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Grammar Gym: practise until you master it

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Choose a grammar skill and answer questions that start easy and get harder as you improve. Your SmartScore climbs with every right answer, and every mistake shows you why.

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How to play Grammar Gym

  1. Pick one of nine skills, such as plural nouns, past tense or punctuation.
  2. Read the question and choose an answer, or press 1 to 4 on your keyboard.
  3. Right answers raise your SmartScore, quickly at first and then more slowly. Wrong answers lower it, and a short explanation shows the rule.
  4. As your score rises, the questions move from level 1 to level 3, so you are always working on something just hard enough.
  5. Reach a SmartScore of 100 to master the skill. Your best score for each skill is saved on this device.

Tips and strategy

  • Say the sentence aloud. Your ear often knows the right answer before you can explain the rule.
  • Read the explanation after a wrong answer, even a short one. That is where the learning happens.
  • Come back to a skill the next day. Mastery is easier to keep than to build in one go.
  • Try the skills in order: parts of speech, plurals, past tense, then punctuation.

Learn beyond the game

Explore the idea behind Grammar Gym

Worked example

In โ€œMira has a red bag. ___ carries it to school,โ€ the pronoun is she: it replaces Mira's name and points back to the same person.

Common sticking point

A pronoun needs a clear noun to refer to. If a sentence has two possible people, a reader may not know who they means; repeat the name or rewrite the sentence.

Try it away from the screen

Read a short paragraph and underline repeated names. Replace one name with a pronoun, then check that a reader can still tell who did each action.

Mini challenge

Fix this sentence: โ€œRavi gave Aman his notebook because he had finished.โ€ Who finished? Rewrite it so the meaning is clear in two different ways.

How to use this practice path

Choose one skill at a time: parts of speech, plurals, verb tense, articles, punctuation, then pronouns and word meaning. Read each explanation and revisit the skill after a break.

Where the idea goes next

Clear grammar makes reading and writing easier. Continue with Sentence Builder to arrange words into sentences, then try Read and Answer for comprehension practice.

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FAQ

Grammar Gym: questions

What is a SmartScore?

It is a score from 0 to 100 that shows how well you know a skill. It rises when you answer correctly, quickly at first and then more slowly, and falls when you answer wrongly. It also decides how hard the next question is.

What age is Grammar Gym for?

Most children from about 7 to 13 will find something useful. Each skill starts with easy questions and moves up, so it suits learners in about Class 2 to Class 8.

Which grammar skills are included?

Parts of speech, plural nouns, past tense verbs, a or an, capitals and punctuation, homophones, pronouns, opposites and synonyms.

Is it free?

Yes. It is free, needs no account and runs in your browser. Your scores are saved on your own device only.

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