A simple order for learning English grammar with Urdu explanations, from the alphabet to tenses, passive voice and narration, with free notes for every step.
Table of Contents
- • Why Grammar Feels Hard
- • Step 1: The Basics
- • Step 2: Parts of Speech and Articles
- • Step 3: Sentences and Helping Verbs
- • Step 4: The 12 Tenses
- • Step 5: Questions, Verb Forms and Prepositions
- • Step 6: Passive Voice and Narration
- • Step 7: Correct English
- • Tips That Make Grammar Stick
- • Learn with a Teacher
Why Grammar Feels Hard
Many students in Pakistan study English for ten years and still feel unsure when they write a sentence. The problem is usually the order. Students jump straight to tenses or passive voice without first understanding nouns, verbs and the parts of a sentence, so the rules never fit together.
Learning grammar with Urdu explanations helps, because you can compare each English pattern with the Urdu sentence you already know. This plan gives you the right order, with a free notes page for every step.
Step 1: The Basics
Start with the alphabet, vowels, words and simple sentences, then the kinds of nouns, pronouns and verbs. Learn the uses of am, is, are, was, were, have, has and had.
Step 2: Parts of Speech and Articles
Every English word belongs to one of eight parts of speech. Once you can tell a noun from an adjective or an adverb, most rules become easy. Then learn when to use a, an and the.
Step 3: Sentences and Helping Verbs
Learn the parts of a sentence (subject, verb, object, complement) and the helping verbs of every tense. This is the base for all twelve tenses.
Step 4: The 12 Tenses
Tenses are the most important topic for exams and for speaking. Learn one tense at a time: its formula, its Urdu sign, and five affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences. Do not move on until you can make your own sentences.
- 12 Tenses in English with Urdu and Examples
- 12 Tenses Register Notes: Formulas and Rules
- 12 Tenses Exercises and MCQs with Answers
Step 5: Questions, Verb Forms and Prepositions
Practise making questions and negative sentences, learn the three forms of common verbs, and learn the prepositions that students mix up, such as since and for, in and into, and between and among.
- Questions and Negative Sentences
- Verb Forms: First, Second and Third Form
- Prepositions with Urdu and Examples
Step 6: Passive Voice and Narration
These two topics come in almost every board paper. Learn the general rules first, then the changes for each tense and kind of sentence.
Step 7: Correct English
Finally, learn punctuation and the common errors that cost marks, and build your vocabulary a little every day.
- Punctuation Marks and Rules
- Common Errors in English and Their Correction
- Idioms, Homophones and Word Power
Tips That Make Grammar Stick
- Study a little every day. Thirty minutes daily works better than three hours once a week.
- Make your own sentences. After every rule, write five sentences about your own life.
- Do the exercises before the answer key. Every level in our notes ends with MCQs and an answer key. Check your answers only after you finish.
- Revise every week. Spend one day each week on old topics.
Learn with a Teacher
Notes are a great start, but a teacher can correct your mistakes as you make them. Workownix offers English and board exam coaching at our Orangi Town campus in Karachi and online. Contact us to ask about classes, or browse all the free English grammar notes.