Pre-intermediate Grammar Points

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GRAMMAR POINTS (Below)

Pre-intermediate Verb and Tenses

Click on the left to get suggestions to study or review verb or tenses.

General Practice

For online activities on tenses, translation into English and other grammar points you can go to: http://www.gramaticainglesamanas.com/ejercicios.html

PERSONAL PRONOUNS AND ADJECTIVES IN ENGLISH. CHART

A chart of personal pronouns and adjectives in English with video activities and activities online to use them properly. Visit www.grammarbank.com/pronouns-chart.html

Subject / object questions

Who knows about this? What is it about? Find out about how to use it and practise on the webpage below:
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/quick-grammar/question-forms-subjectobject-questions

Comparatives and superlatives

Visit English-Zone.Com to get the rules, exercises and the answers.
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Answers: English-Zone.Com Answers
Visit EnglishinContext facebook page to watch a video explaining this grammar point

Practise comparative and superlative adjectives with this song: Big time by Peter Gabriel. Click below to get access to the Songs download section and do an activity about it.

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE AND TIME

1. Visit EGO4U Prepositions to read their explanation about both kinds of prepositions.
2. Click on the picture to do an exercise on them

AT, IN, ON

Time and Location are expressed with these prepositions. Please, visit enjoyourenglish.wordpress.com/2013/09/17/at-on-in/ to get an infographic

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

by Adryenn

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

CONJUNCTIONS

Click on the picture to do an exercise on "so, and, but, because". Author: Houda Benbrahim

And, but, because

Here's another one on "and, because and but".
Author:deinha

Source: Visit English Exercises for more exercises like these above.

Get the essential connectors pdf file by keepsmilinenglish on downloads/vocabulary and grammar corner. It gives you a good explanation of therefore, because(of), as, since, but, although, so, in spite of, despite, however, moreover, also, too, in addition, to, in order to, etc.

Prepositions of movement

Read the explanation on English Purdue about " to, on(to) and in(to)"
Do the exercises on ELT.OUP on other prepositions:

Uses of the infinitive or gerund

Find a good bilingual explanation about the Infinitive and Gerund on Mansion del Inglés and some exercises

Adjectives ending in -ed/ing

Do some activities on this grammar point.

ADJECTIVE ENDINGS - ed/ing, by Carlos Reis
Find this and other adjectives exercises in English Exercises .org

-ED & -ING ADJECTIVES, by Maria
Find this and other adjectives exercises in English Exercises .org

Difference of the use of "-ing" or "to" as subjects and objects in English

As I explained, the use of to is considered more formal nowadays. Please, visit Cristina Cabal's site to read her explanation with examples: http://www.cristinacabal.com/?p=7363