Intermediate English Grammar
Pattern Expander
Connect your foundations. Master all twelve tenses, modal verbs, the passive voice, reported speech, conditionals, and the clauses that make English flow.
Continuous Tenses — Actions in Progress
Up NextDescribe actions that are, were, or will be in progress.
Perfect Tenses — Linking Past and Present
Connect what happened with what is happening now.
Perfect Continuous Tenses — Duration Up to a Point
Combine duration with completion — the finest tense distinctions.
Modal Verbs — Can, Could, May, Might, Must, Should, Will, Would
Express ability, permission, possibility, obligation, and advice.
Active and Passive Voice
Shift focus between the doer and the receiver of an action.
Direct and Reported (Indirect) Speech
Tell someone what another person said — without quoting directly.
Conditionals — Zero, First, Second, and Third
Express what happens, will happen, would happen, or would have happened.
Phrases and Clauses — The Building Blocks of Sentences
Tell the difference between groups of words that do and do not stand alone.
Relative (Adjective) Clauses
Add identifying or extra information about nouns.
Gerunds and Infinitives — Verbs as Nouns
When a verb acts like a noun, which form does it take?
Participles — Present and Past
Verb forms that work as adjectives and in compound tenses.
Comparatives and Superlatives — Degrees of Comparison
Compare two things, or rank one against many.
Quantifiers — Some, Any, Much, Many, Few, Little
Talk about amounts without using exact numbers.
Determiners — Specifying Nouns
The small words that come before nouns and set their context.
Compound and Complex Sentences
Combine ideas into flowing, varied sentences.
Commonly Confused Words — Their, There, They're and More
Sound-alike and look-alike words that trip up native speakers too.
Phrasal Verbs — Verbs with Particles
Master the two-word verbs that make English sound natural.
Questions, Question Tags, and Negation
Form questions, add tags, and negate sentences correctly.
Advanced Subject-Verb Agreement
Master the tricky cases that trip up even native speakers.
Confused Verb Pairs — Lay/Lie, Sit/Set, Rise/Raise, Who/Whom
Conquer the verb pairs that confuse native speakers too.