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Nouns Verbs Pronunciation and Spelling Punctuation Syntax Adverbs

Your wildest language learning dreams have come true: we've spiced up our Grammar Guide with ELL supplements. Here are all the sections that have them (so far).

Nouns

What do you call a present participle used as a noun in English? A gerund. What do you call the same thing in Spanish? A rookie mistake. Find out why.

Diminutives

Using Gerunds

Nouns in English

Verbs

Verbs are a total doozy—especially when you're learning a second language. So proceed with caution: verbs may cause headaches, nausea, dizziness, and fatigue.

Irregular Verbs (in English)

Verb Tenses

Participles and Gerunds

Using the Word "do" in English

Pronunciation and Spelling

Spoiler alert: you'll probably never sound exactly like a native speaker of your second language. Still, there's no harm in trying.

A Word on Accents

The Syllables

Spelling and the Letters

Pronunciation and Spelling in English

Punctuation

Okay, maybe you have bigger fish to fry than practicing perfect punctuation, but that doesn't mean you won't get judged if you splice a comma. If you're way too used to Spanish punctuation rules, you should definitely take a look here.

Questions Marks and Exclamation Points

The Oxford Comma

Quotation Marks

More Punctuation Symbols

Punctuation in English

Syntax

Never again will you need to avoid using funky sentence structures in English. With these sections, you'll become a total syntax pro.

Basic Sentence Structure

Question Formation

How to Use "Do," "It," and "There"

Multiple Modifiers

Adverbs

We're completely, totally, absolutely certain that after this section, you'll definitely understand how to use adverbs perfectly. Just sayin'.

Adverb Forms

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