ELEMENTARY GRAMMAR CORNER

This is a place to practise grammar. Many links are taken from englishexercises.org  or liveworsheets.com (these are interactives worksheets you can do onine) unless stated otherwise.

Grammar points

Spelling - Doubling consonants at the end of words in English

Please, visit http://www.myenglishteacher.net/doublingletterslesson110600.html for a full explanation and activities on this topic. Remember Consonant+ Vowel+Consonant doubles the final consonant but only when the stress is on that syllable. listen does not double the final consonant. swim doubles the final consonant, swimming.

a, an and the with or without vowels

a+ consonant
We say a dog, a window, a glass...
an+vowel
we say an umbrella, an egg, an ostrich...
a + sound /ju:/
a European person, a university, a unicorn...

A similar rule applies to the 
The+consonant is pronounced /ðə/: the glass, the computer...
the +vowel is pronounced /ðɪ/:: the egg, the onion...
the + sound /ju:/ is pronounced  /ðə/ : the European Union, the USA...

Try this easy flash activity and also try to pronounce all of the articles properly

Possessive Adjectives

Visit englishexercises to do some activities on possessive adjectives and pronouns

By allakoalla
Irina

Possessive adjectives and pronouns by asajohansson

Possessive adjectives by Victor

Possessive adjectives, an interactive worksheet by victor
liveworksheets.com

The Simpsons by Victor (Possessive adjectives)

The Simpsons - Possessive adjectives, an interactive worksheet by victor
liveworksheets.com

Saxon Genitive

By Luis3

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By Nuria08. Find the answers on downloads

Whose ball is this? By Victor

Genitive case, una ficha interactiva de victor
liveworksheets.com

A family tree- Saxon Genitive

Family Tree, una ficha interactiva de manonski
liveworksheets.com

Adjectives

Practice on adjectives:

Adjectives by Orit

Appearance by Jelena

Physical Appearance by fofuda

This, that, These, Those

Practise them here. by masai089 

by masai089

More practice with two live worksheets from LIVEWORKSHEETS.

By Mada_1

Demonstratives

By Victor

This, that, these, those

IN, AT,ON

Time and Location are expressed with these prepositions. Visit https://enjoyourenglish.wordpress.com/2013/09/17/at-on-in/ to get an infogram.

Practice on at, on, in, for  time and places

by Adryenn

Much more difficult. The Million Pound Drop game. By Alaa A. Shammalah

WH words by S. Ortiz

 Have got by Mada_1

Have got - Has got, una ficha interactiva de mada_1
liveworksheets.com

Frequency Adverbs

Practise frequency adverbs below...

by Nuria Ortiz

CAN / CAN'T

Practise CAN with

by Ana Laura Lopez

by Robirimini

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

The Snowman by Anaas

Distinction of present continuous and present simple by Paula.

List of verbs that we do not use in the present continuous.
https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/non-continuous-verbs

OBJECT PRONOUNS

Me, you, him, her, it, them...

By Cecilia

Subject, Object and other pronouns by Espeoliva

LIKE + VERB -ING FORM

BY ZIASABRI

BY CMACDONALD

The Spanish Royal Family and The Past Simple

The Spanish Royal Family, una ficha interactiva de janinewilliams
liveworksheets.com

WRITING COMPOSITIONS

WORD ORDER IN SENTENCES. Some links to help you organise your writing: http://www.eoilangreo.net/guia_expresion/Ingles/orden1.htm and http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/word-order

GENERAL PRACTICE

On this website http://menuaingles.blogspot.com.es/p/por-donde-empezar-en-este-blog.html you will find many resources: listening activities, advice to practise other skills and a range of courses of English language.