ESL: Grammar
Scroll down for several printable worksheets dealing with English grammar, including parts of speech and tenses. The worksheets on this page were developed for use in our own classes; each page explains the grammar points clearly and with simple language, and includes writing and review exercises to reinforce the material. Great for big classes or one-on-one students!

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Parts of Speech
Each of the worksheets below includes clear explanations of the different tenses, using simple language that ESL students can understand.

Nouns

ESL Worksheets: List of 100 Common Nouns

ESL Worksheets: Nouns (1) - an introduction to Nouns (people, places, and things)

ESL Worksheets: Nouns (2) - an introduction to Nouns (people, places, and things)

ESL Worksheets: Nouns (3) - an introduction to plural nouns

ESL Worksheets: Nouns (4) - singular and plural nouns, using "There is" and "There are"


Count/Noncount Nouns

ESL Worksheets: Count/Noncount Nouns (1) - count nouns with "many", and noncount nouns with "much"

ESL Worksheets: Count/Noncount Nouns (2) - count/noncount nouns with "many", "much", and "a lot of"

ESL Worksheets: Count/Noncount Nouns (3) - count nouns with "a few", and noncount nouns with "a little"

ESL Worksheets: Count/Noncount Nouns (4) - count/noncount nouns with "some"

ESL Worksheets: Count/Noncount Nouns (5) - count nouns with "There are" and noncount nouns with "There is"

 

Verbs:

ESL Worksheets: List of 100 Common Verbs

ESL Worksheets: Verbs (1) - an introduction to verbs

ESL Worksheets: Verbs (2) - introduction to Be Verbs (am, is, are)

ESL Worksheets: Verbs (3) - extra practice with verbs

ESL Worksheets: Nouns and Verbs - practice differentiating nouns and verbs

ESL Worksheets: List of Irregular Verb Forms - Present, Past, and Past Participle

ESL Worksheets: Irregular Verbs - Past and Past Participle Quiz



Adjectives:

ESL Worksheets: List of 100 Adjectives

ESL Worksheets: Adjectives (1) - an introduction to adjectives

ESL Worksheets: Adjectives (2) - opposites

ESL Worksheets: Adjectives (3) - fill in the blank with an adjective

ESL Worksheets: Adjectives (4) - adjectives and the nouns they modify

 

ESL Worksheets: Comparative Adjectives (1) - an introduction to comparative adjectives (adj. + er)

ESL Worksheets: Comparative Adjectives (2) - more practice with comparative adjectives

ESL Worksheets: Comparative Adjectives (3) - more vs. -er

ESL Worksheets: Comparative Adjectives - As--As (1) - introduction to the "as - adjective - as" pattern

ESL Worksheets: Comparative Adjectives - As--As (2) - use either more/-er or as-adjective-as to compare two things

ESL Worksheets: Comparative Adjectives - As--As (3) - compare different things using comparative adjectives

ESL Worksheets: Comparative Adjectives - Not as--as - use this pattern to say the oppposite of "more + adjective"

ESL Worksheets: Superlative Adjectives (1) - introduction to superlative adjectives, using adjective + est

ESL Worksheets: Superlative Adjectives (2) - more practice with superlative adjectives

ESL Worksheets: Irregular Adjectives - some irregular adjectives, and their comparative and superlative forms

 

Adverbs:

ESL Worksheets: Adverbs (1) - an introduction to adverbs

ESL Worksheets: Adverbs (2) - fill in the blanks with a suitable adverb

ESL Worksheets: Adjectives and Adverbs - identify adjectives and adverbs, and the words that they modify

ESL Worksheets: Irregular Adverbs (1) - an introduction to some irregular adverbs

ESL Worksheets: Irregular Adverbs (2) - hard/hardly and late/lately

ESL Worksheets: Adverb Games - a couple of simple, printable activities that make learning adverbs fun and interactive!


 

Tenses
Each of the worksheets below includes clear and simple explanations of the different tenses, along with basic exercises to help students understand when and how to use them correctly.

Present Tense

 

Present Continuous Tense

Past Tense

Future Tense

Basic Tense Review Quizzes

 

Past Continuous Tense

 

Present Perfect Tense

 

 

 

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

(a.k.a. Present Perfect Progressive Tense)


Additional Advanced Grammar ESL Worksheets

Passive Voice

Subject-Verb-Object Worksheet 1 - introduction to the "subject-verb-object" sentence construction.

Subject-Verb-Object Worksheet 2 - practice identifying subjects and objects


Passive Voice Worksheet 1
- rewrite the sentences in the passive voice ("be verb" + "past participle" + "by")

Passive Voice Worksheet 2 - practice writing passive voice sentences without subjects

Passive Voice Worksheet 3 - practice using the passive voice with the words "get" and "got" (instead of "be verbs")

Passive Voice Worksheet 4 - practice switching between active and passive voices

Download more similar worksheets in our grammar e-books!

 

Embedded Questions

Embedded Questions Worksheet 1 - introduction to embedded questions (indirect questions)

Embedded Questions Worksheet 2 - practice writing embedded questions

Embedded Questions Worksheet 3 - practice writing questions that include embedded questions

Embedded Questions Worksheet 4 - introduction to embedded questions using the word "if"

Embedded Questions Worksheet 5 - introduction to embedded questions using the words "whether ... or not"

 

Relative Clauses

Relative Clauses - Worksheet 1 - introduction to relative clauses (using "that", "which", and "who")

Relative Clauses - Worksheet 2 - review of relative clauses (using "that", "which", and "who")

Relative Clauses - Worksheet 3 - relative clauses using "where", "when", and "whose"

Relative Clauses - Worksheet 4 - "identifying" vs. "non-identifying" relative clauses

Relative Clauses - Worksheet 5 - review of "identifying" relative clauses

Relative Clauses - Worksheet 6 - introduction to the grammar rule stating that you should not put prepositions at the end of sentences

Relative Clauses - Worksheet 7 - "no prepositions at the end of a sentence" review

Relative Clauses - Worksheet 8 -"no prepositions at the end of a sentence" review (part 2)

 

 

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