This is a list of a few web pages I usually recommend to my pupils.
Grammar
- BBC’s Grammar Challenge [1] (tricky grammatical structures)
- English Grammar Exercises [2] (tons of exercises)
Focus on Tenses
- All (12) English Tenses: overview [3] | explanations [4]
- Verb Tense Tutorial [5] (illustrative reference with exercises)
- Englische Zeiten [6] (grafische Gegenüberstellung)
- Talking about the past:
What We Used To Do [7] | ‘Used To’ Re-Ordering Quiz [8] | Past Simple or ‘Used To’ [9] | “Used To” or “Would”? [10] | Past Perfect Worksheet [11] | Past Perfect Chain Of Events [12] | The Cold English Sea [13] - Talking about the future:
Rules [14] | will-future or going to-future [15] - Mixed Tenses:
Signal Words [16] | Statements 1 [17] | Statements 2 [18] | Complex Test [19] | Gap-fill Exercise [20] | Growing Up In Two Cultures [21] | Another Gap-fill Exercise [22] | All Tenses [23] - Finding mistakes:
A letter with mistakes in it [24] | Past [25] | Future [26] | Error text – Simple Past [27]
Focus on Gerunds and Infinitives
- Explanations: What is a gerund? [28] (video) | How to use gerunds and infinitives [29] (video) | Gerunds and Infinitives [30]
- Verb + Preposition + Gerund:
Fill in the … preposition 1 [31] | preposition 2 [32] | preposition + gerund [33] - Gerund or Infinitive:
List of common verbs + gerund and verbs + to + infinitive [34] (pdf)
Multiple choice [35] | Gap-fill exercises A [36] | B [37] | C [38] | D [39] - Gerund or infinitive with change in meaning:
Explanantions [40] | Gap-fill exercise [41]
Focus on Conditionals
- All Conditionals [42] (explanatory video)
- Mixed Conditionals [43] (another video)
- Übersicht [44] (easy explanations in German)
- Exercises [45] | more exercises [46] | and even more exercises (and explanations) [47]
Focus on the Zero Determiner
- Video: How to use the zero article with nouns in English sentences [48]
- English Club: “ZERO Article” [49] | When NOT to Use “the”! [50] | Nouns used without a determiner [50] (explanations)
- a first exercise [51] | Carina’s favourite [52] | another one [53]
Presentations
- Presentation Magazine [54] (for professional presentations)
Writing
- Abiturprüfung Englisch – Schreiben [55] (how to prepare for the final exam)
- Schreibschule – Englische Texte Schreiben [56] (handy tips for writing texts)
Vocabulary
- BBC Learning English [57] (highly recommendable!)
- How To Improve Your Vocabulary [58] (forget the “sponsored links”)
- Vokabeln/Wortschatz Englisch [59] (lists of phrases)