You may know which answer is right. But can you say why? Try five short questions from EnglishGrammar Pro, our step-by-step grammar program. Each answer comes with its reason.
FROM THE PRO MODULES
Five sentences. Are you sure about each one?
Count how many you know, and how many you only guess.
Choose or correct each sentence. Then open the answer and the reason. No account needed.
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Module 02 · Nouns, Articles and Pronouns
Correct the mistake: Could you give me an advice?
Show the answer and the reason
Answer: Could you give me some advice?
Why: Advice is ordinarily uncountable. A piece of advice is another option.
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Module 07 · Prepositions, Phrasal Verbs and Word Partnerships
Choose: I have lived here (for / since) 2021.
Show the answer and the reason
Answer: since
Why: 2021 is a starting point, not a duration.
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Module 04 · English Tenses and Verb Forms, Made Clear
Choose: We (have met / met) at a conference in 2022.
Show the answer and the reason
Answer: met
Why: In 2022 is a finished past time.
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Module 07 · Prepositions, Phrasal Verbs and Word Partnerships
Correct the mistake: We discussed about the timetable.
Show the answer and the reason
Answer: We discussed the timetable.
Why: Discuss takes a direct object in this use.
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Module 05 · Modals, Conditions and Hypothetical Meaning
Choose for an optional action: You (mustn’t / don’t have to) attend the extra session.
Show the answer and the reason
Answer: don’t have to
Why: The session is optional, not prohibited.
How many did you really know?
If you knew the reason for all five, well done. If you guessed even once, or got one wrong, look at that reason again. It is only a sentence or two. And now that you know it, you can use it the next time you write a sentence like that one.
A lucky guess helps you once. A reason helps you again and again. Research supports this. In one study, students who saw the reason did better on new questions about the same ideas than students who saw only the answer.1
Answering first matters too. In a large review of research on 10 common study methods, practice testing (answering questions, then checking your answers) was one of only two methods rated highly useful. Rereading and highlighting were rated low.2
That is why every Pro lesson works the same way: read a short explanation, answer the questions, then open each answer and its reason.
1. Butler, Godbole and Marsh, Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013. 2. Dunlosky and others, Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 2013.
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Go from “I think it is right” to “I know why it is right.”
Has this happened to you? You are writing an email, and you stop in the middle of a sentence. Since or for? Met or have met? You pick the one that sounds right. Then you hope.
With friends, a small mistake does not matter. In an exam, a job application or an email to a client, it can.
EnglishGrammar Pro was made to end that doubt. It is a step-by-step grammar program. Each lesson explains one topic clearly, shows it in real examples and then asks you questions. Every question comes with the answer and the reason.
Most lessons take about 10 minutes. There are 68 lessons in 10 modules, from your first sentences to advanced grammar and editing. Do one lesson a day and you can finish them all in about 10 weeks.
You do not have to plan what to study. The lessons are already in order. Start with Module 01, or go straight to the grammar you want to fix.
The free exercises on EnglishGrammar.org stay free. They are useful when you want to practice one topic. Pro gives you the program behind the practice: learn the rule, see it in context, check that you understand it and then practice it again.
Pro is designed for independent study. Follow the lessons, check your understanding and practice on your own schedule.
10
Grammar modules
68 step-by-step lessons. Each one explains one topic with clear examples, then lets you check that you have understood it.
312
Self-check questions, each with its reason
The same kind as the five questions above. Answer first, then open the answer and the reason before you move on.
55
Pro exercises, with new ones every week
Extra practice at every level, from A1 to C2. You answer and check your answers online.
A clear path from your first sentences to advanced English
Start with Module 01, or go straight to the grammar you need. The 10 modules are arranged in three stages.
Build your foundations
Make correct sentences, ask questions and use nouns, articles and describing words.
- 01Sentence Foundations: Build Accurate English
- 02Nouns, Articles and Pronouns
- 03Adjectives, Adverbs and Comparison
Build confident control
Choose the right tense, talk about possibility and use natural word combinations.
- 04English Tenses and Verb Forms, Made Clear
- 05Modals, Conditions and Hypothetical Meaning
- 06Verb Patterns, Passives and Causatives
- 07Prepositions, Phrasal Verbs and Word Partnerships
Develop advanced precision
Connect ideas, report what people said, choose the right tone and edit your writing.
- 08Clauses, Questions and Reported Speech
- 09Build Clearer, More Natural English
- 10Advanced Grammar: Precision, Emphasis and Editing
68 step-by-step lessons with examples · 312 practice questions, each with the answer and the reason
See all 68 chapter titles
10 practical guides. From basics to advanced grammar.
Build a foundation, understand the choices and refine your English. Each guide combines explanations, worked examples and practice checks with answers.
68 chapters · 312 explained self-checks · Read online in your Pro account
Sentence Foundations: Build Accurate EnglishFoundations · 6 chapters
Build sentence cores, use be, have and do, ask questions and avoid common sentence-building errors.
- Words, phrases and the sentence core
- Be, have and do: main verbs and helpers
- Statements, negatives and agreement
- Questions, short answers and question tags
- Instructions, requests and complete sentences
- Foundation workshop: introduce, ask and explain
Nouns, Articles and PronounsFoundations · 6 chapters
Control countability, a/an/the, quantity, possession and pronoun reference in everyday and formal sentences.
- Countable nouns, uncountable nouns and plurals
- A, an and no article: introduce or generalize
- The, demonstratives and reference
- Quantity: some, any, few, little, each and every
- Pronouns, possession and clear reference
- Noun-phrase workshop: describe without ambiguity
Adjectives, Adverbs and ComparisonFoundations · 6 chapters
Use adjective and adverb forms, comparison, degree, position and focus without common meaning changes.
- Adjectives: position, order and participle forms
- Comparatives, superlatives and equal comparisons
- Adverbs: form, position and meaning
- Too, enough, so and such
- Only, even and careful comparisons
- Description workshop: compare and evaluate
English Tenses and Verb Forms, Made ClearConfident control · 10 chapters
Make sense of tense choices, future forms, modals and verb patterns, with worked examples and explained practice.
- Routines, situations and actions happening now
- Completed events and background actions
- Past simple or present perfect?
- Result or activity? Perfect simple and continuous
- Looking further back: the past perfect
- Plans, predictions and future deadlines
- Modals: certainty, obligation and past deductions
- Gerunds, infinitives and patterns that change meaning
- Conditions, imagined results and regrets
- Put it together: a verb-choice workshop
Modals, Conditions and Hypothetical MeaningConfident control · 6 chapters
Distinguish permission from ability, obligation from advice, and real conditions from wishes and regrets.
- Ability, permission and requests
- Obligation, advice and unnecessary actions
- Deductions, possibility and certainty
- Conditions: real, hypothetical and mixed time
- Wishes, preferences and alternatives to if
- Meaning workshop: rules, guesses and alternatives
Verb Patterns, Passives and CausativesConfident control · 6 chapters
Use infinitives and -ing forms, passive constructions, reporting passives and have/get causatives.
- What can follow a verb?
- Patterns that change meaning
- Passives: put the right information first
- Reporting passives and advanced passive patterns
- Causatives: have, get, make, let and help
- Verb-structure workshop: explain a process
Prepositions, Phrasal Verbs and Word PartnershipsConfident control · 6 chapters
Work with time and place, dependent prepositions, separable phrasal verbs, collocations and word families.
- Time: at, on, in, for, since, by and until
- Place and movement: location, direction and viewpoint
- Prepositions after adjectives, nouns and verbs
- Phrasal verbs: meaning, objects and separation
- Natural partnerships and word families
- Partnership workshop: describe a plan naturally
Clauses, Questions and Reported SpeechAdvanced precision · 6 chapters
Build relative, participle, noun and adverbial clauses; manage embedded questions and reporting viewpoints.
- Relative clauses: identify or add information
- Participle clauses and reduced descriptions
- Noun clauses and embedded questions
- Reported speech: preserve viewpoint and time
- Link clauses: reason, contrast, purpose and result
- Clause workshop: turn notes into a clear report
Build Clearer, More Natural EnglishAdvanced precision · 10 chapters
Improve sentence structure, articles, linking and tone through before-and-after examples and guided practice.
- Build a clear sentence core
- Agreement and clear reference
- Articles, countability and quantity
- Prepositions and useful word partnerships
- Link ideas without losing the reader
- Add detail with relative and participle clauses
- Keep viewpoints clear when reporting speech
- Choose a tone that fits your reader
- Emphasis and parallel structure
- A practical editing workshop
Advanced Grammar: Precision, Emphasis and EditingAdvanced precision · 6 chapters
Control inversion, clefts, ellipsis, the subjunctive, qualified claims and complex editing decisions.
- Inversion and fronting for controlled emphasis
- Clefts, fronting and information flow
- Ellipsis and substitution without ambiguity
- The subjunctive, recommendations and qualified claims
- Precision editing: agreement, punctuation and register
- Mastery workshop: defend your grammar choices
Study in order or jump to the topic you need. The guides are included while your Pro access is active.
New Pro exercises every week
Your membership includes every exercise marked Pro, and new ones are added every week. Here are some of the latest.
- Level A2Going To Future
- Level C1Nominalisation in Academic Writing
- Level B2Passive Voice in Formal Writing
- Level A1Lost Property Notices
- Level B1Used To
- Level A1There Is and There Are
- Level C2Argumentation and Evaluation Review
- Level A2Just, Already and Yet
- Level C1Advanced Passive Structures
- Level B2Future Perfect and Future Continuous
- Level B1Narrative Tenses
- Level A1Have Got
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