Advanced English Grammar Exercises Pdf
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Use it or lose it.
Ever heard this English expression?
It means that you have to keep working even if you’re already good at something.
Advanced Grammar Practice
For example, if you stop exercising, you’ll lose all the muscle you’d built up.
And if you stop using English, you’ll lose your language skills.
That’s why it’s so important for advanced English learners to use challenging grammar exercises.
The advanced English grammar exercises in this article will help you learn complex new grammar topics to keep moving towards English fluency.
Not convinced? Hear us out…
Do Advanced Learners Really Still Need Grammar Exercises?
Grammar is the backbone of any language. Memorizing vocabulary words and phrases can get you somewhat far, but you won’t truly become fluent in English unless you understand and can comprehend English grammar. Exercises can help with that, no matter what stage of English learning you’re at.
In fact, one could argue that grammar exercises are especially important for advanced learners. Just reading complex grammar rules without actually trying them yourself really won’t help you remember them.
As you’ll see in our list below, advanced exercises usually target specific English grammar rules. This helps you focus on the most difficult elements and learn them effectively.
Even if you’ve managed to figure out English grammar on your own for the most part, there’s a good chance you’ll run into difficulties as things get more advanced. Using exercises designed for advanced ESL learners can help you overcome them.
esl-lounge Advanced Grammar Exercises
esl-lounge is a great website if you want a variety of ESL resources to sift through. Their advanced grammar exercises are one such awesome ESL resource.
These exercises cover a ton of complex grammar topics, including difficult verb tenses, direct speech vs. reported speech, inverted statements and a lot more. Each exercise is accompanied by “grammar references” where you can read about that particular grammar concept before diving into the exercises.
If you want a really thorough exercise resource that covers just about everything to do with advanced English grammar, this is the spot for you.
FluentU
Who said advanced English grammar exercises can’t be fun?
FluentU puts a totally unique spin on the idea. With FluentU, you’ll learn advanced English grammar the way native speakers actually use it in real life. That’s because FluentU teaches you with authentic English videos—like movie trailers, music videos, inspiring talks and more—that’ve been transformed into personalized language lessons.
Every video comes with interactive captions. Click any word in the captions and you’ll get an instant definition and grammar information, like part of speech, whether it’s formal or informal, tense (for verbs), whether it’s plural (for nouns), etc. You’ll also get a memorable picture and multiple example sentences. This way, you’re learning essential English grammar while you watch entertaining videos.
But what about the advanced exercises? Well, every FluentU video comes with fun quizzes to make sure you understood and remember everything you learned from the video. These include matching exercises, fill-in-the-blanks and more.
The videos are organized by genre and level so it’s easy to find the advanced ones that interest you. Best of all, you can take these exercises anywhere, thanks to the FluentU iOS and Android apps.
Practice Exercises by Oxford University Press
If quizzes help you memorize concepts and ideas with ease, you should try Oxford University Press’ page on advanced English grammar exercises. All 10 practice exercises are in quiz form and are very basic in concept. You either fill in blank spaces with the correct word, answer multiple choice questions or click on grammar mistakes in the quiz sentences.
The focus of these exercises is mainly on advanced word order, sentence structure and prepositions.
You can retake the quizzes over and over until you’re satisfied that you’ve learned the correct grammar forms.
Preposition Exercises from Agenda Web
Are you really struggling with advanced prepositions in English? Agenda Web has collected grammar exercises from all over the internet that would be perfect for you, as they focus mostly on difficult or confusing prepositions.
Among several other topics, Agenda Web’s list of advanced English grammar exercises will teach you:
- Which verbs go with which prepositions
- Prepositions that are often confused
- Compound prepositions
The exercises vary greatly in form, so they won’t leave you bored. Some are flash games, others are quizzes, some are interactive lessons. If anything will get you through advanced English prepositions, it’s this list of exercises.
Advanced Exercise by St. George International
This quiz-based exercise from St. George International is designed to help you see exactly where you’re at with advanced English grammar. Being self-aware about your advanced grammar and vocabulary knowledge is important if you plan on taking English exams such as the TOEFL or IELTS. You’ll need to know what level of learner you truly are, and these quiz questions will help you assess that. Think of them as a sort of mental placement test.
This exercise is very short at only 10 questions, but it’s great and accurate for placing your English grammar knowledge.
English Grammar Quizzes by Activities for ESL Students
Activities for ESL Students has so much content that’s helpful for any level of English learner. Their list of advanced English grammar exercises is thorough and covers many advanced grammar and vocabulary concepts, including difficult verb tenses and word forms, the order of adjectives, advanced subject/verb agreement and more. Another cool thing about this site is a lot of the exercises are based on history or culture from the English-speaking world, like American holidays or English news headlines.
This site is especially helpful because it caters to different types of advanced English learners. If you’re just starting with advanced grammar, try the “medium to difficult” exercises. If you’re on your way to fluency, skip to the “difficult” exercises.
Free Advanced English Grammar Exercises
Many of these exercises are accompanied by text or audio lessons as well, so you get everything you need when it comes to learning advanced English grammar all in one spot.
The Classroom’s Grammar Exercises
This a great resource to bookmark if you’re looking for physical grammar exercises, not just online interactive exercises. The exercises are very flexible and designed to test your overall advanced grammar knowledge.
Even though these exercises are intended for teachers, you can still use them yourself. Try them on your work break, at the gym and anywhere else where you can mentally practice grammar. The exercises include:
- “Fill in the blank:” Put together different sentences from an article or blog post and remove parts of the sentence. Use context clues and your previous grammar knowledge to fill in the blanks.
- “Change the place:” Look up sentences in either “active” or “passive” voice and rearrange them to be the opposite.
- “Share your mistakes:”Read articles online and try to find incorrect grammar. Correct them and analyze why they’re incorrect.
Word Formation Worksheet
There are so many handy advanced English grammar exercises out there, it’s pretty incredible! Bookmark a few of these great resources to use during study or practice. You’ll be glad you did.
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