Grammar

Upper Intermediate and Advanced Class - MOCC Fall 2014

Adjective Clauses

Click here for a description and some practice exercises with adjective clauses.

Subordinating Conjunctions and Adverb (or Adverbial) Clauses

Click here for a description and some practice exercises with subordinating conjunctions


Direct vs. Reported (Indirect) Speech

Practice with reported speech: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/490/grammar/reported-speech.htm
 
Tense changes in reported speech: http://www.grammaring.com/tense-changes-in-indirect-speech





Upper Beginner - MOCC Winter 2013


Simple Present Tense and Present Continuous

Click here for some information and exercises comparing simple present or present continuous



Future - 'be going to'

Click here to do an online quiz with 'be going to'.




Simple Present Tense - practice 

Click here to do some practice questions using simple present tense.


Grammar Practice - 'Learn American English Online'

Click here for a good website for grammar practice.
  • Start with the 'blue level' lessons, for example lesson 7 (present tense) and lesson 12 (past tense). Move up to the next levels (red, yellow) if the blue level grammar is too easy for you.




Simple Past Tense


Click here for practice with simple past tense - regular '-ed' endings

Click here for practice with simple past tense - irregular verbs

Click here for practice with simple past tense - negatives and questions



Possessive Nouns

Click here for practice with using apostrophe + s ('s)




Frequency Adverbs: Always, Usually, Often, Sometimes, Seldom, Rarely, Never

Usually, frequency adverbs go before the verb:
  • I always drink a cup of coffee in the morning.
  • She never takes the bus.

You can put 'sometimes' at the front of the sentence, before the verb, or at the end of the sentence.
  • Sometimes, I like to go for a run.
  • I sometimes like to go for a run.
  • I like to go for a run sometimes.

But, frequency adverbs always go after the verb "be":
  • He is always late on Monday mornings!
  • I'm often tired on Fridays.



Present simple tense:

I/you/we/they drive

She/he/it drives

Question form: Do you drive?
  •  Answer: Yes, I do  or  No, I don't.





The verb "Be"

I am
You are
She/he/it is
They/We are

Question form: Are you/they/we...? Is she/he/it...? Am I...?
  • Answer: Yes, you/they/we are  or  No, you/they/we aren't.
              Yes, she/he/it is  or  No, she/he/it isn't.
              Yes, I am  or No, I'm not.

Click here to practice the verb "be" (present simple).






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