- 10 lessons
- All sections
- Beginner to advanced
Where grammar is tested
| Section | Task | Grammar that matters most |
|---|---|---|
| Reading | Complete the Words | Word forms, plurals, verb endings |
| Writing | Build a Sentence | Word order, questions, verb patterns |
| Writing | Email and Discussion | Tenses, articles, complex sentences |
| Speaking | Both tasks | Tenses, agreement, word endings |
How to study grammar for the TOEFL
- Learn from your own mistakes first. Keep a list of errors from your practice answers.
- Study one rule at a time, then write three sentences of your own that use it.
- Reread every practice answer once just for the rule you are working on.
Chapters
- 1Sentence structureThe basic English sentence pattern, where adverbs and time phrases go, and how to avoid fragments and run-on sentences in TOEFL Writing and Speaking.
- 2Verb tensesThe English tenses that matter for TOEFL Writing and Speaking: present simple, past simple, present perfect and future, with clear rules and common mistakes.
- 3Subject-verb agreementHow to make subjects and verbs agree in English, including tricky cases like "each", "one of" and long subjects, with examples from TOEFL tasks.
- 4Articles and nounsWhen to use a, an, the or no article, how countable and uncountable nouns work, and the article mistakes that appear most in TOEFL writing.
- 5Questions and word orderHow to form direct and indirect questions in English, the word order behind most Build a Sentence items, and the mistakes that make answers wrong.
- 6Complex sentencesHow to use relative clauses, conditionals and linking words to write varied, accurate sentences that raise your TOEFL Writing and Speaking score.
- 7Passive voiceHow to form the passive voice in every common tense, when academic English prefers it, and the mistakes that cost points in TOEFL Writing and Build a Sentence.
- 8ConditionalsThe four English conditionals with clear examples, how to use them to give reasons and hypotheses in TOEFL Speaking and Writing, and the most common errors.
- 9Relative clausesHow to use who, which, that, whose and where to join ideas, the comma rule for extra information, and examples for TOEFL Writing and Reading.
- 10Modal verbsWhat English modal verbs mean, how to use them to sound polite in emails and careful in academic writing, and common modal verb mistakes on the TOEFL.
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