Negative forms in English sentences
Use not with a helping verb: do not work, is not late, cannot come, and did not call. After do not, does not, and did not, use the base form of the main verb.
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Nouns exercise: identify countable and uncountable nouns
Use a or an with one countable singular noun, use numbers and many with countable plurals, and use some or much with most uncountable nouns. Add a container phrase when you need to count an uncountable thing.
Numbers and quantities in English
Use how many with countable plural nouns and how much with uncountable nouns. Use numbers with countable items, and use measure words such as a bottle of or a cup of when you need to count an uncountable noun.
Object pronouns: me, you, him, her, us, and them
Use an object pronoun when a person receives the action or comes after a preposition. Say The coach called me and Please sit with us. Use subject forms such as I, he, she, we, and they before the verb when they do the action.
Ourselves, themselves, and yourselves: use reflexive pronouns
Use a reflexive pronoun when the subject and object are the same. Match the subject: I becomes myself, you becomes yourself or yourselves, and they becomes themselves.
Parts of speech: identify the job of each word
The main parts of speech at this level are nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, determiners, and interjections. Identify the word by the job it does in its sentence.
Past continuous tense exercise: describe actions in progress
Use was or were plus an -ing verb for an activity that was in progress at a particular time in the past. Use was with I, he, she, and it; use were with you, we, and they.
Past continuous: actions in progress in the past
Use was or were plus a verb ending in -ing for an action in progress. At eight, Mia was cooking dinner.
Past simple: uses, form, and examples
Choose the past simple when the action or situation is finished. Use a past form in an affirmative sentence, then use did plus the base verb in most questions and negatives.
Plural nouns: regular forms and common exceptions
Use a plural noun when you mean more than one countable person or thing. Add -s to most nouns and -es after endings such as -s, -x, -ch, and -sh. Learn common exceptions, including children, people, and feet, as singular and plural pairs.
Possessive determiners: my, your, his, her, its, our, and their
Use a possessive determiner before a noun: my bag, her plan, or their office. Match the word to the owner or group, and do not add an apostrophe to these forms.
Possessive pronouns: mine, yours, ours, and theirs
Use mine, yours, his, hers, ours, and theirs when the owned noun is already clear. Use my, your, his, her, our, and their before a noun.