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Welcome to our online grammar quizzes section - a good place to practice and improve your knowledge of English grammar. Many of these quizzes focus on topics that ESL students often find difficult to understand. The quizzes come in three levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. The topics covered include verb tenses, phrasal verbs, articles, prepositions, noun clauses, and much more. Start practicing English right now!

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(B) = Beginner; (I) = Intermediate; (A) = Advanced

ARTICLES:

ARTICLE or NO ARTICLE? 1 (A)
ARTICLE or NO ARTICLE? 2 (I)
ARTICLE or NO ARTICLE? 3 (I)
ARTICLE or NO ARTICLE? 4 (I)
Articles: A or AN? 1 (B)
Articles: A or AN? 2 (B)
Articles: A or AN? 3 (B)
Articles with geographic names 1 (I) NEW
Articles with idioms 1 (A)
Articles with idioms 2 (A)
Articles with idioms 3 (A)
Articles with idioms 4 (A)
Articles with idioms 5 (A) NEW
Articles with idioms 6 (A) NEW

Mixed Articles 1 (B/I)
Mixed Articles 2 (B/I)
Mixed Articles 3 (B/I)
Mixed Articles 4 (B/I)
Mixed Articles 5 (B/I)
Mixed Articles 6 (B/I)
Mixed Articles 7 (B/I)
Mixed Articles 8 (A)
Mixed Articles 9 (I) NEW
Mixed Articles 10 (I) NEW
Articles: The/A/An 1 (I)
Articles: The/A/An 2 (B)
Articles: The/A/An 3 (A)
Articles: A or THE? 1 (B)
Articles: A or THE? 2 (I)

VERB TENSES (Tests/Quizzes):

Commands (Imperative) 1 (B/I)
Commands (Imperative) 2 (B/I)
Commands (Imperative) 3 (B/I)
The Present Continuous 1 (B) NEW
Simple Past/Past Continuous? 1 (A)
Simple Past/Past Continuous? 2 (A)
Simple Past/Past Continuous? 3 (A) NEW
Present Perfect Continuous 1(B) NEW
Present Perfect Continuous 2 (I) NEW
Present Perfect Continuous 3 (I) NEW
Simple Present/Present Continuous? 1 (A)
Simple Present/Present Continuous? 2 (I)
Simple Present/Present Continuous? 3 (I/A)
Simple Past/Present Perfect? 1 (I)
Simple Past/Present Perfect? 2 (I)
The passive voice (Simple past) 1 (B/I)
The passive voice (Simple past) 2 (B/I) NEW
The passive voice (S. present) 1 (I)
The passive voice (S. present) 2 (I)
The passive voice (Mixed) 1 (B)
The passive voice (Mixed) 2 (I)
The passive voice (Mixed) 3 (A)
Irregular Verbs - Mixed past tenses 1 (B)
Irregular Verbs - Mixed past tenses 2 (I)
Irregular Verbs - Mixed past tenses 3 (I)
Irregular Verbs - Mixed past tenses 4 (I)
Mixed modals 1 (should, can, must) (I)
Mixed modals 2 (should, can, must) (I)
Mixed modals 3 (should, can, must) (I)
Mixed modals 4 (I) NEW
Mixed modals 5 (I) NEW
MODALS (Couldn't/Might Not) (I)
MODALS with the INFINITIVE 1 (B)
MODALS with the INFINITIVE 2 (B)
AUXILIARY VERBS (be, do, have) 1 (B)
AUXILIARY VERBS (be, do, have) 2 (I)
AUXILIARY VERBS (be, do, have) 3 (I/A)
AUXILIARY VERBS (be, do, have) 4 (I/A)
Reported Speech (Mixed tenses) 1 (I)
Reported Speech (Mixed tenses) 2 (I)
Reported Speech (Mixed tenses) 3 (I)
Reported Speech (Mixed tenses) 4 (I)
Reported Speech (Commands) 1 (I)
Reported Speech (Commands) 2 (I)
CAUSATIVE FORM (Passive) 1 (B/I)
CAUSATIVE FORM (Passive) 2 (B/I) NEW
CAUSATIVE FORM (Active) 1 (B/I)
CAUSATIVE FORM (Active) 2 (I)
CAUSATIVE FORM (Mixed) 1 (I)
CAUSATIVE FORM (Mixed) 2 (A)
CAUSATIVE FORM (Mixed) 3 (A)
CAUSATIVE FORM (Mixed) 4 (A)
FUTURE PERFECT TENSE 1 (I)
FUTURE PERFECT TENSE 2 (I)

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE 1 (B)
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE 2 (B)
TO BE (Present tense) 1 (B)
TO BE (Present tense) 2 (B) NEW
TO BE (Present tense) 3 (negative sentences) (B) NEW
TO HAVE (Present tense) 1 (B)
TO HAVE (Present tense) 2 (B) NEW
TO BE or TO HAVE? 1 (B)
TO BE or TO HAVE? 2 (B)
Simple Future tense 1 (B) NEW
Simple Future tense 2 (B) NEW
Simple Future tense 3 (B) NEW
Mixed Verbs 4 (B)
Mixed Verbs 5 (I)
Past Participles 1 (B)
Past Participles 2 (B/I)
The First Conditional 1 (B)
The First Conditional 2 (B)
The First Conditional 3 (B) NEW
The Second Conditional 1 (I)
The Second Conditional 2 (I)
The Second Conditional 3 (I) NEW
First or second conditional? 1 (I) NEW
First or second conditional? 2 (I) NEW
The Third Conditional 1 (I/A)
The Third Conditional 2 (I/A)
Conditional tenses (mixed) 1 (I)
Conditional tenses (mixed) 2 (A)
Conditional tenses (mixed) 3 (I)
Conditional tenses (mixed) 4 (A)
CONDITIONAL or FUTURE? 1 (I)
CONDITIONAL or FUTURE? 2 (I/A)
COND/FUTURE/PRESENT? (I)
FUTURE TENSES 1 (A)
FUTURE TENSES 2 (A)
FUTURE TENSES 3 (A)
GERUND or INFINITIVE? 1 (B)
GERUND or INFINITIVE? 2 (I)
GERUND or INFINITIVE? 3 (I)
GERUND or INFINITIVE? 4 (A)
Simple Past Tense 1 (B)
Simple Past Tense 2 (B)
Simple Past Tense 3 (B)
Present Continuous Tense 1(B)
Present Continuous Tense 2(B)
Past Continuous Tense 1 (B)
Past Continuous Tense 2 (B)
Tag questions 1 (B)
Tag questions 2 (B)
Transitive and intransitive verbs 1 (I)
Transitive and intransitive verbs 2 (I)
Transitive and intransitive verbs 3 (I/A)
Vocative case in English 1 (I)
Vocative case in English 2 (I)

EXERCISES TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH WRITING SKILLS (ADVANCED)
Whether you're a native speaker of English or an advanced ESL student, these practice tests will help you to recognize and eliminate common grammar errors.

English punctuation: Comma or semicolon? 1
English punctuation: Comma or semicolon? 2
Which part of speech? 1
Which part of speech? 2
Frequently misspelled words 1
Frequently misspelled words 2
Frequently misspelled words 3
Frequently misspelled words 4
Capitalization in English 1
Capitalization in English 2
Capitalization in English 3
English prefixes and suffixes 1
English prefixes and suffixes 2
English prefixes and suffixes 3
Subject/Verb agreement 1
Comma splices 1
Comma splices 2
Comma splices 3
Proper apostrophe usage 1
Proper apostrophe usage 2
Commonly confused words in English 1
Commonly confused words in English 2
Commonly confused words in English 3
Commonly confused words in English 4
Commonly confused words in English 5
Identifying dangling modifiers 1
Identifying dangling modifiers 2
Identifying dangling modifiers 3
Avoiding double negatives 1
Avoiding double negatives 2

PREPOSITIONS:
Adjectives + prepositions 1 (I)
Adjectives + prepositions 2 (B)
Adjectives + prepositions 3 (I)
Adjectives + prepositions 4 (I) NEW
Adjectives + prepositions 5 (I) NEW
Mixed prepositions 1 (I/A)
Mixed prepositions 2 (I/A)
Mixed prepositions 3 (I/A)
Mixed prepositions 4 (I/A)
Mixed prepositions 5 (B/I) NEW
Mixed prepositions 6 (B/I) NEW
Mixed prepositions 7 (B/I) NEW
Prepositions (For, Since) 1 (I) NEW
Prepositions (For, Since) 2 (I) NEW
Prepositions (On, At, In) 1 (I)
Prepositions (On, At, In) 2 (I)
Prepositions (On, At, In) 3 (B)
Prepositions (On, At, In) 4 (B)
Prepositions of time 1 (B)
Prepositions of time 2 (I)
Prepositions of time 3 (I)
Prepositions of time 4 (I/A)
Prepositions: opposites 1 (B)
Prepositions with phrasal verbs 1 (I)
Prepositions with phrasal verbs 2 (I)
Prepositions with phrasal verbs 3 (I)
PREPOSITION or NO PREP.? 1 (B)
PREPOSITION or NO PREP.? 2 (B)

COUNTABLE (COUNT) or UNCOUNTABLE (NONCOUNT) NOUNS:
THERE IS or THERE ARE? 1 (B/I) NEW
THERE IS or THERE ARE? 2 (B/I) NEW
MUCH or MANY? 1 (I)
MUCH or MANY? 2 (I)
FEWER or LESS? 1 (I/A)
FEWER or LESS? 2 (I/A)
ISN'T or AREN'T? 1 (I)
ESL Practice: COUNT or NON-COUNT 1 (I)
ESL Practice: COUNT or NON-COUNT 2 (I)
ESL Practice: COUNT or NON-COUNT 3 (B)
ESL Practice: COUNT or NON-COUNT 4 (B)
ESL Practice: COUNT or NON-COUNT 5 (I)

NOUN, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE CLAUSES:
Identify the adverb 1 (B)
Identify the adverb 2 (B)
Delayed adverbs (B)
Identify the adjective 1 (B)
Identify the adjective 2 (B)
Relative adverbs (why, when, where) 1 (I)
Relative adverbs (why, when, where) 2 (I)
Formal relative adverbs in English 1 (I/A)
Adjective clauses (who, that) 1 (I)
Adjective clauses (Mixed pronouns) 1 (I)
Adjective clauses (Mixed pronouns) 2 (I)
Adjective clauses/noun clauses (what, that) 1 (I)
Noun Clauses 1 (I)
Noun Clauses 2 (I)
Noun Clauses 3 (WHAT or THAT?) (B)
Noun Clauses 4 (WHAT or THAT?) (I)
Noun Clauses 5 (Identifying noun clauses) (I)
Noun Clauses 6 (Identifying noun clauses) (B)
NOUN CLAUSE or ADVERB CLAUSE? 1 (A)
Adverb Clauses 1 (I)
Adverb Clauses 2 (I/A)
Reduced adverb clauses 1 (I)
Reduced adverb clauses 2 (I)

NOUNS AND PRONOUNS:
Plurals of nouns 1 (B)
Plurals of nouns 2 (B)
Plurals of nouns 3 (Irregular) (I/A)
Plurals of nouns 4 (Irregular) (I/A) NEW
Identify the noun 1 (B) NEW
Identify the noun 2 (B) NEW
Identify the noun 3 (B) NEW
Personal Pronouns 1 (B)
Personal Pronouns 2 (B)
Possessive Pronouns 1 (B)
Possessive Pronouns 2 (B)
Possessive Pronouns/Adjectives 1 (A)
Possessive Pronouns/Adjectives 2 (A)
Indefinite Pronouns 1 (B/I)
Indefinite Pronouns 2 (I)
Reflexive Pronouns 1 (B)
Reflexive Pronouns 2 (B)
REFLEXIVE pronoun or OBJECT pronoun? 1 (B)
REFLEXIVE pronoun or OBJECT pronoun? 2 (B)
Direct object pronouns 1 (B)
Direct object pronouns 2 (B/I)
Object pronouns - With or Without TO? 1 (I)
Object pronouns - With or Without TO? 2 (I)
Relative Pronouns 1 (That, where, whose) (I)
Relative Pronouns - (Who, whom, where, whose) 1 (I)
Relative Pronouns - (Who, whom, where, whose) 2 (I)
Relative Pronouns - (WHICH with prepositions) (A)

ADJECTIVES/ADVERBS:

Possessive adjectives 1 (B) NEW
Possessive adjectives 2 (B) NEW
Participle adjectives 1 (I)
Participle adjectives 2 (I)
Participle adjectives 3 (I)
ADVERB or ADJECTIVE? 1 (B)
ADVERB or ADJECTIVE? 2 (I)
ADVERB or ADJECTIVE? 3 (B)
ADVERB or ADJECTIVE? 4 (B)
Change adjectives to adverbs 1 (B)
Change adjectives to adverbs 2 (B/I)

Adverbs of frequency (position) 1 (I/A) NEW
Adverbs of frequency (position) 2 (I/A) NEW
Comparative adjectives 1 (B)
Comparative adjectives 2 (I/A)
Comparative adjectives 3 (I/A) NEW
Comparative adverbs 1 (I)
Comparative adverbs 2 (I) NEW
Comparative/superlative adverbs 1 (I)
Comparative/superlative adverbs 2 (A)
Comparative or superlative (adj.)? 1 (I)
Comparative or superlative (adj.)? 2 (I)
Conjunctive adverbs 1 (I)
Conjunctive adverbs 2 (I)
Adjective order in English 1 (I)
Adjective order in English 2 (I)
Adjective order in English 3 (I)
Adjective order in English 4 (A)

OTHER ENGLISH PRACTICE EXERCISES/ QUIZZES:

Using EVER in a sentence 1 (I) NEW
OPPOSITES of words 1 (B)
OPPOSITES of words 2 (B)
OPPOSITES of words 3 (I)
Who, when, where, what 1 (B/I)
Who, when, where, what 2 (B/I)
MANY or MANY OF? 1 (I)
Which conjunction? 1 (A)
Which conjunction? 2 (I)
Subordinating conjunctions 1 (A)
Subordinating conjunctions 2 (A)
Which Word: SO or SUCH? (I)
WHO or WHOM? (A)
Which word: SOME or ANY? 1 (I)
Which word: SOME or ANY? 2 (A)
WHOLE or ALL? 1 (A)
WHOLE or ALL? 2 (I)
Which word?: DO or MAKE? 1 (B)
Which word?: DO or MAKE? 2 (B)
Word order in English (Beginner) 1 (B) NEW
Word order in English (Beginner) 2 (B) NEW
Word order in English (Beginner) 3 (B) NEW
Word order in English (Intermediate) 1 (I)
Word order in English (Intermediate) 2 (I)

USED TO, BE USED TO, WOULD 1 (B/I) NEW
WOULD YOU LIKE or DO YOU LIKE? 1 (B/I) NEW
Which word: ALREADY or YET? 1 (I) NEW
Using the word LIKE in English (I)
USED TO/ TO BE USED TO 1 (I)
USED TO/ TO BE USED TO 2 (I)
Collective nouns - agreement (IS/ARE) 1 (A)
Which word(s): MUCH or A LOT OF? (I)
Which word: CHANGE or EXCHANGE? (I)
OTHER, ANOTHER, DIFFERENT? 1 (A)
OTHER, ANOTHER, DIFFERENT? 2 (A)
Which word: EITHER, NEITHER, or TOO? (B)
EITHER/OR, NEITHER/NOR, TOO 1 (I)
EITHER/OR, NEITHER/NOR, TOO 2 (I)
Which word: THERE, THESE, or THIS? 1 (I)
Which word: THERE, THESE, or THIS? 2 (I)
How + (much, long, often, well) 1 (I)
How + (much, long, often, well) 2 (I)
Which Word: SO, SUCH, MANY, MUCH? 1 (I)
Which Word(s): SO, SUCH, SUCH A? 1 (I) NEW
Which word?: THERE, THEY'RE, THEIR 1 (I)
Which word?: THERE, THEY'RE, THEIR 2 (I)
Which word?: WHO, WHICH, WHOSE 1 (I)
Which word?: WHO, WHICH, WHOSE 2 (I)
Question words: Why, where, when 1 (B/I)
Which word?: DO or DOES? (B)
Quantifiers: More, most, the most 1 (I)
Quantifiers: More, most, the most 2 (I)

Doing these exercises will most likely improve your English, which will result in better test scores on exams such as the IELTS, TOEFL (Test of English as a foreign language, the Cambridge ESOL exams (KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE), the Trinity College London ESOL program (GESE, ISE), London Tests of English, etc.