Functional Grammar - What it is
Grammar Teams - reviewing grammar
My Notes and Exercises (unless different source is mentioned)
The Amazing World of Modal Auxiliaries
Verbs 1
an introduction on verbs, on the tenses and the non-personal forms
Phrasal verbs (with listening exercises)
Use of tenses: Past simple vs. pres. perf, / Past simple & past cont.
(1 page)
Present perfect or past simple?
(1 page)
Expressing the future
Progressive and non-progressive verbs
V-S inversion with adverbials
How...? and What ... like? (on audio too)
Clauses 1 - intro, types
Clauses 2 - adverbial clauses
Clauses 3 - some confusing connectors
Clauses 4 - conditional sentences (a type of adverbial clause)
Connectors (first draft)
(1 page) - to modify asap
Infinitives, gerunds and participles 01 - based on common mistakes
Infinitive or Gerund? 1 Check this out: here
Infinitive or Gerund? 2
Infinitive or Gerund? 3
Nouns and Company (Determiners)
(2 pages) - for your List of Mistakes
Other & Co. - explanation, crib note & 2 exercises
The Saxon Genitive, the of-phrase and noun phrases
(1 page)
Modifiers 1-4 - the definite article "the": use & omission
Prepositions: Time & Place. At, On, In (for everybody! Read 'em aloud many times!)
Adverbs: Word Order
Adjective or Adverb (for Ana, who feels good about it!, Y3B, 2006-07)
Ways to Describe & Grammar
Adjectives: Word Order
Adjectives 1 - comparative & superlative
(1 page)
Adjectives 2 - comparative & superlative
(1 page)
Adverbs & Adverbials
(2 pages)
Exercise on Adverbials
(2 pages; with key)
Recycling: Grammar notes & exercises I used at state-run secondary schools
More Info: External Links
The OWL Grammar Reference Guide for ESL learners ![]()
Complete list of tenses
(Georgia State University)
Complete list of irregular verbs
(Georgia State University)
Mary Ansell's English Grammar
(Reference on-line book WITH exercises)
BBC Ask About English
The Internet Grammar of English ![]()
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