Practise English grammar with an AI app: From a grammar tip to your own exercise
Want to do more than read about a grammar rule? Starting with a specific question makes it easier to ask for a short exercise and try an answer of your own.
Lingo Phrase Cards offers grammar tips and prepares a tutor prompt for a topic you open. Share or copy that prompt into an external AI app of your choice, then build on it with your own questions.
Choose a grammar tip and use its prompt
Open a grammar topic in your course that you want to practise. Lingo prepares a prompt based on that topic. On a mobile device with a suitable share feature, you can send the text to an app you choose; otherwise, copy and paste it into your AI app. The AI exercise takes place in that external app.
Begin with one task. Make your own choice before asking for an explanation. The example below shows how to add a question of your own; adapt it to the topic you have selected.
A four-step practice routine
1. Ask for one example sentence
Take the difference between the past simple and present perfect as an example. In your AI app, add a request like this to the prepared tutor prompt:
Give me one English sentence with a gap. I will choose between the past simple and present perfect. Wait for my answer before showing the solution, then explain which time reference and connection to the present matter. If the question needs more context, add it.
For another grammar topic, replace the two tenses with the question you are working on.
2. Answer before you read the explanation
Consider what the sentence expresses. I lost my keys yesterday places the event at a finished time. I have lost my keys, so I can’t open the door highlights a result that matters now. The Cambridge Grammar guide explains this connection with the present; the comparison at Englisch-hilfen.de contrasts the forms. These example sentences were written for this guide.
Write down a brief reason for your choice as well as the verb form. Then you can compare the explanation with your own reasoning.
3. Ask what makes the difference
Ask the AI app to point out the detail in the sentence that supports its answer. If the explanation focuses on a single “signal word”, ask about the wider situation. You can also request two more examples: one with a clearly finished time and one with a present result.
If you are unsure about a rule, look up the example in a grammar reference. The useful habit is to explain the form in context.
4. Try a new sentence
If you mixed up the forms, note what you missed: a finished time, a present result or missing context. Ask for another sentence that tests that distinction and answer it before seeing the solution.
Use error cards as another starting point
Lingo can also prepare a set-based tutor prompt for error cards. Share or copy it into your AI app and ask for a contrasting example or a short comprehension question. To work on a particular word, add its meaning and the context from its card to your question. The guide to learning vocabulary in context offers more ideas for studying meaning and usage.
Free error-card practice lets you go through the cards; return to regular learning for a later graded review. That way, your extra practice fits into your review routine.
Put a grammar tip to work
Choose a grammar tip in Lingo, use its prepared tutor prompt in your own AI app and start with a single exercise. Answer first, ask for the key detail and try a second sentence. Explore Lingo Phrase Cards in your browser and pick a topic for your next practice session.