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 Quick Grammar Reference

This reference section provides brief explanations of 48 of the more common areas of grammar, each with an activity to help you learn.

Adjectives & Prepositions

Adjectives (gradable / non-gradable)

Adjectives ending in -ed and –ing

Articles 1

Articles 2

As and Like

British English and American English

Capital letters and apostrophes

Comparing and contrasting – modifying comparatives

Conditionals 1

Conditionals 2

Countable & Uncountable nouns 1

Countable & Uncountable nouns 2

Enough

Future continuous & Future perfect

Future Plans

in spite of / despite / although

Just, yet, still, already

Modals 1

Modals – deduction (present)

Modals – deduction past

Multi-word verbs

Participle clauses

Passives

Past ability & possibility

Past Continuous and Past Simple

Past habit – used to/would/past simple

Past perfect

Predicting the Future

Present Perfect

Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous

Question forms & subject/object questions

Question tags

Reflexive pronouns

Relative clauses - non-defining relative clauses

Relative clauses – defining relative clauses

Reported questions

Reported speech 1

Reported speech 2

So

Stative verbs

Verbs & Prepositions

Verbs followed by ‘ing’ or by ‘to + infinitive’ 1

Verbs followed by ‘ing’ or by ‘to + infinitive’ 2

Wish and If only

Words that are often confused

‘used to + infinitive’ and ‘be/get used to’

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