" but not "I suggest to leave"? Master these tricky grammar rules by practicing verbs followed by gerunds, verb-preposition combinations, and verbs that change meaning (like stop and remember) across 12 engaging questions.
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Basics. What, Which, and How Questions with Nouns
Are you ever confused about whether to ask "what color" or "which color"? Test your accuracy with question words by practicing what vs. which for open and limited choices, and how much vs. how many for uncountable and countable nouns.
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Basics: Will for Decisions, Promises, and Offers
Do you know exactly when to use will instead of going to? Master the basics of the future tense by practicing how to express spontaneous decisions, promises, and offers of help.
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Basics. Wish Clauses for Present and Future
Ever wanted to complain about a noisy roommate or daydream about teleporting out of heavy traffic? Test your ability to express desires and annoyances using the subjunctive were for present realities, past simple for current states, and would + base verb for future changes.
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Basics. Basic Word Order: Subject-Verb-Object
Did the dog eat your essay, or did your essay eat the dog? Master the foundational Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) pattern by helping aliens, detectives, and students build basic English sentences correctly.
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Basics. Common Questions.
The challenge is about common questions in English: simple present and past questions, "why + negative" questions, questions with "who" as the subject, and questions with "who" and "whom" as the object.
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Basics. Conditionals And "wish".
Test your understanding of conditionals and the use of wish for expressing unreal or desired situations. Practice identifying the correct forms and meanings in context.
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Basics. Common Uses of Auxiliary Verbs.
This challenge covers common uses of auxiliary verbs, including forming negative sentences, expressing interest or surprise, creating tag questions, and using "too," "either," "so," and "neither" in sentences.
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Basics. Conjunctions.
Conjunctions are key elements in English, connecting words, phrases, and sentences. Common conjunctions include "and," "but," and "or." They join language blocks like words, phrases, and sentences, and help create compound and complex sentences.
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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. Past Simple and Past Continuous/Progressive Tenses.
The Past Simple tense describes completed actions in the past, using regular (-ed) or irregular verb forms. The Past Continuous tense expresses ongoing actions in the past, using "was/were" and the -ing form of the main verb. Negative sentences use "didn't" or "not" with the verb, while questions involve inverting the subject and auxiliary verb.
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Basics. Using there is/are and it in impersonal sentences.
Learn how to use "there is/are" and "it" in everyday English sentences to talk about the presence of objects, events, and quantities. Get to know how to create questions and negative sentences, and see examples using different verb tenses. Also, discover common ways to use "it" when discussing time, distance, and weather.
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Basics. "To be" in Present Tense.
In English, the verb to be is conjugated differently based on the subject of the sentence. This grammar quiz focuses on the conjugation of the verb "to be" with different subject pronouns and nouns, both singular and plural, in affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences. Participants will need to use the correct form of the verb "to be" based on the subject in each sentence to demonstrate their understanding of this grammar concept.
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Basics. Common More Complex Questions.
Master more complex common question types, such as "Who...? / What...? / Where...? / Which...?" with prepositions at the end, "What + noun" and "Which + noun" questions, questions about duration, and complex sentence questions.
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Basics. Present Perfect.
Any idea what Present Perfect is? The Present Perfect tense describes actions with a connection to the present, formed using "have" or "has" and the past participle of the main verb. It differs from Past Simple and Present Simple tenses. To identify Present Perfect, look for "have" or "has" followed by a past participle. Negative sentences add "not" after the auxiliary verb, and questions invert the subject and auxiliary verb.
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Advanced Conditionals And "wish".
Test your understanding of advanced conditionals and the use of wish for expressing unreal, hypothetical, or regretted situations. Challenge your skills with mixed conditionals and nuanced wish structures.
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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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Capital Letters Inside the Sentence
Is it Diwali or diwali, Hindu or hindu? Practice capital letters for festivals, faiths, languages, seasons, and directions with Diwali stories from India, Nepal, Singapore, Trinidad, and Toronto.
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Do vs. Make: School and Studying Collocations
Are you "making" your homework or "doing" your homework? Master the difference between these tricky verbs with everyday school vocabulary, including doing assignments, making mistakes, making progress, and doing an exam.
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Commas That Change Meaning
Did you know that a single comma can turn a harmless sentence into a cannibalistic threat? Test your punctuation skills by exploring restrictive vs. non-restrictive relative clauses, essential vs. non-essential information, and the vocative comma for direct address.
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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.
Adverbials happen to be the thing this challenge is about.
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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Conditional Subjunctive
Subjunctive mood is represented by three main forms in contemporary English: present subjunctive, past subjunctive, past perfect subjunctive. Other forms such as present continuous subjunctive and past continuous subjunctive are used very rarely.
These subordinate clauses may be divided into 4 types according to the realness of the condition and the time.
Apart from the aforementioned, advanced students are particularly interested in the accurate usage of such verbs as should, would, could, might, wish after if and in the case when it is omitted in the mixed type conditionals.
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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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Usage Pairs
Are you constantly second-guessing whether to use affect or effect? Master these tricky distinctions by practicing countable vs. uncountable determiners, confusing verb pairs like lie/lay, and similar-sounding vocabulary.
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Fluency Boost: Opinions, Academic Discourse & Adverb+Adjective Collocations
Test your Fluency Boost: Opinions, Academic Discourse & Adverb+Adjective Collocations skills with 24 questions at medium level.
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. Future Continuous: Actions in Progress
How do you politely ask about someone's plans or describe exactly what you'll be doing at 3 PM tomorrow? Test your ability to use the future continuous tense for actions in progress, future schedules, and polite inquiries.
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Basics. Mastering the Future Perfect Continuous
By the time you finish this challenge, will you have been practicing grammar for hours? Test your ability to express ongoing future duration by mastering the future perfect continuous tense, identifying stative verb exceptions, and distinguishing it from other future tenses.
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Basics. The Future Perfect Tense
Will you have mastered this grammar topic by the time you finish this quiz? Test your ability to use will have + past participle alongside time expressions like by the time and before to describe completed future actions.
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Basics. Conditional Inversion: Had, Were, and Should
Ready to drop the if and sound like a highly advanced English speaker? Test your mastery of formal grammar by practicing third conditional inversion with had, second conditional inversion with were, and first conditional inversion with should.
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Basics. Inversion After Negative Adverbs
Want to add a dramatic, advanced flair to your English sentences? Master the rules of grammatical inversion by practicing with negative adverbs like not only, under no circumstances, little, hardly, and no sooner.
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Basics. Mastering Mixed Conditionals and Inversions
What happens when a past mistake alters your present reality, or a permanent trait changes a past outcome? Test your advanced grammar skills on past actions with present results, present states with past consequences, and formal conditional inversions.
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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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Advanced Participle Clauses: -ing and -ed
Ever wondered how to fix a "dangling participle" before it ruins your writing? Master advanced sentence structures by practicing -ing and -ed participle clauses, identifying dangling modifiers, and using passive perfect participles to connect ideas seamlessly.
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Basics. The Past Perfect Tense
Have you ever arrived at the airport only to realize your plane had already left? Master the timeline of past events by practicing the Past Perfect tense, contrasting it with the Past Simple, and correctly placing adverbs of time.
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Basics. Present Perfect Continuous: Duration and Evidence
Why are your clothes covered in flour, and what exactly have you been doing? Master this tense by testing your ability to express the duration of ongoing actions, describe incomplete tasks, and explain visible evidence of recent activities.
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Basics. Present Perfect Simple vs. Continuous
Why do we say "I have been baking" but "I have finished two cakes"? Test your ability to choose between the present perfect continuous for ongoing actions and the present perfect simple for completed results, while avoiding common traps with stative verbs.
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Basics. Reduced Relative Clauses: Participles and Infinitives
Why write "the alien who was stranded" when you can simply say "the alien stranded"? Master concise writing by testing your knowledge of active and passive participle phrases, stative verb reductions, and infinitive relative clauses across 10 challenging questions.
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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. Fronted Prepositions in Relative Clauses
Do you know when to use "the manager to whom I spoke" instead of "the manager who I spoke to"? Master the strict formal register by practicing fronted prepositions, relative pronouns like whom and which, and complex prepositional phrases.
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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 with Passives
Do you know the difference between "it is said that he escaped" and "he is said to have escaped"? Master advanced English sentence construction by practicing impersonal passive structures, perfect infinitives, and continuous infinitives alongside common reporting verbs.
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Basics. Reported Speech: Tense Choice and Backshifting
Did he say he is leaving or was leaving? Master the nuances of reporting what others say by practicing tense backshifting, identifying exceptions for general truths and present reporting verbs, and fixing indirect question word order.
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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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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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Quantifiers: Much, Many, and a Lot of
Test your Quantifiers A2: much / many / a lot of (Choosing the Right One) skills with 15 questions at easy level.
Eating Out, Ordering & Shopping
Do you know how to ask for sauce separately or what to say when a barista asks where you'll eat your food? Test your knowledge of restaurant collocations, shopping phrasal verbs, and everyday prepositions like paying in cash.
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Making Polite Requests and Offers
Are you sounding too bossy in English without realizing it? Master the art of courtesy by practicing polite requests, natural offers, and asking for help using phrases like would you mind and shall I.
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Greetings, Small Talk & Replies
Do you freeze up when an English speaker asks, "What's up?" Master the art of everyday conversation by practicing casual greetings, natural replies, and weekend farewells.
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Time, Dates & Everyday Plans
Are you meeting your friends in Saturday or on Saturday? Master the rules for time prepositions (in, on, at), using the present continuous for future plans, and time expressions like next, for, and until.
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Work Email & Meeting Etiquette
Do you know whether to say "I look forward to hear" or "I look forward to hearing"? Test your knowledge of gerunds, infinitives of purpose, and polite professional collocations for emails and virtual meetings.
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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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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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Polite Reminders and Follow-Ups
Are you worried about sounding rude when asking someone to reply to your email? Master the art of polite follow-ups, softening language, and friendly reminders for both workplace and social situations.
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Saying No Politely
Are you worried about sounding rude when you turn down an invitation or a request at work? Master the art of polite refusals, including softening phrases, professional boundary-setting, and declining social invitations.
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Everyday Commas
Do you know when to use a comma before "and" or "but"? Master the art of punctuation by practicing compound sentences, introductory clauses, appositives, and lists in everyday scenarios.
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Quotation Marks: US vs UK
Does the comma go inside or outside the quotation marks? Test your punctuation skills on US vs. UK comma and period placement, single vs. double quotation marks, and formatting nested quotes.
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Is This Too Casual for Work?
Would you say "Hey boss, what's good?" to the CEO on your first day? Master your professional tone by practicing formal email greetings, polite requests, and workplace apologies.
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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?
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 A1/Beginner? Test your English CEFR Level!
This English grammar quiz is designed to help learners determine their proficiency level in the language according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). It covers a range of topics and language structures that are typically associated with A1 level learners, such as basic grammar structures, vocabulary related to everyday topics, and simple sentence constructions. The questions are designed to test learners' understanding of basic grammar concepts, such as verb tenses and subject-verb agreement, as well as their ability to use basic vocabulary to communicate in simple and familiar situations.
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.
Is your English level A2/Pre-intermediate? Test your English CEFR Level!
This English grammar quiz is designed to help learners check if their English proficiency level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) as A2/Pre-intermediate.
The test covers a range of grammar and vocabulary concepts that are typically associated with learners at this level. These concepts include more advanced verb tenses, more complex sentence structures, and a wider range of vocabulary related to various topics such as work, travel, and current events.
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.
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.
Is your English level B2/Upper Intermediate? Test your English CEFR Level to figure out!
This English grammar quiz is designed to check if an English learner is at B2/Upper Intermediate CEFR level.
This quiz is designed to test your knowledge of English grammar and vocabulary on an upper-intermediate level, as per the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) guidelines. It will cover a wide range of topics such as verb tenses, relative clauses, modal verbs, and adjective and adverb clauses, as well as testing your ability to understand and use complex grammar structures.
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.
CEFR C1/Advanced - check if this is your English grammar mastery level. Take the test to figure out!
This English grammar quiz is designed to check if an English learner is at C2/Upper Intermediate CEFR level.
This is a quiz to check if an English learner is at the C1/Advanced CEFR level. It tests the learner's ability to understand and use a wide range of complex and nuanced language. The questions will cover various grammar topics such as verb tenses, modals, passive voice, and idiomatic expressions. The learner will be expected to show a high degree of accuracy in their use of English. The quiz is designed to challenge even the most advanced learners and will be a good indicator of whether they have reached a C1 level of proficiency in the language.
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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Transitive vs. Intransitive: High-Impact Verbs
Master transitive vs. intransitive verbs and avoid common errors like discuss about or enter into. Stop adding unnecessary prepositions with high-impact verbs like discuss, reach, enter, and contact!
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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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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Fixing Agreement Errors in Work Messages
Are you making subtle grammar mistakes in your daily standup notes and Slack messages? Master professional communication by fixing errors with company names, "one of the" phrases, "there is" vs. "there are", and tricky I/me/myself pronouns.
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Fixing Dropped Words in Work Chat Messages
Ever type so fast on Slack or Teams that you leave out an essential word? Test your ability to spot and fix missing auxiliary verbs, dropped pronouns, and omitted prepositions in everyday professional messages.
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Direct and Indirect Questions in Workplace Messages
Have you ever sent a quick message to a colleague and realized your grammar was a little off? Master workplace communication by practicing direct question word order, indirect questions, polite requests, and tricky adverbs like also and still.
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Verb Forms in Work Status Updates
Have you ever sounded like a time traveler in your morning standup or sent a confusing client email? Master professional communication by fixing common errors with past simple vs. present perfect, stative verbs, future time clauses, and base forms.
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