Grammar exercises for ESL classes

A1 students are learning to survive in English: introduce themselves, describe their day and ask for simple things. Grammar at this level is small and repetitive on purpose. Short, frequent practice beats long explanations.

• Present simpleA1 · 6 exercises
• Present continuousA1 · 6 exercises
• Prepositions of placeA1 · 6 exercises
• There is / there areA1 · 6 exercises
• Articles: a, an, theA1 · 6 exercises

Teaching A1: what to focus on

A2 students start to talk about the past and the future, compare things and give simple advice. It is the level where irregular verbs and confusing pairs (will versus going to, must versus have to) begin to appear.

• Past simpleA2 · 6 exercises
• Comparatives and superlativesA2 · 6 exercises
• Will vs going toA2 · 6 exercises
• First conditionalA2 · 6 exercises
• Modal verbs: can, must, should, have toA2 · 6 exercises
• Countable and uncountable nounsA2 · 6 exercises

Teaching A2: what to focus on

B1 students can cope with most everyday situations and are ready to express opinions, hypotheses and experiences. Grammar shifts from single forms to contrasts: present perfect versus past simple, real versus unreal conditionals.

• Second conditionalB1 · 6 exercises
• Present perfectB1 · 6 exercises
• Passive voiceB1 · 6 exercises
• Relative clausesB1 · 6 exercises

Teaching B1: what to focus on

B2 students communicate fluently but still make predictable errors. The work is refinement: range, control and register. Reported speech, complex conditionals and the passive keep coming back until they are natural.

• Reported speechB2 · 6 exercises

Teaching B2: what to focus on