ENGLISH GRAMMAR TEST

This short English grammar test will tell you if you're level A, B or C on the CEFR scale for receptive English skills (listening and reading). Although I didn't build it, I haven't found a more accurate English grammar test anywhere, at least not for free. There's a longer version of this same English grammar test that gives you a more precise score and you can publish that score straight to your LinkedIn profile if you want to. If you're really looking for a challenge, there's a 2 hour version which tells you what you'd score on the TOEFL and IELTS if you took those tests. All three English grammar tests are available at no charge over on the site of the test's makers.

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When you're looking for an English grammar test, it's better to choose a test that evaluates English grammar usage, that is to say, English in context, rather than just testing rules. Memorizing English grammar rules and being able to recite them on command doesn't necessarily lead to mastery of English. That's what I like so much about this particular suite of English grammar tests, as compared to others I've tried. They test English in context, making sure you can use grammar rules, while also checking that you have enough vocabulary to understand everyday English. Free is also nice.

Sample Interactive Activities: K–8 and High School

K12 lessons include interactive activities like the ones below.

As you'll see, most activities offer classic "learning by doing" opportunities, which develop a true understanding of a lesson's ideas and principles.

Be sure to also check out our sample lessons for grades K–8 and 9–12. And try mobile applications for all grades.

Interactive Activities from K–8 Lessons

Betsy's Flag

Cradles of Civilization

Mozart's Variations

Richter Scale

Postcards from Around the World

The Fisherman and the Genie

The Road to Rome

Where in the Roman World?

Karate Practice with Alexander the Great

Comparing Collections

Counting Engine

Building Expressions

Mystery Item

Ocean Explorer

Rocks of the Grand Canyon

Harp

Interactive Activities from High School Lessons

Axis Aggressions
Students review the aggressions perpetrated by the Axis powers in the late 1920s and early 1930s leading up to World War II.

Observing Mitosis
Students explore cellular mitosis while experiencing an authentic scientific experiment using a virtual laboratory to reproduce a traditional biology lab.

Sound Lab
Students investigate the nature of sound waves by conducting a classic scientific applied physics experiment in a virtual laboratory.

pH Indicator Testing
In Chemistry, students use the interactive lab to test the pH of a solution.

The Coriolis Effect
This animated tutorial shows the Coriolis Effect and informs students about the important dynamics of Coriolis forces on meteorology.

Identifying Functions
Students learn about functions, how to identify them, their domain and their range.

How to Solve a System of Equations
This tutorial teaches students how to solve linear equations using a calculator.

Marketing an Era
Students apply their acquired knowledge about nationalism (1815-1824) to create a brochure that identifies some of the architecture, opportunities, and changes during Madison’s and Monroe’s new nationalism.

Characters in American Literature
The roles and personality traits of the characters inThe Glass Menagerie are highlighted and explained in this student interactive.

Mars Orbit from Earth
This visual tool traces the path of Mars through the night sky over several months and explains the looping pattern created.

Planet Distances
The relative distances between the planets in the solar system are compared to those of points on the map of the United States.

Skydome Earth Simulator
Students learn the relationship between the paths the sun takes across the daytime sky through the course of the year.

RELATIVE CLAUSES

Relative clauses are non-essential parts of a sentence. They may add meaning, but if they are removed, the sentence will still function grammatically. There are two broad types of relative clauses in English. It is important to distinguish between them because it affects the choice of pronoun used to introduce the clause. There is a more detailed page about preposition placement in relative clauses.

DEFINING CLAUSES

A defining or identifying clause tells us which specific person or thing we are talking about in a larger group of people or things. If a defining relative clause is removed, the meaning of the sentence changes significantly. A defining relative clause is not separated from the rest of the sentence by commas or parentheses.

EXAMPLES

• The woman who visited me in the hospital was very kind.
• The umbrella that I bought last week is already broken.
• The man who stole my backpack has been arrested.
• The weather that we had this summer was beautiful.

Learn more about using defining relative clauses correctly.

NON-DEFINING CLAUSES

A non-defining or non-essential clause gives us more information about the person or thing we are talking about. If a non-defining relative clause is removed from a sentence, we lose some detail, but the overall meaning of the sentence remains the same. Non-defining relative clauses are always set off from the rest of the sentence with commas or parentheses.

EXAMPLES

• The farmer, whose name was Fred, sold us 10 pounds of potatoes.
• Elephants, which are the largest land mammals, live in herds of 10 or more adults.
• The author, who graduated from the same university I did, gave a wonderful presentation.
• My mother, who is 86, lives in Paris.

Easy English: Hi! Let's talk about the teacher's common problem:...

Look! This girl prepared an important information for you! Hope, it would be interesting

Easy English: Hi! Let's talk about the teacher's common problem:...: Hi! Let's talk about the teacher's common problem: What should you do, when your student simply doesn't get the information, yo...

SPEECH

Use the references in this section to learn how to quote people directly (direct speech) or how to rephrase what people say (indirect or reported speech).

REPORTING SPEECH IN ENGLISH

• Defining direct and indirect speech
• How to change verb tenses when reporting speech
• How to change time and place references when reporting speech
• Reporting questions
• Verbs used to report speech
• How to report orders, requests, and suggestions
• How to report hopes, intentions, and promises

PUNCTUATION

Punctuation is used to create sense, clarity and stress in sentences. You use punctuation marks to structure and organise your writing.

You can quickly see why punctuation is important if you try and read this sentence which has no punctuation at all:

perhaps you dont always need to use commas periods colons etc to make sentences clear when i am in a hurry tired cold lazy or angry i sometimes leave out punctuation marks grammar is stupid i can write without it and dont need it my uncle Harry once said he was not very clever and i never understood a word he wrote to me i think ill learn some punctuation not too much enough to write to Uncle Harry he needs some help

Now let's see if punctuating it makes a difference!

Perhaps you don't always need to use commas, periods, colons etc. to make sentences clear. When I am in a hurry, tired, cold, lazy, or angry I sometimes leave out punctuation marks. "Grammar is stupid! I can write without it and don't need it," my uncle Harry once said. He was not very clever, and I never understood a word he wrote to me. I think I'll learn some punctuation - not too much, enough to write to Uncle Harry. He needs some help!

Use the pages in this punctuation section to learn how to make your English clearer and better organised.

PUNCTUATION RULES IN ENGLISH

• the period (or full stop in British English)
• the comma
• the exclamation mark
• the question mark
• the colon
• the semicolon
• the quotation mark
• the apostrophe
• the hyphen and the dash
• parentheses and brackets

DETERMINERS

Determiners are words placed in front of a noun to make it clear what the noun refers to. Use the pages in this section to help you use English determiners correctly.

DETERMINERS IN ENGLISH

• Definite article : the
• Indefinite articles : a, an
• Demonstratives: this, that, these, those
• Pronouns and possessive determiners : my, your, his, her, its, our, their
• Quantifiers : a few, a little, much, many, a lot of, most, some, any, enough
• Numbers : one, ten, thirty
• Distributives : all, both, half, either, neither, each, every
• Difference words : other, another
• Pre-determiners : such, what, rather, quite