Beginner & elementary exercises
Exercises for elementary and beginner students of English.
Practise tenses, vocabulary and grammar in these interactive tests.
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| Grammar | Exercise name | Type |
| tenses | Present simple (1) I do, I am, I have, he has … | gap-fill |
| tenses | Present simple (2) I do, I am, I have, he has … | gap-fill |
| tenses | Present simple questions (1) Do I, does he? | gap-fill |
| tenses | Present simple questions (2) Do I, does he? |
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| tenses | Present simple questions, negatives (1) Do, don’t, doesn’t |
multiple-choice |
| tenses | Present simple questions, negatives (2) Do, don’t, doesn’t |
multiple-choice |
| tenses | Present continuous questions are you doing?, is he doing? … |
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| tenses | Present simple vs. present continuous (1) I do vs. I am doing |
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| tenses | Present simple vs. present continuous (2) I do vs. I am doing |
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| tenses | Present simple vs. present continuous (3) I do vs. I am doing NEW! |
multiple-choice |
| tenses | Past simple (1) I was, I had, I saw … |
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| tenses | Past simple (2) I was, I had, I saw … |
multiple-choice |
| tenses | Past simple questions Did I, was I? … |
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| tenses | Irregular verbs in the past simple (1) I had, he spoke, she went, they saw, … |
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| tenses | Irregular verbs in the past simple (2) I had, he spoke, she went, they saw, … |
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| tenses | Irregular verbs in the past simple (3) I had, he spoke, she went, they saw, … |
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| tenses | Future simple I will |
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| tenses | Practise different tenses present, past, present perfect, future simple … |
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| tenses | Questions with prepositions Who with? Who to? Who about? What with? … |
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| tenses | The verb “be” I am, you are, he is, was, were … |
multiple-choice |
| Other grammar | Exercise name | Type |
| word order | Word order (1) verb + object, place + time |
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| word order | Word order (2) verb + object, place + time |
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| nouns | The plural forms of nouns 1 man, 2 men; 1 tooth, 2 teeth … |
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| pronouns | Personal pronouns I, me, he, him, she, her, we, our, … |
multiple-choice |
| pronouns/ adjectives | Possessive adjectives and pronouns My, mine, your, yours, her, hers, ours, … |
multiple-choice |
| pronouns/ questions | Questions (1) Who, which, why, where? questions |
multiple-choice |
| pronouns/ questions | Questions (2) Who, which, why, where? questions |
multiple-choice |
| determiners | Some vs. any some, any coffee / some, any books |
multiple-choice |
| verbs | Past participles of irregular verbs (1) been, spoken, eaten, written, etc. |
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| verbs | Past participles of irregular verbs (2) been, spoken, eaten, written, … |
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| adjectives/ adverbs | Adjective or adverb? quick vs. quickly, slow vs. slowly … |
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| adjectives/ adverbs | Comparative adjectives (1) bigger, older, faster, more expensive, better … |
multiple-choice |
| adjectives/ adverbs | Comparative adjectives (2) bigger, older, faster, more expensive, better … |
multiple-choice |
| adjectives/ adverbs | Superlative adjectives the biggest, the oldest, the most expensive, the best … |
multiple-choice |
| articles | Indefinite articles ‘a’ and ‘an’ |
multiple-choice |
| Vocabulary | Exercise name | Type |
| vocabulary | There, their, they’re | gap-fill |
| vocabulary | Opposite verbs | multiple-choice |
| vocabulary | Opposite adjectives | multiple-choice |
| vocabulary | Animals | multiple-choice |
| vocabulary | Animals (2) | multiple-choice |
| vocabulary | -ed and -ing adjectives | multiple-choice |
| vocabulary | Make or do? | multiple-choice |
| vocabulary | House and home | text gap-fill |
| vocabulary | Family and relatives | multiple-choice |
| vocabulary | Everybody, everywhere, everything | multiple-choice |
| vocabulary | Like / would like | multiple-choice |
| vocabulary | Town and city words | multiple-choice |