Learn English grammar online for free and in a fun way. Good grammar can save you from being misunderstood and help you express yourself better. Grammar involves a set of rules that you use to form sentences in any language. Grammar rules explain things like why you walk slowly (not “slow”), and when to say “they” or “them.” Without grammar, it would be very difficult to understand each other.
So, learning English grammar is important, but it’s not always easy to start with. Where can you get all the information you need, and how can you remember all of the rules (and the exceptions to these rules)?
Below you’ll find good sites, some with a focus on listening, some on vocabulary, others on grammar, and some with a range of activities.
Grammarly
You probably already know, but English isn’t my native language. I created this blog to share the experience that I gained on my journey to English fluency.
Before I hit the publish button, I always check my blog post in Grammarly. I make spelling mistakes all the time; I don’t always catch these errors even when I proofread the content. It’s so embarrassing when I send a message with spelling or grammar mistakes. This just doesn’t look professional.
Even native speakers can confuse “it’s” with “its,” spell “foward” instead of “forward,” and so on. That’s why everyone needs to get the Grammarly browser extension and avoid uncomfortable situations that I used to have before using Grammarly.
You still don’t have it? How are you going to impress your teachers, colleagues, and boss with your perfect English grammar?
Easy World of English
An attractive, user-friendly website including grammar, pronunciation, reading practice, listening practice, and an interactive picture dictionary.
Many Things – Learn English Grammar Through Quizzes and Games
This website includes matching quizzes, word games, word puzzles, proverbs, slang expressions, anagrams, a random-sentence generator, and other computer-assisted language learning activities. The site also includes a special page on pronunciation, including practice with minimal pairs. Not the fanciest or most beautiful website but with lots to see and use with no advertisements.
English for Today – Learn English Grammar Online
This is a great website for testing your grammar and improving your vocabulary. Besides that, you also get videos, postcards and downloadable software to learn English grammar.
Dave’s ESL Café
A forum for both ESL teachers and students around the world. Dave’s ESL Cafe includes quizzes, grammar explanations, and discussion forums for students. For teachers, the site includes classroom ideas on all subjects as well as discussion forums.
BBC Learning English
This site has an array of enjoyable activities for practice in British English and some even relating to current events. Includes videos, quizzes, vocabulary practice, idioms, crosswords, and much more, all with British accents.
Activities for ESL Students
Grammar and vocabulary practice for all levels, including many bilingual quizzes for beginners. Also includes a link for teachers with conversation questions, games, and many other ideas to put to use in the classroom.
ABCYa – Learn English Grammar Like A Kid
This is a website for kids, but who says adults can’t use it as well? The site includes educational games organized by grade level, from 1st to 5th, and is particularly good for spelling and phonics. There are games to practice vowels, uppercase and lowercase letters, synonyms and antonyms, and more.
TV 411
This site includes videos with native speakers explaining key reading concepts like critical reading, summarizing, and scanning. Also, essential life skills like signing a lease and reading a medicine label. Following each video is a comprehension quiz. Click on the blue tabs across the top menu for lessons on reading, writing, vocabulary, and finance.
GCF Learn Free
A well-designed site with interactive tutorials for everything from operating an ATM machine to reading food labels. If you click on the main page icon and then click on reading, the site has resources for English language learners as well. Some of these resources include stories to listen to and read along to, as well as picture dictionaries.
Language Guide
This is an online picture dictionary, with everything from parts of the body to farm animals.
Oxford University Press
This site from Oxford University Press has activities to practice spelling, grammar, pronunciation, and listening. The site is a bit difficult to navigate, therefore it’s more suitable for advanced learners and savvy internet users.
And don’t forget YouTube. Whatever you’d like to learn — an explanation of a grammar term, idioms, a set of vocabulary — enter it in the search field and a variety of videos are sure to come up.
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4 thoughts on “How to Learn English Grammar for Free”
Learning English grammar can be really hard. I love that you are sharing your experiences.
Yeah, sometimes it’s very tricky
English is not my first language and yet I am pretty good at it. I have been on most of these sites just to brush up as am a freelancing in writing. They do come in handy.
Gayathri @ Musings Over Nothing
Yeah, I use them all the time to improve my English