Grammar is a set of patterns that show how we can put words together in a language. This guide, completely written by expert English teachers, is a great place to start to learn all about English grammar.

Nouns & Pronouns

A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea, such as singer, Boston, apple, or fun. A pronoun is a word that stands for a noun or refers back to a noun, like they, he, she, them, or it.

Parts of Speech

There are 9 parts of speech in English: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, articles, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.

Verbs

Verbs show the action in a sentence. We show how actions relate to each other with 12 different verb forms in English.

Verb Tenses

-ING Verbs

There is and There are

Sensory Verbs

Adjectives & Adverbs

We use adjectives and adverbs to describe. Adjectives describe nouns. For example, blue, hot, tall, thoughtful, and scary are all adjectives. Adverbs describe verbs. Some examples are slowly, often, calmly, clearly, and soon.

Demonstratives

The English demonstratives are this, that, these, and those.

Determiners

Pronouns