Beginner & elementary exercises
Exercises for elementary and beginner students of English.
Practise tenses, vocabulary and grammar in these interactive tests.
Go back and try an exercise whenever you want – they’re free!
Tenses
| Exercise name | Type |
| Present simple (1) I do, I am, I have, he has … |
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| Present simple (2) I do, I am, I have, he has … |
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| Present simple with ‘always’, ‘never’, ‘often’ I always go, he is never … |
multiple-choice |
| Present simple questions (1) Do I, does he? |
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| Present simple questions (2) Do I, does he? |
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| Present simple questions, negatives (1) Do, don’t, doesn’t |
multiple-choice |
| Present simple questions, negatives (2) Do, don’t, doesn’t |
multiple-choice |
More tenses
| Exercise name | Type |
| Present continuous questions are you doing?, is he doing? … |
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| Present simple vs. present continuous (1) I do vs. I am doing |
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| Present simple vs. present continuous (2) I do vs. I am doing |
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| Present simple vs. present continuous (3) I do vs. I am doing |
multiple-choice |
| Past simple (1) I was, I had, I saw … |
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| Past simple (2) I was, I had, I saw … |
multiple-choice |
| Past simple questions Did I, was I? … |
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| Future simple I will |
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| Practise different tenses present, past, present perfect, future simple … |
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Irregular verbs
| Exercise name | Type |
| Past participles of irregular verbs (1) been, spoken, eaten, written, etc. |
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| Past participles of irregular verbs (2) been, spoken, eaten, written, … |
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| Irregular verbs in the past simple (1) I had, he spoke, she went, they saw, … |
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| Irregular verbs in the past simple (2) I had, he spoke, she went, they saw, … |
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| Irregular verbs in the past simple (3) I had, he spoke, she went, they saw, … |
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Comparatives and superlatives
| Exercise name | Type |
| Comparative adjectives (1) bigger, older, faster, more expensive, better … |
multiple-choice |
| Comparative adjectives (2) bigger, older, faster, more expensive, better … |
multiple-choice |
| Superlative adjectives the biggest, the oldest, the most expensive, the best … |
multiple-choice |
Word order
| Exercise name | Type |
| Word order (1) verb + object, place + time |
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| Word order (2) verb + object, place + time |
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Other grammar
| Exercise name | Type |
| Opposite adjectives | multiple-choice |
| The plural forms of nouns 1 man, 2 men; 1 tooth, 2 teeth … |
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| Personal pronouns I, me, he, him, she, her, we, our, … |
multiple-choice |
| Possessive adjectives and pronouns My, mine, your, yours, her, hers, ours, … |
multiple-choice |
| Questions (1) Who, which, why, where? questions |
multiple-choice |
| Questions (2) Who, which, why, where? questions |
multiple-choice |
| Some vs. any some, any coffee / some, any books |
multiple-choice |
| Adjective or adverb? quick vs. quickly, slow vs. slowly … |
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| Indefinite articles ‘a’ and ‘an’ |
multiple-choice |
| Questions with prepositions Who with? Who to? Who about? What with? … |
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| The verb “be” I am, you are, he is, was, were … |
multiple-choice |
Vocabulary
| Exercise name | Type |
| There, their, they’re | gap-fill |
| Opposite verbs | multiple-choice |
| Animals | multiple-choice |
| Animals (2) | multiple-choice |
| -ed and -ing adjectives | multiple-choice |
| Make or do? | multiple-choice |
| House and home | text gap-fill |
| Family and relatives | multiple-choice |
| Everybody, everywhere, everything | multiple-choice |
| Like / would like | multiple-choice |
| Town and city words | multiple-choice |