Grammar Monster

Free English Grammar Lessons and Tests

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We have hundreds of lessons, tests, games, and word lists covering everything from basic vocabulary to tips for advanced writers. The site is packed with teaching resources, including video lessons, printable word lists, and shareable tests.

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Are you training for your black belt in grammar? Are you teaching new learners? Here are 10 sample lessons at different levels of requirement. Remember that these are just samples. We have thousands of free lessons, tests, and videos.

I'm a tutor of absolute beginners.

1. "introducing yourself" (role-play lesson) 2. "talking about yourself" (role-play lesson) 3. "talking about your family" (role-play lesson) 4. "counting in English" (lesson & game) 5. "colours" (games & flashcards) 6. "days of the week" (games and flashcards) 7. "frequency adverbs" (games & flashcards) 8. "ordinal numbers & fractions" (games & flashcards) 9. "shapes" (video) 10. "English for beginners" (list of lessons & resources)

I'm a tutor looking for word games & grammar tests.

1. Match the pairs (for learning the "parts of speech") 2. "Look-cover-write-check" (for vocabulary & spelling) 3. "Word Builder" (for vocabulary) 4. "Word Up" (for advanced vocabulary) 5. "HangMan" (for vocabulary) 6. "Spot the word" (for identifying verbs) 7. "Fish" game (for identifying adverbs) 8. "Bubble pop" game (for identifying prepositions) 9. Match-the-pairs game (for identifying pronouns) 10. Insert-the-punctuation test (for all punctuation)

I'm a native speaker new to grammatical terms.

1. "The Parts of speech" (video) 2. "Warm up" lesson on adjectives 3. Full lesson on nouns 4. Subjects 5. "Warm up" lesson on verbs 6. Introduction to verb conjugation 7. Introduction to grammatical "number" 8. Full lesson on phrases 9. Introduction to sentence types 10. Full lesson on the "parts of speech"

I'm a native speaker taking my grammar to an advanced level.

1. Misplaced modifiers 2. Restrictive modifiers 3. Parenthetical punctuation 4. Compound predicates 5. Complements 6. Zeugma 7. Conjunctive adverbs 8. Singular "they" (video) 9. Ending a sentence with a preposition (the nuances) 10. Apostrophes for joint ownership

I'm a student who wants to expand my writing skills.

1. The run-on sentence (a killer lesson!) 2. Verbs of attribution (for referencing) 3. Using "however" properly 4. Most common punctuation errors 5. Hyphens in compound adjectives 6. Commas before "which," "that," and "who" 7. Apostrophes in time expressions 8. Square brackets in quotations 9. Commas with fronted adverbials 10. Commas before conjunctions (and, but, or, etc.)

I'm a business person who wants to sharpen my writing.

1. Writing parallel lists (important lesson!) 2. Selecting the right words (i.e., diction) 3. Avoiding the run-on sentence (a common error) 4. Using "however" properly 5. Using hyphens in compound adjectives 6. Understanding subject-verb agreement 7. Using commas before "which," "that," and "who" 8. Using commas before conjunctions (and, but, or, etc.) 9. Saving words with participle phrases 10. Explaining through analogies

I'm a creative writer who wants to improve flair.

1. Anastrophe (playing with word order) 2. Metonyms (using associated words) 3. Emotive language (being judge and jury) 4. Assonance (adding flair with vowels) 5. Consonance (adding flair with consonants) 6. Anaphora (repeating deliberately) 7. Zeugma (playing with sentence structure) 8. Ethos (writing to influence) 9. Point of view (writing to engage) 10. Analogies (painting pictures with words)

I want to create my own curriculum.

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Glossaries for Advanced Learners
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Glossaries for Advanced Learners

A-Z
Grammar Terms

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Confused Words

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Punctuation Lessons

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Unusual Plurals

A-Z
Common Idioms

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Grammar Tests and Games

Popular Lessons for Advanced Learners

9 parts of speech adjectives adverbs conjunctions determiners interjections nouns prepositions pronouns verbs

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Word Lists

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adverbs top 3
conjunctions top 10
interjections top 50
nouns top 10
prepositions top 10
irregular verbs top 10
regular verbs 100
most common verbs

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Vocabulary Lessons for Beginners or Kids

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your spelling top 20
misspellings stress placement
in English words

Grammar Lessons for Beginners or Kids

verbs for kids nouns for kids adjectives
for kids adverbs
for kids prepositions
for kids pronouns
for kids conjunctions
for kids

List of Tests and Games

WordUp! word-builder game hangman game countdown Wordle speed test
(multi-discipline) memory test
(with grammar angle) Tetris test
(confused words)

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Miscellaneous Lists

A-Z
Irregular Verbs

Tattoo Fails

Collective Nouns for Animals

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