English topics, covered end to end

Some questions in English are too big for one article and too connected to answer out of order. The tenses are the clearest case: you cannot settle the present perfect without the past simple sitting next to it. Each topic below is a reading sequence rather than a folder — the order is part of what is being curated.

All topics

• First sentences7 articlesThe grammar a complete beginner needs to build a sentence rather than recognise one: to be, pronouns, there is, the present simple, negatives and questions.
• English tenses11 articlesEvery English tense in one place — present, past and future — in the order that makes them easiest to learn, each with a quiz at the end.
• Polite English7 articlesHow English softens what it says — asking for things, turning them down, apologising, disagreeing — without sounding stiff or rude.
• Common mistakes11 articlesThe mistakes English learners actually make — confused words, wrong prepositions, broken word order — each one explained and drilled with a quiz.
• Phrasal verbs8 articlesHow English builds meaning out of small parts: phrasal verbs, prefixes and suffixes, collocations, and picking the more precise word.
• Conditionals & modals7 articlesIf, would, might, must, should — the grammar English uses for possibility, obligation and regret, explained one step at a time.
• English idioms6 articlesIdioms worth knowing, the cultural sense behind them, and why two words with the same dictionary meaning can still feel completely different.

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