English grammar worksheets

 30% don’t usually, 15% 
seldom, 10% occasionally, 5% hardly ever, 0% never.
First Conditional 1,2
Copy this page onto card. It shows fifteen sentences that use a conditional 
clause. Cut up the cards and get your students to match up both parts of 
each sentence correctly. You could also show only one half of each 
sentence and elicit ideas on how to complete the sentences.
‘Wh - ’ Questions 1
1. What. 2. What. 3. Who. 4. Where. 5. When. 6. Why. 7. When. 
8. What. 9. What. 10. Why. 11. Who. 12. Why. 13. Where. 14. Where. 
15. When.
‘Wh - ’ Questions 2
1. Where. 2. Who. 3. What. 4. Why. 5. When. 6. When. 7. Where. 
8. Who. 9. When. 10. Why. 11. What. 12. Who. 13. What. 14. Where. 
15. Why.
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Compound Nouns 1
afternoon, birthday, bookshelf, tabletop, airport, teatime, pancake, 
paperback, caveman, horsefly, parenthood, homework, carpet, cupboard.
Compound Nouns 2
timetable, bathroom, inside, outhouse, nobody, cliffhanger, policewoman, 
sometimes, breadbin, anteater, waterfall, wheelbarrow, fallout, daybreak.
Compound Nouns 3
lampshade, wheelchair, football, invalid, humankind, shoplifter, fireman, 
footage, motorbike, butterfly, railway, miniskirt, namesake, tracksuit.
Daily Routines 1
I wake up at 7.05am. 
I get up at 7.15am. 
I have/take a shower at 7.30am. 
I have/eat breakfast at 7.45am. 
I read the newspaper at 8.00am. 
I catch a bus to work at 8.30am. 
I start/begin work at 9.00am. 
I have/take a coffee break at 10.30am. 
I have/eat lunch at 1.00pm. 
Daily Routines 2
I talk to my friend on the phone at 2.30pm. 
I send/write/read an email at 2.40pm. 
I go home at 5.00pm. 
I have/eat dinner at 6.00pm. 
I wash the dishes at 6.30pm. 
I play football at 7.00pm.
I watch TV at 8.30pm. 
I play my guitar at 9.00pm. 
I read a book at 10.00pm. 
I listen to the radio at 10.40pm. 
I go to bed at 11.10pm. 
I go to sleep at about 11.20pm.
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Complete the Sentences 1
1. c) 2. c) 3. b) 4. d) 5. d) 6. a) 7. d) 8. b) 9. c) 10. a)
Complete the Sentences 2
1. a) 2. c) 3. b) 4. c) 5. b) 6. c) 7. b) 8. b) 9. b) 10. d) 
Complete the Sentences 3
11. c) 12. c) 13. d) 14. b) 15. d) 16. b) 17. c) 18. b) 19. d) 20. c)
Complete the Sentences 4
1. b) 2. c) 3. b) 4. b) 5. c) 6. d) 7. b) 8. c) 9. c) 10. c) 
Complete the Sentences 5
 11. d) 12. c) 13. b) 14. d) 15. c) 16. d) 17. b) 18. b) 19. a) 20. c)
Complete the Sentences 6
1. d) 2. b) 3. b) 4. c) 5. d) 6. a) 7. b) 8. c) 9. b) 10. c)
Complete the Sentences 7
11. a) 12. b) 13. a) 14. c) 15. c) 16. d) 17. b) 18. a) 19. c) 20. a)
Complete the Sentences 8
1. c) 2. b) 3. d) 4. b) 5. a) 6. c) 7. b) 8. a) 9. d) 10. b) 
Complete the Sentences 9
11. d) 12. b) 13. c) 14. c) 15. d) 16. a) 17. b) 18. c) 19. a) 20. c)
Complete the Sentences 10
1. d) 2. b) 3. a) 4. d) 5. c) 6. c) 7. a) 8. d) 9. b) 10. d) 
Complete the Sentences 11
11. c) 12. d) 13. c) 14. b) 15. a) 16. b) 17. d) 18. b) 19. a) 20. c)
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Sentence Building 1
1. My dog needs to go on a diet. 2. I went to my friend’s house last night. 
3. I would like to live near the seashore. 4. If I had some money I would 
buy a car. 5. It was my birthday last Saturday. 6. I live in a three-
bedroomed house. 7. I need to buy some new curtains. 8. On Monday I am 
going on holiday to Spain.
Sentence Building 2
1. I need a stamp for my letter. 2. Can you tell me the time please? 3. I 
don’t like spaghetti but I like pizza. Or: I like spaghetti but I don’t like 
pizza. 4. My favourite book is Oliver Twist by Dickens. 5. On Sunday my 
sister came to see us. 6. I felt tired so I went to bed early. 7. Everybody else 
was at the party. 8. Would you like to go on holiday with them?
The Plays of William Shakespeare
a) “To be, or not to be, that is the question.” Hamlet, Act 3 Scene 1, spoken 
by Hamlet. 
b) “If music be the food of love, play on.” Twelfth Night, Act 1 Scene 1, 
spoken by Duke Orsino. 
c) “That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold.” Macbeth, Act 2 
Scene 2, spoken by Lady Macbeth. 
d) “What hempen homespuns have we swaggering here?” A Midsummer 
Night’s Dream, Act 3 Scene 1, spoken by Puck. 
e) “But yet thou art my flesh, my blood, my daughter.” King Lear, Act 2 
Scene 4, spoken by King Lear. 
f) “Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper.” Taming of the Shrew, Act 
5 Scene 2, spoken by Katherine. 
g) “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.” Henry V, Act 3 
Scene 1, spoken by King Henry. 
h) “A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!” Richard III, Act 5 Scene 4, 
spoken by King Richard.
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Part Four
Full Stops 1 & Using Capital Letters 3
My name is Tim. I live in Nottingham, which is a city in the UK. I live 
in a small detached house with my wife Jenny, and our two children, Lisa 
and James. I work at Debenhams in Nottingham, and I really enjoy my job. 
I am a sales manager for the sports clothing department. Debenhams is the 
largest department store in Nottingham and there are branches all over the 
UK.
When I’m not at work I like to play tennis with my friend Joe. He is 
much better than me, but I still enjoy it. At the weekends I sometimes take 
my family to Manchester to visit Jenny’s mum. She lives at Pine View 
Nursing Home in a nice suburb of the city and has been there for about five 
years. She loves to see her grandchildren. James always tells her about what 
he is doing at school. James and Lisa both go to the same school, Mount 
Street Junior School.
Full Stops 2 & Using Capital Letters 4
Hello, I’m Jenny, Tim’s wife. We have been married for almost eleven 
years. I met Tim when we were both at university. I studied Physics while 
Tim studied Business Management. We graduated from Cardiff University 
in 1989, and went to live in Birmingham. We got married in 1993 at 
Lincoln Cathedral. I took a one-year post- graduate teaching course, then 
got a job teaching Science at Lincoln High School.
We moved to Nottingham in 1996 where Lisa was born. I remember 
that she was a very fat baby, but a happy one! My mum helped us with 
looking after the baby in the first year, before she had to go into the nursing 
home in Manchester. She wanted to move to a home in Manchester because 
that is where my two older sisters and their families live. We go to visit 
often - when I can get Tim to drive us up there! I don’t drive. I took some 
lessons when I was a student in Cardiff but I found driving on the roads 
quite frightening and gave up! Perhaps one day I will try again.
About two years after we had Lisa, James was born. He was born at 
St. Patrick’s hospital in Nottingham. It seems like it was only last week. I 
can’t believe he’s already at school.
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Talking about the Past 1
1. walked. 2. ate. 3. went. 4. heard. 5. watched. 6. came. 7. Did. 8. was. 
9. drank. 10. had.
Talking about the Past 2
1. cooked. 2. wanted. 3. laughed. 4. made. 5. left. 6. tried. 7. was. 8. Did. 
9. had. 10. went.
Past Events - The Life of Captain James Cook
1. born. 2. worked. 3. joined. 4. married. 5. returned. 6. promoted. 
7. departed. 8. arrived. 9. landed. 10. hit. 11. stayed. 12. left. 13. crossed. 
14. became. 15. met. 16. saw. 17. murdered. 18. buried.
Second Conditional 1,2; Third Conditional 1,2; Zero Conditional 1,2
Copy this page onto card. It shows fifteen sentences that use a conditional 
clause. Cut up the cards and get your students to match up both parts of 
each sentence correctly. You could also show only one half of each 
sentence and elicit ideas on how to complete the sentences.
Writing Comparisons 1
Answers will vary. Here are some sample sentences: 1. Tina is taller than 
Abid. 2. I like Rocky II better than Rocky III. 3. India has a bigger 
population that South Korea. 4. Cars are more expensive to run than 
bicycles. 5. Great Expectations is much better than Pride and Prejudice. 6. 
The park is further away from my house than the school. 7. Napoleon is 
more interesting than Lord Nelson. 8. It is colder in Helsinki than it is in 
Cairo. 9. Doctors get paid a lot more than mechanics. 10. Friday is nearer 
to the weekend than Monday!
Writing Comparisons 2
Answers will vary. Here are some sample sentences: 1. My French teacher 
is taller than my Maths teacher. 2. I prefer Coronation Street to Eastenders. 
3. My sister spends much longer in the bathroom than my dad. 4. I have 
been to Madrid, but I’ve never been to Barcelona. 5. Rock music is usually 
louder than folk music. 6. Wales is a far wetter place than Cornwall. 7. A 
Ferrari can go faster than my Corsa. 8. Venus is closer to the sun than Pluto. 
9. Ricardo’s Ristorante is more expensive than Clifford’s Café. 10. English 
is a more difficult language to learn than Spanish.
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Homophones 1
1. aloud. 2. genes. 3. farther. 4. tied. 5. piece. 6. sea. 7. whether. 8. ewe. 
9. poor, pore. 10. nun. 11. here. 12. flaw. 13. buy. 14. serial. 15. vain.
Homophones 2
1. stare. 2. knead. 3. pair, pare. 4. where. 5. rode. 6. maid. 7. duel. 
8. beach. 9. aren’t. 10. feat. 11. four, fore. 12. lain. 13. idol. 14. grate. 
15. base.
Being Polite
1. e) 2. i) 3. g) 4. a) 5. b) 6. h) 7. c) 8. j) 9. f) 10. d)
Good Advice 1
1. b) 2. h) 3. l) 4. g) 5. q) 6. a) 7. k) 8. e) 9. f) 10. j) 11. t) 12. n) 13. i) 
14. c) 15. m) 16. r) 17. p) 18. s) 19. d) 20. o)
Good Advice 2
1. b) 2. h) 3. p) 4. o) 5. a) 6. k) 7. r) 8. q) 9. j) 10. e) 11. f) 12. i) 13. g) 
14. d) 15. s) 16. m) 17. t) 18. l) 19. n) 20. c)
Good Advice 3
1. n) 2. f) 3. r) 4. h) 5. m) 6. s) 7. c) 8. d) 9. q) 10. o) 11. a) 12. p) 
13. b) 14. g) 15. i) 16. t) 17. j) 18. k) 19. l) 20. e)
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