Category: English Grammar (Page 1)

In the 'English Grammar' category, you will find a wealth of articles designed to enhance your understanding of English grammar rules. These articles will help you to construct sentences correctly, use punctuation appropriately, and avoid common grammatical errors. By studying these articles, you will improve your written and spoken English, making your communication more effective and confident.

How to teach third person -s

Category: English Grammar Topic: Present Tenses

How to teach the third person singular of the Present Simple tense, including pronunciation and spelling of -s endings, and third person singular games

How to teach the Present Simple of be

Category: English Grammar Topic: Present Tenses

How to teach am/ is/ are, with speaking games to practise "be"

Learning English grammar: problems and solutions

Category: English Grammar Topic: Learning and Teaching

Tips on solving typical grammar issues like getting confused between different tenses, making lots of grammar mistakes, not being interested in studying grammar, and struggling to learn particular grammar points.

10 learning grammar challenges

Category: English Grammar Topic: General

Ten ambitious but achievable grammar learning targets to improve your motivation and language knowledge

How to make learning grammar easier

Category: English Grammar Topic: General

12 top learning grammar on your own more easily tips, including the best things to study and selecting the best ways to do so.

Games and activities to practice the Present Perfect tense

Category: English Grammar Topic: Present Perfect

Fun activities for the different present + past meanings of have + Present Perfect

English Tenses and Aspects 7 - The Habitual Aspect

Category: English Grammar Topic: Verbs and Tenses

A look at the difficulties of classifying "used to"

English Tenses and Aspect 6 - The Prospective Aspect

Category: English Grammar Topic: Verbs and Tenses

A look at the use of the 'going to' form in English

English Tenses and Aspects 5 - The Retrospective Aspect

Category: English Grammar Topic: Verbs and Tenses

A look the the forms traditionally known as the perfect aspect

English Tenses and Aspects 4 - The Durative Aspect

Category: English Grammar Topic: Verbs and Tenses

A look at the form traditionally known as the continuous or progressive

English Tenses and Aspect 3 - The Marked Tense

Category: English Grammar Topic: Verbs and Tenses

This tense, the traditional 'past simple', sometimes referred to as the preterite, like the unmarked tense, can refer to past, present, future and general time.

English Tenses and Aspect 2 - The Unmarked Tense

Category: English Grammar Topic: Verbs and Tenses

It is true that the uses of the unmarked tense can present three major problems for the learner

English Tenses and Aspects 1 - Introduction

Category: English Grammar Topic: Verbs and Tenses

I believe the tense/aspect system of English verbs is far less complex than many suppose. There is an underlying logic to the system that, when understood, clears away most of the problems that have caused misery to many learners and their teachers.