This paper is a review from a generative perspective of recent research on „a brief history of English grammar‟. Grammar explains how the language should be structured; using various categories A grammatical category or element never stands alone as it influences all other parts of the structural system of a language. English grammar is the structure of expressions in the English language. It explains the “study or science of, rules for, the words into sentences (syntax), and the forms of words (morphology)”.To express our thoughts, emotions, feelings in an understandable manner, grammatical knowledge is essential for the learners who have been learning it as their second language. . Keywords: origin of grammar, Descriptive grammar, Prescriptive grammar, Grammar as a motivator, grammar rules.