Useful Online Grammar Resources

Contemporary teaching methods mainly focus on equipping learners with the skills to communicate effectively.  Due to this factor little significance is attached to the study of grammar items taking into account the fact that learners can communicate their message through the use of appropriate vocabulary items. However, proper use of grammar carries weight in terms of avoiding miscommunication not only in formal but also in informal contexts. Whether it’s in business correspondence, written reports, or articles for blogs or print, improper use of grammar can, and will, damage the credibility of the writing and the writer.

Learning grammar rules doesn’t have to be difficult if you take advantage of the many free English grammar teaching tools available online. Hereby, you can find some grammar resources which may come at handy.

1. Grammarly  

Grammarly is an online service that checks texts for hundreds of common and advanced writing issues. The checks include common grammatical errors, such as subject-verb agreement, article use, and modifier placement, in addition to contextual spelling mistakes, phonetic spelling mistakes, and irregular verb conjugations. Grammarly also provides synonym suggestions to make your writing more readable and precise. Teachers can also use the tool to make sure the handouts and materials they share with their students are error-free. It eases their workload enormously. You can check grammar online on the website, or install Grammarly browser extension. Here is a sample document of how Grammarly works.

2. Esl-galaxy

The website offers a wide range of exercises such as grammar quizzes, gap-fill exercises, and crossroads. The website is user-friendly in terms of searching and finding the necessary items. Here you can see the link to grammar exercises.

3. Englishmedialab

Englishmedialab is quite similar to esl-galaxy and has a bunch of quizzes, fun online exercises to engage learners in the world of grammar. A great benefit of this website is that all the exercises are checked online and students get immediate feedback.

4. The Oxford Dictionaries website

Online dictionary has a grammar section with an excellent reference list of grammatical terms, proper grammar explanations, and grammar tips. Coupled with a dictionary and a synonym finder, the Oxford Dictionaries website is a valuable resource for any English speaker.

5. Cambridge Dictionary website

It lists some of the differences that American and British English have. Apart from these examples, it equips the learners with a huge arsenal of useful grammar explanations. Learners or teachers can search the required items in the Search section and get the relevant information.

6. The British Council website

The British Council website has everything an English learner might need to learn to use English better. It has both grammar lessons and a quick grammar guide, and it has an app that helps you improve your grammar regardless of your level of proficiency in English.

7. Grammarbook

Grammarbook offers short, straight-to-the-point explanations of grammar rules with examples to back them up. It also includes interesting notes on the use of the given items.

8. grammar.cl

One of the fabulous online grammar resources. It has a huge bank of grammar items accompanied by appropriate explanations, games, and exercises.

9. Englishpage

Englishpage has got a section of in-depth tutorials and exercises. The menu on the left side of the website guides the learners through the website.  

10. Teach-this

The website has a bank of great grammar-based speaking activities. These activities can be a nice follow-up of the activities which the above-mentioned websites offer.

This list of online resources is quite helpful in terms of finding the appropriate grammar materials, checking grammar patterns, engaging students in well-designed grammar exercises and games and saving quite a lot of preparation time for teachers. Whatever resources you pick up from the given list, help your students to see that grammar can be as fun as it is useful.