Your first quest

How to play Grammar Quest

Grammar Quest is an English grammar adventure you play in your browser. You answer questions about words and sentences to open new parts of the map, earn gems and build your detective's wardrobe.

Start your adventure. Press Start, choose a detective name and open the first stage in Verb Village.
Read the clue. Each stage introduces a grammar idea. Some puzzles ask you to tap a word; others ask you to choose an answer or sentence diagram.
Learn from each answer. Read the explanation after a question, then continue. A mistake is a clue about what to practice next.
Explore the map. Pass stages to unlock the next one, and answer correctly in boss battles to open new worlds.

Missed questions go into your Cold Case file and return for practice later. Earn gems through play, collect badges and visit the Closet to customize your detective.

Follow the clues

What English grammar will you practice?

The adventure starts with subjects and verbs, then builds toward longer sentences. These examples explain the grammar behind the game's puzzles.

Subjects and verbs

A verb can show an action or a state of being. The subject tells us who or what the sentence is about. In The dragon guards the treasure., guards is the verb and dragon is the subject. Ask Who guards? to find it.

Commands have a subject too, even when it is not written: in Open the chest!, the understood subject is you.

Direct and indirect objects

A direct object receives the action of a verb. In The pirate found a map., the pirate found what? A map. An indirect object tells us to whom or for whom something is done: in The pirate gave the explorer a map., explorer is the indirect object and map is the direct object.

Object and subject complements

An object complement names or describes the direct object. In We named the dragon Sparky., Sparky renames dragon. A subject complement follows a linking verb and describes or renames the subject: in The dragon is friendly., friendly describes the dragon.

Prepositional phrases

A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and includes its object. In The key under the bridge sparkles., under the bridge tells us which key. In The explorer waited under the bridge., the same phrase tells us where the explorer waited.

Pronouns and conjunctions

Choose a pronoun for its job in the sentence: She helped the knight. uses a subject pronoun; The knight helped her. uses an object pronoun. Conjunctions connect ideas: The gate was locked, but we found another way. The game practices choices such as and, but, or and so.

Adjectives, adverbs and sentence diagrams

An adjective describes a noun: the brave detective. An adverb can describe a verb: the detective walked carefully. Sentence diagrams help you see how words fit together, with the subject and verb on the main line and other words placed according to their jobs.

Before you set off

Is Grammar Quest free?

Yes. You can play the game in your browser without creating an account. Gems and Pumpkin Coins are earned in the game; they are not real money.

Does the game save my progress?

Your progress, rewards, detective name and outfit are stored in this browser on this device. Use the same browser and www.englishgrammar.online to return to your adventure. Private browsing, blocked storage or clearing website data can prevent or remove saves; progress does not sync between devices.

Can I play on a phone or tablet?

The game is designed for touch controls as well as a mouse and keyboard. On a small screen, you may need to scroll sideways inside a sentence diagram to see all of it.

What can I practice after making a mistake?

Read the explanation first, then use the Cold Case file when a missed puzzle becomes available again. You can also replay unlocked stages for more practice.

Privacy and saved progress

The game has no sign-in, advertising or analytics scripts. Game progress stays in your browser and is not sent to a game account. The hosting server and our delivery provider, Cloudflare, process normal web requests and may keep technical access logs, including IP addresses, to deliver and protect the website.