Grammar Course
A step-by-step program, from your first sentences to advanced grammar. Follow the lessons in order, or go straight to the topic you need.
Type a word from a lesson’s title or topic.
Module 01 is open to everyone. Create a free EnglishGrammar account to open all 10 modules and save your progress.
How to study
- Open your next lesson. Plan about 10 to 15 minutes for most lessons, and take longer when you need to.
- Read the explanation and the common mistakes.
- Answer each question before you open the answer. Then read the reason.
- Do the “Make it yours” task with sentences about your own life.
- Mark the lesson as done. At the end of each stage, a checkpoint asks 12 mixed questions. Each answer names its lesson, so you can see which lessons to study again.
One lesson a day is a good pace. You can also go straight to the grammar you need. If a lesson builds on earlier lessons, it tells you which ones to read first.
Not sure where to start? Take the placement check30 quick questions, about 10 minutes. Nothing is sent or saved on the server.
10 grammar modules112 step-by-step lessons730 questions, each with its answer and reasonLevels A1 to C1 (CEFR)
The level on each lesson (A1 to C1 on the CEFR, the Common European Framework) is approximate: a guide to the grammar in that lesson, informed by the English Grammar Profile and the British Council–EAQUALS Core Inventory. Not sure where to start? The placement check above suggests a module.
Stage 1: Build your foundations
Build sentences, ask questions and use nouns, articles and describing words.
Sentence Foundations: Build Accurate English
Build statements, negatives and questions with be, have and do, use there is and it is, give instructions, and join ideas with and, but, or, so and because.
Nouns, Articles and Pronouns
Use plural and uncountable nouns, articles (a, an, the), this and that, quantity words, pronouns and possessives.
Adjectives, Adverbs and Comparison
Use adjectives and adverbs in the right form and place, compare with -er, -est, more, most and as ... as, and use too, enough, so, such, only and even correctly.
Stage 2: Build confident control
Choose the right tense, say what is possible or necessary, and use natural word partnerships.
English Tenses and Verb Forms, Made Clear
Use the present, past, perfect and future forms, learn the irregular verbs, and choose the verb form after modals, other verbs and if.
Modals, Conditions and Hypothetical Meaning
Use can, must, should and might for ability, rules, advice and guesses, and build if-sentences for real, imagined and past situations.
Verb Patterns, Passives and Causatives
Choose to + verb or -ing after a verb, put two objects in the right order, and use the passive and have something done.
Prepositions, Phrasal Verbs and Word Partnerships
Use prepositions of time, place and movement, the prepositions that follow particular words, phrasal verbs, and word partnerships such as make a decision.
Stage 3: Develop advanced precision
Join ideas, report what people said, edit your writing and control emphasis.
Clauses, Questions and Reported Speech
Build relative and participle clauses, put questions inside sentences, report statements, questions and requests, and link ideas with because, although and so that.
Build Clearer, More Natural English
Edit real sentences for word order, agreement, articles, prepositions, linking, punctuation, reporting, tone and emphasis, with before-and-after examples.
Advanced Grammar: Precision, Emphasis and Editing
Use inversion, emphasis with It was and What, ellipsis, the subjunctive, hedging, formal noun style, and colons, semicolons and dashes, then edit with precision.
The stages are a suggested study order, not an official language level. Lessons marked as done are the ones you marked yourself. They are not a test score.
Short on time? Three quick routes
Each route has six lessons. Come back to the full program whenever you want more detail.
Fix five common mistakes
The lessons behind five mistakes that learners often make, plus one more.
Write better emails
Polite requests, clear links between ideas, punctuation and tone.
Refine advanced English
Emphasis, careful claims, formal style and a final editing task.