Grammar Basics

Welcome to the grammar lessons of English for Dummies. 

In this area you will find useful constructions and tips.  Each lesson has practical examples.
 

English Grammar Free exercises, tips and lessons.

What is Grammar?

Formal Grammar

Parts of Speech

The basic to start learning English Grammar is to understand the parts of speech.

Nouns

Verbs

Adjetives

Adverbs

Conjunctions

Function Words

Auxiliaries

Prepositions

English Compound Prepositions List, Exercises and Examples

Qualifiers

Connectives

Subordinators

Question words

Isolated Function Words

Substitutes For Parts Of Speech

Basic Elements of the Sentence

Types of Subject

Types of Verbs

Types of Complements

Subordinate Elements of the Sentence

The Subject and its Modifiers

The Verb and its Modifiers

The Complement and its Modifiers

Sentence Patterns

Simple Sentence

Compound Sentence

Complex Sentence

Tense Forms and Usage

Simple Verb Phrase

Perfect Verb Phrase

Future Verb Phrase. (Will and Shall)

Progressive Verb Phrase

Comparison of Past Tense and Present Perfect Tense

Conditional Patterns

Subjunctive Patterns

Variety in Sentence Structure