74 practice lessons · 70 rule cards
Grammar
74 practice lessons and 70 short rule cards. Each rule is explained once, with examples, mistakes to avoid and a quick check.
- 🔊 Spoken instructions
- 👀 Examples
- ✅ A quick check
- 🎤 Say it
Short answer: Grammar Island has 70 short rule cards and 74 practice lessons. Each rule is explained once, with examples, common mistakes and a quick check, and each practice lesson has about 12 exercises. The rule cards run from nouns and a/an to reported speech and extra information with commas. One rule card and one lesson are free to try.
Who it is for
- Learners who want a clear explanation of one rule at a time.
- Students who make the same grammar mistakes in writing.
- Anyone using the Learning Path who wants to look up a rule.
What you learn
- 70 rules across six levels, from foundations to texts and talk.
- Examples that show how the rule looks in real sentences.
- Common mistakes and how to fix them.
- A quick check to see whether you remember.
Where to start
Start with the rule you are not sure about. Read the free article for it, then open the practice lesson. The English grammar articles also include Parts of speech: noun, verb, adjective, adverb and pronoun.
What is free
One rule card and the first practice lesson are free to try. The articles are free to read.
Questions
How many rules are there?
There are 70 rule cards and 74 practice lessons in six levels.
Do I need to learn every rule?
No. Open a card when a lesson uses a rule you are not sure about. The lessons link to the cards that help.
Are there explanations in Vietnamese?
Yes. Every rule article has a Vietnamese version, with the examples kept in English.
What you will learn
- A rule card for every grammar point
- Practice lessons from the first noun to reported speech
- Links from every writing lesson to the rule behind it
How it works
Each lesson explains one idea, shows examples and mistakes to avoid, and ends with a short check. Everything is spoken by the browser voice, and your progress stays on this device.
The rule cards
There are 70 short cards. Each one says the idea in one sentence, shows examples, lists the mistakes people make and ends with a quick check.
Level G1
- Naming words: nouns
- A or An?
- One and many: plural -s
- Plurals: -es, -ies and special nouns
- this, that, these, those
- I am, you are, it is
- he, she, it, we, they + is / are
- have and has
- can and can't
- Adjectives describe nouns
- A or The?
- have got and has got
Level G2
- Subject + Verb
- Verbs can have an object
- Present simple: I, you, we, they
- Present simple: he, she, it + -s
- Negatives: not with be and can
- Negatives: don't and doesn't
- Yes/No questions and short answers
- Wh- questions: what, where, who, how
- Present continuous: happening now
- Where is it? Prepositions of place
- my, your, his, her and me, him, them
- Sit down! Let's play! Instructions and Let's
- at 7, on Monday, in May: time words
- Whose is it? Mia's, mine and yours
- No Article?
Level G3
- Joining words: and, but, or, so
- because: giving reasons
- there is / there are
- Past: was and were
- Past simple: regular -ed
- Past simple: irregular verbs and did
- Comparing two things: -er and more … than
- I like swimming. I want to swim.
- Every day or right now?
Level G4
- The best: comparing three or more
- Future: will and won't
- Plans: am / is / are going to
- Telling a story: first, then, next, finally
- when and if
- Polite talk: Can I …? Would you like …?
- always, usually, sometimes, never
- some, any, much, many
- will or going to?
Level G5
- before and after
- Past continuous: was / were + -ing
- when and while in stories
- Why we do things: to and so that
- Describing people with who
- Describing things with that and which
- although and even though
- How we do things: adverbs of manner
- Full stops and commas between ideas
- A paragraph: topic sentence and details
Level G6
- Have you ever …? Experience
- already, yet, just
- Present perfect or past simple?
- Advice and rules: should, must, have to
- unless
- as … as, and comparing actions
- Linking sentences: also, however, for example, in the end
- Referring back: it, they, this, one
- Telling what someone said
- Shorter time clauses: before eating
- Shorter describing clauses: the boy playing
- Verb + -ing or to + verb
- Only that: everything, all, the best
- Extra information with commas
- whom, to whom, in which
How to practice
- Play a little every day: about 15 minutes is enough.
- Say the sentence out loud after the voice, even without the microphone.
- Repeat a lesson that feels easy. Repeating is practice, not a test.
- When you make a mistake, open the rule card and read the examples.