11 english grammar tests

you can take to measure your progress

If youre currently enrolled in an English language
class, you probably take tests and quizzes on a
regular basis to measure your progress. But what if
youre not in a class right now or simply want more
opportunities to measure your progress? Luckily,
there are plenty of grammar quizzes available online
for students of all levels.
Ive picked eleven great tests that focus on different aspects of English
grammar that ESL students often struggle with. This is by no means a complete
list of all the grammar quizzes out there. In fact, most of the quizzes below
come from websites that offer many more grammar tests. You may end up
discovering a whole series of helpful quizzes.
This quiz gives you a lot of variety. You read thirty-four questions and choose
the correct form of the answer from four possible choices. This is a great, easy
way to test your grammar and reading comprehension.
Refresh your memory about different parts of speech with this quiz from
English Club. The quiz-makers have listed ten parts of speech, and its up to you
to choose a word that belongs to that part of speech from a list of choices on
the left.
Decide whether the subjects of the sentences in this quiz need an article (a or
the) or whether theyre grammatically correct without one.
34 Easy Questions
Parts of Speech Quiz
Article or No Article?
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Youll have to scroll down to get to this quiz because the test-makers want
to make sure you review comparison phrases (such as both, more, and
different than) before you test their usage. When you do get to the quiz, youll
need to fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate phrase from two options.
If youve been studying imperatives, also known as
command statements, try this short ten-question
quiz to make sure you understand how to phrase a
command, instruction, or piece of advice.
You may understand where to place an adjective in a sentence, but do you
know what to do when theres more than one adjective used to describe a
noun? This ten-question quiz asks you to fill in the blank by choosing the most
natural-sounding order of adjectives.
A preposition is a word that shows how a noun is related to another word in the
clause. If youve been learning about words like on, in, and at, this quiz from
Daves Caf can help you make sure youre using them correctly.
Do you understand the difference between active and passive voice?
Understanding appropriate uses of both active and passive voice can help
you improve your English writing, and this quiz can help you find out if you
understand these two forms.
Conditional verb forms can be tricky, even for more advanced students. This
quiz asks you to look at the verb tenses of clauses before and after a blank to
figure out what conditional verb form to use in the tense.
Expressing Similarity and Difference
Imperative Forms Quiz
Adjective Order
Preposition Quiz
Active vs. Passive Voice
Conditional Verb Forms
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If youre an advanced student and want to give
yourself a good challenge with verb tenses, try
this quiz on the popular trivia website Sporcle.
The quiz gives you the present tense of thirty
verbs and asks you to fill in their irregular past
tense forms (because theyre irregular, you cant
just add -ed to the end).
This is another advanced-level quiz. Even native English speakers struggle with
correct comma placement sometimes! However, if you think you have a good
understanding of commas and comma splices, test your knowledge with this
quiz.
Did you find some helpful quizzes to reveal what youve mastered and what you
need to practice? Maybe someone else you know could benefit from using the
same quizzes to measure their language-learning progress. Pass this guide on
to a friend!
Pesky Past Tenses
Commas Quiz
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