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English grammar is a basic skill that every English learner should learn carefully. In this section, each grammar topic provides you questions and answers. Basic grammar tests contain explanations of correct answers. The explanations help you to refresh your knowledge about your tested topic. Don't forget to read direction of each test before you start.

determiner	word such as an article or a possessive adjective or other adjective that typically comes at the beginning of noun phrases eg: "It was an excellent film", "Do you like my new shirt?", "Let's buy some eggs"
direct speech	saying what someone said by using their exact words; see also indirect speech eg: "Lucy said: 'I am tired.'"
direct object	noun phrase in a sentence that directly receives the action of the verb; see alsoindirect object eg: "Joey bought the car", "I like it", "Can you see the man wearing a pink shirt and waving a gun in the air?"
embedded question	question that is not in normal question form with a question mark; it occurs within another statement or question and generally follows statement structure eg: "I don't know where he went," "Can you tell me where it is before you go?", "They haven't decided whether they should come"
finite verb	verb form that has a specific tense, number and person eg: I work, he works, we learned, they ran
first conditional	"if-then" conditional structure used for future actions or events that are seen as realistic possibilities eg: "If we win the lottery we will buy a car"
fragment	incomplete piece of a sentence used alone as a complete sentence; a fragment does not contain a complete thought; fragments are common in normal speech but unusual (inappropriate) in formal writing eg: "When's her birthday? - In December", "Will they come? - Probably not"
function	purpose or "job" of a word form or element in a sentence eg: The function of a subject is to perform the action. One function of an adjective is to describe a noun. The function of a noun is to name things.
future continuous (also called "future progressive")	tense* used to describe things that will happen in the future at a particular time; formed with WILL + BE + VERB-ing eg: "I will be graduating in September."