This is a list of a few web pages I usually recommend to my pupils.
Grammar
- BBC’s Grammar Challenge (tricky grammatical structures)
- English Grammar Exercises (tons of exercises)
Focus on Tenses
- All (12) English Tenses: overview | explanations
- Verb Tense Tutorial (illustrative reference with exercises)
- Englische Zeiten (grafische Gegenüberstellung)
- Talking about the past:
What We Used To Do | ‘Used To’ Re-Ordering Quiz | Past Simple or ‘Used To’ | “Used To” or “Would”? | Past Perfect Worksheet | Past Perfect Chain Of Events | The Cold English Sea - Talking about the future:
Rules | will-future or going to-future - Mixed Tenses:
Signal Words | Statements 1 | Statements 2 | Complex Test | Gap-fill Exercise | Growing Up In Two Cultures | Another Gap-fill Exercise | All Tenses - Finding mistakes:
A letter with mistakes in it | Past | Future | Error text – Simple Past
Focus on Gerunds and Infinitives
- Explanations: What is a gerund? (video) | How to use gerunds and infinitives (video) | Gerunds and Infinitives
- Verb + Preposition + Gerund:
Fill in the … preposition 1 | preposition 2 | preposition + gerund - Gerund or Infinitive:
List of common verbs + gerund and verbs + to + infinitive (pdf)
Multiple choice | Gap-fill exercises A | B | C | D - Gerund or infinitive with change in meaning:
Explanantions | Gap-fill exercise
Focus on Conditionals
- All Conditionals (explanatory video)
- Mixed Conditionals (another video)
- Übersicht (easy explanations in German)
- Exercises | more exercises | and even more exercises (and explanations)
Focus on the Zero Determiner
- Video: How to use the zero article with nouns in English sentences
- English Club: “ZERO Article” | When NOT to Use “the”! | Nouns used without a determiner (explanations)
- a first exercise | Carina’s favourite | another one
Presentations
- Presentation Magazine (for professional presentations)
Writing
- Abiturprüfung Englisch – Schreiben (how to prepare for the final exam)
- Schreibschule – Englische Texte Schreiben (handy tips for writing texts)
Vocabulary
- BBC Learning English (highly recommendable!)
- How To Improve Your Vocabulary (forget the “sponsored links”)
- Vokabeln/Wortschatz Englisch (lists of phrases)